Finding Love in a Restaurant

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*siren go off*

Kim: *swallows* I tolllld them that I didn't own anything *is taken away by the police* but i told them

Police Officer: sure you did

Kim: I did...see I'll tell them again...I do not own Beyblade or anything else you recongize to actually be any good.

Police Officer: well..I won't arrest you this time, but next time I won't be as easy

Kim: *wipes the sweat off her brow* man that was close *shrugs* oh well, on to the story

Chapter Six: How to say...in a restaurant

Raye sat uncomfortably at the table that they had all started at. Actually, pretty much everyone sat at the table uncomfortably. It was kinda a diesease Raye figured, one person looks uncomfortable and they all end up being uncomfortable. Raye sighed, what was she going to do?

Bryan sat in the chair next to her, in the same silence that had over-taken everyone. It was again the contageous thing, passing from one person to the next. Bryan was watching her though, and his silence was caused because he was waiting for Raye to say something. For Raye to either crush his dreams, or destroy his fears. The only thing was, she didn't know which one she wanted to do and how to do either of them.

This was one of those times when she needed to have a girl to girl talk with someone. But who? Krys was cuddling with Kai and falling half asleep in the process. Hannah was out like a light, Rei trying to bring her back around and Aurora, well Raye didn't know Aurora well enough to want to talk to her about this kind of stuff. So what exactly was she supposed to do?

Bryan's eyes on Raye were really freaking her, like really really. She had to get out of there before she decided to take matter into her own hands and find a way to get him to stop looking at her. Even if it meant ripping out his eyes and throwing them down the drain. She would do it! That was how desperate she was.

"Excuse me for a minute." Raye said softly. Everyone turned to look at her and Raye blushed lightly. "I have to use the ladies' room." With that Raye stood up and walked over to the restroom as fast as her legs could carry her.

Raye entered the room and went over to the sink and threw water onto her face. This was not the kind of date that she had wanted to have with Bryan. She didn't want to have to go back out there and tell him that there was no reason for them to stay together anymore. In fact, they had never been together in the first place.

But how on earth did you say that in a nice way?

A movement from behind her caught Raye's attention and she turned around and found herself looking straight into the eyes of that girl that Raye had punched earlier for dancing with Bryan. Why had she been so possessive of Bryan? After all, they were only dancing and she had just finished kissing another male. It was stupid really.

Not wanting to deal with the girl, Raye turned back to the sink and leaned down, spraying herself with the freezing cold water, hoping that the girl would leave. Raye straightened up finally and was disappointed to find that the girl was still standing there, though now she was at the other sink, looking at herself in the mirror, fixing her make-up.

Raye turned away from her, not wanting the girl to catch her looking. What had Bryan said her name was? Raye couldn't remember for the life of her. Oh well, what does it matter anyways? It wasn't like she was going to have to compete with this woman. If Raye had her way, by the end of the night, Bryan would be free to have her. Though it would inwardly break Raye's heart but that wasn't the point, the point was that she had been attracted to another guy, advanced on it, and then returned to Bryan as if she hadn't done anything and that was wrong. Very wrong.

"I'm sorry about at the dance floor." A voice said finally, breaking the silence that had engulped the restroom. "I shouldn't have done that but you have to admit, it was your fault for hitting me first. I wouldn't have retaliated if I didn't think you weren't going to hurt me."

Raye turned to look at the girl. "It's alright. I was over reacting anyways. It was my fault and I apologize completely for it. I shouldn't have punched you in the first place. I guess I was just being jealous."

"Why would you need to be jealous?" The girl asked, her eyebrow shooting up. "He was with you, not with me. Just because I got a dance doesn't mean that I would get him at the end of the evening. That would be you. I should be the one being jealous."

"Are you?" Raye's question was blunt and to the point.

The girl raised her eyebrow even higher. "Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be? He's a great looking boy." The girl smirked. "Of course, you would know that by past experience, wouldn't you?"

"Would you believe that tragedy brought us together and completely blinded me." Raye asked. "I fell head over heels for him because I was trapped in an elevator with him and he was the only person there I was sure I wouldn't be able to get."

The girl laughed and shook her head. "That's all, I guess I would be just as bad. That's pretty much what was going through my mind as well." She laughed and held out her hand. "I'm Tempest."

"Raye." Raye took Tempest's hand. "If I give him to you, would you take care of him for me? Make sure he's happy."

"And cook him breakfast the morning after?" Tempest joked and then her face went serious. "Don't tell me you're letting him go."

Raye nodded. "I have to. I just don't feel a connection to him." Raye sighed. "Now, if only I could find a way to let him know."

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"Well we have about half an hour more to survive in this stupid restaurant and then, we're gone, and we won't ever be back." Aurora said, sticking her hands in the pockets that were placed on either side of her black pants.

"I'm never coming back here. That's for sure." Tala said simply, his arm snaking around Aurora to guide her away from the people that were headed straight for them or were sanding there, just talking and waiting to be let out again. "So, what do you want to do?"

Aurora shrugged and intertwined one of her hands with Tala, locking their fingers together, causing Tala to feel like somehow glueing them together so that Aurora would never be allowed to leave him. Of course, Aurora may not like that all too much and so Tala remained quiet and kept his thoughts hidden.

"Do you want to go and talk over there? Or do you want to go to that corner that those people have obviously christianed the 'make-out corner'." Aurora asked, placing her head on Tala's shoulder, letting Tala feel the total trust that she had in him. It made Tala feel weird and he felt unworthy of such un-harnessed emotion. It just didn't feel right for Tala, having never felt this sort of thing before with anyone.

"Lets go and talk." Tala said, leading Aurora over to the place she had specified earlier, walking slowly so that her head could remain right where it was, planted securely on his shoulder.

"Alright then." Aurora said, obvious in her tone that she was confused about why Tala wouldn't take advantage of her offer for them to just make-out before they had to seperate. In fact, Tala was sort of confused by it himself.

He should be over in that other corner right now, doing what he usually did with girls but it was like because that was what he would do with any girl that it was robbing Aurora of something somehow. Tala didn't know how or why but it just was.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Aurora asked, removing her head from it's spot and leaning against the wall, facing Tala. "It's your call, after all it was your idea to come over here to talk."

Tala nodded and looked down at their hands, which were still linked together while he thought. "Do you have any siblings? Still live with your parents? Did your parents break up when you were little? Tell me about your family."

"My family?" Aurora asked and then sighed and looked down at her feet. "Well I lived with my mother until a year ago, her and my two brothers. My dad left us when I was nine, he went for a meeting down in Florida, and he never made it there, freak accident and the plane blew up. It was harsh to deal with at nine years old."

"I can imagine." Tala said quietly, looking into Aurora's eyes and watching the hurt form behind them and wished that he had never brought this up. "I'm sorry for bringing up old memories. I guess I should have thought-"

"No, don't worry about it. There's no way you could have known." Aurora cut Tala off with. "How about you? Where did your family live?"

"Russia." Tala said simply, not wanting to go into the abbey and things right now. "I really don't like talking about my family either, which is another thing I should have brought into consideration."

"Dreadful memories for you too?" Aurora asked, not really wanting an answer. "Well, I'm sure it happens to us all once in a lifetime. At least we can hope that our husbands, or in your case wives, don't come with nearly as bad memories."

Tala smiled and nodded, looking away for a minute and then going back. "Aurora, do you ever want to see me again after this is all over?"

"Tala. I can't." Aurora said, her tone pitiful, and Tala just knew that she had a really bad reason behind it but he decided to ask anyways.

"Why?"

"Tala. I-"

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Krys sat in her seat, watching Kai breath slowly in and out, having climbed off of him a while ago, when he showed signs of falling asleep on her. Krys pitied him, he had been through quite a bit tonight and he was the only one of them, besides Rei and Tala, that hadn't grabbed a bit of sleep.

Kai's eyes were closed, and so Krys figured that he didn't know that she was still staring at him. Or so Krys hoped. They had come a long way tonight, he had finally opened up to her, he had even shown emotions that Krys was sure that no one had ever seen from him before. Or, from the looks on Rei's face, his teammates at least had never seen before.

It was like Kai had become a whole new person, but then again, maybe it was just because he was trapped in another place for the second time in such a short period. Maybe it was stress that was making him do all of this stuff. How could Krys be sure that it was for her that he was doing this for when they were trapped in a restaurant. Would he still be the same once they got out?

Kai's eyes suddenly fluttered open and Krys found herself staring deep into rock hard pupils. Krys felt her heart beat slow down for a second and almost come to a stop. Maybe it had been stress, due to lack of sleep and the situation. But that meant-

Kai turned his face upward to meet Krys's with almost complete disgust on his face, as if he was seeing something that he absolutely despised and Krys was almost afraid that it was true. But then Krys blinked and the look was gone, replaced by indifference. Had it truly been there, or had Krys imagined it. Something inside of Krys wished that she had imagined it, but something else just knew that she hadn't.

Krys sighed and turned away from Kai's face, not wanting to see that look anymore. But when she did so Kai reached for her hand and pulled her back around to look at her. His eyes showing no emotions and for that reason, Krys didn't want to hear what he had to say.

"What's the matter?" Kai asked, seeing how Krys's face was full of discouragement and misery. "Did something happen to you while I was drifting off?"

Krys shook her head. That wasn't a lie. It hadn't been when Kai was drifting off, but after he woke up and Krys had to look into his eyes. That was when it had started. However, Krys wasn't going to tell him that. No, she wasn't that stupid. "I'm just fine. Just a little bit tired that's all. I just want to get home, have a shower and go to bed."

Kai nodded. "I can't help but agree with you." Kai then looked away and towards the door, where there still was no sign of someone or something that would remove the trees. "But don't get your hopes up, we may still be here a while."

Krys nodded, and turned away herself, not wanting to have to look at Kai anymore, her feelings growing too confused, injured and attacked. "So, after this, you don't want to see me again. Do you?"

Kai didn't turn his head back to her, Krys knew that without even having to look. "What makes you think that Krys? Did someone tell you something. 'Cause if they did, they're probably lying to you."

"No one told me anything Kai." Krys said easily. "I could just see it."

"Well you're obviously looking in the wrong places. I-"

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"- can't see you anymore Bryan." Raye said.

And then banged her head against the mirror and turned to Tempest. "That isn't going to work. He'll ask why and then I'll be at a loss again because I don't have a reason. I just, can't see him anymore."

Tempest shrugged. "I don't know what you should say to him. This is a very delicate relationship, after all it's based on a tragedy." Tempest looked herself in the mirror and shook her finger at herself. "Tempest, don't you ever base a relationship on a tragedy. They hardly ever work."

"It could be worse." Raye offered.

"How?"

"It could be based on sex." Both Raye and Tempest starting laughing at that one. "Anyways, there has to be some way to tell him what I feel. I just don't know what it is." Raye sighed and then opened the door to the restroom and exited out of it. "I gotta go Tempest, Bryan might worry since I'm taking so long in here."

Tempest smiled and nodded, watching as Raye left. Raye on the other hand, walked gracefully to her table and sat down, noticing that Bryan looked like he had fallen asleep which may be a bonus for Raye, as that meant he wouldn't know when exactly she had gotten back.

Then he lifted his head up and looked at Raye. "What took you so long? Don't tell me that the line was that long. There's no way in hell because I've seen people go in there and come out like three minutes later so it can't be that long."

Damnit. Now what was she supposed to say? I'm sorry Bryan, I was just busy having a heart to heart with that girl I tried to punch out. Yah, that will really work.

Raye decided to just shrug it off. "Yah well, I couldn't get to the mirror so I was trying to fix my make-up over people's head. I had to re-do it like six times." Raye sighed. "Actually, there's something I was thinking about while I was in there and you may not like to hear it but I think it's something you have to hear me say."

Bryan nodded and gave Raye his full attention, which was something that Raye had hoped that Bryan wouldn't do. "Go ahead Raye, I"m listening to you."

That's the problem, Raye thought to herself. "Alright then." Raye turned completely towards Bryan and took a deep breath. "I don't know how to say this exactly but Bryan. I think that we shouldn't-"

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"-see each other after we get out of here." Aurora said simply. "I'm sorry Tala. You're a great guy but it wouldn't work. I mean look at your friends Raye and Bryan and what happened to them simply because they based their relationship on a diaster. I really wish it didn't have to end this way." Aurora took Tala's hands and stroked them gently with her own fingers. "But this is the way it's got to be." With that Aurora walked off, leaving Tala to stand there, alone, watching her like an idiot.

Tala sighed. "But what about the way Rei and Hannah turned out?" Tala stared blankly in the direction that Aurora had left in. "Couldn't we end up like them?"

Tala turned and left, heading for the table. Kai, Krys and Rei all looked up when he appeared but he didn't say anything nor acknowledge their existence. He just sat down in his chair and buried his head in his hands, not knowing what to do now.

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Rei sat in the chair, with Hannah in his lap, who was unconscience and completely out cold. Rei sighed as he tried to wake her up yet again but to no effect. It was starting to get annoying. He wanted Hannah to wake up so that he could know for sure that she was alright.

Rei watched as a tow truck came and attached itself to one of the trees and attempted to pull the tree away. Rei sighed and looked back down at Hannah and wished that she would open her eyes again so that he could memorize the exact shade of green her eyes were.

Rei sighed, he was becoming possessive and that wasn't a good thing. That was the sort of thing that Kai was supposed to do for girls, not him. Not Rei. After all, who was he to think that he could own a girl. Kai could, simply because Kai was strong, could scare off other guys, and could keep his girls happy by buying her whatever she wanted.

Rei, on the other hand, what did he have to offer this girl?

Hannah stirred and Rei found himself sighing in relief. She opened her eyes at looked up at Rei and Rei smiled and knew that whatever he had to offer, it was more than anything Kai could.