Chapter 14

The two had stepped out of their rooms and were now making their way down the hall to head downstairs and get some breakfast. Though along the way they could hear a couple of girls shrieking loudly.

Scarlet peeked inside, seeing Yaya, Hikari and Tsubomi all cheering and wondered what all the excitement was about. She walked inside with Momomi following behind her.

"Hey girls," they all turned to look at them, "What's going on, the whole house can hear you three." She smiled at them.

-"Oh my god Scarlet, you would never believe it!"- Yaya grabbed her hands, -"C'mon guess!"- she said, her excitement was etched on every word.

"Um," she looked into her amber eyes but was clueless as to what had just happened, "Um…I don't know." She chuckled.

-"I'm going to perform on stage!"- she said.

"What!?" Scarlet's jaw was practically on the floor as Yaya told her, "No freaking way! For real!?" Yaya nodded, "Oh my god Yaya that's awesome!" she hugged as she cheered for her.

-"That's amazing."- Momomi added with a smile, -"I'm happy for you Yaya."-

-"Arigato Momomi."- Yaya said, while Hikari looked at her with a smile, now finally coming to terms that Momomi truly has changed and perhaps maybe… they could be friends in the future.

-"You want to dance with me Scarlet? On stage that is?"- Yaya asked.

Scarlet's face went red as she lifted her hands in protest, "Oh no no, I think I'd die of embarrassment, I can't even sing let alone dance, I would just make myself look stupid."

Yaya giggled, -"I was only kidding Scarlet, But I do want to ask you if you would be there, front row of course."-

Scarlet took her hands, -"Of course I would be there, but shouldn't you be asking Nora instead of me? I mean, you've known her for so long then you have me?"

Yaya smiled warmly at her, -"I want all of you to be there, I've known you for a long time too Scarlet. You've been my best friend too and I would love to have you there along with everyone."-

"Yaya…"

-"You too Momomi, I want you to be there."- she looked at her.

Momomi smiled as she chuckled, -"I wouldn't miss it for anything."-

-"I gotta go tell everyone!"- Yaya quickly ran downstairs to tell everyone else as Tsubomi followed behind her. Hikari walked next to Momomi, and placed her hand on her shoulder, smiling at her before she followed behind Tsubomi.

Scarlet reached for Momomi's hand and held it, "She's cool with you now?"

-"I don't know?"- Momomi looked at Hikari as she walked out of view and downstairs, -"I guess so."-

"That's great."

Momomi nodded, -"So… shall we go downstairs."-

"Yeah." The two walked at a slow pace so Scarlet's wound wouldn't bother her on the way down, though she did need a little bit of assistance going down the steps but Momomi was happy to help her vixen down and join their friends.

She brushed her blonde bang to cover her eye and looked herself in the mirror, her fire orange hair was neatly brushed.

She soon found her beautiful Amazon stand behind her and embraced her; her height was very evident when she was next to Ember.

"I didn't think you'd be up so soon." She held Natasha's hands.

"You would be surprised Ember." She smirked.

"I don't doubt I would, I mean wow," she laughed, "Four times, and I thought I could go on forever."

"It was your fault Ember." She grinned at her.

"Excuse me?" she mocked as she cocked her hips to the side and placed her hands around her waist, "What did I do?"

"What did you do?" Natasha parroted, "Well for starters, you were seducing me and then you jumped me and did this." She leaned forward and began to kiss the back of Ember's neck, then she moved to the side of the neck as she heard Ember moan softly.

"Oh you just have to get me started don't you." Ember smiled as Natasha kept kissing her neck till she finally turned around and shoved her to the bed playfully and got on top of her Amazon, pinning her arms to the mattress.

"Right where I want you." Natasha pretended to struggle as they interlocked their fingers together, "Oh you're not getting away my sexy amazon."

She straddled herself on top of her amazon, "Hey Sasha can I ask you somethin?"

"Of course." They kept their hands holding each others.

"Well I mean, I only have one more month of vacation till I have to go back and resume filming," she began, "And I understand if you said no cause I know you have a job here with Nell and you're makin a life here but…"

"But?"

"But I wanted to ask," Ember let go of one of her hands and caressed Natasha's face, "If you wanted to come with me for a while, so you can hang out with me and watch me on set, we could live together and then when I have another break we can come back."

Natasha smiled, "I would love nothing more than to go with you but… I am making a life here, I do not know if would be able to just leave it, I do not want to lose my job with Nell."

"I understand," Ember smiled, "I mean, it wouldn't be all that bad, you would still have a job, just to make sure I'm not stressed out you know."

"I truly hope you do not mean that I would be your stripper." Natasha smirked.

Ember laughed, "No no, although that wouldn't be a bad idea," she chuckled, "But no, I guess you can say be my assistant."

"Interesting, but I can not, at least not yet. I want to be settled here first." Natasha kissed her hand, "But I promise to wait for you."

Ember smirked, "Well in that case, when I do come back. I'm not letting you leave the room for at least three days."

"What?" she gasped slightly, "Three days?"

"Oh yeah, unless you want to make it four," Before Natasha could say anything, she felt Ember's hand reach the more sensitive regions of her body as she gasped slightly.

"I…" Natasha tried to get her voice out, "…I think three is good enough." She said.

Ember's smirk never left her, "Are you sure? Cause it looks to me like you're lying." She said but now Natasha couldn't say anything.

"God you're so beautiful." Ember kissed her amazon. Natasha however, gripped Ember's shoulders and reversed their positions and now she was on top of Ember.

"You are beautiful Ember." She said and kissed her neck area, ever teasing her my moving close to her lips but never doing so.

"Oh god," Ember was getting turned on, "Sasha just take me already." She pulled Natasha to her as they finally locked lips and spent the remainder of their morning in a passionate love making.

Scarlet, Momomi sat on the sofa in the living room watching a bit of television after having enjoyed a delicious breakfast made by Chikaru and Nagisa. That's when a knocking came at the door, drawing the attention of the two girls but Scarlet quickly remembered what happened last time she answered the door so she looked through the window seeing a man dressed in a suit at the door.

The two girls answered the door together, "Oh hello."

"Hi, can we help you?"

"Yes, Mrs. Raynsford called me over. Eleanor Raynsford."

"Nora called you?"

"Yeah I did." Eleanor stepped inside, "Leo good to see you." She smiled as she hugged him.

"Good to see you too Nell." He said, "I settled the lawsuit and Megan's family is willing to pay any medical expenses Ms. Ashfield needs. Where is she by the way?"

"Right here." Scarlet answered.

"Ah Ms. Ashfield well you'll be delighted to know that her family were completely disgusted by what Megan has done and is willing to pay for all your medical expenses."

"I see."

He smiled, "Yeah, they want to apologize everything their daughter did to you and they regret it all. I asked them if they wanted to say this in person to you but they couldn't bare the shame of facing you." He explained, "So I'm giving you their message."

Scarlet said nothing, "If you still want to file a lawsuit I can still go make it happen."

Scarlet shook her head, "No."

-"Baby?"- Momomi looked at her confused.

"They are already going to pay for medicine, no need to take anymore."

-"Megan almost took your life!"-

"Exactly, Megan did. Not her parents." Scarlet looked at Leo, "I'd rather have her spend her life in jail."

Leo however stared at her, "Actually… I have news about that."

Scarlet sighed angrily, "Don't tell me they let her out?"

He shook his head, "She was killed in prison."

"What?" Scarlet asked, raising an eyebrow.

"She was being very aggressive with some of her guards and other inmates that they all ganged up on her and… killed her." He explained as Scarlet looked at him.

Silence. Scarlet stared at him for what felt like the longest time till finally, she began to leave the room covering her mouth as she did so before finally leaving everyone's sight.

"Scarlet?" Eleanor called to her, -"Carly?"- Momomi looked at Eleanor who gestured to go see if she was okay.

"Is she okay?" Leo asked, "I'm sure she is…" Eleanor answered, not sure herself.

Momomi walked around, till she finally spotted her in the rec-room of their home, seeing her trying to stiffen her cries, as she made quick gasps for air.

-"Baby, she's not worth your tears. Don't cry for that bitch."- When Momomi walked in front of her did she realize that Scarlet wasn't crying.

-"Carly?"- she looked at Scarlet, now fully concerned.

"I'm trying…" she said, "I'm trying not to laugh…" she stiffened her breath, "I'm really trying."

Momomi didn't have any words, she knew she hated Megan with a passion but now that the news finally reached her that she had died in prison… she didn't know what say. Momomi was slightly shocked, never having seen her vixen like this but at the same time Momomi really couldn't say anything because had she been in Scarlet's shoes, Momomi would've downright laughed at the situation even if it was an awful thing to do.

"Oh man…" Scarlet said, as she tried to calm herself down after almost having laughed, she caught her breath and even tried to say something to Momomi but in the end… she couldn't contain herself anymore, as she began to chuckle which slowly turned into full blown laughter. It was very clear to Momomi how much Scarlet hated Megan and truthfully, Momomi hated her with a fiery passion and could share her vixen's hatred but seeing her like this now, it was just something she never would have expected especially from Scarlet but she couldn't blame her for it.

Scarlet fell to her knees as her laughter never died down, it was loud enough that Chikaru who was a few rooms away overheard and walked in to check what the commotion was about.

She thought that a joke had been told but when she looked at Momomi, seeing a grim expression on her face was enough to tell her that no joke had been told.

-"Scarlet-chan? Are you okay?"- Chikaru knelt down in front of her, Scarlet slowly began to bring her laughter to a stop, Momomi also knelt down in front of her. It was just so strange seeing Scarlet this way, Momomi would have never thought she would laugh at someone else's misery or death but with a girl like Megan it was believable that she would but it didn't change the fact that it was unusual.

"Oh yeah I'm okay," she began, "Now I am." Momomi helped her to her feet.

-"What was so funny Scarlet-chan?"- Chikaru asked.

"Oh that," she said, "Megan died in prison." She bluntly said.

-"Nani?"-

-"It was bound to happen, she was a bitch after all."- Momomi threw in.

Chikaru was just as shocked now that she knew that Scarlet was laughing over the reality that Megan was killed in prison and it chilled her to the bone. The way she was laughing, it was filled with so much excitement and satisfaction that was just disturbing for her and she knew that this was coming from a woman who was almost killed by her and had every reason to react this way but it was still odd for Chikaru.

Scarlet glanced at down, "You two must think I'm a horrible person… I think I am." She said, she didn't even know what to say herself.

-"I understand Carly, you hated her, I hated her but you had every reason to feel the way you do, hell if it were me I wouldn't even have cared if you all heard me laughing."- Momomi said, -"You have every reason to laugh, as strange as it is but you're not an awful person Carly, don't get that in your head."-

-"You're not an awful person Scarlet-chan, and Momomi is right, you have a every reason to react this way…but no one should ever do it, it just doesn't feel right at all. But please don't let this eat away at you Scarlet-chan."- Chikaru held her hand.

"I know, I know… I'm sorry."

-"Its okay baby."- Momomi hugged her, -"Are you okay?"-

"Yeah, I am. Thank you, both of you."

Chikaru smiled at her, -"Its okay Scarlet-chan, just know that we're here for you."

The three of them walked back together towards the living room where Leo was still waiting for them and finished telling her everything she needed to know. Once he did, he politely excused himself and left Eleanor's home to return back to his office.

Before the girls closed the door, a car began to pull up the front, getting the attention of the four girls. The car pulled up and now Scarlet could get a better view of it, the back was loaded with suitcases and bags but what caught Scarlet's eye was the two girls that stepped out.

"What are you two doing here?" Scarlet asked, as her tone took an annoyed turn seeing Stacy and Lindsey step out of the car and walk towards her.

"We're sorry, we didn't mean to ever come here." Stacy said, flicking her blonde hair away from her face.

"How did you even find this place?" Momomi asked, way past irritated.

"...Your dad told us." Lindsey said.

"What? My dad told you?" Scarlet was truly surprised.

"Yeah, he's a really nice guy." Stacy however, looked ashamed having asked Rick and coming here, "But when we heard what Megan did… we had to come make sure you were okay."

"Why do you care?" Momomi spat out.

-"Momomi."- Chikaru placed her hand on Momomi's shoulder, -"Let them talk."- She didn't know these girls but she remembered the horrible things they tried to do to Scarlet and it had angered her but seeing them now, they didn't look like the same girls that had assaulted them and was willing to hear them out.

"We never knew she would have done something like this, and we were horrified when we heard this… we just wanted to make sure you were okay and if you needed anything?" Lindsay spoke this time.

"No, I don't." Scarlet said as she crossed her arms.

"Please believe us, if she had told us what she planned to do, we would have told you Scarlet." Stacy looked at the red haired girl.

Scarlet said nothing, she wasn't even sure she could believe what they were saying and she looked at Momomi who was trying her best to keep her anger down while Chikaru nodded at Scarlet and Eleanor was in the same boat as Momomi.

"I see, why are you two being so… nice." Scarlet asked them, her voice calming down a bit but that wasn't even saying a lot.

"Well… after you knocked some sense into us," Stacy began, tracing her scar that ran down her lip, "Lindsey and me knew we didn't want to do this anymore, we hated who we became and Megan didn't help us in the least as to who we would become."

"We really regret everything we did to you Scarlet." Lindsey followed up, "We realized if we kept going along with Megan, we would eventually end up like her and we didn't want that for us so we parted ways with her."

Silence, Scarlet stared at them for a while trying to see any trace that they were lying to her hoping their expressions would give it away but when no such thing happened she sighed and lowered her arms.

"I see," Scarlet finally spoke, "You two do know that Megan died right?"

The two perked their heads, "What?"

"Yeah, she was killed in prison for insulting immates and stuff."

Stacy and Lindsey looked at each other than to Scarlet, "We didn't know that but it doesn't really surprise us, we always kinda figured that would end up happening to her sooner or later."

"And that doesn't bother you in a way?" Chikaru asked.

Lindsey nodded, "It does, I mean… she was our friend since first grade and she was always a nice person but after the whole school sports tournament, she changed and badly."

"I don't feel too bad about it because she brought that on herself for being the way she is." Stacy added, "Cant say we'll miss the person she became but we'll miss the person she was before any of it."

"That's kinda hard to believe." Momomi finally said only for Chikaru to calm her down not wanting to start any sort of conflict.

"Looking on it now, we know its hard too." Stacy looked back up into Scarlet's eyes, "It's weird you know, knowing that and yet I don't feel anything."

"We'll I'm not bothered by it in the least." Scarlet interjected quickly.

"Yeah I can imagine." Stacy looked at her, "We're really sorry for everything Scarlet, I'd take it all back if I could." Chikaru was touched that these girls were doing everything they could to change themselves after having followed this girl named Megan for so long, someone she never met but just by hearing the stories she knew she was a nasty person.

Scarlet turned her head, almost like she was deep in thought and Chikaru placed her hand on Scarlet's shoulder and when she gazed into her amber eyes she only smiled and nodded.

Scarlet exhaled, looked at Stacy and extended her hand.

Stacy was truly shocked at the gesture; did Scarlet really want to put this behind them? Was she forgiving them? She didn't even know how she had the heart too after what they tried to do her, but they never meant to harm her or worse kill her except Megan who had tried. As for the mere act of putting a knife to Scarlet's throat wasn't with the intent to kill, they only meant to scare her unlike Megan who had every intention to end her life.

Stacy took Scarlet's hand and shook it, "We're so sorry Scarlet."

"Let's just put this behind us… as difficult as that is for me right now."

"We understand." Lindsey smiled slightly.

Scarlet looked at their car seeing all the luggage, "you two going somewhere?"

"Yeah, we're moving to America, and have a life there."

"Why is that, if I may ask?" Chikaru replied.

"Well… we want to start anew, and it'd be nice to be away from everything you know." Lindsey answered, "Well we better get going, our flight is in hour." Stacy said and the two began to walk towards their car but not before interlocking their fingers together, surprising Scarlet as she never would have expected them to form a relationship, which was solidified when the two kissed in their car before driving off.

"I never would have imagined." Scarlet stared at the car as it turned from the gates and disappeared off into the distance.

-"Neither could I…"- Momomi stood by her vixen and held her hand, -"At least they're gone."-

"Yeah." Momomi gently led Scarlet back inside as the doors closed behind them, back into their warm home where they resumed enjoying their time together and helping Scarlet heal, both physically and mentally and she knew she could count on the loving support from her friends and family but mostly her wonderful girlfriend.

End Chapter 14