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I Don't Need You!

Paine couldn't believe herself. Did I just get up and walk away from Baralai? Within a few seconds, she reverted back to her old self. Not trusting anyone and not letting her feelings show. You would think that a near death experience would make her realize she had to show her feelings. But going back to her original self was soothing for her. It was her safe haven and with sexy Baralai around, she figured she is going to be back to normal a lot more than she would like. Sure, change was scary to anyone, but after everything that she had went through lately, she was hoping she would change just a little.

Walking down the steps to the bar, she wasn't going to wait for Baralai to follow her. She knew he would need a minute to get himself under control. If she could just allow herself to show her feelings, they might have a relationship. The only things keeping them from having a relationship with him now was the mystery of who kidnapped her and why. It made no sense why they would choose to take her instead of Yuna, the Summoner or Rikku, or for that matter one of the guys. She didn't have any talents. Yuna had too many to count and Rikku was a treasure hunter. If they were needing her expertise, they would sorely be annoyed that she didn't have any.

Oh well...at least I could have annoyed them for the pain they have caused me! She thought as she slide into a seat. Looking around the table she noticed Yuna and Rikku looking at her. Her hand slide up to her face and start wondering if she had something on her face. She couldn't feel anything wrong. Her fingers stopped near her lips and she realized suddenly that her lips were swollen like she just got throughly kissed. Which she did! Her head snapped up. She looked straight into Rikku's and Yuna's eyes. THEY KNEW! Oh my gosh! What am I going to do? I have been thoroughly kissed and they know. Paine would have gotten up and ran out, but Baralai was coming down the stairs. She would just have to sit there and act as if nothing happened.

Baralai couldn't believe what happened. She actually got up and left him sitting there with a hard-on. The taste of her still on his lips. It wasn't as if he couldn't wait for her to realize that she needed him. His lust was just taking over his mind. Everytime he thought of her a certain part of his body got excited. He couldn't help it. The one thing he knew was that if he didn't get some release soon, he was going to explode.

"Might as well go down! They might think something is up." Standing up was a bit of a problem. Not only was he sore from sleeping in a chair for two days, but he was sporting a major hard-on. He couldn't make it go down, no matter how hard he tried. This was actually the first time that she had returned his kisses. She actually participated, which much to his dismay excited him a lot more. Grabbing up a shirt that would cover his problem, he shrugged it on and headed down stairs.

As he walked towards his chair he glanced around the room. Yuna and Rikku were throwing him "I know what you did!" looks, which made him nervous. One glance at Paine and he realized that he was in trouble for kissing her deeper. But he just couldn't help it. He sat down across from her, even though he wanted to sit next to her. What he really wanted was her underneath him upstairs, but that sure didn't happen. He knew he should just be happy that she was found and safe, but for some reason, the fear of never seeing her again caused him to want to shout from the ship top how much he loved her and wanted her.

"So Baralai is finally awake?" Yuna giggled as she spoke. "Looks like you had a rough time!" She looked towards Paine and broke out in a giggle. Rikku started laughing and Paine threw them both a dirty look.

"What we need to be talking about is who took me and why. I want to find him and talk to him." Paine avoided looking at Baralai. If she did, her face would turn beet red. She finished up her food and stood up, "I am going to check all the Spheres for something I might recognize."

Baralai couldn't believe his ears. Did she just say that she wanted to find the person that took her and TALK to him? Is she crazy? When we find him, I am going to kill him! Taking the woman he loved wasn't something he would recommend someone doing. "Are you crazy Paine?" He was glaring at her. Everyone including Paine turned and looked at him.

"What do you mean "Am I crazy?" What's that suppose to mean?" She put her hands on her hips and stared at him. "It's my problem Baralai and it doesn't involve you."

"Doesn't involve me?" He stood up and walked towards her, stopping about two feet from her. "If it wasn't for me, no one would have come looking for you. If I hadn't insisted everyone would have given up. All I have done was for you and you say this doesn't involve me?" He was so angry he could hit something.

"No one asked you to Baralai. I was doing just fine until you barged into Clasko's house and almost killed him. I can take care of myself Baralai! I DON'T NEED YOU!" Paine turned away and ran out the door. She had to get away from him before she really hurt him. Not only physically but emotionally too. How could he think that I can't take care of myself? I am old enough. And for that matter, I have been doing it for a long time.

She was pacing on the top of the ship. The clouds were a beautiful fluffy white. The sky was a beautiful light blue, almost too intense to look at. She wasn't seeing anything but the hurt and pain she felt as she realized that Baralai didn't trust her to take care of herself. Her emotions were getting out of control. She needed to get control of them. As she kept pacing the sky turned dark. Clouds started rumbling and shots of lightening flooded the sky. Just as the door of the ship opened, the sky opened up letting all it's fury out, just like Paine wished she could. She just sank to the floor and let her tears fly.