Beyblade

Watch Me Fall

Disclaimer:
Kai is hot
And Rei is too
I don't own Beyblade
So you no sue!

Note to stephy;
No offense, but I write for FUN, not for GRAMMAR. Grammar is BORING :P

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Another turning point,
a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist,
directs you where to go
So make the best of this test,

And don't ask why
It's not a question,
but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable,
but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

Good Riddance (Time of our lives)
-Greenday

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Watch Me Fall

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Chapter 5
Sitting By An Open Fire

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I closed my eyes as it neared closer to me. I kept them closed for a few seconds, then I opened one eye to see the bottle pointing at. . .me. Uh oh.

"Truth or Dare?" what do I do? What do I do?

"Um. . . "

"Take truth! Take truth!" said Mariam. Maybe I should. . .

"Are you too scared to take dare?" taunted Ozuma. I'm not scared! Mariam just told me he had really bad dares. . . but bad truths too. . . what am I suppose to o now?

"Uh. . . I. . . "

"Chicken, you're just too chicken! All you girls are just chickens!" teased Ozuma, flapping his arms and making chicken noises. Chicken? No! I'm not a chicken!

Mariah threw her pillow at him and it hit him in the face. I took a deep breath.

"Dare."

The room went silent. The girls just looked at me, their eyes wide. Ozuma, on the other hand, was smiling like Christmas had come early. I didn't like this, I didn't like this at all. Oh no, I should've taken truth, not dare, I shouldn't have let myself get provoked like that. . . what have I got myself into?

"Come one, Rei. It's her first game with us, go easy on her." Said Mariam.

"Yeah, yeah. Riley, I dare you to. . . "

I could see Ozuma's anxious stare, not able to wait to hear me fall to my doom while Mariah and Mariam were giving me sympathetic glances. Is he really that bad?

"I dare you to sit on Ozuma's lap for the rest of the night."

WHAT?

"WHAT?" shouted Ozuma and I at the same time.

"You two heard me. Get comfortable, Riley. It's gonna be a long night" said Rei, winking at me.

I blushed, and thanked the storm for making the dark blind everyone so they couldn't see my reddened face.

I slowly made my way over to Ozuma and sat in his lap.

"Sorry if I'm too heavy" I murmured.

"Don't worry 'bout it." he answered, shifting to a more comfortable position.

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-/Ozuma's POV/-

"I dare you to sit on Ozuma's lap for the rest of the night." said Rei. THIS is his dare?

"WHAT?" I shouted at the same time as Riley

"You two heard me. Get comfortable, Riley. It's gonna be a long night" said Rei.

Oh, THIS is just fine and dandy, I'm going to be sat on for the rest of the night. Just perfect.

Riley made her way over to me and sat in my lap.

"Sorry if I'm too heavy." I heard her mumble quietly.

Too heavy? Was she kidding? She was as light as a feather! I was amazed at how thin and frail she actually was. I mean sure, she looks skinny, especially in her baggy clothes that she seems to swim in, but she was just downright skeletal!

"Don't worry 'bout it." I said, shifting to a more comfortable position. I still couldn't believe how. . . fragile she actually was.

-/End of Ozuma's POV/-

-/Riley's POV/-

"Well, I don't think I want to play anymore." Said Mariah as she stretched.

"Yeah, let's just relax for awhile." Added Mariam.

"Does anyone know how to make a fire?" asked Mariam. Everyone gave off a negative answer except me; I stayed silent. "Riley? How about you?"

"Well, I've tried it once. . . " I said slowly.

"Great! Rei, show us where the hot chocolate stuff is and Ozuma, you stick with Riley and find the firewood!" they left to the kitchen.

"I guess that means we have a temporary break then huh?" he said.

I blushed a little as I nodded and got off.

"Okay forest ranger girl, what do we do first?" he said.

"Uh. . . " I said, looking around the room, trying to pierce through the darkness of the power failure.

"What? Did you forget?" said Ozuma in a mocking tone.

"No! I was just trying to think of where Rei put everything. Look, over there should be some matches and some old newspaper. I'll go set up the firewood." I replied, a little impatient with his fast conclusion.

We set to work. Next to the fireplace was some wood, so I filled up my arms with some blocks and knelt by the hearth. I set the wood down and placed the flashlight down, pointing into the fireplace so I could see what I was doing. After I placed all the wood, I turned to see Ozuma still looking for newspaper and matches. I shook my head and sighed.

"So Columbus, have you discovered the land of which newspaper and matches are yet?" I said in a mocking tone.

"No!" he answered, exasperated. "No newspaper, no matches! I've looked everywhere and there's nothing!"

I sighed and walked beside him.

"Walk two steps to your left." I told him. He did it.

"Now what?" he asked.

"Reach up. Can you feel the mantle?"

"Yeah. . . "

"Then get the matches."

". . . Oh."

"Now go three steps to your right."

"Ok, now what?"

"Bend over."

"WHAT? WHY?"

"-/sigh/- You're standing less than a foot away from the newspaper!" I said as I took the matches from his hands and took some newspaper from the stack.

I walked back to the fireplace and crumpled the newspaper and threw in a lit match. Soon, Ozuma and I were sitting on the couch, a roaring fire in front of us.

Ozuma looked at me.

"Riley?"

"Hmm?"

"Sorry."

Huh? Why is he apologizing to me? He didn't do anything wrong. And people aren't supposed to apologize to me, I'm just some stupid clumsy girl. I've been told that so often that it must be true. . .right?

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I'm sorry for being useless and not being able to help you make a fire."

"What? Oh, forget about it. It's stupid."

Soon the others joined us, but empty-handed.

"Hey you guys where's the hot chocolate?" asked Ozuma.

"Uh, well I-" started Rei

"He forgot that he didn't have anything for hot chocolate! He doesn't even have any food in his cupboards either!" said an exasperated Mariam, flailing her arms.

"Mariam, don't be so mean!" defended Mariah.

"Well it's true!" Mariam countered.

"Hey you guys look at the nice fire Riley started!" interrupted Rei, changing the subject. That got the girls attention turned towards the fireplace.

"Wow Riley! You made it?" asked Mariam. What? It's good? No criticism? No "You suck, dork. You can't do anything properly"?

"Well, Ozuma helped me. . ." I mumbled

"No I didn't!" protested Ozuma.

"Whoa the you made this all by yourself?" asked an amazed Mariah. Do they really like it? or are they just saying that? No, they have to like it, or else they'd just say I'm stupid and useless like everyone says at school. They don't seem like liars. I did something right?

"Where did you learn to build a fire like this? It's really great." Asked Rei admiringly. A slight blush appeared on my cheeks from all the good attention.

"I, uh, used to go camping with my dad a lot and he taught me that kind of stuff. . ." I mumbled.

A silence followed. I sat down next to Rei on the ground. Mariah and Mariam where on the couch Rei and I were leaning on. Ozuma was in the recliner. I felt so awkward with everyone staring admiringly like that at the fire. Anyone can make one. I mean, it's just a fire, it's nothing really special or anything. . .

"Hey Riley?" asked Mariam.

". . . Yeah?"

A small smirk drew itself on her face.

"Why aren't you sitting on Ozuma? The night isn't done yet, you know."

I looked at Ozuma, who looked back.

"I'm not sitting on the ground." He said with a sigh. I got up and sat in his lap.

No one spoke for awhile. We all just sat there, staring at the fire. I watched the flames dance and shimmer as I felt my eyelids become heavier. I tried to stay awake, but it was too strong. I let the drowsiness take over me as I fell asleep.

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And so here it ends.

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