Chap 2: Of party's and sop scenes........
Warning:!!! May contain traces of peanuts, sap, bad language, and fluff.
(sorry, I just had to!!)
Disclaimer; Um,*blushes* when I begged the big boss people that own Zoids for at least *one* series, I just got a rude reply, so I advise against two things;
1) Begging people of power, they just make rude comments,
2) and don't sue me; I get nothing for this, apart from anything put into the reviews you wonderfull, caring people give me, (nudge nudge, hint hint, wink, wink!!!)
Uh, I know this isn't going to be the best, most probably nothing like it, but if you do manage to make it through, please suggest to me any possible changes, twists, or just help me with a difficult decision.
*~**~*
When Fiona got back, at 10 PM, she sighed, collapsing onto her couch.
What a day.
What a fucked up, mess of a day.
First she had gotten detention, making her plans with Karl disintegrate, then she'd had a crap day of lessons, Raven had freaked her out, detention sucked, then she'd had that whole thing with Raven and the park, then she'd gone shopping, and during her gossip with Moonbay, she had managed to confirm something.
Moonbay had it for Raven, man, she had it bad.
And NOW, thank god, she could relax, think of Karl, maybe ring him....
Opening her eyes, Fiona decided to check that there were no messages on the phone, and guess what?
There was, from Karl.
After listening to it, she hung up, then turned the phone back on, dialing Karl's number.
"Hello?"
He sounded wide awake,
"Hey, it's me!"
"Hey me, watcha up to?"
"Oh, just got back from shopping for Van's party, it was a last second rescue for Moonbay, who was about to kill Van."
"Oh yeah, how was detention?"
"Funny, very funny."
"Yeah yeah."
"So what've you been up to?"
"Oh, went to the party with Reese and some others, but it wasn't right, not without you, so I came back, helped Thomas with his homework."
Fiona giggled when she heard some sort of indignant grunt that sounded like Thomas.
"Oh shut up, Thomas. So, Fi, you want to do something?"
"You read my mind."
"What do you want to do?"
"Ah, dunno. How about you come here, and we'll figure it out then?"
"Sure, I'll be there in a while, I'll bring my 4WD."
"Yessir!!"
Hanging up, Fiona raced around, cleaning up, and reapplying worn out makeup.
*~*
"You ready yet?"
"WHAT THE......OMG, Karl, DON'T DO THAT!!!"
Karl had arrived about 10 mins ago, and while Fiona finished her makeup, he was supposed to be watching T.V, but had sneaked in on her, embracing her by surprise.
"Sorry!!"
"Yeah right. If your more then 1% sorry, I'll.......I dunno......"
"Kiss me?"
"Yeah, I'll kiss you!"
Talking about it became to much for Karl, he found himself spinning Fiona around in his arms, and gently pressing the most delicate kiss he had ever given on her lips.
She froze for a moment, giving Karl enough time to wonder what the hell was wrong with him, but then, Fiona opened her mouth to him, and her hands found their way to his hair.
Upon being allowed entry to her mouth, Karl sighed with relief in his mind, and slowly, gently, took the lead, showing her how to explore the deep confines of the mouth, how to get the tongues to respond to each other in a lone dance, unsung, yet sung everywhere.
Pulling up for air, Karl grinned at her, seeing the dazed and distant look in her eyes, and facials.
"Does that prove that I'm sorry?"
"Huh?"
There was a stunned sound in her voice, and her left hand found it's way from his hair to her lips, then she grinned, pulling him back for more.
Half an hour later, Karl was sitting on the couch, and Fiona had resumed getting ready.
"You done yet?"
"Oh, shut up!!"
Entering the room, Fiona held her arms out, and spun around.
"So, how do I look?"
"Like a bitch."
"Oh very funny, woof woof."
"Nah, you look perfect."
"Just as well your perfect isn't normal!!"
They laughed, and exited, getting into his car.
*~*
"So, where are we going?"
Looking at Karl, his hair all shiny in the late night air, his eyes shining from the dim glow of the dashboard, Fiona mentally sighed from extreme pleasure.
"Ah, well, I dunno if you want to go, but there's this place, where, well, you park up there, and, well,"
"It's where you make out?"
"Yeah."
Fiona laughed at how cautious Karl was about the subject, like she'd drop him from the mere mention of it.
"Where is it?"
"Ah, on the cliff over on the south side of town."
"Oh, right, sure. I'd love to go with you, Karl."
Somehow, her hand found his, entwining with his fingers over the gear- stick.
"Uh, where do you want to park?"
"Under that tree over there, it looks peacefully."
Once parked, Karl got out of the car, opened Fiona's door for her, and pulled her out into his arms.
Giggling, she rested against him, then giggled when he set a blanket around the two, as they sat on the hood of his car.
Resting against him, she whispered,
"I love you, Karl."
Karl's hand lifted her chin, so she was looking into his eyes, and he whispered,
"I love you Fiona,"
before continuing that unsung dance.
This time, when Fiona collapsed on her bed, she held her breathe, listening to the roar of Karl's car, roaring down the street.
Sighing with contentment, she rolled over, onto her stomach, and decided to check the phone.
What?
She could dream.
There was no messages, and Fiona slipped into her night- clothes, falling into a deep uneventful sleep.
*~*
Moonbay awoke, the morning sunlight dancing patterns over her face.
Opening her eyes, she sat up, glancing around.
Her sister, Maryanne, had cleaned up again yesterday, before going to their parents.
Maryanne.
Shaking her head, Moonbay swung her legs out of bed.
That kid, she was only 12, and she was always trying to please everyone, and so she had decided on staying with her big sister for one week, and then their parents for two.
This suited Moonbay just fine, as though Maryanne was cute, she had to be looked after, killing any social time Moonbay had.
After her shower, and getting dressed, Moonbay turned on her computer, it wasn't old, but it wasn't new, either.
Logging online, she sighed.
Grabbing an apple, Moonbay scanned her list of e-mails, opening random ones, jokes, mainly.
"Ooosies!!"
Clicking on one, Moonbay scanned it, then read it, it wasn't to long.
Moonbay,hi. This is a quick e-mail to tell you I got the message last night, and yes, I'd love to come to this party and meet your friends. Now, I know this sounds weird, but what should I wear? What sort of things have you been up to? I'm not to sure we'll get that much time to talk, if this party is as good as it sounds, there shouldn't be much free time between meeting people, and having a good time, so I'll see you there, how about I pick you up? When? E-mail me, I'll be online 'till 10, the you can ring me after that, so yeah, hope you get this. Um, bye!!
There was no name, but Moonbay didn't need one to know who it was from, it was an easy connection.
Heo, I'm online now, u still der? anywayz, allz still on, wear what you norm wear, just tone down a bit, me and Fi wear black and white, but others wear jeans and tops, but you can pull your norm on, and u'd fit in gr8, I'm wearing black pant's, a drk grn top, mayb a vest or jacket. If u der, e- mail bck, sweet!!!
Pressing the send button, Moonbay scanned the rest of her e-mails.
Thinking of how thirty in one day wasn't bad, she filled in the one that has you write down your name and what your doing and stuff, then sent it to all 83 contacts she had.
By that time her reply had arrived, and she read it, smirked, deleted it, sent a reply,
Yep, see you then!!!
Closing down her computer, Moonbay then rang Irvine, to check something.
*~*
Van woke to the sound of the phone, and upon stumbling out to the kitchen, picking it up, and mumbling something that could possibly be identified as a
'Hello?'
"Hey, it's Irvine, did I wake ya?"
"Yes!"
"It's 12, time to get up, Moonbay wants to hit your place at half past, so I thought I'd warn you."
"By Moonbay, you mean.....?"
"Moonbay, I'll be there at 1, and possibly Fiona, Thomas and Karl'll be there at any time, we don't know, but that's alright, with their C.D. collection, if they show up, with a few, of course, it'll be appreciated."
None of this whatsoever registered in Van's mind, he just asked,
"Moonbay?"
".......Yeah, then me after half an hour of just her, so I'll see if I can hook Fiona into looking after you."
"Thanks."
Hanging up, Van looked around.
Tops were thrown everywhere, his school books lay in a corner, his stereo was still playing on some shit station he had been listening to the night before, yep.
All was perfect.
That wasn't Moonbay's thoughts.
"VAN!!!! How could you let your place get like this?!"
"What? It's normal!!"
"Pig!! Now we've gotta clean up, set everything out, then go shopping!!"
"Shopping?"
Van's eyebrow twitched.
That wasn't part of what he had allegedly agreed to.
"Yeah, Fiona and I are going to take you guys shopping, get you some tops, hang out, release tension before relaxing even more at the party!!!"
Now both eyebrows were twitching.
"You mean you're going to drag me, Irvine and probably Karl and Thomas around the mall, get us tops we didn't need, then scream at us when we tell the truth?"
"Exactly, so don't lie, tell us the truth, that you *appreciate* what we get you."
"But........never mind."
Sighing in defeat, Van decided to plan on how to get out of it, while he and Moonbay cleaned his place up.
At five, Moonbay mysteriously asked all of them to go back to her place, and a bit miffed, they piled into Karl's car, asking Moonbay why.
Not answering why, she jumped out when they got there, ran inside, and reappeared at the door, inviting them all in.
"Make yourselves comfortable, and Van, don't even think of touching the PS2, I've nearly clocked that game, and your not going to ruin it!!"
Moonbay was in the kitchen, and only her yells stopped Van, who had been inches away from the console, who moaned back,
"Man......what game you playing?"
"GTA, but it's this special one, harder then the original, way harder.
It's taken me three weeks to get that far, and I got the first one in less then two days."
They settled down, watching a video clips on T.V, talking, and relaxing, until there was a knock at the door.
Moonbay was instantly on her feet, and t the door.
Taking a deep breathe, she opened the door, let the person in, and took their clock, closing the door.
Fiona was snuggled up to Karl on a single couch, Van was lazing on the other, while Irvine was stretched out on the main one, hands behind his head.
Thomas was on a beanbag, Moonbay had been on the blow up air chair.
There was some quiet talking in the hall, and though Fiona was deep in conversation with Thomas and Karl, while Van sung to the clip, Evenesence, bring me to life, Irvine wondered who had been at the door.
"Hey, guys,"
Moonbay had everybody's attention, apart from Van's, that is.
He had managed not to hear them, and was still singing.
Moonbay saw this, and made a sign for them to watch, as she grabbed the remote, waited until the chorus, and put the mute on just when Van sung out in a high-pitched voice,
"-Wake me up inside!!"
As he got to inside, he had a huge voice-break, causing the whole room to explode in laughter, and when he realised what had happened, Van went bright red. "Wonderful, Vanita, wonderful!!"
"Hey, shut it, Irvine!"
"Uh, guys."
"Yo, what's up, Moonbay?"
"Shut it, Van, I'd like you all to meet someone."
"Who?"
"Uh, come on!"
Waving to someone beyond the door, Moonbay turned around, went out, and dragged in a guy by the wrist.
"This is Domitan, my friend. Dom, this is Irvine, Van, Fiona, Karl, and Thomas."
"Hey."
They all greeted each him, sizing him up.
He was an average height, average build, thin but not too thin, bleach blonde, with a earring from his left ear, a type of dragon, but his clothes read,
'Forget me, I'm unimportant, being black pants and a deep red sleeveless top.
"So, take a seat, Dom, Irvine, up!!"
"Yes 'mam!"
Irvine sat up, leaving enough room for two beside him.
Dom sat down, shyly, and Moonbay sat there, turning the music back on, trying to get back to the relaxed atmosphere they had had before.
Fiona leant over, nudging Domitan, asking,
"So where're you from?"
"Oh, uh, I'm from the other side of town, about ten minutes drive away."
"Right, what school do you go to?"
While Fiona talked to Domitan, the tension left, and they all went back to comfortable, until Irvine pointed out,
"Uh, guys, the party starts in half an hour!!"
"Shit!!!!"
Moonbay was out of her seat in a flash, shooing them out to the cars.
"I'll go with Dom, you to, Thomas."
"Huh?"
Thomas had been daydreaming, he had no idea of what was going on.
"Just follow me. Van, turn it off, we're going!!"
*~*
When they got there, Moonbay ordered Van to show Dom around, while the others set out the food.
"Uh, bathroom, my room, study, kitchen!, um,"
When they were out of earshot, Van turned around to face Dom, whispering,
"Dude, Fiona's with Karl, Moonbay's with......uh, I'm not to sure if she's with anyone, but just.....if you join our group, try not to hurt feelings, right?"
Dom understood this completely, Van was looking out for his friends, but there was no need for Van to worry about Dom making moves on the girls......
"Right."
*~*
"Hey, Moonbay, what's the time?"
Fiona was right next to Moonbay, but had to shout to be heard over the Eminem song that was blearing.
"Uh, it's 10:50 pm, why?"
"Van......"
Shaking her head, Fiona indicated for Moonbay to follow her, and after shutting the kitchen door, they managed to talk normally.
"Van's wiped out all the chips, and the rest of the food. Would the shop be open?"
"It closes at eleven, you'd better hurry."
"Right, I'll see if Karl can drive me."
It turned out that Karl couldn't drive her, he was pretty drunk, not enough to be bouncing off the walls, but enough to have his keys taken and put away until morning.
"Man, who'll take me?!"
Stressing, Fiona was startled to see Dom walk over, dangling his keys.
"I'll take you. Don't worry, I don't drink, so I'm not drunk."
"Right, Moonbay, I'm going with Domitan, sweet, be back soon!"
As a drunk Karl saw Fiona leave with another guy, he started to worry, but felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked at Moonbay for an explanation.
"Don't worry, their getting some more food, and he's, well, I can be sure he wont be looking at Fi in that way, he's more into guys, she should be the worried one."
*~*
The party went on, music blearing, until midnight, when most of the people started to leave, and the radio was turned down, per request of neighbours, until at three in the morning, it was just the friends left.
Van was passed out on the ground, somehow he had managed to get drunk, after Moonbay and Irvine had kept taking all his drinks from him, telling him he was too young.
Fiona was asleep in Karl's arms, murmuring in her sleep, while Karl casually listened to the conversation between Moonbay, Irvine, Thomas, Dom and Reese, who had shown up at some unknown point.
By five, Thomas was asleep, he had fallen asleep on the couch, Moonbay was dancing, having had way too much to drink, Irvine was by the radio, looking through all the C.D's.
Karl was still with the asleep Fiona, softly singing to whatever happened to be playing, Van had started to snore, so at some point, Irvine had put the boy in his bed, closing the door as he left, an attempt to block it, and Reese was.........
"Moonbay?"
"Yeah, 'arl?"
"Where's Reese?"
"She's 'assed ou' on da pooooooooollllll!"
"Huh?"
Confused, Karl turned to Irvine for an explanation.
"I think she said that Reese passed out on the pool, so hopefully.......I think I'll go check."
"Want me to come?"
"Nah, I'll be sweet."
Irvine left the room, through the French doors, to find Reese in a hump, legs in the water, the rest of her asleep, sprawled out unladylike.
"Wonderful."
Reese was going to be completely sorry the next day, she was soaking, and had been out in the morning air, which wasn't good, she would have a headache, and she'd be less then happy at the prospect of how Irvine had dragged her across the ground, stopped at the door, got a few towels, wrapped her in them, then tried to figure out how to change her clothes.
"We can't trust Moonbay, she's off her head, and, well, we're guys, she wouldn't appreciate that."
All the guys looked at their last option, Fiona.
"No, she's sleeping, come on you guys...."
But it was too late, Irvine had awoken Fiona, who, to Karl's dismay, just curled up again, snuggling closer to him, making the guys tease, and Karl go bright red.
Moonbay had come over, seen what had happened, and in her drunken state asked,
"So, 'arl, ha'e you and Fion' done it yet?"
Bright red, Karl looked to Irvine, then wondered what the hell to say.
Irvine replied for him though, telling Moonbay,
"Do you really think so, Moonbay? The couple that's been going out for nearly a year, and might not have even hooked up? Yeah, really, Moonbay, good thinking."
Moonbay looked pleased with herself, and resumed her.........dancing.
Irvine just laughed to himself, then looked at Karl in a way that said,
'So are you gunna answer that?'
"Uh, well, we, er, we kissed the other night, and, ah,"
"You got her top and she got your hair?"
Nodding, Karl was glad for Irvine's blunt streak, which made him nearly immune to blushing and feeling embarrassment, nearly.
Karl grinned as he remembered one of the few occasions Irvine had blushed.
Strange, Karl had completely forgotten that Irvine went after other guys.
//~// The were having lunch, like normal, when Irvine stopped in mid sentence, staring at a guy that had walked through the door, with a gorgeous chick hanging off his arm.
The whole group, save those already involved, were staring at either the girl or the guy, as both were stunning.
The girl went to get a table, while the guy ordered, and though making no comment aloud, Karl had seen that Irvine's eyes followed the guy the whole way, never even slipping to the girl.
Giving his leg a light kick under the table, Karl made a noise that sounded like a cough, but told Irvine, 'I knew it!', and to his surprise, Irvine had blushed completely, making his suspicions confirmed.//~//
Irvine snorted, and Karl realised he had daydreamed, with a silly smirk on his face.
Shrugging, he pulled Fiona closer to him, and drifted to sleep, content.
Irvine watched this, with a mixture of feelings.
He had known Fiona for years, she was a year younger then him, but studied at his level.
He was happy, happy that she had a good guy, happy that she was happy, but it also disgusted him, the sight of someone so much......older with his friend.
It wasn't jealousy, he could never feel for her that way, it was more protection, the guy was 3 years older, bloody hell!!!!
He was pretty sure Fiona was still with all her firsts, and by what Karl had just confirmed, that was her first kiss gone...........he just hoped she'd wait until she was positive for her virginity to go.
Sighing Irvine shook his head, clearing these thoughts, and wondered what had happened to everybody.
Van was in his room...........Fiona and Karl on the couch.............Moonbay was.........
"Uh, Moonbay?"
Looking to where Moonbay had been, Irvine observed the lump on the ground, limbs at odd angles.
"You alive?"
There was a sound, possibly a grunt, and the heap rolled over to face him, and slurred,
"I' wa'a dance wit' yoooou toniight!!"
"Huh?"
"I'm drunnkkkkkkk!!"
Damn, he'd seen people get so drunk they puked, he'd done that more then once, but Moonbay'd never acted like this...........
"Moonbay, did you have anything else tonight?"
"I had.....had, funny word.......I had, hehe, I had, hehe, hahahaha-"
"Moonbay!"
Now he was a little worried.
Had someone drugged her?
"I had a drink, a drink, and LOT'S of drinks!!!!!!"
So she had drinks.
Did anyone drug them?
"Where did you get those drinks?"
"Van*I*ta, Van, Van, Van, Van-"
"How many drinks have you had?"
By now he was sure, she was high.
"Ummmmmmmmmmmm, 5, 10, this many!!!"
She stuck all her hands and feet into the air, then startled to giggle.
Sighing, Irvine got up, picked her up in a fireman's lift way, and delivered her to the guest room, all the time hearing her ask,
"Are you gunna kiss me, Irvine? Because, your 'gly, I don't like you, kiss me!!!"
Closing the door behind him, Irvine thought better of this, and left it open.
Returning to the couch, he resumed his count, whilst dreaming of a nice hot coffee......
Van, bed, Moonbay, bed, Karl, asleep, Fiona, asleep, Thomas...asleep, Reese, out cold......
Getting up, he checked on Reese, getting blankets, replacing the towels with them.
He considered putting her in a bed, but realised that the only one left was Van's sisters room, and he couldn't trust that Reese wouldn't throw up again, so he left her huddled up on the floor, after putting her on a few cushions.
Returning to the couch, he counted again, longing for coffee to keep his mind going.
Van, in his room, Thomas, on the other couch, Karl and Fiona, couch, Moonbay, guest room, Reese, ground, but Irvine had the feeling he was forgetting someone.
The feeling of something being pushed into his cold hands brought Irvine back to reality, and after registering that it was a cup of coffee, he raised his gaze to the person, and realised who he had forgotten, Domitan.
"Hey, figured you'd want one."
"Yeah, thanks."
How'd he know? Irvine figured that Dom had guessed it.
"So, how long have you known Moonbay?"
"Me?"
Irvine was a bit puzzled, wasn't that what he was meant to say?!
"Uh, well, I dunno, we just kinda.......do."
"Yeah, we've been like that, just meeting and e-mailing each other, who knows for how long."
Smiling slightly, Irvine tested the coffee.
Nice, black, no sugar, no milk, just how he liked it.
"Good coffee."
"No prob."
They sat in silence, a comfortable one, each thinking his own thoughts.
When the CD finished, Black Eyed Peas, Irvine stretched, then went to put another one on.
While he was looking through the pile of CD's, Irvine was aware of Domitan checking him out, but never let on.
Reese mumbled something, and rolled over, so that her head was against the couch in what had to be an uncomfortable way.
Getting up to help, Irvine found Dom was already there, taking care of her, so he took the chance to check him out.
He had a sturdy body, not to big, not to small, muscles undetected under his sleeves, but rippling as he moved Reese out of harms way, his face was handsome, tight cheekbones, his cheeks a pale colour that suited him, his eyes........they were..........entrancing, the way they sloped in thought, the pupils surrounded by a nice dark grey, making him mysterious, yet so...............
Irvine didn't want to admit it, but he was insanely attracted to this guy.
When Dom finished moving Reese, he knew without looking that Irvine was checking him out, and, deciding to be cheeky, he lifted his gaze to meet Irvine's startled one, and grinned, something he had learnt could get him what he wanted.
Returning to the couch, he let his gaze stay on Irvine, as he picked out some music, Linkin Park, and then as Irvine returned to the couch, Dom slid closer to him.
Irvine needed some air, he needed to think, and the only place he could think of was the roof, a place he'd been many a time before.
"I'll be back in a short while."
Standing, Irvine first glanced at the others in the room, checking they were alright, then exited, to enter Van's sister's room, and swing himself out the window, hanging onto the gutter, then pulled himself up.
There wasn't that much risk, he was only on the second floor of this house, but it could hurt if he was to fall.
Sitting on the edge of the roof, Irvine relaxed, raising his hands behind his head, and stretching out along the roof, thinking.
His life wasn't that interesting, not big enough to have many problems, but all the little ones together made a headache, a chorus of complaining to be solved first, a reminder of how mundane his life was.
Before he could work anything out, especially his feelings towards people he didn't even want to name in his mind, somebody clambered onto the roof, agilely, like they had been climbing onto roofs for as long as he had.
Glancing over, he saw Dom looking at the sky, his arms wrapped around his legs.
Lapsing back into his thoughts, Irvine thought of how peaceful it would be, to just take off, leave everything behind, all the memories, even if that included his friends, just to jump in a zoid and leave, but, of course, he wasn't allowed to pilot a zoid outside the designated training areas until he was an accomplished zoid pilot, finishing all levels at school.
A sigh brought his attention to the teen next to him, and Irvine figured he'd like to take his mind off of his own problems for a while.
"Something troubling you?"
"Huh?"
Dom hadn't been aware to his surroundings, as everybody is when daydreaming, but didn't appreciate Irvine's grin all the same.
"What?"
This made Irvine grin even more, something that he rarely did, but also something which lit his features, revealing the purple eyes that seemed grey at times.
Giving the guy a shove, Dom snorted, seeing that Irvine was just as sturdy as he looked.
"Huh? I think a breeze is picking up, I felt it just then, a little nudge."
"Hey!"
Irvine laughed, and let the other push him aside, gently, for the sake of friendship, but then when he was lying on his back again, he found the other teen looking down at him.
"..........uh,"
There was nothing to say, and Dom noticed that Irvine was trying to find something to cease the silence, and to stop him, Dom's hand found it's way to Irvine's mouth, closing it with one finger.
Lowering himself to his elbows, Dom stared into Irvine's eyes, not caring that the lust he was feeling showed completely in his eyes as much in his actions.
Removing his finger from Irvine's mouth, he replaced it with his lips, in a gentle, questioning kiss.
Irvine was stunned, but then when Dom began to remove his lips, as a sign of defeat, Irvine leaned, up, pushed Dom's head down to his with his hands, and quickly started to kiss him before Irvine himself knew what was happening.
Dom quickly allowed Irvine entry to his mouth, and Irvine took the initiative to use it, exploring the other teens mouth, when his brain kicked in.
The hands that had been holding Domitan close to him now pushed him away, half his brain melting at the touch of his tight chest, the other half completely confused.
Dom felt Irvine press him away, and, resentfully, he sat up, running his hand through his hair, a thing he knew would get attention when he looked like he didn't know it would.
Irvine lay there, confused.
He had kissed Dom.
He had kissed Dom.
Why the hell had he kissed Dom?
Remembering it, he knew his body asked for more, but his brain was screaming.
What the hell was wrong with him?!
He shivered, and realised that at this time in the morning, 5:30 AM, there was no heat, on a windy darkness.
Dom sat there, patiently waiting for Irvine's mind to catch up to his body.
Rubbing his temples, Irvine finally looked up, and asked outright,
"If we get together, can you keep a secret?"
"Huh? Oh, from everybody? Sure, if you can."
"Good, then we can finish what we started."
Irvine sat up, and reached his right hand to behind Dom's head, allowing their heads to meet, and closed his eyes, enjoying the kiss.
When they broke for air, the both grinned, and asked at the same time,
"Who'll be on top?"
Grinning, they leant in for another taste of each other.
*~*
At 7 Am, Fiona woke up, and when she moved ever so slightly to stifle a yawn, she woke Karl. Glancing around the room, trying to figure out where he was, Karl saw Irvine and Dom holding hands in their sleep on the couch. Quickly he diverted Fiona's attention in a morning kiss, while 'accidentally' falling off of the couch, in doing so, awaking the two sleeping guys.
Fiona disappeared, looking for coffee, Karl warned Irvine,
"Watch your back, that hurt, she nearly saw!!"
Irvine grinned at him, glanced at Dom, whispered,
"I don't know you,"
dropped Dom's hand, and left in search of a bathroom.
"So you've tamed him."
Grinning, Dom asked,
"How long've you known about him? The others don't seem to know,"
"Ah, a little while, a couple of months, but I completely forgot."
"Right, did you know about me?"
"Kinda, I had my suspicions. I figure you two will keep this quiet?"
"Yep. I figure it'd embarrass him in front of his friends, so,"
Dom shrugged, and returned to a light sleep.
Fiona returned with a coffee for herself and Karl, then glanced around,
"Where's Irvine? I didn't know whether he'd want a coffee......"
Shrugging, Karl pulled Fiona into his lap, and they sat quietly, drinking, and waking up.
Irvine returned with a white face, and looked at Karl,
"I completely forgot, Karl, I think Moonbay was drugged!"
Karl was at full attention instantly, asking,
"How? Is she alright?"
"Yeah, she was acting more then drunk last night, but I figured she'd be fine, I just checked on her......"
"Where is she?"
It seemed strange to Dom that Karl was so serious about somebody getting lightly drugged, but Irvine explained to him later about how Karl's mother had died by too much intake of drugs, as she had been so addicted that too much wasn't enough.
Irvine led Karl to the room Moonbay was in, and Karl sighed with relief.
"She's only had a light bit, maybe picked up the wrong glass?"
"Dunno, she had so much to drink last night, but most of them were Van's........"
Both of the guys were in Van's room before the sentence was finished, and upon entering, they found him dressing.
"Shit!"
Running back out, they tried to shake the image from their minds.
They could hear Van muttering from inside, and when he opened the door, he found himself having Irvine holding him, and Karl peer at him, then felt himself let go.
"Nah, he's sweet."
Irvine seemed to relax a bit, but Van was confused, then angry.
"What the hell were you doing?! Have you ever heard of knocking?!!!"
"Sorry, kid, thought you were drugged as well."
"Drugged?! I don't do.....as well?"
"Yeah, Moonbay picked something up last night......."
"Last night? At my party?"
"Yeah, we figure someone spiked her, then forgot or something."
"Ah, at my party? Do you know how much shit I could get in?!"
"Oh, get over it. Now, your outta this room, I'm gunna put Reese in here........shit."
All three walked this time, though they were worried, into the lounge, and checked Reese.
She was a duplicate of Moonbay.
"Shit. Right, Van, she's going in your room."
They all helped to carry Reese to Van's room, not because she was heavy, she was feather light, but because when moved she thrashed about.
When they told Dom what had happened to Moonbay, he shrugged.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah? What are you on about? This is Moonbay we're talking about."
"Yeah, Moonbay. Don't you know?"
Dom looked from the nearly hysterical Fiona to Irvine, Karl and Van, who were all confused.
"Uh, I suggest you take her away, she might not want to hear this."
Van nodded, and led Fiona away, getting her some more coffee, while Dom addressed the other two.
"Uh, she's been doing drugs for a year now."
"She's what?!"
Karl was fuming, Irvine was only stunned.
"Yeah, that's how we met, but I stopped after I lost a friend, and she said she'd stop, but she's still cutting back, when she drinks, she can't help it."
Irvine reserved his own anger, and spent his time on calming Karl down, who was positively fuming.
They agreed not to tell anybody else, at least, not until they had discussed it, but Fiona guessed that she knew, from the way Karl was acting.
Seeing that he needed to do something before he exploded, Fiona convinced Karl to drive them somewhere, she didn't care where, and when they got there, a park that overlooked the city, a very sweet sight, she got out, and went for a walk with Karl.
*~*
When they were far enough away, she told him to let it out.
Instantly he started raging, yelling about what an, ahem, idiot that, ahem, Moonbay was, and plenty more ahems.
Fiona waited until he was finished, then got him to sit down, handing him a bottle of water.
"Damn it Fiona, I promised myself I wouldn't swear in front of you."
She just giggled, and drank some water herself.
"Damn you."
Grinning, Karl ruffled her hair, and she squealed at the indignity.
"Hey!! Not fair!!"
"What are you going to do about it? Huh, midget?"
"Oh!!"
With that, she pulled him down and kissed him intensely, then when they pulled apart for the sake of air, she managed to say in a croaky voice,
"Say that again, and die!"
Karl managed to find his voice, stating,
"Oh? And how do you propose to kill me, midget?"
With that, she kissed him again, enjoying the pure bliss, and did so, until things went a bit to far with their hands, and she pulled back.
"Karl, I......"
He pecked her on the forehead, and whispered,
"I know, never let me, alright? Even if I beg, don't, it's to precious."
She nodded, and though she tried not to show it, Karl saw the relief in her eyes.
'She really is young. Sometimes I forget how young.'
His thoughts were interrupted by her kissing him, then when she pulled back, she smiled, and he thought,
'And that's why I forget, she acts just like she's my age'
They returned to the car, Moonbay forgotten for now.
*~**~*
Wow, that's a bit scary.............
*I* wrote that?
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Warning:!!! May contain traces of peanuts, sap, bad language, and fluff.
(sorry, I just had to!!)
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*~**~*
When Fiona got back, at 10 PM, she sighed, collapsing onto her couch.
What a day.
What a fucked up, mess of a day.
First she had gotten detention, making her plans with Karl disintegrate, then she'd had a crap day of lessons, Raven had freaked her out, detention sucked, then she'd had that whole thing with Raven and the park, then she'd gone shopping, and during her gossip with Moonbay, she had managed to confirm something.
Moonbay had it for Raven, man, she had it bad.
And NOW, thank god, she could relax, think of Karl, maybe ring him....
Opening her eyes, Fiona decided to check that there were no messages on the phone, and guess what?
There was, from Karl.
After listening to it, she hung up, then turned the phone back on, dialing Karl's number.
"Hello?"
He sounded wide awake,
"Hey, it's me!"
"Hey me, watcha up to?"
"Oh, just got back from shopping for Van's party, it was a last second rescue for Moonbay, who was about to kill Van."
"Oh yeah, how was detention?"
"Funny, very funny."
"Yeah yeah."
"So what've you been up to?"
"Oh, went to the party with Reese and some others, but it wasn't right, not without you, so I came back, helped Thomas with his homework."
Fiona giggled when she heard some sort of indignant grunt that sounded like Thomas.
"Oh shut up, Thomas. So, Fi, you want to do something?"
"You read my mind."
"What do you want to do?"
"Ah, dunno. How about you come here, and we'll figure it out then?"
"Sure, I'll be there in a while, I'll bring my 4WD."
"Yessir!!"
Hanging up, Fiona raced around, cleaning up, and reapplying worn out makeup.
*~*
"You ready yet?"
"WHAT THE......OMG, Karl, DON'T DO THAT!!!"
Karl had arrived about 10 mins ago, and while Fiona finished her makeup, he was supposed to be watching T.V, but had sneaked in on her, embracing her by surprise.
"Sorry!!"
"Yeah right. If your more then 1% sorry, I'll.......I dunno......"
"Kiss me?"
"Yeah, I'll kiss you!"
Talking about it became to much for Karl, he found himself spinning Fiona around in his arms, and gently pressing the most delicate kiss he had ever given on her lips.
She froze for a moment, giving Karl enough time to wonder what the hell was wrong with him, but then, Fiona opened her mouth to him, and her hands found their way to his hair.
Upon being allowed entry to her mouth, Karl sighed with relief in his mind, and slowly, gently, took the lead, showing her how to explore the deep confines of the mouth, how to get the tongues to respond to each other in a lone dance, unsung, yet sung everywhere.
Pulling up for air, Karl grinned at her, seeing the dazed and distant look in her eyes, and facials.
"Does that prove that I'm sorry?"
"Huh?"
There was a stunned sound in her voice, and her left hand found it's way from his hair to her lips, then she grinned, pulling him back for more.
Half an hour later, Karl was sitting on the couch, and Fiona had resumed getting ready.
"You done yet?"
"Oh, shut up!!"
Entering the room, Fiona held her arms out, and spun around.
"So, how do I look?"
"Like a bitch."
"Oh very funny, woof woof."
"Nah, you look perfect."
"Just as well your perfect isn't normal!!"
They laughed, and exited, getting into his car.
*~*
"So, where are we going?"
Looking at Karl, his hair all shiny in the late night air, his eyes shining from the dim glow of the dashboard, Fiona mentally sighed from extreme pleasure.
"Ah, well, I dunno if you want to go, but there's this place, where, well, you park up there, and, well,"
"It's where you make out?"
"Yeah."
Fiona laughed at how cautious Karl was about the subject, like she'd drop him from the mere mention of it.
"Where is it?"
"Ah, on the cliff over on the south side of town."
"Oh, right, sure. I'd love to go with you, Karl."
Somehow, her hand found his, entwining with his fingers over the gear- stick.
"Uh, where do you want to park?"
"Under that tree over there, it looks peacefully."
Once parked, Karl got out of the car, opened Fiona's door for her, and pulled her out into his arms.
Giggling, she rested against him, then giggled when he set a blanket around the two, as they sat on the hood of his car.
Resting against him, she whispered,
"I love you, Karl."
Karl's hand lifted her chin, so she was looking into his eyes, and he whispered,
"I love you Fiona,"
before continuing that unsung dance.
This time, when Fiona collapsed on her bed, she held her breathe, listening to the roar of Karl's car, roaring down the street.
Sighing with contentment, she rolled over, onto her stomach, and decided to check the phone.
What?
She could dream.
There was no messages, and Fiona slipped into her night- clothes, falling into a deep uneventful sleep.
*~*
Moonbay awoke, the morning sunlight dancing patterns over her face.
Opening her eyes, she sat up, glancing around.
Her sister, Maryanne, had cleaned up again yesterday, before going to their parents.
Maryanne.
Shaking her head, Moonbay swung her legs out of bed.
That kid, she was only 12, and she was always trying to please everyone, and so she had decided on staying with her big sister for one week, and then their parents for two.
This suited Moonbay just fine, as though Maryanne was cute, she had to be looked after, killing any social time Moonbay had.
After her shower, and getting dressed, Moonbay turned on her computer, it wasn't old, but it wasn't new, either.
Logging online, she sighed.
Grabbing an apple, Moonbay scanned her list of e-mails, opening random ones, jokes, mainly.
"Ooosies!!"
Clicking on one, Moonbay scanned it, then read it, it wasn't to long.
Moonbay,hi. This is a quick e-mail to tell you I got the message last night, and yes, I'd love to come to this party and meet your friends. Now, I know this sounds weird, but what should I wear? What sort of things have you been up to? I'm not to sure we'll get that much time to talk, if this party is as good as it sounds, there shouldn't be much free time between meeting people, and having a good time, so I'll see you there, how about I pick you up? When? E-mail me, I'll be online 'till 10, the you can ring me after that, so yeah, hope you get this. Um, bye!!
There was no name, but Moonbay didn't need one to know who it was from, it was an easy connection.
Heo, I'm online now, u still der? anywayz, allz still on, wear what you norm wear, just tone down a bit, me and Fi wear black and white, but others wear jeans and tops, but you can pull your norm on, and u'd fit in gr8, I'm wearing black pant's, a drk grn top, mayb a vest or jacket. If u der, e- mail bck, sweet!!!
Pressing the send button, Moonbay scanned the rest of her e-mails.
Thinking of how thirty in one day wasn't bad, she filled in the one that has you write down your name and what your doing and stuff, then sent it to all 83 contacts she had.
By that time her reply had arrived, and she read it, smirked, deleted it, sent a reply,
Yep, see you then!!!
Closing down her computer, Moonbay then rang Irvine, to check something.
*~*
Van woke to the sound of the phone, and upon stumbling out to the kitchen, picking it up, and mumbling something that could possibly be identified as a
'Hello?'
"Hey, it's Irvine, did I wake ya?"
"Yes!"
"It's 12, time to get up, Moonbay wants to hit your place at half past, so I thought I'd warn you."
"By Moonbay, you mean.....?"
"Moonbay, I'll be there at 1, and possibly Fiona, Thomas and Karl'll be there at any time, we don't know, but that's alright, with their C.D. collection, if they show up, with a few, of course, it'll be appreciated."
None of this whatsoever registered in Van's mind, he just asked,
"Moonbay?"
".......Yeah, then me after half an hour of just her, so I'll see if I can hook Fiona into looking after you."
"Thanks."
Hanging up, Van looked around.
Tops were thrown everywhere, his school books lay in a corner, his stereo was still playing on some shit station he had been listening to the night before, yep.
All was perfect.
That wasn't Moonbay's thoughts.
"VAN!!!! How could you let your place get like this?!"
"What? It's normal!!"
"Pig!! Now we've gotta clean up, set everything out, then go shopping!!"
"Shopping?"
Van's eyebrow twitched.
That wasn't part of what he had allegedly agreed to.
"Yeah, Fiona and I are going to take you guys shopping, get you some tops, hang out, release tension before relaxing even more at the party!!!"
Now both eyebrows were twitching.
"You mean you're going to drag me, Irvine and probably Karl and Thomas around the mall, get us tops we didn't need, then scream at us when we tell the truth?"
"Exactly, so don't lie, tell us the truth, that you *appreciate* what we get you."
"But........never mind."
Sighing in defeat, Van decided to plan on how to get out of it, while he and Moonbay cleaned his place up.
At five, Moonbay mysteriously asked all of them to go back to her place, and a bit miffed, they piled into Karl's car, asking Moonbay why.
Not answering why, she jumped out when they got there, ran inside, and reappeared at the door, inviting them all in.
"Make yourselves comfortable, and Van, don't even think of touching the PS2, I've nearly clocked that game, and your not going to ruin it!!"
Moonbay was in the kitchen, and only her yells stopped Van, who had been inches away from the console, who moaned back,
"Man......what game you playing?"
"GTA, but it's this special one, harder then the original, way harder.
It's taken me three weeks to get that far, and I got the first one in less then two days."
They settled down, watching a video clips on T.V, talking, and relaxing, until there was a knock at the door.
Moonbay was instantly on her feet, and t the door.
Taking a deep breathe, she opened the door, let the person in, and took their clock, closing the door.
Fiona was snuggled up to Karl on a single couch, Van was lazing on the other, while Irvine was stretched out on the main one, hands behind his head.
Thomas was on a beanbag, Moonbay had been on the blow up air chair.
There was some quiet talking in the hall, and though Fiona was deep in conversation with Thomas and Karl, while Van sung to the clip, Evenesence, bring me to life, Irvine wondered who had been at the door.
"Hey, guys,"
Moonbay had everybody's attention, apart from Van's, that is.
He had managed not to hear them, and was still singing.
Moonbay saw this, and made a sign for them to watch, as she grabbed the remote, waited until the chorus, and put the mute on just when Van sung out in a high-pitched voice,
"-Wake me up inside!!"
As he got to inside, he had a huge voice-break, causing the whole room to explode in laughter, and when he realised what had happened, Van went bright red. "Wonderful, Vanita, wonderful!!"
"Hey, shut it, Irvine!"
"Uh, guys."
"Yo, what's up, Moonbay?"
"Shut it, Van, I'd like you all to meet someone."
"Who?"
"Uh, come on!"
Waving to someone beyond the door, Moonbay turned around, went out, and dragged in a guy by the wrist.
"This is Domitan, my friend. Dom, this is Irvine, Van, Fiona, Karl, and Thomas."
"Hey."
They all greeted each him, sizing him up.
He was an average height, average build, thin but not too thin, bleach blonde, with a earring from his left ear, a type of dragon, but his clothes read,
'Forget me, I'm unimportant, being black pants and a deep red sleeveless top.
"So, take a seat, Dom, Irvine, up!!"
"Yes 'mam!"
Irvine sat up, leaving enough room for two beside him.
Dom sat down, shyly, and Moonbay sat there, turning the music back on, trying to get back to the relaxed atmosphere they had had before.
Fiona leant over, nudging Domitan, asking,
"So where're you from?"
"Oh, uh, I'm from the other side of town, about ten minutes drive away."
"Right, what school do you go to?"
While Fiona talked to Domitan, the tension left, and they all went back to comfortable, until Irvine pointed out,
"Uh, guys, the party starts in half an hour!!"
"Shit!!!!"
Moonbay was out of her seat in a flash, shooing them out to the cars.
"I'll go with Dom, you to, Thomas."
"Huh?"
Thomas had been daydreaming, he had no idea of what was going on.
"Just follow me. Van, turn it off, we're going!!"
*~*
When they got there, Moonbay ordered Van to show Dom around, while the others set out the food.
"Uh, bathroom, my room, study, kitchen!, um,"
When they were out of earshot, Van turned around to face Dom, whispering,
"Dude, Fiona's with Karl, Moonbay's with......uh, I'm not to sure if she's with anyone, but just.....if you join our group, try not to hurt feelings, right?"
Dom understood this completely, Van was looking out for his friends, but there was no need for Van to worry about Dom making moves on the girls......
"Right."
*~*
"Hey, Moonbay, what's the time?"
Fiona was right next to Moonbay, but had to shout to be heard over the Eminem song that was blearing.
"Uh, it's 10:50 pm, why?"
"Van......"
Shaking her head, Fiona indicated for Moonbay to follow her, and after shutting the kitchen door, they managed to talk normally.
"Van's wiped out all the chips, and the rest of the food. Would the shop be open?"
"It closes at eleven, you'd better hurry."
"Right, I'll see if Karl can drive me."
It turned out that Karl couldn't drive her, he was pretty drunk, not enough to be bouncing off the walls, but enough to have his keys taken and put away until morning.
"Man, who'll take me?!"
Stressing, Fiona was startled to see Dom walk over, dangling his keys.
"I'll take you. Don't worry, I don't drink, so I'm not drunk."
"Right, Moonbay, I'm going with Domitan, sweet, be back soon!"
As a drunk Karl saw Fiona leave with another guy, he started to worry, but felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked at Moonbay for an explanation.
"Don't worry, their getting some more food, and he's, well, I can be sure he wont be looking at Fi in that way, he's more into guys, she should be the worried one."
*~*
The party went on, music blearing, until midnight, when most of the people started to leave, and the radio was turned down, per request of neighbours, until at three in the morning, it was just the friends left.
Van was passed out on the ground, somehow he had managed to get drunk, after Moonbay and Irvine had kept taking all his drinks from him, telling him he was too young.
Fiona was asleep in Karl's arms, murmuring in her sleep, while Karl casually listened to the conversation between Moonbay, Irvine, Thomas, Dom and Reese, who had shown up at some unknown point.
By five, Thomas was asleep, he had fallen asleep on the couch, Moonbay was dancing, having had way too much to drink, Irvine was by the radio, looking through all the C.D's.
Karl was still with the asleep Fiona, softly singing to whatever happened to be playing, Van had started to snore, so at some point, Irvine had put the boy in his bed, closing the door as he left, an attempt to block it, and Reese was.........
"Moonbay?"
"Yeah, 'arl?"
"Where's Reese?"
"She's 'assed ou' on da pooooooooollllll!"
"Huh?"
Confused, Karl turned to Irvine for an explanation.
"I think she said that Reese passed out on the pool, so hopefully.......I think I'll go check."
"Want me to come?"
"Nah, I'll be sweet."
Irvine left the room, through the French doors, to find Reese in a hump, legs in the water, the rest of her asleep, sprawled out unladylike.
"Wonderful."
Reese was going to be completely sorry the next day, she was soaking, and had been out in the morning air, which wasn't good, she would have a headache, and she'd be less then happy at the prospect of how Irvine had dragged her across the ground, stopped at the door, got a few towels, wrapped her in them, then tried to figure out how to change her clothes.
"We can't trust Moonbay, she's off her head, and, well, we're guys, she wouldn't appreciate that."
All the guys looked at their last option, Fiona.
"No, she's sleeping, come on you guys...."
But it was too late, Irvine had awoken Fiona, who, to Karl's dismay, just curled up again, snuggling closer to him, making the guys tease, and Karl go bright red.
Moonbay had come over, seen what had happened, and in her drunken state asked,
"So, 'arl, ha'e you and Fion' done it yet?"
Bright red, Karl looked to Irvine, then wondered what the hell to say.
Irvine replied for him though, telling Moonbay,
"Do you really think so, Moonbay? The couple that's been going out for nearly a year, and might not have even hooked up? Yeah, really, Moonbay, good thinking."
Moonbay looked pleased with herself, and resumed her.........dancing.
Irvine just laughed to himself, then looked at Karl in a way that said,
'So are you gunna answer that?'
"Uh, well, we, er, we kissed the other night, and, ah,"
"You got her top and she got your hair?"
Nodding, Karl was glad for Irvine's blunt streak, which made him nearly immune to blushing and feeling embarrassment, nearly.
Karl grinned as he remembered one of the few occasions Irvine had blushed.
Strange, Karl had completely forgotten that Irvine went after other guys.
//~// The were having lunch, like normal, when Irvine stopped in mid sentence, staring at a guy that had walked through the door, with a gorgeous chick hanging off his arm.
The whole group, save those already involved, were staring at either the girl or the guy, as both were stunning.
The girl went to get a table, while the guy ordered, and though making no comment aloud, Karl had seen that Irvine's eyes followed the guy the whole way, never even slipping to the girl.
Giving his leg a light kick under the table, Karl made a noise that sounded like a cough, but told Irvine, 'I knew it!', and to his surprise, Irvine had blushed completely, making his suspicions confirmed.//~//
Irvine snorted, and Karl realised he had daydreamed, with a silly smirk on his face.
Shrugging, he pulled Fiona closer to him, and drifted to sleep, content.
Irvine watched this, with a mixture of feelings.
He had known Fiona for years, she was a year younger then him, but studied at his level.
He was happy, happy that she had a good guy, happy that she was happy, but it also disgusted him, the sight of someone so much......older with his friend.
It wasn't jealousy, he could never feel for her that way, it was more protection, the guy was 3 years older, bloody hell!!!!
He was pretty sure Fiona was still with all her firsts, and by what Karl had just confirmed, that was her first kiss gone...........he just hoped she'd wait until she was positive for her virginity to go.
Sighing Irvine shook his head, clearing these thoughts, and wondered what had happened to everybody.
Van was in his room...........Fiona and Karl on the couch.............Moonbay was.........
"Uh, Moonbay?"
Looking to where Moonbay had been, Irvine observed the lump on the ground, limbs at odd angles.
"You alive?"
There was a sound, possibly a grunt, and the heap rolled over to face him, and slurred,
"I' wa'a dance wit' yoooou toniight!!"
"Huh?"
"I'm drunnkkkkkkk!!"
Damn, he'd seen people get so drunk they puked, he'd done that more then once, but Moonbay'd never acted like this...........
"Moonbay, did you have anything else tonight?"
"I had.....had, funny word.......I had, hehe, I had, hehe, hahahaha-"
"Moonbay!"
Now he was a little worried.
Had someone drugged her?
"I had a drink, a drink, and LOT'S of drinks!!!!!!"
So she had drinks.
Did anyone drug them?
"Where did you get those drinks?"
"Van*I*ta, Van, Van, Van, Van-"
"How many drinks have you had?"
By now he was sure, she was high.
"Ummmmmmmmmmmm, 5, 10, this many!!!"
She stuck all her hands and feet into the air, then startled to giggle.
Sighing, Irvine got up, picked her up in a fireman's lift way, and delivered her to the guest room, all the time hearing her ask,
"Are you gunna kiss me, Irvine? Because, your 'gly, I don't like you, kiss me!!!"
Closing the door behind him, Irvine thought better of this, and left it open.
Returning to the couch, he resumed his count, whilst dreaming of a nice hot coffee......
Van, bed, Moonbay, bed, Karl, asleep, Fiona, asleep, Thomas...asleep, Reese, out cold......
Getting up, he checked on Reese, getting blankets, replacing the towels with them.
He considered putting her in a bed, but realised that the only one left was Van's sisters room, and he couldn't trust that Reese wouldn't throw up again, so he left her huddled up on the floor, after putting her on a few cushions.
Returning to the couch, he counted again, longing for coffee to keep his mind going.
Van, in his room, Thomas, on the other couch, Karl and Fiona, couch, Moonbay, guest room, Reese, ground, but Irvine had the feeling he was forgetting someone.
The feeling of something being pushed into his cold hands brought Irvine back to reality, and after registering that it was a cup of coffee, he raised his gaze to the person, and realised who he had forgotten, Domitan.
"Hey, figured you'd want one."
"Yeah, thanks."
How'd he know? Irvine figured that Dom had guessed it.
"So, how long have you known Moonbay?"
"Me?"
Irvine was a bit puzzled, wasn't that what he was meant to say?!
"Uh, well, I dunno, we just kinda.......do."
"Yeah, we've been like that, just meeting and e-mailing each other, who knows for how long."
Smiling slightly, Irvine tested the coffee.
Nice, black, no sugar, no milk, just how he liked it.
"Good coffee."
"No prob."
They sat in silence, a comfortable one, each thinking his own thoughts.
When the CD finished, Black Eyed Peas, Irvine stretched, then went to put another one on.
While he was looking through the pile of CD's, Irvine was aware of Domitan checking him out, but never let on.
Reese mumbled something, and rolled over, so that her head was against the couch in what had to be an uncomfortable way.
Getting up to help, Irvine found Dom was already there, taking care of her, so he took the chance to check him out.
He had a sturdy body, not to big, not to small, muscles undetected under his sleeves, but rippling as he moved Reese out of harms way, his face was handsome, tight cheekbones, his cheeks a pale colour that suited him, his eyes........they were..........entrancing, the way they sloped in thought, the pupils surrounded by a nice dark grey, making him mysterious, yet so...............
Irvine didn't want to admit it, but he was insanely attracted to this guy.
When Dom finished moving Reese, he knew without looking that Irvine was checking him out, and, deciding to be cheeky, he lifted his gaze to meet Irvine's startled one, and grinned, something he had learnt could get him what he wanted.
Returning to the couch, he let his gaze stay on Irvine, as he picked out some music, Linkin Park, and then as Irvine returned to the couch, Dom slid closer to him.
Irvine needed some air, he needed to think, and the only place he could think of was the roof, a place he'd been many a time before.
"I'll be back in a short while."
Standing, Irvine first glanced at the others in the room, checking they were alright, then exited, to enter Van's sister's room, and swing himself out the window, hanging onto the gutter, then pulled himself up.
There wasn't that much risk, he was only on the second floor of this house, but it could hurt if he was to fall.
Sitting on the edge of the roof, Irvine relaxed, raising his hands behind his head, and stretching out along the roof, thinking.
His life wasn't that interesting, not big enough to have many problems, but all the little ones together made a headache, a chorus of complaining to be solved first, a reminder of how mundane his life was.
Before he could work anything out, especially his feelings towards people he didn't even want to name in his mind, somebody clambered onto the roof, agilely, like they had been climbing onto roofs for as long as he had.
Glancing over, he saw Dom looking at the sky, his arms wrapped around his legs.
Lapsing back into his thoughts, Irvine thought of how peaceful it would be, to just take off, leave everything behind, all the memories, even if that included his friends, just to jump in a zoid and leave, but, of course, he wasn't allowed to pilot a zoid outside the designated training areas until he was an accomplished zoid pilot, finishing all levels at school.
A sigh brought his attention to the teen next to him, and Irvine figured he'd like to take his mind off of his own problems for a while.
"Something troubling you?"
"Huh?"
Dom hadn't been aware to his surroundings, as everybody is when daydreaming, but didn't appreciate Irvine's grin all the same.
"What?"
This made Irvine grin even more, something that he rarely did, but also something which lit his features, revealing the purple eyes that seemed grey at times.
Giving the guy a shove, Dom snorted, seeing that Irvine was just as sturdy as he looked.
"Huh? I think a breeze is picking up, I felt it just then, a little nudge."
"Hey!"
Irvine laughed, and let the other push him aside, gently, for the sake of friendship, but then when he was lying on his back again, he found the other teen looking down at him.
"..........uh,"
There was nothing to say, and Dom noticed that Irvine was trying to find something to cease the silence, and to stop him, Dom's hand found it's way to Irvine's mouth, closing it with one finger.
Lowering himself to his elbows, Dom stared into Irvine's eyes, not caring that the lust he was feeling showed completely in his eyes as much in his actions.
Removing his finger from Irvine's mouth, he replaced it with his lips, in a gentle, questioning kiss.
Irvine was stunned, but then when Dom began to remove his lips, as a sign of defeat, Irvine leaned, up, pushed Dom's head down to his with his hands, and quickly started to kiss him before Irvine himself knew what was happening.
Dom quickly allowed Irvine entry to his mouth, and Irvine took the initiative to use it, exploring the other teens mouth, when his brain kicked in.
The hands that had been holding Domitan close to him now pushed him away, half his brain melting at the touch of his tight chest, the other half completely confused.
Dom felt Irvine press him away, and, resentfully, he sat up, running his hand through his hair, a thing he knew would get attention when he looked like he didn't know it would.
Irvine lay there, confused.
He had kissed Dom.
He had kissed Dom.
Why the hell had he kissed Dom?
Remembering it, he knew his body asked for more, but his brain was screaming.
What the hell was wrong with him?!
He shivered, and realised that at this time in the morning, 5:30 AM, there was no heat, on a windy darkness.
Dom sat there, patiently waiting for Irvine's mind to catch up to his body.
Rubbing his temples, Irvine finally looked up, and asked outright,
"If we get together, can you keep a secret?"
"Huh? Oh, from everybody? Sure, if you can."
"Good, then we can finish what we started."
Irvine sat up, and reached his right hand to behind Dom's head, allowing their heads to meet, and closed his eyes, enjoying the kiss.
When they broke for air, the both grinned, and asked at the same time,
"Who'll be on top?"
Grinning, they leant in for another taste of each other.
*~*
At 7 Am, Fiona woke up, and when she moved ever so slightly to stifle a yawn, she woke Karl. Glancing around the room, trying to figure out where he was, Karl saw Irvine and Dom holding hands in their sleep on the couch. Quickly he diverted Fiona's attention in a morning kiss, while 'accidentally' falling off of the couch, in doing so, awaking the two sleeping guys.
Fiona disappeared, looking for coffee, Karl warned Irvine,
"Watch your back, that hurt, she nearly saw!!"
Irvine grinned at him, glanced at Dom, whispered,
"I don't know you,"
dropped Dom's hand, and left in search of a bathroom.
"So you've tamed him."
Grinning, Dom asked,
"How long've you known about him? The others don't seem to know,"
"Ah, a little while, a couple of months, but I completely forgot."
"Right, did you know about me?"
"Kinda, I had my suspicions. I figure you two will keep this quiet?"
"Yep. I figure it'd embarrass him in front of his friends, so,"
Dom shrugged, and returned to a light sleep.
Fiona returned with a coffee for herself and Karl, then glanced around,
"Where's Irvine? I didn't know whether he'd want a coffee......"
Shrugging, Karl pulled Fiona into his lap, and they sat quietly, drinking, and waking up.
Irvine returned with a white face, and looked at Karl,
"I completely forgot, Karl, I think Moonbay was drugged!"
Karl was at full attention instantly, asking,
"How? Is she alright?"
"Yeah, she was acting more then drunk last night, but I figured she'd be fine, I just checked on her......"
"Where is she?"
It seemed strange to Dom that Karl was so serious about somebody getting lightly drugged, but Irvine explained to him later about how Karl's mother had died by too much intake of drugs, as she had been so addicted that too much wasn't enough.
Irvine led Karl to the room Moonbay was in, and Karl sighed with relief.
"She's only had a light bit, maybe picked up the wrong glass?"
"Dunno, she had so much to drink last night, but most of them were Van's........"
Both of the guys were in Van's room before the sentence was finished, and upon entering, they found him dressing.
"Shit!"
Running back out, they tried to shake the image from their minds.
They could hear Van muttering from inside, and when he opened the door, he found himself having Irvine holding him, and Karl peer at him, then felt himself let go.
"Nah, he's sweet."
Irvine seemed to relax a bit, but Van was confused, then angry.
"What the hell were you doing?! Have you ever heard of knocking?!!!"
"Sorry, kid, thought you were drugged as well."
"Drugged?! I don't do.....as well?"
"Yeah, Moonbay picked something up last night......."
"Last night? At my party?"
"Yeah, we figure someone spiked her, then forgot or something."
"Ah, at my party? Do you know how much shit I could get in?!"
"Oh, get over it. Now, your outta this room, I'm gunna put Reese in here........shit."
All three walked this time, though they were worried, into the lounge, and checked Reese.
She was a duplicate of Moonbay.
"Shit. Right, Van, she's going in your room."
They all helped to carry Reese to Van's room, not because she was heavy, she was feather light, but because when moved she thrashed about.
When they told Dom what had happened to Moonbay, he shrugged.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah? What are you on about? This is Moonbay we're talking about."
"Yeah, Moonbay. Don't you know?"
Dom looked from the nearly hysterical Fiona to Irvine, Karl and Van, who were all confused.
"Uh, I suggest you take her away, she might not want to hear this."
Van nodded, and led Fiona away, getting her some more coffee, while Dom addressed the other two.
"Uh, she's been doing drugs for a year now."
"She's what?!"
Karl was fuming, Irvine was only stunned.
"Yeah, that's how we met, but I stopped after I lost a friend, and she said she'd stop, but she's still cutting back, when she drinks, she can't help it."
Irvine reserved his own anger, and spent his time on calming Karl down, who was positively fuming.
They agreed not to tell anybody else, at least, not until they had discussed it, but Fiona guessed that she knew, from the way Karl was acting.
Seeing that he needed to do something before he exploded, Fiona convinced Karl to drive them somewhere, she didn't care where, and when they got there, a park that overlooked the city, a very sweet sight, she got out, and went for a walk with Karl.
*~*
When they were far enough away, she told him to let it out.
Instantly he started raging, yelling about what an, ahem, idiot that, ahem, Moonbay was, and plenty more ahems.
Fiona waited until he was finished, then got him to sit down, handing him a bottle of water.
"Damn it Fiona, I promised myself I wouldn't swear in front of you."
She just giggled, and drank some water herself.
"Damn you."
Grinning, Karl ruffled her hair, and she squealed at the indignity.
"Hey!! Not fair!!"
"What are you going to do about it? Huh, midget?"
"Oh!!"
With that, she pulled him down and kissed him intensely, then when they pulled apart for the sake of air, she managed to say in a croaky voice,
"Say that again, and die!"
Karl managed to find his voice, stating,
"Oh? And how do you propose to kill me, midget?"
With that, she kissed him again, enjoying the pure bliss, and did so, until things went a bit to far with their hands, and she pulled back.
"Karl, I......"
He pecked her on the forehead, and whispered,
"I know, never let me, alright? Even if I beg, don't, it's to precious."
She nodded, and though she tried not to show it, Karl saw the relief in her eyes.
'She really is young. Sometimes I forget how young.'
His thoughts were interrupted by her kissing him, then when she pulled back, she smiled, and he thought,
'And that's why I forget, she acts just like she's my age'
They returned to the car, Moonbay forgotten for now.
*~**~*
Wow, that's a bit scary.............
*I* wrote that?
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