Chapter 13
All three teenagers had dinner in silence. Serenity had sensed earlier that Bryan still seemed upset for forgetting about Karina but she couldn't convince him that it wasn't his fault. Mike had called about an hour after their last conversation and they had told him to bring Karina to the apartment. Mike clearly hadn't been happy about it but said that he would ask a doctor if it was safe enough to move Karina out of the hospital.
Luckily, Karina was well enough to be moved from the hospital in Russia to Serenity's apartment in Japan, on the condition that a doctor came every day in the after noon to check on Karina. They all went to their rooms after dinner to get seem sleep after the long day. It was amazing to think that the day had started out as the most boring day of their lives and turned out to be the most hectic day they had in what felt like ages.
Mike and Karina would be on the earliest flight from Russia, they had calculated that they'd arrive at about eleven the next morning. Serenity and Tala had lain awake in bed just talking about stuff, nothing in particular but just stuff. They remembered that when they were younger they used to just lie in bed together and talk about whatever came to mind and they missed that. Moreover Tala had actually missed that a lot and apparently it was something that had been upsetting him in a while, he hated that they had lost all their innocence and didn't used to do all they did when they were younger. They didn't do the things that made them fall in love anymore, it's like all they had done when they were younger didn't exist, and they were too mature now.
---Next Morning---
Serenity and Tala walked out of their bedroom to find Bryan already sitting on the sofa in the leaving room. Bryan was just staring at the ground and both Tala and Serenity looked at him strangely while Serenity went into the kitchen to get a fruit for her breakfast and Tala while he sat down opposite Bryan. "Hey are you ok over there?" Tala asked.
Bryan looked up quickly, "Oh yeah, I'm fine" he said.
"I don't think so" Serenity said, walking over to him and handing him a glass of water.
"Am I that obvious?" Bryan asked before taking a sip of cold water. Serenity sat down on the arm of the chair that Tala was sitting on and with a look that told him to tell them everything, "I'm just scared" he whispered.
"Finally we find that you're afraid of something" Tala said, earning himself a hit upside the head from Serenity.
"What are you scared of?" Serenity asked Bryan.
"I haven't seen Karina in years and I don't know how she is now and I'm worried, if I had never forgotten about her then she wouldn't be hurt" Bryan said, his eyes fixed to the ground again.
"You tow must have been very close" Serenity said, smiling a little though still feeling disappointed, probably she was happy because Bryan seemed to care a lot for Karina but she also was disappointed because she hated to see him so upset.
"I wouldn't say close, but something in me just doesn't want to see her hurt" Bryan said, still not bothering to look at any of them.
"Well Mike will be bringing her here soon since it's already ten" Tala said.
---2 Hours Later---
Mike still hadn't arrived with Karina yet but had called a few minutes before telling them that there was a delay in their flight and that they should be arriving soon. Bryan still sat nervously on the sofa and Tala walked up behind him and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, making Bryan look back at him. "Don't worry, I'm sure she'll be fine and you will too" he told him.
"Thanks" Bryan said, nodding.
A few minutes later the door bell rang and they all went to the door and Serenity opened it quickly. "Where can we take her?" Mike asked Serenity.
"You can put her in my room" Bryan volunteered, pointing to his bedroom door.
Mike nodded and two other people took a stretcher with a beautiful young girl on it into Bryan's room. Bryan was about to rush forward when he saw Karina in the stretcher move past him and his heart stopped for a second and he was about to step forward to get closer to her lifeless body but someone grabbed his forearm tightly, stopping him. He turned round quickly and saw Tala with his grip increasing on his forearm before slowly loosening. Serenity walked over to Bryan who continued staring at the room where Karina was being kept and sighed painfully.
Serenity wrapped her arms around him and moved him to the sofa again, she made him sit down and she sat on the wooden table that was in front of him. She gently slid away a strand of lilac hair that shadowed his eyes a little and leaned forward, "Now you see why I worry? The way you are feeling right now is worry and that's how I feel when I see you like this so just relax a little and you'll be able to see her soon" she said, smiling sweetly at the younger blader.
A few hours later the two people who brought Karina in left and Mike went to find himself a hotel to stay in while he was in Japan since Serenity's apartment was full and had never kept so many people in it. Bryan had practically run to see Karina and had been sitting by her side for a while. After about an hour of him being in there, Serenity walked into Bryan's room and saw him just sitting there, his forearms resting on his legs as he just watched her from a distance. Serenity walked back out again and sighed, "I'll be in my room" she aid.
Tala nodded and watched her as she walked into her room and close the door behind her. Tala waited a while and then walked into Bryan's room and walked up behind him, "You're not doing any good like that" he told her.
"I'm here aren't I?" Bryan said, looking up at the taller blader.
Tala sighed and grabbed Bryan's hand gently, Bryan fought in his grip a little but soon loosened up a bit and Tala placed Bryan's hand on Karina's cold one that limply on the bed. Bryan felt the cold rush through him, heat growing in him; he then felt the heat slowly transmitting into Karina's hand which suddenly felt warm because of his body heat. Tala moved his hand off of theirs and crossed his arms again, "Now she knows you're here" Tala said. Bryan looked up at him strangely, "Talk to her, she can hear you" he said. Turning on his heal he left the room quickly and walked into his room here Serenity lay in bed. Tala walked over to her and sat on the bed next to her resting form and placed a hand on her side and rubbed it softly adding warmth to her.
Serenity opened her eyes and looked up at Tala and turned on her back and stretched her arms a little. She smiled lightly and sat up a little, Tala pulled her into his arms and kissed her softly on the cheek, "I'm really sorry for yelling in front of you the other day, I didn't mean to honestly" he whispered, his voice really sounding apologetic towards her.
"It's ok, it was your way of dealing with the worry" Serenity whispered back, her fingers gently entwining through his red hair. She gently kissed his neck a few times and just rested her head against his shoulder. He moved his hands down to her waist and kissed her softly on the cheek again. Serenity pulled away from him a little to look into his eyes and she kissed him on the tip of his nose lightly.
Tala smiled and picked her up bridal style and took her over to the balcony and opened the door with one hand and carried her outside into the cold salty night air and set her on a chair. "Why did you bring me out here?" Serenity asked.
Tala shrugged a little and walked over the railings, "I just enjoy it out here and thought…that you'd enjoy it with me" he said.
Serenity smiled and pushed herself off the chair and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, "I'd love to" she whispered. She kissed him softly on the lips, trailing butterfly-kisses down his neck and then she leaned against the railings. Tala wrapped his arms around her waist and held her close to him, letting her rest her back against his chest as they watched the sun setting over the sea of reds and oranges.
A/N: So how was that? Short I know but the fic is ending in about three of four more chapters so they'll be slightly shorter then usual. I decided to put this chapter up now since I'm not sure when I'll have the next one up but hopefully it will be up within the next three days. I put up the first chapter of Angel Of Neglect so please read and review that cause I need to know if it is good enough to continue, if I don't get at least four reviews then I wont update for a long time so you better get reviewing. Bye for now!
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