Serenity walked out of her bedroom to see if the newfound couple where still there. To her disappointment they weren't, or at least Bryan wasn't. Karina now lay with her head on a pillow, her hand laying by her head and a blanket now covering her thin body.
Serenity smiled and walked back into her room and shut the door quietly. "They still there?" Tala asked, still lying in bed.
"Just Karina." Serenity said, seeming disappointed as she sat on the bed. "But it was cute; he covered her up and everything." She continued.
"I bet he was chicken and ran off when he woke up." Tala said.
"Shut up. Leave him alone." Serenity said, gaining a grunt from Tala who turned to look away from her, "I mean it. Don't tease him about this." She warned.
"Fine." Tala said, "Kill joy." He muttered.
"I mean it." Serenity warned again in her stern tone.
"I know, I know. I heard you the first time round." Tala said again, rather frustrated at her insisting and her going against him for once.
"Good." Serenity said with a small smile, leaning over him and giving him a light kiss on the lips. "Now…I'm going to go grill him about it." She said quickly, standing up and running to the door.
"Why do you get to grill him?" Tala asked, sitting up quickly and glaring at her.
"Cause I know when to shut up." Serenity replied simply, running out the door and closing it behind her. She walked over to Bryan's room and opened the door and peeked inside. She saw Bryan sitting on his windowsill, staring outside with a gloomy look on his features. She walked over to him and smiled a little, "Why the long face? You got what you wanted didn't you?" she asked.
Bryan continued staring, not even noticing Serenity's smile, "I guess I did. It just didn't seem normal…it didn't seem right. To me at least." He said.
"It's normal. You should be used to it after a while." Serenity said, her smile fading and her features more serious.
"What if I hurt her?" Bryan whispered.
"What?" Serenity asked.
"What if I hurt her?" Bryan repeated, looking up at her.
"You wouldn't do that on purpose." Serenity whispered as she shook her head.
"So what if I hurt her by accident?" Bryan asked worriedly.
"You wont." Serenity told him.
"But what if I do?" Bryan asked angrily and coldly.
"She'll understand." Serenity whispered.
"And if she doesn't?" Bryan asked again.
Serenity smiled warmly, "You're looking at it all the wrong way." She whispered. "If you love her…then you'd trust her to understand. She will understand how you feel. I promise." She finished.
"I just don't want to see her hurt and it feels worse if I know that I'm the one that hurt her." Bryan said finally, getting up and walking to the other side of the room.
"You seem to know how to treat a girl. You wont hurt her." Serenity said, crossing her arms and walking to him again.
"What on earth makes you think I know how to treat a girl?" Bryan asked.
"You've pretty much hated me since the very first day we met." Serenity started, "And your anger towards me grew stronger when you moved into my room. Yet…you never hit me." She said rather triumphantly.
"So what? That doesn't mean a thing." Bryan said.
"It means that you wouldn't hit a girl. Every other guy in the abbey would hit a girl if asked to yet you couldn't…you wouldn't." Serenity said finally. "You wont hurt her, I promise. You aren't the type that would hurt her purposely and if you do hurt her accidentally then you'll know how to fix it." She said reassuringly.
"I hope you're right." Bryan whispered.
"This is the last thing you should worry about. You need to get used to it and this would seem like you least problem." Serenity said with a small laugh.
"Thanks a lot." Bryan said sarcastically.
"No problem." Serenity went a long; she walked to the door and opened it. "Things will be fine." She said before leaving.
Bryan sat down on his bed with a sigh, enjoying the sudden quiet but was as usual interrupted. "Why was Serenity in here?" Karina asked.
"She was just helping me with something." Bryan replied simply.
"Care to tell me what?" Karina asked, the blanket over her shoulders being tightened around her before she sat down next to him.
"It's nothing." Bryan whispered.
"You sure?" Karina asked.
"I'm sure. Don't worry." Bryan whispered to her again, finally looking into her eyes.
"But I do worry," Karina whispered, pulling the blanket over Bryan's shoulders for warmth, "You do worry me sometimes. Ever since we were kids." She said.
"I know and I'm sorry." Bryan apologized, moving the blanket off his shoulders and tightening it around Karina.
Karina sighed, "Don't be." She whispered, pulling him into a hug. "Come on, lets get lunch." She whispered.
"I'm not hungry." Bryan replied, pushing away from her.
Karina shifted his head a little so he'd look at her, "Bry…"she started, "I know you haven't been eating too well lately." She said.
"How'd you know?" Bryan asked, his lilac eyes widening. He never had any intentions of telling her in the first place so seeing that she knew actually scared him.
"It doesn't matter. I just know that it isn't good for you." Karina said.
"I'm trying but nothing works." Bryan whispered, pulling away from her again and walking over to the window.
"Try a little harder. Now I'm back so you don't need to put off eating for me anymore." Karina said, walking up behind him again.
"I don't know how much harder I can try. It isn't exactly easy after all, one day I'm eating next to nothing and now I have a lot to choose from. I just can't take some changes. And I don't just mean by myself, it's like my body can't take the changes of eating so much or of doing less work then I'm used to." Bryan explained.
Karina wrapped her arms around him again, "I understand; it's hard but you'll manage." She whispered.
"I hope so." Bryan whispered again, moving away from her again, almost afraid of her soothing touch.
"Stop running would you?" Karina asked, rather frustrated at his walking away at every touch.
Bryan looked back at her after hearing the frustration, "Sorry." He said.
"Don't worry about it. Let's go." Karina said, pulling his hand so he'd follow her to the kitchen. It didn't take them very long to each find something to eat, Karina had a bowl of fruit and Bryan just had a piece of toast. Karina had insisted him on eating more but he wouldn't give in and didn't eat anymore then what he had prepared.
After eating Bryan went to his room, leaving Karina alone in the living room. Karina sighed a little, wishing she could be in there with him but knew he needed some time alone. Serenity opened her bedroom door, first heading to the kitchen but then noticing Karina sitting on the sofa by herself. Serenity jumped onto the sofa next to her, startling her a little with her jumpy nature that day. Serenity blew a piece of her hair away from her face, "What's wrong?" she asked curiously.
"Nothing much. Just a little worried about Bryan that's all." Karina replied, her voice holding disappointment.
"Yeah I know what you mean but you shouldn't worry about him. Just know he needs some time to adjust to all this." Serenity replied to the explanation.
"Yeah, I know and I feel the same way." Karina said.
"Don't worry, he'll get used to things soon enough." Serenity comforted, patting her gently on the back.
"I hope so." Karina whispered.
Serenity nodded and got up, walking back to her bedroom and stepping inside. "Hey Tal, I need a favor…" Serenity started, leaning against the bedroom door with her arms crossed.
Tala looked behind him from where he stood by the balcony door, his left shoulder leaning against the window with his arms crossed too, "Sure. What is it?" he asked.
"I need you to take Bryan out." Serenity said.
"Excuse me!" Tala yelled, eyes widening immensely.
Serenity narrowed her eyes and replied to the weird reaction, "I didn't mean it that way dumb ass," she said, Tala sighing, "I mean get him out of the house and just talk." She said.
"Why can't you?" Tala asked.
"Because he needs a guy to talk to and not me, besides I talk to him all the time." Serenity answered.
"I offered to talk to him this morning." Tala said.
"For all the wrong reasons," Serenity yelled. "Just please do it." She said.
"Fine." Tala mumbled angrily. He walked out the bedroom door, trying to find Bryan but really hoping he wouldn't since he really didn't feel like going out nor talking to the younger blader.
Serenity sighed, she sat on the bed and waited before she heard the front door banging tightly behind the two male bladers of the apartment. She got back off the bed and walked out into the living room, intending on talking to Karina for a while.
---That Night-10:30pm---
During the rest of the day things had gone fine. Tala and Bryan had gone for the walk and just talked about all Bryan's worries of the day. Things he just couldn't tell Karina at the time. To him the talk actually helped, he knew it was Serenity's idea and it worked for him for once.
Tala was less excited about the talk, he didn't want to go out that day and just talking about relationships just put him into an even worse mood. He answered Bryan's questions and helped him out as best he could but his mind had kept drifting to the little amount of yelling with Serenity. True it was a little yelling and hardly considered a fight but it still upset him. He hated her mad at him. She was always so sweet but when she gave him the silent treatment, it was brutal.
Karina and Serenity sat at home talking about the guys. How they felt about them and just things in general about each of their relationships. Basically it was just mindless girly chit-chat. Serenity tended to just talk about her experiences in the abbey with Tala and the conversation shifted to Karina and Bryan. So mainly the whole day was somewhat enjoyable.
Serenity pulled the covers over her tightly. Tala sat up a little and glanced over at her, her back facing him so she didn't realize he was still staring, "You mad at me?" he asked.
"No." Serenity replied simply and dully.
"Then why aren't you talking to me?" Tala asked again.
"I just have nothing to say." Serenity said.
"Please, don't do this to me Serenity." Tala whispered.
"Do what?" Serenity asked, her tone cold and angry.
"Giving me the silent treatment." Tala said, his voice low and under his control. "You've hardly spoken to me all day." He said, his voice being held into a calm tone.
Serenity sat up and look back at him, her features loosening as she stared at him. She suddenly realized how much she had hurt him. She saw it in his eyes, it was all there in his eyes, his pain was there. She wrapped her arms around him into a tight hug, "I'm sorry sweetie," She whispered honestly, "I didn't realize I hurt you so badly." She said.
"Just don't do that again." Tala whispered back, his head resting on her shoulder.
"I wont, I wont." Serenity whispered soothingly, gently moving him off her shoulder, "But I need to ask, why were you so afraid to even talk to Bryan?" she asked curiously.
"I don't know. When it's just you and me I try to make things up as I go along so I didn't know how to answer Bryan." Tala replied.
"So why on earth didn't you say so earlier?" Serenity asked.
"I didn't know how to say it and it's not like ever really got the chance." The Wolf answered.
Serenity laughed slightly, "Chance or not, next time grab me by the neck and just tell me." She said with her usual warm smile on her face.
"Deal." Tala replied with a smile of his own.
"Good." Serenity said, lying back down. "This is what we need to do." she said.
"What?" Tala asked confusedly.
"We need to talk more." Serenity replied simply. "What is it hat you have a problem with?"
"Things are just too different around here."
"That a bad thing?"
"No but too different then to what I am used to. I just dont know how to deal with everything here" Tala replied honestly. "Today I was just upset to begin with so I'm not surprised about the way I acted." he said.
"Well it doesnt matter now." Serenity replied, giving him a light kiss,"Can I sleep now?" she asked, closing her eyes with a yawn. (A/N: It's still quarter past one in the afternoon here and I really did just yawn.)
"Yeah, you can." Tala replied, getting under the covers again and staring at the ceiling, the smile still on his pale face.
"Thanks." Serenity laughed, pulling the covers up and tighter around her.
---Next Afternoon---
Each blader had stayed in their rooms, with the exception of Tala who stayed outside on the balcony. One thing crossed each of their minds that day, 'We're out of the abbey, what now?' They had all hoped that they would leave the abbey but the thing they never thought about what would actually happen when they left. All they had planned had been done in a matter of weeks. Needless to say they had been clueless on what was to happen next. Did they just live in the apartment? What were they to do? Did they have to go to school? What about the others in the abbey? True, they had each been sent back to their families and those that didn't have a family to go to, were instead put into a house that had just been built.
Mike had decided that it wouldn't be fair to split them up and put them into separate homes so he decided to keep them together, since after all, they had all known each other over the years so he thought that maybe they trusted each other more then they would trust anyone else so found it as the best thing. None of the children had gone to the new house nor to their families since it was safest for them all to stay in hospital for a little while longer.
As if on cue, each blader walked out of their bedrooms and into the living room, each looking at each other before one finally spoke. "Doesn't feel right does it?" Serenity asked the other three.
"Something else has to be done." Karina said.
"And I know what it is." Tala said with a smirk, looking at the other bladers to see if they understood. They did, so now it was time to finish the job.
A/N: Sorry for not updating! My mum got rid of internet at home so I cant write till after exams so please forgive me. Can't talk, bye for now and please review!