A/N: Hey everyone, how are you all? Well I hope you're all ok. This is the next chapter of Childhood Hell but first I have an important note and complaint. Today I received a flamer from someone named 'Respect' and this is the 'review' and all that needs to be said on it. My friend Demi-Goddess – Queen Of OCs had something to say too.
Respect's Review: Sucks, girls can't go to the abbey, is either for boys or girls, not both, done to what they believe. Please respect others religions and get some culture, go to school.
Respect: Listen, whoever you are. You are the person who needs to go to school.
So, you think that only boys can go to an Abbey? So that must mean you think only girls can go to a convent? Well, let me tell you; I go to a convent school. Next door is an actual convent and there are a few male priests there who live with the nuns. And also, we allow boys into our sixth form. We are a strict catholic school so try telling me that we disrespect cultures.
And also: THIS IS A FANFICTION. Meaning: Authors can do the hell they want. If Phoenix wants to put a girl in the Abbey, she can put a girl in the Abbey. She wants to turn a canon character into little kid, she can do so.
To the next point: how does this disrespect others cultures? Yeah sure, most of the people in the world are Christians, therefore don't really mind about there being an Abbey in an anime, but even children from other religions (e.g. - Islam) watch it and don't get offended by the fact they didn't have a building from their faith in there. And plus: The Abbey isn't an actual Abbey, even in Beyblade. Would a place of God experiment on kids? Hm?
In the summary, it states VERY clearly that in this fic, there will be a girl in the Abbey. What's the point in reading it if you don't like these types of fics? It's the same with yaoi; people put a warning in their summary. And about that religion point you had: it's against the laws in most religions, even Christianity, but I still read/write it! And even if you just said this to make a point; why the hell did you do it? It's very downgrading to authors.
Next time, Bustah, leave a contact detail and don't be a chicken. The only person who needs to go to school is you, because I was barely able to read that 'review' because of poor Grammar. The only one disrespecting here is you, because it's people like you who clog up the fan fiction world with your stupid 'opinions'; I bet quite a few of people who are reading this will agree with me.
If you wish to exchange tedious insults, just come get me, Bustah. I'm not fighting for Phoenix. I'm fighting for my own views, which I stick by when they're contradicted mindlessly. But I guess in this case, I'm fighting for both.
Demi-goddess
There you go; Demi-Goddess my good friend said it all. Besides what good is a flamer? It just helps me boil my pasta on a Saturday night. And another little point is this, if you're going to give someone a bad review could you at east have some respect and say one nice thing? I came this far through the story without complaints so how is it that now because I'm to the end of the fic I'm going to get a flamer? It made no sense.
Anyway I think Demi-Goddess already made the point. So I better not keep you all waiting any longer and just get on with the chapter.
Chapter 14
The sun finally set and Tala and Serenity walked back into their room. They then went to the living room to order something for dinner, only to find Mike sitting on the sofa. "Hey, what are you doing in here?" Serenity asked.
"I came to see all of you but I saw your door closed so I remembered not to disturb you, in fear of Serenity's wrath" Mike said, standing up and walking over to Serenity. "So how is everything here?" he asked.
"Well I guess everyone's fine," Serenity said.
"Anything from Karina?" Mike asked.
" Bryan's been with her ever since you left, she hasn't moved or anything" Tala informed.
"I heard from doctors that there is a very good chance that she'll live, which is some progress at least" Mike said.
"Well, that's certainly good news" Serenity said happily.
"Any plans on what to do next?" Mike asked, sitting on the sofa again.
"Well, we planned on ordering something for dinner; do you have any plans of leaving?" Serenity asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't think you're going to get rid of me that easily" Mike said.
"A girl can hope" Serenity said, sitting opposite on another velvet sofa.
"Then why do you try so hard?" Mike asked, smirking.
Serenity suddenly noticed Tala's absence and turned to look at him, finding him standing by Bryan's bedroom door just watching Bryan sit by Karina's side with his hand still on hers. By the look on Tala's face Serenity could tell that he was in deep thought and slowly walked up to him, "What you thinking about?" she asked.
"Ever thought that Bryan seems really close to Karina?" Tala asked, not taking his eyes off the said couple.
"Yeah he does seem to care about her a lot" Serenity whispered back to him, peering into the room a little.
"Why don't you give them some privacy?" Mike called from his seat on the sofa.
"Why don't you do something useful and call for some food?" Serenity asked, walking back to the phone and tossing the cordless into his lap.
"Call for your own food, I'm going to the hotel" Mike said, laughing as he stood up and shoved the phone back into her hands and walked off to the door, "I'll come back later" he said before leaving.
"He must have been great to you when you were younger" Tala said sarcastically, walking over to Serenity and taking the phone from her.
"Yeah amazing" Serenity stated sarcastically as she stared at the door.
---An Hour and a Half Later---
Both Serenity and Tala had finished eating but Bryan hadn't left his bedroom and had refused to leave Karina's side at the time. He hadn't left the room for anything and Serenity had actually started to get worried. Tala noticed Serenity's worry and told her that he wanted to go for a walk and wanted her to go with him. They informed Bryan that they were going for a walk and left, walking along the cold streets of Tokyo, Japan. They walked on the deserted sidewalk and a man walked toward them. His hair was blonde and light green eyes that stared at the ground in front of him as he walked. Serenity hoped to just walk past the young man that walked towards her so she just kept her head low and tightening her hold on Tala's arm.
"Hey Serenity, heard you finally came back" The guy said, smiling and walking up to Serenity. Serenity looked up a little and smiled kindly; the man practically shoved Tala away and leaned closer to Serenity, his lips almost touching hers.
Serenity moved her hand up to her mouth and the boy's lips kissed her hand instead, "What are you doing?" she asked, shocked would be putting her reaction lightly.
"Yeah who the hell are you?" Tala asked, stepping in front of Serenity.
"I'd ask you the same question" The boy said, crossing his strong arms across his solid chest.
"I asked you first" Tala said.
"Glen, childhood friend of Serenity's, you?" The boy named Glen asked.
"Tala, her friend now" Tala replied coldly.
"So you're her new boyfriend?" Glen asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked at Tala up and down.
"Yeah, I guess you could say that" Tala replied.
"Come on Tala let's go" Serenity whispered, tugging at the end of his jumpsuit sleeve.
Tala was about to walk past Glen when Glen shoved his hand away from his chest and pushed Tala back a bit, pulling Serenity with him. "How about I fight you for her?" Glen asked.
Tala smirked and looked up at Glen, "You're not even worth it" he said.
"You see Serenity, this guy doesn't care about you enough to fight over you" Glen mocked, "But let's fight anyway" he said through gritted teeth before punching Tala right in the face.
Tala was unprepared for that and got knocked back a little, a fresh bleeding cut under his almost black eye. Tala attempted to punch Glen in the face but Glen caught his fist before it came in contact with his face but Tala used his other tight fist and punched him in the face. Glen shot back off the wall he had fallen against and shoved Tala to the ground again, causing Tala's head to throb painfully when it came in contact with the hard concrete. When there his vision was blurred but he could clearly see the fear in Serenity's eyes and the tears slipping from them. He stood up again, his face already looking a bit bruised, "How could you say she isn't worth a fight? I don't have to continue with a fist fight to fight over her. As far as I can see I've already won." He said, stepping forward.
"What makes you say that?" Glen asked coldly.
"I've won because I know more about her" Tala said simply.
"I know a lot about her too" Glen fought back.
"Really, do you know where she's ticklish?" Tala asked.
"No" Glen said after thinking for a minute.
"Her stomach and neck, do you know which Greek myth is her favorite?" Tala continued asking.
"No" Glen said after thinking again.
"Moon Goddess Selene, you see you don't know a thing about her, you just want her as some sort of prize or trophy" Tala said. "You don't care about her, but I do, I care about her a lot and I value her with all my heart and I consider her feelings in everything I do. When I'm awake, when I'm asleep, she's always on my mind" Tala continued yelling.
"And I care about him too" Serenity said, tears still streaming down her face. She stepped forward and took Tala's arm and pulled him a little so he leaned on her for some support.
"Are you serious?" Glen asked, his eyes widening as he stared on at the couple.
Tala slowly pulled out of serenity's hold and stepped forward, taking one clean shot at Glen's face, instantly knocking Glen to the ground, "Dead serious" he said, stepping back again.
Serenity held on to Tala again and pulled him close to her, "Just leave Glen, he's got you beat" she said, smiling and not taking her eyes off Tala. Glen got up and walked off, turning round once again to look at the happy couple before shaking his head and leaving. Serenity moved up a little to Tala and kissed him deeply but Tala just groaned in pain and stepped away a little. She looked at him again and saw the pain he was in from the injuries on his face, "Come on lets go home" she whispered to him.
Serenity helped Tala home and they walked into the apartment quietly. "Hey, where were you two?" Mike asked, shooting off the sofa when he heard the door opening.
"We just had a little run in with an old admirer of mine" Serenity said, following Tala to their bedroom. Tala sat on the bed and Serenity sat next to him, she looked at him thoroughly for injuries, he had a bruise on his cheek and a small cut under his almost black eye. Serenity got up and went to the bathroom, taking a face cloth from the sink and running some cold water over it. Squeezing the water out of it, she walked back to Tala and sat on the bed next to him again, gently wiping at a trickle of blood on his cheek. Tala flinched at the cold and pushed himself away from her a little, "Sorry about that" Serenity whispered.
Serenity cleaned his face a little and tossed the cloth back into the bathroom. Serenity looked at him as he stared at the ground; she pulled her arms around him and kissed him softly on his bruised cheek. She rested her forehead against his shoulder and cried, her tears burning through him like acid. Tala placed a hand on her back, moving her closer to him, "What's wrong?" he whispered in her ear.
"I would have never forgiven myself if something worse happened to you" Serenity whispered through sobs.
"It would have been worth it" Tala whispered to her, "You would have been worth it" he said.
"I just don't want to lose you, not now not ever" Serenity whispered.
"You wont" Tala whispered in her ear, stroking her hair, sending wonderful chills down Serenity's spine.
Serenity's hand moved behind his neck and kissed his neck softly and gently pushed herself out of his arms. "Get some sleep" Serenity whispered to him.
"I'm okay, I'm not even tired" Tala said, shaking his head a little.
"Please, get some rest" Serenity said, tears welling up in her eyes again as she reached her hand forward and gently stroked his uninjured cheek softly.
"You're lucky I'm not in the mood to protest against you" Tala whispered.
"Good, I'll let you get some rest; I'll be in the next room" Serenity whispered back before giving him a short, simple kiss on the lips. She quietly left the room and went into the living room, sitting on the sofa opposite Mike.
"This never used to happen when you were on your own" Mike muttered.
"You think that this happened because of him?" Serenity asked in frustration.
"Yes, you never got into these types of fights when you weren't together" Mike said.
"Excuse me, Tala fought for me; he got beat up for me. He didn't start the fist fight and he didn't continue the fist fight, he knows everything about me and that's how he won. Why do you have so much of a problem with him?" Serenity asked, raising her voice but not enough for Tala and Bryan to hear her.
"Because you've been sleeping with him all these years and I bet you don't know a thing about him" Mike replied.
"What makes you think that?" Serenity asked.
"You claim you really care about him and love him but I be t you don't. What makes you think that you only think you love him because you've been close to him for so long?" Mike asked.
"To tell you the truth I have thought about that" Serenity said, getting up, walking slowly around the living room as she stared at the ground, twiddling her fingers nervously. "I thought about it and when I really came down to thinking about it, I realized that I really do love him. He really does love me back; he is the perfect, most amazing guy I've ever met. I've told him about my past life and no one could ever be so ok about it and he does love me." Serenity said, her eyes still staring at the ground in front of her as she walked.
"Has he said he loves you?" Mike asked.
"No, but I know that he's actually afraid. I can sense it" Serenity said disappointedly.
"I thought you didn't like using your powers to read peoples minds" Mike stated.
Serenity lifted her head to look at him and shook her head, "I didn't read his mind, I know because I know him and I know who he is" she said.
"Sounds like you really care about him" Mike said.
"I don't just care about him, I love him and I've never been able to actually tell him that. I love him so much and I don't know how to say it" Serenity said, tears streaming down her face.
"I'm convinced, come here" Mike said, gesturing for her to go near him.
Serenity walked over to him, sitting on his lap and cried hard, sobbing on his shoulder, "I don't think I'd be able to continue with my mission if something would have happened to him tonight" she said between sobs.
"I understand" Mike said soothingly.
"I do love him so much and I don't want to lose him" Serenity said, wiping tears from her cheeks.
Tala had been peering through the bedroom door, hearing the conversation ever since Serenity had left the bedroom. He quietly shut the door and went back to his bed, lying back under the covers. "She does love me" he whispered to himself, smiling at the thought.
Serenity quietly stepped into her bedroom, smiling when she saw Tala who already seemed to be asleep. She walked to her bathroom and changed into her nightgown and slipped under the silk sheets of her bed. She lay on her back and closed her eyes, a light smile tugged at her lips when she felt something tickle her midriff lightly. She opened her eyes when the tickling moved higher and the pace increased, "What? No, stop" Serenity yelled between laughs, Tala had started tickling her as he held her close to him to keep her from moving. Serenity pushed out of his grip but he wouldn't stop until Serenity finally fell onto the floor next to the bed. "That was mean" she said.
"I know" Tala said, holding his hand out for Serenity to take. Serenity took his hand and pushed herself back up onto the bed. She lay back down under the now messed up covers, Serenity pulled Tala closer to her and kissed him deeply though still being careful not to hurt him because of his wounds. She pulled him down and she moved over him, kissing him longer till she found that they couldn't breathe. They parted a little but kept there faces close together, Serenity breathed heavily, her finger tracing to the cut under Tala's eye. Serenity moved down closer to him, their hearts beating quickly, Serenity slipped her hand up his shirt, touching his warm skin. "I need to tell you something" Tala whispered through passionate kisses that Serenity planted on his lips.
"What?" Serenity asked, trailing soft kisses down his neck, feeling the pulse on his neck beat fiercely against her lips.
"I love you" Tala whispered, breathing heavily as he looked up.
Serenity froze and gently moved her lips away from his neck, looking down at Tala. She suddenly smiled, "I love you too" she said, her voice filled with joy that he finally came out and said it. She kissed him passionately on the lips again, this time Tala played more of a part, pulling Serenity onto him to deepen the kiss with his hand on her back. Their lips finally separated to allow them to breathe and Serenity pushed herself off Tala and lay close to him. She latched her arms around his waist and kissed his bruised cheek gently. "Did you mean all you said to Glen?" Serenity asked.
"Every word of it, I do care about you and I don't want to hurt you or let anyone hurt you" Tala said, looking at Serenity, his breathing still heavy and his heart still beating quickly.
"And I don't want you hurt either, I really do love you and I have for a long time now but I wasn't sure when to say so" Serenity said.
"At least now we know" Tala whispered, pulling Serenity into another kiss.
They slowly parted and Serenity whispered, "Yeah, now we do" Serenity lay there for a few minutes with her head lying on his shoulder, "I'm going to get a drink, do you want something?" Serenity asked, getting out of bed and walking over to the door, opening it a little before looking back at him for him to reply.
"No thanks" Tala replied, sitting up a little in the bed.
Serenity nodded and walked out of the bedroom. She walked into the kitchen and poured two glasses of water, she left one glass on the counter and tossed a pill of some sort into the other one and took it in her hand, taking it with her to Bryan's room. She quietly opened the door and stepped inside, gaining Bryan's attention. "Hey, how is she?" Serenity asked.
"Nothing's changed" Bryan said, turning his attention back to Karina's resting form.
"And how are you holding up?" Serenity asked, walking up to him.
"Good" Bryan said simply.
"You're lying again" Serenity said.
"Not this time" Bryan said.
"Well here, drink this" Serenity told him, handing him the glass. Bryan gently moved his hand away from Karina's and took the glass, "Drink it" she told him again. Bryan slowly drank it and handed the glass back to Serenity, "That ok?" Serenity asked, taking back the glass.
"Yeah thanks" Bryan said. He turned back to Karina and took her hand again, giving it a light squeeze.
"Do you want me to get you something to eat?" Serenity asked.
"No thanks" Bryan whispered.
"Ok then, you should get some sleep" Serenity advised kindly.
"I'm not tired" Bryan said, still not taking his eyes off Karina.
"Ok, I'm going to get some sleep, come wake me if you need anything or if something happens with Karina." Serenity said, walking to the door. "Good night" she said before leaving. Serenity walked back to the kitchen and picked up her glass of water and drank it quickly before placing it into the sink and walking back to her room. She closed the door, she saw Tala standing by the balcony door and he had placed his shirt on the chair. Serenity walked up behind him and placed her arms around his waist and rested her head against his back.
"How is he?" Tala asked, placing his hand on Serenity's arms that wrapped around him gently.
"I think he really is in love. He doesn't want to leave Karina, he won't sleep, he won't eat and he won't leave her." Serenity replied.
"Well he has to sometime" Tala said.
"I gave him a pill now, it should keep him awake for a little while longer but he'll need to eat soon but I'll leave them alone for the night" Serenity said, kissing his spine softly. "The pill won't keep him awake for too long but should last a while. I think it was ok to give it to him, the chemical in him shouldn't do much with the pill since the pill is made of pure natural ingredients" she said, kissing higher up his back, her hands moving up to his shoulders.
Tala smiled and turned round to look down at Serenity, "Why don't you get some sleep now?" he asked.
"Maybe I should, I am getting a little tired" Serenity admitted, yawning a little at the end, "Actually I'm very tired but I think you get my point" she said, walking to her bed and getting under the covers.
"I know what you mean" Tala said, getting into bed next to her.
"Good night sweetie" Serenity whispered before kissing him softly.
"Good night" Tala said, switching off the lights and shutting his eyes.
A/N: So how was it? I hope it was any good. I tried to make sure that the chapter didn't have one of those corny 'I love you' scenes but I wanted to try to make it different then usual. I really hope it was ok cause I really tried my hardest on it. I know that a lot of people like the cute fluffy romantic moments and this chapter was filled with them so I hope they turned out ok too. I know that ever since Bryan came into the picture he had been in the spot light so this chapter was a bit of a change since it focused on Tala and Serenity the most but it still had a hint of Serenity's past, Bryan was still known and so was Mike. I hope this was ok, I start school again on Monday (rolls eyes) so it will go back to updates only on the weekend unless I'll have some free time. Please review and tell me what you thought of this chapter and if you liked something in particular. Bye for now!