Chapter Five


Renn returned to the kitchen and handed Caitir some clothes to sleep in.

"Man," He stated as she took the clothes. "Elijah was acting weird. Weirder than normal."

"What do you mean?"

"I was walking by one of the guest bedrooms, and he was putting Mahina to bed. I looked in, and he was like 'go away', and flipped me off."

"Sounds like he has a little crush on my tag-team partner." Caitey grinned.

"Seems that way."

"I'll be right back." Caitey stood up and walked up to the bathroom. She changed into the clothes that Renn had given her - a pair of boxers and a t-shirt. After looking at herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but laugh. The boxers nearly reached her knees, and the t-shirt came to about mid-thigh. The clothes practically swallowed the tiny girl. Renn tried his best not to laugh at her when she walked back in, but couldn't help it.

"Yeah, yeah, I know I look funny." She quipped, sticking her tongue out.

"You look adorable." Renn said, shaking his head.

"Aww," She grinned. "Is Renn getting all mushy on me?"

"Maybe so." He simply replied.

After talking for about forty five minutes, Caitey yawned widely. Renn looked at her and smiled.

"Ready for bed?" He asked. She just nodded and looked up at him. She made a whining noise and stuck her arms out, as if to say 'carry me'. Renn man-giggled then bent down, picking her up in a man-carrying-wife way. In this manner, they went off to bed.


"Hhhhhhh!" Mahina gasped, sitting straight up. Elijah also sat straight up in the bed.

"What's wrong?" He asked, watching her struggle to bring her breathing back down to a normal level.

"He was back..." She whispered. "He was after me again." Elijah turned and looked at the clock. 4:07 a.m. After looking back at Mahina, he noticed her shaking. He reached over, wrapping his arms around her figure. She immediately took comfort in the warm arms, relaxing in them. After she calmed down, Elijah slowly and gently tugged her back down into a laying position. She immediately curled up next to him, trying to make sure that there was no space between the two. She laid her head on his clothed chest. After a few moments, she picked her head back up and unsucessfully tried to adjust his shirt.

"Gah! This thing is uncomfortable!" She groaned.

"Well...you want it gone?" He asked.

"Mmhmm." She nodded. Elijah sat up and tugged the plain white t-shirt over his head, leaving him bare chested and in boxers. He lay back down and Mahina rested her head on his smooth chest. She was blushing slightly, not actually expecting him to take his shirt off. Elijah, however, did not notice. He glanced down, continuing to watch her protectively. He watched her, gently stroking her hair, until she fell asleep. About fifteen minutes later, after making sure she was fully asleep, he drifted off to the dream land station.


She laughed hysterically as he climbed the stairs. He threatened to drop her several times, but she knew he wouldn't. When they finally reached the bedroom, he did drop her...he dropped her on the bed. Her giggling stopped as she looked up at him in confusion.

"What was that for, huh?" She asked.

"Your laughter." He grinned.

"Uh...okay!" She giggled.

Renn just laughed, shaking his head. Caitey sat up and looked around his room. She noticed a wide array of rubix cubes, none but two of them completed.

"Reeeennnn...I bet you didn't even fix those rubix cubes!" She laughed jokingly.

"I did too!" He said, feigning defensiveness.

"Nuh uh...you probably got 'Lijah to do it for you."

"Oh, I'll get you for that one!" With that, Renn dived onto the bed. ticking Caitey's sides. She shrieked before laughing, trying to roll away from him. Somehow in all of this mess of tickling, Caitey ended up rolling off of the bed onto the floor.

"Owwies!" Renn heard her pipe up. "Damnit, you're the only person on earth that would get wooden floors in their bedroom!"

"That's because of little girls like you!" He laughed.

"Little!" She squeaked. "I'll show you little!" She popped back up, her blonde and purple hair tousled from the rough housing.

"Aww, come on now, you know I was just playing." Renn pouted, scooting over to one side of the bed. Caitir crossed her arms over her chest, pouting for a moment before deciding she was cold and sleepy. She hopped into the bed, crawling underneath the covers and curling up into a ball. Only her eyes, forehead, and hair stuck out from the thick black comforter.

"Mmm...silk sheets, you naughty, naughty boy." Caitey giggled.

"Oh yeah babe, you know it." He could practically feel her roll her eyes at that comment.

"Hee hee...your room looks like mint chocolate chip ice cream."

"Told you mint chocolate chip was the best."