Chapter thirteen

"He's no brother of mine"

Sahara and Gordie, after making sure Chris was asleep, slumped down on a neighbouring sofa. Gordie's doe like eyes were drooping with sleep and every so often his head would loll onto Sahara's shoulder.

"Gordie, wake up!" she hissed, prodding him in the ribs.

"What! I'm awake Saks!"

Sahara looked worriedly over at Chris; she let her eyes travel up and down, with the rise and fall of Chris's bare chest.

"I can't believe what we just did" she said, no hint of regret in her voice.

"Yeh I know, I mean I always knew it would've been Chris first, but not Chris with you" he laughed. "So did it hurt?"

"What! I can't believe you're asking me this Gordie, Geez!" she giggled.

"Well I ain't like you got any girlfriends to ask you!"

Sahara pondered this thought for a moment, her bottoming lip eating her top lip, "true, you do have a point."

"I know I do!"

"Yeh ok, well yeh it kinda did, but y'know when you're in the heat of the moment and everything is happening so fast, and when Chris….."

"Ok Saky learn to realize when you're giving to much info!" he interrupted.

She hit is arm, "Oh shut up!"

Sahara looked at her watch her eyes widening in alarm, "holy shit look a the F-ing time Gordie!"

"What is the time?"

"1:00, Jesus you gotta go home!" she cried jumping off the couch and hauling him up.

"Oh fuck I've got baseball at 7:00, see you Saks make sure if anything happens you come get me, ok?" he said, jogging over to the open window and cocked his leg over the edge.

"Sure thing" Sahara replied, holding the window up, as Gordie gave her a quick peck on the cheek, and disappeared into the darkness.

She lightly shut the window and tip-toed over to the bed that was occupied by her fallen knight in shining amour. Placing her hands on her hips she shook her head, "how have we come to this, my love" she whispered, pulling the covers away and delicately hopping in.

Feeling Chris's body up against hers, she brushed away his hair from his damp forehead and kissed his cheek remembering his smell.

"I love you, baby."

Sunlight can be a cruel thing, when it wakes you from heaven.

Chris couldn't bear to open his eyes, in fear of losing Sahara's body next to him. Sahara moaned a little as Chris stroked her rosy face.

"I love you so much" he whispered to her sleeping form.

Sahara tried to suppress a smile, to hear Chris (a Chambers) uttering such words made her want to cry. The door bell sounded, Chris's body jerked from beside her.

"Christ!" he laughed, looking down at Sahara.

"Good morning, how you feeling?" she laughed, bringing her hand up to stroke his chest.

"Much better thank you."

"Good, ok turn around, no ones home so I betta get the door."

Chris crack a grin, "you are joking, was last night a blur to you, cos from what I can remember we saw a lot of each other!"

Sahara playfully cuffed him, "Shut up and give me the blanket!"

"Nah"

"You….. I hope I get pregnant just despite you!" she laughed, pulling at the sheets. The door bell sounded once more.

"C'mon Chris, give it to me" she whined.

"Nah"

"FINE!" Sahara slipped gracefully from the bed, attired in only her birthday suit she tiptoed to the wardrobe, pulling out a pair of jeans and a blue sleeveless top.

Sahara opened the door, before leaving she flipped Chris the bird.

"I'm coming!" Sahara shrieked at the door.

Opening it she found a sight that uplifted her heart, "ACE!" she screamed happily throwing her arms around the 6 foot tall, bleached blonde haired, spunk.

"Hey lil one, how's my favourite girl been going?" he smiled, ruffling her hair and kissing her on the cheek.

"Good, fine, anyway who cares bout me, tell me all about your trip, was it totally boss, I beat it was!" she cried, leading Ace over onto the couch.

Sahara had always been close to Ace, even with the strife between him and Chris. She was with all the Cobra's they'd basically raised her and she knew all of them like the back of her hand. That's why it had killed her when the 'incident' with Eyeball had occurred, in her eyes the Eyeball she once loved and respected had died.

She had buried him somewhere special in her heart, where only she could visit and mourn for her lost kinsmen.

"It was awesome, Billy got smashed most of the time, but that was fine, the other boys and I had our own fun anyway" he laughed.

"Hey, yeh where are those boys!"

"They'll be back next week sometime, I drove back myself"

Chris began to feel cold, the absence of Sahara's body next to him was his heater and she'd been down stairs rather along time. Deciding the curiosity never killed the cat, he jumped out of bed, threw on some pants before thundering down the enormous stair case.

"Hey Sahara baby come back to bed" he called, entering her living room.

Sahara heard the words, saw Aces face, and had a dreadful urge to vomit.

Chris entered the room, also saw Aces face, and stood stock still.

"Mother Fucker!" Ace whispered.

"Ace don't, please" Sahara urged.

"Shhh Sahara" Ace replied.

"Oh don't shhhhhh me please, Ace I've grown up y'know, I'm not the ten year old girl that used to come with you to the creek, I don't love you any less though, you're family!"

"Did you, with him, with that!" Ace grimaced, extending a finger out towards Chris.

"Ace, this ain't any of your fucking business!" Chris interjected.

"You touched her, I'll fucking rip your head from your shoulders!" Ace roared inching closer to the defiant Chris.

"Oh, we're not having another scene, just because I did it with Chris, I do love him y'know Ace" Sahara laughed nervously.

"Saky don't say that" Ace begged.

"So you had it off with Saky, you better start running BOY!" Ace warned, jerking forward.

Sahara could feel her control slipping, and the panic rising, she was going to have to do something drastic to stop Chris getting the pulp beaten out of him.

"It's not that Chambers you should be threatening for touching me!" Sahara cried out.

Chris looked sadly at her, "Oh Sacky"

At this Ace turned a perplexed stare on his handsome face, "What do you mean?"

"It's not Chris Chambers I need protecting from, try the older brother"

Ace still stared at her, confusion evident on his face until realization washed like a tidal wave across it.

"What did Eyeball do to you, did he touch you, god did he…." Ace whispered.

"He tried" She winced.

"I'll get him, I'll. I'll, kill the mother!" Ace hissed, brandishing his pocket knife.

"Oh Jesus!" Sahara said, looking with wide eyes at the blade.

"No Ace Chris has already had a go at him; it's over now lets just forget about it"

"I can't, your like our baby, it's disgusting, Eyeball has to pay" Ace replied calmly flicking the blade in and out of its socket, "I have to go" Ace maneuvered past her, sprinting past Chris and out the front door.

"Ace!" Sahara shrieked, "Chris, do something"

"Why?"

"He's your brother!"

"He's no brother of mine" Chris replied silently.