Hello, I'm back with a chapter, an extremely short chapter but nevertheless a chapter! Sorry for the long wait, but then again it is my story and I have every right to torture my readers…lol. When school is out for Christmas, I will probably update twice if not more. :)
Do you think that Leo and Shea are out of action now? Hardly…Leo has more evil plans install for Zarine and Ray. (starts to sing, "I'm so evil…lalala." Okay, that was just lame! Lol.)
Chapter Thirty-Two
Ray couldn't have been happier or more content as he woke up to see Zarine using his shoulder as her pillow. He watched her sleep and played with her hair, winding and unwinding a strand of her silver locks around his finger.
"Morning," she mumbled sleepily, stirring slightly. She sat up and yawned. Her hair was messy and all out of place.
He smiled at how cute she looked in the morning, and he suddenly got an urge to kiss her real bad. "Morning!" he responded. He pulled her back down beside him, and wrapped an arm around her waist.
He leaned in and pressed his lips to hers gently. "Never leave me again," he whispered in her ear. "Never leave me."
She blushed, and responded, "Ray…I…I wouldn't leave for anything." Her heart felt like it was going to burst with joy, and she smiled dreamily as she thought, Maybe we will stay together and get married someday.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked, startling her out of her daydream.
"Nothing!" she answered quickly, blushing even rosier than before.
He kissed the top of her head. "Don't tell me if you don't want to. It's okay."
Her eyes turned soft blue at his comment. Ray wondered what it meant. However, he decided that it must be something good because it always made him feel warm and fuzzy inside when she looked at him with those eyes.
The day of Zarine's birthday…
"I ONLY WANT SOME CANDY! WHY WOULDN'T YOU EVER LET ME HAVE ANYTHING?" a very upset Zarine yelled at Tyson.
"JUST BECAUSE RAY SPOILS YOU DON'T MEAN THAT EVERY ONE OF US SHOULD DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!" Tyson shouted back at her. "IT'S MY CANDY!"
At this point, everyone was shaking their heads and each had a huge sweat drop down their foreheads.
"BUT YOU LET HILARY HAVE SOME!" she complained.
"I let Hilary have some because…eh, because…" His face began to feel hot as he struggled to find a suitable answer. "Just because! And why do small people have to be so loud?" he whined. "How tall are you anyway? Four feet and ten inches?"
"No!" she denied. "I'm four feet and eleven inches tall, so there!"
"Guess what? I'm so tall! I'm four feet and eleven inches tall! Woohoo!" the navy haired boy said in a sing-song voice.
"Tyson!" Kenny chided, but his voice was lost in Tyson's screaming. Zarine had just launched herself at Tyson, with murder in her eyes.
Tyson squeaked fearfully as he looked at Zarine, who sat on top of him with a furious expression. "Don't ever make fun of my height or else," she growled. Jabbing a finger on his chest, she demanded, "Is that clear? Never make fun of how short I am."
"Yes, of course," he laughed shakily, hoping that his reply was good enough to avoid setting her off again.
Jabbing him a final time, she got off of him and stood up. "So where are we going?" she asked the others as if nothing happened.
"That's top secret," said Carrie, who had just returned from England the previous day. "You need to wear a blindfold on the way there in the car." Noticing the cross look on her friend's face, she pulled the cloth out and added, "It's not that bad. We even picked out a dark blue cloth to be a blindfold."
"And that is supposed to make me feel better about it?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. "But the cloth does look lovely…"
Carrie tied the cloth around Zarine's head tight enough so that she wouldn't be able to see through it.
"Let's go," the small girl heard Kai say. She groped around desperately for someone so she wouldn't stumble on the way out. Suddenly, she was lifted off her feet, and slung over someone's shoulder. She heard her friends laugh as her carrier started walking with her over his shoulder.
Hey! What's the big idea?" she protested. Feeling a long ponytail brush against her arm, she grinned mischievously. She took the ponytail in her hands and gave it a light jerk.
"Let me down now if you don't want me to detach your hair from your scalp," she threatened, barely suppressing a giggle.
Ray set her down on her feet just for a moment before sweeping her up in his arms, bridal style. "Happy now?" he asked in resignation. It was evident that he did not enjoy the thought of his hair saying good bye to his head.
She burrowed her face into his chest and smiled, "Yep, very happy."
The weather was bright and sunny like summer days should be. About an hour later, they arrived at their location. Zarine heard voices of people talking, lots and lots of them. Suddenly, she heard a plane coming closer and closer to land…
"Wait, are we going on a trip to somewhere?" she asked suspiciously.
Jewels shook her head, forgetting that her friend was blindfolded.
"Well?" the petite girl asked when she didn't hear a response.
"No," Kai answered gruffly, and smirked at the tall red head. Jewels' only response was to look away, pointedly ignoring him.
Ray picked his girlfriend up again, so she wouldn't get trampled or lost in the crowded airport. They made their way to the gate where people coming to Japan would go through. Then they waited…
"Zarine!" someone called when he spotted her silver hair.
Forgetting everything in her joy, Zarine ripped the blindfold off of her and ran to her best friend. "Jeff!" she cried, before flinging herself onto him. ""Oh my gosh," she murmured.
He laughed and spun her around in a circle before setting her down again. "You're here," she said, "I can't believe it! You're actually here!" She hugged him even tighter. "I've missed you so much!"
She took a good look at him. "You are so tall now," she commented. He was almost as tall as Ray, and the last time that she had seen him, he wasn't even a head taller than she was.
"And you're still so little," he replied, ruffling her hair fondly.
"Give your bro a hug too," Will said beside them. Zarine happily obliged him, and positively beamed at him.
"You should have told me that you were coming," she said, frowning slightly. "I missed all the excitement and anticipation of seeing the both of you."
Jeff held up his hands in defense, and told her, "Ray wanted it to be a surprise." He looked back at where her friends were standing, and gave a start when he saw Ray's black hair. So that must be him, he thought sadly. Zarine had sent him a ton of pictures even since he bugged her about it.
"Oh! Come and meet my friends!" she said brightly, dragging him back to where the others where waiting. When he saw her smile, his sadness evaporated and everything was fine again. It was going to be a fun two weeks with his best friend.
There you have it! My new chapter!
