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P.S. this is usually a lot faster than I update. But the ideas keep coming so I keep writing. And it seems cruel to not post a completed chapter if enough people are waiting for it.
ENJOY!
Easier Than Love
Chapter Two
Sango and Ayame found Kagome sitting on the floor of the living room crying while looking at her cell phone, which lay on the floor a few feet in front of her
Sango rushed to her friend's side, kneeling next to her, "Kags are you all right? What's wrong?"
Kagome shook her head and wiped her eyes. "Don't worry about me. It's just hormones and whatnot. I'll go get dressed now." She said, standing up and walking into her bedroom.
Sango couldn't understand what had just happened. She looked to Ayame, who had been standing in the kitchen.
"Don't look at me" Ayame said, "I don't understand her half the time anyways. But I think we should get ready to go out."
Sango nodded, "Yeah, it would probably be the best thing to cheer Kagome up. Not that she will ever tell us what she was crying about."
"Yeah, that is true. But let's focus on getting ready now. Did you leave a bag in my room?"
"Yeah, I left it right inside your door. I didn't want to risk entering the war zone!" Ayame said jokingly, poking fun at Sango's messiness.
"Yeah whatever." Sango said, walking into her room, "And you're not much better Ayame!" she yelled from inside her bedroom.
Ayame smiled and downed the rest of her red bull before walking into her own room to get ready.
In Kagome's room at the end of the hall, she sat against her closed door, not wanting Ayame or Sango to see her crying anymore. Why Inuyasha? Why after all this time do you call me? Just as I'm really about to arrive as a model…I don't have time for anything else! It would have been easier if he had forgotten about me. She thought
"Well, I can't think of him right now…I need to get ready for our girl's night out! Well…girls and Kouga." She said with a giggle, standing up and wiping her eyes off.
"Let's see what Ayame donated to the "Kagome Loves Prada" fund." She said, digging through the bags.
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"Hello? Kagome? Kagome! Are you there?" Inuyasha shouted into his phone, only to have his questions answered with the automated voice saying, "The number you have dialed has been disconnected. Please hang up and dial again."
"Fuck you…computer woman." Inuyasha mumbled, even though he knew full well that swearing at a motorized voice wasn't going to get him anywhere.
"Inu! Did you get a hold of Kagome?" Miroku called from the kitchen of their apartment.
"No!" he called back, still wondering what happened. He had heard her voice, so she had answered the phone…but after that there was silence. Maybe she never really answered the phone at all…maybe I just imagined it.
"Oh well. I need to pack seeing as stupid Miroku waited so long to tell me about this." He said with a disgruntled tone as he put his phone on his bed.
He walked to his closet and pulled out the first suitcase he could find, plopping it on his bed next to his phone; glancing at the phone on last time before opening his dresser drawers. I guess if I do see her than its fate. He thought as he threw the entire contents of his dresser into the open suitcase.
Let's hope fate is on my side.
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"Ready guys?" Sango called from the living room as she drank a red bull.
She was wearing some of the clothes that Ayame had given her earlier. A dark purple, one sleeved shirt almost covered in glitter. She wore dark wash jeans with knee high black boots over them. As usual she wore very little jewelry, only silver bangles on the sleeveless arm and simple diamond studs in her ears. Her hair was in a curled side ponytail with a jeweled flower barrette pinned onto the ponytail holder. She walked over to the mirror by the door to touch up her eyeliner and amethyst eyeshadow.
Ayame emerged from her room still not totally ready. She was wearing black pinstripe trousers with a hunter green tunic. The empire waist of the tunic was belted with silver ribbon and beading, as was the deep V of the shirt. Her hair was pulled back into a high ponytail, simple yet classy. She was trying to put on her silver spike heels as she hobbled into the living room.
"You okay over there Ayame?" Sango asked while trying not to laugh at Ayame's attempt to put on a spike heel while moving.
Ayame looked up from her feet, "Yeah, I'm fine." She said right before tipping over, "Well, fine-ish" she said with a laugh.
Ayame put her shoes on while she was sitting and then stood up and slid her silver hoops into her ears as she checked her reflection in the mirror.
"Kagome! I made reservations! If you aren't out here in 30 seconds you can meet us at the restaurant!" Sango yelled, hoping Kagome heard her over the music she was playing in her room.
"Keep your pants on Sango! I'm ready!" Kagome yelled as she walked out of her room. She was wearing a little black halter dress and black lace up wedges. It was classically beautiful but still stood out. As usual Kagome let her long black hair flow freely and had simply bobby-pinned a flower above her right ear. If that outfit didn't attract attention, nothing will.
"How do I look?" she asked with a twirl.
"Very nice. So classic." Sango said, grabbing her purse and black leather jacket off of a bar stool. (A/n: they have a bar built into their kitchen…which constitutes bar stools!) "But we need to go, so let's go!"
Ayame opted to go without a jacket and ran back to her room to retrieve her purse as Kagome grabbed her faux fur stole and small black clutch.
The three models walked out of their apartment and easily caught a cab to Il Ristorante Bellisimo. (A/n: yes I know it's a lame name but I haven't been in Italian class long enough to come up with something more creative.)
The three had all eyes on them as they walked up to the hostess.
"Yes we had a reservation" Sango said, always the leader.
"Yes, what name is it under?" the hostess asked with a smile.
"Sango Takai." Sango said with a smile. Being relatively famous was hard work and Sango actually enjoyed it when people didn't recognize her.
"All right, right this way ladies." The hostess said, taking three menus from a pile and leading them to a secluded table in the back corner of the restaurant.
They sat down around the table and looked at their menus. Their waiter came over and they placed their drink orders.
The waiter came back a few minutes later and gave out their drinks. Kagome held her cosmopolitan in the air, "I'd like to propose a toast." She said.
"We need to wait until Kouga gets here before we toast!" Ayame said, taking a small sip of her appletini.
"All right, all right. I don't know why he is incapable of being on time though." Sango said as she fiddled with the olives in her martini.
"Oh come on, I'm not that late." Kouga said, sitting down in the booth next to Ayame. He waved the waiter over, "Can I have a cranberry and vodka please?" he asked.
"Oh course sir." The waiter replied and returned a couple minutes later with Kouga's drink.
Kagome held her drink up a second time, "Okay, I would once again like to propose a toast." She said with a smile.
Sango, Ayame and Kouga held their drinks up to Kagome's.
"To amazing friends, amazing opportunities and this amazing country! Viva Italia!" she said and they all took a sip of their drinks.
"I can already tell this night is going to be amazing." Ayame said as she looped her arm through Kouga's.
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"I can already tell that this night is going to suck" Inuyasha said as he paced in the living room of his and Miroku's apartment.
"Inuyasha, you are wearing a hole in our floor…please just sit down." Miroku said, flipping through channels on TV.
"I need to get out of here." Inuyasha said as he finally sat down on the couch, "It's our last night in Japan for the whole summer and we're sitting on our asses doing nothing!"
"Well…what do you want to do?"
Inuyasha shrugged, "I don't know. Something. I don't exactly want to go out and get drunk…but I feel the need to do something."
"Inuyasha, I will not leave this chair until you have decided what we are doing, because I am far too comfortable to get up for no reason."
"You're such a lazy ass Miroku. I bet if a girl was standing in the doorway you would be over there so fast it wouldn't even be funny."
Miroku shrugged, "Well duh! But that's beside the point…the point is that we have nothing to do on our last night in Japan."
After hours with no ideas on what to do they both just sank back into their chairs.
Miroku turned to Inuyasha in defeat, "Do you wanna just buy a movie on demand?"
Inuyasha shrugged. "Sure. Why not?" he said, walking to the fridge to get a beer.
This is going to be a long night. He thought, sitting back on the couch.
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"That was the best meal I've had in a long time." Kagome said, putting her napkin over her empty plate, "I think that we should continue this party back at our place" she suggested, taking the last sip of her third cosmopolitan.
"I totally agree!" Sango said, fumbling to put on her coat in her mildly inebriated state, "We should walk! It'll be fun!"
"Yeah! Let's walk! I don't care that I'm wearing super high wedges. It will be so worth it!"
"Can we take a cab? It's too cold out to walk!" Ayame whined.
"Ayame! You were the one who didn't want to wear a coat! We are walking and that's that!" Sango shouted and jumped out of the booth with Kagome and ran to the door of the restaurant.
Kouga laughed out loud at Sango and Kagome's antics but then stopped laughing when he looked at a less than happy Ayame.
"Kouga! Either we take a cab or you give me your coat." She demanded
Kouga shook his head, "We're taking a cab then." He said as they walked from the restaurant, handing the bill to the waiter.
Surprisingly enough Sango and Kagome made it back to the apartment before Kouga and Ayame did and were already in party mode. They had changed out of their Prada and into their pajamas. Sango was wearing a purple cami and matching boyshorts while Kagome was wearing light pink silk pajamas.
"Welcome to the party!" Kagome yelled, hugging Ayame and Kouga as if it had been months since she saw them last.
"Quick! You need something to drink!" Sango yelled from behind the bar, pouring two drinks.
They spent the rest of the night in a constant party until they didn't know what they were doing anymore. Eventually Ayame and Kouga retired to Ayame's room and Sango and Kagome both passed out on the couches in the living room. They stayed like that until the sun woke them up the next morning, well…the sun and the telephone ringing.
Kagome staggered in a hung over daze to the phone, "Hello?" she asked groggily.
"Kagome?"
"Uh huh."
"You do realize that you have a shoot in an hour. Where are you?!?" Paolo yelled at her.
"SHIT! SHIT!" she yelled, "I'll be right there Paolo, let me just get changed!"
She hung up the phone and ran into her room. "FUCK! I can't believe this!" she yelled as she threw on the first articles of clothing she could find, light wash jeans, a teal polo and matching flip flops. She ran into the bathroom to quickly brush her teeth and brush her hair before running into the living room.
"Sango! Wake up! If you had a shoot today you're probably so fucking late!" she yelled at the sleeping brunette.
Sango shot up and looked around like a deer in the headlights. "What time is it?!?" she yelled.
"Ten" Kagome said as she grabbed her keys off of the counter and stuffed them in her purse. "I can't talk though, my shoot starts in an hour. Bye!" she yelled over her shoulder as she left the apartment.
Sango stood up and walked over to her portfolio briefcase and pulled out her planner. She flipped to today's page and frantically looked around for any plans.
"Nothing today. Thank God." She said with a huge sigh of relief.
She saw Ayame's date book sitting on the counter and she picked it up. No sense waking her up if she doesn't have any plans. She thought.
"Hmm…she has two go-sees in three hours. I think I'll go wake her up." She put the date book back on the counter and walked down the hall, knocking on the first door on the left.
"Ayame, you have go-sees in three hours. Time to get up" she said.
"I don't wanna! Call them and cancel. I'm sleeping!" Ayame called back.
Sango opened the door to the room, "Ayame Connelly! Get out of bed right now! Kouga's already left for work and so has Kagome. so you need to drag your ass out of bed! Don't make me come over there!" Sango threatened.
"All right, all right. I'm getting out of bed mom" Ayame grumbled as she climbed out of bed.
"Good" Sango said and closed the door behind her as she walked into the kitchen. She set up the espresso machine to make two shots and then walked onto the balcony.
She breathed in the morning air and sighed. She looked out over the balcony; the view was amazing, a perfect view of all of Milan.
This is something only three supermodels could afford. She thought to herself with a smile, worth every penny.
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"Inuyasha! You have to get up! The flight time was changed! We need to be at the airport in an hour!" Miroku yelled frantically.
"I didn't do it!" Inuyasha yelled as he sat straight up in bed.
"Yeah whatever, get ready!" Miroku yelled, moving his luggage from his bedroom to the hallway.
Inuyasha climbed out of bed and stretched leisurely before changing out of his pajamas and into jeans and a short-sleeved button down shirt. He put on his shoes and grabbed his luggage from in front of his bed and moved it into the hallway with Miroku's luggage.
"Hey Miroku, calm down. We'll be fine. Just get dressed and then we'll leave." Inuyasha said calmly.
Miroku took a deep breath and walked into his room. He returned ten minutes later wearing a white button down shirt with a loose black tie around his neck with light wash jeans.
"Okay? Ready to go now?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yeah. Ready as I'll ever be. Although I am wicked nervous…what if Versace doesn't like my pictures?"
"Miroku, you're a damn good photographer. And if Versace doesn't appreciate that they can shove your pictures up their asses. Everything is going to be great." Inuyasha said, reassuring him.
Everything will be great. Inuyasha thought to himself. Or at least I hope that everything will be great…
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Authoress' Note: I'm rather proud of this chapter if I do say so myself. Well, review away loyal readers! I love you all! And I will have the next chapter up as soon as possible. Is there an encounter in Kagome and Inuyasha's future? Hmm…I don't know.