I'm glad you guys/girls enjoyed the last chapter and I hope you'll like this one too.
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A few hours had past since the teens had laid down to rest. It was so late that even the nocturnal animals weren't heard anymore. Maybe there was the occasional owl or creature running through the leaves, but nothing dramatic. Snores could be heard all over the campsite, but Tyson's was the utmost loudest. How the teens got to sleep while lying on the ground, Mariah didn't know because she sure couldn't do it.
The strange thing is, she was use to sleeping on the ground. Before she moved to Russia she use to sleep in China's forests all the time, and loved it! Maybe it isn't the forest that makes you uncomfortable. Whispered a voice in the back of Mariah's mind. Maybe it's the person you're sleeping by. The pinkette shifted for the seemingly fiftieth time that night, feeling her skin rub against Kai's she shivered and her heart raced.
That's it, I'm going to take a walk. Sitting up carefully, she looked around to make sure no one was awake. She moved karma off of her and put the girl on Kai's chest. She couldn't tell if anyone was awake seeing as it was pitch black outside, but she could tell if they were up. Using her hands, she pushed herself on her tippy-toes then slowly and gracefully stood up.
Stepping lightly, she avoided anyone's body parts that might be in her way on the ground. Getting to the end of the maze of human limbs, Mariah began her walk into the free space.
O.k. I'm just going to take the path Tala and I took when we were walking to find Karma, we ended up right back in the campsite. Mariah took in a deep breath of air, which just ended up being let back out in a yawn. (Jash: Every time I proofread that sentence I yawn. Seriously!) Maybe L.A. would want me to be with Kai, he wanted me to go out with L.J. I miss L.A. so much…
Flashback
The sun lightly showered it's ray on a happy couple laying on the beach in Hawaii. The cool tide licked their feet and legs, which were mangled within the others. The moisture in the warm sand from the water made the ground oddly comfortable to lay on. To top it off there were glistening, smooth waves and dolphins jumping energetically in the distance. Put all of the above together and it creates the perfect day at the beach.
As for the couple, they didn't need the scenery, the sun, the sand, they were just happy with each other as they basked in the other's presence. Golden eyes stared into deep crimson ones as a certain pink haired girl looked down at the muscular male adolescent under her.
"Come on L.A., tell me!" Mariah smiled brightly while asking the question of the day for the millionth time. "We've been dating for a year and three months and I still don't know your real name!"
"And I'm just fine with you calling me L.A." the blue-ish brown haired boy laughed at his girlfriend's persistence.
"Please L.A.?" she pleaded making her cutest puppy dog pout.
"Well…" Mariah smiled brightly and leaned onto him more, wondering what his name might turn out to be. "Nagonna."
"Nagonna?" the pinkette asked confused.
"Yeah," L.A. kept his smile in attempt to stifle a laugh. "I'm Nagonna tell you." He laughed as Mariah hit him in the chest and began to get up.
"Fine! Then I'll go find a guy that will tell me his name, and he'll be cuter and smarter too!" she yelled running into the water.
"Oh really?" the boy stood and chased after his lover whom was entering the ocean. Staring at her he noticed, again, how her light blue bikini with dark blue flowers on it showed off all her fine curves. Sure they weren't as defined as they would be in the future, but he was willing to wait. Finally he had caught up to her in the ocean.
"No!" Mariah yelled trying to push past the waves and current, but she knew it was over when she felt a strong pair of arms lift her up and the owner throwing their bodies into the water, forcing her down with him.
They came up with Mariah's arms and legs wrapped around L.A.'s nicely toned torso. Not meaning to be perverted, L.A. put his arms under Mariah's butt and lifted her higher so her wet but soft lips met his in a gentle, sweet kiss. After a couple minutes of kissing and sweet-talking between kisses, L.A. stopped and said, "Angel." Mariah gave him a slightly confused look. "My name." He informed.
"Angel." She sighed. "What about the 'L'?"
"The 'L' stands for my dad's name, Lunar, meaning having relation to the moon or relating to silver. My brothers have it in front of their names too."
"So, you're Lunar Angel. It sounds so romantic." She smiled and laid her head on his chest. "I love you, my Lunar Angel."
End Flashback
"Lunar Angel." The pinkette whispered. She had been walking for quite a while now, thinking about the beautiful moments in her and L.A.'s relationship. That was one of her favorites. How she wished the day she gave her virginity to him could have been one of those moments, but it could never be, considering it never happened. She was too scared to have sex and just wasn't ready for it. L.A. was willing to wait… Mariah hated that she never got to make love to him. If she knew his time was going to end before she turned fifteen, she would have done it when she was twelve or thirteen. That's the tricky thing about death though, you never know when it'll come knocking.
Mariah was so caught in her thoughts she didn't notice the person that had been quietly stalking her that whole time. "You know," the person started, nearly scaring Mariah to death. The pinkette swiftly whirled around to see a dark figure. "It's not good to walk alone in a forest with a killer on the lose."
"Who are you?!" Mariah demanded almost stumbling over a tree root. She tried to put on a fearless face, but the horror was still there.
The person walked into the moonlight, making their amused smirk seen.
"Kai." Mariah said dryly before taking a deep breath of relief.
"How dumb can you get?" Kai asked rhetorically.
"Excuse me!" Mariah yelled outraged while walking up to the never smiling Russian.
Kai gave a 'humph' before continuing. "First you run out in front of a shooting gunman to save the life of someone you don't know. Next, you drive right into the way of danger and got your car blown up. Then, you invite that same person with a hit out on him to stay at your house! No, you made him stay at your house. And now, knowing good and well there's a maniac that's already murdered two and maybe more people out here in the forest, you decide you want to go and take a walk, alone, at night!" The two-toned haired boy let his smirk melt into a dissatisfied frown as he glared at the pinkette. "Did you dye your hair pink?" he insulted.
The female couldn't believe Kai was saying this. The guy that she had been risking her butt for was calling her stupid for the same reason that he should be thanking her. "How dare you!" she walked swiftly over to him until they were just a foot apart. "I did all this for you! Save your life, invite you into my house, risk my butt for yours and this is how you repay me!? Calling me stupid!?"
"I never asked you to save my life!" the phoenix yelled trying to convince Mariah that he didn't need her, but he didn't understand how he would convince her of something he wasn't even sure of. "Promise me now, after we get back to Moscow that you will go home and forget all about me!"
"No! I won't! I can't let you die!"
"Why?!"
"Because…"
"'Because' is not an answer, it's what dumb people say when they're asked a question that they're too chicken to answer!" Kai strongly informed.
Mariah looked away clenching her teeth and trying so hard not to slap Kai in the face. So many times had she been tempted to give up and to just let him die, but she knew her conscience wouldn't allow her to sleep one night if she did. Her heart pounded and her blood coursed like fire through her veins. She wanted so badly to tell him how she felt about the whole situation and what she had been thinking about those past few days. She wanted so badly to admit her feelings for him, but was afraid of how he would react.
"No." she said simply.
"No what?" Kai spat.
"No, I won't forget about you! No, I won't leave you! No, I won't let you die!" The pinkette yelled still fuming with anger. "Now you need to respect me and quit being an asshole!" now that she got the words out, it was Mariah's cue to make her move. It took the two-toned haired teen a few seconds to realize why his head was turned and why his left cheek was stinging, but he got it eventually. Mariah slapped him!
The male slowly turned to face a glaring pinkette and stared straight into her fierce golden eyes. In the darkness of the night the adolescents glared each other down, neither even thinking of turning away. It was quiet… not the type of quiet you would hear at the library, but the quietness that would usually be heard when someone was in a bad predicament and no one was going to snitch on them. The quietness you heard when someone was trying to find the truth…
Kai was surprisingly the one that lost the glaring contest to look up at the sky. Mariah was glad because she was on the brink of giving up. "So, your not going to leave me?" he asked calmly.
"No!" Mariah said in that same stubborn tone.
Kai took a deep breath and looked back at Mariah. Then he quickly said, "Good, because I couldn't live a day without you anyway!" anger falsely placed in his tone. He then started to walk away.
"I don't care what you say! I'm- What?" Mariah asked jogging to catch up with him. As soon as Mariah lifted her hand two touch his retreating form he turned around and gently took it in his. "Why wouldn't you live?"
"Because…" he said, stealing Mariah's previous answer and looking into her eyes.
"Chicken." Mariah mocked with a serious expression.
"Chicken am I?" Kai turned back around and started to walk back up to her. Mariah braced for harsh words and maybe even physical contact. And boy did she get it. The pinkette suddenly felt Kai's warm lips softly land on her's in a passion filled kiss. Getting brave Kai got closer and wrapped his arms around Mariah's slim waist pulling her to him. The pinkette followed suit and wrapped her arms around his neck. They both waited so long for this moment… longed for it. They wanted it even before they knew each other. The moment they knew that they had found that special someone and now had one more reason to live. The moment they would both cherish for the rest of their lives. The moment they knew someone cared for them and wouldn't let them be alone. It was a shame that this moment had to be cut short by Mariah pushing Kai away so that the sharp, nicely aimed arrow whirled right in front his head instead of through it.
"What the!" Kai yelled as he looked to where the arrow, that was now deeply imbedded in a tree, came from. Both teens saw a dark figure standing in the trees. "You!"
"How dare you kiss my woman you little termite! Now, I'm really going to torture you! I was going to have my two trusted henchmen to kill you, but you just made it personal little brother!" the male figure growled. "Oh, and better check on your little Tala, I don't think he's breathing very well." The guy said darkly before jumping away while laughing maniacally.
"Tala?" Kai asked wide-eyed before darting off to the campsite with Mariah close behind. He better be o.k. I'm coming Tala!
Lady J: Run Kai, run!
Jashomara: Run as if the Devil himself and itself was upon you!- Johnny Depp said that in Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest. But that's not the point. Save Tala!
Lady J: If you ever want to know if Tala lives or dies, review!
