The two of them sat there in silence. There was an uneasy silence between them. Van just sat leaning with his back against the head of the bed. He just stared at Fiona waiting for her to say anything.
Fiona was sitting on the end of it staring uneasily into any part of the room except into Van's direction. She was at a loss for words. She had no idea what to say to Van after what they went through the previous night. It all happened so fast that it just confused her to no ends.
Van opened his mouth to say anything but closed it almost immediately. He seemed so much easier to talk to her when he was trying to convince her not to leave. Now he just couldn't find the words to say what he needed. He didn't really regret it but he wasn't so sure of Fiona.
"V-Van?" Fiona said turning her head slightly to the side but not actually making eye contact with Van. Her hands were trembling, her breathing was ragged, and she was nervous as hell.
"Yes Fiona," Van said looking at her but she was still staring at anything but him. That made him have a feeling that she really did regret their night together. He was hoping that he was wrong but something in the pit of his stomach told him that he wrong about that.
"Listen Van. What happened between us last night was a mistake. Neither of us should have let it get as far as it did," Fiona said although it was tearing her heart apart inside. Something told her not to do this. She didn't want to but she felt like she would be holding Van back if she stayed.
Van hated it when he was right. He didn't want to let what they have go. "Fiona, I…" he started to say but Fiona put a finger up to his lips which silenced out the rest of the sentence that he was trying to get out.
"Van we have such a great friendship and I don't want to do anything that could possibly ruin it. It means much more to me than anything. It would be wise if you were just to forget about it," Fiona said removing her finger before standing up. She then started to walk towards the door hoping to make an escape before anything else could ruin her friendship with Van. She knew that what happened meant that they could never go back to what they once were.
Van stood up quickly and ran over to Fiona and lightly grabbed her arm. "Fiona wait," he said but was disheartened when Fiona freed her arm from his grip before she walked out the door. Van knew that he couldn't follow because he was still in his underwear.
Van fell back on the bed with a groan and smothered his face within his hands. 'How the heck could this have happened so quickly? Up until now, we were nothing but the best of friends. Because of last night, she can't even look me straight in the eye. I want to be with her though,' Van thought as he quickly got dressed and ran out of the room in search of Fiona.
Moonbay watched as Van once again attempted to get Fiona to talk to him, only to have Fiona run off. "What the hell is going on between the two of them? Ever since Van woke up a month ago, Fiona has been doing everything in her power to ignore him," she said leaning against the wall with a mug of coffee in her hand.
"I don't know why she is doing it but I m willing to bet that something happened between them. Fiona is usually using every attempt she can to be with Van. She stayed by his side the entire time that he was in the hospital," Irvine said walking up from behind Moonbay and he leaned against the wall next to her.
Moonbay sighed and hit her head against the wall. "She was always so crazy about him. It must be something serious for her to be trying to avoid him. I wonder what happened that night," she said repeating hitting the back of her head against the wall.
"Stop doing that Moonbay. It is starting to get a bit annoying. About what happened, only Van and Fiona can tell us. I have a strange feeling that I know what it is," he said with a smirk on his face.
Moonbay looked at him a little confused but just shrugged it off. "Listen, I am going to go find Fiona and try and talk her out of this thing that she has going with Van. It just doesn't seem right to see them apart from each other," Moonbay said finishing up her coffee before she walked away.
She walked up to Fiona's room and was about to knock on the door but before she was able to do anything, she noticed that the door was already open. "Fiona?" Moonbay asked opening the door slowly taking in the sight of the empty room.
She walked into the room and looked around but she didn't see any sign of Fiona. She suddenly heard a noise and turned in the direction of it. It was coming from behind the closed bathroom door.
Moonbay walked up to the door and put her hand up and knocked on it. "Fiona? It's me, Moonbay," she said when she heard more sounds. She heard more noises and pushed on the door to find that it was already open. "Fiona?" Moonbay asked only to see Fiona's head hung over the toilet heaving out her stomach.
Moonbay rushed over to Fiona's side and started to give light pats on Fiona's back. "Are you ok Fiona?" Moonbay asked when Fiona had finally stopped throwing up. All she received was a no from Fiona as she shook her head. "What's wrong then?" she asked as she stepped back from Fiona as she stood up.
Fiona stood up and wobbled over to the sink as she leaned against it for support. "I honestly don't know Moonbay. I just haven't been feeling too good lately," she said as she filled a glass of water before drinking it and then spitting it out to get rid of the bile taste in her mouth.
"If you're feeling this sick, then why don't you go see a doctor? Maybe he can also examine your head to figure out why you are doing this to Van," Moonbay said jokingly but she didn't hear anything from Fiona and turned to look at her. "What is going on between you and Van Fiona? Why are you constantly avoiding him?" Moonbay asked softly putting a hand on Fiona's shoulder.
Fiona tensed up at the sound of Van's name. "I just can't face him Moonbay. Everything has changed between us; I don't think it will ever be the same again. Why do things have to change?" Fiona asked sadly dropping her head to look at the floor.
"How has it changed any Fiona?" Moonbay asked but she didn't receive a reply from Fiona. "You do know that not all change is bad. Van has been trying so hard to get you to talk to him but you just keep running off and not even giving him a chance to say what he wants to say. What happened that you wouldn't give him a chance to say anything?" Moonbay asked with all seriousness in her voice.
Fiona's body shook as she tried to block out all images from the night. A small tear fell down her eye. "I tried to run away. Van ended up catching me before I could leave. He was so intent on stopping me. Something happened though, and we ended up kissing each other," Fiona said and shook since she was afraid to continue on.
Moonbay was glad to hear that they were able to do that. She had an extremely happy look on her face. "How is that so bad Fiona? You two have a chance at something. So why would you ignore him because of that?" Moonbay asked staring at Fiona intently but then she noticed how scared Fiona looked. "Fiona?" Moonbay asked softly.
"It didn't end with just a kiss. Things got too wild after that and we ended up… ended up," Fiona said but her body just shook as more images of that night continued to flash in her mind.
Moonbay's hand flew up to her mouth to stifle the gasp that came out. "You… you and Van… had sex?" Moonbay asked and she saw Fiona just nod her head. Suddenly she had some other suspicions. "Fiona? Are you…" Moonbay said but was stopped when Fiona put her hands over her ears and shook her head wildly.
Fiona didn't even want to think of the chance of her possibly being pregnant. The child would always live in a life of danger because of the people that were currently hunting her. That was also why she was so scared to get involved with Van. She just did not want to put anyone in danger because of her.
"Fiona maybe you really should see a doctor. This could be very serious if you really are pregnant! I really think that you should talk to Van as well. He of all people deserves to know if you could possibly be carrying his child!" Moonbay said urgently.
"Moonbay you don't understand! There are people after me. If Van and I had something, then they would try to get rid of him to get to me. I don't even want to think what they would do if I really am pregnant. They might use the child to get rid of me," Fiona said walking towards the bed and sitting down.
"It is kind of too late to be thinking of that. You and Van are already involved even if you won't accept it. I also think that you probably are pregnant," Moonbay said and was about to continue when there was a knock on the door. Moonbay walked to the door and opened it to reveal Van.
Fiona immediately tried to bolt from the room but Moonbay grabbed her arm and shook her head. "Talk to him Fiona. Don't mention what we talked about until you are positive about it," Moonbay said before walking past Van and gave him a slight sympathetic look.
The door closed and the two were left alone. Van took a few steps forward towards Fiona but she just turned her back towards him. "Fiona please, look at me and talk to me," Van begged as he placed a hand on her shoulder. He felt them tense up under his touch and removed them.
"Van, why do you keep trying to talk to me? What happened that night was a mistake," Fiona said softly while looking towards the ground still refusing to look Van in the eyes.
"It doesn't have to be Fiona. You may not believe this but that night was special for me. Why do you have to keep running away from me whenever I try and talk to you about it?" Van asked and was growing aggravated when she continued to not look at him.
"What good could possibly come by being around me Van? That was shown before when you were injured that day! If we were involved, then you would end up getting killed just like in my dreams!" Fiona said finally looking up at him. She hated the look of sadness in his eyes. It made it worse that she knew that she was the cause of it.
"I want something with you Fiona! Isn't it also my choice if I want to put myself in danger for something like that?" Van asked looking Fiona straight in the eyes. "I would give up just about anything to make sure that you remain safe Fiona, because I love you," he said with all of his heart yet with a sad look on his face.
Fiona's eyes widened at his sudden proclamation of love that she was completely speechless. Of all the things that she thought would end up coming out of this conversation, this was something that was definitely what she thought.
Since he didn't receive a reply from Fiona, Van thought the worst and turned around. "You know what; just forget that I said that. Since it is obvious that you will never feel the same," he said before he walked away towards the door.
Fiona's voice was caught in her throat. She still could not say anything. She reached out to him as if to try and stop him but he was already out of her reach. She knew that she would have to make a choice or end up losing him forever. "Van," she finally managed to say.
Van stopped when he heard his name and turned around but was soon wrapped up within an embrace from Fiona. He was slightly surprised by this but he wrapped his arm around her and buried his face with her hair.
"I just can't bear the thought of you getting hurt because of me Van. I love you too; I've loved you for so long. Please forgive me for ignoring you like I have been. I was just trying to protect you," she said as a small tear fell down her face.
Van wiped away the tears from her eyes and tilted her head up and claimed her lips with his own. It was just as sweet tasting as he remembered it. He broke the kiss after a while and stared into her eyes. "Of course I do Fiona. I know I will be put in danger for it but I just can't turn away from you. I want us to be together so badly," he said tightening his hold upon Fiona's waist.
"Show me just how badly," she said reaching behind him and completely closing and locking the door so that no one could barge in there. She then kissed him hard on the lips and dragged him towards the bed.
A man sat in a seat with several dead bodies all around him. 'Damn that old woman,' he thought. Although he wasn't supposed to remember what happens, he had a few memories of what happened but nothing of particular importance. It was mainly that Fiona's mother had ruined what he tried to do. He couldn't remember anything but that.
The door to the room opened and Ryan walked into it and looked around at the dead bodies. "Having a bad day? I will just come back a little later then," he said turning around to walk out of the room but stopped when he heard the click of a gun.
Zack held the gun in the air and had it pointed directly at Ryan's head. 'All humans are worthless,' he mentally told himself but then he had another idea and lowered the gun. He would still be able to use this chance to get what he wants. He smirked and broke out into laughter.
