A/N: Hey, guyz!!! -^_^- Long time no see, ryte? ~cough~WRONG~cough~. U're probably XTREMELY tired of me updating, ryte? lol, I'm sorry...it's just that since I haven't had skool 4 SEVEN FRIGGIN' DAYZ due 2 Hurricane Isabel, I've had a SUPER BIG amount of time on my handz, lol, so there ya have it....that's my xplanation, haha. O...& u guyz DID it!!!! U SAVED EDWARD!!!!!!! ~Cheers~Thank u SO much! Yay! I luv Ed, so thank u 4 reaching 180 reviews so that she wouldn't die! If I DIDN'T get that far, I would've cried, cuz Ed's my favorite character besides Spike/Faye! O, & HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY 2 COWGIRL13 (AKA AREXU)!!!!!! Aw, our little gang member's all grown up.....happy 18th! -^_^- Yep, I'ma dork, but o, well, hahaha.
Ack, no, do not kill off Edward . Edward is way too cool! We likes your story very much, but thinks the sex is a bit exessive o.o; I mean, they're dropping to the ground and fucking like every hour n' shet o.o; But that's just my own thing, I like the story and plot lots of, keep going and let this review count for...a lot...on the SAVE EDWARD petition! *marches around with a little sign that says "Don't let the author kill off Edward"* Ehehehehe...^.^; Yeah, I'm STILL insane n' such even though I got sent to military school o.o;; Keep up the great writing, and SAVE EDWARD! .
MY APOLOGY TO SANIMA: lol, I erm...am sorry if the lemonish stuff has bothered u, I really am. -_-' I, personally, can handle reading that stuff (I guess that that's a given, though, ryte? hahaha), but I do admit that after reading over it I wuz like....damn! They sure do screw a lot! . Heh...sry. I promise that there will only be ONE more scene like that, okiez? If it really bothers u, u can just skip it like a friend of mine~cough~MICHELLE!~cough. Heheh. -^_^- I hope that u'll continue 2 read this, though! Thanx 4 taking ur time 2 review my crap!!!
RECOMMENDATIONS:
-Realmi's "The Redtail Heiress": I really like this 1 cuz I find it unique & intriguing. =P Although the description makes it sound like a Spike/Julia, it iz SO not (thank God ;p). Ppl like Sanima (sorry if u think I'm picking on u, lol, cuz I'm not), may not like it, though, cuz a soon-2-b-chappie has a lemon in it. Read it! -^_^-
-IceMyth7's "The Myth": Faye's got a little secret...she can dance! =p lol, & along w/ this crazie little story romance ensues (of course! ~squeals~). Read it! -^_^-
-Cowgirl13's "Forgetting the Past and Starting the Future": Dude, I am a character in this, so of course it's good! =P Hahaha, j/k....but not about the 'it being good' part, lol. Spike comez back after his little battle w/ Vicious, needless 2 say, & Faye gets all "aaaah"~sniff sniff~about it, lol. This iz pretty mysterious, & a kool new character (me, lol), & another 1 (Lana) are introduced. I really like it & she feelz that her story's not "gettin' enuff luv", so go R&R it! -^_^-
-Jaded-Shrew's "The Queen of Spades and the Ace Of Diamonds": It's cute! I really like it! Faye's got 2 little daughters (which were made w/ the help of a certain green, poofy-haired guy =P), & it's really comical, & I'M in it! W00T! lol, I'm Vicious' sis. Read it! -^_^-
-Ni9h7ki773N's "The Subtle Moments": This wuz just a WOW fic! I swear, the gurl's obviously got sum xperience in the lemon department, if ya know wut I mean. -_-' Heh. She's only got 59 reviews 4 it, which I absolutely CANNOT believe, so u should read it! Trust me, u will NOT regret it!!! -^_^-
Ok, ENUFF w/ my incessant rambling/recommendations!!!!! ON WITH THE FIC....AT LAST!!!! =P lol, I am SUCH a dork. .
CH 16
"Ooh, I am so frightened! What's going to happen to my dear, sweet Randall?!"
"Put a sock in it, Jazz," Arexu grumbled, leaning sourly back against the couch that she was currently sitting upon as she and the other females of the Barracudas continued to have a meeting in her mother's house. "I'm sure that Randall will be fine. He's in jail, yes, and he did admit to the murder of poor Mikaya, but that doesn't mean that he'll get the death penalty for his crime."
"I-I know, but....oh, why HIM?!" Jazz wailed, lifting her hands heavenward as if asking God why she was being forsaken.
"Why him?," Rachel reiterated, absolutely incredulous. "The question that you should be asking is 'Why Mikaya?'!"
"Yeah," Samatha agreed, frowning deeply as she flicked her deep, dark gaze about her with an indelible sense of accusation. "The poor thing had so much potential........she could've been anything from a supermodel to a marine biologist!"
"Forget her!," Nami snarled, sending everyone a glance full of sheer revoltion as she leaned back in her recliner and sulked. "All I ever hear about day and night is Mikaya, Mikaya, MIKAYA!!! Well I say who cares?! The girl's dead! Who we should be worried about, on the other hand, is that cute little girl that Randall stabbed three hours ago!"
"Even though that was very disrespectful and rude, my sister has a point," Arexu conceded, nodding. "That poor girl was hanging on to life by a measly little thread by the time that the ambulance arrived, yet we didn't even have the common courtesy to go and visit her after we were all questioned at the police station. Has our being with Randall for so long hardened our hearts and turned us away from the morals that we've all grown up with over the past 18 years of our lives?!"
"Don't blame Randall for this!," Jazz pleaded, tears streaming down her cheeks like tiny salt rivers as they began to blur and coalesce with her mascara. "He has done NOTHING!!!"
"Bullshit! Randall's to blame for EVERYTHING!!!," Nami contradicted, shooting up from her chair in an instant of blinded rage. "He's the one who formed this fuckin' gang in the first place! If it weren't for him, NONE of us would be in this mess!!!"
Giving her friend a bewildered look, Jazz shook her head, wailing, "I don't care! Leave me alone!!!"
"Fine, I will. You crackheads can stay here and bitch at each other about this and that, but I'm gonna go visit the girl," Nami announced, her head held high.
"Oh, no you're NOT!," Arexu argued, springing out in front of the door and blocking it in an instant. "You're not coming.....we're going to visit the girl."
"What?!," Nami demanded, absolutely outraged.
"That's right.....I've decided just now that I'm leaving you with a babysitter," Arexu announced, much to her younger sister's displeasure. "You and I both know very well that I can't take you anywhere without you getting into some sort of trouble and creating an uproar, so I think that it'd be best to leave you with a friend."
"A friend?! Like one of mom's?! Aw, hell no, Arexu! I am NOT being watched by Ms. Bosworth again!," Nami wailed, giving her sister a murderous look that would've caused even the most valiant being to cower in fear. "You know that I'm allergic to that woman's funktified smells!"
Arexu smirked. "No, Nami, I am not leaving you with that old bag this time. Spike introduced me to his friend Vicious yesterday, and he's a real swell guy. Once I call him and ask, I'm sure that he'll agree to watch you for a couple of hours."
"Vicious?!," Nami repeated, shocked. "Ugh, not Red Dragon scum!"
"They are not scum!," Arexu defended sharply, followed by a few murmurs of agreement from Rachel and Samantha's side of the room. "I'm sure that once you get to know the guy you'll have absolutely zero problems with him."
"Yeah, right," Nami thought bitterly, watching on with severe disinterest as the other Barracudas began to gather up their belongings and slip into their coats while Arexu commenced in calling Vicious on her cell phone. "First the kid gets stabbed, some witnesses call the cops not long after, and now THIS! Ugh! I'm gonna be babysat by a Red Dragon!!!"
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"Where is she?! Where's that damned Valentine girl?!!"
"Control yourselves, please, I-"
"We most certainly will not!," Mrs. Wong argued, only worsening the situation at hand. "I'm here to see my little girl, so I ALSO have the right to see the rat that's responsible for this abomination!!!"
The nurse let out a heavy sigh, clearly agitated by the Wongs' sour attitudes as she insisted sharply, "I beg your pardon, but you must be more quiet! This is a hospital! Please show some common courtesy towards the patients and their families!"
"Where is our daughter?!," Mr. Wong demanded, completely ignoring the nurse's request. "I want to see her at ONCE!!!"
"Alright! Just CALM DOWN!," the nurse finally agreed, holding her hands up as if to shield herself from the flustered couple's wrath. "Just come with me.....your daughter's on the third floor."
"Thank you," Mr. Wong acknowledged haughtily, adjusting his tie with slight frustration as he and his wife entered the elevator, where the nurse was currently waiting patiently.
As soon as she had pressed the button for the third floor, she apologized meekly, "I am terribly sorry for my harsh temperament, but it's just that it's been a rather stressful evening. I can honestly say that your daughter is a charming sweetheart, Mr. and Mrs. Wong, and it pains me deeply to see such an adorable little girl struggling to stay alive."
"Well thank you.....that means a lot to us," Mr. Wong mumbled, bestowing her with a small, and weary smile. "We really appreciate you taking care of Edward, Miss....?"
"Plaskett.....Rose Plaskett," the nurse acknowledged, shaking both of the young adolescent's parents' hands as the elevator doors opened. "Follow me, please."
Complying to her order, the disgruntled couple tagged along behind Rose as she clip-clopped down the narrow corridor, her sunny, golden hair swishing along her backside in a long, thin braid.
"Ah, here it is.....room 569," she acknowledged, plastering a warm smile upon her face as she opened the room, waited for the couple to enter, then shut it firmly behind them so that they could have their privacy.
What the Wongs found, however, deeply angered them. There, beside Edward's bed, sat Faye Valentine, herself, her hand interlocked fondly within the unconscious young adolescent's as tears of pain and woe shimmered beneath her lashes while she gazed down upon her ex-stepsister in bewilderment.
Finally not able to take it any longer, Mrs. Wong rushed forward, screaming, "GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER, YOU CONNIVING WHORE!!!"
Startled, Faye immediately leapt up from the chair that she had been perched upon, stuttering, "M-Mr. and Mrs. Wong! Look, I am so sorry.....I didn't mean for-"
"Spare us your faulty apologies!," Mr. Wong barked, his face now a deep shade of crimson. "Having sex behind our backs was one thing, but now that you've pulled our darling little Edward into your repulsive scandals, as well, you have officially crossed the line!!!"
Whimpering, Faye nodded, admitting softly, "I know, sir, and I am very ashamed of what I've become due to a couple of bad decisions that I've made along the way in life. Please believe me when I say that I love Ed as if she were my own sister. That's why I invited her out for a picnic.....because she's a special part of me like my dear, beloved Spike, and I needed to see her again because I missed her terribly!!!"
"Well we don't care," Mrs. Wong replied tartly. "We've come to a decision, Faye, and I don't think that you're going to like it one bit."
Faye blanched. "I.....I won't?"
"No," Mrs. Wong acknowledged, shaking her head as she flippped a lock of her flaming red hair over her shoulder. "My husband and I have bought you a ticket for the next train that goes to New York City, which is due around 8PM tomorrow evening. If you refuse to leave Ellewood City forever, we will press charges against you and your lover for kidnapping our daughter."
"B-but that's blackmail! That's illegal, itself!," Faye insisted, feeling her insides begin to retch and scream as she grasped onto the little table in the middle of the room for support.
"That may be so, but who would the police believe?," Mr. Wong demanded, an amused smirk curling upon his pale, thin lips. "Us, two middle-aged, wealthy citizens, or you, an 18-year-old slut that hangs around with the filth of society?"
"But where will I go? What will I do?!," Faye demanded, trying her best to ignore the rude insults that had been so mercilessly tossed upon her like a ton of bricks. "How can I survive without any money?!"
Mrs. Wong smirked. "I believe that we've told you before, my dear, that we don't give a damn. You are, however, going to live with a friend of my sister's.....Frenchie Garbeza. I hear that she's very nice, so there's no need to worry."
"Yes.....no need at all. Now, my dear, let's leave her to her decision, shall we?," Mr. Wong urged, holding out his arm for his wife to take.
Immediately accepting it, she acknowledged, "Yes....we shall."
Watching after them in dismay, Faye burst into tears and dropped down to her knees in anguish, praying with all her might that this was all a bad dream and whenever she woul open her eyes again she would be safe at home in her own bed with her REAL family, and none of this would have ever happened.
Faye opened her eyes. No such luck.
"What am I going to do?!," she wondered, tears streaming forth from her lashes like hot, burning candle wax. "If I stay, I'll go to jail, but if I leave, I'll never get to see my friends and loved ones ever again!!!"
A/N: Agh! Poor Faye-Faye! Doezn't she EVER get a break??? lol, apparently not. . Please don't hurt me 4 doing this!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know that it seemz that this fic will never end, but I believe that by ch 20 it should b finished, lol. I KNOW that u are SO glad 2 hear that it's actually COMING 2 AN END SOON, lol. -_-' Heh. Welp, I know that I DON'T need 2 say this, but I am SUCH a HUGE sucker 4 reviews, & they honestly make me a BETTER writer, so please timez infinity review!!!!!! Yeah, that wuz lame, heh.
-_-' Luv ya bunches! ^,~
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