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Chapter 2She slowly, reluctantly opened her eyes to see the three waiters beating the life out of Tom. Paul and Shane held his arms and legs while Chris slapped him around.
"You like picking on people? Forcing yourself on people?," Chris asked as he punched Tom in the gut. Kala adjusted her clothes and cautiously walked to the men.
"Please, Chris. He's just an ass! All he will do is report you to the police and harass you at work, and keep on hurting people," she said, stoically staring at the now bloodied and bruised Tom.
Chris opened his mouth to say something, but decided against it after seeing Kala's face. She walked up to Tom, handed him his senior ring back, kissed him on his cheek and simply told him 'Goodbye'. Oddly, she was sad at the betrayal of a friend's trust more than the loss of a boyfriend. She knew she could find better than this piece of scum, and that he wasn't worth any grief. She sighed sadly as Tom muttered incoherent insults about Kala, knowing that she would move on quickly, and without any second thoughts. Squaring her shoulders and taking a deep breath, she smiled weakly at Chris. He looked at her with wonder; how strong and grown up she seemed. If he had been her, he'd have ripped this guy twenty new ones, and then tore his body limb from limb, but she just looked out to the streets, contemplating things and avoiding looking at Tom. Chris looked from Tom, to Paul, then to Shane; it seemed like the three men – Paul, Chris and Shane - were communicating with each other through silent looks, telepathic messages. Paul released Tom, then he and Chris hit him once more, and walked over to Kala. Chris smiled at her, sad for the trauma she had been put through tonight.
"Paul and I are going to escort you home, Shane's going to make sure Tom is taken care of," noticing the bewildered look she was giving them, he continued. "Don't worry, if we had less than pure intents or were going to do something, we'd have joined in this assclown's little 'party', not saved you. You can trust us, you'll get home safe."
Against her better judgment and common sense she believed them. If they were going to nab her, they'd have done it by now, so she decided to accept their offer. "I know, I don't know why but I trust you." She offered an arm to each gentleman, watching Shane intently. There was something about this guy; she couldn't put her finger on it, but she knew something was taking place right there in that alley between these four people. She shrugged it off, and began walking with the two guys to her apartment. On the way they made idle small talk, talking about work, the birthday party, the beauty of the park. Soon they reached Kala's building, but she thought it best not to invite them up – she could imagine Terra's tirade now.
"Thank you for walking me home and all," she said hugging Paul.
"No problem, what any gentlemen would do," he replied laughing. Kala walked over to Chris and embraced him.
"Thank you for the kindness, I'll never forget it," she whispered in his ear., making the hair of the back of his neck stand on end. The sensation made him shiver; ever since he had met Kala that evening at the restaurant, he felt different – more alive, more energized, more…well, human, it seemed. It was a weird feeling - Kala seemed to sense it, too, as she pulled slowly away from the hug and looked into his crystal blue eyes. For a split second, they entered a silent understanding, a harmony, a connection that was so powerful, if overwhelmed both of them. Even Paul's coughing, his subtle way of breaking up the picturesquely romantic moment, only shook their intensity, but not the hold. Kala smiled and waved to the guys as she entered her building, sighing happily to herself. She had one final. fleeting thought, but it was strong enough that Chris could read it in her mind, and smiled.
"I think I could love you, too."
Paul slapped Chris on the back, watching a light in a window, presumably Kala and Terra's house. "What a night it's been, eh Chris? Good tips, save a pretty girl – I feel great. If we weren't vampires, I'd swear we were having what humans call a "good day"!," he chuckled. Luckily as Kala what locking down the upstairs windows, she missed Paul's comment. The two men disappeared into the darkness and headed home.
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Kala went to tell Terra about the evening's events. She crept in the bedroom, and climbed into bed with terra, sniggling beneath the warm covers. Terra turned and groggily woke to notice Kala.
"You're back a little earlier than I thought. I expected you to push the curfew envelope down to the seconds," Terra sleepily said.
"Well, things didn't really turn out as well as I hoped. The party was okay, until we went to hang at Tom's. On a good note, I met two really cool guys. They work as waiters at the place we ate at tonight; they're so nice and.." Kala couldn't continue, the smile and blush and giggling cut her off.
"Oh? I thought you had a boyfriend, whom you loved and absolutely adored!" Terra mocked. Kala shuddered slightly, but Terra could tell she'd hit a nerve. "What? What happened? Did he not notice your fingernail polish color had changed or something?"
"No, it….I don't want to talk about it," Kala replied. Terra knew something really funky had to have happened if Kala were too shaken to talk.
"C'mon, tell your big ole sis, I promise I won't poke fun at your pain. Who else you got to listen to you but your ving sister?"
"Please don't be mad, I had nothing to do with this." Kala began. "Well, Tom had been acting weird all night, trying to be touchy-feely and stuff, and after we went back to his house after dinner, everyone had gotten a little too sloshed, and he was trying to make a move on me. I told him no, of course, and went to the bathroom to think. When I came out, he was all grinding against this girl Jane. I was so hurt and embarrassed that I had to leave. He followed me, and tried talking to me, but I told him I didn't want to go to that level. He told me he was sorry, and that I guess we were over. Then he…" Kala began misting up; the invasion of trust and faith she had felt for Tom had been so strong, and she felt awful just thinking about all of this.
"What, what happened K?," Terra coaxed. She knew this was hard for Kala, but getting it out was the only way Kala could be helped – by herself or by Terra.
"He…he tried to…to rape me!" she managed to choke out through the soft sobs that had begun.
"That bastard! Oh, he and his family will most definitely be hearing from me about this, I..." she was cut off by Kala shaking her head.
"No, nothing happened. These three guys who work at the restaurant down the street saved me. They happened to be walking y and heard the commotion; when Tom attacked me, they sprang forward and grabbed him, and gave him a pretty good beating, too, I'll tell ya."
"Three random waiters saved you?"
"Well, they sang 'Happy Birthday' to me earlier at dinner, and one of them was our waiter. Oh he was so cute, he was blond and kind of tall, with these beautiful blue eyes.." Terra stopped her. Even in crisis, her sister could be distracted by anything, especially a cute guy.
"What happened after these guys saved you? Why didn't' you call or something?"
She winced, knowing her sister would freak at letting random strangers walk her home, but she responded truthfully anyway. "One got Tom home, and the other two walked me home, Chris and, oh the other one – I think his name is Peter? It begins with 'P' I know that…"
"WHAT??!!! You did what? Kala, that is by far the stupidest thing…"
"I know, but I trusted them. Nothing happened to me, see? They escorted me home safely – no kidnap, no robbery, no vandalisms!," she quipped, trying to lighten the mood. "They're really nice, if you'd only gotten to meet them."
"If I do meet them, I'll thank them for your rescue, but I will most definitely tell them what I think of random street walkers taking my seventeen year old sister home late at night!" Terra firmly stated. "Look, it's been a traumatic night for you, so just go get some sleep. We'll talk in the morning, okay?" Kala nodded. The sisters kissed goodnight, wished each other sweet dreams, and then went to bed.
Terra tossed as she lay in bed, thinking about all of Kala's evening. Sure it was horrific, and scary, and no person should have to go through that, but one thing bugged her more – why did it seem they hadn't heard the last of these mysterious waiter-strangers and why didn't that bother her?
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