Author's Note: This chapter was missing. Did anybody notice? I don't know how that happened, but I also know why the chapters have been numbered wrong. I combined two chapters and didn't take that into account later. Am fixing this all though, so that is good news. && Luckily I had the missing chapter saved on a disk!

Recap:
"What's with the third degree? I am not your prisoner or anything. Back off. I am leaving. Not alone. I am going out with a friend." Tristian turned back to the door and went out. By the time Sean and Han came out they only saw a car leaving.

"Shit!" Sean yelled. Han just looked shocked and worried.

"Any of y'all know about this?" Sean questioned everyone as he went back into the garage and got into his car, Han joined in the passenger seat. Nobody answered. They knew that he knew that they knew. So did Han.

And there was about to be a lot of trouble for the lot of them.

Sean drove off toward the direction the car had gone.

Chapter 10

Sean and Han split up once they got to any places they thought Tristian would go. Considering they hadn't caught up with the car she'd left in, they had a few places to search. They were both angry with her. The guy, whoever he was, was in hot water.

After checking three places Han finally spotted Tristian. She sat in a cafe with a guy he knew was familiar, but wasn't sure of who the guy actually was. She was laughing and seemed to be having a great time- which inadvertently made Han much angrier. (And maybe jealous?)

Suddenly Tristian turned her head to look outside and saw Han standing by the door. Her eyes grew wide.

"Uh-oh!" Tristian whispered. Lucas heard her.

"What?" He asked, looked to where her gaze had been.

Han stood there a moment. He didn't want to make a scene but her knew that Tristian wasn't about to walk toward him. So he started to walk toward her and this random date.

"That's my brother's friend!"

"They came after you?"

"Apparently!"

"That's Han, though? You didn't tell me that you were Han's girl!" Lucas was kind of upset and afraid.

"Uh, excuse me. That's the problem here. I don't belong to anybody." Han was standing right at their table now. "As soon as all you freaking guys get that trough your minds the better off we will all be."

Tristian stood up and walked right past Han and to the sidewalk outside.

Tristian sighed and looked around. She then started to walk the way she thought would lead her home. Sadly Han's hand caught her arm, though not too roughly.

"Stop that!" Tristian yelled as she turned to face him with a defiant look in her eyes and he released her.

"Why do you keep doing stuff like this?"

"I am just being a normal teenage girl. I am trying to be a normal teenage girl, anyway. I am not settling myself down to some guy that..." Tristian stopped knowing where what she was going to say would go.

Han sighed.

"What?" Tristian raised a brow not understanding what he meant. "Go on with what you're saying. You can't expect me to understand if you do not tell me!"

"Well... I think it's all quite clear. You all just need to realize and get over it."

"We want to protect you. We want you to be safe. We do not want you to not have a life."

"It sure seems that way."

"How?"

"Well, I know if you or Sean knew I was going on a date you'd stop me. I know it."

"Yeah, so?"

"See. Girls go on dates. They don't have brothers preventing them from even having that much."

"As far as the date goes... We'd just like to know who you're going with. And where you'll be at, too— but, not to spy. We want you to be safe. Can't you get that?"

"Yeah, to some extent, but not if you follow me around. Not when you grab me and yell at me when I try to walk away; when I want to be a lone. I feel caged, almost. It's horrid. Sean was never this bad until we came here. I shouldn't have come here!"

"You regret coming here? You mean nothing here is worth having come?" Han sighed rather defeated.

Tristian sighed. She saw how deep that had affected Han. She saw how hurt he was. But could he understand? Should she explain?

"I regret it in some ways," Tristian began rather softly. Han just looked at her as though nothing else existed, because to him at that moment nothing else mattered. "I look around and I see that I am in an entirely different world then what I am used to. It's too different. But I've met wonderful people- people I am glad to know. Over all I am still afraid. Afraid of what will happen. You know. I've told you. But most of all, I am afraid of not getting to live. And that's how I feel."

Han seemed taken aback.

"You think I am holding you back?"

"Yes, in some ways," before Tristian could explain further Sean appeared on the street in his car.

"Tristian, Han, get in. We'll talk about this. Together!"

Tristian looked to Han and he encouraged her to go. So she did. However it was so late that Tristian ended up falling to sleep during the car ride. Sean carried her up to their room. For a while he watched her sleep. He had neglected her a lot since coming to Tokyo. He needed to talk to her.

Tomorrow they'd talk. It would be Saturday. No school. Then she could talk to Han as well. He knew he'd interrupted something. But everything would be different...

Tomorrow.