A.N.: Hey guys! sorry it's been so long since I updated, I've had terrible writers block T.T but, thanks to my wonderful inspirations peoples Lori and Becca, as well as my reviewers, I'm back to writing! I should have the next few chapters up in less than a week if all goes well. And to all my readers and reviewers, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!
11-28-06 AN: I just want everyone to know that I've had this chapter typed up and ready for the past week. The time before that was my fault, but the last week has solely been Just fyi. Enjoy the chappie! and PLEASE REVIEW! I LOVE REVIEWERS!!
Chapter Nine: Confrontations and Cabin Magic -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Strange buzzing cut through the girls wonderfully peaceful sleep. All groaned in unison.
Since Tara was the one closest to the horrid alarm clock, she was the one who had to turn it off.
She lifted her head from her warm pillow and glared hatefully at the machine.
Lifting a limp arm, she picked it up and chucked it forcefully across the room.
"Stupid thing." she muttered, her voice scratchy with sleep.
For about another three minutes the girls dozed.
Only in the morning when you are being woken up do you realize how precious sixty seconds really is.
"Are you three ever going to get up?" they heard Koga's voice ask.
"Stuff it." Becca grumbled and shoved her head under her pillow, her left arm dangling from underneath the blanket.
Koga grinned and crawled on the bed.
"Wake up sleeping beauty." he cooed.
Becca whimpered.
"Go away, please?" she begged.
Koga lifted the pillow off her head and brushed the hair out of her face.
"I would, but your partents are waiting for us outside of the glade."
"WHAT?!?!" three girls screamed and shot up, scrambling to get ready.
The boys simply sat and enjoyed the show as three blurs of girls ran wildly around the small house.
"My hair! Where's the brush?"
"Oh my God, where is my suitcase?"
"Here it is!"
"YAY!"
"Wow I've been looking for that for ages!"
"Brush! Where is the brush?!"
"Okay we'll need this, and this, and uhhh oh yeah this."
"AAAAHHH! Where is the freaking brush?!"
And so it went, for the next five minutes. All three boys simply sat and watched, amused grins on their faces.
"Good thing they aren't rushed eh?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yeah...what a relief." Koga said.
Sesshomaru simply grinned.
Suddenly the scurry stopped and three completely ready girls were pulling their suitcases out the door.
Becca poked her head in.
"Coming?" she asked smiling.
The boys simply stared, before Sesshomaru burst into laughter and stood up, following after the girls.
Together, they walked down the golden staircase down to the Glade.
The boys had caught up to the girls and were now carrying their bags for them, walking a few feet behind the girls.
The Glade whispered softly, rustling their hair around them, and Inuyasha's ears pricked up while Koga and Sesshomaru froze.
They looked around, all three of them trying to sniff out whatever it was they sensed.
Finding nothing, they caught up to the girls and left the Glade.
The girls giggled the whole way there, frequently looking back at the boys.
The three boys just smiled and rolled their eyes, following in silence.
When they reached the end of the trees, the girls turned around and faced them.
"Okay, just relax, be yourselves, and they'll love you." Becca said reassuringly to the fidgeting boys.
It just figures that two demons and a hanyou who can kill enemies without blinking an eye, and yet when faced with meeting their girlfriends parents, they were shaking in their shoes!
It was so cute!
The six teenagers walked through the trees and up to the cars where all six parents stood staring.
The Fathers had their arms crossed and had a mean look that plainly said, "You touch my daughter and I'll carve out your heart with a spoon."
Not the most encouraging welcome for the nervous boys.
"Hi mom. Hi dad." the girls said in unison.
"Hello dears." Tara's mother said with a grin, and Becca and Lori's moms smiled at them.
The Dads just grunted. Actually it was more like a grumble-grunt.
"Heh heh." Koga chuckled nervously.
Inuyasha was standing a little closer to Tara than was neccessary, and was inching his hand towards Tara's.
Obviously he was just as nervous as Koga was.
Sesshomaru on the other hand, was not nervous.
He stood with his arms crossed, having a staring match with Lori's father who was happily returning.
If looks could kill, they'd both be soooooo dead.
Inuyasha cleared his throat and walked slowly up to Tara's Dad. He straightened his back a little and looked her father in the eyes.
"Hello sir. I'm Inuyasha." he said calmly as he held out his hand.
Tara and the girls held their breath, eyes incredibly wide.
Suddenly Tara's Dad burst into laughter and shook Inuyasha's hand happily.
Becca's Dad followed and pulled a rather frightened Koga into a bear hug.
The girls squealed and hugged each other.
But there was still a problem.
Sesshomaru and Lori's Dad were still staring each other down and neither looked willing to give up.
Lori walked up to stand beside Sesshomaru, placing a hand on his arm.
Gold eyes turned to look down into hers.
Lori could see the anger there. Why the anger was there, she didn't know, but it was there.
"Please." she said very softly.
Sesshomaru's cold eyes softened and he relaxed him arms, never breaking their eye contact.
His left arm fell to wrap around her hips, looking purposefully up at her father with a sneer that said, "She is so mine."
Lori's Dad's eyes hardened even more, and his face began to turn purple.
"Lori. Come here." he growled out, hands balled up into fists at his side.
"No." Lori said, still looking at Sesshomaru/
"I wasn't asking! I'm telling! Come here now!"
"No!" Lori said firmly.
"You will come here now, or I will make you regret it." Lori's father said threateningly, taking a step towards her.
"I'm staying right where I am." Lori said calmly.
Her dad took another step towards her and raised his fist.
Faster than he could blink, Sesshomaru was in front of Lori, shielding her with his arm.
"If you even think about hurting her, I will not hesitate to kill you." he said in a dead calm, his golden eyes cold as ice, his entire form rigid.
Lori's Dad froze, and something about the strange silver-haired teen told him that he was NOT bluffing.
Tara and Becca's Dad's grabbed onto Lori's Dad's arms, holding him still.
"If you try and hurt your child, the boy won't be the only one protecting Lori." Tara's Dad said firmly.
"Just leave it be. Don't do anything stupid that could cause you to lose your daughter and go to jail." Becca's Dad added warningly.
For a brief moment Lori's Dad and Sesshomaru just stared at each other, locked again in their battle.
While Sesshomaru simply held the stare coldly, Lori's Dad gave up. He looked away, looking like he'd eaten something foul.
He pulled out of the girls' fathers grasp with a jerk and walked back to his car.
Lori's mother gave an apologetic look to Lori before turning and following her husband.
Tara's mom let out a breath.
"Wonderful way to start out a vacation."
"Tell me about it." Becca's mom replied.
The girls all giggled a little and hugged each other.
Sesshomaru was still very tense, so Inuyasha walked up to him and put a clawed hand on his shoulder.
"You did good big brother." he said fondly.
Sesshomaru relaxed and gave Inuyasha a small smile.
"Thanks."
"If you two get any more nauseating, I think I'll die right here." Koga said loudly, soon followed by the three girls hitting him with their purses/heavy bags/a rock or two.
"OW!!"
"Shut up!" the girls yelled at him.
He behaved after that.
Tara giggled and turned to introduce Inuyasha to her parents, but her mother had beaten her to it.
"Strange ears." she muttered as she examined Inuyasha's white ears atop black hair. She had Inuyasha bending down slightly, as he was a little taller than her, and was fingering them curiously.
Inuyasha grinned at Tara who started laughing.
"Alright girls, you six are going to be staying in a cabin by yourselves. We trust you'll behave?" Tara's mom said with a pointed look at the boys who grinned.
"Yes ma'am." they answered.
"Mhmm. Our cabin is about five minutes walk away so if any of you need us, call and we'll be right over okay?" Becca's mom added.
"Got it!" the girls said excitedly. They couldn't believe they had their own cabin. Pranks would be soooooo much more fun to pull now.
"Alright then! Let's go!" The Dad's cried.
"To Tara's car!" Lori screamed, and everybody plowed for the van.
A car that normally fit seven people somehow managed to seat nine. With two parents in front (Tara's) two parents in middle (Becca's) and three boys and three girls in the back, they were packed. The three girls were on the guys laps, much to the boys' happiness.
Only one word described a vehicle that full.
"FUN!" they screamed.
Then of course, Lori had to burst into the terrible F.U.N. song from Spongebob, sending the girls into a chorus.
The guys just looked at each other and grinned at the girls fun.
The trip was fun, full of singing (often bad), laughing and toooooons of very bad jokes.
Needles to say, the parents were very happy to see the mountain cabin.
They pulled in and the girls just stared.
The cabin looked picture perfect, warm looking and surrounded by huge trees that seemed to grasp for the skies.
"It's almost like home." Tara whispered, thinking of their Glade home.
"Yeah." the girls whispered.
Before the teens could blink twice, they, as well as their stuff, had been tossed out of the van.
The six teenagers stared after the vehicle speeding away, accompanied by the cackling of Tara and Becca's mothers.
"They are so weird." Tara said.
"Totally." Lori and Becca said.
"Yeah...But I like 'em." Inuyasha said with a grin.
"Me too." Koga and Sesshomaru added with grins of their own.
The girls laughed and picked up their bags.
"Well let's go!" Becca cried and took off into the log cabin, Lori and Tara quickly following.
The boys followed them, stepping into the cabin.
The house smelled warm and spicy. Like Christmas, only better. There were couches and chairs and a gigantic bed that was atleast ten feet long and wide.
The colors were fall schemed, red and orange and gold. Candles sat on window ledges and tables, made enchanting by the wax tracks on them.
The wooden floors were carpeted with russian looking rugs. One such rug sat in front of the fireplace that was also very large.
Inside the fireplace was a log that looked like it was burning, while it actually put out heat.
The windows were stained glass of the same colors as the rest of the house, and the girls were having trouble breathing when they walked in.
"It's so beautiful!" they cried, dropping their things.
"Yeah it's okay." Koga said.
"Okay??" Becca asked. "It's gorgeous!"
Koga grinned.
"I know. You're just fun to pick on."
Becca sighed.
"I'm so abused." she said.
Tara and Lori patted her on the back.
"It's okay dahling. We'll get them back later." Tara said.
"Them? What them?" Inuyasha asked defensively.
Tara smirked.
"Well you're all involved." she said innocently.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru smacked Koga on the back of the head.
"You always get us in trouble." Sesshomaru said with a sneer.
"Not intentionally." Koga said, rubbing his head.
"Yeah, sure." Inuyasha said with a grin.
"Okay well, unless you guys wanna starve, I say we look around for something to eat." Lori said.
Just then, Tara's phone rang.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Hey baby, just thought I'd let you know that we ordered a few pizza's for you, so they should be there soon." her moms voice came over the line.
The guys gave loud whoops and the girls squealed.
"Thanks mom!" The three girls cried.
The women laughed and said, "Bye!"
"Bye!" everyone answered and hung up.
"Now what?" Inuyasha asked.
"I say we just put on some music and dance!" Becca said, pulling out her cd's and putting it in what they discovered was surround-sound stereo.
"Woohoo!" Lori and Tara cried, and soon the cabin was full of music and the familiar warm magic that was always a constant in their Glade back home.
Had anyone looked in the window, they would have seen six teenagers having a blast with each other, and a strange sparkling around them.
It was almost like magic.
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