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Chapter 3
"Come on! Hurry up!"
"Hannah, stop, where are we going?" Emily said, trying to loosen her friend's grip on her arm.
'Man she's got a grip when she wants to!' she glanced down at her mini sized friend. Hannah glanced back, grinning.
"Serena's getting out of the hospital, remember?" Emily smacked herself in the forehead. "I can't believe I forgot!"
The brunette nodded. "You don't normally forget stuff. You must have hit your head during the battle."
Emily nodded in agreement and tilted her head to the side, squinting her eyes. "Hey isn't that Mina, Lita, and Ami up ahead?"
Hannah grinned once again. "Come on, lets catc-" she was cut off mid sentence when she crashed into a boy in a white T-shirt. By the time she had figured out what had happened he was already standing up and offering her his hand.
"Oh, hey. Sorry, didn't mean to plow you over like that." Hannah reached up and grasped his hand, feeling a jolt of familiarity.
'Just like with Tuxedo Mask.' she thought as he pulled her to her feet. He grinned slightly when she came up a good 2-3 inches below his shoulders. She ignored it though. She was used to people making fun of her height.
"Oops, didn't realize I'd run into a kid. Sorry kid. Do you want a lollipop, to make your booboo's go away?" he said jokingly. For someone who had just been plowed into, he was in a strangely good mood. She scowled.
'OK, I'm not that short, he's just freaking tall. And really? A lollipop? C'mon, even if I was a kid, I would want a sucker, not a freaking lollipop!'
"Look here, you. Just because I'm short does not mean you get to pick on me. I'm sorry I ran into you, but that doesn't mean you get to call me a kid. I'm probably older than you anyhow." she huffed. He just smiled again.
"OK then, how old are you?"
She smacked his shoulder. "Count the number of hands you have, multiply it by ten and subtract five."
"Oh so you're a math whiz, sarcastic, and only 15. Who knew one sentence could explain so much?" he quipped. It was then she noticed that they were still holding hands. And it felt…. normal. And really nice, like laying in the shade on a warm summer's day. She turned away from him to go with the others, but instead of letting her go immediately, he gripped her fingers tighter.
"Wait, I'm sorry. I've always been to sarcastic for my own good. Will you tell me your name? Please?" she glanced back preparing to yank her hand away and walk off without a word, but the look on his face stopped her. Now that she was really looking he was definitely easy on the eye's. Warm brown eye's, curly brown hair, quirky mouth, kissable lips…
'Whoa there girl. Get a grip on yourself. You've known the guy for what? A minute? Calm down.' She glanced up at him.
"I'm Hannah. And who are you?"
Grinning yet again, he said, "Thomas." She nodded and tried stepping back. He took two steps forward and whispered in her ear,
" It was nice to meet you. I would love to talk more. Can you meet me at the pier in an hour?" without understanding why, she whispered back,
"Yes."
Suddenly he was walking away. "See ya!" he called over his shoulder. Hannah just stood there for a moment. Emily gripped her shoulder and shook.
"Hello, Ms. La-La-Land? We've got to go! C'mon." She shook her head.
"Oh right, sorry." the whole thing had happened so fast. Why had she agreed to meet him? It was as if she recognized him, from somewhere. A long time ago, she was positive she knew him, somehow… She shook her head in frustration. Never mind that now. She jogged to catch up with Emily and the others who were patiently waiting on the corner.
~Room 216~
Serena sat on the hospital bed waiting for the wheel chair Seiya was bringing up. She was only half aware that she was swinging her legs back and forth, back and forth. Her legs were like jelly from all those days of laying in bed and not moving them at all, except to go to the bathroom on occasion. She stretched her legs and stood up, half expecting to collapse. When she didn't she began to walk around the room, slowly gathering speed. After a few minutes she heard the door opening. She stood there, quietly waiting for whoever it was. It turned out to be Seiya, with the wheelchair. When he saw the blonde standing quiet but defiant, he couldn't help but grin. Leaning on the wheelchair he said,
"Well well, what do we have here? A little rebel. Well don't just stand there, walk to me." Serena grinned back and walked easily over to him.
"See, Seiya? I'm just fine. I don't need a wheelchair; I can walk." Seiya shook his head.
"You need to save your strength, you have an entourage waiting for you downstairs." Sighing dejectedly, she sank down into the chair.
~Hospital waiting room~
Rei heard the waiting room doors open, and turned to see her friends enter, and head her way. Putting a hand on her hip, she greeted them with, "What took you guys so long! Your all ten minutes late!"
Hannah stepped up and said, "It's not their fault, I ran into this guy when we were trying to catch up with others." At the memory of Thomas's hand in hers, she blushed. Unfortunately for her, Rei and the others noticed.
Rei raised an eyebrow and grinned devilishly. "What's this? Do you like this boy?"
Hannah shook her head furiously. "No way. I don't even know him. I ran into him, he helped me up, apologized and left. Nothing to it." she said trying to be nonchalant. Rei nodded her head.
"Sure, nothing to it. That's why your blushing." Before Hannah could retort, Seiya appeared, wheeling a somewhat depressed looking Serena. Mina touched her shoulder.
"Serena, what's wrong? You look so sad." Serena tilted her head and stared a the other blonde.
"Who are you?" she asked. Mina sweat dropped.
"Oh right I forgot about the amnesia. I'm Mina. And the other girls here are your friends as well." Pointing to each as she said their name, she began the reintroductions.
"Rei is the one with black hair, and the blunette standing next to her is Ami. The tall brunette next to her is Lita. This other blonde here is a new friend, Emily. We only met her and the short brunette, Hannah, recently." Serena nodded.
"Well to answer your question, Seiya wouldn't let me walk." The girls looked blank. "You asked me what was wrong. And my answer is that he wouldn't let me walk down here. I can run and walk just fine."
Seiya shook his head. "Say, where's Rini and Darien?" he inquired.
"Right here," said a masculine voice. Serena smiled at something behind them. Rini ran past them to jump on Serena's lap.
"I'm so happy you're OK, Serena! We were all so worried about you! But now you can come home and everything will be OK, again. You'll go back to school in a few days, too!" the others shook their heads furiously. Darien gently lifted Rini off Serena.
"Rini, mentioning school around Serena is probably not the best idea. You know how much she hates-"
"School!" Serena gasped. "Oh man, I've probably missed so much. I really need to study, so I can catch up with everyone." Everyone stared at Serena in complete shock. Ami was the only one who took advantage of this situation. "You mean, you want to study, Serena?"
The blonde nodded. Darien put a hand to her forehead. "You feeling alright Serena? I thought you hated school."
Serena laughed. "Why would you think I hated school? School's great! Learning new languages, and doing science experiments. Yep, I love school!" They all stared at the blonde in complete shock.
Rei shook her head. "Darien where did you park your car? I think we need to get her home, quick."
Darien nodded. "Right, it's out in the front. And only a few of you can come with me. I don't have a lot of room."
Hannah stepped up. "Well you don't have to worry about me, I gotta go anyway." She noticed Emily glancing at her out of the corner eye. She waved bye to everyone and began slowly walking to the pier where she was supposed to meet Thomas. She heard the doors slide home behind her, and hoped Emily wouldn't follow her.
Emily knew something was up with Hannah, so she decided to follow her. She left only moments after her friend, but the brunette had disappeared. Drat. She leaned against a nearby light pole, and contemplated. Could she really do that to her friend? She was going to have to. Hannah had a tendency to get herself into trouble. The blonde sighed and closed her eye's, focusing on her friend's aura. It wasn't the first time she'd done it, so it was pretty easy to get a reading. She opened her eyes, but kept her mind focused on the brightness of her friends aura. She jogged after her friend, pausing occasionally to make sure she was going the right way. When she finally stopped, Emily was only a block behind her. Why was she at the pier? Hannah liked to swim, but why was she so happy to go swimming? It didn't make sense. Emily noticed a pile of crates relatively close to the brunette. She quickly got behind them and watched as someone called her friends name.
Hannah turned when she heard a slightly familiar voice call her name. It was Thomas, walking up the pier, dripping wet, with his white T-shirt clinging to his well toned body.
'Oh my gosh, he's got abs!' she squealed to herself while discreetly staring at the six-pack headed her way. Trying to act cool, she brushed her bangs out of her eye's and saluted using two fingers.
"Hey, so what did you wanna talk about?" she asked trying to focus on his face. His curly hair was stuck to his forehead. Without thinking she reached up and brushed them out of his eyes. He caught her hand, and they stared at each other for a moment. He let go and she stepped back. He laughed and sat on the edge of the pier.
"Well I really just wanted to ask you a few questions." He patted the space next to him and she joined him.
"Like what?" she inquired.
"For starters, do you feel like we've… met before?" he glanced at her sideways.
"Yeah… it's weird but I feel like we knew each other. Before this life time." She waited for him to laugh and say he was just joking, but instead he looked thoughtful.
"Hey you think you can meet me here again tomorrow? We could talk more and maybe figure out why it feels as if we know each other." Hannah beamed. "Sure! What time? I can do 10."
"Alright, then I'll meet you back here at 10 tomorrow morning." he said.
Smiling again, he asked, "You want me to walk you home?"
"Yeah, I have a tendency to draw unwanted attention. I don't know why, trouble just flocks to me," she said, rubbing the back of her neck. He shook his head, smiling. "Lead the way."
Emily had left the couple when the guy stood up to leave. She had moved without thinking of where she was going, and was now lost. She was turning a corner and noticed the hulking men after it was too late. She crashed into the man closest to her and fell flat on her butt. The men all towered over her. The one she'd run into smiled sadistically.
"Well, well. Lookie here boys. A little girl who's lost her way. What's wrong little girl, can't find your mommy?" He reached for her and, without thinking, she leaned forward and bit his finger. He yelled in outrage.
"Don't you touch me you disgusting animal." Emily glared at all of them as she stood up, brushing herself off. The men looked to the one whose finger she'd bitten. He nodded and three of them pulled a knife. Emily ninja kicked the knife out of one of their hands and jumped out of the way of the other. The third came up behind her and put the knife against her throat.
"Make a move, girlie, and I'll slit your throat." he growled in her ear. Knowingly, she smiled. Then screamed as loud as she could.
Adrian was out for a simple stroll when he heard the girl scream. He quickly ran towards the voice and found a group of guys attacking a blonde girl. Without thinking, he raced towards the guy who was holding her from behind, and kicked him in the groin. He groaned and dropped the knife. The rest of the group turned to face the new threat. The man who seemed to be the leader, growled and said,
"Get 'im, boys." Adrian was prepared for the one that came at him and easily knocked him out of the way, but when the next guy charged he was a second off, and the blonde jumped in and punched him in the stomach and then the chin, when he bent forward to clutch his abdomen. One of the knife wielders slashed at him and got a good slice in, on his upper left arm. He gasped and stumbled, but tried to keep fighting. It was then that help came, in the form of someone he recognized.
Hannah and Thomas were chatting about their home lives, when they stumbled upon the thugs beating mercilessly on a couple of teenagers. Hannah recognized that long blonde hair.
"We have to help them-" She began, but Thomas had already taken off. He bowled one of the guys over, and jumped on another one. Hannah, not one to be left behind, rushed forward, to join him in beating back the thugs. But before she could, someone grabbed her arm and pulled her back. It was one of the thugs, grinning sadistically, pulling a knife and putting it to her throat.
"Come along with me, girlie. Lets you and me have a little fun." he leered, looking her up and down.
"Oh, hell no." She grabbed his hand and, twisting her head, bit it. The result was getting a shallow cut and freedom to jump on his back and choke him enough to where he passed out. "And don't you freaking touch me again."
By the time she had managed to escape him, the others were done beating on the rest of the thugs.
Emily turned to look for the boy who'd practically saved her life and found him on the ground. Gasping and holding his bleeding arm, he tried to get up, but didn't have the strength for it. She rushed to him, and he looked up at her and smiled. Relieved she smiled back.
"So," he gasped. "What's your name? I'm Adrian." Emily laughed weakly.
"I'm Emily. Does it hurt a lot?" she asked, concerned for the still bleeding wound.
"Well it hurts as much as getting cut with a knife can hurt." It was then that Thomas appeared, Hannah on his heels, and crouched near the wounded boy. Adrian stared at him for a moment, then smiled. Thomas smiled back.
"Wow, got your ass kicked much, Adrian?" Emily looked back and forth between the two boys.
"Wait, wait, wait." she interrupted. "You two know each other?" The boys looked at one another, then back at the blonde.
"Yeah, we go to the same school." Adrian supplied.
"Hey, don't you think we should get him some help, you know before he bleeds to death?" Thomas said sarcastically.
Hannah popped up next to him, grinning. "That's where I come in!" she said, pushing towards Adrian. She moved his hands away from the wound, and placed her hands over it. Moments later the bleeding stopped and there wasn't even a scratch. She stood next to Thomas as Adrian examined his arm, flexing it. He smiled at the brunette.
"Wow, that was amazing. Thanks." Turning to Thomas he said coyly, "Well are you going to introduce me or are you too embarrassed?" Thomas flushed, a bit.
"Stuff it, Adrian. This is my newest girl friend, Hannah." He said resting his arm on her shoulder. She rolled her eyes, but blushed a bit.
Emily arched an eyebrow. "Girlfriend? ! Hannah! What the hell! You have some explaining to do! Like, now!"
Hannah began stuttering, "N- no! Th-that's not what he meant! I mean I'm a girl and he's my friend-"
And, so that's how the night ended. Emily questioning for details on her best friends sudden relationship and all of them heading home to aggravated parents.
AN: Me: And there you go, folks! I'm all done for tonight.
Emily: Oh no your not! What about your other two stories you haven't updated in forever?
Me: But I'm tired, can't I do them tomorrow?
Emily and others who want updates: NO!
Me: -_- Oh well. I guess it's back to the cotton fields. R&R you guys!