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Chapter Six: Too Hungover to Think

Kiri awoke with a groan to find herself in a bed that wasn't hers, but at least the room belonged to and Angel Guard student from what she could tell. Oh, how her head pounded. She considered looking around but decided it hurt too much, and instead curled back up in the bed she was in and fell asleep.

She was awoken several hours later by a prodding finger in her side. She swatted in the general direction of the hand, and buried her head in the smelling of very sexy cologne pillow she had been sleeping on. She was poked yet again, and this time she pulled herself up to find her Einar and Alec staring at her. It was Alec who had been doing the poking. Her brother seemed to be standing off to the side being pissed. He had gotten very responsible around the time they came up with the idea of Angel Guard, and Kiri had no doubt that he would be upset about his underage sister getting drunk in a bar. Kiri also recalled that had an extra class she was supposed to teach today. Despite the fact it was Saturday. Einar was a slavedriver. She checked the time and saw her class had started fifteen minutes ago.

"Aww shit." Her brother raised one eyebrow at her, and glared waiting for an explanation of his sister's antics, "I had a rough day yesterday buddy. Give me a break. I have a class I'm supposed to be teaching."

"Nel's covering it." Kiri winced. From the tone of her brother's voice she was in for it. He was very pissed. Einar pissed tended to be a rather scary thing. She'd be lucky if she was just suspended after this one.

"You disappeared without telling anyone where you were going. You went to a bar and got wasted, as a minor. You showed every intention of driving back had not Alec found you. You never checked in with anyone to say you were okay this morning. You are missing teaching your class. Is there anything else?" by the end Einar was practically shouting causing Kiri to wince. Smart ass comments were not a good idea right now. Not like Einar had never gotten drunk as a minor in a bar. The two older Leonhart's were magic at getting into them. She grabbed her head in pain. Oh she had a headache. A very bad headache. She just wanted to take some aspirin and sleep. That wasn't too much to ask.

"Kiriauna Raine Leonhart you are restrained to the main building for the next week, and are suspended from active duty for a month. You know this mean's you will also not get paid for the next month. I want to talk to you later, but I need you at your best mentally so get some sleep first."

"Einar, as shitty as I feel right now, I'll be unsuspended before I'm at my best again."

Einar rolled his eyes at his sister, "Shut up and get some sleep." He saluted the two of them and they returned the salute, although Kiri's was half hearted, and exited Alec's room. Kiri rolled over onto Alec's bed, and showed every intention of going back to sleep when Alec poked her once more.

"You weren't thinking of spending the day on my bed were you?"

"Actually, I was thinking of spending the rest of the week here if you don't mind." Alec chuckled at the young woman, and sat beside her, pushing her over until he had enough room to lie down next to her. He placed his arms behind his head and watched the ceiling for a moment before Kiri spoke.

"What is it?"

"Excuse me?"

"You have a question for me. I can tell. And in case you're wondering, no I am not a virgin."

"Not what I was thinking, but I'll keep it in mind for future reference. Do you…remember anything you said last night?"

"Not particularly. Are you going to tell me?"

"You were talking about your mom. You claimed she had an affair." Alec could tell from the way Kiri stiffened up, that he had hit a raw nerve. "Listen I'm sorry. You don't have to answer." Kiri ignored him, her intense blue eyes staring at the ceiling.

"Yeah, she did. Hard to believe huh? I always feel bad thinking about it, since she was one of the heroes who stopped Ultimecia and all. I mean, she was a role model to the entire world. She couldn't have done something like that right? But she did." Alec listened to Kiri, his grey eyes closed as he absorbed her words. Kiri seemed rather upset about her mother's actions, but he never expected what she said next, "Selfish bitch. Dad gave up everything for her, but did she care? Not a bit." Kiri shifted her position so she was facing the wall, and Alec could tell from the huskiness of her voice that she was crying. He doubted she wanted him to know that however.

"Listen, stay here as long as you need. I need to go meet someone." Alec rolled with almost feline grace off the bed and sauntered over to the door, exiting a moment later. Kiri buried her head deeper into his pillow. She could marry this man if he continued to wear this cologne forever.

Why did she tell him that? Catten knew, and so did Einar, who had discovered his mother's indiscretions around the time she did, but they didn't discuss it. It was their very own elephant in the fridge. Or whatever that stupid story was. Something about and elephant that everyone knows is there, but they refuse to talk about it. Whatever. She had always liked her dad better anyways. She brushed a final tear away and dozed off within a few moments. She still needed to talk with Einar. What the hell did he want anyways?