Rather live another Rainy Day
Chappie Fifteen
{A/N: This is going to be the second last chappie I think...I'm tired of dragging this story out}
Rei and Lolli were driving along the highway, the windshield wipers working at such a fast pace that Rei couldn't even tell where they were and yet Rei still couldn't see through the window.
Lolli was frightened and Rei knew it. If he wasn't already required to use all of his attention on the road he would have reached over and grabbed her hand to comfort her but as it was, he couldn't keep that great control of the car and he had both hands on the steering wheel.
"Rei?" Lolli whispered.
"Yah?" Rei asked, trying not to take his concentration away from the road. "What's wrong?"
"I feel sick." Lolli said, holding her stomach. "It hurts Rei."
Rei cast a quick worry look at Lolli to find that she did indeed look sick. Rei sighed and decided that he was going to kill April when they got there. Sending Lolli and him in this storm was not a good idea. But then again, Tala and April had done the same thing. Had they made it to Kai's house alright?
"Rei. I'm going to get sick." Lolli said quickly.
Rei didn't hestiate and quickly pulled over, not quite making it into the ditch, thankfully. He cut the engine. "Open the door and don't worry if you get some in the car."
Lolli nodded and did so, suddenly throwing up her supper. Rei took off his seatbelt and crawled over, sitting behind her and rubbing her back, holding her hair away from her face so that she wouldn't have to worry about it.
When Lolli was done she closed the door and leaned back, relaxing into Rei's arms. "Ugh, I think I won't think about food anymore. That was gross."
"Morning sickness." Rei supplied simply. "It happened to my mother when she had me. She told me about it. She said that the mere thought of food had her running to the toliet." Rei smiled and kissed the top of Lolli's head. "It's alright. We'll just wait here for a little bit, until the rain lets up. There's no way it can stay this hard for that long."
Lolli nodded and shifted her position so that she was snuggling against Rei's chest and she sighed contently. "You're going to make a great father you know that?"
Rei smiled. "I'd like to think so."
"You don't have to just think so." Lolli promised. "I'm a future mother, I know these things. You ARE going to be a great father." Lolli closed her eyes and ran random patterns down Rei's arm. "Do you think that April and them will be worried about us?"
Rei shrugged. "Don't know. Probably will be after a while. They'll most likely phone the house and then get even more worried when they find out that we're not there."
"Hope they don't think we crashed or something out here." Lolli shivered. "It's so cold Rei."
Rei nodded and wrapped his arms around his fianceé. "I know Lolli. You'll be fine though."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
It was all silent and then the sound of a gunshot echoed through the living room. Both April and Shanna froze at the sound, which made both of them realize that neither of them had done it.
Kai and Tala were in the living room before April and Shanna could even take another breath. They took once look around, didn't see any guns and embranced their girlfriends. April buried her face into Tala's shoulder.
"What happened?" Tala asked, staring at April's cowering body.
April shrugged and looked up, staring out the window. "I don't know. There was a gunshot all of a sudden but neither of us made it and I don't know what happened-"
Kai growled and looked out the window. "How in the hell?" Kai let go of Shanna and ran for the back door. "Tala, follow me." Kai turned to glare at Shanna and April. "You two find somewhere to hide. NOW!" Kai commanded when no one moved, then he was out the door and that was the end of it.
April and Shanna looked at each other and shrugged. Shanna motioned for April to follow her and April did so, though a little hesitatedly. She wasn't all that trusting with Shanna at the moment.
"Come on." Shanna whispered. "There's this cupboard in my closet that no one would ever find. Not even Kai. We'll be safe in there." Shanna raced up the stairs, April three steps behind.
They both raced into Shanna's closet and Shanna showed her where the small hiding space was. Shanna went in first, April next and then they shut the door. Shanna showed April where there was a little peek hole that let them see into Shanna's bedroom.
Then they heard footsteps heading for the room.
"That's Kai!" April exclaimed in glee.
Shanna shook her head. "No. That's not Kai. Kai's footsteps are louder when he's worried about something, like he has been since I got back here. I don't think that's Tala either."
April shook her head and said firmly. "That's not."
"Then who is it?"
Shanna had her answer when Julian Larson stalked into the room. "Well, well, well. Looks like I found the room I was looking for." Julian smirked and looked around. April and Shanna moved away from the peek hole, as if they were afraid he would be able to see them through it, as they were seeing him.
They heard Julian kick something and then a crash. Shanna winced at the sound, obviously she knew what he had just hit. April didn't, and was glad of that. It was probably something precious to Shanna.
"Maybe they're under the bed." Julian picked up the bedcovers to peek inside and sighed as he found something. "Nothing under the bed. Maybe they're in the closet." April quickly checked to see if the door was closed.
They could hear Julian stomp around in the closet, pausing once in a while, which made their hearts pound as they thought that maybe he had found the door to the secret hiding spot. However, he always kept moving which made their hearts pound even more.
Then he left the closet and they both breathed easier. "Nothing in the closet. Maybe they're in the bathroom." Julian went to the bathroom to check.
April turned to look at Shanna. "Do you think he'll leave us alone soon?"
Shanna shrugged. 'Probably not. Where's Kai when you need him?"
April sighed. "I don't know but I hope he shows up soon."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Kai did another quick round of the wood shed. Nothing was there, Tala were sure of it, but Kai continued to look anyways. It was as if he was worried about something. But what was it?
Eventually Tala got tired of waiting for Kai to tell him and Tala growled. "What's up Kai? What did you see?"
"Julian." Kai replied simply and then turned to look at the house. "You don't think that Shanna would turn on a light if I told her to go and hide, do you?"
Tala shook his head. "Of course not. With the tone of voice you were using, she would have risked going around in the dark. Why?"
Kai reached down under the table in the woodshed and pulled out two handguns, passing one to Tala. "Because our bedroom light's on and I didn't think that Shanna would turn it on either." Kai headed for the door, mumbling something about the fact that just because he was rich didn't give people the right to do this kind of thing to him.
Tala hurried to catch with Kai while checking over the gun. "You don't think that Shanna and April are in danger, do you?"
Kai shook his head. "Nah, Shanna's good at finding hiding places. No one will ever find her but I still don't want this guy in my house. If they're going to let him out of jail and in my house, well then they're going to have to deal with the paper work of having a dead body." Kai opened the door quickly and motioned for Tala to be quiet as they headed upstairs.
Tala nodded and sighed. He was a bodyguard, this kind of stuff happened to him all the time. But to have the same thing he was hired to protect his clients from, happen to his girlfriend was nerve wrecking.
Kai climbed up the stairs ahead of Tala by a single step. He looked at his room door and cursed upon finding it locked. "Damnit. Now how are we going to get in there without alerting Julian?" Kai hissed as he dropped his gun from it's stiff, ready-to-fire, position.
"Don't you have a trap door or something. A way to get Shanna out of the room if something were to happen in there?" Tala looked at Kai, who shook his head. Tala rolled his eyes. "You are the biggest on protecting your girlfriend but you didn't think of that? Remind me to design your next house for you."
Kai nodded. "Not the point. We need to get in there."
"Balcony?" Tala suggested, motioning to another room. We could probably jump from one to another.
"It would be hard to land though." Kai said wistfully. "The railing's high."
"More to catch on to." Tala announced and walked into the guest bedroom. "I'll go first." Tala took off his coat and tucked the gun into his pocket. "Don't need to drop that in midair." Tala explained as he climbed onto the balcony and looked over. "It's only a six foot jump. I was always good in long jump."
Kai rolled his eyes. "Yah but usually you had a longer take off area."
Tala shrugged. "I can work with this."
Kai sighed. "Alright jump."
Tala nodded and started at the far side of the balcony and then ran straight for the edge and jumped. He almost didn't make it but grabbed onto the bottom of the railing. Tala turned and motioned for Kai to do the same.
Kai took the same starting position as Tala had and got his running mark and jumped. However he found himself going down before he should have.
Chappie Fifteen
{A/N: This is going to be the second last chappie I think...I'm tired of dragging this story out}
Rei and Lolli were driving along the highway, the windshield wipers working at such a fast pace that Rei couldn't even tell where they were and yet Rei still couldn't see through the window.
Lolli was frightened and Rei knew it. If he wasn't already required to use all of his attention on the road he would have reached over and grabbed her hand to comfort her but as it was, he couldn't keep that great control of the car and he had both hands on the steering wheel.
"Rei?" Lolli whispered.
"Yah?" Rei asked, trying not to take his concentration away from the road. "What's wrong?"
"I feel sick." Lolli said, holding her stomach. "It hurts Rei."
Rei cast a quick worry look at Lolli to find that she did indeed look sick. Rei sighed and decided that he was going to kill April when they got there. Sending Lolli and him in this storm was not a good idea. But then again, Tala and April had done the same thing. Had they made it to Kai's house alright?
"Rei. I'm going to get sick." Lolli said quickly.
Rei didn't hestiate and quickly pulled over, not quite making it into the ditch, thankfully. He cut the engine. "Open the door and don't worry if you get some in the car."
Lolli nodded and did so, suddenly throwing up her supper. Rei took off his seatbelt and crawled over, sitting behind her and rubbing her back, holding her hair away from her face so that she wouldn't have to worry about it.
When Lolli was done she closed the door and leaned back, relaxing into Rei's arms. "Ugh, I think I won't think about food anymore. That was gross."
"Morning sickness." Rei supplied simply. "It happened to my mother when she had me. She told me about it. She said that the mere thought of food had her running to the toliet." Rei smiled and kissed the top of Lolli's head. "It's alright. We'll just wait here for a little bit, until the rain lets up. There's no way it can stay this hard for that long."
Lolli nodded and shifted her position so that she was snuggling against Rei's chest and she sighed contently. "You're going to make a great father you know that?"
Rei smiled. "I'd like to think so."
"You don't have to just think so." Lolli promised. "I'm a future mother, I know these things. You ARE going to be a great father." Lolli closed her eyes and ran random patterns down Rei's arm. "Do you think that April and them will be worried about us?"
Rei shrugged. "Don't know. Probably will be after a while. They'll most likely phone the house and then get even more worried when they find out that we're not there."
"Hope they don't think we crashed or something out here." Lolli shivered. "It's so cold Rei."
Rei nodded and wrapped his arms around his fianceé. "I know Lolli. You'll be fine though."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
It was all silent and then the sound of a gunshot echoed through the living room. Both April and Shanna froze at the sound, which made both of them realize that neither of them had done it.
Kai and Tala were in the living room before April and Shanna could even take another breath. They took once look around, didn't see any guns and embranced their girlfriends. April buried her face into Tala's shoulder.
"What happened?" Tala asked, staring at April's cowering body.
April shrugged and looked up, staring out the window. "I don't know. There was a gunshot all of a sudden but neither of us made it and I don't know what happened-"
Kai growled and looked out the window. "How in the hell?" Kai let go of Shanna and ran for the back door. "Tala, follow me." Kai turned to glare at Shanna and April. "You two find somewhere to hide. NOW!" Kai commanded when no one moved, then he was out the door and that was the end of it.
April and Shanna looked at each other and shrugged. Shanna motioned for April to follow her and April did so, though a little hesitatedly. She wasn't all that trusting with Shanna at the moment.
"Come on." Shanna whispered. "There's this cupboard in my closet that no one would ever find. Not even Kai. We'll be safe in there." Shanna raced up the stairs, April three steps behind.
They both raced into Shanna's closet and Shanna showed her where the small hiding space was. Shanna went in first, April next and then they shut the door. Shanna showed April where there was a little peek hole that let them see into Shanna's bedroom.
Then they heard footsteps heading for the room.
"That's Kai!" April exclaimed in glee.
Shanna shook her head. "No. That's not Kai. Kai's footsteps are louder when he's worried about something, like he has been since I got back here. I don't think that's Tala either."
April shook her head and said firmly. "That's not."
"Then who is it?"
Shanna had her answer when Julian Larson stalked into the room. "Well, well, well. Looks like I found the room I was looking for." Julian smirked and looked around. April and Shanna moved away from the peek hole, as if they were afraid he would be able to see them through it, as they were seeing him.
They heard Julian kick something and then a crash. Shanna winced at the sound, obviously she knew what he had just hit. April didn't, and was glad of that. It was probably something precious to Shanna.
"Maybe they're under the bed." Julian picked up the bedcovers to peek inside and sighed as he found something. "Nothing under the bed. Maybe they're in the closet." April quickly checked to see if the door was closed.
They could hear Julian stomp around in the closet, pausing once in a while, which made their hearts pound as they thought that maybe he had found the door to the secret hiding spot. However, he always kept moving which made their hearts pound even more.
Then he left the closet and they both breathed easier. "Nothing in the closet. Maybe they're in the bathroom." Julian went to the bathroom to check.
April turned to look at Shanna. "Do you think he'll leave us alone soon?"
Shanna shrugged. 'Probably not. Where's Kai when you need him?"
April sighed. "I don't know but I hope he shows up soon."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Kai did another quick round of the wood shed. Nothing was there, Tala were sure of it, but Kai continued to look anyways. It was as if he was worried about something. But what was it?
Eventually Tala got tired of waiting for Kai to tell him and Tala growled. "What's up Kai? What did you see?"
"Julian." Kai replied simply and then turned to look at the house. "You don't think that Shanna would turn on a light if I told her to go and hide, do you?"
Tala shook his head. "Of course not. With the tone of voice you were using, she would have risked going around in the dark. Why?"
Kai reached down under the table in the woodshed and pulled out two handguns, passing one to Tala. "Because our bedroom light's on and I didn't think that Shanna would turn it on either." Kai headed for the door, mumbling something about the fact that just because he was rich didn't give people the right to do this kind of thing to him.
Tala hurried to catch with Kai while checking over the gun. "You don't think that Shanna and April are in danger, do you?"
Kai shook his head. "Nah, Shanna's good at finding hiding places. No one will ever find her but I still don't want this guy in my house. If they're going to let him out of jail and in my house, well then they're going to have to deal with the paper work of having a dead body." Kai opened the door quickly and motioned for Tala to be quiet as they headed upstairs.
Tala nodded and sighed. He was a bodyguard, this kind of stuff happened to him all the time. But to have the same thing he was hired to protect his clients from, happen to his girlfriend was nerve wrecking.
Kai climbed up the stairs ahead of Tala by a single step. He looked at his room door and cursed upon finding it locked. "Damnit. Now how are we going to get in there without alerting Julian?" Kai hissed as he dropped his gun from it's stiff, ready-to-fire, position.
"Don't you have a trap door or something. A way to get Shanna out of the room if something were to happen in there?" Tala looked at Kai, who shook his head. Tala rolled his eyes. "You are the biggest on protecting your girlfriend but you didn't think of that? Remind me to design your next house for you."
Kai nodded. "Not the point. We need to get in there."
"Balcony?" Tala suggested, motioning to another room. We could probably jump from one to another.
"It would be hard to land though." Kai said wistfully. "The railing's high."
"More to catch on to." Tala announced and walked into the guest bedroom. "I'll go first." Tala took off his coat and tucked the gun into his pocket. "Don't need to drop that in midair." Tala explained as he climbed onto the balcony and looked over. "It's only a six foot jump. I was always good in long jump."
Kai rolled his eyes. "Yah but usually you had a longer take off area."
Tala shrugged. "I can work with this."
Kai sighed. "Alright jump."
Tala nodded and started at the far side of the balcony and then ran straight for the edge and jumped. He almost didn't make it but grabbed onto the bottom of the railing. Tala turned and motioned for Kai to do the same.
Kai took the same starting position as Tala had and got his running mark and jumped. However he found himself going down before he should have.