Chapter 2
The rest of the morning went well enough for Brady, his instructor was late usual but to make up for it he gave the class an easy lesson. The new animatronic dummies they use to simulate emergencies was pretty cool. Brady loved working with the dummies on lessons, it made it easier for him to get the feel of how a real hospital is runned. The lessons ran short so the class was let out early, marking an end to a long and boring monday. He left the classroom in a rush and went straight to the locker room to change. He entered in his combination with ease, hearing the satisfying click of the lock was relaxing. He quickly undressed before the other guys caught up with him; he really wished the locker room had individual change rooms like they do at indoor swimming pools. He put on his regular clothes, packing his back with his notebooks and several modules. He neatly placed his uniform in the locker, locking it and tugging on the lock to make sure it was secure before leaving
Fixing his backpack before heading down the hall, Brady had a lot to read if he was going to pass next week's test but he can't seem to focus on that. His mind was wondering to the pale blond girl he met earlier; her very name had rung back memories. Memories he could not but he felt as if he knew that name forever; he walked the halls of the university to try and jog his memories. Drawing a blank at every turn, he's starting to be just as bad as his sister- and she can barely remember breakfast.
"Oh, sorry. excuse me."
Brady was brought of out his thoughts, looking around for the source of the voice. He cracked a smile, seeing the familiar blond still bumping into people. He walked up behind her.
"Ya doing okay?" She turned around, looking slightly relieved.
"Yeah, though I think I brought too many books for my first lesson." Her face red with embarrassment.
"Looks that way, want me to help?"
She nodded, a little nervously as she handed him a few of her textbooks. Brady handled them with ease as he chugged past her, opening the door for her like how his mother taught him. Noire said her thanks as she passed through.
"Your in quite a hurry, any reason?"
"I the bus arrives any minute now- I can't afford to be late again." Noire said as she turned her walk into jog.
On cue, a bus had stopped at the terminal to let people off and welcomed them on. Noire quickly fumbled with getting her card out of pocket, Brady stayed close behind her getting his card ready as well. A woman before Noire scanned her card and took her seat, she scanned it before finding her seat with Brady close behind her. Noire taken up a seat at the back by the window, Brady sitting close to her.
"I take it that you don't own a car?" Brady asked teasingly.
"No, I have a fear of getting into an accident." Noire answered him softly.
"Aw come on, car accidents don't happen that often, like very rarely; unless you are very unlucky."
Noire chuckled. "Yeah.."
They both fell silent, the rest of the ride was quiet between the two which gave Bady a chance to eye her. There was something about her that sparked a memory he couldn't recall,her name being the prominent piece to the whole thing. He remembered that name well but couldn't place her face, the name racked his brain as he tried to recall any memory containing her. Noire reached up and pulled a cord, the bus started to slow down; snapping Brady out of his trance. he got up as the bus slowed to a complete stop, Noire got up, hanging onto her things tightly as they exited.
"My house isn't too far from here." She said as she lead Brady down the side walk.
"Pretty nice neighborhood ya got here." Brady commented as he saw perky looking houses.
This neighborhood contained brightly painted houses of mostly blue, pink and white. Their lawns were neatly trimmed and framed with white picket fences with mail boxes standing next to a gate. Some had flowers growing along to sides of the fences. Compared to his neighborhood, this place was a piece of heaven.
"Thank you, it's really nice here. The people are nice, the kids are good and it always smells like fresh baked pies on some days." Noire stated, smiling meekly.
Brady whistled. "Nice, my ma doesn't bake too often but that's amazing to have a whole neighborhood smell like apple pie."
Noire nodded. They had passed several houses until they came to one that looked a little out of place then the others, this one had a coat of a rosy red colored paint, it's lawn was nice but it didn't look like it was trimmed that often, no flowers grew but strange types of plants that Brady could not identify. The layout of the house's exterior certainly gave him the sense that he had been here before but it felt different.
Noire had rung the doorbell, bringing Brady back down to earth. The doorknob turned, opening to reveal a pale blonde man, he wore a white collared shirt with tanned dress pants. He wasn't as tall as Brady was he certainly looked intimatidating.
"Good to see you home safe and sound Noire." He greeted his daugter.
"Thanks father, i would have missed the bus if Brady hadn't helped." Noire said as she turned to Brady.
The blond man turned his attention to Brady, he couldn't quite tell what Noire's father's expression was; the blank expression he gave made him slightly uncomfortable but then he smiled.
"I thank you, kind young man for getting my daughter home safely. Naga bless you." He bowed his head, stepping out of the way to let his daughter in.
Brady stood in the doorway, unsure of what to do. The man turned to him once more.
"Are you not coming in?"
"I can?" Brady questioned.
"Of course, it's only fair I allow the man that brought my daughter home safely by inviting him in." His warm smile welcomed Brady.
He simply nodded and stepped in, using his feet to remove his shoes. He then followed the blond man down the hall. Brady took a moment to take in the home's interior, he saw several pictures and statuettes of Naga, the divine dragon. He could have guessed considering how nice this neighborhood was and how he blessed him. He had no ill will against it, he just doesn't believe in Naga all that much.
"You are just in time, my wife was just about to get started on making dinner." He said as he entered the kitchen.
"Naga's might! what are you doing?!" The man shouted, Brady nearly jumped. He peered into the kitchen, a soft blush appeared on his cheeks.
In the kitchen was an average sized woman, she wore knee length yoga pants which complimented her nice curvy figure but he could see why this man screamed- she was wearing no top nor bra. Her raven black hair draped over her shoulders but not really concealing her lucious breasts.
"I'm sorry I tried to get her to wear a top." Noire cried, clutching a shirt.
"My love, this is highly inappropriate. We have a guest." The man fumbled with his speech, clearly taken a back.
The woman simply stared at them then continued with her cooking. "So?"
"Mother, please." Noire pleaded.
"You wanted dinner, then I'll get you dinner but I'm not wearing that top." The woman said as she turned over some pieces of meat in a pan.
"Tharja, love of my life, please just put something on." The man pleaded.
The woman named Tharja simply ignored him. "So how many am i serving?"
"Mother-"
"How many am i serving?"
"..four."
Not answering back, continuing her cooking as she added a few spices to the meat. Noire was clearly embarrassed as she covered her face with the shirt she held. the man sighed, leading Brady out of the kitchen doorway.
"I- I apologize for my wife's behavior, she is rather.. a free spirit." He said, rubbing his temple.
"No, it's fine." Brady chuckled, he couldn't really shake that image out of his head.
"You and Noire may take up residence in the living room, I will talk to my wife about this." He turned and went into the kitchen.
Brady stood there for a moment before venturing on his own, he had no problem locating the living room; it was just the next doorway from the front. He took a seat on the couch, trying to figure out what just happened. What on earth did he just walk in on?
chapter 2 finally up! sorry for the wait, college is not a good thing when you write fanfiction of two fictional characters.
anyways so thank you Just Some NJ Writer for pointing out a small mistake, it has been corrected and applied.
due to my college work getting more attention nowaday i won't update as much as i like to but i will try and squeeze out a chapter, they might be longer or shorter depending on how much time and effort i put into them. a new one will be posted some time next week in my college work will allow it.
-AL
