THE NEW GIRL
CHAPTER 09
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"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Kai yelled and ran out Ray's front door.
Heh. Trust Raven to take Kai's car, I mean it's the best one.
"So Merriam, did you drive here as well?" I asked walking out the front of the house to bring a distraught Kai back inside. The guys were to busy shoving their keys in their pockets to deter anymore car thefts.
"No I came here with Ozuma, we live next door to each other, makes life easy." She replied, "thank god I didn't bring my car!" she said smiling cheekily. I nodded in agreement, laughing with her.
We walked cautiously up to Kai who was straining to see which way his precious baby went.
"Kai." Merriam paused for effect.
"Let it go." She finished a tad sarcastically, softly patting his back.
I start humming that song by the beetles, you know the one, let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be, whisper words of wisdom, let it beeee. I think it's by the beetles, or maybe U2? Perhaps we are being a bit mean. Oh well.
"hmn." Kai replied, not impressed with our act, before walking back into the house. Trust Kai to put on the tough guy act.
Merriam laughed and we walked back in together.
A little later on we sat around the table to eat dinner. Which consisted of . . . boiled vegetables. It was the side dish to the crab.
Tasty.
Poor Ray, he was really excited about feeding us Crab-a-la-Ray. You could see the disappointment on his face.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
Ray got up to go get the door.
Wonder who it could be? Better not be those kids who knock and run, but then again I used to be one of those kids.
Heh.
Ahem.
"Raven?" we heard Ray exclaim and quickly get up to see what the commotion was about. We find the ever-lovable Raven with five pizza boxes in her arms and Kai's keys in her mouth.
Raven spat Kai's keys out of her mouth onto one of the pizza boxes and out of the corner of my eye I see Kai wince. "Umm guys, stop gawking and start helping please?" she said indicating to the pizza boxes with her head.
Oops.
"Uh what are the pizza's for?" I asked Raven grabbing a box off her pile.
"Dinner, what else?" Raven said, as we walked into the kitchen.
"Oh." I replied still confused.
"What happened to Pinchy?" Tala asked peeking into his pizza box. Raven had this annoying habit of not expanding on things. She's very blunt.
"I put him back." She replied simply.
"Back where?" I asked.
"Oh! I put him back in the ocean where he belongs, not in Ray's pot!" She replied glaring at Ray. He mumbled something about $40 dollars.
We set out all the boxes on the tables for easy access. Ray looks weirdly at the pizza. "Um . . . Miss. Save the animals?" he asked Raven.
"What?" Raven replied absently.
"Did you notice all the pizza's you bought had meat in them?" Ray said holding up a slice.
Raven shrugged. "So? Your point being . . . "
"Um meat as in dead animals as in pinchy?" Ray explains exaggerating the "as in" parts.
"Nah Pinchy was on a totally different page." Raven replied
"Sure Raven what ever you say." Ray shrugged and took a bite of his pizza.
"NO!" Raven rebelled, "you see, Pinchy was still alive while meat is dead, you can't even tell what animal it was or see its cuteness!"
Everyone face vaulted.
"But it's the same thi-" Ray started
"No man let this one go." Ozuma interrupted, patting Ray soberly on his shoulder.
Oh well alls well that ends well. I started munching on a slice of pizza when I realized Kai was missing. I hope his car wasn't too smashed up. Maybe I should go check on him. I got up off my seat and wandered outside. I found him inspecting his car.
"You know you aren't going to see much till the sun comes up." I said.
Well it was nearly pitch black, apart from the lights illuminating Ray's house, but Kai's car was parked on the road so they didn't really help.
"Hmm?" Kai asked, looking up. "Oh its only you." he went back to checking his car.
"Why? You waiting for someone?" I asked intrigued.
"No."
Kai looks nice tonight. He is in a pair of dark jeans, a blue shirt that matches his spiky hair and a black leather jacket.
Nice is that all you can say?
A little voice inside my head pops up. Don't you hate those things?
Okay
Okay
hot.
There I said it. But then again I'm not really doing him justice, he's a bit better than hot, only a bit! But I would never tell him that, and risk his head growing so big that he can't fit through doors anymore!
"Alicia?" Kai asked me. Oh man there I go zoning out again.
"Yer." I replied trying to gather my thoughts.
"Not hungry?" he asked absently, trying to make conversation. I stopped and heard the light sounds of laughter coming from the house.
"I ate." I replied bluntly. "What about you?"
"I'll eat later." He said running a hand across his car trying to feel for scratches.
"It's a nice night." I stated, trying to keep the dying conversation alight. It was a nice night but, probably a bit chilly. I rub my shoulders trying to get warmish. It would've helped if I had brought a jacket.
"Think fast." Kai shot out throwing me his jacket.
"Oh." I caught it, clumsily, "you aren't cold?" I asked hesitating to put it on.
"hm." He replied moving around to the back of his car now. I shrugged and pulled the jacket on.
It's still warm. Ah. Much better. What a gentleman.
"Found anything?" I said, getting bored of watching him, I think I might go back inside soon, wind is picking up.
"No not really, but if you hadn't noticed I can't see very well." He replied,
I rolled my eyes.
Excuse me but what have I been trying to tell you?
Doesn't matter Kai will be kai, the cold, heartless player we all know and love. I don't know how he gets women throwing themselves at him.
"hm? You don't know how I get women to throw themselves at me?" he asked me,
ARRGG!
I said that out loud! I clamped my hands over my mouth, I can't see him very well, but I know he's smirking at me.
"Well it's just my good looks and charm." He continued I can hear him dusting off his hands.
I make gagging noises and point to my mouth. Even though I hate to admit it, he has a point.
"Of course." I said dryly. "How could I have missed that?"
"I don't know!" Kai replied moving towards me. "C'mon, that stupid thing has been staring at me this whole time."
"What stupid thing?" I asked confused. He grabbed my hand and lead me across the street in a slight jog.
"Kai!" I started, but he puts a finger to my lips as if to tell me to be quiet. Now what is this loser trying to do? We are standing in a deserted street, just out of the light range of a street lamp. It's dark.
Creepy even.
Why has this guy got a fascination with making me annoyed. I think I'll leave him with his crazy ideas.
Too late.
Kai's vice like grip was impossible to get out from and he started tiptoeing (and dragging me in the process) into someone else's front yard.
What in the?
Now we are trespassing into someone's property.
Add that to abuse, kidnapping, assault. I could get this guy in the slammer.
I felt like such an imbecile playing mission impossible, I hoped the house was empty, the lights don't seem to be on but still . . .
Kai and I ducked and weaved and became wedged between a garden bed and a small pond surrounded by rocks.
Why do I always find myself stuck near this guy? The pond is cute though! It has a little fishing gnome and a statue of a dragon, I think there are gold fish in the pond to but I can't really see. Maybe we are here to make a wish.
I wonder if he has change.
"Kai!" I said fiercely under my breath. "What are you doing???"
Kai smirked and picked up the gnome. "Gnoming." He replied smugly before dashing back to Ray's house, I followed quickly, not amused and very confused.
A gnome?
We burst through Ray's front door and sprint into the kitchen where everyone is chatting now. "Ray!" Kai yelled, holding up his prize gnome. I am clueless why take a defenseless gnome?
Poor gnome.
"Oh dude, where did you pick that one, it's sweet!" Ray called back, eye's widening at the sight of the gnome.
Kai does a pathetic attempt of being cool and brushing off his shoulders. "Front house, by the dragon in the pond."
"Ha! I didn't see it this morning? Where are we going to put it?" Ray asked inspecting Kai's gnome. I stare in disbelief.
Weird . . . .
"I see you've been introduced into the art of "gnoming" "Merriam said while the two boys were listing off street names, for some reason.
"Yeah, please explain?" I said putting on my best puppy dog eyes, Merriam laughed,
"Poor thing, he didn't explain did he?"
I shook my head, No he just dragged me into someone else's front yard.
"Gnoming is when you steal peoples gnomes and put them in other peoples gardens . . . . Cheap thrills."
So anyway we ended up piling into a couple of cars and searching some local streets for another gnome so we could swap the two. Later on after that we went out for some drinks. All of that I remember. . This I don't . . .
Mmm warm. Soo warm,
Wait.
I don't remember putting in my electric blanket since it's summer
and I don't remember my bed being this hard or lumpy.
And I don't remember going home.
I slowly open my eyes to find myself on top of Kai. Wait I am sleeping on top of Kai?
Not good.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I yelled.
Kai shot awake. "AHHHH!"
We both bumped our heads on something hard above us.
Oh that's nice WE'RE SLEEPING IN A CAR ! ! !
Oh rats, since when do I sleep in cars!
Ray raced outside. "What's the matter?"
He violated me!" I yelled backing away.
"Violated you? You violated me! And nearly crushed me!" Kai yelled back.
"Are you calling me FAT?"
That's when I punched him.
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~Lee the Ice Queen~