Ved and Destiny had just joined the others in the Café for breakfast when
Chloe and Trudy entered the Mall.
"Hey everyone" Trudy said.
They all turned to look, and saw Chloe. Ved dropped the piece of toast he had been eating and stared at her in shock. Once the others had said their own welcomes, Chloe walked over to where Ved was sitting with a girl she hadn't seen before. The girl was quite pretty, Chloe noted with a sinking heart. In fact, she was more than just quite pretty. She may be wearing dirty, ragged clothes, but they didn't hide the figure underneath, which was very shapely. She had striking features, her long blonde hair, newly cleaned, shone in the early morning sunlight which streamed in from a window and her eyes were a clear but cold, dangerous looking blue. She didn't say any thing as Chloe approached the table. How could Ved not love her? But she wasn't put off.
"Hey Ved," she said, managing a weak smile as she glanced at the girl sitting next to him, Destiny, she remembered Trudy saying that was her name.
Ved finally managed to make his mouth work. "Uh, hey Chloe. I wasn't expecting you to be here. I thought you had disappeared".
"Not quite." She replied, a little put out by Ved's welcome. It wasn't what she had expected, or hoped for.
Ved shot a look at Destiny before saying, "Look, Chloe, I've got to find my brother. I'll see you later." He got up and made a quick exit from the room.
Chloe was left alone with Destiny. "Hi, you must be Destiny" she said.
"What's it to you?" Destiny replied.
Chloe just stared at her. "Well, I mean, I ...." She spluttered.
"You're Ved's ex-girlfriend right?" Destiny said calmly as she finished eating. Chloe could only nod. Destiny smiled at her, but it was the sort of smile a cat might give a mouse....before it pounces. "You leave Ved alone. He's been though much more than you can ever know. We both have. And we don't want people to interfere and ruin it. Got that?" she got up and left Chloe sitting speechless at the table.
* * *
Ved finally found his brother sitting alone in a bare room, staring out of a window.
"Jay?" Ved asked hesitantly.
"Hmmm?" Jay replied
"I need help", Ved said, "I thought you might be able to give me some advice?"
Jay dragged his mind back down to earth, away from his own thoughts. "What can I do for you?"
"It's Chloe" Ved began, "She's back and I think she still loves me, but I don't know if I love her. I've got Destiny and I love her as well."
"Ved, I'm not sure I'm the one you should ask about this. I mean, I've just broken up with Amber." Jay sighed.
"I'm sorry, about you and Amber, but she had to make a choice, just like me. Between you and Bray. Please, I really need your help. I loved Chloe, but now I've got Destiny. I need your help. I don't want to hurt either of them."
Jay looked at his younger brother, thinking how much he's changed since I last saw him, then he spoke, "The only information I can give you then is to follow your heart. What ever you decide, one of them is going to get hurt, but that's life. You may get hurt, like I did, but follow your heart and you will at least not feel any regrets".
He turned away and stared out the window again. Ved turned and left; he now knew what he must do...
* * *
Outside the city the strange tribe waited for their leaders signal. He appeared and gazed down at his assembled men.
"We get in, get what we came for, and get out. I want none of you to harm anyone. Our aim is to find Destiny, and I will deal with her. None of you is to touch her unless I say so. If anyone tries to stop us, restrain them, but on no account are you to harm them. Do I make myself clear?"
The tribe nodded, although a little unsurely. This was different to the way they were used to, but it was their leader, and they obeyed his every command.
"Good". He was tall and powerful-looking, with strong arms. His dark, long hair was pulled back into a warrior's ponytail and he wore the fighting clothes of the tribe – brown trousers and a darker brown, sleeveless shirt. The only apparent difference between him and his men was that he wore a red rag tied about his upper right arm.
"Let's go......"
"Hey everyone" Trudy said.
They all turned to look, and saw Chloe. Ved dropped the piece of toast he had been eating and stared at her in shock. Once the others had said their own welcomes, Chloe walked over to where Ved was sitting with a girl she hadn't seen before. The girl was quite pretty, Chloe noted with a sinking heart. In fact, she was more than just quite pretty. She may be wearing dirty, ragged clothes, but they didn't hide the figure underneath, which was very shapely. She had striking features, her long blonde hair, newly cleaned, shone in the early morning sunlight which streamed in from a window and her eyes were a clear but cold, dangerous looking blue. She didn't say any thing as Chloe approached the table. How could Ved not love her? But she wasn't put off.
"Hey Ved," she said, managing a weak smile as she glanced at the girl sitting next to him, Destiny, she remembered Trudy saying that was her name.
Ved finally managed to make his mouth work. "Uh, hey Chloe. I wasn't expecting you to be here. I thought you had disappeared".
"Not quite." She replied, a little put out by Ved's welcome. It wasn't what she had expected, or hoped for.
Ved shot a look at Destiny before saying, "Look, Chloe, I've got to find my brother. I'll see you later." He got up and made a quick exit from the room.
Chloe was left alone with Destiny. "Hi, you must be Destiny" she said.
"What's it to you?" Destiny replied.
Chloe just stared at her. "Well, I mean, I ...." She spluttered.
"You're Ved's ex-girlfriend right?" Destiny said calmly as she finished eating. Chloe could only nod. Destiny smiled at her, but it was the sort of smile a cat might give a mouse....before it pounces. "You leave Ved alone. He's been though much more than you can ever know. We both have. And we don't want people to interfere and ruin it. Got that?" she got up and left Chloe sitting speechless at the table.
* * *
Ved finally found his brother sitting alone in a bare room, staring out of a window.
"Jay?" Ved asked hesitantly.
"Hmmm?" Jay replied
"I need help", Ved said, "I thought you might be able to give me some advice?"
Jay dragged his mind back down to earth, away from his own thoughts. "What can I do for you?"
"It's Chloe" Ved began, "She's back and I think she still loves me, but I don't know if I love her. I've got Destiny and I love her as well."
"Ved, I'm not sure I'm the one you should ask about this. I mean, I've just broken up with Amber." Jay sighed.
"I'm sorry, about you and Amber, but she had to make a choice, just like me. Between you and Bray. Please, I really need your help. I loved Chloe, but now I've got Destiny. I need your help. I don't want to hurt either of them."
Jay looked at his younger brother, thinking how much he's changed since I last saw him, then he spoke, "The only information I can give you then is to follow your heart. What ever you decide, one of them is going to get hurt, but that's life. You may get hurt, like I did, but follow your heart and you will at least not feel any regrets".
He turned away and stared out the window again. Ved turned and left; he now knew what he must do...
* * *
Outside the city the strange tribe waited for their leaders signal. He appeared and gazed down at his assembled men.
"We get in, get what we came for, and get out. I want none of you to harm anyone. Our aim is to find Destiny, and I will deal with her. None of you is to touch her unless I say so. If anyone tries to stop us, restrain them, but on no account are you to harm them. Do I make myself clear?"
The tribe nodded, although a little unsurely. This was different to the way they were used to, but it was their leader, and they obeyed his every command.
"Good". He was tall and powerful-looking, with strong arms. His dark, long hair was pulled back into a warrior's ponytail and he wore the fighting clothes of the tribe – brown trousers and a darker brown, sleeveless shirt. The only apparent difference between him and his men was that he wore a red rag tied about his upper right arm.
"Let's go......"