Chapter Two. Just freak out, let it go.
AN.: Finally I wrote this with much torturing from my friend. The heading says it all. Oh a few things you should know if you want to understand this chappie. Here they are;
-this means a change of scene or flash back.
-this means it changed back to the present.
) -this means it has changed characters.
That's all folks.
Here's a list of words you might ot understand;
Ismak ayh? What is your name?
Munafiqun Hypocrite.
"Shit!" Her eyes wide open, Rana sat straight up in her divan. Dreary light seeped through her blinded window creating a pre-dawn in her room. Just as suddenly as she had sat up she slumped back down. She closed her eyes and let out a puff of breathe. Shakily Rana pulled off her cobalt Splat-Kat duvet and stepped out into the bitter air.
"Shit and Flying crap is on the menu today and I hear that deep fried shit goes very well with the flying crap sauce."
She thumped her head decisively against the wall as she made her way to the bathroom.
She loved her bathroom. It was all baby yellows and baby blues, her little ray of sunshine. Only problem was the fat grey cloud that followed her to the bathroom.
Rana turned the hot water on full blast, the steam relaxing her. Inching her way into the bath she felt her muscles relax and heat up.
"I guess I'm not going to work today." Rana said with a smile. Her smile faded as she reluctantly let her mind go over what had happened the night before and that strange, strange boy.
Freak. He is so insane!
"Seriously, Rana baby, don't you want a lift?"
"Seriously Kurt? No, you're as drunk as hell and I don't want to "accidentally" land up at your house."
Kurt managed fairly well for some one drunk to look hurt. He didn't last for long.
"Whatever baby, you're the one asking to be mugged."
"Don't start." Rana gave him a look that could kill. "Okay… Bye Sunny, see you tomorrow?"
"Sure thing. You sure you don't want a lift?" The petite, nervous looking girl tried to smile.
"Yes! I'm fucking sure I don't need a bluddy ride, got that!?"
"Don't be mean Ranny."
"Okay…Dom…Don't call me that! Before you guys make me blow my last nerve, I'm going. Good bluddy night!"
"We love you too!" Dom shouted at her before she was out of earshot. He was obviously drunk.
"Stupid bluddy oaf," she mumbled affectionately.
She weaved in and out of the crowd and eventually gained the freedom of the night air.
"At last, freedom! Gods do I need a smoke. Too bad I stopped. Damnation in hell, why?" Rana lifted her hands into the air at the last statement. Taking a deep breath she started walking down the deserted street. She enjoyed the feeling of being alone.
"Good crap! When last did I call Reo?" Rana stopped in surprise. She hadn't called her best friend in two weeks!
"Better be getting back soon then." She sighed, admitting defeat she sped up her leisurely pace. She had to anyway; this neighbourhood wasn't as good as it used to be.
Why did I wear these boots?! She snorted in disgust. She had bought them that very day and thought she would show them off that night. So much for that, no one noticed…except maybe Dom but then Dom seemed to know everything. Snorting again she mentally went over what she wore that evening.
First it was the black boots, about knee high with very high heels. As Dom would say, Slutty Boots. Then there was her light blue skirt, slightly see-through. Then she had on a black corset type top, laced at the front.
Yip definitely went the sluttish root. Why, may I ask myself? Caught up in her thoughts Rana did not notice the footsteps echoing her own.
What would Reo have worn? Exactly the same! See she's rubbing off on me! She continued to whine at herself, for no reason other than she had nothing else to do.
"Hey girlie, what you doin t'nite? Wanna do somting special?" A whiney voice called.
Rana stopped dead in her tracks.
"Hell no! Get lost you creep!" She did not even grace him with a look and resumed her walking.
"Ag come on girlie, I betchu like it!"
"Whatever freak, I'm sure I won't. Fuck off!"
"Come now sweets, that's no way to treat a gentleman," came a deeper, more refined voice.
Annoyed she finally stopped and turned around to face her mysterious assailant, only to find that there were two of them.
Now what? Rana stood, hand on her hip, staring at them. The one was small and as skinny as a toothpick, he stood there twitching and looking nervously around. The other one with the deeper voice glared at her under a ginormous unibrow trying to look fierce but just succeeded at looking like Bert from Sesame Street.
She sighed, turned around and carried on walking, no faster than before.
"I wouldn't do that sweetie," said Unibrow menacingly, sounding very much like Bert.
"Oh, why is that? You gonna scare me to death with that unibrow of yours?"
"Oh no, oh no girlie. He'll do much, much more. Won't you Brazer, huh, huh??" Squeeky said, backing Unibrow up. Rana could just imagine that Squeeky was now jumping up and down in excitement.
Could this get any more corny? Yes, could they get any more cliche? I guess that would be a yes too...Well I'm not far from home.
"You should listen to Ham. We wouldn't want you to get hurt. Well actually yes we do."
CLICHE!!
"Well go hurt some one else Bert, I'm busy." Sighing again she didn't slow her pace.
"Ag no girlie, come back. We just wants sum fun. C'mon," Ham wheedled. She glanced back to see if they were following her and caught a flash of light off a dagger that Unibrow was holding. They're getting serious. I don't know why I bother. Rana continued to ignore he two wannabee muggers and turned into a alley that would lead her to her apartment.
"Hey ma'am! You need some help?" Came yet another voice, joining Rana's list of annoying cartoon characters. This sounded like one of those American street movies, including the bad grammar.
"No." She said, dead-pan.
"Course she don't man. Don't bust into other peoples business. We're just escorting the girlie home."
Wow...big word.
"No they aren't. They're trying to mug me but ar-"
"No problemo, we'll stop them. Hey Tristan."
"Right with you there buddy. Stay out of this Yugs, these guys look big. Wait up Joey!"
Great! More of them. Giving up on the hope that they would all go away if she ignored them Rana turned around to face the multitudes of adoring fans. So to speak . She counted five of them. Unibrow and Ham, some blonde dude, another brown dude and oddly enough at the edge of the fray was a purple and gold headed guy. Guess that must be Yugs. Strange name. Short! Ah well, might as well introduce myself. Yipee! More irritating friends.
She walked towards the rather short youth giving a wide berth to the four fighting guys, ignoring them.
"Hey."
"Oh hello. Are you the one we're rescuing?"
"You could say that, not that I needed rescuing. My apartment's the one over there. I was just about in when your buddies decided to be valiant."
"Well you did say they were trying to mug you."
"Emphasise on trying. Not succeeding." This whole conversation took place without either of them looking at the other. Both watched with morbid fascination as Rana's two 'rescuers' beat up Unibrow and Matchstick.
"What's your name, I'm Yugi."
"I'm Rana." Yugi stopped breathing. She turned towards him to ask what was wrong and for the first time that night got full view of his face. His eyes. Those deep violet eyes. She stared into their depths mesmerized. Yugi stared back into her own stormy green eyes. Both fell into darkness.
She sighed. That was the first thing that was totally freaky. There were more things to come though. She got out of her now luke-warm bath and wrapped a towel around herself. She headed to the bedroom and sat down in her cushy over-stuffed armchair. She watched the steam rise off her legs and drifted back.
Yugi, Tristen and Joey walked away from the fast food restaurant. They had just ordered (duh) food to help them on the way back to they knew only where.
"So Yugs, you have any more freaky fantasies?" Joey asked, his mouth full.
"Not fantasies Joey, visions! I think they're real and I'm sure Yami has something to do with it. I wonder why he won't tell me?"
"Maybe they're his fantasies..." Joey said, nodding knowingly.
"Ah Joey, is there something you're not telling us?" Tristen asked.
"Well...Uh...No!"
"We believe you, don't we Yugs." Tristen nudged Yugi. Basically knocking him and all his food into the road, and into oncoming traffic.
"Ahhh!!!"
"Yugi!!" Both Joey and Tristen ran to help Yugi, who had already made it out of the road and then ultimately pushing him back into the road.
"Hey! No help needed!"
"Hehe...sorry Yugs." Joey said while rubbing the back of his head.
"So where we going?" Tristen asked after he resumed stuffing his face with chips.
"I dunno? Maybe we could go to your place Yugs?"
"We might as well. It's just around the corner."
"And you always have some chocolate milk lying around." Yugi smiled sheepishly. He couldn't help it if he was addicted to Chocolate.
"Hey didn't you get that new trap card? The thingy.
"You know the thingy that made the other person's monster um do something. C'mon you know!" Joey was starting to get frustrated.
"Well Joey, it's very hard for me to say this but...we just don't know. You know?" Tristen said slowly and deliberately to Joey who was now hitting his head to see if that would help him to remember.
They turned into the alley that would bring them to Yugi's place.
Yugi and Tristen both stopped. Joey walked into a dustbin, ultimately stopping.
"Hey wha-" Joey untangled himself from the garbage and stood up. That was when he saw Rana and her so called muggers.
"Hey ma'am need some help?" Asked a very gallant, very dirty Joey.
"No." The girl with wild auburn hair said without looking around.
"Course she don't man. Don't bust into other peoples business. We're just escorting the girlie home," a very skinny guy twitched.
"No they aren't. They're trying to mug me but ar-"
"No problemo, we'll stop them. Hey Tristen."
"Right with you there buddy. Stay out of this Yugs, these guys look big. Wait up Joey!" The girl watched Joey and Tristen impassively as they ran towards the two guys. Yugi stepped back and looked at the girl Joey was trying to 'save'. She had mid-length auburn hair and startling green eyes, which at the moment were rolling. A small frown creased her forehead as if in deep thought. The frown smoothed away as she took a deep breathe and she headed towards Yugi.
Yugi had caught all this in a few seconds, for some odd reason he was unwilling to look at this strange but beautiful girl.
"Hey."
"Oh hello. Are you the one we're rescuing?" Yugi smiled to himself. She didn't look like she needed rescuing none the less wanted it.
"You could say that, not that I needed rescuing. My apartment's the one over there. I was just about in when your buddies decided to be valiant."
"Well you did say they were trying to mug you." He watched her through the corner of his eye; he was intrigued by the way her hands seemed to move with everything she said. Like they had a life of their own.
"Emphasise on trying. Not succeeding." She said the sarcasm dripping from her voice like poison. Yugi was slightly taken aback, Joey and Tristen were his friends after all and they were only trying to help...in their own...annoying...extremely annoying way.
"What's your name, I'm Yugi."
"I'm Rana." Yugi's breathe caught. Why did that name sound so very familiar? Images flooded his vision. Yugi stumbled and looked up unwillingly into her eyes. Her stormy green eyes.
Slowly the dark took over.
The divine smell of freshly made hot chocolate invaded Rana's senses. Breathing in the heavenly aroma she got out from her confining blankets. Wait. Stop. Who is making hot chocolate? Dom? Yes, Dom. No. These are not my blankets. Where the fuck am I? This sounded good so Rana opened her eyes and sounded her question out loud.
"Where the fuck am I?" With her eyes opened she could defnitely see this was not the apartment she and Do shared. First of all, she didn't have any stupid blonde super heroes staring at her as if she just ate a cockroache. Second, she wouldn't be sleeping on a horrible small and very uncomfortable couch. And it wouldn't have been cream. She would sooner die than have cream couches. Don't ask her why she didn't know.
Okay. I am not in my house. I am still wearing the clothes I had on when I left the club, minus the boots. I remember the blonde super idiot. I remember Unibrow and Ham. I remember Yugi. What happened next? Rana's memory became fuzzy after the moment she found out Yugi's name.
I must have blacked out. But why would I black out. I might as well ask blondie what happened. Least he's not trying to catch flies anymore.
"Here have this." A hot cup was shovedinto her hands. By the smell of the liquid brown stuff inside it ust have been hot chocolate. It did not look like hot chocolate though. Putting the mug down on the arm of the couch Rana finally asked,
"Where am I." She regreted those words the instant they came out of her mouth Talking had sent a jarring pain up her neck and settling in her head for a steady head-ache. And blondie looked rather eager to tell the story of how he so valiantly rescued her.
Fuck this She fell back on the couch and pretended to have fainted. She did not want to deal with dumber and dumberer with a hangover.
Should not have had those shooters
"Great Joey, you made her faint...again!"
"I can't help it Tristen. I just seem to have that affect on girls." Joey smiled smugly until a airborne cushion hit him on the side of the head.
Rana now was sitting up straight with a look that could kill. And the hangover wasn't all to blame. She turned to Tristen,
"You. Coffee now or the blonde boy gets it."
Tristen giggled nervously not sure if it was a joke or not.
"Now! Please." He got up quickly and dissapeared into the small kitchen before coming back out.
"Milk? Sugar?"
"No milk. Three sugars."
"Okay. Coming right up."
Rana flopped back on the couch. She glanced at Blondie seeing him lying castrated on the floor catching flies and with his eyes wide.
"Oh get up. It was only a cushion."
"A pin cushion."
"A minor detail, you'll live. Ismak ayh? I'm tired f thinking of you as Blondie."
"Hey what da you mean by dat?!"
"Ab-so-lute-ly everything. I'm Rana."
"What did you say earlier?"
I was calling you blondie," she rolled her eyes.
"No, before that. Um...ishmac aye?"
"Oh sorry, I'm Egyptian and I'm so used to my friends understanding me. It's Ismak ayh? It means, what is your name."
"Cool..."
"Your name?"
"Wheeler, Joey Wheeler."
"Don't you mean Bond, James Bond?" Rana mumbled under her breathe.
"Rana A'isha. Who's Coffee boy?"
"That's Tristen and the smallish dude who was with us last night is Yugi Motou."
"Motou, his grandfather own that Duelling card shop?"
"That's the one."
"Where is he?"
"In bed. He fainted about the same time you did."
Rana stared skeptically at Joey. I'm sure the little twerp wasn't drunk.
"That's strange but I still don't know where I am."
"Sorry, your at l'il Yug's pad."
"And that is where?" Tristen came back into the room carrying a tray of delicious aromatic coffee. And it looked much better than the Hot chocolate that was shoved into her hand. She took the strong black coffee gratefully.
"Um...A few buildings from where we found you." Joey said pouring gallons of milk and sugar in his coffee. Disgusting! Good, at least I don't have far to walk. I better call Dom.
"Oh good, I'm not too far from home." She took the last, and always desgusting, gulp of her coffee. Getting up she chucked all the blankets on the dirty white couch and brushed herself down, a vain attempted at getting rid of the wrinkles.
"Hey, what time is it?"
"Sorry, it's one in the morning." Tristen said a little warily. He was still scared of what had happened earlier.
"Crap!" Her headache came back with full force, she had to sink back onto the uncomfortable couch to get rid of the dizzyness.
"You all right Rana?" Came a sleepy voice. Quickly turning around she saw Yugi in the doorway rubbing his eyes. Awww! He's so cuuute!" Smiling for the first time Rana said," Morning sleepy head." Why did it feel like she had known this little stranger all her life?
"Morning, you don't look so awake yourself."
"You could say that, I've got a hangover from hell and Blondie and Coffee boy are talking like grade one girls on a rampage." Yugi giggled and came to sit next to Rana.
"Uh...We better leave, hey Joey. My mom is gonna kill me."
"Consider me already dead."
"Bye Joey, Tisten." Yugi waved and yawned at the same time.
"By Super Blondie, Coffee boy."
"Cheerio."
"Sianara baby, we'll be back." Joey did a real lame impression of Arnold Swatzenagger is that how you spell it?.
Every one waved and said a few goodbyes leaving Rana and Yugi alone in the apartment.
"Where's your Grandpa?"
"He had an expidition in Cairo, he left yesterday and won't be back until friday."
"Today is Monday right?"
"I don't think you suffered memory loss."
"What did we suffer?" Silence greeted Rana's question. The silence slowly grew until it was almost audible.
"How did you know about my Grandpa?"
"Yugi you can't seriously say you don't know."
He shook his head making his golden bangs fall into his eyes.
"You are the king of games...only one of the most famous people...Yugi let me say you are well known and so is your Grandpa."
"Oh yes."
"Modesty at it's worst. It seems strange, doesn't it?"
"What does?" Yugi shifted slightly so he could see more clearly but avoided her bright eyes.
"That I seem to have known you forever. And last night. That thing in the alley?" Blurred images came forth when she tried to recall what had happened after she and Yugi had exchanged names.
"I don't know. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure," Rana said brightly.
"Do you sometimes have strange visions? Like some one's past?"
"No." Rana looked at Yugi strangely. What had happened last night.
Yugi finally had the courage to look into her never ending eyes.
"I know who you are. And know who I am. But I think these visions are telling me of a past. Your past. I've seen you in my visions Rana." Yugi earnestly tried to convince Rana that he wasn't making it up, or some sick freak. She didn't seem to believe him though.
"Um...I think I should go. Dom is going to be hopping his socks if I don't get home soon."
"You don't believe me then."
I' sorry Yugi. No. Thanks for everything. Bye."
"Wait! Don't you remember. Last night. You had a vision didn't you?"
"No, I'm not crazy."
There he was, sitting on the dusty marble.
"You remember don't you."
"No!"
"Atem. You made it."
"Tell me what you saw!"
"I didn't see anything you sycho!"
"Rana! Did you bring your cards? I haven't had a decent game in ages!"
"You did!"
"Now listen hear. I'm going home. Don't follow me. Don't even try to see me."
"Is that all you think about?" she said hurt. "No, you are always on my mind." She smiled.
Rana shook her head, trying to dislodge the unwelcome images from her mind. She ran to the door and into the cold night. I'm going crazy! She checked where she was before running off. Rana ran the whole way to her flat before she stopped outside the door. She brushed down her hair and her clothes, she didn't wat Dom to worry about her. Manufiqun. She unlocked the door and went inside her very welcoming apartment.
And that was what had happened. Rana got dressed quickly. She put on some of her favourite music to help her relax the rest of the day.
I am definitely a Manufiqan.
Tried to tell me what I shouldn't do
You should know by know I won't listen to you
Walk around with my hands up in the air
cause I don't care
Cause I'm all right I'm fine
Just freak out let it go
I'm gonna live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
Cause I'l never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
Cause I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
just freak out let it go
freak out let it go
You don't always have to do every thing right
Stand up for yourself put up a fight
Walk around with your hands up in the air
Like you don't care
Cause I'm all right I'm fine
Just freak out let it go.
I'm gonna live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
Cause I'l never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
Cause I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
just freak out let it go
freak out let it go
On my own
Just let it go
Let it go yeah yeah yeah
Just let me live my life
I can't ever run and hide
I won't compromise
Cause I'l never know
I'm gonna close my eyes
Cause I can't watch the time go by
I won't keep it inside
Just freak out let it go
End of the chapter...at last!!
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