Chapter 9 One Moment Can Change Everything.
Mr Dickenson lead the small group up to the hotel nervously. He wanted things go well, life had been bad enough for these boys.
The Abbey had been disbanded. The boys that could be were sent back to their parents, the boys that couldn't were placed in BBA sponsored orphanages.
Now the only boys left to place were the Demolition Boys. Ian had been lucky. A living aunt hadn't seemed like a big thing before but now it was a life saver, he had said his regretful goodbye's earlier in the day and headed off to his new home.
The others had not been so lucky. No living relatives and a track record as violent as theirs meant it was time for some hard decisions.
After hours of deliberation Mr Dickenson could think of only one place that they should go. He just hoped the other teams would not over react too much.
Rei was bored. With no tournament to watch and his injuries still bothering him there was little he could do to amuse himself.
There was nothing on TV. Max, Tyson and Kenny had gone swimming...well Kenny had been convinced to sit by the pool anyway and Kai? Well Rei never even bothered to guess where Kai was anymore. After the Championships were over there was really no one he could betray them with so everyone had finally backed off. Rei still worried some times but he was in the minority, everyone seemed quite quick to forget everything they had brought during the World Tournament.
Of all the things that had been mentioned it was what Max had said that had worried Rei the most. Kai had been picking up random men. Kai had not been able to go a train ride without some casual sex. What was that? A boy Kai'sage being addicted to sex? he tried to believe that it had only happened the once...but Kai disappeared a lot...
The alcohol had not been too much of a shock. He was pretty sure that on a number of occasions he had caught Kai drinking. No body hides bottles of water when they see you coming after all.
Rei lay on his bed and sighed. Maybe he should just go to sleep, it would waste a few hours before the others got back.
He closed his eyes and froze. There was noise coming from the bathroom.
As stealthily as he could Rei got up from the bed and limped to the bathroom. There was definitely a noise, It sounded like someone being sick.
Kai puked up his lunch and coughed. His throat felt so raw. He had to stop doing this, it was already cutting his throat quite badly the acidic taste of the vomit making it sting.
The Abbey had done it again, but not just the Abbey Tala. His memories of Tala weren't as clear as they were during the time of the kiss but they were there. They were there and nothing would let him forget them again.
He felt the echoed of their shared kisses, both recent and long passed. It had become clear then what could and could never change.
He was surrounded by empty food packets crunching loudly when ever he moved. He should not have been surprised when Rei ran into the room.
He hated that someone had to see him like this.
Tala had not left his room since they got there. They were staying in the same hotel as Kai.
He had almost left when Bryan had revealed just how much Whiskey he had managed to steal from Boris' secret stash but had stayed when he was promised a share.
Now he Bryan and Spencer were incredibly drunk. It was not a pretty sight.
"So wass wrong with you anyway Tala?" slurred Spencer. "Ian said you've been freaking out."
"S'funny I'd just heard he'd been freaking." laughed Bryan (No more MTV for him.)
"Nothing's wrong." lied Tala trying unsuccessfully to lean forward and reach another bottle.
They were sitting in a circle on the floor the drinks in the center.
"Don't lie. It's Kai...Ian said that he though it was Kai. Are you pissed that he left?" Spencer asked leaning slightly to the side and almost toppling over.
"Aren't you?" Asked Tala once again leaning for the bottle.
"Nah" said Spencer shaking his head "Look at this place, the outside, why would you stay locked up in the Abbey unless you had too? Anyway worked out for us."
"What do you mean?" Tala asked before knocking back some of mystery bottle no.3. It had been Bryans Idea to mix in some variables from the mini-bar and take off the labels.
"Well this time his lot broke us out too." It would have sounded a lot wiser if Spencer hadn't just stuffed half a bag of roasted peanuts in his mouth, but in the end the mess edge still hit home.
Rei helped Kai to bed and closed the curtains. What were they going to do about their team captain?