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Last time-
Once they had finished the cake and sandwiches Jess suggested it was time to go and look at shoes to go with their dresses.
Riven offered up a silent prayer hoping that the shopping would be over soon. She wasn't in the slightest way religiously inclined but anything was worth a try.
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Chapter 27
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Kai paced back and forth at the bottom of the stairs waiting for Jess to come down for the dance the ring weighing heavily in his pocket. The door bell rang breaking Kai's trance. He strode to the door and yanked it open and stepped back so Riven could come inside. "Tala is in the sitting room." Kai told her before he went back to the bottom of the stairs.
Riven, like Kai was a person of few words with people she didn't know very well so she just nodded and headed to the room Kai had indicated.
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Tala looked up from the book he was reading when he heard soft footsteps coming down the hall. A moment later Riven appeared in the doorway. He let out a slow breath as he took in her dress, hair and make-up. Though the latter was at a minimum she still looked stunning. Not so long ago Tala had though he would never find anyone more beautiful that Mai but when his eyes connected with Riven's he started to question his thought. "Would you like a drink." Tala was out of his seat and moving to the bar to try and cover the fact that he had just been staring at Riven.
"Yes please." Riven took a seat on the edge of a soft couch and had to lean forward slightly to stop herself from being sucked back into the cushions. Tala handed her a glass of red wine before sitting across from her on another seat. Riven watched Tala's eyes roam around the room, looking at everything except her. "So what's the matter with Kai, when I came in he seemed kind of tense?" Tala's eyes finally rested on Riven. "He's going to ask Jess to marry him."
"You don't sound too pleased about the whole thing." Riven sipped her wine while waiting for Tala's response.
"It's not that I'm not pleased it's just they've only been going out for seven months, but I suppose if she is going to marry anyone I would want it to be Kai after all he is my best mate but still…" Tala trailed off. "You don't want to let her go." Riven finished for him. Tala looked shocked that she had gotten what he was trying to but couldn't quite to say. "Yeah, that about sums it up."
Tala set his glass of wine down on the coffee table before leaning back into the couch. He studied Riven to try and work out how this girl seemed to know him so well even though they had never really spent any time together.
Riven allowed Tala a small soft smile. "I think it's lovely that you are so protective of Jess, let me guess though. No one will ever be good enough for Jess in your eyes right? I've never had anyone be protective of me." She added in a quite voice.
Once again Riven had made him feel uncomfortable. He could have responded to the first part of the sentence but he could ignore the last part either. Riven looked down at her hands clasped around the wine glass. She knew she shouldn't have said what she said. "Sorry, I didn't mean to say that it just slipped out." Riven looked across at Tala again. He was studding her with a slight frown that didn't reach his eyes. It almost looked forced. Riven gave another small smile that tugged at the corner of her lips giving them a soft pout. Tala watched this and felt his frown disappear.
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Kai herd a soft click and a second later Jess appeared at the top of the stairs.(AN- I'm not going to describe the dress cause I did that in the last chapter and I really don't feel like going in to it again so if you don't remember just check back.) Kai smiled, if not a little nervously up at Jess as she started down the stairs. When she reached the bottom Kai took her hand and placed a gentile kiss on her cheek. "You look very beautiful." Kai told her as he tugger her towards the patio at the side of the house. Jess let out a small laugh wondering where they were going but decided not to question him.
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Jess looked up at Kai with quizzical eyes, what could he possibly be up to? Kai took a step towards Jess and puller her to him. "You know I love you don't you?" Kai withdrew slightly so that he look down into her eyes.
A soft smile spread across Jess's face. "I course I know you love me. I love you too. Kai what is this about?" Jess was getting a gnawing feeling in the pit of her stomach. What was this about? Was this Kai's way of breaking up with her? Before her eyes Kai dropped down on one knee and took Jess's hand. "Kai what are you doing? Get up you'll ruin your suite." Jess pulled on Kai's hand trying to get him on his feet again.
"Jess." Kai gave her hand a slight squeeze to get her attention. "Look at me Jess." Jess stopped trying to get Kai to his feet. There was another squeeze on her hand and she finally looked down into Kai's crimson eyes.
"Jessica Leanne Valkov, will you do me the honour of being my wife?" Jess stopped breathing and gaped at Kai. She was in so much shock that she didn't see Kai pull the ring out of his pocket.
"Jess, are you okay?" Jess stared at him blankly for a moment before nodding her head. "Are you going to breath?" Kai had noticed that she wasn't breathing and was staring to worry. She wasn't changing colour yet but he would be happier if he knew she was breathing.
Jess nodded her head again. "Kai stand up." Kai looked up at Jess. Her face gave nothing away and a sinking feeling began to settle in the pit of his stomach. She was going to say no, he knew it.
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'God what the hell was taking so long?' Tala was sick of waiting, his life was about to change and he wanted to know if it was for better or worse. The irony wasn't lost on him. Riven sat on the couch across from him waiting calmly. He didn't understand how she could sit there, so calm, like nothing was going on. 'Ah fuck it.' Tala stood and stormed out the door, his feet were heavy on the floor as he pounded across the hall and out to the veranda.
He stood listening quietly at the door, why he bothered he wasn't sure, after all the noise he had made Tala would be surprised if they hadn't heard him in Paris.
"For fucks sake what's the answer?"
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We were lovers once
Long ago
Walking through cold city street
Like lovers do
Stopped inside a market
Kissed behind a stall
Mai had been doing some serious thinking over the past few days. things weren't going the way she had planned infact everything she had planed had either crumbled at her feet or just fallen flat on it's face. There was nothing she could do now and there was no end that Mai could see. Hillary, AA and Kate weren't the people she believed they were and no Mai really wished she stabbed her cousin, boyfriend and kind of best friend in the back. Now in hindsight the reason behind her actions seemed very stupid and what made it worse was there was no real sense to the theory behind their evil plan besides mad jealously and bitterness on the girls part. Why had she done it? She had gambled everything she had and she had lost the bet, she was all alone, her family were miles away in another town on the other side of the country. She used to be happy. Well not always, things at home with her mother, father and siblings hadn't been the happiest time in her life but they all loved each other and cared for one another. Here though with Kai she had been happy, form the moment she saw him waiting at the terminal for her, her life was good. Slowly a relationship developed between her and Tala and her and Jess had gotten along really well after the first little incident in that airport which turned out to he a misunderstanding anyway. Hell she was even doing well in school and now it was all gone and she was never going to get it back.
Years have come along
Years have gone
Some friends have risen
Some have moved on
But my old winter coat still hangs by my back door….
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Riven walked out onto the veranda with sardonic smile on her face, looping her hand around Tala's elbow she pulled him back into the house. When she had him safely back in the house she turned to face Jess and Kai. "Take all the time you need, we'll be at the dance when you're ready." With that she offered them a smile before giving Tala one final shove and closing the door behind her.
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"What the bugger was that all about?" Tala and Riven now stood outside the hall at the top of the hill.
"God Tala didn't you look at them? It wasn't going very well, Kai looked like he was about to have a nervous breakdown and you barging in there didn't help things any." Riven wanted to scream, never in her whole life had one male made her so angry! It was unbelievable!
"Oh." Tala shuffled his shiny black shoes in the dirt so that soft clouds appeared.
"Yeah oh."
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Okay I know that that was really short and I had so many hopes for this chapter, I'm not really sure what I had pictured but that wasn't it. I'm really disappointed with myself with this chapter but at the moment it's the best I can do. Hopefully the next chapter will be better and longer but I don't really know when it will be posted, actually I might put the fic on hold until I feel inspired to do something with it.
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