Chapter 6: Mishaps and Revelations
Anne and Chris were in the dojo while waiting for his parents to hurry up with their paperwork. Anne was hitting the punching bag while Chris was admiring how beautiful she was. Suddenly, Anne hit the punching bag so hard, that it sent her straight to her back. She landed with a grunt and then sat up to see her boyfriend laughing at her. Eventually, she started laughing too. After he helped her to her feet, she went back to hitting the punching bag, this time with him holding it still for her.
After another fifteen minutes, Frank and Susan were finished with the paperwork they were working on and ready to close up shop. On the way out, Frank was curious about something.
"Why were you two laughing in the dojo?" He asked the younger couple.
"Anne was hitting the punching bag when it decided to hit her." Chris replied as he explained what happened as they piled into the van. All but Anne laughed as Chris finished explaining what happened. Anne just blushed.
On the way back to the river house, Anne fell asleep on Chris's shoulder. They finally made it to the house, and Chris tried to wake his sleeping girlfriend, but she was out like a light. He then carried her bridal style into the house. He took her to her room and gently set her down and covered her up. He then went to his own, only to realize Anne was holding onto his shirt with an iron grip. He tried to pry her hands off, to no avail. Finally, he gave up and crawled into bed with her. He wrapped his arms around her and fell asleep.
==The Next Morning==
Odd walked into Anne's room to find Chris sleeping with her. He smirked as he approached the lovebirds. He stopped just in front of the bed and cleared his throat.
"WWWWWAAAAAAKKKKKKKEEEEEE UUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPP, LLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" He shouted, and the couple stumbled out of bed with Anne landing on top of her boyfriend. Odd laughed, but stopped and lost all of the color on his face when he heard the couple growling, with anger.
"YOU ARE SO DEAD!" They both shouted as Odd screamed and ran out the door with the lovebirds hot on his heels.
Everyone else was outside, lounging by the pool when Odd ran around the pool and jumped into the river. Everyone rose an eyebrow until Chris and Anne came running up to the pool.
"What happened?" Aelita asked, resulting in Chris grabbing her by her shirt collar.
"WHERE IS HE?!" He shouted and, albeit with total fear, Aelita pointed to the river. He and Anne smiled and he let go of Aelita.
"Much obliged." They both said and took off to the river. They found Odd, grabbed him by his hood, and dragged him up to the house.
"You, my friend, are about to find out we aren't morning people." Chris said, and those at the pool realized what Odd did. Chris brought Odd's face to his girlfriend's fist and Anne reeled back her arm, and knocked him hard, resulting in a black eye for him. Chris brought Odd to his feet, reeled his leg back, and brought up to Odd's groin, resulting in him screaming in pain, drawing Frank and Susan out of the house.
"What happened?" Susan asked.
"Odd just found out your son isn't a morning person." Aelita said, shaking in fear.
"Aelita, what happened to you?" Frank asked when he noticed how bad she was shaking.
"Odd ran past the pool and jumped into the river, hoping to lose the lovebirds, but when they came to the pool, Chris grabbed the collar of her shirt and demanded to know where Odd ran off to. She pointed at the river, and then he released her." Chase replied, as Chris came up to her with a look of shame.
"I'm sorry about that, by the way." Chris said.
"It's okay. You're forgiven." Aelita said, but Chase shook his head.
"The hell he is. You ever do that to her again, I'll punch you square in the mouth. Am I clear?" Chase said.
"Crystal." Chris replied, not even the least bit scared of Chase.
That's when someone came around the house, and Frank and Susan were not at all happy.
"Hey, guys." The man said.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing here, Andrew?" Frank demanded, causing Andrew to raise an eyebrow.
"What do you think I'm doing here? I'm here for dinner." Andrew said.
"Like hell, you are!" Chris shouted, causing everyone to look at him.
"Come on, Christopher. Aren't you happy to see your cousin?" He asked.
"Not in the slightest." Chris replied, full of hatred.
"Come on. You're not still mad, are you?" Andrew asked, and Chris stormed back down the stairs until he was right in front of his cousin.
"MAD DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT!" He roared, scaring everyone around him.
"Drop it, Son." Frank said.
"NO! HE AND HIS FATHER TREATED ME AND MY MOM LIKE SHIT! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM FOR THAT! I'm going somewhere to let out a little steam. NO ONE FOLLOWS ME!" Chris roared before storming away. More than anyone, Anne had a hurt look before running off to find him. Frank turned back to Andrew.
"Get off this property right now." He ordered and Andrew walked away.
==With Anne==
Anne was looking frantically for her other half when she heard multiple gunshots ring out by the target range. She walked over there cautiously and went wide eyed when she saw Chris shooting off an AK-47.
"Baby, are you okay?" She asked him.
"Fine." He replied. She went wide eyed when he kept shooting off the rifle. Rebecca and Jennifer approached her and saw Chris shooting the rifle.
"What's he doing?" Rebecca asked.
"I'm letting out a little steam, okay?!" Chris asked.
"Baby, please, tell me. How bad was it?" Anne asked. Chris sighed as he explained how badly his cousin and uncle treated him and his mother.
"Jesus Christ. That's horrible." Jennifer said.
"But it's too late. They're both dead to me." Chris said, as he began crying. Anne sat beside him.
"I know how bad it hurts, baby. But I swear to you, I will not never leave you. Our love is strong. And not for a moment, will I forsake you." Anne said, causing Chris to smile. He then wrapped his arms around her in a hug.
"Thank you so much, Annie." Chris said. Anne simply returned the hug.
"You know why I was constantly being bullied, sweetie?" She asked him.
"No." He replied. She then took off the bandana and asked him to look. He obliged and saw her usual green eye, but also a blood red eye as well.
"Because of my eyes, people saw it as a good enough reason to call me a freak. They were constantly doing it. They never stopped, until you saved me, honey. You were there for me, so I'll be there for you." Anne explained.
"Always?" He asked as a tear fell from his eye, but Anne caught just as it fell from his face.
"Until the end of time." She replied.
"You have no idea how good that makes me feel." Chris said as he smiled weakly at the girl he loved. The four of them then walked back to the house. They all went to their rooms, but Anne went into Chris's room with him, at his request.
The couple got changed, climbed into the bed, then fell asleep.
That's chapter six. I hope you guys enjoy the story so far. Review and I'll post more chapters.