A wick WARNING! A character death in this chapter!
~~ Korin tossed and turned in bed. She couldn't sleep, and she wasn't really sure why. She was so tiered and she really needed sleep. She gazed at the clock. Two A.M. Great! Just great. She rolled over and moaned. Last night she had slept like a baby! Last night... Ian had been there. Korin smiled at the thought of him. His bright eyes, his warm smile.
She looked at the wall. Was that what was missing? Ian? When he had been there, she had slept so well! She had been at peace in a dreamless sleep, something that was rare with the Blade. She knew that had to be it. The Blade LOVED Ian.
Korin turned again and gasped as she saw a large figure outside her window. It took her a bit to see that it was, in fact, Ian Nottingham! She jumped up and ran to her window. She opened it and met Ian's gaze. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I couldn't sleep." He said. "Can I come in?"
"Oh, yes, of course." Korin backed away so he could get threw. With in a few moments, Ian's large forum stood in front of her. He smiled.
"Did I wake you?" Ian asked.
"No, I couldn't sleep, as well." She and Ian sat down on her bed. Korin looked at her hands. What was she going to say? 'Hey, I think if we sleep together, we both might be able to sleep.' Yeah, that sounded really great.
"Korin...?" Korin's head snapped around and she looked at Ian. "I... can I... would you mind if I..." He leaned closer to her, and Korin understood. She met his lips halfway. Ian placed a hand on her cheek and Korin put her arms around his neck. She ran a hand down his chest. His fingers went to the hem of her shirt and he began to lift it up but then stopped. Ian pulled away. "Are you sure about-" Korin placed a finger to his lips.
"I'm very sure, Ian." She said. "Now kiss me, Ok?" Ian nodded and kissed her again, with a little more passion. They both feel onto the bed.
~~
The next morning, Korin woke up in Ian's warm arms. He smiled at her at brushed a little hair from her eyes. "Good morning." He said.
"Mmm... Good morning." She smiled into his chest.
"Sleep well?"
She nodded. "Very well, thank you." Ian smiled.
"So, ready to go eat?"
She nodded.
~~
Ian was making eggs as Korin fed Xan and Cherry. The warm smell of food filled the air along with AC/DC which was blasting on the boom box. Korin dances around to the music as she walks over to Ian. She raps her arms around his waits and smiles.
"Oh, it's nice to wake up with you." She said, sighing.
"We can wake like this... everyday, right, Korin?" Ian turned around to look at her.
"What would Irons think?" She asked.
"I don't care about Irons anymore." Ian told her. "Last night, I lay in bed wondering about what in my life was worth keeping hold of. You are WAY more important to me then Irons ever was! I don't want to waist my life working for Irons when I would be with you."
Korin smiled, and kissed Ian's cheek. She gazed into his eyes. "I feel the same way, Ian... but I need to keep my job... I really need it."
Ian laughed. "Oh, I never wanted you to give up you job, Korin."
"Well, if I'm late I won't have a job." Korin glanced at the clock.
Ian said, "O, right," and finished making the eggs. He placed the plate of food in front of her and then sat down with his own plate. He smiled at her. "You are so lovely." He whispered.
Korin smiled and took a bit of her eggs.
~~
Sara walked into her office to find Danny and Jake standing there, looking a little shaken up. She tilted her head and looked at them.
"Pez..." Jake looked really bad. "There was a another murder last night..."
"Same kind?" Sara asked. "Ok, so who got it this time?" Neither of the boys answered her. She looked from one of them to another. "Guys? Come on, you can tell me, I've seen a lot of nasty stuff in my life." She tried to make them laugh but it didn't work.
"Sara..." Danny said. "It's... it was..." Danny couldn't say it. How on earth could he tell her one of her friend had-He didn't even want to think about it. "Sara, Gabriel--"
Sara gasped and backed away. Tears began to stream down her face. Not Gab! Anyone but Gabriel!
"Sara, I'm so sorry." Jake said. Danny looked at his feet and fought back his own tears. Jake took a step towered Sara and tried to place a hand on her shoulder. She backed away.
"No!" She cried. "No! Please no! Not Gabriel! Please, no! No!" She fell to her knees and put her hands in her face. Jake knelt next to her and put an arm around her. She dried into his shoulder. "Gabriel! No! Please, Gabriel!!"
~~ **Two days later**
They were all there. Sara, Jake, Danny, and a lot of other people sat in the church. The casket was open and Gabriel's mother stood, crying in front of it. Sara Bit her lip and fought back tears. Her best friend was dead! Gabriel, the man who had only a few nights ago been on a date with her. She missed him. She wanted to go back and stop him from dying but she knew she couldn't.
Sara turned her head to look away from the crying mother. Her eyes found a man, much taller then her, sitting and staring at his hands. Sara couldn't believe it! What was Ian Nottingham doing there? For all she knew, he could have killed Gabriel. That thought made her clench her jaw. That was when she noticed that Irons was no where around. However, sitting next to Ian was the same girl she had seen him with the night... The night she and Gabriel had gone on a date.
**At the cemetery**
Sara stood in front of Gabriel's grave. Everyone had left already. She could feel tears rolling down her face. She didn't try to stop them. He was gone... she would never see him again. There was a feeling in her gut that made her feel sick and empty, and lonely.
She heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Ian standing there. He looked at her with sad eyes. Sara turned around to look at the grave again.
"Sara..." Ian said, sadly. "I'm sorry."
"Yeah, well, you should be used to death by now!" Sara snapped in anger. "You've killed so many people, I would have thought it wouldn't even phase you by now." Ian winced.
"That's not fare, Sara!"
"Life's not fare, Ian!" Sara snapped, even thought she knew it wasn't right to take out her anger on him. He hadn't done anything, really.
"Look, I kill people... have killed people, I get that! I understand it! But do you really think when someone I knew as a friend dies, that it doesn't hurt me? I have feelings, Sara! I'm not some beast that can't feel emotion! I do! I've felt a lot of things! I'm sad about his death, thought maybe not as much as you, but I'm sad about it. I knew Gabriel! And if you think I get some secret joy out of knowing someone is dead, your wrong!" Ian said all of this in one breath. Now he breathed deeply and turned to leave. "I'll leave you alone." He walked slowly towered his car.
Sara looked at her feet. "I'm sorry, Ian." She whispered. More tears ran down her face. "I will find who did this, Gabriel! I will!"
~~
TBC... I'll add more soon, but I want reviews!!!
~~ Korin tossed and turned in bed. She couldn't sleep, and she wasn't really sure why. She was so tiered and she really needed sleep. She gazed at the clock. Two A.M. Great! Just great. She rolled over and moaned. Last night she had slept like a baby! Last night... Ian had been there. Korin smiled at the thought of him. His bright eyes, his warm smile.
She looked at the wall. Was that what was missing? Ian? When he had been there, she had slept so well! She had been at peace in a dreamless sleep, something that was rare with the Blade. She knew that had to be it. The Blade LOVED Ian.
Korin turned again and gasped as she saw a large figure outside her window. It took her a bit to see that it was, in fact, Ian Nottingham! She jumped up and ran to her window. She opened it and met Ian's gaze. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I couldn't sleep." He said. "Can I come in?"
"Oh, yes, of course." Korin backed away so he could get threw. With in a few moments, Ian's large forum stood in front of her. He smiled.
"Did I wake you?" Ian asked.
"No, I couldn't sleep, as well." She and Ian sat down on her bed. Korin looked at her hands. What was she going to say? 'Hey, I think if we sleep together, we both might be able to sleep.' Yeah, that sounded really great.
"Korin...?" Korin's head snapped around and she looked at Ian. "I... can I... would you mind if I..." He leaned closer to her, and Korin understood. She met his lips halfway. Ian placed a hand on her cheek and Korin put her arms around his neck. She ran a hand down his chest. His fingers went to the hem of her shirt and he began to lift it up but then stopped. Ian pulled away. "Are you sure about-" Korin placed a finger to his lips.
"I'm very sure, Ian." She said. "Now kiss me, Ok?" Ian nodded and kissed her again, with a little more passion. They both feel onto the bed.
~~
The next morning, Korin woke up in Ian's warm arms. He smiled at her at brushed a little hair from her eyes. "Good morning." He said.
"Mmm... Good morning." She smiled into his chest.
"Sleep well?"
She nodded. "Very well, thank you." Ian smiled.
"So, ready to go eat?"
She nodded.
~~
Ian was making eggs as Korin fed Xan and Cherry. The warm smell of food filled the air along with AC/DC which was blasting on the boom box. Korin dances around to the music as she walks over to Ian. She raps her arms around his waits and smiles.
"Oh, it's nice to wake up with you." She said, sighing.
"We can wake like this... everyday, right, Korin?" Ian turned around to look at her.
"What would Irons think?" She asked.
"I don't care about Irons anymore." Ian told her. "Last night, I lay in bed wondering about what in my life was worth keeping hold of. You are WAY more important to me then Irons ever was! I don't want to waist my life working for Irons when I would be with you."
Korin smiled, and kissed Ian's cheek. She gazed into his eyes. "I feel the same way, Ian... but I need to keep my job... I really need it."
Ian laughed. "Oh, I never wanted you to give up you job, Korin."
"Well, if I'm late I won't have a job." Korin glanced at the clock.
Ian said, "O, right," and finished making the eggs. He placed the plate of food in front of her and then sat down with his own plate. He smiled at her. "You are so lovely." He whispered.
Korin smiled and took a bit of her eggs.
~~
Sara walked into her office to find Danny and Jake standing there, looking a little shaken up. She tilted her head and looked at them.
"Pez..." Jake looked really bad. "There was a another murder last night..."
"Same kind?" Sara asked. "Ok, so who got it this time?" Neither of the boys answered her. She looked from one of them to another. "Guys? Come on, you can tell me, I've seen a lot of nasty stuff in my life." She tried to make them laugh but it didn't work.
"Sara..." Danny said. "It's... it was..." Danny couldn't say it. How on earth could he tell her one of her friend had-He didn't even want to think about it. "Sara, Gabriel--"
Sara gasped and backed away. Tears began to stream down her face. Not Gab! Anyone but Gabriel!
"Sara, I'm so sorry." Jake said. Danny looked at his feet and fought back his own tears. Jake took a step towered Sara and tried to place a hand on her shoulder. She backed away.
"No!" She cried. "No! Please no! Not Gabriel! Please, no! No!" She fell to her knees and put her hands in her face. Jake knelt next to her and put an arm around her. She dried into his shoulder. "Gabriel! No! Please, Gabriel!!"
~~ **Two days later**
They were all there. Sara, Jake, Danny, and a lot of other people sat in the church. The casket was open and Gabriel's mother stood, crying in front of it. Sara Bit her lip and fought back tears. Her best friend was dead! Gabriel, the man who had only a few nights ago been on a date with her. She missed him. She wanted to go back and stop him from dying but she knew she couldn't.
Sara turned her head to look away from the crying mother. Her eyes found a man, much taller then her, sitting and staring at his hands. Sara couldn't believe it! What was Ian Nottingham doing there? For all she knew, he could have killed Gabriel. That thought made her clench her jaw. That was when she noticed that Irons was no where around. However, sitting next to Ian was the same girl she had seen him with the night... The night she and Gabriel had gone on a date.
**At the cemetery**
Sara stood in front of Gabriel's grave. Everyone had left already. She could feel tears rolling down her face. She didn't try to stop them. He was gone... she would never see him again. There was a feeling in her gut that made her feel sick and empty, and lonely.
She heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw Ian standing there. He looked at her with sad eyes. Sara turned around to look at the grave again.
"Sara..." Ian said, sadly. "I'm sorry."
"Yeah, well, you should be used to death by now!" Sara snapped in anger. "You've killed so many people, I would have thought it wouldn't even phase you by now." Ian winced.
"That's not fare, Sara!"
"Life's not fare, Ian!" Sara snapped, even thought she knew it wasn't right to take out her anger on him. He hadn't done anything, really.
"Look, I kill people... have killed people, I get that! I understand it! But do you really think when someone I knew as a friend dies, that it doesn't hurt me? I have feelings, Sara! I'm not some beast that can't feel emotion! I do! I've felt a lot of things! I'm sad about his death, thought maybe not as much as you, but I'm sad about it. I knew Gabriel! And if you think I get some secret joy out of knowing someone is dead, your wrong!" Ian said all of this in one breath. Now he breathed deeply and turned to leave. "I'll leave you alone." He walked slowly towered his car.
Sara looked at her feet. "I'm sorry, Ian." She whispered. More tears ran down her face. "I will find who did this, Gabriel! I will!"
~~
TBC... I'll add more soon, but I want reviews!!!