(A/N:) YAY! I AM UPDATING! My teachers put a TON of homework on me XP! I hate homework! My math teacher gave us stuff we haven't done since the fourth grade, and my brain hurts really bad! Also, my refrigerator smells bad, too! EEW!

I ran my fingers through Kimiko's greasy hair. We hadn't had a bath in ages. The boat had stopped and it was late at night. Everybody got off and all went in different directions. Nobody even turned back to say "good-bye" to their new friends, they were too afraid of the bounty hunters. We quickly ran in a direction that few of the runaways were taking. We ran quickly and quietly. I could barely see. I was leading Kimiko through so she wouldn't get hurt. I crashed into a few trees as I tried to follow Omi and Jermaine, but I was alright. As we entered the meadow that was outside the forest, we saw a small cabin that had one lamp set at the window. We quickly ran back into the woods and climbed some trees to hide in.

"Hello!" we heard from below. Kimiko held onto my hand and rested her other hand on my shoulder.

"If thar any slaves out here, I'm gonna getcha!" the voice yelled.

"Raimundo," Kimiko whispered softly, "I'm scared."

"It's okay," I whispered back in reply. "If he climbs up here, I'll personally kick his butt just for you."

Kimiko kissed my cheek, "I love you. A lot."

"Stop reading my mind and speaking my thoughts. Come up with your own thoughts, woman," I teased.

We stayed quiet for a while and waited for the voice to trail off, but he kept on yelling that he was going to get us back to our owners. Then all of a sudden, I noticed the other slaves had disappeared a while ago. They probably found a way around this guy. We heard soft leaf crunching noises and began to climb down the trees. I hugged Kimiko tightly once we reached the ground.

"Raimundo, we have to be careful," Omi stated. "Who knows if the person went too far."

I nodded. We ran back out of the forest and the cabin had two lamps out side of it now. We ran as fast as we could to get to the next rest stop. We stopped at the edge of creek on the other side of another forest that we went through.

"All we have to do is get across this creek and we have one mile left," Jermaine said.

"Gosh, we have been running for hours," Kimiko yawned.

"Don't worry, we're almost there," I said as Omi stepped to the other side of the creek.

We followed him and ran the next mile with excitement of sleeping in a safe place with warm food. When we reached the small house, there was a young woman waiting outside for us, as if somebody had told we were coming.

"Hello," she smiled sweetly. I couldn't really see her, but I could just tell she was slightly shorter than Kimiko.

"Hello," Jermaine replied.

"Well, come in! There is plenty food for all of you," she looked at me, then quickly turned around. She opened her door and the light flooded the area and I could see what she looked like. She had short red hair, and she was in a simple brown dress and a plain white apron.

I followed the others in.

"Whoa, you two boys sure have some nasty scars," she winced as we sat down.

"Rai got most of his from taking the blame for me," Kimiko hugged me tightly.

"By the way, I'm Tara, who are all of you?" she looked into my eyes, as if she was only asking me.

"I'm Raimundo, this is Kimiko, that's Omi, and over there is Jermaine," I said.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you four," she curtsied.

"No, the pleasure is all mine," I said politely and bowed in reply.

"You sure are a charmer," I heard her whisper under her breath.

"Raimundo, can you please pass the bread?" Kimiko asked me.

"Yes," I passed her the bread. Tara just sat there the whole time staring at me.

"…And that's how we found a rat in the church prayer idea box," Jermaine was telling us hilarious times that the church had. But, it seemed like Tara was to busy paying attention to me to hear the funny parts.

"Uh…where's the outhouse?" I asked beginning to sweet form all this pressure being put on me.

"I'll show you," Tara smiled and stood up. She motioned for me to follow her out the back door. We walked outside and I saw the out house with the little light from the now rising sun.

"Wait," she said as I began to run to the out house.

"What?" I turned around.

"YourreallyreallyhandsomeandIwantyoutostayhere!" she said to quick for me to really understand.

"Huh?" I was totally confused. I just shrugged and quickly ran to the out house before she could say it again slower.

I really didn't have to go. I just stood in the smelly and cramped shed. I sighed. I heard a knock on the door.

"Is everything alright?" Tara asked. I looked around for a way to escape but didn't find one.

"Hello?" she asked again. She opened the door and saw me standing there. "You didn't have to go, did ya?"

"No. I just needed an excuse to-" I began but she cut me off.

"Get away from the pressure?"

"Yes! Have you been a position like that before?"

"Sort of."

"Wow, that's a relief! Oh, and by the way, the way you were staring at me was kinda creepy, so please just don't do that."

"Oh. Okay. I guess you didn't even hear a word I said before I ran off, then," she sighed sadly.

"Raimundo!" Kimiko called from the house. I ran away from Tara and gave Kimiko a big hug.

"I love you," I said happily.

"I love you, too," Kimiko hugged me back.

"Let's go back and eat," Tara said, still with a sad tone.

"Sure," Kimiko stared into my eyes, while I stared back into hers.

We walked back inside and sat down in our seats form earlier.

"Well, that was delicious," Jermaine laughed.

"Thank-you," Tara said plainly.

"Huh? Why are you so sad?" Kimiko asked.

"Uh, it's nothing. It's nothing, I mean it," Tara said.

"Well, we better get some rest. We'll leave as soon as it's dark," Jermaine said.

"Here you go," Tara led us to two rooms. I guess she was only expecting two slaves, but got stuck with four. Kimiko went into to one room. I followed her of course. There was a queen sized bed with a beautiful comforter on it. Kimiko began to get under it until I said something.

"Nah-uh-uh. You forgot to tuck in your lover," I smirked.

Kimiko sighed, for this was the thousandth time I made her do this. I stood next to the bed and she undid the covers for me. I got and she pulled the covers over me until it reached my collar bone. She kissed me on the lips sweetly and said, "Good night."

"I love you," I said as she walked around to the other side of the bed. She got undid the covers and go into the bed. I pulled them up to her collar bone. She turned around so she wasn't facing me and put my arms around her waist and pulled her close to me. "Did you forget something?"

"I love you," she said sleepily.

"No, not that, something else," I smirked.

"And I will always love you and I will have your kids, no matter how many you want," she said with a sigh.

"Good. You're are the best almost wife I've ever had," I said.;

"I'm the only one you had," she sighed.

"Which means I have the best taste in woman," I kissed her on the back of the head.

"Everybody already knows that," she giggled.

"Men would die to even have you as just a friend," I chuckled.

"Shut up, so I can go to sleep," she whined.

I did as she said and I slowly fell asleep.

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