I still can't update some of my other stories, so might as well add the next chapter for this story. Tell me if you like it.

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No way out

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"I'm DEAD."

It would have been taken as a joke, if not for Rukia's 'I'm not kidding' expression. Both Tatsuki and Orihime looked shocked by their friend's ridiculous statement. Rukia had a smile on her face when she returned from her date, so they assumed that the date must have gone pretty well. Then what was the reason for the bizarre screaming and all.

"What do you mean 'you're DEAD'?" Tatsuki was to first to regain her senses.

"Yes Rukia, what do you mean? Are you in some kind of trouble?" Orihime asked lovingly, being the kind girl that she is.

Half an hour later, all three of them were sitting on the couch. Rukia had just finished narrating the incidents of that night to both her friends.

"I knew that already. And… you're so worked up because…?" Tatsuki did not understand what Rukia's problem really was?

"WHAT? You already knew? And you didn't bother to tell me about it?" Tatsuki and Orihime stared at Rukia, who looked as if she had lost her marbles. Rukia knew that they wouldn't understand her situation if they did not know the whole situation, so she took a deep breath and started again.

"Okay, listen and listen closely. Whatever I'm going to say now must not leave this room, agreed?" Tatsuki and Orihime nodded their head vigorously.

"My brother works for the FBI." There. She said it.

"What's that got to do…..Ooohhhhh" Orihime finally got the essence of what Rukia meant. Tatsuki got up from her place ready to leave, stretched her body and said the words Rukia feared the most.

"You're dead!"

"Tatsuki! This is no time for joke. Sit down and tell me a way out of this. Now!" Rukia screeched while pulling Tatsuki down on the couch.

"Yeesh. Calm down. No need to get so bitchy. Why don't you just break-up with him?" Tatsuki shrugged. The idea seemed acceptable even to Orihime.

"Break-up? Are you crazy? We just went on our first date as a couple. How can I ask for him to break-up with me without any good reason?" she thought some more and then added. "And knowing his secret makes it that much more harder."

What Rukia said was true, and the other two agreed with her. She needed a reason for break-up.

"Look you two; I'm in deep shit as of now. So I'm asking for your help to get me out of this. Please guys." Rukia seemed desperate to get out of this situation. "If my brother finds out he'll surely have my head for it…"

"How about this? Instead of you breaking-up with him, make him to break-up with you. That way you'll be safe, right?" Orihime said with a serious face. The other two occupants of the room had their jaws on the floor. It was the first time that Orihime, their kind and ditzy friend had said something that was devious and…

"BRILLIANT!" Rukia and Tatsuki chorused.

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