Steal Away

By: jneisha

J_neisha@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: Tekken is not mine and neither are the lyrics to Mary J. Blige's: Steal Away.  Steal Away's lyrics will be read through out this fanfic.  Might I add that Mary's CD: No More Drama is one of the best CD's of all time! Oh, and Trevene is mine though.

Chapter 8

I was woken up by Eddy's cell phone ringing off the hook.  We stayed in a hotel not to far from Mishima College.  The bed I was lying in wasn't too comfortable but it made due for the night.  I looked around for Eddy and spotted him sitting in a chair next to the hotel room door.  He looked at the caller id on the cell phone.  By the look on his face he didn't want to answer it.

"Don't answer it…if you don't want to," I said stiffening a yawn while stretching. "They've probably been calling all night…right?"

He looked at me and smiled while the cell phone rang loudly in his hand.  "Actually they have…but this isn't my cell phone.  It's yours."  I looked at him stupidly while trying to figure out why he had my cell phone.  "They were calling all night huh?" I asked trying to shake the stupid look off of my face.

"Who's calling anyway?" I asked throwing the covers off of me.  I walked over to him.

"Jin," he said as I sat down in his lap.  He wrapped one arm around me while the other with the cell phone rested on my lap.

"That's all that called all night?" I asked as I hugged him tightly.  He kissed my cheek and I started to play with the loose dreads that were hanging from his ponytail.

"No.  Jin and Trevene were constantly calling your phone," He looked at his phone, which was across the room, "Hwoarang called my phone twice last night.  I gotta give him a call in a little."

"I told them to leave me alone," I said loosening my hug on Eddy.  Damn I can't even leave the dorm without them calling me non-stop.  I thought I was rid of my parents when I left to go to college.  Proves that wherever I go, there is someone that wants to be a parent to me.

He looked at me with an amused look on his face.  "Ya best friend and Jin had a fight wit you or somethin'?"

I nodded.  "I guess you can say that."

He stiffened a laugh.  "What happened?"

I giggled a little.  "Well they don't like the fact that I went for a stroll in the rain…that's one.  And two, they don't like the fact that I cursed Steve out."

Eddy started to laugh and it took him a little while to calm down.  "Steve Fox?! The shitty boxer that has all of his boxing matches fixed? The fuckin' trick Julia Chang's boyfriend?!"

We both laughed.  "That's him."

"What the fuck did you do to him?"

I shook my head while laughing.  "First I beat him upside the head for saying some slick shit out of his mouth.  Just last night I was told by his girlfriend to apologize to him for beating him upside the head."

"I know you didn't."

"I told him I was sorry…sorry that he was an asshole and that he sucked at everything that he did."

That did it.  Eddy laughed so hard that he nearly dropped me. I was surprised to see Eddy laughing so hard.  But then again we used to always do this…that's until he started acting weird and went back to Brazil.  Oh yeah…that's what I forgot to ask him…why did he go back to Brazil? But I didn't ask him right away though.  I waited until his laughter died down and he was back at his normal state before I said anything about it.  He took one look at me and stopped laughing once he seen my serious face looking down to the floor.

"What?" he asked putting to fingers to my chin, lifting my head up. 

I looked at him, my face still serious.  "Why did you leave me for two months?"

He sighed.  "I'm serious, Eddy.  Why did you leave me for two months to go back to Brazil?"

"You know why I left.  I already gave you the reason while we were in the car last night."

I shook my head.  "You left so that you could get me a pair of earrings, a necklace, and a ring that you proposed to me with."

He didn't look at me.  He stared at the floor.  "So I guess you're planning a wedding for us back in Brazil, huh?" I got up off of his lap.

"Christie," he began.

"Christie what Eddy? Eddy when I marry you I'll be marrying the drugs and the dirty money too."

He looked at me and frowned.  "What the fuck is that supposed to mean?! That money got you and that friend of yours what ya'll wanted and have been wanted for years!"

I grabbed my stilettos from the other side of the room, sitting on the chair right next to them to put them on.  "You know, I was happy when you started that shit.  I could get anything I wanted.  But now this drug shit has corrupted your mind Eddy.  Keep all this planning without me up and I may not marry you…or see you again."

When I finished putting on my heels, I grabbed my coat from the same chair.  Then I grabbed my cell from Eddy's hand and turned to leave.  As I was leaving, he grabbed my wrist and turned me around.  "So if I don't stop what I want to do, you'll leave me? Is that what I just heard?"

I nodded and tried to pull away from him, but his grip was too tight.  "All right, Christie," he said letting go of my wrist.  "You say that now, but you know that you can's leave nor stay away from me.  Go ahead and try…you're addicted to me.  You can't get enough of me.  Just remember that." 

That comment scared the shit out of me and I was running out the hotel door in a matter of seconds.  I ran down the stairs and out of the door and stopped at the curb.  I was able to flag down a cab in a matter of minutes and I got in and told the cab driver my destination.  Just as I did that my cell phone began to ring.  I looked at the called id to see that it was Trevene.

"Hello Trevene."

Trevene hesitated to answer for a minute but she did seem happy to hear me pick up.  "Christie? Christie I have been trying to reach you all night, girl! What's up?! Where have you been?!"

I rolled my eyes.  She sounded like my mother.  I have been trying to reach you all night.  "I was out all night."

"Where?"

I sucked my teeth.  "Damnit Trevene.  You sound like my mother."

She sighed.  "I am just looking out for you.  Lately you have been turning us away Christie.  We care for you and want to see that you are safe."  She paused for a minute before continuing.  "Were you with Eddy last night?"

I didn't respond.  "Christie, you can tell me."

Silence.  "Yes, I was.  I was with Eddy."

Trevene was silent for a minute before she spoke.  "Why didn't you tell anyone you were staying with him for the night.  Hwoarang was so frustrated last night frantically calling you that he started to cry."

I shook my head before rolling my eyes.  "Not something that I would have expected from him.  Something I would have expected more from Jin." He paused for a minute.  "By the way…how is Jin?"

"I can't believe you! You act as if you don't care that he is in here worried sick about you."

"If he was worried sick he would have got into a cab and searched for me…hurt or not."

Trevene was silent.  I knew for some reason I was being a real bitch.  But I really hated it when people were breathing down my back all of the time.  It really irritated me. 

"Christie you don't mean that.  Jin still can't walk outside yet and you know that."

I shook my head.  "No actually I don't mean that.  You were just constantly on my case all of the time and you know that I hate that."

"Yeah, you're right.  I do know that you hate that."

"So then why do you do it?" There was silence from her.  I know that she was trying to look out for me…actually I knew that they were all trying to look out for me. 

"Because we love you and we want to see you safe.  Remember that Eddy—"

"—Is really going to hurt me one day…yes I know.  I did miss the jokes that you used to say about him though." I began to laugh and I heard her laugh too.  I got out of the cab and paid the cab driver.  Then I ran up the stairs to the fourth floor stood there, hanging up the phone.  I waited there and sighed.  If I went in there now, then I would have to explain myself to all of them…even Steve.  I can't stand that fucking idiot.  But I didn't want to waste too much time. 

I unlocked the door and opened it slowly.  Once I had it open all of the way I was nearly knocked down by Trevene.  She hugged me so tight that I could hardly breathe and she wouldn't let me go either.  I watched as Hwoarang walked up to me and put his hand on my shoulder.  Trevene let me go and Hwoarang hugged me.  His face was tear stained and he looked frustrated…just like Trevene said.  I thought she was just saying that just to get me home. 

I looked over at Jin to see that he was fast asleep on the couch.  I guess he was up all night wondering about me and I guess all the stress made him fall asleep but I wanted to make sure.

"Jin's fast asleep, huh?" I asked, feeling Hwoarang let go of me.

"Yeah," he responded.  "He was up all night—"

"Wondering about me…right?"

Hwoarang nodded as he walked back over to the chair he was sitting in.  I noticed that Julia and Steve were fast asleep as well holding each other on the other couch that was facing the television.  I shook my head and turned to Trevene.  "They stayed here all night too?"

She nodded.  "Yeah.  The only reason they stayed was because Hwoarang and Jin were upset."

I sucked my teeth.  "That's bullshit.  Julia probably stayed because of that but Steve stayed to get on my nerves.  I bet you he knew that I was coming back."

"Everything doesn't revolve around you Christie." Trevene walked over to the chair next to Jin and sat down.

I followed her.  "With Steve it does.  The boy can't get enough of me."

She sucked her teeth and I stood in front of her.  "I really have had enough.  I don't want to talk about this anymore.  The important thing is that you are safe." I nodded.  I looked at Hwoarang now who was fast asleep in the chair.  I didn't bother to look to see the time.  I checked it on my cell phone…7:75 a.m.  Damn…I didn't know it was that early.  "Maybe I should get some more sleep," I said looking at the cell phone.

"Where exactly did you stay anyway?"

"In a hotel."

Trevene stared at me wide-eyed.  "Damn! He had that much money!"

I nodded.  "Don't you know that he's still in the drug game?"

"Yeah but not like that now."

I laughed.  Trevene always knew what to say to make me laugh.  "Trevene…if I tell you something…will you promise not to tell anyone else…even Hwoarang?" I had a straight face now.

She looked at me.  "Sure.  What do you want to tell me…Eddy's committing suicide tomorrow?"

I shook my head.  "No…he proposed to me while I rode in the car with him last night."

She jumped up alarmed.  "He did what?" she was so loud that she woke up Julia.  I was kind of surprised that she didn't wake up the boys either…but they were knocked out.  I don't think anything would wake them up.

"Yeah," I said watching Julia's confused face.

"What's going on?" she asked taking off her glasses to rub her eyes.

"Christie was just telling me something," Trevene said saving the conversation.

"Well what did she say?" Julia was now really interested and the wide-eye look that she gives whenever there is some juicy gossip she can tell really does annoy me.

"Is it any of your business?" I said really getting annoyed once again.

"Excuse me sweetie but you don't have to speak to me like that.  And I thought that we were friends."

"Actually you have been a little more that nosey lately.  I thought we were friends too."

Julia's expression was now hurt.  I guess I hurt her when I said that.  "What makes you think that I'm not your friend anymore."

This time Trevene spoke.  "Well for one, you are always with your boyfriend and you never have time for your friends anymore."

I spoke.  "Not only that, but you let your asshole of a boyfriend walk all over us."

"What do you mean?! I take up for you!"

"Bull.  He talks to me and Trevene like we are trash.  Is it you can't see that or you really don't care?" 

She was silent and said no more.  She doesn't even realize that she takes up for him on a regular basis and chooses him over her friends any day.  Personally, I can't stand a person like that. 

"I'm not going to talk about this anymore.  Julia stay wit Steve, but don't bother me." I looked at Trevene while stretching.  "Trevene, I'm going to bed now okay?"

************

I woke up to her Hwoarang talking to Eddy in our dorm room, but I didn't bother to go outside.  I just threw the covers off of me and sat there as I watched them yell and argue.

"What the fuck do you mean that she doesn't care about me anymore?!"

Hwoarang got up from off of the couch and walked over to the television, turning it off.  "Look, I didn't say that.  I said that she was tired of waiting for you."

"So what the fuck did she do?! Find someone else?!"

Hwoarang shrugged.  "How the fuck don't you know?!"

"Man I'm not all up in her business." Good ol' Hwoarang.  He's always there for someone…even me.  To think that I was really mean to him when he was only looking out for me.  I really need to apologize to him.

"Well you should be.  I just proposed to her so she won't be here too much longer."

Hwoarang looked up at him horrified.  "You did what?" he said quietly.

"You heard me.  I fuckin proposed to her."

Hwoarang shook his head.  "Shit…Christie can't get married now, not with Jin around and his baby on the way."

Damn Hwoarang…"What the fuck did you just say?!"

Hwoarang looked up at him, not recalling what he had just mumbled.  "Did you just say that she was pregnant wit Kazama's baby?!"

There was nothing that Hwoarang could say.  It was either tell the truth or he'd beat it out of either him or someone else.  Luckily there was no one else there.  Everyone else went to Julia and Steve's dorm room right next to ours for some sleep while Trevene went to dance class.

"Yeah.  Christie is pregnant with Jin's baby and is also currently dating him."

Eddy started to pace around the room.  He turned to my bedroom door and I ran to the side of the door to get out of sight.  He then went over to Hwoarang and made and made an effort to grab him but Hwoarang backed up and Eddy barely missed him.  Eddy tried again and this time he was successful.  "Where the hell is she?! Where's Christie?!"

Damn.  I couldn't let him come near me.  His temper was uncontrollable right now and he'd probably do something that he would regret later.  I heard Hwoarang begin to talk again but his voice was caught in his throat.  "She's resting right now," he managed to say.  Eddy dropped him to the floor and then headed straight for my room.  I tried to move away from the door but he knew that I was there and grabbed my wrist, squeezing it hard.  I sank down to the floor as I made an effort to get out of his grasp. 

"Eddy, let me go," I whined but he wasn't listening.  He was still squeezing my wrist but now he also had me by my collar.

"You didn't tell me you let another man shoot up inside you," he said while squeezing me tightly.  It started to become hard for me to breathe now and my vision became blurry.  "Out of all the men to fuck you, you had to choose that fucking Japanese Jin Kazama." Hwoarang came from behind and hit Eddy, knocking Eddy to the floor.  I fell to the floor next to him and started to gasp for air.  Hwoarang helped me up and told me to get out.

Eddy didn't stay down for long though and hit Hwoarang upside the head, knocking up out cold as he hit the floor.  As Hwoarang fell, he fell on top of me and I fell right along with him.  I tried to get him off of me but he was too heavy.  My chance to escape Eddy were terminated when he grabbed my arm and pulled me from under Hwoarang.

"Well, I guess since you let Kazama shoot his seed inside of you…then you'd let anyone do it." He slapped me across the face making my face red.

"And you're pregnant by him." Another smack, this time on the other side of my face.

I shook my head and got another slap across my face.  "How many months are you, bitch?" No answer.  Another smack this time followed by a kick in my stomach.  "How many?!"

I coughed.  "Three months, Eddy," I said weakly. 

He squeezed my arm even tighter.  "When did Kazama fuck you?" I didn't answer.  He smacked me hard across my face.  My face started to sting with pain and it felt swollen, especially my cheeks.  "Well?!"

I hesitated and he smacked me again.  "Two months ago."

"So then you lied to the motherfucker then.  You told him it was his and really it's mine."

"How do you know that it's yours?" Another smack across my face.  Then he threw me to the floor and jumped on top of me.

"Because I was the only one fuckin you at that time.  You wasn't fuckin anyone else because I had you on watch by Hwoarang and other people." Hwoarang was watching me this whole time?! "Hwoarang is people, and he looks out for me."

I shook my head.  "He looks out for me." It hurt to talk due to all the bruises on my face and he didn't make it feel any better when he hit me again.  "He doesn't give a fuck about you."

I didn't say anything or do anything.  If I did I would have gotten a slap across my face again.  His weight was pinning me down to the floor and I couldn't move anyway.  He started to his my nipple through my shirt and then traveled down to my vagina lips, kissing them through my pants.  "Stop Eddy, please.  Haven't you done enough?" I said fighting back tears.  But he wasn't listening.  He began to move his tongue up and down the area, making me shut my eyes tight.  His tongue began to probe the sensitive flesh and I really wanted it so bad, but not now.  I began to cry and begged for him to stop.  I was surprised when he did but it wasn't because I asked him to.  Hwoarang had come to and tackled him, punching him square in the face as soon as Eddy hit the floor.

I watched as Hwoarang punched him again and again, rendering him unconscious.  Once Eddy was unconscious, Hwoarang stood over him before coming to my side.  He looked at my face and stared at me with a shocked and scared look on his face.  "What the fuck did he do to you?!" he whispered.

I covered my face to hide the bruises from him but he came over and hugged me tight.  He didn't let me go either.  I cried into his arms.  I can't believe what Eddy had just done to me.  He beat me and then tried to rape me…but Hwoarang was there for me and I really appreciate that.

"Hwoarang," I began, "I am really sorry for being a bitch to you these past few days."

He held me tighter.  "That's okay.  I really don't care about that right now.  I care about you…are you alright?"

I nodded.  "I'm okay now."

"Damn what the fuck came over him," Hwoarang asked as he got up and placed me on the couch.  He looked at Eddy who was still unconscious on the floor, his face bloody from all of the punches that he received.  I looked at him and covered my mouth.  "Hwoarang, you took him out!" I said scared half to death.

"He hurt you.  No one hurts my friends that way…I don't care who you are."

I began to cry again.  Not because of the pain that I was feeling but because I knew that I was cared for and I took all of that for granted.  I got up from off the couch and hugged Hwoarang.  He accepted the hug and hugged me back tight.  If this is what friendship felt like…then I don't want to loose this feeling…

TBC