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Modelling for a Redhead – Part 2

Ray muttered incoherently as he shifted, pulling at his cover and snuggling into the soft mattress. He felt so cosy, so comfy, he really didn't want to move, but… what was this nagging feeling he had in the back of his mind?

"When did my bed get so cosy?" His eyes slowly opened and glare at the blue material that faced him as he realised what was wrong.

"Your awake," an amused, yet familiar voice said.

Ray smiled as he shifted – he'd never forget that voice. "Hi… where am I?" he asked, as he looked up into crimson eyes. "And why are you here?"

"I own this building," Kai replied. "You're in Redemptions' China branch.

"Oh… why was I sleeping here?"

"You fainted."

"Oh… I had a weird dream…"

"About what?" another voice asked as another face came to hover over him.

"Bryan!" Ray screamed as he shot up, smashing his head into the lilac haired Russian and falling back down onto the settee, rubbing his now sore head. "… that's right, it wasn't a dream…"

"You can be such a ditz, you know that?" Kai asked amused. "And how can you take a job from an acquaintance and not even realise it?"

"But he was unrecognisable!" Ray whined as he shifted into a sitting position. "And how well does anyone know any of our surnames? Your surname and the Majestics are probably the only ones the world know."

"Why doesn't anyone recognise Tal when he styles his hair differently?" Bryan muttered, as he moved across the room to a cabinet. Throwing the doors open, he pulled out a bottle of brandy and lifted it slightly, gesturing to the duel haired Russian who nodded. Setting it on the worktop, he pulled two glasses out, shut the doors and poured some of the alcohol into them. Fastening the top onto the bottle, he moved back across the room and handed a glass to Kai. "What you going to do Kitty-cat?"

"Huh?" was all Ray said as he looked confused at the Falcon.

"You going to try out for the job or are you going to turn tail and run?"

"If I can stand against your Stroblitz, I think I can handle this!" Ray exclaimed, jumping to his feet. "I'm no wimp! Besides, what other choices do I have right now… I'm sure you heard what me and Tala were talking about earlier."

"That I did and the pussy-cat's sister aside, you have plenty of friends who'd help you, right?"

"That maybe so, but Lee's to damn stubborn and refuses to ask for help or let us! I could strangle him sometimes."

"What's going on?" Kai asked, raising a brow in confusion.

"The café I, Lee, Kevin and Gary worked in was forced to shut a couple month back," Ray explained as collapsed back onto the settee. "We haven't been able to find another job; finding that one was hard enough. So we're kind of… we are struggling to survive. Lee won't call and ask Mariah for help; with who she married, there's no doubt she can. He stops us from asking for help, from her and everyone… I don't know why he's like this to be honest…"

"Should have gone behind his back," Kai commented.

"And I'd never hear the end of it. He was bad enough to deal with when I accepted Tala's offer… or I should say when I accepted a strangers offer. He'll blow up when he finds out the truth, I just know it!"

"I found another camera!" Tala exclaimed as he burst into the room. "Ah! You're awake too! Good; now go get changed."

"He wants to decline now," Bryan stated, as he shifted to stare at the Wolf with a straight face. "He doesn't want to take your job offer anymore."

Kai, with his back to his redheaded friend, grinned mischievously at Ray and winked. "Guess you're back at square one Tal," he said, adopting a straight, serious face as he moved to look at his mortified friend.

"No!" he yelled. "You can change your mind, not now! I'll lock you in here if I have to!" Slamming the door, he did just that. Taking the key, he strolled across the room to the window and opened it, throwing the key out.

"Tala!" Bryan and Kai yelled as the Flacon dropped his glass and dashed to the window. Knocking Tala out the way, he shoved his head out, cursing.

"I can't even bloody see it," Bryan muttered, pulling his head in and slamming the window shut. "Why'd you have to do that?"

"We're going to end up being stuck here all night," Kai stated. "Why'd this room have to be on the sixth floor?"

"Don't you have one last meeting tonight?" Bryan asked, making the Phoenix groan. "Learn to take a joke Tal."

"Joke… are your saying you two were kidding?" Tala asked, receiving two exasperated nodes. "Oh… That's not a nice joke!"

"I'll make some calls," Kai said, setting his glass down on the coffee table and pulling his phone from his pocket.

"And I'll clean up the broken glass and my wasted drink," Bryan stated.

"I'll make Ray get changed and do my job," Tala said with a happy grin.