Ian's Favor:
While we were sitting at the gas station and I was there to stand guard. I didn't get to explain myself either. My name's Kaylin Parker, I'm sixteen and I am basically a modern Robin Hood. I help people who no one else will help and I bring down the corrupt and wealthy. When I said that we were on legal business I was lying, of course. We were there on a job. Now my situation with Ian is one job gone—almost—wrong.
It was about two months ago and some kids found us and asked for the job. The kids were Dan and Amy Cahill. They heard we were the best and asked for our help. We agreed and we broke into the house without getting detected—may I say one thing, the boy has some serious precaution issues. He had the most difficult security system in the world. When Abalene and I had gotten in we almost ran into his sister—Natalie—but we didn't. Instead we ran into Ian, "Well, well. Who do we have here? You two ladies seem way too charming to be in those clothes."
I remembered Amy telling us that he was an experienced liar and charmer. I also remembered her telling us where this "clue" was so I looked at Abalene and she got it immediately. She always knew how to work the guys better than any of us. "Well why don't we talk and get to know each other more?" He smiled and took off and I held back and started running towards the direction that his room was. I picked the lock and got in. I started going through his desk—which was huge by the way—and I found what I was looking for.
I put it in my pocket and when I heard Abalene laughing I jumped out the window and hopped from tree to tree. When I got back to the van I opened the door to see that it was filled with the guards that weren't supposed to know we were there. I was taken back to his room and that's basically how it went down.
So back to how I'm dwelling in boredom in the back of the van. Ian was—still—unconscious, but alive. I was slowly falling asleep, I was just exhausted and I couldn't help falling asleep. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I know is that I was being shaken awake. I rubbed my eyes and I came face to face to a very tired—but smiling—Ian. "Well hello beautiful,"
"I save your life and this is what you say?" I yawned and I found out that I had my head on his shoulder. I sat up straight but I felt dizzy. "Well I would say thank you but it seems that you are going to pass out any minute—did you have any water by any chance?"
"No, I've been stuck here taking care of you."
He leaned over and got a bottle of water, "This might be why you are feeling dizzy." I took the bottle and drank about half of it. "Slow down," he said, laughing. I glared at him, "Shut up. What do you want anyway?" He smiled, "Anxious aren't we? I told you I had a favor to ask."
"And what would that favor be?" I said—still feeling dizzy.
"I need you to get something straightened out,"
"What? Would you just please get to the chase?" I started feeling fuzzy, "I don't feel too well,"
"Okay, Amy is the one who sent you to my place those two months ago, yes? Well something happened before that and I—"
"And you need me to fix some relationship thing that happened. You know it was a mistake but she won't believe you blah, blah, blah. May I say one thing? It's not too good to dwell in the past."
"Yes but—"
"You need to stop dwelling on the mistakes. Mistakes are only mistakes if you don't learn from them. You did learn from them, right?" he nodded, "Then you've learned your lesson and it's not a mistake. Now if you do it again and again—that turns back into a mistake. Plus I'm starting school and I can't exactly go on to chasing her." I started seeing double and I couldn't stable myself. I had to hold something to stay sitting up.
"Are you okay?" he asked and I couldn't help but smile at that accent he had. "Yes Ian I'm fine," I said imitating his accent perfectly. "You sound drunk," he said chuckling, "and where did you learn to copy accents?"
"Practice," I could feel myself drifting, "I need to be able to do that…" I felt myself falling and Ian catching me, "Are you sure you're all right? You seem pale," he put his hand on my forehead, "You're burning up," he started shuffling through the first aid kit and found some medicine, "Kaylin take this,"
I took it, but didn't feel any better, "Ian…call doc."
"Who?"
"Doc—Cady I mean. Her name's Cady and I…" I started to fall asleep, "I…Ian just let me go to sleep,"
"Ah…yeah, okay," He put my head on his lap and I immediately went to sleep.
I felt groggy waking up. I sat up but felt dizzy again. "Whoa…" I heard someone whisper. "Kaylin you might want to rest." I turned to the direction of the voice-it was Ian. "I feel like crap Ian. What are you still doing here?"
"Doc—as you call here kept me here. She said that I wasn't in any shape to go back home."
"I see," I looked up at the clock, "I need to start school in an hour—"
"You're not going to school in that shape," I looked over at him, "You're not my mother." I stood up and rubbed my eyes—I was more stable than yesterday. I started walking towards my room and I turned to find Ian following me, "I'm sorry can I help you?"
"You still didn't answer to my favor."
"I told you not to dwell on it. That is a no,"
"I see…"
"Yeah so you can go back to your million dollar house with your sister Natalie—who by the way has a fetish for blow guns."
He chuckled, "Yes, I know." I got to the door of my room.
I sighed, "Ian, if you don't mind I need to change for school," understanding crossed his face, "Oh—oh of course. I guess I'll be downstairs then." I smiled and opened the door. I walked in and opened my closet. I took out my newest uniform and put it on. It felt so itchy wearing the polyester. My uniform consisted a red and blue plaid skirt, a white blouse, a red and blue tie, and a navy blue blazer with my school crest. I put on my knee-high socks and navy blue converse.
I looked myself over in the mirror and noticed that my hair was a mess and just put it in a high ponytail. I straightened my uniform a bit more and walked outside into the hallway. I walked down the staircase to the dining room of our cabin on the school campus. I heard voices but still walked in and I noticed that everyone but myself was at the table eating breakfast. "Ah…good morning." I took a bagel and smeared a bunch of cream cheese, "Why are you guys so quite?"
"Kaylin, Cady, Ashley, and I have decided on something," I looked at Adalene, "What?"
This time Cady spoke up, "Well I noticed that Ian was in too bad of a shape to go home and—"
"You want him to go to school with us." The nodded and I nodded back, "I get it. Don't worry I'm not angry or anything." I looked up at them and laughed,
"I'm serious. I'm. Not. Mad. Goodness. Don't let me get to your breakfast."
"Well Kaylin it's not that you're mad," said Ashley—a.k.a. Nano—"It's just that we don't know if you're comfortable with it."
"Of course. I mean it has to be done." I bit into the bagel and everyone smiled—well almost everyone. Ian just stood there.
