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Chapter four

Hunter spent most of the night trying to get Simone's mind off of this new information. They watched Tv, spoke about Blake's tour along with everything and anything that had nothing to do with Gabriel, Matthew or Sabrina. As they watched one of Hunter's dvd movies, Simone fell asleep. Seeing this, Hunter grabbed a spare blanket, covered her and went to his own room to sleep.

When Simone woke up the next morning, she found that she wasn't in her room at her cousin's house. In fact, she was on a couch with a blanket around her. It took her a little while to realise she fell asleep round Hunter's that night. Simone wondered if her cousin noticed if she was missing, or even worse Gabriel. She sat up to hear the sound of music and to smell the aroma of food coming from the kitchen. Disrobing the blanket from around her Simone walked into the kitchen and watched Hunter at work. She had never seen this side of him. Hunter smiled knowing she was there. He was a ninja power ranger at some point in his life. "Hungry?"

"Yeah. Totally missed dinner last night." Simone sat down round the table. As Hunter brought over the food and beverage.

"I called your cousin and told her you were at work. She didn't know why, since it's the weekend. But then I remembered, I am a hardass boss according to you." Hunter tried to lighten the mood but it didn't work. "I also told Sensei Watanabe what you told me last night."

Simone looked up. "You told him?"

"He was very interested to hear about it. He wants to see us both today. He say it isn't uncommon for the same group of people to stick together in different times, so he wasn't surprised to hear that, you know, we were close back then. Extreamly close." Hunter whispered the last part to himself. He sat down with a cup of coffee and toast before speaking up again. "He says there could be a way to find out if I did...erm you know."

"If Matthew did. Not you."

"But he is me in a way." They both fell silent for a little while. That was until they heard footsteps entering the kitchen. "I didn't think you would actually wake upe today, let alone before midday."

Shane just grunted and nodded his good morning to the two. He still looked like he was half asleep as he walked towards the fridge while wondering why Simone was round early in the morning. "Dustin and I saw Marah and Kapri last night so we all ended up hanging out together. I don't even know what time we got in last night."

"I didn't even hear you get in." Hunter looked at Simone. "Did you?"

"Nope."

Shane raised his eyebrows and pointed at the British girl. "You spent the night here? As in..."

"Bro, she fell asleep on the couch." Hunter interjected before Shane finished his assumption.

"Ok. So what brought you over?" Shane asked her.

Simone shrugged. "I was walking around after a crazy night and I was passing here." She lied. She didn't want to tell Shane the real reason.

"Uh huh." Shane grinned. "So it wasn't something that was arranged beforehand because Hunter left early last night."

Hunter rolled his eyes. "I'm going to get myself ready."

"Why? Where are you going?"

"Dude I'm older than you so I don't have to explain my business." Hunter walked out of the kitchen.

Shane was taken aback slightly. Hunter was known to be snapish in the mornings, but never like that. "What's eating him?"

Simone simply shrugged. She wished she hadn't told Hunter now. But he had the right to know, so he could be ready just incase Gabriel tried something. Thinking about Gabriel triggered something in her mind. Emma was meant to be back that day.

Sensei Watanabe sat down in deep meditation. He found Hunter's story about Matthew and Sabrina very intriging. He opened his eyes when he heard his brothers ranting.

"How long are you going to keep me locked in this cage? I want freedom. You here me? FREEDOM. And what's with the food? I'm a space ninja, not a pet."

"Care to look in a mirror." Cam said as he entered the room and joined his father.

"You wait until I get out of here nephew."

"What are yu going to do? Bite my ankles?" Cam mocked.

"Cameron. Do not jester Lothor." Sensei advised.

Lothor folded his tiny arms. He had a comeback but his brother interupted it. "You need to teach your boy respect, brother. He needs disipline."

"And you need to be quiet Lothor." Sensei stood up. "Cam, has Hunter called in again yet?"

"Yes. I was just coming to tell you that he said he's going to be late. Apparently, Emma is back today. What are you planning on doing about their situation?"

"First I need to talk to them both. Then we'll see. I also want to see this Emma. So I can make sure for myself that she is truly not a threat anymore."

The atmosphere in Hunter's car was very silent as he drove to Simone's house. Not able to take anymore of it, Hunter turned on the radio. He flicked through many radio stations before Simone stopped him.

"Wait, I know this song." Simone smiled for the first time that day. "My mum used to play it alot. I remember I was so bored of it when she played it over and over. It's been years since I last heard it. Well the original version that is."

"I've heard the remix version of this. I've got to admit, this isn't my kind of music."

"You can change the station if you want to."

"No. The song means alot to you. It makes you happy." Hunter glanced at her before turning back to the road. After talking to Blake, he had planned to take their relationship further but after recent events, he decided to put it on hold. He listened as Simone sung along to the song in a low voice.

I've learned to feel what I cannot see

but with you, I lose that vision.

I don't know how to dream your dream,

so I'm all caught up in superstition.

I want to reach out and pull you to me,

Who says I should let a wild one go free.

Trying to catch your heart

Is like trying to catch a star.

But I can't love you this much baby,

and love you from this far.

It didn't take long for them to arrive at Simone's house. The first thing they noticed was that her cousin's car was missing from the drive-way which meant she had already left to go grocery shopping. Simone led Hunter into the house and straight upstairs to her room, where she left the ring.

"Are you ready to see her again?" Hunter asked.

Simone shook her head. "No. But I don't have a choice."

"I'm sure you do. Look if you don't want to watch her, I will." Hunter offered as he stood behind Simone.

"Yeah right. Leave you alone with her." Simone said without thinking. She changed her sentence to make it sound like she was more worried rather than jealous. "For all we know, she can turn you again or hurt you."

"Turn me again?" Hunter took this the wrong way. "You think that I'll turn evil and hurt you? I thought you trusted that I wouldn't."

"I do." Simone looked down. "Just forget I said anything." She walked towards the ring which still laid on the dresser. "Let's get this over and done with." Simone took a deep breath before continuing. She was nervous but she wasn't about to tell Hunter that. "Gabriel, you can come out now with Emma." She stood back waiting for the familiar glow to appear. When it did, it hovered down to the floor before transforming into two figures.

Gabriel's eyes immediatly rested on Hunter, while Simone's rested on Emma.

"Hello my friend. Long time no see." Emma greeted. She knew this wasn't going to go well.

A/N: Next chapter coming soon. Lyrics: Waiting for a star to fall - by Boy Meets Girl.