Hey all, sorry about the delays. I've been busy for a couple of days…well…weeks and didn't get a chance to put the story up…So…again…I'm sorry. So this chapter will be longer than the previous one.
Laterz,
Chapter
The sun finally rises to bring with it, a new day. Inside Brianna's room, the blinds are shut so the awaking sunlight will not penetrate their dreams. The morning riser of the four opens her eyes. Nancy stretching with a yawn escaping her mouth.
'Wow that was some night. So much dancing, drinking, and fun.' Nancy thought, with a smile, getting out of her sleeping bed to sluggishly walk to the facilities.
The noise of the toilet running in the room beside them awakens the light sleeper, Kai. 'That was such a night.' Kai thought, drowsiness in her eyes, rolling onto her back, arms behind her head. 'Also that dream. His touch was gentle, like a caress.' Kai thought. "Nikias" Kai said quietly, her voice betraying her, thankfully Nancy not hearing it.
Getting up herself, to use the facilities, she quietly asks Nancy to start up the computer so she could check her emails. So while Kai is away for the short time, the computer is booting up, getting ready for it's day of use. Just as the computer is done, Kai walks into the room, rubbing her eyes from any sleep left in them. "Got someone you know that'll email you?" Nancy asked with a smirk "I don't know what you're talking about Nancy." Kai said, with an innocent smile on her face. "Bull, you know that someone emailed you. Someone you care about and like." Nancy said, knowing everyone like a book, front to back and in between.
Each one knew each other too well for their own good, which was something too freaky, So while Nancy started to wonder who it is, Kai logs into her account, where low and behold lay her email. "I should have know it would have been him." Nancy said, with a smile "Quiet you." Kai said, a slight blush forming, opening up the email.
Hey Kai
Happy 18th Birthday! I hope you had a blast clubbing in Hull. I just hope you didn't get totally wasted and nothing bad happened. I'll talk to you later
Ciao,
DerekP.S: A kiss on the cheek for the b-day girl
P.S.S: And my present to you. I'm coming to Ottawa to live in September this year. I have arranged with my parents for me to move out and live my own life.
"Oh my god!" Kai exclaimed, a bit too loud for the two sleeping forms on the floor. "Just gimme a few more minutes. I swear I'll be up by then." Julie mumbled, pulling her pillow over her ears. The three girls look at Julie with amusement, and started to laugh. "Always leave it up to Julie to want to sleep-in until 11." Brianna said, fighting back a yawn while stretching.
Still full of happiness and energy, Kai with a big grin on her face tackles Brianna. "Wo, calm down. I know you're happy that you're 18 but can't you chill down for a moment?" Brianna said, Kai getting off, the two sitting up. "Derek's coming to Ottawa!" Kai yelled, waking up Julie again, who throws a pillow flat into Kai's face. "I'm trying to sleep you crazy newbie adult." Julie said, grabbing the closest pillow within reach, and at that moment Brianna decides to lay her head back down on her pillow. "Hey! Where'd my pillow go?" Brianna asked, her head a little hurt going too fast for the floor, and seeing Julie with her pillow. "Julie! Pillow fight!" Brianna yelled, yanking her pillow from Julie and smacking her in the face, fully waking her up she grabs the next closest pillow.
Time passes by while pillow fighting. Kai is still not able to withhold Derek coming to Ottawa. It is all they talk about because they all wanted to him as well. "Oh, so that's why you woke me up with your excitement?" Julie asked, an eyebrow cocked.
The pillow fight ceased and everyone is heading to Brianna's bed to have a seat. "Yup." Kai said with happiness, getting a pillow in her face from Julie, once again. "Next time wait until I'm actually up to be happy with you." Julie said, sitting down with everyone. "You think she would have lasted? She would have exploded." Nancy said, laughing with the picture of Kai exploding due to the excitement, along with the other three.
"You guy alright?" Brianna's father asked, after knocking on the door. "You bet." They all said. "Pancakes and everything else?" Brianna's father asked, knowing it was their usual breakfast when they stayed over. "I'll make it!" Kai exclaimed "Alright Kai. Just don't burn down the house." Brianna's father said jokingly, walking away. "I won't" Kai said, through the door. "You still love cooking when you're not in your own house." Julie said, "You're crazy. We just cook when we're told to." Nancy said. "Yea, but you guys know that your houses is like me having three other houses." Kai said. "True true." Brianna said, getting up with the other following.
Everyone went to the kitchen, which was also the dining room, with the table in the back corner. Kai went straight to work at making breakfast. She went to the fridge to get the eggs and milk out and put them on the counter to her left. Underneath that counter, she opened the cabinets to get the frying pan, a plastic container, and a small-sized pot. Closing the door as she turns around to go to the other end of the small kitchen to get the oatmeal mixture, pancake mix, and bread from the upper cabinet. Slowly she starts her breakfast making routine for her friends. All the while, her friends begin to chat about the night before and how fun and how cute the boys were. They still thought they should help her, but every time they tried, Kai stopped them. With a spatula in hand, she would say not to help and that she wished to make it. So they finally just gave up.
Later on, just as the pancakes were right off the pan, the three started to dig in. Until Kai was finished with the pancakes, during that time she made the oatmeal. The oatmeal was served right afterwards. It didn't matter to Kai that the pancakes were done, but all she wanted was her small bowl of oatmeal and French toast. So while her friends were eating their piece of oatmeal, Kai started to make the French toast with cinnamon already in the egg mixture. The breakfast went by quickly and the kitchen wasn't as messy as it would have been in the past. So afterwards, Kai made the last of the French toast, and sat down with them on her plate. Her friend already almost done with their French toast. Everyone was full after their breakfast, and Kai always made the same amount each time. She always made a couple of pancakes, a bit of oatmeal, and a few slices of French toast for everyone. The smell of good cooking filled the house, when Brianna's family came into the kitchen. "I missed out on Kai's cooking again." Brianna's little brother said. "Sorry Jerry." Kai said, bringing her empty plate to the sink, turning on the taps to fill the sink and let the dishes soak. "Don't worry about the dishes. We'll do them." Brianna's mother said. "Thank you." Kai said "You're welcome." Brianna's mother said, already starting with the dishes.
The girls gather back upstairs to Brianna's room to pack their belongings that they brought with them. Upon doing so, they gave their friend their presents. Kai received a book for each of them, and then together they got her a loose but close to the neck silver necklace with a heart as the handle to the key dangling. Kai was grateful and gave her friends a big bear hug.
The thought never struck Kai and the girls until now. Kai would be moving to Texas by herself in a month, which saddened everyone especially Kai.
Time passed and soon it was time for everyone to depart the girls' real houses. Good news was soon bestowed upon Kai; they had made arrangements for only her father to move to the States. So during the two months of vacation just after graduation from high school they got together as much as they could. However that wasn't possible because of their different jobs. Julie and Nancy working in the fast food business, Brianna at a grocery place just around the corner, and Kai working at a retirement place being a dietary aid. During the night when they were free, they talked and hung out. Also during that time, Kai and Derek talked long conversations and waited for the move.
Summer months roll by too fast for anyone to fully enjoy it. September begins, and an American is now loading onto the airplane to create his own new life in the neighbour country called Canada. Unknowingly days before, in the Land of the Beaver new dangers entered. Heroes were no where to be seen, the emptiness spread like wild fire from the inside out.
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