All for Love

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Part 1: Chapter 2: Reno meets Scarlet

Adrienne sat down next to Elena in the canteen, grinning her head off. The blonde turned to her friend and looked at her strangely.

"Ok, what happened to you?" Elena asked. The strawberry blonde still stared. "Ah I get it, you went out of that jerk, right?" Addy frowned.

"He's not a jerk......." She said quietly, hanging her head. Elena frowned.

"Ok I'm sorry. He's not a jerk." She bent down so she was looking at Addy straight in the face. "So, what happened? The strawberry blonde smiled and looked up.

"We went to the beach." Elena smiled.

"You always wanted to go there." She said quietly.

"I love him." Addy said softly. Elena blinked.

"Wow.........."

"I know what you're gonna say. 'You can't love him 'coz you don't know him well enough', well I do!" She said a bit louder than before. Elena blinked again.

"I wasn't........" Elena trailed off. Addy turned her back on the blonde. "Look Addy, if you love him, you love him. Nothing I say would change that right?" Addy smiled.

"I guess you're right."

"Right about what?" The red head asked sitting opposite the two blondes.

"Reno! Where did you come from?" Addy yelled.

"Over there." He said, pointing to the direction he had come from. The girls giggled. Elena stared at Reno. If she's happy..........

"Ok so where's my kiss?" Addy said, pouting. Reno leaned across the table, giving the strawberry blonde a quick peck on the lips. Addy smiled. "That's better." Elena laughed.

"Ha, she so has you whipped!" Addy hit the blonde. "Ouch......." Addy laughed this time.

"I so do not."

"I might have to agree...." Reno said really quietly, hoping Addy didn't hear. Unfortunately, she did. She leaned over the table to smack him on the arm and started giggling again.

"So what if I do? Is it really a bad thing?" She asked the red head. He smiled.

"Guess not." He glanced at his watch. "Listen, I gotta get going. See you tonight ok?" He told Addy. She nodded as he walked away. She then sighed.

"You'd better like him." She warned Elena. She laughed.

"What's not to like about him." She then frowned. "What about your mother?" Addy frowned.

"I'll work something out."

"She's not gonna like him you know....."

"I'll work something out!" Addy snapped at her friend. Elena blinked as she stared at her friend.

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Later that night, Addy was sat in her bedroom waiting for Reno to drop round. She sighed. My mother is sooo gonna hate him. She fell back on her bed. I love him too much for my mother to sit there all night and slag 'the boy from the slums' off. She turned over, burying her face in her pillow. She heard a knock at the door. She sat up sharp and ran downstairs. She answered the door to see Reno in the same clothes he was wearing the day before. She smiled.

"Hi." He said. He sounds a little bit nervous. She took his hand in hers.

"Look, just don't say anything stupid and you'll be fine." She told him. She then proceeded to drag the red head to the living room. Addy came to a stand still with Reno stood next to her. The strawberry blonde girl was staring at the woman sat on the sofa. She had a bright red revealing dress on, with black shoes. She was sat nursing a glass of whiskey. Addy coughed. The woman then looked up.

"Mother, this is Reno, Reno this is my mother Scarlet." She said quietly. Reno looked the woman up and down for a few seconds.

"Whoa, are you a whore or something?" Addy hit her forehead with her hand and muttered some swear words underneath her breath. "What?" Reno whispered back. The red head looked at the blonde woman again. She was sat there, clenching her glass.

"What did you say?" She asked, dangerously quiet. Reno coughed nervously.

"Forget I said that." He grumbled. The woman stood up and walked over to the boy.

"That's something I won't be able to forget very easily." She whispered gravely into his ear. She then walked off into another room. Addy smacked her hand against her head again.

"What did I tell you just before we walked in?" She said, staring the red head in the face.

"Don't say anything stupid." He muttered.

"And what did you do?"

"I said something stupid. I'm sorry ok, it just slipped out." She grinned at him.

"Just don't let it happen again ok?" She told Reno, dragging him into the room Scarlet walked into.

"Yeah, yeah." He mumbled. "Nice house you have by the way." He told the blonde. She smiled.

"If my mother acts stuck up, ignore her ok?"

"I'll try." he told her as they entered the room. Scarlet was sat at the very end of the table. A meal was already nicely laid out. The first part of the meal was ready to be eaten. Reno stared at the maid that was stood in the corner of the room. Aw gesh. Addy pulled on his shirt for him to go and sit down. As the red head sat down he stared at the cutlery around the plate that was already set out, with a Prawn Cocktail set neatly on it. There were three forks on one side of the plate and three knifes on the other. Oh my god which one do I use. He turned his head to look at Addy, who had already started eating. He poked her in the side. Addy was just about to say something, when Reno gave her a shut up look. She ignored him and turned back to her food. Reno sighed. He looked to Scarlet, who was smirking. Reno sighed again. Stupid bitch. With a sigh of defeat he picked up the smallest knife and fork, hoping he was right. He took another look at Scarlet who had stopped smirking. Ha stupid whore, I got it right. He nearly grinned but stopped himself. Scarlet then broke the silence.

"So Reno, where exactly are you from?" She asked. Reno squeezed his eyes closed, then opened them.

"Sector 6." He mumbled. Scarlet smirked.

"Below the plate I take it?" Reno looked at the blonde woman. God, she isn't even going to give me a chance. He sighed.

"Yes." He said, his jaw closed tightly. The maid came round to take the finished plates away, while a cook came out from what Reno thought to be the kitchen, bringing more food. Shit! They have a bloody cook. He sighed yet again. Adrienne looked at him for a second. She frowned. She just wished her mother would shut up. As the next course of Roast Beef was laid out, Reno took a glance at Scarlet, who was still smirking. He clenched his jaw closed again.

"I'm just going to the toilet." Addy told her mother, rising from her chair. She left the room, leaving Reno with Scarlet. The red head stared at his plate. Picking up the slightly larger knife and fork, he began to eat. He could feel Scarlet staring at him as he ate.

"You know, you'd better keep your dick in your pants. I know what you slum rats are like." Scarlet said casually, still eating. Reno slammed his knife and fork down on the table, gritting his teeth together. Addy stood round the corner of the wall listening. She had heard Scarlet's last comment. God I hate her! She thought to herself. She heard Reno slam his cutlery down.

"Well at least I don't look like a whore." The red head retaliated back. Addy sighed. She knew Reno would say something back. Not that she blamed him. She heard her mother slam her knife and fork down.

"How dare you call me a whore, Rent boy?" She shouted.

"I'm not a fucking rent boy," He muttered.

"Whatever you say, rent boy." She told him, picking up her knife and fork and continuing eating. Adrienne then walked back into the room, sensing her mother had stopped bitching at her boyfriend for the moment. And this is why boys hate her. The red head looked at his blonde girlfriend. She offered him a smiled, but he just smiled a small one back. She frowned. Oh she was so going to kill her mother when Reno went. The rest of the meal continued in silence.

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Adrienne showed the red head to the front door. As she opened it to let him out, he put a hand on the door to stop her.

"She really doesn't like me." He whined. She moved his hand and opened the door further. He reluctantly stepped out into the cold open air. "She really doesn't."

"She'll get over it. I'll talk to her in a while, ok?" Reno frowned.

"Don't fall out with her over me."

"Reno, she had no right to call you a rent boy." Reno's jaw nearly hit the ground.

"You heard all that?" Addy took old of his hand.

"It's ok, I'm not mad at you. You only defended yourself."

"Still, don't fall out with her over me, ok?" Addy hesitated then nodded. Reno smiled and walked down the front path into the cold streets of the upper plate. Addy sighed as she watched him go. She closed the door and marched into the living room where her mother was sat. Scarlet was nursing another glass of whisky, grinning to herself.

"Happy with yourself then?" She yelled. Scarlet looked at her daughter, smiling.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Addy strode up to be a little closer to the older woman.

"Of course you do! I heard you telling Reno to keep his dick in his pants!" She shouted. Scarlet opened her mouth to speak when Addy cut her off.

"Don't start with the whole speech about the language I'm using. I'm sick and tired of you pulling people down like that! I love him ok!" She shrieked at her mother. Addy then stormed out of the room. Scarlet frowned. Maybe she should lay off the lad a little. She poured herself yet another glass of whiskey.

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Adrienne fell into the seat next to Elena in the canteen, the next day. Elena smiled.

"We have to stop meeting in the canteen like this." She joked. Addy just frowned. "Didn't go too well last night then?"

"The first thing Reno said when he walked in and saw my mother was 'Whoa, are you a whore or something?'" Elena giggled.

"He didn't?" The blonde said behind her hand that she was holding up to stop Addy from seeing her smirk.

"He did. Oh then comes the best part. She told him to keep his dick in his pants. She then called him a rent boy." Elena stopped laughing.

"She fucking never?" Addy nodded.

"She used them exact words too." Elena gave her friend a hug.

"Aw, you poor baby." She said rubbing her friend's back.

"Can I join in?" Came a voice from behind Elena. Reno went and sat in a crouch position on the chair opposite the two girls.

"Maybe..." Addy said. Elena let go of her friend.

"Ah, just telling Elly about last night huh?" Reno asked his girlfriend. Elena blinked.

"Yes." Addy groaned. "I haven't talked to her since." She said a little while later. Reno frowned.

"I thought I told you not to fall out with her?" Addy sighed.

"You did, but I couldn't help it. She was so smug with herself I had to put her down a bit. Besides I told her I love you." Reno looked at her.

"What did she say to that?" The strawberry blonde girl shrugged.

"I dunno that's when I walked out." Reno smacked his hand against his head. Addy poke her friend. "See? That's exact what I did last night when Reno said his first words to my mother." Elena giggled while Reno sighed.

"I'm never gonna live this down am I?" He said, shaking his head.

"Damn right you're not!" Addy yelled. "I know the dresses she wears are a little whorish, but you didn't need to tell her." Addy jumped up. "Anyway, I'm on duty. Bye bye." She said, kissing Reno on her way out. He let his legs fall from underneath him to sit properly on the chair.

"Tough night then?" Elena asked him. Reno sighed.

"You have no idea." He said, shaking his head. The blonde rose from her seat.

"She can be a bitch Reno." She started to tell him. "But once you win her the right way, she's as nice as hell. She's just looking out for her daughter. She's......." Elena tried to look for the right word.

"Overprotective?" Reno asked.

"That's the word!" She patted him on the back, as she walked off. "Just don't let Addy's mother get to you. It would be a shame to lose Addy because of the whore." She left. Reno sat there in thought for a while. He then smiled and slapped his knee. There's no way I'm losing Addy. He grinned as he left the canteen, in a totally better mood than he was this morning.

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