Hey guys! Thanks for all the reviews! I'm trying to update as fast as I can. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I left some replies to the reviews at the end of this chapter.
P.S: Just a quick note. I know that a few of you don't like Mariah. I think she's an okay person in the show and other people just portray her character wrong in some of their stories, but you'll notice that her character is little different in my story than it is in the show. Just needed to point that out.
WARNING: There might be a small, make out scene around the middle which is not recommended for anyone below 14. It's not exactly bad, but some people might be slightly offended or whatever by it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except for my own characters and the plot.
Chapter 18: White Angels, Jealousy and Christmas
Normal P.O.V
The next day was hectic for the eight teens, because it was their last chance to do any last minute Christmas shopping.
They had all left Kai's house and returned to their respective homes around 10 o'clock.
Aaliyah and the other three girls were currently on their way to the mall. They noticed that Paree seemed a little upset.
"Hey, Paree? What's wrong? You've been mumbling things to yourself all morning." Mariah said looking at her red and black haired friend worriedly.
"Yea well, it's all because of stupid Kai." Paree grumbled from the front passenger seat of the car.
"I thought so. What did he do this time?" Miriam asked in a bored voice.
"First, he takes an hour in the bathroom, doing god knows what. Then, he blames me for misplacing his car keys. Not to mention that I'm doomed to have him as a soul mate." Paree replied in a whiny voice.
"Oh yea, I almost forgot about that." Miriam said. The girls, except for Aaliyah who was driving, turned to look at her incredulously.
"You forgot! How can you forget something like that?" Mariah asked with raised eyebrows.
"I said, I almost forgot. I was actually trying to forget, but that dumbass Ozuma, reminded me this morning. I was in the shower, when he just comes in to the bathroom. Then, when I ask him what he was doing there he said he wanted to take a shower with his mate." Miriam told her wide eyed audience.
"What happened? You didn't actually let him did you?" Aaliyah asked from the driver's seat.
"Of course not! I told him that nothing has changed and then he called me a bitch and left." Miriam answered.
"That's good. Rei told me about the soul mates thing before we told you guys about us, so I wasn't shocked when the elders told us. But he was being a bit of a pervert today." Mariah said as the girls stepped out of the car and walked towards the mall.
"Wow, this is your first complain about him since you two started going out. What did he do?" Paree asked.
"He asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I just told him to get me something nice. Then, he said 'How about some lingerie? Damn, I can just imagine.' I told him he isn't getting a kiss until the New Year's party just for making that obvious innuendo." Mariah said with a mischievous smile.
"You go girl! That's how it has to be with guys like him. You have to control them, otherwise they'll pounce on you, literally." Aaliyah said. The girls laughed at her comment and started their shopping.
"Hey, should we get the boys something?" Miriam said after a while.
"Yea, but get something that you like too. That way, if they don't get us a presents we can keep the ones for them to ourselves." Paree said with a wink.
"Girl, you are so evil." Mariah laughed.
They continued browsing around shops for a few hours until they got hungry and decided to get something to eat from the food court.
"What'd you get for Rei?" Aaliyah asked Mariah, as she ate her spaghetti.
"A basketball, new shoes, and a portable DVD player. What did you get for Tala?" Mariah said before taking a bite out of her pizza.
"A few basketball jersey's and a small TV." Aaliyah answered.
"I got Ozuma a mp3 player, running shoes and some clothes." Miriam told the others, as she finished off her lasagna.
Paree and the others looked at her confusingly.
"Miriam, we all love sports, but what's with all the sporty things?" Paree asked, taking a sip from her drink.
"He likes to run and jog." Miriam answered casually.
Paree, Mariah and Aaliyah looked at each other and than back at Miriam with smirks on their faces.
"And how would you know that?" Mariah asked with a mischievous twinkle in her eye.
"Uh…um…I don't know. I just guessed." Miriam replied a little nervously.
"Mm hmm, okay, yeah right. How'd you know? Have you been stalking him?" Aaliyah asked with a smirk.
"Or she could've placed tiny, miniscule video cameras all over his mansion. Hey, if she did that, then she must have seen Ozuma naked in the shower lot's of times!" Mariah said giggling a little.
"Miriam! Haven't we told you countless times, that when spying on a guy, you must share details. So we demand that you hand over the video tapes of Ozuma in the shower." Paree said, as she attempted to keep a straight face.
Miriam was red now.
"No! There are no tapes, no cameras and I haven't been spying!" Miriam said indignantly.
"Then how do you know that he likes to run and jog?" Mariah, who had managed to stop laughing, asked.
"When we were back at the beach house, I noticed that Ozuma would always disappear for a few hours before dinner. On the third day I asked him where he went and he told me he went running. At first I didn't believe him, because I've known Ozuma to work out but he's always hated running. So, then he said that I should come along that night and he could prove it. So, I told you guys that I was going for a walk, which was more of a run, but I didn't tell you I was going with Ozuma. That's how I know." Miriam explained and then took a long sip from her diet cola.
"Oh…" Paree, Mariah and Aaliyah said in realization.
"Yeah exactly. So, what did you get for Kai?" Miriam asked looking directly at Paree.
"Oh. I got him a web cam, a watch and something else but you guys are going to have to wait for tonight to see what it is." Paree said with a smirk on her face.
"Come on! We told you what we got!" Aaliyah said, sending Paree a glare.
"You guys will just have to wait." Paree said with a smirk.
"Fine. I'm done all my Christmas shopping so I'm going to go buy dresses for tonight and the New years ball." Miriam said pushing her tray away.
"Yea, same. New Year's is at your house right." Aaliyah asked Mariah. She just nodded in response.
"Okay let's go then. We still have to go home and get ready for tonight's ball. It's been changed to be at Tala's place right?" Paree asked the others.
"Yea." Aaliyah answered.
The girls spent another hour at the mall and left at five o'clock to go home and get ready for tonight's Christmas ball.
Rei, Tala and Ozuma had left Kai's house around the same time as the girls. They decided to go hang out at the mall for a while.
"Hey, guys did you get anything for the girls?" Ozuma asked the others.
"Yea. I got Aaliyah a necklace." Tala replied taking a sip from his drink, as they walked around to pass time.
"I got Mariah perfume and some earrings." Rei said looking around.
"So, we were supposed to get them something?" Kai asked in a clueless way.
"Of course. How else do you except them to start liking you. Or at least getting them to think that you're a decent person." Tala said in an obvious tone.
"Oh shit! I'm dead." Ozuma exclaimed with a slightly scared look on his face, running a hand through his hair.
"I'll see you guys later." Kai said hurriedly and started walking away.
"Where are you going?" Ozuma yelled after him.
"To get my bitch a present!" Kai said back just as loudly.
"Wait for me then. I gotta get mine something too!" Ozuma yelled running to catch up with his friend.
Tala and Rei took one look at their friends and shook their heads in exasperation before following their traumatized friends.
Miriam's P.O.V
After shopping, I had gone home and started wrapping up all the presents I had bought. I managed to finish that in less than an hour, surprisingly.
I took a quick shower and started getting ready for the Christmas ball. I placed my new dress on the bed as I tried deciding what to do with my hair.
I slipped on the dress and applied some light make up. I looked into my full length mirror and was happy with the result.
I was wearing a crème colored, spaghetti strap dress that went about an inch above my knees. It had a large slit on the left side, giving it a sexy look. The neckline was cut straight and showed enough cleavage to make the dress look seductive but elegant at the same time. I wore matching crème colored strappy heels.
I had decided to wave my hair for the occasion. It now framed my face in delicate waves. I had applied some off white eye shadow and black eyeliner, along with some mascara. I had also applied some pale pink lip gloss.
I frowned at myself as I stood in front of the mirror.
'What am I missing?' I thought looking around before I spotted my perfume on my make up table. I sprayed a little on to my wrists and neckline. I didn't want the scent to be to strong.
I heard my mother calling for me.
"Coming Mum!" I yelled back. I quickly place my cell phone, lip gloss and some other things into my crème colored purse and ran down the stairs.
I stopped at the bottom, wondering where my presents were.
"Mum! I think my presents are still upstairs!" I said urgently turning to go back upstairs.
"Miriam, we already have them in the limo. Now, hurry up or we'll be late." She replied.
I followed her to the limo and got in.
Personally, I much rather drive a motorcycle, but you have to keep up appearance at these kinds of parties.
We arrived at the Ivanov mansion a few minutes later. I got out of the limo and went into the house, along with my sister and parents.
I saw Paree, Aaliyah and Mariah waiting in the foyer whispering to each other about something.
Paree was wearing a black, v-neck, halter style dress, which was made from a partially see through fabric. Her hair was straightened with a little crimping. She wore light make up and had matching heels and a purse.
Aaliyah was wearing a pale purple, one strap dress, which had flowers embroiders at the bottom. Her hair was curled and she wore light make up. She had a matching purse and matching stilettos.
Mariah was wearing a strapless, white dress that had pink and red cherry blossoms embroidered all over the silk with a thin netting over it, giving it a beautiful look. Her hair was in a French braid with a few little ringlets framing her face. She wore a some light make up. She had a matching purse and heels with it.
They noticed me and started walking over.
"Hey, you look so nice!" Paree complimented.
"Thanks, so do you guys." I told them with a smile.
We decided to go and sit in the living room, after eating some appetizers. We sat there talking for a while about random things.
"Hey are any of you guys White Angels?" Aaliyah asked suddenly, looking at all of us.
"Are we what?" I asked in confusion.
"White Angels. It means that you haven't given away your first kiss yet." Aaliyah explained to Paree, Mariah and I.
"Oh…I would have to say no." Mariah said, smiling sheepishly. We rolled our eyes at this.
"We already know that. With Rei as a boyfriend, Kissing must be all that you do together." I joked. Mariah glared at me before a small smile slipped onto her face.
"I'm not. Unfortunately, Ozuma took my first kiss back in grade 9. It wasn't intentional though. We were caught under the mistletoe." I added noticing the surprise on Paree and Aaliyah's faces.
"Yea, I remember that. You two were so red!" Mariah said laughing at the memory. I simply stuck my tongue out at her.
"So, what about you two?" I asked Paree and Aaliyah, with a smirk on my face.
"Well, according to my grandmother, I lost my kiss when I was three. She said Kai and I kissed each other," Paree made a disgusted face "thank god I don't remember what it was like." she said with a relieved look.
"Riight! I bet you just can't wait to repeat it." I joked. She just glared at me, when I said this.
"Well, I'm still clean. I don't want to be kissed by some stupid hormone driven guy." Aaliyah said with a smile.
"But we all know you can't wait to be kissed by a certain tall, red haired, blue eyed guy, who's sofa you are currently sitting on." I said with a wink. Aaliyah just turned red and glared.
"I'm going to go get a drink." Mariah stated getting up and walking towards the hall where the party really was.
I chatted with Paree and Aaliyah for a while until a red faced Mariah came into the room.
"What's wrong?" I asked, practically feeling the anger radiating off her.
"I just saw some skank talking and trying to flirt with Rei." Mariah hissed out in anger.
This caught my attention.
"Just Rei or did she have friends trying to flirt with the others too?" Aaliyah asked, now giving her full attention to Mariah.
"Yea, there were three more I think. One was practically hanging all over Tala." Mariah replied.
Aaliyah, Paree and I stood up after listening to what Mariah had said.
"No one, hangs over my man." Aaliyah whispered.
"I'm not going to let some slut waltz in and try to snatch away my soul mate." Paree said with a huff.
"Let's go girls." I said and started walking towards the hall, until I stopped a few steps away from the doors leading to the hall, and the other three practically bumped into me.
"What's wrong?" Mariah asked, giving me a confused look.
"I just realized something. We're being jealous! I mean it's okay for Mariah, cause she's going out with Rei but we're not going out with Ozuma, Kai or Tala." I told them, watching Paree and Aaliyah frown at this.
"He's my soul mate. Not only that, Tala's okay, once he stops all the insults and perverted comments. So, I guess I kind of like him, which means I'm not going to let some other girl try to take him away." Aaliyah answered, blushing slightly.
"I knew it!" Paree, Mariah and I said at the same time, Aaliyah just blushed a little more before clearing her throat and asking Paree what her reason was.
"Well, it's not like I actually like Kai or anything. But I am doomed to be his soul mate so I'm not going to let some slut take his money and sleep with him or anything." Paree said in quiet voice.
"Well, they gave their reasons, what about you Miriam?" Mariah asked, quirking an eyebrow at me.
I shuffled my feet nervously before answering.
"Same as Paree. So what are we waiting for? Let's go." I said, not mentioning that my reason was a teeny, weeny bit similar to Aaliyah's.
We went to the hall and looked around. I spotted Kai with some girl and gestured for the others to look that way. We started walking towards Kai and sure enough the other boys were there too. I narrowed my eyes angrily as I saw some skimpily clad girl hanging on to Ozuma's arm.
I started walking over and the other three followed. We walked with all the grace we could muster and tried not to let our anger show.
Normal P.O.V
The boys had been standing right outside the living room, eavesdropping on the conversation the girls were having about first kisses.
They had quickly left to go into the hall when the girls' conversation had turned to other things. The boys were all planning to do something about the information they had just found out about the girls.
"So, what do we do?" Tala asked suddenly, after taking a sip of his champagne.
"Well, from what we've just heard I think we should try a jealousy approach." Ozuma answered.
"And our tools are the poorly dressed slu…uh…ladies walking over at the moment." Rei said gesturing slightly towards four girls, who were heading towards them.
"Let put this plan into action." Kai said with a smirk before turning to smile at a girl dressed in a very small blue skirt and orange halter top. Overall, she looked hideous but Kai knew better than to tell her that.
"Hiya handsome. Could you pour me a drink?" Another girl, dressed in a beige mini skirt and maroon top, asked Rei.
A girl with a short orange skirt and yellow top, had by now latched her arm onto Tala's arm.
Ozuma was now trying to resist the urge of slapping the loudmouthed girl next to him, who was wearing a gray top with a very short, light blue skirt.
The boys saw Mariah walk in and make her way to the drinks table and drop her drink when she saw them standing with the girls.
Kai watched as she took a look at Rei, who was pretending to listen to the girl next to him, and then hurried out of the hall.
The boys saw Paree, Miriam, Aaliyah and Mariah walk into the hall, barely five minutes after Mariah had left. They all noticed the tenseness in their bodies as the girls walked towards them.
Mariah approached Rei first, and the other three went to stand beside her, throwing glares at the hoochies standing next to the boys..
"Rei, honey, can I talk to you for a second?" Mariah said in a sweet voice that held promises of interrogation.
Before Rei could answer Mariah, the ditsy blond beside him spoke up.
"Who are you?" She asked in a rude way. Mariah just gave the girl a disgusted look.
"I'm his girlfriend. Rei, let's go." Mariah said slipping her hand into his.
"Of course Mariah." Rei said and he let Mariah lead him away by the hand.
Now the only people left were Tala, Aaliyah, Kai, Paree, Ozuma , Miriam and the four sluts. Paree, Aaliyah, and Miriam looked at the other girls with looks of disgust and hatred on the face which were returned by the scantily dressed girls.
"Who the hell are you three?" The girl who was previously flirting with Kai asked.
"Well, we're invited guests. Close family friends of the Ivanov's. Oh and their girlfriends." Paree said in a haughty voice pointing at the boys when she said the last part.
The faces of the four poorly dressed, uninvited girls went blank. They looked at the boys who had were now either smiling, smirking or grinning.
"Hey baby. Sorry I took so long to get your drink. These…uh…ladies looked like they were lost. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to ask, do any of you have invitations?" Tala said wrapping an arm around an irritated Aaliyah.
"Uh…you see well….I lost mine." The girl previously flirting with Tala started to say but didn't get a chance to finish.
"I'm sorry but you need an invitation to be here. Security!" Tala called snapping his fingers for emphasis.
"Yes boss?" Two built men said coming up to him.
"Would you please remove these…uh…ladies from the premises." Tala said.
The two security guards grabbed the girls by the upper arm and started dragging them out of the house.
"Tala. I would like to talk to you in private please." Aaliyah hissed in an deadly low voice.
"Uh…sure." Tala said with a moments hesitation, before leading her out of the hall.
Kai and Ozuma watched their friend walk out of the hall with sympathetic looks on their faces. However, the looks quickly turned to those of terror when their attention was brought back to the young ladies in front of them.
Paree and Miriam both went and grabbed the two boys by the collars of their blazers. They nodded their heads towards the doors leading out of the hall and the boys obediently followed them out.
"Rei, what was that?" Mariah asked once their were in a spare bedroom on the second floor.
"It was just a game." Rei replied sheepishly.
"A game? A game! You think flirting with another girl just to get me mad is a game? I can't believe you!" Mariah snapped at him angrily.
Rei placed his arms around her and pulled her towards him despite her struggling.
"Yes, just a game. I'm very sorry if I hurt you. We heard you and the other girls talking about us in the living room and made up this little plan to see what your reactions would be. And I'm very satisfied with the result, because you look extremely beautiful when you're angry." Rei told her and the struggling ceased slowly.
"Really? So, it was just to see our reactions?" Mariah asked curiously. Rei simply nodded. Mariah smiled and then tried to pull away again.
"Rei, let go we have to go back downstairs before the others come looking." Mariah said.
"Not until I get a kiss. Look," Rei looked up and Mariah mimicked his action, "mistletoe."
Mariah smiled and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. Rei looked disappointed.
"That's it?" He asked. Mariah only quirked an eyebrow at him.
"Yes, but what did you have in mind?" She teased.
Rei smirked at her before capturing her lips with his own.
Aaliyah and Tala were now in Tala's bedroom. They were quiet for a moment before Aaliyah broke the silence.
"So, who was the girl?" Aaliyah asked quietly, watching Tala for a reaction.
"What girl?" Tala said, trying the innocent, clueless approach.
Aaliyah rolled her eyes at him before going into the bathroom in Tala's room. Tala followed her and just leaned against the doorway watching her as she fixed her hair and make up a little.
"The girl you just got security to throw out, along with those three other girls. Who was she?" Aaliyah asked again, turning around to face him.
"Oh, her. I don't know. She just started talking to me. I don't think she was even invited because if she had been invited she would have known to wear something more formal." Tala answered.
"So, you just started flirting with some random girl?" Aaliyah asked in a calm voice, but Tala could see the fury in her eyes.
"Technically she started flirting with me. But even if I was, why would it bother you?" Tala asked quirking an eyebrow and knowing that he had her trapped.
"It wouldn't. It didn't. But why were you talking to her? You obviously weren't enjoying her company." Aaliyah said with a slightly nervous voice.
"To see what the reaction of a certain, blue-eyed, dark haired goddess would be." Tala said coming closer to Aaliyah with each word until she was stuck between the sink and him.
"And what conclusion have you made after seeing her reaction?" Aaliyah asked with a shaking voice as she looked up into his calm turquoise eyes with her own stormy, blue ones.
Tala didn't answer her immediately. He just watched her.
"That you like me." He finally said with a smirk and walked out of the bathroom and back into his room, leaving a shocked and slightly disappointed Aaliyah behind.
Finally snapping out of her trance, Aaliyah realized what he had said and followed him out of the bathroom.
"I do not!" she said with her most convincing voice.
Tala just turned around and looked at her with amused eyes and a small smile on his face.
"Didn't you just tell those girls that you were my girlfriend?" he asked.
"Well, yea, but…" Aaliyah started but Tala cut her off.
"And didn't you just come storming up to me in the hall in jealousy and anger?" Tala asked his smile turning into a smirk.
Aaliyah didn't answer but decided to just glare at him.
"Relax. It was just a joke. The guys and I were outside the living room when we heard you and your friends talking about us. We wanted to see just how much you love us." Tala said with a smirk as he went to join Aaliyah, who was standing in the middle of his room.
"It was what! You little bastard! You just did it to get me riled up! You're lucky I li…don't feel like ruining the party otherwise you would be dead by now!" Aaliyah said and mentally scolded herself for almost admitting to liking him.
Tala just looked at her with amused eyes before looking up towards the ceiling and then back at Aaliyah with a smirk on his face.
Aaliyah looked at him in confusion before looking up.
"Mistletoe." She whispered as she looked at him with wide eyes.
"You know what that means." Tala said and wrapped his arms around her waist to pull her closer to him.
Without waiting for an answer he leaned down and placed his lips upon Aaliyah's in a gentle kiss. He waited for her to pull back but instead she surprised him by returning the kiss and placing her arms around his neck. He deepened the kiss with all the passion he felt for the girl in his arms, and she returned it.
They broke apart in need of breath and just looked at each other for a second before letting go of each other.
"This doesn't change anything you know." Aaliyah told him with a smirk.
Tala just quirked an eyebrow.
"It just means that you are now officially my property." Aaliyah said with a wink.
"Whatever, bitch." Tala said walking to his bedroom door.
"Thank you, jerk." Aaliyah said when Tala held the door open for her before following her out the door.
Ozuma and Miriam had gone straight into one of the smaller bedrooms and started arguing, instead of solving things peacefully like Tala, Aaliyah, Rei and Mariah had done.
"Who was that slut you were talking to?" Miriam demanded as soon as the door had been locked behind her.
"I don't know! She just started talking to me." Ozuma answered indifferently.
"Talking? It didn't look like you were just talking." Miriam said, anger radiating from her.
"Oh! Then please enlighten me as to what it looked like we were doing?" Ozuma asked walking towards Miriam.
"Never mind!" Miriam said looking away.
"No. Go on, say it." Ozuma said stepping closer.
"Fine! It looked like you were flirting. And the way she was latched onto your arm, it looked like she was counting on making some money by offering you her bedding services!" Miriam snapped.
Ozuma just looked at her in shock for a second before his features displayed a look of anger.
"I would never sleep with a slut like that! And who the hell are you to assume anything about me? It was just a fucking joke. I joined in on it to see how you would fucking react!" Ozuma yelled at her while running a hand through his hair.
They glared at each other for a second.
"Why did you want to see my reaction?" Miriam asked him quietly.
"I just wanted to see if it would bother you to see me with someone else. To see how you would react. And you look sexy when you get jealous." Ozuma mumbled the last part.
"Oh, I see." Miriam said looking down at her feet in embarrassment that she had doubted him.
Ozuma turned around to look at Miriam and found her looking down shamefully.
'I hope she doesn't start crying.' he thought with a sigh as he walked up to her and tilted her chin up so she would look at him
"Hey bitch, what's wrong?" he asked her in a quiet voice.
"Nothing. It's just you hate me so much, why would you want to see if I would get jealous over you?" Miriam said looking at him with confusion in her eyes.
Ozuma gave a frustrated sigh, and then pushed her against the wall, bringing his lips crashing onto hers.
He kissed her hard with need and want, putting everything he had into the kiss. Miriam seemed shocked at first but then she returned the kiss with just as much fervor. Ozuma bit her bottom lip causing Miriam to gasp and slipped his tongue into her mouth. He pressed his body fully against hers. They pulled apart in need of air. Ozuma started placing butterfly kisses along Miriam's jaw line and down to her neck.
Miriam moaned as he nibbled on her ear lobe. Ozuma pushed his pelvis against Miriam and heard her gasp.
"That's what you do to me." He whispered bringing his lips back to hers for another passionate kiss.
Miriam felt Ozuma's erect member against her lower stomach as he grinded against her. She let out another throaty moan as Ozuma started kissed her again.
With their lips still locked, the pair started making their way towards the bed. Ozuma sat down with Miriam in his lap as she kissed his neck and jaw line.
Miriam gave Ozuma a gentle, lingering kiss on the mouth before resting her head on his shoulder, to hide her reddening face. Ozuma chuckled a little at this.
"I don't hate you." He said as he lay down on the bed with Miriam snuggled next to him.
"That sort of proved it." Miriam said quietly.
The pair lay there in silence for a while.
"Ozuma, why do you run everyday?" Miriam asked after a few moments of silence.
Ozuma looked at her questioningly. He sat up and pulled Miriam into a sitting position as well.
"Where did that come from?" he asked.
Miriam just shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know. I just got curious. I know you absolutely hated running before. So, why the sudden change of heart?" she asked.
Ozuma got up and went to pick his black blazer up off the floor, where it had been discarded to during their make out session.
"I don't know. I started running a few days after the elders told me and the others about the whole Silver Crystal thing. It just helps clear my mind." He answered.
"Oh, that makes sense." Miriam said thoughtfully.
She walked over to the adjoining bathroom and started fixing her rumpled dress and make up. When she finished, she saw Ozuma waiting for her by the bedroom door.
Ozuma observed her as Miriam came up to him and fixed his blazer and brushed some invisible lint off it.
"Let's go. Oh and just because we made out doesn't mean I'm in love with you or anything." Miriam said before opening the door.
"Of course. That was just to prove that you're attracted to me." Ozuma said with a smirk, as they walked out of the room together.
"Whatever." Miriam said with a roll of her eyes.
Kai and Paree had gone into the living room, where the girls had been having there conversation earlier that evening.
"So, it was all just a plan to get me and the others jealous?" Paree asked, after Kai had explained it to her.
"Yea. Except, I wasn't expecting you to say that you're my girlfriend." Kai said with a smirk.
Paree just rolled her eyes and sat down on one of the couches.
"It was just to get those sluts out of the way. It doesn't mean anything." Paree answered.
"No, that wasn't it. You just like me so much that you have to go around telling people that we're going out so you can avoid the harsh reality of being single." Kai said with a small smirk.
Paree quirked an eyebrow at him before rolling her eyes again.
"Whatever. I wonder what's taking the others so long?" She said, with a thoughtful look.
"I don't know. Maybe they're making out or something. So, did you buy me anything?" Kai said eyeing some of the presents lying under the Christmas tree.
Paree followed his gaze and noticed he was eyeing the presents.
"Maybe. Did you buy me something?" she asked him.
"Maybe. How about we play a game of poker and whoever wins gets their presents?" Kai suggested.
"Fine. But don't be a baby about it when you lose." Paree said, grabbing the deck of cards from Kai's hands and shuffling it before starting the game.
Half and hour later Kai and Paree were still sitting at the small coffee table in the living room. Kai had one present by his side and Paree also had one present by her side. They were even so far. Paree had been surprised to find out that Kai had actually bought her something.
Miriam, Ozuma, Rei, Mariah, Tala, and Aaliyah walked into the living room, catching Kai and Paree's attention.
"Guessing from your slightly disheveled appearances, am I correct in assuming that Aaliyah is no longer a White Angel?" Paree asked Tala and Aaliyah who both blushed at this before glaring at her and Kai who both had identical smirks on their faces.
"And I'm probably right in assuming that Mariah has taken back her promise of not kissing you until New years, right?" Kai asked Rei and Mariah. Rei just grinned and pulled Mariah to sit on his lap, on the couch.
"And you two have finally admitted to having a sexual attraction for each other without the help of alcohol, right?" Paree said to Miriam and Ozuma.
"Yea, but I'm not going to be getting in bed with him anytime soon." Miriam said without a blush.
"Hey the longer we wait the better you'll be in bed." Ozuma said with a smirk.
"You perverted ass! Don't talk to me!" Miriam said, after slapping Ozuma on the back of the head.
"So, what are you two doing?" Mariah asked Kai and Paree.
"Playing poker for our presents." Kai answered shortly.
"Oh yeah! Presents! You can stop playing poker now. Let's just exchange them and see what we got!" Aaliyah said excitedly.
Kai and Paree grudgingly agreed and exchanged their presents with the others.
Kai's surprise had ended up being a large white teddy bear.
"It's to cuddle with at night," Paree said, and then whispered so that only Kai would hear, "when I'm not there."
Paree had received many new things from her friends. What surprised her though, were the gifts Kai had bought for her. He had bought her a Louis Vuiton purse, which had to be expensive, a gift certificate to one of the best spa's in town, and some very nice and probably very expensiveperfume.
Miriam had decided that it wouldn't hurt to say thank you to Ozuma for the wonderful presents he had given her. Ozuma had bought Miriam a bracelet made from white gold with her name engraved into it. There were diamonds on either side of her name. He had also given her a slightly skimpy but beautiful dress and a certificate similar to the one Paree had been given by Kai.
Mariah had jumped up and hugged Rei when he gave her the earrings and perfume. The earrings were made of rose gold with small diamonds in them. The perfume was custom made and gave off the scent of citrus fruits and flowers.
Aaliyah had screamed when Tala had presented her with the necklace that matched her earrings. She had decided to give him the honor of placing it around her neck.
The guys seemed satisfied with their presents, with the exception of Kai and his extremely large teddy bear.
After placing their presents in their cars they sat around in the living room in a bored way. Until Rei got a sudden idea.
"Hey Kai, what were you and Paree playing when we came in here?" Rei asked, as he had forgotten in the excitement of opening presents.
"Poker, why?" Kai replied.
"Well, it's really boring and what better to do than play a game of strip poker." Rei suggested with a smirk.
"I'm in." Ozuma said.
"Same." Tala agreed.
The boys turned to look at the girls expectantly. The girls looked at each other unsurely for a second before grinning like Cheshire cats and agreeing to play.
Rei dealt the cards and locked the door to the living room, and they started the game.
Mariah was the first out of all of them who had to take something off, and unfortunately jewelry and shoes didn't count. So, she took off the netting on her dress, to reveal that the dress was a two piece. She was now wearing the skirt, which went above her knees and the strapless top which cut off above her stomach, to show off some skin.
"Oh, it's a two piece! I never would've guess." Paree had exclaimed.
Ozuma was the second person who had to strip off and article of clothing and he simply took off his blazer, much to Miriam's hidden disappointment.
About an hour later, the room was scattered with clothes. The girls were left in their bras and panties, much to the boys amusement.Tala and Rei were left in their boxers; while Kai and Ozuma still had their pants on.
"Bitch, you have to strip again." Kai said to Paree with a smirk as he showed everyone his cards.
"That's not fair! You cheated!" Paree exclaimed.
"No, I was watching his cards. He couldn't have cheated." Mariah told
Paree sending her a sympathetic look as she said so.
"I will not, take off anything!" Paree said crossing her arms across her chest stubbornly.
"Yes, you will. Otherwise, I'll take it off for you." Kai said with a smirk.
Paree narrowed her eyes dangerously.
"You wouldn't dare." She whispered.
"Try me." Kai said getting up and making his way around the table to the other side where Paree was sitting. The closer he walked the more Paree backed away. She kept backing away until she had made a full circle around the coffee table.
Kai, finally getting tired of going after her, lunged and grabbed her hand. He pulled her towards him, so that her partially covered chest was against his bare chest. He smirked at her, as she tried and failed in getting away. He reached behind her and ran his fingers over her bra strap and skin, smirking when he felt her shiver. He grasped the clasp and lightly pulled the hooks out.
The others watched as if in slow motion as Kai started to undo the clasp on Paree's bra, before he started pulling it back.
Kai finished undoing the last small hook and he noticed that Paree's breath was coming in short gasps now.
"BEEP BEEP!" the intercom went off and everyone turned their attention towards it. Tala went over and pressed the accept button and spoke into it.
"Yes?" he asked
"Tala, tell your friends to come into the family room in the east wing. We need to talk to all of you before your friends and their families go home." Came Tala's mother's voice.
"Okay, Mum." Tala replied before ending the call.
"Alright guys, get dressed games over." Tala said turning to the others.
They all silently got up and started redressing, except for Kai and Paree.
Kai passed a little time pretending to fasten Paree's bra, but he was actually stalling for time.
The others left, closing the door behind them and leaving Kai and Paree standing in the positions they were in before the intercom call.
Kai slowly started fastening the hooks on Paree's bra and looked down at her slightly pink face. He smirked and ran his fingers along her back feeling her shiver against him again and again. He felt her erect nipples through the flimsy fabric of her bra.
"Are you cold?" he asked with a small smirk.
"No." Paree whispered.
"Really?" He whispered in her ear before nibbling on it slightly.
"No…I mean yes." Paree stuttered out.
"L…let go, Kai. We need to get dressed." Paree said in a quiet voice.
Paree felt Kai's scrutiny on her as she moved her hands from his chest and tried to get out of his strong hold. She couldn't believe the effect he was having on her. If they stayed like this a minute longer, she was sure that she'd melt.
Kai loosened his grip and let her go stepping back and watching he go around the room picking up her dress and other possessions. He couldn't help but look her up and down as she started placing some things in her purse and then move to put her dress back on.
Paree finished redressing and turned around to see that Kai was buttoning up his shirt. She watched as he finished and put his blazer back on. He turned around before she could look away and she saw his little smirk appear and fade, but his eyes showed his amusement.
"Ready?" Paree said trying to breaking the unnerving silence. Kai simply nodded. Paree started walking towards the door and was about to turn the door knob when she felt Kai's hands on her waist.
"You look great tonight." She heard him whisper in her ear.
"Uh…thanks." She managed to say before opening the door and walking out with Kai behind her.
It turned out that the elders simply called them to give out presents and the usual warning about staying close.
Paree and Aaliyah bid everyone goodbye and went outside to their waiting limo with their newly acquired gifts.
Paree's mind was in turmoil at what had happened between Kai and her just a while back.
She felt relieved and a little disappointed at the same time. She knew the feeling of relief was because she didn't have to show her breasts to anyone, but the disappointment she wasn't sure of.
'Did I want Kai to kiss me? No, of course I didn't. Just because we're bound to be together doesn't mean I'm just going to rush into a relationship with him. I'm going to take it slow. Maybe we can just become friends first or something.' she thought to herself.
'Fat chance of that! The way he was looking at you, I wouldn't have been surprised if he did you right there. And you probably wouldn't have stopped him if he tried.' Another voice in her head said but she decided to ignore it
Though she had a feeling that there was some truth to what that other little voice said.
'I need sleep.' She thought tiredly, as they drove on
There you go! I hope you enjoyed it. I'm sorry if the ending seemed a little boring but I was half asleep when I finished this chapter. Here are some replies to the reviews I received.
Obsessed-Footy-Girl: Thanks! You'll have to keep reading to find out.
Drackial: Thanks! My favorite line was that one as well. The blond guy is that blond demolition boy…sorry I keep forgetting the names :p…the other red head was Michael from the all stars. And the first to people were Bryan and Johnny. I'm glad you like the story.
Also thanks to Chosen-Of-Mana, Shakena, Hitaru, lil' angelgrl, Wind Archer, Crying Chococat, lilactouch, skyblue-tiger, eralda, tikytikytavvi101, and anyone that I may have forgotten.
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