Chapter Dos
"Murdoc!" Alice ran up to his side and hugged him tightly. "It's been awhile."
"Get off of me!" Murdoc pushed himself away from her. "Your still the same aren't you?"
"I'm glad you didn't forgot. Your still huggable to me."
Murdoc just stood there for a while, not realizing that he was gazing into her ocean eyes. Then it struck him. He knew that he held something he didn't want to have.
"Alice!" Noodle glomped from behind Alice and pulled on her left arm like a little kid. "Are you sleeping next to my room?"
2D then took Alice's right arm and pulled with equal amount of strength as Noodle. "No. She sleeping near my room."
Noodle pulled Alice closer to her. "My room!"
2D pulled back with the same force. "My room!"
"My room 2D-kun!"
"My room Noodle!"
"Er...guys..." Alice spoke up. "I really don't like to be a rope in your tug-o-war...but.."
"That's enough!" Murdoc went on to break the three apart. "Cut it out before you rip her arms off. She's sleeping where I'm telling her to stay."
"So now I have to live under your word?" Alice asked while picking up two of her suitcases.
"We've turned the tables around love." He responded. "Your in my house now."
"So where am I sleeping then?"
Murdoc took both her suitcases. "I'll get those for you love. Just follow me."
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"Aren't you getting tired of holding my bags Murdoc?"
Alice couldn't see his face since he was walking infront of her to lead the way. 2D and Noodle stayed close behind her in an uncomfortable fashion, and Russel just tagged along in the back of the line to make sure Murdoc wouldn't do anything weird to their guest. No one could see it, but Murdoc held a face that showed a small ounce of pain. "I'm...fine..." He managed to say. 'Damn!' He thought to himself. 'What does she have in these things?'
Choosing the route to the fuchsia hallway, Murdoc stopped at an entrance three doors down from the lift. He dropped the suitcases and tried to catch his breath. He leaned on the wall for support.
"You could have told me my stuff was heavy."
"No...problem.." He was still trying to catch his breath. "Just carry...less stuff next time." He opened the door that lead to her room. Noodle's mouth hung open as 2D just blinked. Russel was shocked as well. "Here's your room love." He tossed her stuff on her viridian bed. Her walls were painted celadon, which almost seemed like seafoam. It made the atmoshere of the room peaceful. Wood and metal desks, dressers, and even a walk in closet was included. Some 'Gorillaz' and 'I love the 70's and 80's' posters were placed up along with many vibrant colors of bean bag chairs. The whole room even smelled like Fabreeze.
"You...you did this all...for me..?" Alice asked the whole band while placing her hands on her heart.
"I didn't do it." 2D admitted.
"I think Murdoc-san did it all." Noodle looked around the room with Russel. "None of us knew this was here before."
Alice turned and gave Murdoc another hug, despite what happened the first time. "Thank you so much Murdoc!"
He now didn't have the feeling of pushing away, but he still didn't return the hug. He just let Alice squeeze him. "Uh...your welcome?"
Russel saw the two standing in the middle of the room. Murdoc finally gave in and softy placed the side of his face on the top of Alice's head with his eyes closed. Russel poked 2D and Noodle with his elbow. "Um...I think we should leave these two alone now...right guys?"
Noodle's swift thinking understood with the drummers plan. "Yes Russ-chun. I agree. Right 2D?"
"No I don't get it." 2D scratched his head. Soon enough he was taken by the arm and led out the room. Murdoc heard the door shut quietly. His eyes shot open and noticed that Alice was still holding him. With no one eles around. "Uh..love, you can stop hugging me now."
She pulled away. "Okay, but you feel so warm.."
He managed to smile. "Yeah, well how do you like your room?"
"I love it!" She plopped on her bed and cluched on the pillows. "Murdoc. What color are these pillows? They look white, but they kinda don't."
"To be exact. It's an Alice blue."
She put her silky pillows down and looked at him doubtfully. "Alice blue? There's a color named after me?"
"Not after you, but it's a light-blue gray or steel blue color."
Before another word was spoken between the two, 2D brust in the room with a half worried look on his face. "Murdoc! Aren't the bike championships today?"
"Shit dullard! Your right...for once!"
"Bike championship? For what?" Alice put the pillows aside and jumped off her bed.
"First annual bike compitions. I wanted to teach Stu-pot how to be a real man, and he wanted to be in it so..."
"Murdoc taught me how to ride a bike!" 2D said happily.
Alice knew 2D was dents, but not that dents. Murdoc had to teach him how to ride a bicycle? He wasn't that girly was he? Hope it was a large bike and nothing like a tricycle.
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The two girls sat in the back of the geep while Russel sat at the wheel. They waited for the other two to arrive. "So what are we going to do?" Noodle asked while shifting in her seat beside Alice.
Russel tapped on the steering wheel with both hands, the radio in the geep played a hip-hop tune that he seemed to admire. "2D and Muds are going to bike on the way. Sort of like a warm-up. We're going to follow, hopefully we can catch up to them."
"Catch-up?" Alice wondered. "How hard is it to follow two men on bicycles?"
Noodle and Russel both laughed. Alice sank in her seat as if she said something wrong. "No no Alice-sama." Noodle shook her head. "Their not the motor."
VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
The gigantic sound made everyone in the geep jump. It was of course unexpected to hear in the middle of a speech. It couldn't have been the geep itself, Russel didn't even step on the gas yet. It was also way to loud. From the left side of the geep, Murdoc came zooming out on a blood red bike with large black wheels. 2D came out from the right side of the geep and stopped where Murdoc was. He rode on an icy blue bike with a helmet to match it's color. Alice understood now, why couldn't she figure it out before? They wern't normal bikes.
Motorcycles
"You turn like a girl Two-dents."
"I do not."
These were large sports bikes. Large enough to hold at least two people. These babies were ment for only racing. "Think you can keep up with us lards?" Murdoc roared his motor.
Russel started up the car engine. "Sure."
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Murdoc and 2D were having a tiny race of their own. Russel tried to follow, but he also didn't want to scare the girls in the back with extremespeed. It didn't bother Noodle of course, she was too busy watching 2D on his motorbike. Surprisingly, it didn't bother Alice either. She was also preoccupied watching Murdoc on his bike. She folded her arms and leaned on the side of the geep just staring at the way his cape flowed wildly in the wind behind him. He handled the bike with ease as if he knew how to use it like his bass. She sighed at the way he looked so cool on a bike, and also so...handsome?
A sudden sharp jerk made both her and Noodle launch forward. Russel stopped right where 2D and Murdoc had stopped riding. Noodle helped Alice up. "Russel-chun, why did you stop?"
"This is where the first annual superbike championships are being held in England."
He was right of course. Every person involved in the race seem to have some sort of motorcycle. Some cruiser bikes, Feet-forwards bikes, naked bikes, Derny bikes, you name it. Every single type of motorcyle was here.
Russel and the girls jumped out the geep to explore. "I've never seen so many bikes before." Noodle exclaimed. "So, is there like a prize or something?"
"I'm guessing it's money." Murdoc said still on his bike. "But Gorillaz are rich enough."
A flying peice of paper struck 2D in the face. He removed it to have a better look. "Oh listen to this! Winner gets 20 thousand dollors and a rare glass medallion."
"Medallion?" Murdoc snatched the paper from 2D. "There's a weird symbol on it. It looks oddly familiar, but I just can't remember correctly..."
"Let me see." Noodle grabbed the paper as Alice saw it over her shoulders. 2D and Murdoc both saw the girls gazing at the paper in a way of desire. "The medallion looks very pretty." Alice admitted.
"I know.." Noodle agreed.
2D jumped off his bike and went over to Noodle and whispered in her ear. "You like that medallion love?" She nodded in agreement. He continued to softly talk to her. "Then I got it covered." He kissed her on the cheek afterwards.
Murdoc also got off his bike, but just talked to Alice with a one foot gap between them. "Do you like the glass Alice?"
"Yeah. It's really pretty."
"Then that's all I need to know." He strolled on back to his bike. "C'mon 2D! Race is gonna start!"
Both girls loved that glass. Before, all 2D wanted was to have some fun on a motorcycle, Murdoc wanted to race to show how superior Gorillaz are in anything. However, there was a change of thoughts. Each of them didn't know what the other was thinking, but 2D wanted to win the glass for Noodle and Murdoc wanted it for Alice.
This might be a problem.
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