Disclaimer: Beyblade, anything associated with © Takao Aoki -------------------------------- Elisabeth, The OC's, Plot © Me!
Argh! I had this chapter almost finished in one go and then forgot to save it. T.T
Suffice to say it ticked me off. I started again the next time I was on the computer and Voilà! A new chapter is presented before you. (I love sticking French stuff in my writing. It's so much fun being a French student!)
Thanks reviewers!
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Elisabeth's POV
I watched him reading. I studied his pained face and the hurt in his eyes. His body looked worn down. I felt terrible. It was my fault at the arcade anyway.
I sighed. I covered my mouth instantly. I was trying to be as quiet as possible. Trying to be invisible again, like I used to be. But I can never be invisible again. Not with Kai around.
He finished the poem and I saw his eyes close. His brow furrowed.
He thinks it's about himself. He thinks I hate him. He thinks … No. I wont do it. I wont guess what he thinks. For all I know he could think it's about someone else. But that wouldn't be like him.
"Do you like it?" I offered.
"Yeah…" he mumbled.
My eyes darted to the ground and rested there.
"I don't want you to hate me." I whispered. My eyes filled with tears. He was going to say that there wasn't anything he could do. I just knew it.
"Are you kidding me?" There was something in his voice. Sarcasm? Worry?
I bit my lip. The tears welled over and rolled down my cheeks. He took a step closer.
"I don't hate you!"
I caught my breath. He sounded worried. Does he still love me? I sat on the bed, being as silent as I could. Stifling the sobs was harder then I imagined… One escaped. It seemed to erupt from the center of my chest and tear through my throat. I don't know if it was really a sob. It was more or less an unintelligible mumble from a depressed girl.
He stepped closer again. "I don't hate you. If anything, you should be the one to hate me! I hit you. It's unforgivable. I hate myself for it." He paused. "Don't you?"
I looked up to find that he was staring straight into my eyes with hope and anticipation.
"Of course not!" I replied shortly. I was still fighting the torrent of sobs.
He took my hands and placed them on his chest, over his heart.
"Do you feel that?"
I nodded, feeling the rapid beat of his heart. I hadn't felt that in so long…
"That hasn't happened even once since that day. Elisabeth, you're my excitement. Without you it's hard to breathe. You're like the wind that blows beside me. I can't live without you."
His eyes had filled with tears. I released the hold I had on my legs and slid to the floor in front of him. His arms enveloped me and I started to cry. I felt safe, sheltered. Something I couldn't feel without him.
I noticed, with my tears that he seemed to be holding back his own. As he let out a sob, I heard him declare, "Elisabeth, I love you."
This only made me cry harder of course. I responded with a muffled, "I love you too." I'm not sure how well he had heard me, but I knew he had heard enough.
After maybe fifteen minutes of being comforted by his warm embrace, I fell asleep.
end Elisabeth's POV
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Kai's POV
She grew limp in my arms. I knew she was asleep. I picked up her gentle, fragile form and lifted her onto the bed. After making sure she would be comfortable, I admired her. Even her eyes, which were red from crying, looked inviting as the calm wave of sleep soothed her.
I climbed onto the bed next to her and wrapped a weary arm around her waist. Bringing myself closer to her, I could smell her hair as the cool, soft touch of her neck contacted my cheek.
I stopped moving as the tears poured from my eyes. I suppose I eventually fell asleep, but not before Elisabeth's left arm found its way to my chest, comforting us both.
Finally, I thought, peace.
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When I woke up, Elisabeth was gone and several other people were hovering around the room. Music was blaring as loud as it could be and I heard the sound of SSX Tricky on the GameCube in the dorm room.
I tried to sit up. Oops.
I held my head, realizing the severity of the headache I had. I laid back down.
I felt a cool hand on my chest. I finally opened my eyes.
Elisabeth was beaming at me with a glass of water in one hand. She opened one of my palms and handed me two Aspirins. She handed me the glass of water.
"It'll make you feel better soon." She smiled.
I smiled at her in thanks and sat up to take the Aspirins.
I noticed the many people in the room. Aoki sat on her bed on the other side of the room with T'atiana, Andy, Evan and Riley.
Navarre, Kit, Amelia and Tala were playing SSX Tricky on the GameCube. Tala had full tricky and Amelia was halfway there. Navarre and Kit were having problems.
Spencer, Ian, Bryan and Rurik sat on bean-bag chairs that weren't there before, playing poker.
Elisabeth was sitting at her desk, no doubt rereading her poem. Who was that about, anyway?
I sighed. This would be a long day.
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Kind of a short chap, I know. But there it is. I have a good idea for the next few, so I should be writing for a while. I just hope something bad doesn't happen again. Lol. R&R!
