Weehee! I managed to squeeze in another chappy! But I can't say I'm too happy with it… / I don't like it when things go too fast… Of course, it may seem like it's going too fast… But I'm not planning on coupling them two in a long long time! Wanna know wut the Hell I mean? Well read on! And be patient, it's a big one!
:sigh:… only 8 days before I leave… This is it! ;-;
Kevin shows up btw! n-n
The Master and The Apprentice
By Kitty-Kris
Chapter 4: Melody takes over
No . way… This- can't be happening… No… Please God NO!
I growled and tossed the paper sheets back down to my desk in frustration as my cell phone rang again. I didn't even bother checking who it was… it wasn't that hard…
Kevin.
The idiot had spent the last week trying to coax me into giving him more physical info on Melody, her address, her cell phone, and God knows what else. And I had spent these past few days ignoring his calls… pretty much like I was doing now! Damn it. Damn that girl! This is all her fault!
I growled again and stood from my desk, tossing myself into my bed and sighing deeply. Tomorrow was going to be one shitty day… One . degrading . shitty . Hell of a fucking day… DAMN HER! And damn my fucking no good luck! I rolled over so I wouldn't face the stupid desk and replayed this week's past events in my head. Nothing but disgraces. I had managed to get that- Jessica or whatever in bed right on our first night like Garland had said I would. Of course, like he had also said, she was still clinging on me every chance she got. So no more lunches at Ned's with Garland and the kids for me… She knows I go there and so she goes there too. So I've been cooking lately… Did I mention I suck at cooking? Meh… wasn't even that good of a lay… Though- it was- partially- my fault… I- kept- thinking of- someone else… Oh Christ this is so embarrassing… I was having sex with one of the hottest blondes I had ever been with and I kept thinking about- ABOUT THE FRIGGIN' BANSHEE! And how- her voice had sounded the- other day… I need therapy… I'll be needing it for sure after what'll happen tomorrow… HOW COULD I LOSE! No, HOW COULD SHE WIN! Damn DAMN DAMN! This will actually ruin our relationship… we were actually getting along pretty well… compared to how we got along before of course…
"So, have you started correcting our tests yet?"
I looked up at her with a snarl. I hate it when kids ask me that. "No."
"Figured…" she mumbled
"Got a problem with the time I take correcting your test?"
"Why as a matter of fact, yes. I want to shove it in your face as soon as possible." She said smugly
I laughed "Shove what in my face? What are you expecting?"
She placed her hands on my desk so our faces were leveled and smirked "Nothing lower than brilliant. I know I got everything right. I can assure you I did."
"Right…" I stood and started packing my things. I wasn't wasting my time with her surreal fantasies.
"I'm telling you. I know I got it all right. Actually, I'm so sure-" she didn't finish, taking a thinking expression.
"You'll what? Like you said, that was a college hard test… I'd be surprised you passed it let alone- get a perfect score in it!"
She scowled at me "Oh yeah? Well I'll tell you what… I'm so sure I got it all right that if by any rotten chance I didn't… I- I'll be your slave for a whole day." she smirked deviously. "But if I do… then you'll be my slave for one . whole . day…"
Oh you're on girly! "Deal…" we shook our hands, exchanging a couple of defiant glances, hers with that usual predatory glint… Brr! 'Oh will I make you pay for everything you've been putting me through… I'm winning this… There's a 99 percent chance I'll win… So she's as good as mine… hehe…'
I grumbled and stood quickly, stalking over to my desk and re-checking her test for the tenth time. No… no… no… DAMN! How could I be so stupid? I should have known she would have never made this bet if she wasn't absolutely positive she'd win… And she- did… DAMN! DAMN DAMN DAMN- my cell suddenly decided to cheerfully interrupt my cursing dance, to which I growled and finally answered it "WILL YOU PISS OFF ALREADY! I AM NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT HER NOW FUCK OFF AND LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE ALREADY YA FRIGGIN'- WANKER!"
"Hum… Is this- Kai?"
Whoops… "Garland? Sorry I- thought it was someone else… Huh… why are you calling at this hour anyways?"
"Huh… Well… you know I heard you two yesterday and I was- curious…"
"Heard what? Who?"
"You and Melly… And I wanna know… who won the bet?"
I felt my whole face's temperature raise some 100 degrees at least "I- huh… haven't- seen her test- yet…"
"You're a lousy liar ya know? She won didn't she?" he chuckled "Oh my God! You have no idea of what she has in store for you…"
He knows? "What! When did she tell you? What is it?"
"I'm talking to her on MSN now…Oh, and she just sent me a list… hehe… I hope you like cooking… and pink…"
COOKING? PINK? "WHAT! YOU GIVE ME HER E-MAIL RIGHT NOW!"
He laughed "I was joking! She's not online!"
"Damn you…"
"Don't worry… you'll talk to her tomorrow… hehe…"
"Shut up. Now beat it, I'm gonna crash…"
"Nighty night! Dream about her. I'm sure she'll do the same…"
I growled and turned the cell off while he went on laughing like some- maniac! I don't get this obsession he has with me and- her… She's my student for crying out loud! Even if I wanted something with her it'd be impossible! I'd get- fired if not arrested or whatever and she- well I don't really know… And who cares!
I quickly took my clothes off without bothering to find me a PJ shirt and finally laid down on my bed. I sighed and closed my eyes trying to get some sleep since I only had- five hours till my alarm clock decided to torment me with the morning's usual crappy music.
"Kai…"
I frowned and sat up, looking around my room to find- nothing… Damn I really need some sleep…
"Kai…"
Nothing… back to- sleep…
"Kai?"
I'm sleeping…
"Kai…" something brushed my neck, making me sit up quickly from my bed, again to find nothing. I sighed and looked out the window. Is my room haunted now? Oh boy… Just what I need… "Kai… look at me." I jolted my head and I would have jumped my full height if there hadn't been a person sitting on my lap. A person that I knew hadn't been there a second before for sure. Oh man… I need an exorcist…
"Kai…"
"W- what?" I propped myself on my elbows as the- woman? hauled herself closer to me, the moonlight revealing her features as she straddled my lap and- sent me a predatory- glint… OH SHIT NOT AGAIN!
She purred and pulled me up closer to her "Kiss me…"
"Hng… Get off me!" that would work… this is my dream so I'm in control… YEAH!
She smirked "Nuh-huh… you're my slave… so you do as I say… Now kiss me…" she whispered, pulling me even closer. Ugh! I could feel every little inch of her front on me and it wasn't exactly comfortable… Ok so it was… NO! I gotta wake up! "Damn it, kiss me!" she wrapped her arms around my neck, leaning her forehead into mine, her teeth clenched… Damn she's a little too strong- CHOKING ME HERE! Whatever… Gotta wake up… come on! Beep beep! Alarm clock! Wake up! Oh man… I don't need this… "Please… kiss me before he comes…"
Huh? "Before who comes?"
She loosened her grip on my neck and drew back a bit "Please…" she ran her fingers down my cheek, her eyes closing and her head tilting back a bit. "I- I…" I swallowed dryly and felt myself lean in closer to her, closing my eyes as I felt her lips beneath mine- NO! I yanked back and scooted as far from her as I could. Hum, I don't remember having such a long bed… "Ok! I kissed you! Now beat it and leave me alone already!"
"No!" she pouted "I want you to stay with me. He might come back. As long as there's someone with me there's nothing he can do." She wormed her way closer to me again and laid down on top of me, sighing and reaching for my hand "You can keep me safe… Can't you?" she clutched it tightly, looking up at me "Huh… sure… huh… can you- please go away now?"
"Kai…" she hoisted herself up so her face hovered a few inches just above mine "Please… I can be yours here… it's ok…"
"I don't want this damn it! Get off m- !" I was interrupted by her impertinent little mouth crashing down on mine again, her free hand running up my chest to cup the nape of my neck. Oh damn it! Why me? I spend my entire days putting up with her, either at school or at Robert's or- Hell, EVERYWHERE! It's like she stalks me! Hum, maybe she does… WHO CARES! Why do I have to put up with her in my dreams too? And why- does it feel so good… Oh what the Hell… it can't hurt… she's right… Besides, I can always pretend this is someone else…
I shook her hand from mine and wrapped my arms around her, sitting up and thus getting her on my lap, her lips never leaving mine. Now what to make of her? Pam Anderson? Too cliché… Carmen Elektra? Nah… Hum… Angelina Jolie… nice… hot… Angie it is then!
I broke the kiss and smirked, whispering into her ear "Melody…" WHAT? That came out wrong… C'mon! Angelina… "Melo-dy…"
An-ge-li-na… come on, it's simple… Or- call her Angy! "Melly?" It's hopeless. I'm trapped with her… "I love it when you say my name…" With her and corny second class mushy movie lines… Why me? "Kai…" she sighed my name again and ground her hips into mine "S- Stop that…" I clenched my teeth as she did it again, chuckling deviously and kissing me hotly, continuing her motion.
I gasped and gripped her hips, urging for her to go faster… Ok… the Goddamned animal in me was taking over, she was- well it felt- nice to say the least and I was tired of fighting so sue me! Besides, it's just a dream… "Kai…"
"Shut- up already! You're- wearing out- my name…" I said between gasps. This isn't so bad… I sighed and kissed her myself this time, at least she shuts up and doesn't remind me of what I'm doing and to who.
She broke the kiss again "But your cell's ringing… can't you hear it?"
Indeed… the stupid thing was ringing… but screw it! It was probably just Kevin anyway… "Ignore it…" She shrugged and yanked at my shirt- hey I wasn't wearing one- Where am I anyways? I looked around as she entertained herself unbuttoning my shirt, my eyes wide at the nature of the surroundings. I was- in a classroom… Hum… and still on my bed… freaky… Oh well… I took the- shirt off and blinked as she- started unbuckling my pants… Someone's in a hurry here… I shrugged and was about to get her clothes off as well when I noticed they had just magically disappeared- OH CHRIST SHE'S NAKED!
"MELODY!" I pushed her and looked away, blushing hard, suddenly feeling very self-conscious… "No, I can't do this…"
"What are you afraid of?" I looked back up to find her back where she previously was, just a few inches away from me, her eyes gleaming with mischievousness "Me? I won't bite… Unless you want me to…" she took my right hand and placed it between her breasts, slowly guiding it downwards… Her skin was silky… "Touch me Kai…" she sighed into my ear, suckling at it's lobe afterwards. Nice… I mean er… OH SCREW IT ALREADY!
I was about to go for it and yes, actually enjoy it when an annoying buzz erupted from somewhere and she dissolved into thin air, along with everything else, the surroundings changing back into my room. I blinked and rubbed my eyes, grumbling as I realized I- needed to change- my sheets… And my boxers… This can't be happening… I look like a- teenager dreaming of some- hook-up girl! GAH! I jolted my head up as the buzz went off again, and it took me a couple of seconds to realize it was my door bell. But- who would be bugging me at 5 in the morning? "Whoever you are, it better be important…" I grumbled and got off the bed, quickly changing into some clean shorts and a shirt before leaving my room and walking to the living room, standing right in front of the door. "Who is it?" I growled.
"Open up!"
Oh I am so not in the mood… "Kevin go away!"
"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR OR I SWEAR I'LL HAVE THIS WHOLE BUILDING WOKEN UP AND OUT FOR YOUR BLOOD!"
I growled and opened the door, to which he immediately strode in, pacing around my living room like a mad man "Ok, I am sick and tired of phoning over here and being ignored!" so the cell phone was ringing… And I did well in ignoring it too… Besides, my- hands were busy… hehe- Oh God I can't believe I'm saying this… "So now I'm here, flesh and bone or however it's said. So you'll tell me what I want to know, and you'll tell me now!"
"Yeah yeah…" I yawned "What's this about?"
He growled in exasperation "Melody!"
I felt my cheeks grow hot so I cleared my throat and looked away "Huh, what about her?"
He stopped his pacing and sent me a glare "I want you to quit being so selfish and introduce her to me-" he frowned at my blush "She wouldn't be here would she?" He peeked over to my room.
"No, she's not here. And I told you she wants nothing to do with you."
"Well after all the nice things you must have said about me how could she want anything to do with me? This is not fair Kai! I always introduce you to my girls and Hell, you could screw each and everyone of them and I wouldn't care! But it's not alright anymore if I want to meet a girl you went out with is it?"
"First of all, I didn't say anything about you, second, if that's what you want to meet her for then I'll make sure you never know who she is… I don't want you going near her with that kind of intentions."
"What? No! I want to meet her! To get to know her! She- c'mon Kai! I'm desperate here! I really want to meet this girl… There's just- something different about her…" Oh you have no idea… "Please!"
I rubbed my temple "Kevin, get out… it's 5 AM and I am not in the mood for this…"
"I am not leaving 'till you at least either show me a photo of her or give me her cell phone number!" he crossed his arms over his chest and glared at me hotly.
"Whatever. I want you out of the house in two minutes otherwise I'll call the police." I turned around and left into my room, where I proceeded to remove my bed sheets… Goddamned banshee… she's nothing but trouble! "Kevin…" my voice had a certain warning tone to it.
"I'm coming!" he rasped.
"I don't want you to come, I want you to go!" I growled and started down the corridor to find him hurriedly fiddling with something on the table and turning around to grin at me "I was just about to leave! Bye!" and before I could ask anything at all, he had left the premises, leaving me standing in the middle of my living room staring blankly at an object on top of the table. My phone book. He wouldn't… I picked it up and fingered the pages stopping at where the M's list was supposed to be, where Melody's name and number was supposed to be along with others… Though it wasn't there. He ripped the page and took it with him that friggin'- BASTARD!
Great! Now she's going to kill me…
(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)
"Here's your test…" I grumbled and watched as her huge grin became even wider. "Hehe…" She looked around casually and as soon as everyone else had left the classroom she leaned forward and patted my head annoyingly "Who's gonna be Melly's slave huh? Who? Kai-Pie!" she chuckled and stood straight again, grinning mischievously for a few seconds before blinking at me and pouting "What's wrong?"
I blushed. Had I been staring at her ches- NO! "Nothing! Just- what is it you want me to do anyways?"
"Hum…" she smirked "Well, you could buy me lunch for starters… and I get to chose where we'll eat. Oh wait… maybe I should make you watch me eat instead…"
"Melody… I'd advise you not to abuse my patience…" I sneered.
"Chill! I was kidding! Heehee…" she beamed at me and picked her bag up, leaving the classroom "I'll see ya in a sec then, outside school, you know where to find me. Buh bye! Don't be long!" and then- she left… Left the classroom and left me feeling- weird. I had spent that entire classroom avoiding her. Everytime I happened to lay my eyes on her –which were way too many times in my opinion… stupid eyes…- I kept- remembering how- good she had looked in my dream… Of course, I have to be rational and- understand that the image in my dream was a creation of mine… She's not like that in reality so… in a way… I wasn't dreaming about her… I was- dreaming about- some image I made- based on her for some fucked up reason. That's it! Hooray for Freud!
"KAI!"
"Huh?" I blinked for a few seconds and looked to my left. My face collapsed. "Jessica…"
"Well it's about time you noticed me! Where were you at? The moon?" she giggled.
I wished… "No. I was thinking. What do you want?"
She huffed "I missed you… why have you been avoiding me over the past week?" and then- she pouted… Humpf… it looks cuter when Melody does i- REWIND! ENOUGH ABOUT THE FRIGGIN' BANSHEE! "I- have? Huh… oh sorry but I- gotta go… Got- stuff to do…"
"No! Kai!" she whined.
"Sorry! I'll- er… talk to you later!" I dodged her and left the classroom hurriedly. I was already putting up with the Banshee's whims I didn't need this too!
"Kai."
"Grandfather…" I froze, my fists clenching "Yes?"
"Come into my office… I want to talk to you."
"I'm busy."
"Now." And without another word he opened the door and went in, leaving it open for me… Grr! I aughta-
"What is it?" I stalked inside after him and closed the door behind me, glaring at his back "Well?"
"Respect those who are above you- Mr. Hiwatari."
I snorted "Fine. What is you wish to discuss with me- sir?"
He turned to me, smirking "I want to know how you're doing so far. Hopefully well. I mean, how could you expect to teach college students if you can't even control a bunch of high school brats?"
I breathed slowly, controlling myself and answering as calmly as I could considering my overwhelming desire to rip him apart right there "Everything's going fine. They're improving. I made them a harder test and surprisingly none of them failed. I suppose they're finally learning something useful." Stupid girl… why did she have to learn something useful just when we- GRR!
He growled and turned back to the window, glaring down at the students that were at the parking lot- my "Master" among them I could see… and she looked pretty pleased with herself… WHY ME! "Good. Go on then." He snarled.
What, that's it? No more stupid comments? No 'it's not good enough'? Weird… "Good day then." I turned around and left the stupid office, leaving the stupid school building and making my way down to the stupid parking lot where they all were, Garland included. And Robert… No oversleeping today I see… hehe… They seemed pretty amused actually…
"No way! You got him ta be yar slave for the day?" Minx laughed "Yar truly unique!"
Tala grinned evilly "You augtha make him wear girly clothes or something…"
WHAT! DON'T GIVE HER IDEAS! "MELODY!"
They all turned to me looking caught, while she just shrugged "Oh hi! And don't worry. First of all, none of my clothes fit you, and second, I have a little more imagination than that…" she sent her friend a glare, to which he smirked "But didn't ol' Aunt Greta leave a couple of her dresses behind?"
She shuddered and hid behind her brother, who hugged her tightly, smiling softly at her "Don't even joke about that! I'm not touching those things without proper gloves and sterilization! Not even he deserves that!"
Minx chuckled "B'sides, there'd fit two of him in those ol' rags!"
I sighed "For crying out loud…"
Garland grinned at me "You should meet her! It's hilarious!"
Tala smirked "Is it ever! I'll give you a sample! Ian?"
The small boy puffed his chest and walked weirdly towards Melody, pinching her sides and clicking his tongue "Don't they feed you? And when are you planning to grow up! Ralf, you feed the girl! Come here! I'll make you a nice stew and you eat up everything! We need to fatten you up!" he then looked up at Robert and narrowed his eyes "Well aren't you a growing boy! Ralf! Stop feeding the boy and focus on your daughter! She's skin and bone! This is unacceptable! He froze in his track and looked Minx up and down in an exaggerated measuring look, then huffing and making them all laugh -including me actually… Ian should become a clown…- while he yanked at Melody's arm again "Now I aughta take you back home! You'd come back nice and fat!" Hehe… I wanna meet her…
"That's enough Ian…" Robert muttered as his sister chuckled and leaned her head into his chest, her eyelids heavy. Her brother rose an eyebrow at her as she yawned "You didn't get much sleep last night did you?"
"Yum, no… wasn't huh- sleepy…" she looked over at me and let go of her brother before he could question her any further like apparently he was planning to do. "Take me home Kai-Pie, I wanna change from my uniform before going out to lunch!" She grinned as I rolled my eyes and started walking towards my car, Melody following me as soon as she had waved goodbye to the rest of them. "So, where do you want me to take you for lunch?" I asked as I went into my car.
"Hum… I think I know… but be patient, I'll tell you in a while…" she chuckled and took the passenger seat next to mine, fastening her seatbelt just as I started the engine "Hum… now what to do with you…" she grinned mischievously.
"Don't try my patience… I'm your slave, not your- " what's lower than a slave? "Huh…"
"My what?" she smirked "You're my slave. Period. So you do as I say! I could get you to strip and run naked all the way to a pizza parlor for dinner if I wanted."
"Dream on. I'd just kill you and hide the body."
"And I'm the one dreaming? Hehe… you must dream about that a lot… I keep dreaming I'm the teacher and you're the student. It's weird… but fun!" I blushed. I didn't exactly want to talk about my dreams. Specially not with her. "Right…"
"What? You did?"
"Did what?"
"Dream with you strangling me?"
My cheeks were just about ready to boil an egg if anyone was interested. Damn. And she was noticing it too… DAMN! "Huh… yeah… kinda…"
"Kinda?"
Damn her… "Mind your own business!"
"No! I wanna know!" she smiled smugly "And you will tell me!"
"No I won't." I stopped the car in front of her house "Now go and don't take too long…"
She looked over at the house for a while, her gaze lingering over a car parked in front of the garage "Huh, sure! Actually huh- I'll only take- two minutes!"
I snorted "Yeah right…" women never take less that half an hour supposedly 'changing' to go out for dinner or lunch as it was our case.
"I'm not lying!" she insisted "Actually, if I take more than 2 minutes you can come up and huh- drag me out! No matter the state I'm in!" she smiled oddly. Almost- forcefully… What was that all about? It was almost as if she wanted me to drag her out… "O- k… I'm counting…"
She nodded and ran into her house, leaving me with a very suspicious frown upon my face. I looked over at the car, my eyebrow raised. It wasn't Robert's, and I knew it wasn't his father's neither because he had told me their parents weren't in town so who was it's owner?
My eyes widened as I remembered something. The guy they had been talking about… the guy she had- complained about- the guy who hurt her… Uh… two minutes are up… Ok, they're not but who cares!
I got out of the car and sprinted over to the front door, quickly but quietly going in and up the stairs, looking over at her room. The door was open… weird…
A muffled voice which certainly didn't belong to her sounded from inside. It sounded as if there was a struggle in there actually… "Hold still damnit- OW! Why you little-" I approached the door like a snake would it's prey just as I heard a smack, which in turn had me panicking "Melody?"
Some thumping sounded from inside as well as the same odd voice muttering something… it didn't sound very nice… Before I could go inside and check it out she appeared in front of me, slamming the door shut behind her and mustering an odd smile, her head jerked "I'm ready, sorry if I kept you waiting…" she muttered "Let's go, huh?"
"But-"
"Come on…" she grabbed my hand and hurriedly dragged me out of the house "I know where you can take me… It's this really nice Russian restaurant… Mom always took me there and-"
"Melody stop."
"Huh?" she blinked at me.
"Who was in that room with you?"
She looked caught for a second before pouting at me "No one. Can't a girl talk to herself now?"
"Oh… and you slap yourself too?" I grabbed her chin, making her look up at me, my thumb running over her red cheek. So soft… Herm! "Who was it?"
She glared back at me and slapped my hand away, getting into the car quickly "No one! Drop it and drive!"
I rolled my eyes and got in too "Fine… But it's like I told you, let's hope I don't find out the hard way…"
"And again I ask, what's that supposed to mean?"
I started the engine, ignoring her question "Where is that restaurant?"
"Answer me first."
I sighed and turned to her, looking her in the eyes for the first time in quite a while… considering I've been avoiding- this… and now I know why… I can't- move my eyes from hers- DAMN IT! "Well?"
"Huh?"
"How could you find out what the hard way?" She narrowed her eyes at me, giving me the- glint again… "Huh…" I felt my mouth go dry at her expression and next thing I knew I was on top of her, our faces much too close for my liking. O- k… What am I doing? "What- What are you doing? GET OFF ME!" she pushed me away, blushing hard and looking away, while I just beat the crap out of myself inwardly, trying to come up with something to excuse my- I don't know what came over me… I'm going insane… I know! "That's what I hope not to find…" I muttered unsurely "Some- huge guy on top of you or- you after he- got his way…"
She blinked at me "Huh… o- k…" she looked down, looking disappointed for some reason… NO SHE IS NOT DISAPPOINTED! SHE'S NOT BUYING IT! "You didn't have to show that to me practically you know… Just- drive… And quit making a soap opera out of my life! That'll never happen."
"Right…" I sighed and rubbed my eyes, starting the engine again and driving off, following her instructions deftly till we got in front of a- nice looking restaurant- hey, this is one of Kevin's restaurants! Oh crap… and the one he likes to boot!
"Here we are! Goulash! Ain't it cool? I hope you like Russian food…" she chuckled and got out of the car waiting for me at the entrance.
I got out of the car sighing and nodded, going inside with her and looking around. No Kevin… Hum… I approached one of the servants who I happened to know since we were kids, Dimitri, and muttered in Russian if he knew if Kevin was around. Melody sent me a weird look as I spoke. Good. It's best if she doesn't know he comes here often…
He looked over at her and nodded in understanding, answering back in Russian as well "No… I haven't seen him today… but you can never be too sure…" he cleared his throat and smiled at us both "Can I get you a table?" he asked, this time in English.
"No need… I'll take my usual…" I guided my "guest" over to the table I normally sat at whenever I went there. In a faraway corner… nice and private!
She waited for Dimitri to give us the Menus and smirked over at me "So, Kevin comes her often?"
I blinked at her "Wha- You- You were listening? But-"
She smiled smugly "Didn't Robbie tell you? I'm Russian."
No way… Why me? "But he's German."
"And so is Father. But me and Mom are both Russian. Before we all moved here, they kept traveling from Germany to Russia all the time since they had family in both countries and worked each on their own and all. Mom just happened to be in Russia when I was born. It wasn't what they had planned but oh well. I like it there, it's really nice."
"Is it ever… Where did you live? Moscow?"
"Ryazan. But I went to Moscow with Robbie often. Mom worked over there sometimes so while she was busy he took me out for walks."
"Hum… what about your father?"
"He stayed back in Berlin most of the times. They always were very independent from eachother. Once they- had a huge fight- I was- four I think… I don't remember what it was about but I do remember they never divorced. But- they lived away from eachother. For over two years. As did me and Robbie. I lived with Mom and he lived with Father. We only got to see eachother at our birthdays or at Christmas. I hated that."
I blinked at her. She was actually talking about herself… and how… Actually now I thought about it, she had always seemed to enjoy the sound of her own voice… I smiled "Then what?"
She shrugged "Then they got back together just like that. They're weird. You'll think so too when you meet them." She chuckled "I haven't seen them in almost two weeks actually… but they should be coming back tomorrow… Right when Robbie leaves for college again…" her eyes saddened as she spoke the last sentence.
"You two are pretty close aren't you?"
She nodded slowly, suddenly blushing "Huh, have you chosen yet?"
Back to reality I suppose… She had been distracted. Should have known. It wasn't like her to pour her feelings out to other people. Unless when she was distracted… which seemed to have been happening often lately… She's nice when distracted. "Yes…"
"Hum, me too. I want me some pelmeni… haven't eaten this for centuries!"
I smiled. My grandma used to cook pelmeni for me a lot. Kevin hated those… So I enjoyed his expressions while I ate them. He said they looked disgusting on the inside. Still don't get why… "Hey Kai? The waiter's well- waiting…"
"Huh? Oh huh… I'll have that too…" I miss pelmeni too… Though as good as Viktor might be in the kitchen, no one does pelmeni like good ol' Grandma Hiwatari… Hum, sounds like a honey brand… I chuckled at that thought, making Melody raise an eyebrow at me "Ok, he's officially lost it… You're pretty aerial aren't you?" she smiled… and the glint…
I cleared my throat and looked away from her… don't want to do anything- weird… that glint does things to you I swear… Well to me anyways… "See what I meant? Come back down to Earth please…" she nudged my hand, sending weird tingles up my arm "Huh?" I yanked my hand back and blinked at her "Huh, well my teachers complained about that often yes… I tend to- think hard and I- well drift off…"
"Well what were you thinking hard about now?" she mumbled.
I flinched "Muh… I huh… Nothing special… Huh, why?"
She opened her mouth to answer just as a loud- cheery beeping erupted from behind her "Huh, sorry…" she reached over to her bag and took a cell phone from it, staring intently at it's screen "Who on Earth?" she frowned.
Oh crap. Please God, no… "Hello? Who is this?"
I discreetly leaned closer so I could hear what the person on the other side would say. I wasn't being nosey, I just- wanted to know if it wouldn't be a certain person… "Man… you're even prettier than I thought you'd be…" KEVIN!
Melody blinked, then frowned, her jaw dropping throughout the whole thing "Excuse me? Who are you?"
"Just to be sure, you're at Goulash with my nerdy brother right?" An axe… I NEED AN AXE!
She glared hotly at me "I'm sorry sir, I do believe you're mistaken…"
"No no no! I can see you… and him…"
"Like I said, wrong number." She muttered and switched off the call, glaring at me again "You have five seconds to explain why your brother has my number. And I'd give you more time but he's probably coming over here now. So shoot."
I sighed, my face buried in my hands "5 AM last night. Came to ask me more about you. Told him to piss off. Turned my back for one minute. Next thing I knew he was leaving and my phonebook lacked the M's list. End of story."
She rubbed her forehead muttering something while I pretty much did the same "Heya Kai-Pie!" two hands landed on my shoulders and a chuckle sounded from above me "Kevin leave us alone…"
Melody buried her face in her arms without even looking at him "I'm dreaming… in two seconds I'll be back in my room and this will all be transferred to my brain's Disposal Area… One, two…" she looked up at us, me blinking -and him doing the same I suppose- as her expression turned into one of pure horror "OH MY GOD THERE'S TWO OF HIM! IT'S THE HOLOCAUST! TAKE COVER!" she looked from me to him her fists clenched "No no no…" her eyes finally landed on me, glaring of course "So you've been- cloning yourself now?" she looked back at him "Only- he looks hotter…" she slapped her mouth, her eyes wide before closing tightly, her cheeks red. Kevin was probably floating about since that had definitely pumped his big ego a little more. I, as the most mature of the three of us apparently, chose to ignore her comment. "How about you quit the Drama Queen act and use your brain. He's my brother, he looks just like me-" only I'm hotter! "- which means we are…"
"Twins…" she breathed "And you were going to tell me that when? What if I dropped acid over him thinking it was you when he happened to pass bellow Tala's window like I know you do often?"
I laughed "That would be sweet! He'd look better bald and with only half of his face intact…"
"Hey hey! Shut it or I'll drop acid over you! You'd look good in Freddy Krueger wannabe mode!"
Melody smacked her fists down on the table and confronted us both "You do realize that's ridiculous don't you? Kai, you'd look as good as him bald and with half of your face gone, and Kevin-"
"Call me Kev!" He leaned closer to her, grinning widely. Hello? Doesn't she look a little young to you 'Kev'?
She breathed deeply and let out a huge sigh "And Kevin would look as good as Kai in- 'Freddy Krueger wannabe mode'. You two are identical for Cripe's sake!"
He huffed "Well but I am hotter than him. You said so yourself… So how about dumping him and coming with me for a ride, huh?" he winked at her.
I rolled my eyes "Kevin, take one good look at her and tell me what's wrong… look hard- Not that hard! And I mean her face…"
"Why I-" Melody glared at him, her cheeks puffy and red.
He cocked his head to the side "Huh… I don't know… looks a little- young maybe, but that makes her cute and I like it when they're cute… And she here's cute and a beauty… I hope you two don't have anything serious…" he chuckled mischievously.
I growled in frustration while she rolled her eyes "No, we don't, and I'll tell you the two main reasons why not right now. One, she's my student, two, she's fourteen. Fourteen, get it? We've been playing around with you all along."
"What? Fourteen?" he looked over at her dubiously "But still… Aww… but I- she-" he suddenly beamed "Hey I could get her parents to sign some sort of authorization! Then we could-"
"WOULD YOU TWO QUIT TALKING ABOUT ME AS IF I WASN'T HERE? I'M NOT SOME- CAR! I'M NOT FOR SALE!" she growled and glared at me "You! Kick his ass all the way to New Jersey if you have to! But get him out of my face…"
I clenched my teeth while Kevin blinked at her "What's the magic word?" I sneered.
"Do it. I am not in the mood to put up with two specimens of you."
"What? Aw c'mon… Dump the guy and let me take his place here…"
"Be my guest!"
"No! He's my slave for the day, if you want to apply for that job, come see me tomorrow, now please leave, lunch is here, and I'm starving!"
"But-"
I got up and pushed him out of the restaurant "See ya later Kev!"
"Huh, I'll call you later!" He waved at her sheepishly, glaring at me as we got out of the restaurant "Grr! I'll get her yet!"
I rolled my eyes "Get real, she's twelve years younger than you are! She's just a kid!"
He looked over at her and smirked "Yeah but look at her… she's just- gorgeous… And if she's that fine at fourteen think of how she'll be when she's eighteen or something! Hehe… gotta think ahead!" he grinned smugly.
I slapped my forehead "You never had a relationship that lasted a week let alone four years! Like I said, get real and leave us alone… My day's going bad enough without you intruding!"
He rose an eyebrow, passing his tongue over his front teeth, a sign that he was either plotting or trying to come up with some excuse or- something… The guy's just plain weird! "Hey… how come you're her slave for the day? What's that all about?"
"Piss off…"
"Kai-Pie, come on or I'll eat your share!" Melody grinned at both of us and pulled me back inside, much to Kevin's frustration apparently since he normally doesn't curse that much at his own feet… hehe…
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"Hum… thanks for the lunch, it was great! Except for your brother showing up and all… What was up with that? I always thought he'd be horrified when he looked at me…" Melody mumbled, looking out through my car's window.
I sighed "Who knows… he was never very sane… Apparently he's ignoring the fact that he's old enough to be your- well, older by many years brother."
She quirked an eyebrow "Older than Robbie?"
"We're twenty six. Robert's huh… twenty two I believe…"
"Yup."
I sighed "So now what?"
"Now huh… Oh! We go over to my place!" she grinned.
"To do what?"
"I got some things I want you to fix for me. And clean. Oh, and my pc needs some cleaning too."
So now I'm her maid is it? She'll pay for this… I'll fix her up with Kev on a blind date! No, she wouldn't fall for that… Well I'll find a way- "KAI RED LIGHT!"
I jolted awake and stepped on the brakes' pedal, letting out a sigh as the car stopped just in front of an old lady that was currently spitting curses at me as she crossed the street. "Damnit you- maniac! Where'd you get your license?" I looked over at Melody to find her breathing hard, her eyes wide and her mouth- her mouth was… invitingly- open… "Huh…" I swallowed and closed my eyes, turning back to the road and letting out a sigh "Sorry… I- haven't been sleeping much…"
She shifted on her seat "Well get some sleep then…"
I snorted "Now?"
"No duh! Oh, green light. Are you color blind or just- aerial?" I opened my mouth to answer but she decided to go on "Anyways, after you're done with your tasks you can sleep. I'm not getting killed in no road accident because of you."
"Shut up." I clenched my teeth and ignored her pouting expression all the way till her house. Which was some- five minutes. A new personal record. "Here we are!" she chirped as she jumped out of the car, looking around and grinning widely as she realized the car was gone, swaying back and forth on the balls of her feet as she waited for me. Cute. "Behave or you won't go on the pony ride…" I muttered sarcastically to which she pouted and kicked my shin, frowning when I just shot her a blank look "Was- that supposed to hurt?"
"Oh shut up!" she clenched my hand and dragged me inside, apparently unaware of- what she- was doing to me… her skin was burning into mine it seemed… "Ok, come on in and close the door… hum…" I blinked back into reality as she finally let go of my hand, realizing where I was… Her room…
I closed the door like she had asked- no, told me to do… little- Herm… I looked around myself. It wasn't exactly what I expected… I thought it'd be all pinkish and with dolls everywhere but instead she seemed to be obsessed with the X-Files' series and any Alien movies she could get her hands on, if the posters that completely covered her walls meant anything… Oh look, Freddy Krueger… I smirked as I imagined Kevin in a similar attire… Hehe… Scary… "Hum, can you reach that?" I looked over at her to find her pointing at the last shelf of the ones lining the wall above her desk, a cardboard box on it, among other things… organizers I presume and a trophy… Whatever… "Sure…" I reached up and slid the box from the shelf, it's unexpected weight making me stammer back a bit "What do you keep in here? Lead samples?"
"Yeah, among other things… put it there…" she sat on her bed and pointed at her desk, to which I placed the box down, opening it afterwards. I rose an eyebrow at it's content "You collect metal in all it's forms or is it just me?"
"No duh!" she got up and took some- gadget things from inside the box, placing them all over her desk in some sort of order. Then she dropped the box on the floor and pointed at the two rows of- things… "Those, are my attempts at building a robot that could actually move besides glowing in the dark or breaking my pencils, and these are- well I'm not too sure anymore… Hum, oh, this is a remote control disabler! You have to fix it… No more History channel for Robbie during my TV shows…" she grinned "Hum… and this… oh… Robbie's been looking for it… huh… What is this here?"
I sighed in exasperation and took the object from her hands "What do you want me to do?"
"Clean them up. They're dusty. And fix whatever can be fixed." She smiled sweetly.
I snarled "Why don't you do it?"
She sighed as if I was asking some stupid question "First, besides the robots, I don't know how to fix them things, Robbie built most of them. Second… because you're my slave and I can have you do it instead!" she grinned and handed me a small cloth and a- brush? "Be careful when you clean the circuits… Or I'll make you buy new ones!"
I clenched my fists, my teeth clicking in anger. Oh I aughta… GRR! Stupid- BANSHEE! I growled and sat down, proceeding to dismantle the- remote disabler thing… Sounds useful actually… My father tends to take over my TV whenever he decides to pop in for a visit. Which is whenever his baseball team's playing… Mother doesn't like those games and so bans him from watching them. I should go visit her sometime… It'd sooth me after this- torture session… Why am I doing this anyways? I could have just told her I wasn't going to be her slave and SHOVE IT BANSHEE! But no… she'd say something like "Oh, so you can dish it but you can't take it huh? Coward!" Humpf… in truth that would be twice as annoying and hurtful for my ego than this… Well at least I'm not doing any real housework and- wearing some- pink- apron or whatever… Ugh! I hate housework, and I hate pink! Jessica wears pink all the time… Maybe that's one of the things I find repellent about her… "Hey, if you get thirsty or- hungry or whatever tell me, I'll get you something from downstairs…"
A bulldozer crashing through the wall would have had less of an impact on me than that. "Wha- What?" I looked over at Melody with eyes as big as saucers to find her facing me, kneeled on her bed, her cheeks reddish for some reason… Oh crap look away… "Huh, I thought you'd want me to go get stuff for you… why are you offering to serve your slave now?"
She pouted "Well I'm not that cruel! What did you think I'd do? Get you on heavy work? I just wanted you to do the stuff I don't feel like. Which is- pretty much that you're doing now and- cleaning the inside of my computer… I'm kinda allergic to dust…"
I rose an eyebrow. And she accused Tala of being unimaginative… Either she was being a hypocrite there or there's more than it meets the eye about this- bet of hers… She knew from the very beginning she was going to win, so that would have given her time to plot something… unless her objective wasn't exactly enslaving me… "Hello? Get back to work! The sooner you get it done the sooner you get your nap!"
I sighed and did so, reaching over for the next gadget while she just- sat there- staring at me… It was getting unnerving… And four clean things later, I don't know how long exactly, I couldn't take it anymore. "WHAT?"
She blinked "What what?"
"Quit- gawking at me!"
Her mouth dropped open "GAWKING?" she squeaked in indignation "Oh for Cripe's sake! And you say Kevin's ego is big? Yours is currently choking me!"
I ran a hand over my front bangs "You were looking at me. You've been staring at me for the past- ten minutes at least…"
She bit her lower lip and rubbed her forehead, muttering something "You're- retarded…" she finally said, glaring daggers at me "I have better things to look at for your information!"
"Oh shut up!"
"No you shut up! And get to work!"
That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I growled and in less than a second both of us were standing in the middle of the room, facing eachother in a glaring contest of sorts "This- has gone much too far… Now you listen here-" I grabbed her arm, smirking inwardly as she squirmed to try to get away. Now who's the boss? "My patience has it's limits and you've been crossing it's line for far too long…"
"Let me go you- You're hurting me!" she squeaked.
"Shut up already!" I threw her onto her bed, clutching my head "Do you have any idea of how annoying your voice is?"
"You can't talk to me like that you-" she screamed and lunged at me, sending us both crashing down to the floor, my head hitting it hard and making me feel a bit dizzy for a few seconds. "You…" I shook my head and looked up at her. She was sitting on my lower abdomen- no, straddling me actually -which wasn't too comfortable- and crying… I'm getting this girl a psychiatrist… "I-" she shook her head quickly, pulling me up by my neck into a hug of sorts "I'm sorry…" she whispered, letting go of me immediately with a sob and standing quickly, walking backwards over to her bed, looking down at me unsurely. I blinked and sat up, rubbing the back of my head "Damn you to Hell…" I sneered, standing up as well "Go away."
My head shot in her direction "Why?"
"Just go away… I'm sorry about all this." She dropped herself on her bed, facing away from me "You're right I- I shouldn't lash out on you…"
"What do you mean?" I approached her bed slowly "I- have my own problems with- someone else… I shouldn't lash out on you. Like you said the other day. I'm sorry. I-" she jerked her head up and looked over at me "I can get you some ice… I heard a bonk when we- well fell… You hit your head right?"
"I'll be fine. You on the other hand…"
"I'm fine. Just go."
I sighed and sat down beside her. I was probably going to regret this in the morning… "Nope. I'm your- slave for the day. So until midnight you'll have to put up with me."
She smiled half-heartedly and shook her head "No I- I shouldn't have done this to- get what I really wanted…"
Whoa there! "Herm huh… Melody huh… I huh… understand you have huh a crush on me and all but huh… well you're my student so even if I was interested we couldn't-" I wasn't able to continue because she had by then burst out laughing. At me. Was I being- Oh God I did not just say that!
She rubbed her eyes, still chuckling "A crush on you? That'd be the day… Where did you get that idea?"
I'm killing Robert. "Nowhere. Momentary lapse in sanity. Please act as if that didn't happen." I rubbed my forehead, my eyes shooting open as I felt her arms around me "You idiot! You might not believe this but- in spite of all I do, you mean a lot to me, you always have… in a way… Ever since we met. When I was a kid, I wanted to be just like you."
I looked at her, dislodging her arms from around me. No hugs… herm! "You're- kidding me…"
"Nope."
"Well you have an odd way of showing your affection towards people that mean a lot to you… I don't want to be your enemy… Wonder how you treat them!"
She smirked smugly "With cold indifference. You're a- special case. So you get treated differently."
"Oh, I'm special…" I rolled my eyes "Quit the act, you never liked me! I remember your brother asking you why you didn't like me anymore you never denied it. You just said I had changed and so had you."
She nodded "That's right. You're a stuck up teacher now. Trying to worm your way into being a College Professor. But besides all that, you're different from what I remember." She jerked her head "My Kai was more like- Well Kevin… though not such a womanizer and not so- full of himself… you were fun to be with. Now you're just- an old fart."
"WHAT!" I sputtered.
"You heard me." she stuck her tongue out at me "You're no fun!"
"Why you little- !" I lunged at her, freezing for a second. No can hit… no can kill… but I can do something else then… I smirked and got on top of her, my fingers tickling her sides mercilessly "Who's no fun now huh?"
She just laughed uncontrollably, her arms outstretched trying to claw at my throat "S- stop it you- dingb- bat! I can't breathe!" I chuckled and stopped "Call me Master…"
"Screw you!" Oh yeah? "S- stop it!"
"Then call me Master…"
"N- no! Agh!" she laughed breathlessly now, her face completely red "Ok ok!" I let go of her, allowing her to intake some nice gulps of air, pinning her hands above her head when she tried to sit up "Get off me!" she whined between gasps. "Then say it." I smirked darkly and watched in satisfaction as she growled and tossed her head to the side, pouting "Please, my Master. Now get off!"
"First say 'Kai's smarter than I'll ever be'."
"Don't push it, I'm not lying for your entertaining…" she stuck her tongue out at me, breathing sharply as I tried catching it with my teeth out of instinct. Man… pretty eyes… "Huh… K- Kai?"
"Huh?" I'm drowning here…
She swallowed "You- you're still my slave, right?"
"I- suppose…" Damnit why couldn't I move back!
She bit her lower lip as I finally drew back a bit. THANK YOU! "Then, can I ask you something?"
"Depends. I'm not cooking your dinner…" That's it, undramatize the situation…
She scoffed "Don't be stupid…" she pouted, sighing deeply.
I finally let go of her, sitting back against the wall. "Fine, what is it?" she opened her mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again, as if she had changed her mind "Nothing, never mind. Huh, nap time?"
I blinked "What about those things?" I pointed at the desk.
She just shrugged and stood to close the curtains, making the room nice and dark… What am I saying? "Leave it. I just saw the bags you have under your eyes. Now you'll sleep and leave the thingos." Embarrassing… Someone shoot me… "I'll get them clean sometime. They're down here and everything now." She sighed and laid back on her bed, curling into a fetal position and closing her eyes "Wake me up when you feel like taking me out for dinner…"
I snorted "I'll do in around the end of the World then…"
Melody pouted again "You will take me out for dinner! And don't complain or I'll chose where we shall go!"
I blinked "You mean- I get to chose?" No freaky food then! Hum, I haven't had Chinese food for years! "Sweet…"
"Herhem?" she rose an eyebrow at me, to which I rolled my eyes "Thank you Master…"
"Good boy. You keep going like that and you'll get a kissy." She laughed at my horrified expression and pulled a cover on top of herself, yawning and sending me a weird look "That couch's a little too small no? Not even I can sleep there much less you. You can stay here, the bed's big enough… Oh, and you'll need a cover. It's November and it's cold in case you haven't noticed."
I'm not cold! And… Well yeah it was big enough… why did such a small girl have a bed bigger than mine? What the Hell… I frowned and proceeded to lay down on the couch. Too small… But I'm not lying down with her… "I'll be fin- WHOA!" somehow I actually managed to slip from it… curse my luck… and she was laughing at me to boot… "Come to bed you big oaf!"
My eyes were wide as ever as I looked at her in horror "Do you realize how wrong that sounds?"
She gave it a thought "Hum, how come?" she jerked her head, mumbling absently "Whenever Minx stays over I can hear her say that to Rob- Oh ew! Shut up and come here already!" she tossed a brown cover at me and laid down on her side, her back turned to me "You know if you stay that close to the edge you'll fall… I told you I don't have any infectious diseases so-"
"Shut up I'm trying to sleep!"
"But-"
"Look here, if I don't get my nap everyday I get cranky, you don't want a cranky Melody do you?"
I sighed and laid down on the opposite side, my back turned to her as well "Fine! And before you start ranting again, the same goes to you."
"Fine!"
"Fine."
…
"Kai?"
I growled "What?"
She stiffened a laugh "Nothing…"
"Hn…"
"Kai?"
"WHAT?"
"Oh, nothing…" she chuckled.
"That's really mature…"
"Sorry… you have no idea how fun this is with Robbie… I can go for hours. I don't get why he hasn't killed me already…" GOD it must take tons of patience to deal with her everyday… Robert's going to be a martyr if it depends on me. "Right… well I'm not Robert, and I told you, my patience has it's limits."
"Ok ok… Kai?"
"This better be good wench." I turned around to find her amused eyes staring back at mine "Oh… never mind then… it's nothing…"
"Nothing heh?" I yanked her closer to me and wrapped my arms tightly around her, her head tucked under my chin "Another peep out of you and you'll think you had an encounter with a hungry anaconda…" Oh God what am I doing?
She breathed sharply as I tightened my grip on her for effect, clutching my shirt tightly "If I didn't know you better I'd say you were enjoying thi- OW! You're choking me! Stop it you- Ack!" Enjoying it indeed! "Then shut up!"
She grumbled something and after shifting a bit to make herself comfortable she finally sighed, her eyelashes tickling my neck as she closed her eyes "See what I mean? You're no fun anymore! You were actually a lot nicer when you let me cuddle with you when we-"
WE ARE NOT CUDDLING! "Shut up already!" I clicked my tongue and pulled the cover up since all that rambling had caused it to slide down to my waist. This sounds so wrong… This is so- WRONG! "Kai… about- what I was going to ask you earlier…"
I sighed "What?"
She stayed quiet for a few seconds, until she jerked her head and finally answered "Nothing… never mind…" she giggled.
"Why you-"
"OW! CHOKING ME!"
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"Yum… I didn't know you liked Chinese food!"
I shrugged "Who doesn't?"
"Hum, Bryan, Tala, Mathilda… Ian hates it. He has something against Chinese people. Which is why he loathes History." She chuckled "Our teacher's Mr. Kon."
I smirked. Ray Kon. Another friend of mine. Garland had introduced him to me a week before, only I already knew him from my childhood. "Ian's weird."
"Well so are you!" she stuck her tongue out at me and sent me that defiant glint I had grown to like apparently. That predatory glint that always made my insides twirl around and- Oh Christ I need a psychiatrist…
I shook my head and finished my noodles, feeling my cheeks oddly warm "You're weird." She blurted.
"So you've said…" I sighed, placing the stick things down.
"No I mean- Oh, never mind…" I looked up at her, her eyes dodging mine shyly. She looked kinda- cute with her cheeks all red and- GRR! "Huh… You- huh… do realize what happened on this test will not repeat itself again don't you?" Good going. Change the subject.
She whipped her head up "Huh? What?"
"It was a lucky shot." I smirked "Like you said, it was a college hard test. You're still in highschool so either you cheated or-"
"Lucky? Cheated? How dare you?" she stood abruptly, her eyes full of betrayal and getting watery "How can you say that? Are you implying I- I-" she growled, ignoring all the looks we were both receiving "You know what? Never mind!" then she just took her bag and left the restaurant, leaving me feeling like a complete dolt. Damn I was just trying to lighten the mood! I never have my way with women… They're so complicated…Damn them all… And damn her specially. I growled and stood as well, dropping a couple of bills on the table and going out after her, my coat and hers in hand. It was dark and there were a lot of people that would undoubtedly kill me if something happened to her. "Melody?" I looked around, putting my coat on since it was freezing out there… nothing like Russia of course but I only had a thin button shirt on besides the coat. Melody was definitely biting it with the clothes she had on. "Damn girl… Melody! I'm sorry! I-" I clenched my teeth and cursed loudly. Why do I even care anyways?
I sighed and leaned against the wall, my head jerked. I felt so- strange… So confused… The way she had looked at me a while ago… why had it hurt? And why did I feel so- weird whenever she was close? Whenever she- touched me? What's wrong with me! I'm having the hots for a- a little girl! WHY ME! "My coat please…" I jerked my head up and let out a sigh of relief. I wasn't gonna die afterall! "Damn don't just- run off like that… Here… Look I- I'm sorry I- I shouldn't have said that… I was just-"
"Right…" she put her coat on and looked away from me. We just stood there in awkward silence for a few minutes until she decided to mutter this out of the blue "Kai, you know those mushy movies where the guy takes the girl over to some cliff in the middle of nowhere and they stay there looking up at the stars with cheesy music in the background?"
I gulped "Huh, yeah, why? Don't get any ideas…" Actually- it doesn't sound too b- DOUGH!
She glared at me "Shut up! It's not like that! I want you to do the same to me. So- Let me finish! These are different circumstances. Besides, we won't be 'gazing at the stars', you'll be telling me about them like the good teacher you are. Oh, and no cheesy music!"
"So you want an Astronomy lesson?" I chuckled as she nodded shyly and shook my head, walking over to my car "Yes ma'am!"
She smiled and quickly got in, ranting about how Robert used to do this with her all the time when they were younger. When he had time for her. Over this day I had started to notice something about her. She was such an attention whore! She always needed people to be looking at her or hearing her out, she felt abandoned if left alone or ignored. I used to be like that so I know what I'm talking about. I, like her apparently, always liked to hear myself talking, still do now I think about it. It's one of the main reasons why I became a teacher. I love the feeling of talking and having twenty heads turned to me, listening to me. Of course this is pretty much an impossible situation, I'm lucky if I ever get two of my students to pay attention to me. Stupid brats! "So, where's the closest cliff?"
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"You're impossible… If it's an Astronomy lesson you wanted you could have just asked for one… not- scare me with mushy- sappy ideas!" I grumbled as I sat next to her on my car's rooftop. I could tell she had planned this, since she had brought an old rag for us to sit on from home. Actually, I appreciate that, my car won't get no scratches that way. Of course, I'm not telling her that.
She laughed, pulling her knees closer to her chest and looking up "Maybe I wanted to scare you. The look in your face was- priceless!"
I laughed cynically and poked at her side "Shut up you- Heh, so what is it you seek to know? According to what you told me, Robert's already told you all he knew about the starts up there. And he's specializing in Astronomy as you know. Which means he knows more than I do on that field." Damn him.
She smiled and looked back at me "Well I- I wanted to come up here again. And- since Robbie's been too busy with college- and Minx…"
I sighed. See what I mean? She flips if people ignore her. "Melody, I'm not your brother, and I'm not planning on becoming his substitute."
She blushed "I- I know… it's just… I needed this. I need to hear the constellations' stories again I- I don't know… I miss him… I miss how it was before he got so enrolled in college… I miss having him with me all the time…"
God she's not gonna cry is she? "But huh, you got your parents…"
She snorted "Father's always traveling. And Mom took a liking to going with him whenever she can. And even when they're here- it's not the same. I barely know my father and- I don't have the same relationship with Mom anymore. We get along just fine but- she's so distant… I'm afraid Robbie might drift away from me too. I know he will. Next year I'll go to college and- then I'll lose everyone else and-"
"Shut up." I sighed as she hiccupped, snaking my arm around her shoulders and pulling her into an awkward hug, rubbing her arm to keep her warm. Or to sooth her I don't know… I don't get her, I don't get me anymore neither and specially, I don't get why I feel this way… Guess her stupid spell's working on me as well… "Look…" I finally spoke "Things aren't like that. Your brother he- he's on his last year there, and you know he really wants to work over there as an investigator… he needs to be the best for that and- well for that he needs to work hard. And then there's his other problem… Minx. He's been trying to propose for months according to himself. He loves you as much as you love him Mel, he just has a lot on his mind at the moment. You can't be so selfish and cling to him all the time, you can't make him stay with you forever."
"I know! But… I need him! I've been needing him so much and he was never there, no one was there… I-" she sobbed, clutching my shirt… and- crying into it too… Help…
I bit my lower lip. I can't deal with crying women… And this is getting too melodramatic… "Look, I- might not be available all the time but- you have my number… any time you need to talk… I might not be in the mood… but- you can use me as your whining post. I'll listen. I'm used to it anyways…" she chuckled awkwardly, since there were a couple of sobs in the middle "Ok… I'll keep that in mind…" she sat up and rubbed her eyes "Damn, I must be allergic to you… I always end up crying when you're around… It's your fault!" she pouted at me, making me smile. Weird… "So huh, shall we begin?" I muttered, trying to change the subject.
She sniffed and nodded, looking back up at the sky, her head resting on my shoulder. God forgive me, but I didn't make a move to shake her away. It felt- good. Right. "Ok, huh… I can see Cassiopeia over there…"
"Oh, I like that story!"
"This is Astronomy, not story-telling time…"
She stuck her tongue out at me "It can be both!"
I rolled my eyes and sighed "Fine… Cassiopeia is supposedly a legendary Ethiopian queen, seated on a throne. It even has a name… huh… 'The shining Cassiopeia's chair'."
"Like I always say, corny!"
I chuckled "You bet… Anyways, she boasted around that she and her daughter- Andromeda, right? Right… Well she implied they were more beautiful than the Mediterranean sea nymphs, which almost got her daughter killed I think. After that, Cassiopeia was condemned by the gods to swing forever around the North Celestial Pole in an upside down chair, because for some weird reason it symbolized the punishment she received for her offensive boasting. So there you have her, attached to a chair forever for being such a stuck up. I predict in years your brother will find Constellation Kevin. It'll be similar, only it'll seem to move faster and his chair will be electric and full of spikes instead!" I grumbled.
She rose her head and blinked at me "O- k…" and then she laughed quietly, shifting so she could lay down, her head on my lap. Tingly… "That's nice… But why couldn't you be the one to find it? Since you predicted it and all…"
I smirked "I'd get enough cash from simply predicting it's existence, trust me. And I have you as a witness. So write down on your diary, "Today Kai said there will be a Constellation Kevin in a few years. It will be similar to Cassiopeia and it's story will pretty much be the same." And don't forget the date!"
She laughed "Hum, maybe I should discover it myself and say I predicted it as well… how's that?"
"Oh you treacherous little-" I tickled her sides again, the only kind of physical torture I could actually inflict one her. Unless I wanted to get my head pummeled by Bryan or one of the others of course… but it was good enough for me… Besides, it had it's good points. While hitting her would have her whining and kicking back (besides resulting in my death) tickling had her laughing, me laughing, and the best part, it had her begging me for mercy.
Melody wiggled with all her might, trying her best to get free from my evil clutches. Literally. "S- top! Ow! Kai!" she grabbed my shirt collar and tried pulling herself up, which resulted in me bending down instead, my hands freezing their torture immediately, her eyes wide and her breathing erratic, while mine was suspended since I was too busy feeling her warm breath on my skin to notice I'd be dead in three minutes unless something was done. "Huh, Kai?" Whoosh… She just saved my life…
I swallowed audibly "What?"
"Huh, what time is it?"
I rose an eyebrow but still looked away, checking my wrist watch "Huh… two minutes till midnight…" Two minutes till freedom! Woo! Hum… no… for some reason it didn't feel- Woo…
She sighed, twirling a strand of her long purple hair in her fingers absently "So that means- you- you're still my slave, right?"
Hum, dejá vu… "Yes… This- wouldn't be what you've been wanting to ask me all day, would it?" I sat up, looking at her as she did the same, kneeling in front of me, her head jerked "Huh, yeah. Well huh, since time's almost up… I- wanted you to do one last- thing for me… but I- want you to promise me it won't change- anything between us."
"Ok… I promise. Now what is it?"
She bit her lower lip, sighing and looking up at me with determination "Kiss me."
The bulldozer thing flashed through my mind again "Wha- Excuse me?"
She shifted uncomfortably and fisted her hands "I want- I want you to kiss me."
Oh boy… "Hum… look huh, Melody… I know we had a bet and huh, well we're finally getting along and all but it doesn't go that deep and even if it did huh- we huh, couldn't take things too far…" that's it! Be rational! "You're my student and a minor. So we- we can't-"
"Damnit shut up and kiss me!" she wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me down, kissing my lips desperately. Now normally, I would have pushed her away and done. But no… some- something had to possess me and make me kiss her back…
She tightened her grip on my neck and sighed as I wrapped my arms around her small body, pulling her onto my lap and trying to persuade her into parting her lips so I could finally taste her for real, realize she was no good and rid myself of this- need I had been having for those past few days. Yes, I admit it, I wanted her… I craved her. That whole day had been torture. Being so close to her and not- being able to touch her. God I need a shrink… How can I be attracted by some- brat? She's just a girl… and she tastes nice… And I just found out how nice it feels when she moans… And how easy it is to make her do so. For once I hope this isn't a dream… Screw school… it's like Ian's motto, "Hard work pays off later, but laziness pays off now". Then again… it doesn't make much sense… I think my brain's dead. "Kai?"
I snapped my eyes open and blinked at her. When did she- "Why did you stop?" Oh dear God I did not just blurt that out!
She blinked back at me, chuckling lightly and resting her head on my chest, sighing blissfully "I'm tired… it's past midnight ya know? You're free…"
"Huh… good…" I looked down at her "Why- why did you want me to kiss you?"
She shrugged "Felt like it. The mood called for it. I don't know… But huh- sorry… We can pretend this never happened if you want. I won't mind…"
No, but I will… DOUGH! SHRINK HERE! "So, you didn't kiss me because you- had some sort of-" Not feelings! "-crush for me then?"
"Hum, no… I just felt like it. What's wrong with you?" Now this is just brilliant! Not only am I attracted to a fourteen year old girl, but she also feels zilch towards me AND IT ACTUALLY HURTS! Why me? WHY ME!
"Kai… it's getting cold, I wanna go home!"
Heartbroken guy here! Hello? "Shut it girly, you're not in charge anymore you know?"
She stuck her tongue out at me "Well you'll still have to drive me home! Now get busy!"
My heart is bleeding and all she thinks is about going back home and away from me… WHY ME!
"Kai!"
"I'm coming!"
R&R PLEASE! n-n