Ripe-ness

{a/n: I'm really starting to love my story, this chapter in particular. Hope you do too!}
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"Good morning.", Ellis declared.

Ellis sprung from her cot with a smile. She glanced over to see Nadie still asleep in her chair. It seemed she was always up first. She decided not to wake her, this place actually had a shower in back and this way they wouldn't have to share the hot water. Ellis got up from her cot and headed for the back, pausing only once to make sure Nadie was still asleep. She did not, however, notice the young man in the window.

"Oh Ellis, I've found you.", LA grinned. He had traveled all night, and mearly stopped by this restaurant for a bite to eat. Never did he imagine his prize would be here, in fact he'd already performed a detailed search of the small town for their red convertible without sucess and assumed the two had already moved on. He was just coming here to stock up on food and maybe get a clue on where they went, forgetting the hours this franchise kept, and had stumbled right on his targets. He couldn't be happier.

"I'm coming to get you, Ellis.", he smirked as he approached the front door. It was a set of double doors with a locking mechanism between, not exactly a challenge. He quickly pulled out his wire from his bracelet and carefully sliced the lock down the middle without disturbing the doors. The doors slid open easily after that, and he stepped right in.

The inside was slightly darker than outside, and outside only the early morning light was filtering in through the walls of windows that made up the Amigo TACOS restaurant. So all said it was a tad dimmer inside. He quickly eyed Nadie asleep in her chair though, but she seeemed pretty gone.

A bright idea suddenly struck him. He approached Nadie carefully, her breathing was slow and steady and she was almost snoring. If that was a trick it was a pretty good one. But then a ting of malice suddenly came over him as he stared upon her, it would be so easy. A pull of the wire and a flick of the wrist, that was all it would take. Simpler than unlocking that door,

simpler than most anything. He shook it off though, reminding himself that no good would come of it, no matter how much his emotions tried to convince him otherwise. After all, could he himself ever forgive someone if they killed Ellis? No, and sadly for now Nadie was like Ellis's Ellis. Even knowing that though, he still knew there was a good chance it would come to that eventually. But , for at least right now, he didn't need to think about that.

He got a little closer to her and extended his arm, he was going to try to remove her gun. He had to be careful though, Nadie was wrapped in her poncho like a blanket. She was also hunched forward, pushing the holster back into the seat. The seat itself was a bucket chair, and nearly wrapped halfway around its occupent. All this led to only one option for grabbing it:

to carefully insert is hand through the front of her poncho, then steer around her abdomin to her side and then, oh so carefully, unhook and remove the gun from the holster. The slightest touch of Nadie would undoubtedly wake her, and throw any plans he had in jeopardy. Plus if he got caught doing this it would look like he was trying to cop a feel off of Nadie and that just wouldn't be good for anybody.

LA gulped hard and gathered his nerve, this would work. He must have taken an entire minute working his fingers into the opening of her poncho as carefully as possible, he then slowly pushed his hand in and-- Nadie groaned an sat up a bit! He froze as she started moving, and she brushed against his hand roughly, but alas she did not wake. He unfroze and re-began his efforts, only to freeze again when he noticed the placement of his hand... in Nadie's top! His hand twitched and he bit his lip hard enough to open it.

"Damn you... Ellis's were supposed to be the first..." , he cursed oh so silently. He bit his free hand's fingers, as punishment. Punishment because he could not say he hated the touch of them. He then removed his hand from her breasts and made for Nadie's holster, a good deal less carefully then he had been. He quickly unlatched the gun and pulled it out from inside her poncho, only to rebite his poor lip as he realized how careless that was. He pointed the gun at her in preparation for her waking, only to stare in disbelief when she didn't.

"I guess she's a deep sleeper..." , he blinked. Boy was she lucky none of those people who had tried to take Ellis had thought of this.

"Who's there." , she suddenly mumbled causing him to jump a little, but she was apperantly still asleep. A dream or something.

LA sighed and turned his attention to the pistol, he didn't really have much use for a gun. He actually preferred not ever using one as they assaulted his sensitive hearing, a trait Ellis probobly shared too. He turned to the cot, and slipped it under Ellis's pillow. There was no use getting too creative with its hiding place, if she awoke and discovered it missing this was probobly the last place she would consider looking in an emergency. Best place to hide things was in plain sight he had heard somewhere.

He gave Nadie one last look to make sure she was asleep and headed for the back after Ellis. He wandered around until he heard the sound of running water, and of her voice; she was singing that silly taco song again, but it sounded heavenly to him coming from her lips.

"Taco-taco-taco"

He grinned. He couldn't help himself and decided to join her singing as he made his way closer to her voice.

"Super tasty tacos, the yummiest tacos in the world, Amigo tacos ooh!"
"Super tasty tacos, the yummiest tacos in the world, Amigo tacos ooh." , he sang slightly quieter though matching her tone. Could she hear him now? Maybe, he was so close now, and the sound of running water was very clear. Was she taking a shower? Oh yes, all wet and clean and naked, he could almost picture it! But could he smell her by now? He tried the air... and realized something was smelling a little ripe. It was him he realized with dread.

{Damn!}, he thought. He had been searching tirelessly for the girls, and hadn't had a chance to clean up or get new clothes. He was still wearing the raggedy clothes that the doctor's wife had given him. He looked and smelled like trash, he just couldn't let Ellis see him like this! He sighed, this had been shaping up to be such great fun too.

{Oh well.}, he thought as he made his way back to the front ,{This can wait a little longer.} He glanced one last time at Nadie before walking out the door.

"I'm going to take her from you, count on it." ,he walked outside and to the nearest hotel.

"Who's there!", yelled Nadie grogilly as she nearly fell out of her chair. She reached for her gun and her blood went cold when she didn't find it.

"Who's here?" , she called cautiously, scanning the area.

"I'm here!" , Ellis shouted happily popping out of the back in only a towel, nearly causing Nadie to jump out of her skin, "And someone was singing." she added.

"Um, yeah, right.", she was a bit annoyed at her for scaring her ,"Were you playing with my gun?" she produced her empty holster.

"No sir." , she replied.

"Let's just see about that," , Nadie said as she eyed Ellis's pillow ,"Ah-ha!" she shouted as she produced the pistol.

"There it is!" Ellis added happily. Nadie quickly assumed Ellis was messing with her again, but then was set off track by a sudden realization.

"Get back in the back Ellis! Everyone can see you!", she yelled noticing the passer-byes on the street outside the restuarant.

"Yes sir!", Ellis replied as Nadie rushed her into the back.

"Oh, and you better not have used up all the hot water."
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{a/n: Was that funny, or stupid? I don't know why but I keep adding in comedy for some reason. Anyways that was the entire taco song from the ep 'A woman angered', hope you die hards liked my efforts, as I looked it up before posting.}