Disclaimer: I do not own the tribe or the Darren Chriss song that belongs to him
Chapter 4:
I walked out of the mall and I walked to Ruby's bar Ebony was there with Slade she saw me and came over to me she grabbed my hand and pulled me through the bar to the table she and Slade were sitting at Slade look pissed that I came over to sit with them I think he wanted Ebony all to himself for the night well the early morning anyway.
"So I hear you're an aunt now I bet your excited" he said sicastlicy
"It's making me feel old that's how I feel" I said to him then I glared at him he did the same back to me
"Hey Bambi do you want a drink?" Ebony asked
"No thanks I've got to get back I just come out to get some fresh air are you coming back there's a whole tribe meeting and a vote on in a couple of hours?" she asked with a sense of curiosity.
"Where on are way back to I need some sleep after you yelled at me" she said sadly
"I'm sorry I was just all over the place I have a lot going on at the moment" I said sadly
The three of us walked back to the mall Ebony helped me a few times the pain was too much I can walk fine on it but I have a limb Dal Said's that will go away in a few weeks we reach the entrance of the mall Lex is standing outside with Ryan they see us and step aside to let us pass I give Ryan a smile and I give Lex a hug before I get through the door I hear Lex call my name.
"Bambi" he said
I turn back to meet Lex's gaze then he opens his mouth to speak "I'll stand behind you at the vote" and the he walks away I make my way up the stairs to get another's hour
Sleep if I can. I wake up just over an hour later Amber is sitting on the end of my bed.
"You ready for this?" she asks
"Yes I think I'll be fine" I say
"Come down in a few minutes where already for you to put it to a vote" she walks out my room I get up and get dressed I walk down the hall way and meet the eyes of my whole tribe there wording what this meeting is about I feel my heart beating in my chest it feels like it's going to jump out I go stand next to Amber she Said's that the meeting is now in session.
"We are here today because Bambi has had an idea she has spoken to us about it and we think that you have a right to say what you think in the matter Bambi you have the floor" she yells
"As you all know we are keeping a boy prisoner down in the cage he has shown that he is not a threat and I would like to set him free and let him join are tribe but if people feel unconfutable then I'll will do extra watches with the help of my brother and those who follow him" I yell
I see the crowd in shock then same one Said's yells something.
"Let vote on it" I search the crowd to see who the voice belongs to I smile when I find out who it is its Cloe a girl in the tribe she is one of the youngest but she is smart and kind. Amber takes a stand
"All of you who say no put your hand's up?" she yells
Trudy, Alice, Ti-san and Salen all put their hands up
"All in favour of setting him free?" she yells and she Bray and Lex all put their hands up followed by the rest of the tribe "It's settled then the boy will join the mall rats"
"Yay!" the crowd was cheering at the idea of a new tribe member I three leaders walked out of the main hall they were going down to the cage to set Jay free they came back in about ten minutes later as they walked passed me Jay looked scared of cause he did he didn't know what was going on. I walked over to him and UN tied the rope and whisper in his ear.
"Your free we put it to a vote you're a mallrat now welcome to the family"
I looked up at his face he smiled at me his brown eyes meet my blue ones and we both smiled at each other he grabbed me a hugged me and whisper in my ear
"Thank you I owe you my life" and then we turned to announce him to the rest of the tribe
"Everyone this is Jay are newest member of the tribe" I yelled and everyone cheered for Jay later that night Ti-san held a welcoming ceremony for Jay and Elexis that is what Lex and Zandra named there baby girl they named their baby after my mum I started to cry when they told us what they named her Ti-san walked over to me and asked me to stand.
"Bambi Lex and Zandra have asked you to be a god parent of their child will you do it?" she asked me
"Yes I will" I said I walked over to them Ryan and Salen was up there to they were Elexis other god parents "thank you" I whispered in to Zandra's ear as I walked passed she smiled at me.
"We are here to baptism Elexis and make her a part of are tribe and we are here to welcome Jay in to the tribe as well every one stand up and pray that they both have a happy and safe life in are family" she yelled and everyone stood up and sang and prayed for the both of them we all had a turn to paint the tribes symbolise on both of them I was last to do so I painted the red and green stripe on his right cheek he will get his own symbol when he proves himself.
Every one left the room to go set up the party for Elexis and Jay I went up to my room to get changed but as I was about to take my jeans of there was a soft knock on the wall of my room followed by a soft voice saying may I come in I looked up to see who the voice belonged to I meet the soft gaze of Jays brown eyes,
"Sure come in I thought you would be at the party already?" I asked him
"No I wanted to see you first and talk" he said
"Oh okay please have a seat" I pointed towards my bed
Jay walked over and sat next to me on the bed and asked
"Why did you do it?"
"Do what?" I replied
"Stand up for me after what I did to you" he said sadly
"Because it was my fault that my brother hurt you" I said
"I'm just so happy that you found me and that I have a family again" he said sadly
That's when Bray walked in "Bambi where all waiting for you are you coming down?" he asked
"In a minute I just need to get changed Jay go with Bray I'll see you down there in a few minutes" I said
He and Bray walked out of my room he smiled at me one last time I had a feeling he had something more to say to me before Bray intruded in on are conversation I'll have to ask him later but now I need to get ready. A few minutes later I walked down the stairs I heard Lex yell my name "Bambi come over here" he said
I headed over to where he and Zandra where sitting is looked at Zan she was in a blue dress she looked beautiful Elexis was wrapped in my blanket that I gave her
"Lex what's up?" I asked
"I saw you before crying are you up set at what we named her no I thought you would name her after Zan's mum I like it and it suites her she has lovely deep blue eyes like mum did" I sadly remembering what my mum looked like it hurt to think she would never see Elexis grow up Lex saw I was sad and hugged me I heard someone else calling my name I knew that the voice belonged to Ebony.
"Bambi let's get up and sing" she yelled across the room everyone stoped dead and yelled at the same
"Bambi, Bambi, and Bambi" they loved to hear me sing
"Fine only if Ebony sings to and Amber get your ass up here we all know how much you love to sing sorry Bray but you'll have to have a make out session later" I yelled
Amber walked up to the stage and picked up the bass Gautier and Ebony was on drums I took the mic and went to centre stage and I started to sing my fave song of all time.
I've been alone
Surrounded by darkness
I've seen how heartless
The world can be
I've seen you crying
You felt like it's hopeless
I'll always do my best
To make you see
Bella flipped her hair out of her eyes and saw that most of the Glee Club were smiling, but Rachel still looked doubtful.
Baby, you're not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through
Rachel's expression changed, but Bella wasn't sure what it meant.
Now I know it ain't easy
But it ain't hard trying
Every time I see you smiling
And I feel you so close to me
And you tell me
Baby, you're not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through
I still have trouble
I trip and stumble
Trying to make sense of things sometimes
I look for reasons
But I don't need 'em
All I need is to look in your eyes
And I realize
Bella breathed in, it was time for the climax. She knew that if she screwed it up, there would be no chance of Rachel letting her in.
Baby I'm not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna take us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through, ooh
Bella smiled, she'd hit it. There is no way Rachel could stop her now.
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
You know our love is all we need
Our love is all we need to make it through
Everybody stood up and clapped and cheered they loved us I looked over to where Jay was sitting he had the biggest smile on his face I saw him mouth the words your amazing I smiled and walked off the stage Ti-san was talking to Jay by the time I got there he was talking to Ti-san she was laughing at something she said Jay looked up to see me walking in his direction.
"Hey Bambi you were amazing" he said
"Thanks" I said
"Ti-san was telling me about the whole idea of everyone having their own symbol and she was telling me that you have a strange one and that there is a story behind it" he said currishly.
I turned to Ti-san she looked scared she should be she had no right to tell him about it "You have no right if you told him all of the story I'm going to kill you now" I turned and ran out of the mall I ran to Ruby's bar Slade saw me walk in and came over to me.
"What are you doing here without your partner in crime hey Ruby your best friend is here" he said slyly
Ruby looked over to see who he was talking about she saw me and told me to get out I left the bar feeling even worst then I did before I walked through town it was late in the afternoon I think it was about 4:00 pm there were other tribes out trading food and hunting I ran in to demon dogs when I was walking to the river they left me in peace when I showed them my tribal mark that is tattooed on my shoulder.
I could feel the tears starting to form in my eyes it was too late to stop myself the fell down cheek and dropped to the ground in front of me I stayed there for a few hours before someone came looking for me. They sent Ebony to look for me.
"Hey Bambi I knew you'd be here I heard what happened she had no right don't worry Lex yelled at her after you left I called in to Ruby's she said that you were they and then you left" she said
"More like I was kicked out" I said
"Come on dinner will be ready by the time we get back" she said
"Yay left over party food" I said
"Hey where's Jay going to sleep" she said curiously
"I don't know there's no room anywhere for him so I guess I'll share my room with him" I said
"But you only have a double bed we swapped your bed after I moved out remember" she said
"I have no idea what they're going to do?" I asked
"Let's go back and find out shall we" she said I took her arm we walked arm in arm all the way back to the mall we laughed all the way there we got back just as dinner was being served we walked in to the café and Bray was in the kitchen serving up left overs.
"Hey Bambi we need to talk about where Jay's going to sleep Lex is yelling at Amber about him sleeping in your room" he said
"I'll go sort it out thanks Bray" I said
I walked up the stairs to where the yelling was coming from I followed it to Lex's office as usual KC was out side he moved when I came he looked scared I smiled at him and said "I won't tell him as long as you let me in but I won't tell him I'm not that mean" I said sweetly to him
"Thanks" he said he looked relived
I walked straight in and yelled at the pair of them "Jay is sleeping in my room and in my bed he will not try any think if he does his head will be served up for dinner on a silver plate no more talk about it got it?" they both where shocked about the way I yelled at them.
"Yes sir" Lex saluted to me with that I walked out to go find Jay it was almost night and I was on watch so I wanted to get some sleep he was in the music shop listing to Darren Chriss the song I sang early that day. I walked behind him and poked him in the ribs he jumped and turned to see who scared he saw me and smiled.
"So where am I going to be sleeping from now on?" he asked
"In my room or if you want to go with Lex's idea in the sewer up to you" I smiled at him
"Sharing you room will be fine" he smiled
"One problem" I said
"What?" he asked
"One bed you have to sleep with me but you try anything and I'll be eating your head for dinner the next day got it?" I asked
"Got it" he said
We walked up to my room he has nothing to wear to bed so he wears his boxes I tell him he can sleep on the left side of the bed I start to get change I turn around to see Jay looking at my body I tell him to turn around he does after I'm finished I get in to bed he hops in the other side I feel him scout closer to me I get nervous and move to the edge of the bed I try to fall asleep but I can't I get up a few hours later I walk out of the room quietly trying not to wake Jay up I walk down the hall and hear someone coming up the stairs I walk to the top of the stairs and see Ryan coming up the stairs.
"Hey I was coming to get you it's your shift" he said
"I know who's on? With me" I asked
"Lex is on and so is KC and Spike" he said
"Great Spike I hope I'm not on a pair shift today" I said
"You're on a double shift but you're alone" he smiled and walked back to his room where Salene was waiting
I walked to go find Lex and see where I'll be patrolling I find him by the front entrance with KC they hear me coming and wave at me I walk up to Lex.
"So I hear I'm on a double shift so which zone am I guarding tonight?" I ask
"You're on zone one and two for both shifts be and KC here and Spike is on zone three and I'll keep an eye on zone four" he said
"Cool I'll go straight to them now I guess I'll see you in twelve hours" I said and walked to the car park and the outer buildings a few hours went by the sun was coming up I could use a coffee right about now I walked the outer buildings for the fifth time as I was about to go back inside someone came out with a cup and plate of food it was Jay.
"I thought you would be hungry" he said
"Thanks" I took the plate and coffee
"I woke up and you were gone I went looking for you Bray told me you were out here so I came to see you" he said
"I'm sorry I've got to get back to duty I have another six hour shift I'll see you at lunch" I walked make in side and went back in to alert mode it hours ticked by slowly it was a long shift nothing happened as usual I walked into the café Amber put a plate of scrambled eggs in front of me I looked up at her and smiled.
"Thankyou" I said she walked out of the café Jay was on cleaning duty he saw me and came over to sit at my table.
"Your not enjoying that are you cleaning?" I asked
"No I'm not" he said sadly
"What are you good at?" I asked
"I can fight, hunt and I'm good at planning stuff" he said proudly
"I could see if Bray could use help out in the hunting party's" I said he look confused I explained that we have three tribe leaders Amber, Bray and Lex and that they are in charge of different areas.
"Amber is in charge of house issues and she is the public leader Bray is in charge of food and hunting parties and Lex head of security and if there is a war or riot we act as the police of the city" I said
"Do you think he'll let me help?" he asked
"I think he will you'll have to prove yourself" I said
I walked out of the café and went to my room to get some sleep I had a dream about Jay we were by the river and he had blood coming out of his head he had been shot I woke up screaming "NO! You can't die" Cloe ran in "Bambi are you okay?" she sounded worried
"I'm fine I had a bad dream that's all I'm fine you can go I'm going back to sleep" I said
She left me to sleep I sat there for a while why do I care what happens to him it's not like I'm in love with him am I slept for a few more hours then I was woken up by someone tapping me on the shoulder.
"Hey Bambi wake up dinners ready" Jay said
"Okay I'll be down in a minute" I said
I walked out of my room and went down to the café "Hey Bambi are you okay I heard you screaming" Amber said
"Yeah I'm fine I just had a night mare" I said I looked around nervously everyone was quiet I know they were waiting for me to tell them what the night mare was about but I'm not going to.
"I'm fine someone just died that's all someone I've never seen before" I said
"Okay" Amber said and everyone went back to doing what they were doing before I look for Jay he wasn't there I walked in to the kitchen and asked Bray
"Bray where's Jay?" I asked
"He's out with the hunting party" he said
"Okay when will they be back?" I asked
"Around noon" he said
"Okay I'm going to go for a walk" I said
I walked out of the café and walked towards the front entrance of the mall Spike was on duty he saw me coming and moved in front of my only exit
"Move Spike" I yelled
"No!" he yelled back
"Why won't you move out of the way you big idiot?" I asked him
"Because I don't won't to" he yelled back
"Is this because I dumped you" I yelled
"Yes it is you never told me you dumped me?" he asked
"I dumped you because I never was in love with you I'm so sorry I never meant to hurt you now please let me go" I said
"Fine thank you for finally telling me" he said and I walked out of the mall towards the river I was scared for Jay what if my dream comes true I walked down to the river where I had first saw Jay months ago I wished I knew that he was okay "Bambi" I heard someone call my name I turned in the direction in which it was coming from it is I see someone running towards me is see the sun blond hair coming to me.
"Bambi" Jay yelled as he got closer
"What? Is something wrong?" I asked worried
"No I need to talk to you" he said
"Oh okay what's up?" I asked
He looked down at the ground he was blushing red from his neck to his cheeks "I love you" he said still looking at the ground
"What?" was all I could manage to say my mouth felt dry my heart was pounding I swear he could have heard it
"I said I love you I can't live another day not knowing how you feel about me tell me the truth?" he asked he looked up my meet my gaze what do I say I'm so scared
"I love you to" I said
"You do" he said happily
"Yes" was all I could manage before I felt his warm lips on mine he kissed me we came a part for air
"I love you so much will you stay with me?" he asked
"Yes I will" I said we walked back to the mall everyone was shocked when we walked in holding hands