Free falling baby, awake before I'm down...
DLS 29
Letting out a yawn, Evian quietly walked into the room she was sharing with Mariah. Still dressed in a pair of sweatpants and a baby pink hoodie along with some runners, the blonde only sighed and took a seat on the edge of her bed, the rising sun's ray's hitting her back and cascading towards the pinkette on the other bed.
The only thought in her head? Did I do the right thing? and Is it really real?
The only extracurricular things she'd ever done in her life were baseball when she was younger and now beyblading. Other than that, she was just an average girl who went to high school, enjoyed outings to Eaton Center – a massive mall in downtown Toronto – with Miriam and Evelyn, looked forward to watching shows like The Hills on television, and always tried to bake the perfect chocolate chip cookies when she was bored.
And she always thought her brother had a pretty average life too, going out with his friends, doing his homework, and studying for tests, playing rugby, annoying the shit out of her at home sometimes by picking up the other phone and making fart sounds when she was on the phone with her friends – all in all, very normal.
But she had no idea that wasn't entirely the case.
Sighing, she lay down on the bed with her arms spread out, worn out from her very first USSS training session. Turning to her side and using one arm as a pillow, Evian closed her eyes and wondered...sure she'd give up anything and everything in the world for her brother but she didn't exactly know what she'd gotten herself into. Come to think of it, she sort of agreed to do something she knew nothing about.
She thought about the 'abuse' that was mentioned; what sort of abuse did he go through? Were they beatings? Inhumane torture? ...rape?
The blonde opened her eyes and shuddered. Rape was impossible and so was inhumane torture – if that was the case then Tala would be pretty messed up but as far as she was concerned, he appeared to be pretty normal and un-traumatized.
Turning her head, she squinted slightly and stared out the window at the phenomenon she had never seen before due to sleeping in, forgetting all about her troubles at once. She never knew a sunrise could be so beautiful, displaying so many different shades of pink, orange, purple, and slate. The scenery was so picturesque, the beams creeping through and above the trees, the tip of the sun visible in a rich golden colour.
Smiling to herself, she headed downstairs to take in the fresh morning air for once in her life and continue watching the sun make its full appearance. As corny as it sounded, she felt so alive. She finally knew what a 'new day' meant.
Who knew light could be such an inspiring thing to watch? In fact, who knew science was such a spectacular thing? Really now, the effect was being created solely by the rotation of the Earth – at what seemed to be the perfect angle – and its orbit around the Sun. Just two spherical masses spinning, that's all, yet it produced something words could never describe. The warmth from the levitating orb was so friendly and so inviting, it made her stay, and she didn't know for how long, but she just stood there gaping in awe.
When she finally turned around to head back to her room, she was startled, for she never realized the being seated in one of the chairs that were situated in the front porch. Loosely clutched in his hands was the neck of a bottle, the contents relatively empty. A plain white t-shirt and a pair of shorts with the Cleveland Cavaliers emblem near the hem was all he was dressed in. He appeared to be sleeping, his dual hair unruly like always, shifting left and right slightly from the breeze.
Making a face, Evian debated with herself on what exactly it was she was supposed to do with Kai: leave him there? Wake him up? Act like she didn't see anything because really, it wasn't any of her business?
But she found herself making a move before she even let herself decide, approaching him and placing a hand on his arm to give him a good shake. His skin was cold to the touch, making her question how long he had been outside.
She patted him on the arm a few times, "Kai?" She poked him a few more times until he finally became conscious, his eyes half open, "What are you doing here?" She whispered. He only shrugged in response before going back to sleep, "Do you wanna go upstairs?" She watched as he shook his head, "You're gonna catch a cold," She pressed on.
At that, he cracked an eye open and said something, none of which she was able to understand except catching the name 'Pierre' somewhere in the jumbled sentence. Not even bothering to figure it out, she pulled him by the arm, "Let's go, come on," Surprisingly, he complied, and it was when he finally got up and stumbled she realized he was completely drunk, "Um, okay," She put an arm around him in an attempt to stabilize them both, "Just hold on," And hold onto her he did, one arm lazily around her neck.
"Evian?"
"Yeah?" She dragged him inside and towards the stairs, "What?" The blonde repeated when he didn't say anything.
"I dunno," Came his reply as he grabbed onto the railing with his free hand.
"Okay," She ignored the whole thing and made him take a step. It took a while – and it wasn't the easiest task – but in the end, they were on the top floor. But it was getting him into his room that made her hesitant; what if Hilary woke up all of a sudden? She'd beat the crap out of Evian! Eyeing one of the doors in the hallway, one which didn't belong to Kai or Hilary's room, Evian decided this was probably the best way to go.
Reaching for the knob and pushing it open, the blonde helped her vice captain inside. The bed she was looking over was occupied but there was still room! "Shh," She warned before helping into the bed, "Don't move around too much or else he'll wake up," She started as she pulled half of the blanket over him, "and kill me." He only managed to nod before falling asleep immediately.
x x x
The big day was finally here! It would be The Skittles' last day in France since today was their match. Upon hearing the alarm, Tala reached for his cell phone and turned it off. From the other bed, Ray stirred in his sleep as well, and eventually sat up.
"8 o'clock already?" The raven haired teen muttered as he rubbed his eyes.
"Apparently," The redhead replied, remaining in his bed. It was until he moved his legs around underneath the blanket when he felt...another pair of legs, "The fuck?" He rolled over, horror dawning over his features, "Holy shit!" He yelled, pushing himself away as further back as he could and landing on the floor in the process.
"What's going – oh, damn," Ray looked confused for a minute before grinning, "You and Kai? Who would have thought?"
Tala slapped himself across the face – quite hard actually, "Well I'm not dreaming..."
"Yeah but I bet I know what you were dreaming of,"
"Ray, shut the fuck up!" The redhead got to his feet and wrinkled his nose as he looked over at Kai on his bed, still snoozing. He never thought he'd live to see the day where he woke up next to a guy! An ugly girl with crooked teeth and bushy hair, sure, but a guy? "Yo asshole! Wake up man! What the fuck you doing in my bed?"
Let's just say there was no precise explanation from either party but the statement 'no homo' was exchanged one too many times for Ray's liking – or Hilary's liking, who had ended up joining them when she woke up and discovered her missing boyfriend. As for Mariah and Evian? Well, while Mariah chose to laugh about it and make jokes about Tala and Kai's secret relationship, Evian chose to follow Einstein's advice and kept her mouth shut.
Nonetheless, the day continued despite the awkwardness; breakfast was served, followed by a brief session of training, and before they knew it, they were at the stadium for their battle.
"So we're facing a team called Cheerios," Tala made a face at his adversary's team name, "They must love cereal."
"Soft," Ray commented.
"Don't underestimate them. They didn't make it this far for no reason," The redhead said, "Kai and Hilary, you guys are gonna go against Adrian and Brad, Ray and Mariah, you two are gonna face Lindsay and Peter, and Evian and I are gonna battle Russell and Dustin."
"What am I gonna do?" The blonde made a puppy face holding up her beyblade, "Stardust doesn't even come out." All that training and practicing did her no good; her bit beast never made an appearance since her last battle.
"Just keep trying," He told her, "Who knows? Stardust might show today since there's a battle."
Looking a little hopeful for once, Evian exited the locker room with the rest of her team.
"First up from Cheerios we have Adrian and Brad facing off against Kai and Hilary of The Skittles!" The players made their way to the dish. The dish was circular of course and had a tropical theme going on with sand, some water off to the side, as well as trees. "Okay! Bladers are you ready! 3! 2! 1! Let it rip!"
Four beyblades landed in the dish.
"Aphrodite! Attack!"
"Nice try," Adrian sneered, "Cardian! Counter attack!" Adrian's forest green beyblade butted into the red one, with a lizard emerging from the bit chip, "Oh yeah! Who's the man!"
"I thought I was the man, man!" Brad started, "Go Themis!" Since Adrian had already gone after Hilary, Brad was left with no choice but to go for Kai.
"Dranzer! Fire Arrow!"
Brad laughed, "It's like blowing out candles on a birthday cake! Themis! Tropical Cyclone!" As just as he said, the bits of fire from Dranzer's attack were blown out, leaving a slight trail of smoke.
"Now that was unexpected," Tala commented from the benches.
Completely taken aback, Kai looked at the blue beyblade. Uh...okay...
"Kai, what's wrong?" Hilary inquired.
"I don't know," But he didn't stop, "Dranzer! Flame Saber!"
"And I thought you were really good!" Brad smirked, "Themis! Same attack! Tropical Cyclone!" For a second time in a row, the flames were put out by the whirlwind.
"This is way too easy," Adrian said, "Keep it up Brad, while I finish this babe."
"Wow, Kai's stupid," Evian rolled her eyes.
"Shut up, Evian," Tala said.
Back at the dish, Hilary was in shock, "What's happening, Kai? Dranzer's attacks aren't working!"
Even Kai didn't know what was happening. He regretted boozing up last night; it was working to his detriment in terms of concentration and will. But still; what in the world was happening? Why weren't any of his attacks working?
"Themis! Final attack!" The intensity of Brad's attack physically pushed both Hilary and Kai away from the platform. Nonetheless, the blue beyblade quickly darted away from the hit.
"Alright Cardian, finish her!" Adrian called out.
"Cupid's Arrow!" Hilary was quick to make an attack. Both beyblades collided at once, flipped over, and were out of the dish.
"Now it's just you and me, Kai," Brad laughed, "You're done, man. Themis! Attack!" Themis compellingly drove into the blue beyblade, moving it close and closer to the water.
"Dranzer! Use Spin Fire Attack!" And the attack only worked to his disadvantage as Themis powered up and used the water to wash out the fire.
Kai took a step back in shock. It was as if his worst nightmare was materializing right before his eyes. Not even his most powerful attack did any kind of damage. Dranzer continued dodging the attacks and stayed away from the water as much as it was possible. For what seemed like the first time in his life, Kai was out of options and didn't know what to do other than run away from his opponent and just stall. This was definitely not his style. He frantically tried to think of a game plan, but with a mild hangover, it was hard.
"This round's a goner," Ray said, "It's up to the rest of us to win this one."
Evian watched Dranzer get pummelled as if it were nothing. She knew Kai was so much more smarter than this. Wasn't the boy using his damn brain? Well with those looks, to hell with a brain! The blonde had a dreamy look on her face for a few seconds before shaking her head to snap out of it. She really couldn't believe Kai – the 'genius' – was having trouble. The solution was right in front of him. The dish was practically made to his benefit and he hadn't known it yet. Having had enough – and for the purpose of not wanting to work too hard during her match just because of Kai and Hilary – Evian got up.
"What do you think you're doing?" Tala yanked the blonde, but she wriggled free and ran up closer to the dish.
"Kai!" She called out.
"What the hell is your problem? I thought I told you to stay away from Kai and not talk to him!" Hilary screeched.
But Evian ignored the brunette, "Kai!" She yelled again. He looked over his shoulder, "The trees!" She shouted, "You're such an idiot!"
Apart from being shocked by the battle, Kai was almost as equally shocked for being called an 'idiot'. And by Evian. But what in the world was she going on about? He wasn't about to listen to a blonde who had no idea or technique in beyblading whatsoever. She couldn't even call out her bit beast for God's sake! Avoiding her, he turned his attention back to the battle.
"It'll fan the flames you douche bag!"
Once again, Kai looked over at the yapping blonde.
"Like wildfires, moron!" She added, flailing her arms. And that's when things started making sense to him. Trees. Fire. Wind. He really did feel like an idiot. And douche bag. And all the other names she'd managed to call him in the short timeframe. Nonetheless, he didn't waste any time.
"Dranzer!" He called out his bit beast and lured Brad towards the trees.
"Okay Themis! Final attack!"
Just a split second before the windy attack started up, Kai went back into action, "Okay Dranzer, Fire Arrow!" The blue beyblade criss-crossed through each tree, lighting them up like a candle and just like Evian had mentioned, the wind from Brad's attack literally stimulated a wildfire. All power back in the hands of Kai, he smirked, "Make your last wish,"
"What the hell!" Brad yelled, "Tropical Cyclone!"
"Oh man, what a serious dumb ass!" Evian grinned watching as that attack only made things worse for Kai's opponent. Not even a splash of water did anything. Within a few seconds, Brad's yellow beyblade was flung out of the dish spewing out a thick dark cloud of smoke.
"And The Skittles take round one! Give it up for Kai and Hilary!" Jazzman announced earning cheers and applause from the audience. "Now someone call the fire department to get rid of that fire!"
As Kai called back his beyblade, he stood there in awe. The weakest link on the team, the blondest girl he'd ever met, and perhaps one of the dumbest people in his entire school...had actually given him guidance in beyblading. And without that guidance, he would have lost.
Hilary and Kai walked back towards the bench, "You did it!" Mariah praised, "That was awesome!" She and Ray readied themselves for the next match which resulted in a quick win and it was finally Tala and Evian's turn.
"You ready, Blondie?" The redhead looked at his sister as he fixed his beyblade on to his launcher.
"Not really," She admitted following Tala closely behind as they made their way towards the platform.
"3! 2! 1!" Jazzman counted down, "Let it rip, bladers!"
"Okay Stardust, please, please, please do something this time!" Evian pleaded.
Meanwhile, the team captain tried his best to take on both of his challengers at once, "Alright Wolborg! You know what to do!" He was caught off guard, however, when not just two beyblades came at him, but three.
"Whoa! And it looks like Evian and Tala have some sibling rivalry going on!" Jazzman declared.
The two beyblades, Tala could handle, but with the transparent beyblade that was shoving his grey beyblade with so much force, he was a little stunned.
For a second, the redhead was positive Stardust was trying to tell him and Wolborg something...or better yet, trying to prove something.
But he pushed the thought aside, "Evian! Control your blade!" The redhead yelled.
But what could Evian do? Stardust wouldn't even listen to her! She watched in horror as her own beyblade went after Tala's. Russell's navy beyblade, Dustin's orange one, and Evian's beyblade constricted Tala's grey one, not allowing it to move in any way, trying to force it out of the dish.
Russell grinned from the other side of the dish, "Thanks cute stuff," He gave the blonde a wink.
"Stardust! You are, like, such an embarrassment! Gosh!" The blonde said in aggravation. Laughter could he heard across the stadium at the ridiculous battle.
"Oh boy," Ray commented from the sidelines, "She's gotta tame that bit beast,"
"Do something, Evian!" Tala exclaimed.
"Stardust! Stop!" Evian yelled. She was absolutely gleeful when the transparent beyblade ceased to attack the grey one, moving away from the battle and making its way towards the center of the dish. Before she could sigh in relief, her beyblade tilted over to its side and literally stopped, "I didn't mean stop spinning, you moronic bit beast!" Needless to say, the last round resulted in a loss for Evian and Tala.
"It's okay," Mr. MaCaffery started, "We're still in the tournament."
"She needs to practice more,"
"Hey!" The blonde shot a glare at her brother, "It's not my fault!" She pushed the redhead hard.
"Everyone on this team agrees with me when I say you're slowing all of us down!" He shoved her back.
"Oh yeah!"
"Guys! That's enough! Stop!" Mr. MaCaffery stood in between the twins before they could tear each other apart, "Evian, don't hit your brother. And Tala, don't touch your sister."
"She pushed me first!"
"Yeah I'm allowed since I'm older, stupid!"
"Quiet!" The brown haired man raised his voice, "If you two can't get along, we'll withdraw from the tournament. And aren't you embarrassed to be doing this not only in front of your teammates, but the entire world?" Both siblings looked towards the ground as he spoke, "Anyways, let's head home," He referred to Kai's grandparents' place, "We leave for California tomorrow morning so everyone should be done packing by tonight."
During the bus ride back to the mansion, the twins obviously didn't sit together or even talk to each other. Who does he think he is anyway? President Obama? Evian thought angrily as she leaned her head against the window, Stupid Tala. She just wanted to go back to Toronto. She hated beyblading, she hated this team, she hated people on this team, and she hated Tala! She was just a rookie, what more could he expect from her than to mess up every two seconds?
Once the team arrived to their destination, Evian immediately headed upstairs. With a packet of Swedish Berries, her iPod on a Late Night Alumni song and this month's issue of Cosmopolitan, she lay on her bed, waving her feet in the air in hopes of forgetting beyblading and anything and everything associated with it. But she couldn't just forget; the task was harder than she thought.
She couldn't understand why Stardust was being so malfunctioned, for lack of words. Was there even such thing as a malfunctioning bit beast? From the looks of it, obviously. She remembered Tala saying a bit beast came to the person if they liked them, the bit beast chose their owners, so if Stardust chose her – for what reason, she didn't know – then why the hell wasn't it listening to any of her commands? No one else was having trouble.
She thought having a bit beast would make her life so much easier. But it was the complete opposite. I wish I never had you, Stardust. Just then, she watched as her beyblade glowed pink almost as if to say the same thing back to her. Sticking her middle finger out at the beyblade, she went back to reading her magazine.
When it was time for dinner, everyone was called downstairs to the dining area. "Where's Pierre?" The blonde questioned, taking a seat beside her father.
"He went out," Alais said, "With a friend named Madelyn."
"Oh," Evian got comfortable in her seat, "Okay."
"So Evian," Donatien started, "I saw your battle today,"
"Yeah..." Evian kept her eyes on her dinner plate. She really didn't want to have a discussion about her skills, or lack thereof. It would only give everyone on her team more reason to make her practice and bore her to death.
"Seems like there's a lot of room for improvement," And there it was again. Criticism.
"I guess," She shrugged her shoulders.
"And I also saw how you helped the team stay in the tournament," Evian eyed the elderly man, "If you didn't give my grandson your advice, then you would have had two losses in this match, resulting in three strikes for the entire tournament, meaning your team wouldn't be part of the competition anymore, isn't that right?"
At this, the vice captain couldn't help the feeling of disappointment that lingered towards him. If he was such a 'genius' why the hell couldn't he have figured it out in the first place? His ego – and reputation – was terribly bruised. He could feel slight warmth from Dranzer from his pockets letting him know it was alright. But it wasn't alright.
"Um..."
"Well?"
"Maybe?" The blonde made a face.
"Give me a straight answer, did you or did you not help them out?"
"I think so?"
"Yes or no?" By now each team member's attention was towards Kai's grandfather wondering what he was trying to get it.
"Yes?"
"Tell me firmly, Evian," Donatien pressed on, getting frustrated by the blonde girl.
"Well see, it's like this," She started, "I didn't help at all 'cause the other guy wasn't even, like, that cute so it was super obvious who was gonna win, duh," She grinned obliviously, forking a mushroom and taking a bite.
While everyone around the table gave her a strange look for not taking the sport seriously, Kai kept his eyes on the plate and scrunched up his face in serious confusion, does she think I'm cute? Or no? Poor boy. Meanwhile Donatien sighed and let it go; it appeared that he would have to train Evian in all sorts of categories, not just one.
When dinner was finally done, Tala approached his sister, "Hey,"
"What?"
"I'm sorry," He expressed regret, "About today."
"Okay."
"I just want you to know that it's getting really hard for me."
She shrugged her shoulders, "Well it's not like it's any easier for me,"
"Don't think I'm picking on you when I say you need more practice. I'm here for you, I'm gonna help you, okay?"
"Okay," She nodded before the twins engaged in an embrace to mark the end of their feud. Shortly after, everyone started packing up and headed to bed early to catch their 8 AM flight. But this still didn't stop Donatien from calling Evian out at 3 AM for a three hour USSS training.
"I'm so tired," The blonde complained, plopping down on the grass, "I'm technically not getting any sleep!" She looked up at Donatien with a pout hoping he would cut her some slack.
"You can sleep on the plane. Now get up. You still have an hour and a half." The elderly man offered his hand to help up the girl.
"How are you gonna train me once I leave France?"
"I'm going to be travelling with you. I'll be staying at a different hotel so that Kai doesn't see me. Or anyone from the team. I'm going to let you rest for the first day in California, but after that training will start as usual."
"Okay," But before she knew it, she was pushed towards the ground. She grabbed her behind in ache, "Ow,"
"You can't be caught off guard like that. And if it hurts, you're just going to have to deal with it, Evian."
x x x
"Everyone, please settle down," Mr. MaCaffery was standing up at the end of the breakfast table, "Please have breakfast. Don't forget your passport. Don't leave anything behind." He warned everyone, "I have everyone's plane tickets. We'll leave by seven since our flight is at eight."
"Where's Evian, Mr. MaCaffery?" Ray asked.
As if on cue, the fresh faced blonde walked into the kitchen. It appeared as if she was already geared up, dressed up in a super cute black and grey striped sweater dress with a pair of tights and black suede boots. A white Fendi purse hung from her arms and a pair of sunglasses was situated at the top of her head. "Hello patriots!" She grinned and gave a slight wave before taking a seat at the table beside Tala.
"Wow, I can't believe you're already awake and everything," Mariah commented, "You must be really excited to go to California."
"Of course! Tank tops, mini-skirts, flip flops, sunnies, Gucci bikini, seriously hot topless guys with blonde surfer hair in swim trunks! Mmhmm, that's what I'm talking about!" As she expressed her enthusiasm like her regular cheery blonde self, the team just gawked at her.
"And here I thought we were going there for beyblading," Hilary said, crossing her arms.
"Where's Pierre?" The blonde asked. Suddenly she gasped nearly making the redhead beside her choke on his peanut butter and banana sandwich.
Icy blue eyes turned to the blonde in annoyance, "What?"
"I forgot to shave my legs!"
"Too much information, Ev,"
The team finally made it to the airport in time. "I can't believe I didn't get to see Pierre!" Evian whined.
"Well I'm right here,"
Evian looked up and her puppy face was turned into utter thrill. "Oh my god!" She embraced the blue haired boy. "I can't believe you're here!"
"I can't let you leave without a goodbye," He smiled, charming her to no end.
"Our flight's ready," Mr. MaCaffery started.
"Thank god," Kai rolled his eyes wondering why his half brother was here. He was such a poser, dressing up like Kai, looking like Kai...
...sharing the same father as Kai.
He couldn't stand the thought of that.
"Aw, already? But Pierre just got here!" Evian said.
"It's okay, I'll see you again," Pierre said. And that's when he did the most unexpected thing in the world. He inched closer towards the blonde and planted a kiss on her cheek. Evian was rendered speechless. She covered her mouth in sheer shock, not taking her eyes off the blue haired boy.
The same, however, could not be said about Tala. "Please don't ever touch her without my permission, thanks," He said, pulling Evian away by the sleeve of her jacket. The team filed into the plane but Kai remained in the waiting area. Finally, he got to his feet and approached Pierre.
"Stay away from my teammate,"
Pierre sneered, "What's the matter, Kai? We gonna fight over the same girl now? I've got her wrapped around my finger, so you can back off. And it's only a matter of time before I tap that booty, taste that pus -"
"Either you shut the fuck up or I'll shut you the fuck up."
"You've already got a girl, Kai. Don't be so greedy now, you can't have all the ladies. Besides, I'm afraid I can't stay away from the object of your affection until you and I battle, brother."
While Kai had the biggest urge to sock Pierre in the face and disfigure him, he kept his cool, "Stay out of my fucking life." With that, the vice captain of The Skittles left to catch his flight. The minute he got on the plane, however, he could hear the perky blonde go on and on about her 'first kiss'.
"It doesn't count as a first kiss!" The redhead countered.
"You're just jealous Pierre kissed me first before Dakota got to you!"
"Would you shut up about Dakota!"
Kai rolled his eyes at the twins before taking a seat beside Hilary. Like the last time, Kai tried his luck with another flight attendant about alcohol but this time with no success. He tried to lighten up as he watched the movie they were playing on the plane currently: The Amityville Horror.
"The guy is so cute," He could hear Evian say from behind his seat, "But this movie is so disturbing!"
"There's gonna be dead bodies under your bed when you sleep tonight," A smack sound following Tala's statement was also audible as Evian hit the redhead.
Although Kai really tried to take his mind off the flight, the slight turbulence in the middle of the flight got to him, "Where are you going?" The brunette asked as she watched the vice captain get up. Without giving her a reply, he continued to walk down the aisle until he reached the bathroom, which, to his distaste, was occupied. The door swung open after a few seconds, and much to his surprise it was Evian.
"Oh sorry," She started, "I didn't know you were waiting." He literally pushed her aside, however, and kneeled over the toilet and threw up. "Oh my god!" He could tell Evian was completely grossed out by the tone of her voice and the sound of her running off confirmed it.
He continued vomiting, and was surprised when he heard the door shut behind him and a hand was place on his shoulder.
"Aw, you poor thing," There was no doubt it was Evian, "It's okay," She reassured, moving her hand up and down his back. When he was done puking his guts out, almost literally, he flushed and took a seat right on top of the toilet, "I got you some water." She held up the cup. He spit out the first sip he took before drinking the rest, "How do you feel now?" She asked.
"Better," What guy wouldn't feel better with a super cute girl taking care of him? Especially when they were both locked up in an airplane bathroom together? Oh the fantasies...
"I feel so bad, aw," She said again giving him a sympathetic smile before turning to the mirror to fix her already perfect hair, "What's 387 divided by 14?"
"Huh?" He looked up at her in astonishment.
"Well, what is it?"
"What? Are you trying to make an ass out of me again?"
She gave him a funny look, "...no?" She shook her head, "Anyways, so tell me,"
He gave in. "Uh," He looked towards the ceiling in thought, "Twenty-seven..." He trailed off, "Twenty-seven point sixty-four?"
"What is," She put her hands on her hips, thinking, "What's 250 divided by 8?"
"Who wants to know?" At this, she raised an eyebrow and demanded an answer right away, "Thirty-one point twenty-five."
"167 times 4?"
"668."
"Reduce 350 over 1000."
"Um," He took a few seconds before answering, "Seven over twenty."
"How many stripes on my sweater?"
He counted quickly, "Fourteen on the front,"
"What rhymes with your name?"
"I don't know," He shrugged his shoulders.
"What's my name backwards?"
He thought for a while, "Naive?" He was bomb-shelled at the reverse of her name. He couldn't believe just how accurate it was almost as if her parents had named her Evian on purpose knowing she'd turn out to be extremely naive.
"Hey cool, it is!" She grinned, "I never knew!"
It was at that moment in time Kai realized the questions she'd been asking was a manoeuvre to make him feel better and completely forget about his fears. No one ever managed to do this. Unlike Hilary who kept telling him it was going to 'be okay' and that if he needed he could throw up in paper bags or he could try to get some sleep, Evian's tactic was absolutely ingenious and worked like a charm and all she used was mathematics – and other random things – to take his mind off things. He felt bad, suddenly, for being such an idiot to her a few seconds ago; she was only doing him a good deed.
Nevertheless, what he didn't know was him doing such fast calculations in his head and spitting out numbers in split seconds was such a turn on for her. Even though she was a blonde, Evian was a sucker for smart guys, nerds with gigantic glasses included. Pervert or not, there was just something strangely downright sexy about an intelligent guy who was good with numeral figures.
"Are you ready to go back, Kai?"
He was ready to go back, but he wasn't ready for the continuation of the flight. The two left the washroom, only to be bombarded with an awkward statement from the flight attendant.
"Excuse me! What do you think this is? A motel!"
While Evian's face went as red as planet Mars' surface, Kai smirked, "Sorry, can't help it when little man," He looked downward at himself before eyeing the attendant again, "acts up every time there's a dime like her around," He motioned towards the blonde with his head, and once he left the woman speechless.
Walking down the aisle, Evian plopped down beside the bored redhead, "Tala?"
"Yeah?" He replied, not taking his eyes off the TV.
"What does a dime mean?"
"Uh, ten cents?" Tala gave his sister a look, "Or ten bucks of weed,"
The blonde was mildly confused, "Oh," She managed to say, wondering why Kai would call her ten cents or even a bag of weed.
"Unless a guy calls you a dime," Right away the blonde seemed interested and he got the hint, "Who was it?"
"Pierre," She lied, "Is it bad?"
"No you idiot," He rolled his eyes, "If a guy says you're a dime, it's a compliment, it means a perfect ten, like ten outta ten, get it?"
"Why not just call me a hundred dollar bill or something?"
Tala furrowed his eyebrows at the blonde, wondering for the zillionth time in his life why on earth he was related to an airhead, "Okay, never mind..." The redhead turned his attention back to the movie, falling asleep eventually.
And whoever else was asleep didn't need their cell phone alarm system to wake up them when they arrived at their destination; Evian did the job, "We're in California, bitches!" The blonde boomed, "L.A. here I come!" There was no surprise she was the very first passenger running off the plane like a mad woman, immediately going into a washroom and changing into something summery.
The entire team also retreated from the plane just a few minutes after the blonde with Tala and her father carrying the rest of her things. When the cameras started flashing, when questions were being thrown at them, and when they were being asked for autographs, they realized they weren't alone.
"Tala, are you dating Dakota of the Cali Crushers?"
"Between Evian and Tala, who's the good twin and who's the bad twin?"
"Kai, are you secretly going out with Evian and using Hilary to distract the media?"
"We heard you guys did a shoot for the Career Blade magazine; how'd it go?"
Although Hilary, Mariah, and Ray were also given attention, it was evident that the captain, vice captain, and the only blonde of the team were getting the most. Kai completely ignored the paparazzi due to experience from last year and Hilary, Mariah and Ray followed his lead in the situation. And while Tala was completely horrified by the sudden attention Evian seemed to completely soak up the spotlight like a sponge, taking a completely different approach to the matter than the rest of the team.
The blonde answered a few questions and even held a quick conversation with the paparazzi and got friendly with them...so friendly, in fact, that she even blew them all a kiss before jogging off towards the exit to meet the rest of her team.
After the aid of two taxis the team made it to the hotel they'd be staying in. As usual, the girls were sharing one room and the guys were sharing another room and Mr. MaCaffery had a room to himself.
There wasn't any training for today. Mr. MaCaffery told the team he wanted everyone to rest up well and be ready for tomorrow. And that's exactly what the team did. After dinner, everyone crashed in the boys' room for drinks and a movie.
"Oh my god," The blonde flipped the channels before stopping at an all too familiar show starring Sarah Jessica Parker, "Let's watch Sex and the City!"
Snatching the remote away from his sister, Tala flipped the channel to something else, "Much more like it," He said, stopping at a channel with a girl dressed up in what seemed to be a yellow leather – or pleather – bikini, "Man she's hot as hell."
"Ew, no she's not, she has a slut-face," The twins fought for the remote heinously.
"Uh guys?" Ray started, pointing at the television screen.
"Whoa..." Tala said.
"I didn't even know that was possible," Kai added.
"My virgin eyes!" Evian turned away to avoid the pornography that was currently being shown on television, "Change the channel! This is so not right!"
"And really embarrassing..." Mariah commented, hiding her face behind a cushion. "Especially since I'm in the same room as Kai."
"Ya think!" The blonde shot her a look. At least Mariah and Kai weren't real brother and sister like Evian and Tala were! It was so much more awkward! "Would you change the goddamn channel already? I can hear perverted breathing noises!"
"Shit that's hot," This came from Ray. It was clear the guys were way too intrigued by a topless woman doing things to not just another man, but three men all at once.
For the girls, it was the most repulsive thing they've ever laid their eyes. Hilary grabbed the remote out of the team captain's hands and just turned off the television.
"I can't believe you guys!" Evian started, "Go make a girlfriend you lonely, horny perverts." She shuddered.
"I already have one."
"And I'm almost getting one."
"Damn, I need one."
"You guys are sickos," Mariah rolled her eyes at the three boys. Mariah and Hilary had some mixed drinks while the guys had a few beers. Evian of course, stuck to plain old water no matter how much Ray tried to convince her to have something else. The team decided to watch the horror sensation, The Grudge. While the blonde tried to pay attention to the movie, her idiot brother and the vice captain made it impossible.
"First one to finish all six, wins," The redhead grinned at the bluenette.
"Alright," Kai agreed, popping the lid off his Budweiser, "You lose, you kiss my ass."
"Doubt I'll be doing the ass smooching, man," With that the two proceeded to chug the contents, with some of the beer leaking out and onto their faces.
Mariah and Hilary rolled their eyes at the boys' childish competition and left the room to get some sleep. Evian stuck around for the sake and fear of her brother's wellbeing. They had moved on from beer to who could take the most tequila shots and when Tala realized he was way past the stage of just being mellow, he decided to call it quits. But Kai chose to take two more shots of Everclear, completely wasting himself.
The blonde was truly horrified as she eyed the vice captain who had eventually passed out on the floor, face flat, his jeans slightly lower than usual exposing more than just the hemming of his boxers. She looked over at Ray, "Is he dead!"
Ray burst out into a fit of laughter, "No!" He strolled over to the slate-haired teen sprawled over the carpeted ground before jerking him by the arm, "Yo Kai, get your ass up," As Kai murmured something indecipherable, both Tala and Ray lifted him onto the bed.
"He's completely hammered, guy," The redhead commented.
While her brother and Ray's work ended there, Evian couldn't help but feel a little worried. Of course, Kai was your average guy who liked to have a drink here and there with his buddies but...his drinking had become a little strange. He wasn't just drinking, he was drinking himself silly.
Oh well, Evian thought to herself, Hilary can deal with it. Then, before her brother finished up in the washroom, she ran to the girls' room, changed into her PJs, came back into the boys' room and quickly crawled into the redhead's bed, and sure enough when he came by and lifted up the covers only to see his other half curled up on the mattress, he was less than pleased, "Evian!"
"What!"
"What the hell, man!"
"I'm scared! You said there were going to be dead people under my bed and I just saw The Grudge!"
"Get off my bed, Blondie!"
"But I'm scared!" She pouted.
"Well what the hell am I supposed to do?" Dressed in a grey tank top and purple pajamas with animal prints all over them, she clasped her hands together and continued looking up at him with a puppy face until he gave in, "Fine. Don't kick me off the bed this time."
She stood up on her knees right away to get to his level and squeezed the life out of him, "Thankyouthankyouthankyou! I love you!"
"Shut up." He pushed her away and got under the covers as well. Within minutes however, a shoving match begun, "Move over you fat ass!"
"I don't have a fat ass, Tala! Maybe your man boobs are taking up too much space! Why don't you get breast reduction! And stop hogging the entire blanket!"
"How many times do I have to tell you they're not man boobs? And it's my bed!"
"Be nice to me! I'm your sister!"
"You're such a baby, Evian! I can't even get a goodnight's sleep because of you!" The fighting and pushing and 'hogging' of the blanket continued throughout the night. By eight in the morning, the alarm went off and Tala wasn't surprised to find himself on the floor – without the blanket or his pillow. He stood up, annoyed, and looked over at his bed. She dominated it – sloppily of course, with her arms and legs all in different directions and her hair all over her face – like such a pig! With his blanket and his pillow! It was such a piss off! He resisted the urge to murder her in her sleep.
Muttering curse words under his breath he made his way over to the washroom and slammed the door shut so loud, it made Ray jump from his slumber and startled an extremely hung over Kai. Of course, it didn't bother Little Miss Heavy Sleeper as she continued dreaming about getting married to Taylor Lautner and having his babies.
Soon Kai, Ray, and Tala all got ready. "It's 8:45! Wake up!" The redhead shoved his sister, "Come on!"
"Stop!" She pulled the covers over her head, "Taylor didn't take off his shirt yet..." She mumbled.
All three boys made a face, clearly not wanting to know what the hell the young girl was visioning, "I don't care, Evian," Tala heaved the covers off, tossed them over to the empty bed beside his and did the next best thing: he lifted the mattress and tilted it to its side, making the blonde roll off the other side right onto the floor.
As Kai rolled his eyes at what happened next, Ray only laughed as the blonde had her younger twin in a headlock, the redhead desperately trying to free himself. Regardless of all the commotion, the entire team did make it on time for breakfast at 9 AM.
"I hope everyone slept well," Mr. MaCaffery started, "Because we're going to train extra hard today."
"Tala pushed me off the bed and my knee hurts; do I still have to train?" Evian questioned, taking a sip of her chocolate milk.
"Oh Evian," Mr. MaCaffery sighed, "Please don't be so immature all the time."
"But it really hurts, daddy," She whined, but with no reward or even an ounce of sympathy from her father. By now Mr. MaCaffery knew too well of his daughter's excuses to get out of training – and to skip school – as did the entire team.
"I want everyone, all six of you, to battle all at once today as a warm up," Mr. MaCaffery started. Training commenced shortly after breakfast, "Just to see where everyone falls in."
The blonde cringed. She already knew where she 'fell in'. Last.
"Alright everyone! 3, 2, 1!" All six members of the team readied their beyblades, "Let it rip!" And the big battle was underway.
With Kai and Tala being two of the best on the team, everyone wanted a piece of them. But not before Hilary took out Evian first just as a reminder of their dispute over Kai. Evian didn't know why; she thought she'd made it pretty clear by now she was completely into Pierre.
The blonde caught the flying beyblade and continued watching the remainder of the battle despite her quick loss. It was really starting to give her an idea of how good her brother really was and where everyone else ranked on the team. It seemed as if the captain and vice captain had unofficially formed an alliance together to fight off the other teammates. Mariah was the next one to be knocked out of the dish by Ray, who was in turn knocked out by Hilary.
"Alright Hilary, you're next," Tala smirked.
"Try me!" The brunette dared.
"Okay Wolborg! Novae Rog!" And there was no doubt that attack took out Hilary right away.
And just as the grey beyblade was making its way back down the dish, the vice captain pulled out his attack, "Dranzer! Now!" With one hit, Wolborg was done for and the conqueror of the entire battle was none other than Kai, flaring up his ego just a little bit.
Although Evian didn't know much of what was going on, she did pick up a few pointers for future reference.
"That was very entertaining," The coach clapped, "But I hope everyone knows what their weaknesses and strengths are after this little warm up."
For the next two hours, training resumed as normal. Even during break, Kai didn't stop training. He was fixated on one thing and only one thing: winning. The thought of the little blonde girl giving him guidance in his own sport irritated the crap out of him. It caused him to lie awake at night wondering why she knew how to win and he didn't. He stared at Dranzer's bit chip, never again, he thought before launching it into the dish.
Training commenced after break and everyone worked hard.
Well almost everyone.
"I'm so sick of having a bit beast," Evian leaned her head against her brother's shoulder in an upset fashion.
"Pick up your beyblade and try again," Tala ordered. Evian felt as if her arms were going to fall off any minute from launching her beyblade so many times. And her voice was so sore from yelling at Stardust.
Evian took a deep breath before launching her beyblade one more time, "I will seriously die," She added in her usual dose of a complaint.
"That was a really good launch. Now call out Stardust,"
"No Tala, I'm not gonna, it's not fair, okay? How come Woodpecker listens to you all the time? You tell him to do something and he does it," Her shoulders slumped.
"Fine," The redhead gave in, completely ignoring the mistake Evian had made with Wolborg's name again, "Training's over anyway," He picked up the two beyblades and watched the blonde scurry out of the room before anyone else. But while everyone else was starting to leave, Tala showed no similar sign.
"Training was done ten minutes ago," Kai strolled over to the redhead.
"Not for me,"
"You need a break."
"Um, I think you need a break, Kai. I don't know why you're going so hard on yourself," The redhead said, "Anyways, I have to keep training. Even if I don't want to, I have to."
"Why?"
"To compensate for Evian. All our battles are practically two-on-one and if you remember my last match, I was really rusty."
"Alright," Kai nodded in agreement. He knew just as much as Tala that Evian hated beyblading and she would never put in any effort into something she didn't like. And although trying to offset Evian's lack of skills in beyblading was a good idea, Kai knew it was going to put the team captain under a lot of pressure.
x x x
Lying on a beach towel sunbathing, attired in a simple black bikini with a Katy Perry song playing in the background from her iPod, Evian tipped down her D&G sunnies and stared up at Kool-Aid blue sky, dotted with so few clouds, she could count them all on one hand. The weather outside was so perfect, no one could ask for anything better.
And there was nothing in the universe that was capable of making her feel down at the moment. This was definitely the life. No beyblading, no teammates, no parents, no Stardust, no sexy Kai distracting the shit out of her, and most of all, no standards to live by.
"Hey there sexy boy's sister!"
Pulling one ear bud down, Evian pulled herself up and looked around towards the source of the voice, "Dakota?"
"Did you forget I live in California, missy?" The tousle-haired blonde took a seat beside Evian.
"Of course not!" Evian beamed, utterly happy to finally meet a friend. As usual, Dakota looked jovial. Her hair was loosely tied into a ponytail and she wore a flowing shirt over her teal coloured bikini. "Did you and Tala already meet up or something?"
Dakota shook her head, "He texted me and let me know he was in L.A. and I told him to see me when he was free."
"Training was over like an hour ago," Evian explained, "I'm sure he's just chilling with the guys. You wanna see him?"
"Sure, but," Dakota grinned, "You and I need to catch up first! Tell me what's going on with you and Kai! You two are all over the news,"
"Yeah," Evian sighed, "I don't even know why."
"Well it makes sense," Dakota rested her face in the palm of her hands, "He's seriously cute and you're totally gorgeous; I could see why the BBA would try to hook you guys up to make a story about it."
"Oh," Evian said, "That's so, like, dumb."
"Putting a strain on his relationship with Hilary, right?"
"I don't know," Evian shrugged her shoulders, "Tala told me not go get involved with them."
"God your brother is hot and smart," Dakota literally had a starry look in her eyes.
"You sound like my friends Miriam and Evelyn; they talk about Tala and Kai like all the time and they have no limits about what they talk about. It's so nasty! And I tell them, I'm like, I'll seriously throw the eff up if you guys don't stop talking about my own brother like that, it's so disgusting!"
Dakota laughed, "Can't blame them. Anyways, how've you been?"
"I've been good," Evian said, "A little tired though,"
"I know what you mean. Sometimes mid-tournament I just want to withdraw and relax," Dakota took an intermission as she stared up at the sunny sky, "So anything new or unusual happen?"
You'd never imagine... "Nope," Evian replied as she made circles in the sand with her finger.
The pair continued to converse about other random topics for about another hour or so before finally wrapping things up, "Anyways Evian, I gotta head back home."
"What about Tala?"
"I'll have to see him later on because I have some stuff to do," Dakota said, "Tell him I miss him and I really wanna meet up, though!" She said before giving the blonde a quick hug and running off with a wave which she returned. Evian decided it was best if she headed back to the hotel as well and as she walked, she lit up a cigarette. Once at her destination, she bumped into the redhead at the lobby.
"Guess what!"
"What?" He asked, tiredly walking with her towards the elevator.
"I saw Dakota," She could tell he was interested instantly, "We were at the beach all this time." She was a little taken aback when he looked at her angrily and walked off in a random direction, "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Get lost," He said.
"What happened? I thought you'd be happy to hear about her,"
"While your ass was at the beach relaxing, my ass was in the training room making up for your mistakes. Otherwise I'd be able to see her."
"Jesus, I'm sorry," She raised her arms in defence, "Would you calm yourself? Give her a call; she said she wanted to see you." And he did just that, leaving Evian alone in the hotel lobby. With the help of the elevator, she made it to her floor. Once in her room, she was surprised to see Kai's grandfather, "Oh," She said, startled, "Hi,"
"Bonjour, Evian," He said, "I hope you've rested well. There are some things I need to give you," He stood up.
"Okay," Evian said, curious to know what she was about to receive.
"Here," He pulled out...
"A Blackberry!" Her eyes widened at the sexy sleek phone, the newest model.
"The bill has been paid for one-year. It includes long distance minutes, texting, GPS, Wi-Fi, and all the other important applications you'll need. You can use it however you like, but keep in mind that the main use is for your job."
She nodded, and then, "What if the others see?"
"You tell them your father got it for you,"
"Okay," She was so wowed by the phone and scared of it at the same time; what if she dropped it? Nonetheless, this was so much better than the cell phone she'd asked for! And way better than the junk Tala had! Ha!
"Make sure you always delete the messages that you and I exchange, just to be on the safe side," He watched as she played around with the phone, fascinated by the QWERTY keyboard and the fact that she could use the internet on it like she would on a computer, "And the most important thing: always, always, always have your phone on you; I really cannot stress that enough."
She grinned as she held it close to her heart, "Mr. Blackberry will always be with me!"
"You now also have a dual-citizenship," He said, holding an American passport, "Your father will be in charge of keeping this of course," He informed her, "Now for your identification..."
x x x
The redhead waited patiently in the outside patio of an L.A. restaurant for a certain tousle-haired girl. He eyed the phone that was resting on the table; nope, no missed calls or text messages yet.
"What's up, what's up?" The expected blonde haired girl made her way to the empty seat and took a seat, "You look good," She added.
"Likewise," He said truthfully.
"So what's up? How was France? Evian's been telling me about some guy, Pierre,"
"Yeah, Kai's half brother," The redhead said. He told her about how excited she was about her 'first kiss'.
"Aw, she's so cute, I swear," Dakota laughed, "She's never had a boyfriend before?"
Tala shook his head, "I don't think she can handle one. She can't even take care of herself. And I know her; she'd get bored of the guy way too fast. Two weeks in, she'd dump his ass,"
"And what can I get for you two?"
The legal age in Canada was nineteen. In America, it was twenty one. He knew he looked a lot older than just plain seventeen and almost never got asked for ID in Canada, but he didn't know if he could pull off looking as old as twenty one, "Can I get a Corona?" He tried his luck.
"Okay," The waitress then turned her attention to Dakota, "And for you?"
"Just Coke, please and thank you," Within a few minutes the waitress had come back with their ordered drinks. "So Mr. Sexy," The blonde sipped her drink using the straw, "Tell me something interesting about yourself."
"Uh," He searched his head for something 'interesting' about himself. How was he supposed to answer a question like that? He didn't want to brag! "I guess you'll just have to find out yourself," He played it cool.
"Oooh," She said in a sing-song voice, grinning.
"Yup," He leaned back in his seat, "I'm the patient and you're the nurse; you can do whatever you want to me, baby,"
"Is that so, Mr. Studmuffin?" The girl with sand blonde hair played with the straw in her drink, "I've always been one to experiment,"
"You like to experiment and I like to be experimented on. We make a great pair,"
Dakota chuckled, "You're too good." And she took it a step further when she decided to play footsies with him under the table.
He enjoyed every minute, every second, every millisecond of her company. He tried to reminisce about some of his past girlfriends and tried to distinguish some of the differences. Sure, all the girls he'd gone out with previously were pretty, nice, but they all seemed to have some kind of blemish. Some liked to cause drama with his friends, some liked to cause a ruckus with other girls, some just weren't classy enough, and most of them, Evian just hated.
But Dakota seemed to be the type of girl with both her feet on the ground. And she looked the part too with her relaxed beachy waves, just a little bit of mascara, and a very casual wardrobe. Dakota wasn't a girly girl and she most definitely wasn't a tomboy; she was just right. Just like a Pillsbury cookie out of the oven! Not too burnt on the bottom and not raw on the inside either! He wished, for the first time in his life, Evian would be here to whack him on the head for such a cheesy analogy.
Even if Dakota did have a flaw, he wasn't able to detect it yet – and prayed to God he never would. He'd never fallen for a blonde before – mainly because Evian kiiiiiinda scared him when it came to fair haired girls – and it was just so fresh and exciting and he didn't know what to expect.
And she wasn't the type of girl who expected him to call every other second. She called just as much as he did. She put in the same amount of effort he did, so it wasn't stressing at all. Independent, considerate, and entertaining were the first three traits he could think of for her. Not to mention she's hot as fuck, he added into his thoughts.
"Hey, isn't that Kai and Hilary?" Dakota pointed towards the streets. The redhead glanced over his shoulder and sure enough, Kai and the brunette were strolling the streets of Los Angeles to spend some 'quality' time. "You should call them over!" The blonde smiled.
"Yeah?" He pulled out his cell phone, "Alright," He gave the vice captain a call, "Yo Kai, come over. The restaurant right in front of you! Wow Kai, you're as dumb as Evian sometimes." He waved his arm, "You see me? Alright, hurry up." Tala and Dakota watched as Kai grabbed Hilary's hand and looked at the streets for traffic before jogging over to the other side.
"Hey," Kai greeted quickly, "How are you?"
"I'm good! Nice to see you two!" Dakota beamed, "Sit!" She said as she and Tala pulled two close-by chairs to their table.
"Can I get this table any drinks?" The waitress came by once again.
"Heineken, please?" The vice captain asked for his usual drink.
"Sure, anything else?"
"Cranberry orange juice vodka," Hilary added.
"Okay, I'll be right back!" The uniformed girl left the table.
"California's great," Kai started, "You're lucky to live here," He told Dakota.
"Thanks," She said, "You guys should come here over the summer for visits. We get infested with tourists," She laughed.
"I'm feeling chicken wings," The slate-haired teen declared to the table as he read the menu, "You guys?"
The redhead shrugged, "I'll eat anything, I'm starving," Several plates of chicken wing orders and a million words later, Dakota decided it would be a good idea to show the three around L.A. to finish off the day. After that, it was finally time to head home and Dakota insisted on walking the redhead back to the hotel.
"Would you relax?" Dakota chuckled at the hesitant red headed boy.
"Yeah, but I feel so," He paused, looking for the right word, "Unmanly?"
Dakota rolled her eyes, "It's the twenty-first century, Mr. Sexy. Now relax, hold my hand, and let me walk you back to your hotel!"
Kai and Hilary were a few paces in front of these two in an attempt to give them some alone time. Once in the corridors of their floor, the vice captain made a smart move to help out his friend, "I'm gonna be with Hilary," He told the redhead before walking off towards the girls room.
This most definitely provided the blonde and the redhead with 'alone' time.
"So did you have fun?" Dakota asked the first question.
"Is that a rhetorical question?"
The tousle-haired girl chuckled a little leaning against the wall. And he knew exactly what that meant. The signs were right there: her standing there defencelessly – on purpose, smiling as if she wanted him to do something about it, and the 'silence'. Kiss her! He told himself.
This was it. The moment he had been waiting for since he met Dakota. So he went in for the kill.
QUESTION... DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS FIC IS DRAGGING? Or is it just me? I know it's a bit slow – like the opening up of the plot and relationships and all that shizz – but personally, I don't want to rush and make it unrealistic. But you guys tell me: should I pick up the pace a little more or just stick to how I'm writing it? Because as far as I can tell, it's gonna be a long story and when I say long, I mean loooong. SO LET ME KNOW!
FYI... YES THIS IS KAI/EVIAN! How much more do I need to stress this?
And...if there are certain terms and stuff I'm using in this fic that you don't understand, Google it. For example, when I mentioned a phone in here, I was talking about the Blackberry Bold 9700 (which I'm going to get, bitches!), but I'm not actually going to go off topic and write what phone it is, what model, what series and blahblahblah...just use Google! Same goes for songs; I hate, hate, HATE when authors use the lyrics of an ENTIRE fucking song in their stories (sorry if you do this but it's annoying as hell!). For my stories, either I'll just mention the name of the song and the artist OR I will use just a LINE from the song and if you wanna know what it is then just copy and paste that line into Google and find out what it is!
Warning...I'd also like to mention again that I AM trying to make this fic realistic and it IS loosely based off personal life experiences so some of the things you read MAY be offensive to you. Words like 'nigga' has already been used and may appear again in the story; this is not meant to be racist. But keep in mind, this entire planet is offensive lol and everything is controversial – gays, lesbians, child porn, black people, white people, Indian people, morals, ethics, you name it.
Story updates...I'm going to try to post a chapter every week from now b/c I know most of you guys are probably over Beyblade lol and I need to hurry up! HOWEVER...I'm returning my laptop tomorrow (it belongs to the university) so I'm gonna need to buy another one...as soon as I get a job. Hopefully that's soon.
Journal...Lol I know I'm blabbing on and on – honestly you don't need to read all my ANs except the most important ones (which is why the subjects and bolded so you know which one you should read and which you can skip). But yeah, I just like to clue you guys into little details of my life sometimes lol. So about 3 weeks ago, I went out on a date with this guy...and omg...I cannot begin to EXPLAIN how it was. I'm just gonna make this entry SUPER short but in actual fact, I can write a novel about this date.
So basically, we go out, we watch a movie – he made me pay for the snacks... – and he tried to touch me in the theatres because I was wearing an off the shoulder top and I kinda just moved away. So then we head to a restaurant for dinner and I order a vodka cran and he orders a gin and tonic (I'm SORRY I find that girly...but it gets worse). So while I'm looking at the dinner menu trying to pick something, ALL of a sudden he goes "Hey, lets do shots" and I'm all "Wha!? Seriously?"
Keep in mind this is our FIRST date. So after convincing and stuff, I'm like "okay fine" but I add in the fact that I can't go home drunk b/c I'll be a bad influence on my bro and he's already seen some whacked out shit from me. So we head to Jack Astor's in downtown (this is all in Toronto if anyone's curious) and we head to the lounge area.
I start looking at the menu again and so does he...then...and omg...seriously omg...he orders a drink called Southern Kiss...SOUTHERN FUCKING KISS!!!!!! And I'm just sitting there going like.......shit. I don't know about you guys but I like manly guys, a beer-drinking kinda guy...not a fucking girly ass drink drinking guy! So he orders that, then he orders another girly drink I forget what its called and by now he's fucking tipsy.
Yes. Tipsy. Off a gin and tonic, a Southern Kiss...and another girly drink. And I'm just embarrassed out of my mind b/c the bartender – who was SERIOUSLY cute btw – kept looking at me, giving me a sympathetic stare. So then this ass goes "alright! Time for shots!" and orders shots. I only had one, he had 2...and this guy......OMG! HE WAS WASTED! W A S T E D D D D D! Like fucking GONE, okay. You don't understand.
We leave Jack's and I'm all "k, I need to get home" and he grabs my ass and shit in public :S Then he sits on the pavement for a while and everyone's just STARING...omg, so embarrassing. Then he asks for a hug like a million times, he couldn't even WALK omg! He was hanging off me I swear. And I'm not exaggerating, not one bit. So then I'm like "stay here I'm gonna get you water" and he's like "No I'm not drunk!"
...MY ASS YOU AINT DRUNK!
There's this store called the Condom Shack – lol tell me in your review if you know this store...or if you live in Toronto!!! – and he stands in front of it and starts pointing and shit at dildos and stuff...omg.
We get into the TTC – subway – and he can't find his metro pass and stuff...in the end, I had to drop him off at home and get home myself at 2 am. Next day my friend texts me and asks if I was in downtown with some hobo hanging off me...because he saw me!
Funny thing? This guy completely avoided me after that...no contact at all. I msged him to ask if he was okay, NO REPLY. Lol. Stupid ass.
But yes ladies – and gentlemen – that is my sad sad sad life. Honestly, how the fuck do you get fucking wasted off three girly ass drinks and 2 shots? Unbelievable.
ANYWAYS...THANKS TO...
zeratheliger
native-kitten
kstar orange
c-doo
Blood Tainted Angel
just a girl
Fuurai
Crying Sorceress – thanks for the correction! Lol. And yes, it was based off that song, I was listening to it at the time of writing it and I'm like 'hey! That fits!' haha! And the worst part about having WAY too many drinks is throwing up, good lord!
Lithaerie
NightPredator – Yes I've been kicked out! I know, its pretty horrible b/c it makes me feel so damn lost in life! And in order to get back into university I have to go to college first which is absolutely ridic! And they kicked me out b/c my GPA was low from first year...so even though I had one of the highest marks now, it just didn't go up to their 'standards'. Assholes.
tWinKle*dAisY
Mister Melancholy – I THINK YOU'RE A GIRL! LOL! B/c in your profile it says authoress!! Or are you a boy! Lol! And its so great to have old readers back!!
