Rainy Days
Disclaimer: They belong to Capcom, not me. Lucky bastards.
Rating: I'll be honest, who knows at this point.
Summary: Place the two most stubborn Outbreak characters together in some stupid situations and what do you get? Cursing and sexual tension what else do ya need? OH yeah a plot too =p...
Warnings: None...yet
Notes: ...here's Chapter 4 =p
Chapter 4: Don't Look Back
Gray clouds drifted over head, you couldn't tell but it was already 11:00 AM way to late for Alyssa's standards, but ... she didn't have a job so her standards were null and void.
She lay in her bed, completely shut off from the rest of the world. Alyssa had still been feeling queasy from last night and after running back and forth to the bathroom here and there not to mention sleeping in there for about an hour she was finally able to sleep without any disruptions, well until an ear shattering ring from the telephone destroyed any hope of her getting any sleep.
Alyssa shifted and tried to find ways to keep the noise from waking her up completely, well the ringing had already completed it's job, and Alyssa snatched the cordless phone from charger, griping tightly she answered with a malicious sneer.
"What?"
"Oh, Mrs. Ashcroft I hope I haven't caught you at a bad time." Anyone could tell a million miles away t hat it was Trixie her Jersey accent standing to attention and her bubbly attitude showing through the phone.
Of course your bothering me you blonde bimbo... Alyssa rolled her eyes, and got a little more comfortable in her bed., since she had tensed up so much from having to get up so abruptly.
"...What is it Trixie?" ALyssa asked again, she wasn't one to beat around the bush and she certainly wasn't ready or going to play the game either.
"Well, Mrs. D, want's you t o move ya stuff right away she, has new faces here and wants to have the free space available." Trixie stated obviously ubnaware of how angry she was makign ALyssa.
Alyssa rubbed her temples and sighed hard, trying to keep from blowing her stack.
"I'll be there a little later..." ALyssa managed to get that out without sounding to upset.
"I'm so sorry Ms Ash-"
ALyssa clicked the OFF button, a false smile plastered on her face. She laid her head down and began to go back to sleep, but yet another distraction came a knockin, literally at her door.
Alyssa groaned and threw the pillow over head, but the knocking was persistent.
"..Oh come on...give me a break!." Alyssa shouted and lunged herself out of bed, scowling and cursing the whole short trip to the door.
Swinging the door open she came face to face with you guessed it David.
He scratched his head and looked at her hesitantly, Alyssa's face displaying shock and bewilderment.
"Umm...what is it?" Alyssa's voice fell, a bit nervous as to why David was here, she couldn't remmeber what happened last night and he may know something since he was suppoed to be here at 5:00 yesterday.
""Well, there's two reasons why I'm here, 1. I still need to fix your sink 2. I wanted to let you know that I empathize for you." David explain his motives and let himself into ALyssa's house.
Alyssa couldn't complain because she was too busy trying to figure out why he felt empathy for her.
"What the hell? What's the empathy for?" Alyssa questioned closing the door behind David.
He gave her a copy of the Raccoon City Star, a big headline stating:
EX-JOURNALIST GETS A LITTLE "TIPSY" AT LOCAL BAR
by Ben Bertolucci
"What the hell is this shit!?" Alyssa yelled the rhetorical question, David found a spot on the ground to stare at, he really didn't have anything to say and he feared her wrath if he said anything sarcastic.
"Oh my God...that fuckin-
"Hey, hey, Calm down." David wasn't much of a fan of her potty mouth.
"Calm down? This bastard is putting my business out everywhere...My reputation is destroyed." Alyssa crumpled the newspaper and threw it to the ground.
David eyed the paper on the ground then Alyssa, who was still dressed from yesterday a black tanktop and burgundy business suit pants, her hair a big blonde mess and she still hadn't shook that nauseous look she had going for her.
"Don't let it bother you...go get yourself together I'll be finishing the sink up." David's gestured to the sink, and proceeded to the sink.
He's right...I shouldn't let it bother me...but damn...damn that stankin Ben.
"You know what may help right now?" Alyssa questioned herself aloud
David gave her a questioning glance from the kitchen, a type of are-you- talking-to-me? kind of glance.
"A nice long shower...that's what I need." Alyssa sighed, but in a happy sorta way.
David shrugged and slid underneath the sink, trusty wrench in hand for the work he had to do. Observing the catastrophe that was in front of him; rusty pipes, and one huge hole from God knows what a strong guess being corrosion.
"Why the heck did she wait so long to get this fixed?" "Oh yeah people like her don't work manually I forgot." David mumbled to himself as he took apart the way beyond damaged pipes.
"What are you mumbling about under there?" Alyssa questioned with a Sherlock-Homes type gesture.
"Nothing important..." David said rolling his eyes unbeknownst to Alyssa.
Alyssa observed him as if she was researching a new specimen or something, the room began to get quiet and Alyssa found herself needing to say something.
"So...what the heck made you decide to go into plumbing anyway?" Alyssa questioned for no particular reason, just to break the silence.
"Because...I have no control over my life." David grunted pulling at the rusted pipe riding it from the frame.
Alyssa chuckled, then scratched her head she had never found it so hard to talk to someone before it was scaring her a little bit.
"...Ugh...plumbing is such a lowly job...its for the dogs." Alyssa crossed her arms and leaned against the side wall near the kitchen.
What is she trying to do..make me cry or something? David chuckled to himself, and continued his work.
"You callin me a dog?"David stopped abruptly and tapped his foot.
"Oh...uh...I didn't know I said that out loud." Alyssa smirked.
David sneered and went back to fixing her pipes, after a few moments of silence Alyssa got nervous again.
Is he sensitive or something? I was just joking. Alyssa began to feel a little sorry for him.
"Hey I'm sorry I was just joking." Alyssa apologized.
What? Now she feels bad....must be a candidate for Bedlam. David shook his head and pretended to ignore her but only for a few seconds when he said:
"...Maybe a joke....but I ain't laughin." David pretended to sound hurt and Alyssa ate it up.
"Look I'm sorry...who would've thought a big guy like you would be so sensitive." Alyssa ranted with hands on her hips.
Sensitive? Me? Yeah right... David smirked to himself.
"Quiet again...geeez I get stuck with an overly sensitive antisocial plumber, just great." ALyssa was laying it on thick but only because she was trying to annoy him.
She's really trying to hard, it takes a lot more than that to annoy me...
"This overly sensitive antisocial plumber is fixin your sink...I thought you were going to go take a shower by the way." David talked to her, but worked at the same time.
"In a minute...why do you care so much?" Alyssa pursed her lips into a smile
"I don't care, your annoying me...so leave." David slid out form underneath the sink, looking her in the eyes.
Alyssa didn't really know what to say, somebody who actually stood up to her...well except for Ms. D, but she didn't count, somebody cute was standing up to her, now that was a turn-on. (yeah Alyssa has issues)
"Oh..pity I'm annoying you?" Alyssa chuckled sarcastically.
'Shouldn't you be showering right about now? You were a mess last night and you still have on everything you wore." David stated matter-of-factly
Alyssa's eyes widened at that statement, she looked at David and saw him smirk at her expression.
"W-What are you talking about? What do you know about last night?" ALyssa questioned in a panicky tone.
"Calm down, I took you home after you little bar stunt. I couldn't have a client of mine get abducted by some Joe schmo and then never get my money." David explained
"What? Did Ben see you?" Alyssa still was upset.
"Who?" David asked
"...He's an asshole who got me fired in the first place." Alyssa scowled
"He's an asshole?" David questioned
"Yeah-"
"Well, then don't worry about it then." David blew it off as if it were nothing, well it wasn't to him.
"How can you just blow it off, I'm jobless because of him." Alyssa pouted
"I doubt it, if your reputation is as bad as people say then that's why you were fired MISS Ashcroft." David put a sarcastic emphasis on her name.
"Tch...People lie." Alyssa didn't want to face that truth.
"You should clean up you personality a bit...then maybe you won't have so many problems." David said removing a glove from his hand, then wiping his brow.
"Hmph, I guess it's easy to say that when your a lowly plumber." ALyssa crossed her arms and faced away from David.
What is this a defense mechanism? Whenever she can't handle the truth she starts insulting people? How childish. David thought inwardly to himself.
"Yeah and I guess it's hard to say that when your a snot-nosed journalist." David fired back, this wasn't going to end so nicely.
"...What exactly are you trying to say?" Alyssa asked rhetorically and faced him again
David stood up and he now towered over ALyssa, though she still wasn't intimidated.
"You have no idea what it's like to work manually do you? Your paid to be nosey and type...how wonderful." David replied sarcastically.
Alyssa stared at him in a shocked expression, she looked him in the eyes her sharp royal blues trying to pierce his eyes of teal. Nothing. Something Alyssa wasn't too paretically used too.
"You should try being a lot nicer to me, I did save you and all at the bar." David stated unfazed by her intimidating stare.
"You didn't "save" me, you were probably trying to take advantage of me." Alyssa sneered in disgust.
"Leave it to you to mix everything up...if anybody was taking advantage of anybody else it was you." David stated.
"Me?" Alyssa queried pointing to herself innocently.
"Yes, you, little Ms Ass Molester." David sneered mockingly.
"What!?" Alyssa scared her own self when she raised her voice at his statement.
"You wouldn't leave it alone...my ass didn't do anything to you ... it was more embarrassing for me than you." David said with a false miffed expression, getting her worked up for nothing was proving to be quite entertaining.
I touched his ass, and don't even remember...Damn...
"And hey I'm no Lethario but you couldn't say away from my uh..lap." David smirked at her, causing Alyssa to get all the more upset.
"Oh my God I didn't..." Alyssa feared
"No." David chuckled a bit
"Argh you damn prick, quit getting me all worked up." ALyssa sighed hard and stepped away from David.
"Now if your done making yourself look foolish I'll continuing doing my lowly plumbing." David did a bow, and slid back under the sink.
Alyssa sneered and eyed David, a sigh of relief that he hadn't taken advantage of her drunken stage last night. Though she hadn't fully believe him, it still brought her a little comfort.
"Geez, your so slow, it's not done yet?" Alyssa complained.
"I just started...if it's bothering you so much why don't you fix it?" David snapped back at her.
"Fine, give me that rotarooter." Alyssa laid a hand out.
"What? Do you even know what a rotarooter is?" David chuckled from his place under the sink.
"Uh..it's a...just give me that damn thing." Alyssa got on all fours and snatched the wrench from his hand.
"Are you serious?" David asked scooting out from under the sink and eyeing her a disbelieving look.
"Listen grease monkey, I can do this job with my hands tied behind my back ." Alyssa jabbered arrogantly, she looked at the pipe frame and then slid back form under the sink.
"Well, technically a grease monkey is a mechanic." David chided her.
"Mechanic, Plumber same thing." Alyssa waved it off. "I'll go slip into something more..."plumber" appropriate and I'll be here to do the job like it's supposed to be done." Alyssa snided and took her leave leaving David in the kitchen.
"Oh man, this is going to be entertaining." David snickered and awaited Alyssa's "grand" entrance.
A/N: Ok Alyssa has now begun to make herself look even more dumb? Or maybe not she could prove her worth ....yeah...and this just occurred to me but I think technically David is a mechanic, because well in his "unique" ending he fixes a tank for cryin out loud, and last time I checked plumbers didn't work on vehicles =p. Ah the many talents of David the plumber . Oh and just in case your wondering Bedlam is another word for insane asylum=p. RXR for me loves and till we meet again.