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Chapter thirteen: stabbed
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Mirage walked down the street with Kai, her boyfriend. She smiled as Kai made a joke and was attempting to lighten up the mood. Her stomach protruded like a balloon and almost every morning while she was still asleep she'd find Kai talking or rubbing the bulge. It surprised her how much Kai had changed. Kai was always the pretty boy and could get whatever he wanted. He was smart and one of those guys you never got to know much about. He didn't like loud people and always tried to keep up his reputation. No matter what Kai was always going to be popular, he was always going to have to live up to the expectations and he was always going to be himself. You couldn't change that. "You know what I think is cute," she mumbled looking up at the blue haired man. Kai looked down at her, his mahogany eyes stony and void of emotion, he nodded his head to acknowledge that he heard, "that you've never had much experience with kids."
"I have," Kai replied smiling, "year ten camp, remember?" He squeezed her hand and led the way across the street towards the jewelry store. "We ended up sleeping in the same bed."
"No," Mirage shook her head smiling, "you put the two beds together. It was a stormy night and Jo and Joe couldn't sleep, you taught them how to walk as well." Mirage looked down at her belly, "your going to be a wonderful father," she stated, "and I can't even see my feet," she added. Kai chuckled and lead the young woman into the park.
"You've said that a lot," Kai replied sitting on the bench and helping the black haired woman sit as well, "you'll make a wonderful mother," he shivered and bit his lip. He didn't know if he should say it but he couldn't help himself, he loved the woman a lot and he really wanted to be with her forever, "and-and," he swallowed, "you'll make a wonderful wife." He breathed out a sigh of relief and felt Mirage tense up beside him. "I know that we haven't really gone out that much even if you include the time when we were sixteen, but I really love you. When I left and went to Russia, I was so lonely and I didn't want to talk to anyone, I was anti-social. You made my life pleasant and you made me feel loved. Getting you pregnant wasn't something I intended to do, but I'm happy it happened. We got closer and now I never want to leave you, I want you to be my wife," Kai breathed in and took out a box from his pocket, "I wanted to propose some other time maybe after the baby was born but I can't wait any longer, Mai will you marry me?" Kai held out the box. The ring was beautiful and simple, the way Mirage liked things. It was a silver band with a simple diamond set in the middle.
Mirage bit her lip and picked up the ring, she knew Kai would've made the simplest thing even more special, she turned the ring to read the engraved writing. Phoenix's Hallucination: I love thee. She looked up at Kai and smiled holding out the ring, "do I have to put it on myself?" she asked innocently. Kai laughed and nodded his head; he slipped the ring on her ring finger and leaned down kissing her passionately on the lips. "I love you," whispered Mirage breathlessly.
"I love you," Kai looked down at the belly, "oh and you to," he said to Mirage, making her laugh.
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Maria gasped as she heard Kai proposing to her best friend. Beside her was Robby, they were on their fifth date and usually they always hid behind the tall bushes making out and away from prying eyes. "Maria, love, leave them alone," Robby took her hand and pulled her away from the bush. Maria's long straight red hair was disheveled and stickling up at the back.
"But…Robby," she whispered jumping around acting like a hyper child, "it's all official now," she motioned to them and then looked down at her button up shirt and straightening it out.
"So what its their business, come on lets go back to my mum for dinner," he crawled through the gap in the bushes and stood up, he helped Maria from the ground and together they walked back to the warm house.
Maria was now happy; she had everything she ever wanted. She was now a dance teacher in Lady Lou's Dance Studio and was also the girlfriend of her old lover Robby. They still fight and disagree with a lot of things but that was how they were, it wouldn't change. She waved at Crystal and Tyrone in their photo shop.
'They've been together for so long and haven't even fought once…unless you count that time in year twelve where Ty wouldn't let Crystal take care of him with his broken leg,' Maria mused smiling and then continuing with the walk with the blonde, 'I wish it was like that with us…'
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Mary-Kate sat on her bed crying. Ashley was beside her trying to figure out what was wrong, but to no avail the ten year old wasn't going to tell her. The brown haired girl walked out of the room and was about to call down the stairs when her brother showed up, "Shawn,' she said hurriedly, "you were always close to Mary-Kate, she's crying and won't tell me why." Shawn frowned and walked into the room.
"Hey sis," he said soothingly rubbing her back, "what's wrong?"
"Leave me alone!" Mary-Kate screamed moving away from her brother, "I just want to be alone."
"I'm not leaving until you tell me what's wrong," Shawn replied calmly. He lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "is it that boy?" he asked. He brushed his fingers through her thick wavy hair and felt the ten year old shivering underneath him.
"He keeps throwing things at me and always calls me mean names," Mary- Kate sniffed loudly and leaned into the fourteen year old. "I told him that I'd get my brothers but I don't know if he knows about you all, he only thinks there's one brother."
"Well he's wrong because there's," he paused and counted, "Keith, Dan, Jack, Clyde, me and Joe…but Joe's not included…so that's five." Shawn nodded his head and smiled at Mary-Kate, "next time he does something tell me and I'll do something about it alright?" The brown haired girl nodded her head and Shawn smiled hugging her lightly. "Anyway it's my turn to cook dinner, Mai will be home soon."
"Shawn?" the young girl asked, "what do you think of Mai having a baby?" she asked.
"A new member to our family, another niece or nephew," Shawn walked out of the room allowing Ashley to walk in carrying Jo and Joe.
"We have to give them baths," she said annoyed handing one of the kids to her sister.
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Sayuki walked into the Oliveri household, "don't you people have your own houses to get to?" Nina asked grumpily sipping at her wine.
"Hey! They've been here more than you have," Butch replied glaring at the blonde.
"Respect your elders," Nina said haughtily glaring back at the sixteen year old, "why don't you go outside and play with your little friends."
"Why don't you stop treating her like a little kid?" Keith replied standing up and staring down at his older sister, "I mean you are only ten years older than her but that doesn't mean you have to treat her like your own children. If I wanted I could call child services right now for the way you look after them, but I can't knowing it's really your husband-"
"Even though he is arrogant and a jerk," Butch and Jack muttered under their breath.
"Enough," Keith glared at them and then turned back to his sister, "knowing your husband takes most care of them while you spend money trying to improve your face." He finished and waited for an answer, the door opened behind them and Mirage walked in.
"You know Keith has a point Nina," the black haired girl said taking a seat beside Dash and Sayuki.
"How do you know you weren't even here?" Nina sneered, "you were out with your boyfriend-"
"Don't-"
"Wouldn't try it-"
"She's going to say it," Bonnie and Clyde sunk lower in their chairs ashamed.
"Who got you pregnant. At least I had the decency to get married first," Nina finished pointing a sharp finger at the twenty one year old. Dash and Sayuki stood up angrily; Butch on the other hand pounced on the girl outraged. Hands were flying everywhere as a massive fight started and somehow no one seemed to want to stop it.
"Butch!"
"Go Butch!"
"Stop it!"
"You have to get out of here in case you get hurt," Sayuki mumbled dragging Mirage out through the door she had entered in before.
"OW!" Butch screamed holding onto her shoulder, "you bitch!" she screamed tears streaming down her face. "You stabbed me!" Dan hurried forward and pulled her hand away and saw a large deep wound, blood oozing out and soaking into her shirt.
Nina though stared in disbelief and burst out crying, she didn't mean to hurt her sister like that, she didn't even pick up a knife. She looked at the knife and saw that it was in the other side of the room from where they were just rolling around, she must've rolled onto it. "We have to get her to the hospital," she hiccupped standing up and holding onto a chair for support.
"Jack it hurts," Butch whimpered into her older brother's shoulder, "make the pain stop please," she looked up pleadingly into his big watering eyes, "Jack why are you starting to cry?" she asked.
"I'm not crying," he said, "it's just that…you might not live through all this-" Butch howled and cried harder. He winced as he felt the metal spoon hitting his back, he growled and apologized for the joke.
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So I hope you're happy with that. I'm really sorry for the late update but I did have writers block. Anyway due to the lack of updates I've sort of forgotten what the characters were like, Sayuki, Christina. So if you could kind of fill me in a bit. Anyway review and enjoy this. Remember ideas are welcome!
Love Dark-Cherry!
What's the opposite of two? A lonely me and a lonely you.