Merle's crush
Merle
"Are we ready to go?" Hitomi asked, crawling into the passenger side of Van's car.
"Yup." Merle said back, getting in behind her. As she did, Hitomi draped her arms over Van's neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Get off of him! Merle thought to herself. He was mine first!
"Merle are you alright?" Hitomi asked her frowning friend. Merle shook her head.
"OH! I'm fine. Let's go." she said covering her anger and disgust. I know that Hitomi's my friend... but... Van was mine first! I should be with him! As they drove they passed the sanctuary. Merle loved it there. "Van?"
"Uh, huh?"
"Could we come and visit the sanctuary soon and see the shrine?" If I remember now, the flowers will be blooming! It'll be beautiful. And the lake and the bridge...
"Sure. As long as I get to go with my two favorite girls." He said with a wink.
"Yay!" she cried, ignoring the fact that he had said her and Hitomi (including Hitomi on his favorite girls list.)
"What's in the shrine?" Hitomi asked curiously, never having been in there herself.
"Oh it's wonderful," Merle explained dreamily, "because there is a lake and a bridge and the flowers, of course the shrine." She drifted off again. As they drove by the gates Van suddenly shoved his foot on the breaks. "What is it Van?" Merle asked. Looking forward she saw. A man, dressed in black denim pants and a black fitted t-shirt was standing at the gate, as if leaving. Sweat streaked his arms and shirt as blood streamed profusely from his nose, a trace of blood around his lip. "Van is that?"
"Dilandu?" Hitomi said quietly, remembering the young man.
"What is he doing here?" Van said quietly with a growl, glaring at him. Seeing the car and who was in it, Dilandu stared back into Van's eyes with non-interest. Raising his arm he smartly wiped away the blood on his lip and nose on his wrist, wiping it on a towel. That towel is stained in blood! What has he been doing? The group watched him a moment. From nowhere a car drove up and Dilandu got inside, seeming to forget about the group. As the car sped away there was a slight release of tension. Hitomi rolled down her window. Regaining his control, Van pressed the gas and they drove to his house. As they arrived the group got back to normal, talking and giggling. Inside Allen waited, a cup of coffee in his hand and the remote in the other.
"What took you so long?" No one answered. After an awkward pause, Van told Allen everything. "And you didn't beat him up more?" was his reply.
"I didn't know what to do." Van said quietly. "He looked hurt already."
"Anyway, we brought doughnuts!"
"Let's just see if they made it this time." As he looked in the bag his expression went from hungry to amused and intrigued. "A half a Boston cream and a half a glazed and," pulling out a last piece, "a part of a bear claw?"
"I told you I'd get you a variety." She said sheepishly. Going into her room she sat on the bed, and pulled out a photo album. Opening the cover she saw a picture of her and Van. The first they had ever taken together. "Oh Van." She whispered. If only we had stayed that way, we would have been together I know it! Turning the pages she became lost in old memories. Past ceremonies, events, schools, and even stupid fun drawings of each other. She was so wrapped up in them that she didn't even hear Van come into her room.
"Whatcha looking at?" he asked, making her jump.
"Just some old photos." She said regaining her balance and breath. "Remember that time at the carnival?" she asked showing him the picture.
"Yeah, that was fun. You wanted to go but somehow something always held you back so you wouldn't go. Finally I took you myself and got you that teddy bear." He looked at the bear standing on her dresser and smiled.
"I miss that." she whispered.
"Hey now. We still have that. I mean... we did..." He couldn't remember when the most recent time he and she had done anything just them.
"That's what I mean." She said with a sigh. "Now it's never going to be just you and me. It's going to be you me and Hitomi." She said.
"That's not true. I know it's a little different having Hitomi with us but you'll see. Everything will work out. And you and I will do something together. I'll find something."
"Promise?"
"I promise." He said with a smile. "I just want the two of you to be alright with this. You do know that I love her." he said. She didn't respond and so he nodded and closed the door.
"Yeah," She whispered once he had gone, looking once again to the picture of him and her and the teddy bear, "I know." But I love you more
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Merle
"Are we ready to go?" Hitomi asked, crawling into the passenger side of Van's car.
"Yup." Merle said back, getting in behind her. As she did, Hitomi draped her arms over Van's neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Get off of him! Merle thought to herself. He was mine first!
"Merle are you alright?" Hitomi asked her frowning friend. Merle shook her head.
"OH! I'm fine. Let's go." she said covering her anger and disgust. I know that Hitomi's my friend... but... Van was mine first! I should be with him! As they drove they passed the sanctuary. Merle loved it there. "Van?"
"Uh, huh?"
"Could we come and visit the sanctuary soon and see the shrine?" If I remember now, the flowers will be blooming! It'll be beautiful. And the lake and the bridge...
"Sure. As long as I get to go with my two favorite girls." He said with a wink.
"Yay!" she cried, ignoring the fact that he had said her and Hitomi (including Hitomi on his favorite girls list.)
"What's in the shrine?" Hitomi asked curiously, never having been in there herself.
"Oh it's wonderful," Merle explained dreamily, "because there is a lake and a bridge and the flowers, of course the shrine." She drifted off again. As they drove by the gates Van suddenly shoved his foot on the breaks. "What is it Van?" Merle asked. Looking forward she saw. A man, dressed in black denim pants and a black fitted t-shirt was standing at the gate, as if leaving. Sweat streaked his arms and shirt as blood streamed profusely from his nose, a trace of blood around his lip. "Van is that?"
"Dilandu?" Hitomi said quietly, remembering the young man.
"What is he doing here?" Van said quietly with a growl, glaring at him. Seeing the car and who was in it, Dilandu stared back into Van's eyes with non-interest. Raising his arm he smartly wiped away the blood on his lip and nose on his wrist, wiping it on a towel. That towel is stained in blood! What has he been doing? The group watched him a moment. From nowhere a car drove up and Dilandu got inside, seeming to forget about the group. As the car sped away there was a slight release of tension. Hitomi rolled down her window. Regaining his control, Van pressed the gas and they drove to his house. As they arrived the group got back to normal, talking and giggling. Inside Allen waited, a cup of coffee in his hand and the remote in the other.
"What took you so long?" No one answered. After an awkward pause, Van told Allen everything. "And you didn't beat him up more?" was his reply.
"I didn't know what to do." Van said quietly. "He looked hurt already."
"Anyway, we brought doughnuts!"
"Let's just see if they made it this time." As he looked in the bag his expression went from hungry to amused and intrigued. "A half a Boston cream and a half a glazed and," pulling out a last piece, "a part of a bear claw?"
"I told you I'd get you a variety." She said sheepishly. Going into her room she sat on the bed, and pulled out a photo album. Opening the cover she saw a picture of her and Van. The first they had ever taken together. "Oh Van." She whispered. If only we had stayed that way, we would have been together I know it! Turning the pages she became lost in old memories. Past ceremonies, events, schools, and even stupid fun drawings of each other. She was so wrapped up in them that she didn't even hear Van come into her room.
"Whatcha looking at?" he asked, making her jump.
"Just some old photos." She said regaining her balance and breath. "Remember that time at the carnival?" she asked showing him the picture.
"Yeah, that was fun. You wanted to go but somehow something always held you back so you wouldn't go. Finally I took you myself and got you that teddy bear." He looked at the bear standing on her dresser and smiled.
"I miss that." she whispered.
"Hey now. We still have that. I mean... we did..." He couldn't remember when the most recent time he and she had done anything just them.
"That's what I mean." She said with a sigh. "Now it's never going to be just you and me. It's going to be you me and Hitomi." She said.
"That's not true. I know it's a little different having Hitomi with us but you'll see. Everything will work out. And you and I will do something together. I'll find something."
"Promise?"
"I promise." He said with a smile. "I just want the two of you to be alright with this. You do know that I love her." he said. She didn't respond and so he nodded and closed the door.
"Yeah," She whispered once he had gone, looking once again to the picture of him and her and the teddy bear, "I know." But I love you more
Reviews please! I really want to get reviews before I move on. If you want to e-mail me it is kaorilightwingyahoo ! w/y/s (wright ya soon!)