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The four got out of the car at the strip mall that had Borders at the end. The girls walked in almost dragging the guys in since the two didn't really want to go they just wanted to get away from the annoying ones. When they got in they all spread out and went to find their own books to read. The boys met up at the café to get something to drink and wonder what might happen next. "They're all interesting. You have to admit that much." Kai said and Tala looked up from staring at his smoothie.
"Why do you say that?" Tala asked which earned him a whack on the arm from Kai. "Ow." He said but didn't rub the spot where he was hit. "I think we should see where they are." He declared since he finished his smoothie and they were just sitting there. With a shrug Kai soon followed after Tala and they went to search threw the sea of books for the two girls. They found Becky looking at some rather interesting series in the young adult section and also noticed that she had a few fantasy books as well.
"Oh hi guys." She said with a smile seeing them. She put back a book that she thought she might like but it didn't sound to good. She sighed a little as she looked for another book that sounded interesting. "Oh look, Catcher in the Rye." She said and there was a light chuckle form somewhere nearby.
"Mom don't you mean Lord of the Flies?" Mel asked as her head popped into view a few bookcases away.
"You're right. How did I mess that up?" Becky said to herself and the boys watch a sly smile to appear on Mel's lips.
"Very carefully." Mel said but that earned her a whack on the back of the head as Becky went up to her and hit her with a book.
"That's my line." She said as Mel chuckled still smiling. "What are you reading?" She asked looking down at the book Mel had in her hands. It was written in Russian and since Becky could only speak the language a little she couldn't understand it in written context.
"ЯÑÑÑÑнÑÑй ÐоÑ"ва СолдаÑ." Mel said which made Becky look at her with an 'English please' kind of look. "Sad Moscow Soldier." She said which made Becky raise an eyebrow. "It's about the conditions in Moscow when was it WWII?" Mel asked half herself half Becky. "Don't answer that." Mel said as she saw Becky about to open her mouth.
"Doesn't this seem similar some how?" Tala asked and Kai hit him in the arm. "Yea stupid I know." He said but the girls didn't notice. Mel had gone back to reading and Becky was looking at the rest of Mel's little stack of books. There were some more books in different languages (about half of their library was full of books in different languages Mel owned), Theology, art, and maybe one or two thrillers where snuck in there somewhere she couldn't tell.
"Why don't we get our books then go to the mall it's not far from here? Just down the road." Mel then suggested after about another half an hour. Kai and Tala had taken all the books in Russian text and some in Japanese out of Mel's little pile and were reading them. Becky looked up from her book she was reading and stretched.
"It's up to the guys because I don't care." She said as her back cracked from not sitting up straight for a while.
"Sure why not?" Tala asked and Kai just shrugged. They bought their books (the boys bought the books they stole from Mel) and got into the car. When they got to the mall Tala and Mel were both rubbing an arm or their head because of something stupid they said. Becky entered and growled before whacking Mel in the arm.
"Hey! What did I do now?" Mel asked rubbing her arm looking at Becky. The taller girl began to hum something. "Oh well that's no reason to hit me even though I got the scare crow song stuck in your head." Mel said and began to look around the mall.
"So where shall we go?" Kai asked and Mel began to skip off so they just decided to follow. They soon found themselves in front of Spencer's Gifts. They went in and after a few minutes in there they came out Mel holding a bag.
"Where are we to go now?" Kai asked as Mel looked at what was in her bag.
"Lets go to Waldenbooks." Mel said happily.
"No. We just came from a bookstore." Becky said crossing her arms.
"But Mommy." Mel said earning a good whack on the back of the head with a book. "Ow. Daddy, mommy hit me on the head really hard." She said turning to Kai who also hit her.
"I didn't know I was married to someone." Becky muttered and saw the questioning look from Kai. "No offence."
"Oh poor sistra got hit on the head by mom and dad." Tala said and was also hit pretty hard over the head.
"Ooo. Can we go in there?" Mel said pointing to a store with a bunch of shinny pointy swords, daggers, and other tools for cutting.
"No." Tala said rubbing his head.
"But Papa." She whined and he glared at her.
"So I'm married to two people. How many more people am I married to?" Becky muttered with her head in one of her hands.
"Nine hundred ninety-nine trillion." She said and would have gone on if it weren't for Becky hitting her in the arm. "Ow. Abuse, abuse." She said pointing to Becky then trotted off to find a store worth going into.
"I wonder how you haven't gone insane yet." Kai muttered as they followed the hyper Mel.
"Very carefully." Becky muttered and sighed as she saw Mel shoot into a candy store.
"If you like candy so much you should try some Russian coffee candy." Tala said as they sat at a table in the food court. Mel and Becky sat on one side the boys on the other. Mel was busy eating some candy and ice cream while the three other teens were eating normal food.
"That stuff is good." Mel said happily before going back to eating her ice cream. "But there should be a warning not to eat while drinking coffee and eating other sweats."
"You said that right." A voice behind them said and she looked back and her eyes widened. Her smile widened and she was on her feet and running over to the person. It turned out to be a man with jet-black hair and tan skin. Just by looking at him you could tell he was related to Mel since he reminded you so much of Dan and Steve. He was tall, muscular but lean, onyx eyes shimmered with happiness, and Mel had to jump up to wrap her arms around his neck.
"Bummer. How have you been? I haven't seen you in ages." Mel said as she dropped to the floor and looked up at him.
"I've been fine. Grandma had a stroke but she is recovering quiet well. I see you're still short." He said and chuckled when she looked away and crossed her arms.
"Don't rub it in." She muttered glaring at the ground. "You still a cop?"
"Yep and the only reason I'm here is to find the troublesome trio of brothers." He said with a sigh.
"What did stupid Dan and his brothers do now?" She asked tilting her head slightly.
"Nothing their mom just needs them back home." He said and she nodded.
"I feel sorry you're the one to retrieve them. They won't go back easily especially what happened five years ago." She said with a meaningful tone.
"You should speak for yourself. You won't even look at home on the map let alone thinking about going back." He said shaking his finger in the no direction. "So who are your friends?" He asked apparently seeing that she was talking to the three before he decided to put in his two sense.
"Oh yea I almost forgot. Cousin, this is Tala from the Demolition boys, Kai from the Blade Breakers, and you already know Becky right? Anyway guys this is my cousin Bu-er Arland." She said seeing his glance from the corner of her eye. It clearly read 'you tell them you die' and so she didn't tell them what his nickname was but if they had listened they would have known anyway.
"Nice to meet you." He muttered with a smile. "However I can't talk I must go find three other cousins of mine." He said before he left.
"Your cousin seems rather busy." Kai stated monotonously.
"Oh don't mind him he's always work, work, work no time to enjoy life or what it has to offer." Mel said sitting down in her chair. "Now what were we talking about? Oh yea Russian Coffee Candy." She said and soon the conversation was going again.
"Well it's three I bet the others are wondering were we are so we should go." Becky said with a smile and they left.
The four got out of the car at the strip mall that had Borders at the end. The girls walked in almost dragging the guys in since the two didn't really want to go they just wanted to get away from the annoying ones. When they got in they all spread out and went to find their own books to read. The boys met up at the café to get something to drink and wonder what might happen next. "They're all interesting. You have to admit that much." Kai said and Tala looked up from staring at his smoothie.
"Why do you say that?" Tala asked which earned him a whack on the arm from Kai. "Ow." He said but didn't rub the spot where he was hit. "I think we should see where they are." He declared since he finished his smoothie and they were just sitting there. With a shrug Kai soon followed after Tala and they went to search threw the sea of books for the two girls. They found Becky looking at some rather interesting series in the young adult section and also noticed that she had a few fantasy books as well.
"Oh hi guys." She said with a smile seeing them. She put back a book that she thought she might like but it didn't sound to good. She sighed a little as she looked for another book that sounded interesting. "Oh look, Catcher in the Rye." She said and there was a light chuckle form somewhere nearby.
"Mom don't you mean Lord of the Flies?" Mel asked as her head popped into view a few bookcases away.
"You're right. How did I mess that up?" Becky said to herself and the boys watch a sly smile to appear on Mel's lips.
"Very carefully." Mel said but that earned her a whack on the back of the head as Becky went up to her and hit her with a book.
"That's my line." She said as Mel chuckled still smiling. "What are you reading?" She asked looking down at the book Mel had in her hands. It was written in Russian and since Becky could only speak the language a little she couldn't understand it in written context.
"ЯÑÑÑÑнÑÑй ÐоÑ"ва СолдаÑ." Mel said which made Becky look at her with an 'English please' kind of look. "Sad Moscow Soldier." She said which made Becky raise an eyebrow. "It's about the conditions in Moscow when was it WWII?" Mel asked half herself half Becky. "Don't answer that." Mel said as she saw Becky about to open her mouth.
"Doesn't this seem similar some how?" Tala asked and Kai hit him in the arm. "Yea stupid I know." He said but the girls didn't notice. Mel had gone back to reading and Becky was looking at the rest of Mel's little stack of books. There were some more books in different languages (about half of their library was full of books in different languages Mel owned), Theology, art, and maybe one or two thrillers where snuck in there somewhere she couldn't tell.
"Why don't we get our books then go to the mall it's not far from here? Just down the road." Mel then suggested after about another half an hour. Kai and Tala had taken all the books in Russian text and some in Japanese out of Mel's little pile and were reading them. Becky looked up from her book she was reading and stretched.
"It's up to the guys because I don't care." She said as her back cracked from not sitting up straight for a while.
"Sure why not?" Tala asked and Kai just shrugged. They bought their books (the boys bought the books they stole from Mel) and got into the car. When they got to the mall Tala and Mel were both rubbing an arm or their head because of something stupid they said. Becky entered and growled before whacking Mel in the arm.
"Hey! What did I do now?" Mel asked rubbing her arm looking at Becky. The taller girl began to hum something. "Oh well that's no reason to hit me even though I got the scare crow song stuck in your head." Mel said and began to look around the mall.
"So where shall we go?" Kai asked and Mel began to skip off so they just decided to follow. They soon found themselves in front of Spencer's Gifts. They went in and after a few minutes in there they came out Mel holding a bag.
"Where are we to go now?" Kai asked as Mel looked at what was in her bag.
"Lets go to Waldenbooks." Mel said happily.
"No. We just came from a bookstore." Becky said crossing her arms.
"But Mommy." Mel said earning a good whack on the back of the head with a book. "Ow. Daddy, mommy hit me on the head really hard." She said turning to Kai who also hit her.
"I didn't know I was married to someone." Becky muttered and saw the questioning look from Kai. "No offence."
"Oh poor sistra got hit on the head by mom and dad." Tala said and was also hit pretty hard over the head.
"Ooo. Can we go in there?" Mel said pointing to a store with a bunch of shinny pointy swords, daggers, and other tools for cutting.
"No." Tala said rubbing his head.
"But Papa." She whined and he glared at her.
"So I'm married to two people. How many more people am I married to?" Becky muttered with her head in one of her hands.
"Nine hundred ninety-nine trillion." She said and would have gone on if it weren't for Becky hitting her in the arm. "Ow. Abuse, abuse." She said pointing to Becky then trotted off to find a store worth going into.
"I wonder how you haven't gone insane yet." Kai muttered as they followed the hyper Mel.
"Very carefully." Becky muttered and sighed as she saw Mel shoot into a candy store.
"If you like candy so much you should try some Russian coffee candy." Tala said as they sat at a table in the food court. Mel and Becky sat on one side the boys on the other. Mel was busy eating some candy and ice cream while the three other teens were eating normal food.
"That stuff is good." Mel said happily before going back to eating her ice cream. "But there should be a warning not to eat while drinking coffee and eating other sweats."
"You said that right." A voice behind them said and she looked back and her eyes widened. Her smile widened and she was on her feet and running over to the person. It turned out to be a man with jet-black hair and tan skin. Just by looking at him you could tell he was related to Mel since he reminded you so much of Dan and Steve. He was tall, muscular but lean, onyx eyes shimmered with happiness, and Mel had to jump up to wrap her arms around his neck.
"Bummer. How have you been? I haven't seen you in ages." Mel said as she dropped to the floor and looked up at him.
"I've been fine. Grandma had a stroke but she is recovering quiet well. I see you're still short." He said and chuckled when she looked away and crossed her arms.
"Don't rub it in." She muttered glaring at the ground. "You still a cop?"
"Yep and the only reason I'm here is to find the troublesome trio of brothers." He said with a sigh.
"What did stupid Dan and his brothers do now?" She asked tilting her head slightly.
"Nothing their mom just needs them back home." He said and she nodded.
"I feel sorry you're the one to retrieve them. They won't go back easily especially what happened five years ago." She said with a meaningful tone.
"You should speak for yourself. You won't even look at home on the map let alone thinking about going back." He said shaking his finger in the no direction. "So who are your friends?" He asked apparently seeing that she was talking to the three before he decided to put in his two sense.
"Oh yea I almost forgot. Cousin, this is Tala from the Demolition boys, Kai from the Blade Breakers, and you already know Becky right? Anyway guys this is my cousin Bu-er Arland." She said seeing his glance from the corner of her eye. It clearly read 'you tell them you die' and so she didn't tell them what his nickname was but if they had listened they would have known anyway.
"Nice to meet you." He muttered with a smile. "However I can't talk I must go find three other cousins of mine." He said before he left.
"Your cousin seems rather busy." Kai stated monotonously.
"Oh don't mind him he's always work, work, work no time to enjoy life or what it has to offer." Mel said sitting down in her chair. "Now what were we talking about? Oh yea Russian Coffee Candy." She said and soon the conversation was going again.
"Well it's three I bet the others are wondering were we are so we should go." Becky said with a smile and they left.