Well, here's the 3rd chapter....i was hoping to get more reviews before putting it up but oh well. Thanks to all those who reviewed.^_^  Here we go.

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Disclaimer: I don't nothing but Arimi, her family and the plot. 

Chapter 3

Am I too lost to be saved Am I too lost

I waited and waited . . .  "What the hell is taking them so long?" I knew they didn't leave cause I could hear them talking, turning on the water, and so on. "That's it I'm going in!"

"Guy, cover whatever's not covered I'm coming in!" I said. I opened the door to see Tala by the mirror putting gel in his hair, Ray wearing nothing but a towel (he just came out of the shower) and Kai leaning against the wall with his eyes closed and arms crossed in front of his chest.

"Hey, you mind?" Ray asked.

"Sorry, I warned you before coming in," When I was little I hung around with my cousins a lot, which all happened to be guys, so I was pretty comfortable with him being in a towel.

"You mean the mumbling outside the door?"

"Yep." I answered kind of amused that Ray's face was slightly red but hardly noticeable.

"Why are you in here anyway?"

"You guys are taking forever, why else? I don't even spend that much time in the washroom."

"We're only trying to look nice for you," Tala said joking and still trying to fix his hair.

"Whatever, just hurry up," I said as I walk out the door.

In a couple of minutes Kai and a fully dressed Ray came out.

"Where's Tala?"

"Still trying to fix his hair, he said he'll be out soon." Ray answered.

"How long can that possibly take him?" I yelled "That's it I'm going to get him!"

I came out seconds later dragging Tala out by his shirt.

"Watch the hair!"

"Whatever" I said, letting go of him, "Let's just go now."

Ray opened the door and there was a staircase that disappeared into the darkness. I hesitated to go in.

~*~*~Flash back ~*~*~

"Get in there you worthless wrench!" A tall man yelled. He had black short hair and was wearing track pants and a T-shirt. He had a tattoo of a man's face on his right arm with a large scar right in the middle. On the other arm there were many vertical scars.

There was a little girl screaming and in tears begging the man to stop.

"No DAD!!!Please don't! I didn't mean to do it, it was an accident!" She said screaming and kicking as the man lifted her up and shoved her into a dark, dirty closet and slammed the door shut.

"Shut up! I'm going to teach you a lesson! No dinner tonight or any other meals this week! Get comfortable you'll be in there a while." The man said on the other side of the door and walked away.

~*~*~End of flashback*~*~

My thoughts were interrupted by Kai's voice, "What? You afraid of the dark?" he said looking at the expression of fear on my face.

"No!" I yelled at him. I toke a deep breath and started down the stairs followed by Tala, Ray and Kai.

When we reached the bottom of the stair case, it was pitch black. After a couple minutes of walking my eyes adjusted to the darkness but I could only see a couple of centimeters in front of me.

We walked straight in total silence till I screamed, when I felt something touch my leg, and grabbed the closest thing to me which so happened to be none other then Kai.

"What?" He asked in a monotone voice

"I felt something touch my leg!"

"Great, suck it up! It was probably just a rat, so get off me!"

I had just noticed that I was hugging Kai, so I immediately let go and blushed a little for the second time that day.

After about 10 minutes of walking we exited the tunnel though a hitch that lead to a dark alley.  I was the last one up because I didn't want them seeing under my skirt. Tala offered me a hand but I ignored it.

"I can get up perfectly fine on my own, Thank you."

We walked out onto the street where there were many stores and people wondering about.

"So what are we going to do?" I asked looking around.

"Anything but go shopping" Tala answered

"Fine with me. I hate shopping."

"Really? Most of the girls I got out with only want to go shopping."

"Well, I'm not most girls and I'm defiantly not going out with you." I said, "So, what do you guys like to do, besides of course flirt with girls?"

"Ummm . . . I know! Come on let's go." Tala said starting to walk away.

"Wait! Where are we going?" I yelled following him, Ray and Kai.

We stopped in front of a club. There was a line to get in that went all the way to the end of the street. The music was blaring from the inside.

"Don't we have to be 18 to get into this club?" I asked looking at the guard checking  I.D.s

"Don't worry my folks own the place," Tala said, holding out a key. "I stole this from them a long time ago, we can just seek in from the back."

 We entered the club and they had one of my favorite songs playing, My tourniquet by Evanescence. Right away Tala dragged me out to the dance floor. I didn't mind as long as he didn't touch me, he wasn't that bad we he isn't acting like a complete idiot, which was rare. After a couple of dances Tala went off to flirt with some girls in the corner and dragged Ray along with him so that he wouldn't seem like a total loner.

I went off to get a drink.

"Water, please," I ordered, I didn't and still don't drink alcohol. The bartender handed me a glass of water and I took a sip, and looked around to see Kai surrounded by girls but he didn't really seem to be enjoying himself. He got up and went to sit somewhere else "I guess he's not like Tala after all," I though walking up to him.

"Hey."

He just grunted in response.

"You always just sit around alone?" I asked sitting down next to him.

He didn't answer and instead just glared at me. I took a sip of my water and we just sat there in silence. After a while I smiled and got up. "Come on," I grabbed his hands and pulled him onto the dance floor before he could do anything about it. "He needs to lighten up a little even I'm not this quiet."

I took me awhile to get Kai to dance. At first he just kept walking away and I kept dragging him back. And then he just stood there for a while but I finally get him to dance to one song, well half a song but that's pretty good considering it's Kai we're talking about. He wasn't half bad but after he just wandered off somewhere and I decided that I've bug him enough for today so I didn't go after him.

I saw Tala and Ray by the bar and decided to join them.

"Where have you been? Haven't seen you in hours." Tala said

"Hours? We haven't been here for that long?"

"We've been here for at least five hours."

"F-Five hours!" I yelled looking at my watch, 3:50! "SHIT!"

"What's wrong?" Ray asked.

"Nothing, I just have to get home now!" I said starting to panic.

"What's the rush? Come on, stay a little while longer." Tala said making puppy dog eyes.

"I can't I really have to go!" I said running out of the club. "Guess I'm going to have to run! Shit! I'm in trouble!"

After 10mins of running I felt water hit my face.

" Great rain! Someone really hates me up there!" I yelled running faster. The rain really started to hit hard and I was soaked head to toe.

Beep! Beep! I turned around to see Kai driving a car. "Get in" he yelled.

I sat in the car still exhausted from the run. "It's freezing!" I though as I crossed my arms and shivered.

"Here," Kai said giving me his leather jacket.

"Thanks," I whispered as I put it on and look out the window when I realized something . . .

"You didn't drive a car to the club."

"This isn't mine I 'borrowed' it"

"When you say 'borrowed' do you mean you stole it?" I asked.

He didn't answer for a while and then change the subject. "Where do you live?"

"Ummm . . . just down there."

A few minutes later we turned into my drive way.

"Thanks" I said, getting out of the car and running to the door of the building. I opened the door hoping my dad won't notice that I'm late. I entered the house and toke off my shoes. "No screaming, no fighting, no dad that's a good sign."

I walked into the living to see my dad lying on the couch pasted out with bottles of beer by his foot. "I better clean that up before he wakes up," I though while grabbing a plastic bag and quietly picking up the cans.

After I cooked dinner and put it onto a plate for my dad. My god he couldn't even do that on his own. I hid some of the food in the refrigerator for my sister and me later. Then went upstairs to take a long hot bath. That's when I noticed I was still wearing Kai's jacket. "I'll return it to him tomorrow" I though, smelling it not even realizing what I was doing. "Smells good." I thought.

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