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Chapter 4
While in the elevator, Draco contemplated his choices. The way he figured it, he had two choices. A: Go in. Act like he just liked her as a friend, or B: Go in, and kiss her, while conveying the fact that he wanted to rip off her clothes and have a fine time with her. It was a hard decision, mostly because he didn't know how she would act. He shifted his feet and looked up at the floor indicator. They were only on the third floor.
"Damnation!" he thought to himself as the elevator stopped again to let people off and on. "Jesus hates me. This is why he is doing this. First he makes her leave, and then he puts me in the slow elevator. Thanks Jesus. I mean really, all that praying and this is what I get?"
By the time they had gotten to Floor 15 it had been 20 minutes, and the only people left in the elevator, was them, and some nutcase lady who thought the "spookies" were coming to get her. They ignored her, well rather Draco ignored her; Sayne and Anita were wrapped around each other again, and would've ignored Elvis had he been in that elevator. The elevator stopped on Floor 19 to pick up more people, and Draco was pacing a hole in the floor by now. They finally got up to 22, and Draco had to drag Sayne and Anita out of the elevator, and into the hall. They took a left, and headed down the hallway.
"So…how's Lila been since last time I saw her?" Draco asked.
"She's good I guess. I'm surprised she came, after what happened." Anita replied.
"What happened?" asked Sayne.
"I sort of implied that I wouldn't tell anyone." Anita said
"We won't tell you told." Draco said, and Sayne nodded vigorously.
"You swear?" she asked.
"We swear." They replied in unison.
Anita knew that they wouldn't tell, and she had been dying to tell someone and get it off of her chest.
"Well, you know who Justin is right?" she said "Well, it's their one year anniversary right, and he invited her out to this fancy restaurant for dinner. He told her he would meet her at the restaurant at 7:30. 7:30 roll's around, and he's not there, so she calls his cell-phone. No one picks up. At 8:30 she decides he's not coming, or something must have happened. She gets in her car, and goes to his house. The lights are on. So she gets out, and knocks on the door. No answer, so she goes around to the back, and the same thing. Back around front she tries again, and the door swings open. Creepy right? So she walks in, and looks around the main floor, before heading upstairs. She hears this noise coming from the bathroom. It's music. She heads down the hall and knocks on the door. No answer. There's no water running so she knows he not in the shower. She cracks the door open and calls out his name. Still no answer, she poked her head in the door, and there he was. Lay out in the tub, wearing nothing but his skin, and covered in blood. She hit the floor, and backed up against the wall, thinking someone had killed him, but she saw a note propped against the mirror with her name on it. She won't tell us what was in it, but she said after she read it she called the police, and they determined it was suicide. He did something to her with that note though. She hates him now."
Draco and Sayne stared at Anita in shock. Her face had hardened, and she looked pissed now, as they made another turn. Draco's thoughts raced as he followed behind Anita and Sayne.
"He killed himself. Whoa. A lot more complicated then I expected. She's strong though. If something like that happened to me…I don't know what I'd do. Probably not this though." He thought, as he rubbed his forehead.
They had reached the door, and Anita pulled out her room key.
"Remember, not a word about Justin. Oh, and uh…don't mind the mess." She said as she swiped the key. They walked into the room, and the boy's mouths dropped as they took in the mess. They quickly recovered though, and had the good sense not to say anything bad. The TV was on and some woman in a red dress was crying, and Anita went to turn it down, while the boys just tried to wade through the mess without stepping on any of the girl's stuff. Lila turned over at the sound of the door opening, but she was almost asleep, so she just stayed lying down.
"Who's there?" she mumbled incoherently.
"It's Anita." Anita said turning on the lights. "Why are you asleep?"
"Cause, Alicia fell asleep, so I turned down the TV and then I just drifted off." Lila said, her head buried under her pillow.
"Oh. Well there's someone here who wants to say hi to you." Anita said in a singsong voice.
"Well tell them I'm sleeping" Lila singsonged back.
"Tell them yourself. He's right here." Anita said.
Lila opened her eyes under her pillow and blinked a few times.
"Jesus help him if that's Kyle again." She thought to herself.
She pulled herself out of the blankets, and sat up. Draco smiled when she looked at him, and she leapt out of the covers, falling of the couch in the process.
"Hey!" she said from the floor.
She finally untangled herself, and ran over to him. She wrapped him in a huge hug, and squeezed him tight.
"I thought you just didn't want to see us down in the con, and that's why you weren't there. Where were you?" she said stepping back.
"I was just on the dance floor. Guess I just missed you guys." Draco said. "Sorry about that…but any ways. How have you been?"
"Better." She said. "Just hanging out lately, having fun, and whatnot. You?"
"Paintball, and breaking mostly. Had to practice for the cons." He said.
"That sounds like a blast." She said smiling; she shook her head, and looked around. "Oh my god! It's so good to see you again!"
She gave him another hug and did a little dance in place.
"Sorry, it's just been so long. We should hang out more often. All of us. You know?" she said.
At this point Alicia sat up.
"I'm trying to sleep here! Oh…hey Draco. Nice to see you." She said. "Well, I'm going back into my own bed for the night. See you guys tomorrow.
She lumbered towards the bedroom, and shut the door behind her. Anita and Sayne had mysteriously disappeared, but there were strange noises coming from the bathroom…
"Oh, excuse my manners," Lila said, "Do you want to sit down?"
"Sure. Uh…where?" he said looking around.
"Oh…over here on the couch is fine." She said motioning towards the couch. "Just sit down and I'll get you something to drink. What do you want? We have…Coke, sprite, and some weird fruit punch stuff that Cami brought."
"I'll have the fruit punch." He said.
She poured them both a glass of it and walked over to the couch.
"Here ya go." She said, handing him the cup.
He took a sip and looked over at her. She was pulling up her hair, and she was halfway bent over. He felt himself staring, and looked away as she straightened up, and bounced down on the couch. She looked at him for a moment, before turning her attention to her glass.
"So, why'd you leave the con so early?" he asked.
"Oh. Alicia still likes Sayne, and when she saw Anita with him, she kind of flipped, and I took her back upstairs for some girl time. Cookie dough, take out, that kind of thing." She said sipping her drink.
Draco took a swig of his, and asked, "Why do girls do that? When men have a problem, we take care of it. None of this, let's go be sad stuff."
Lila raised her eyebrows and answered, " That's how we take care of it. It's a girl thing. It makes us feel better, and we have fun doing it. Even if we are sad, overstuffed with sweets, or drunk off our asses. It's just…healing."
Draco shook his head and grinned. Girls sure were strange, but he just couldn't get enough of them.
"Kind of like how you go to the bathroom in groups? How is that healing?" He asked.
"That's not healing, that's just common sense on our part. What if they need something or they need to talk or something astounding just happened. It's communication mostly." She said.
"Us guys get the impression you forgot how to go or something like that. Maybe someone fell in, maybe Jesus appeared. We don't know." He said laughing.
"Well, that's certainly not the impression we try to give off." Lila said raising her eyebrows.
Draco turned towards the TV. There was a woman siting alone on a swing crying.
"What's with this show?" he asked.
"Oh, Alicia was asleep, so I changed the channel. This show was quieter." She said picking up the remote.
She flipped through the channels, and went to the Food Network.
"There. That's much better." Lila said tossing the remote down.
Draco objected. "This is still girly! We need to pick something else." He picked up the remote and turned on the guide. "…AHA! Pimp My Ride! The best wonderful, guy-a-rific show ever!"
"Excuse me?" she said reaching for the remote. "I don't think so. Iron chef was on, and I like that show more than this one."
A struggle ensued for the remote, and it ended up flying across the room. They looked at each other, before hauling ass towards the remote. Draco was first, but Lila pulled him back, and he fell in the mess. She thought she was ahead for a second, but he grabbed her foot, and she went down with him. He went to stand up again, but Lila stood up first, and jumped over a suitcase to get it. Lila got it and turned around, but Draco was blocking her.
"Hey." She said. " You want to move out of the way there?"
"No…I'm pretty comfortable right here." He said.
"Hmm. Well that's too bad, because you are in the way of Iron chef and me. That's just not a good idea. So, if you don't want to hit the floor again, I suggest you move please." Lila said.
Draco smirked. "I'd like to see you try. I tripped the first time, that's the only reason I went down."
"Uh-huh. You tripped and Michael Jackson never had plastic surgery right?" Lila said.
"Yep. That's about how it goes." He said stepping forward.
Lila ran to the left, and Draco grabbed her around the middle. She shrieked as he picked her up, and spun her around. She wiggled out of his grip when he set her back down, and dashed towards the couch. Draco chased her and picked her up again. He threw her over his shoulder, and walked away from the TV.
"You want to give it to me now?" He said over his shoulder.
"No. Put me down!" she said kicking her feet.
Draco watched her legs go up and down for a few seconds, before spinning her again. She stopped kicking and shrieked as he spun her faster and faster. He finally got dizzy, and stopped. Lila wasn't kicking anymore, and she was laughing so hard, she was crying.
"Ok…Ok." She said. "You can have it, just put me down."
He set her down on her feet, and she staggered for a moment before stabilizing, and hanging her head down with her hands behind her back.
"Aw. Just give me the remote. None of this." He said as she gave a loud and very fake sniffle.
Her hair had fallen out of its holder, and her pink sweats were twisted.
"sigh Ok. I guess you can have it." She handed him the remote, and sat on the bed.
He sat down beside her, and looked at her. She was smiling, and watching the TV, ignoring him. He lifted the remote to change the channel.
"What the hell…why isn't it working? What did you do to it?" he asked.
He pressed the buttons harder, and saw her shaking out of the corner of his eye. He turned and she was laughing at him.
"Why won't it work!?" he asked again in frustration.
She finally stopped laughing long enough to talk. "I don't know. Maybe the batteries are dead?"
"…You have the batteries don't you?" he said, narrowing his eyes.
"Me?, of course not. What would I do with remote batteries?" Lila said batting her eyelashes.
Draco waited for a second, and tackled her off the couch.
"AHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed as he came towards her. His arms went around her and he turned as he got her, and the landed on the floor together.
"Ouch! You couldn't have thought out a better plan?" she asked as she removed various objects from under her.
"Nope, it was a split second decision, and it worked." He said smiling.
"Huh?" Lila said as she pushed herself into a sitting position.
He waved the batteries in her face.
"Haha. I got them." He said propping himself up on one elbow.
Lila's mouth hung open.
"How…How did you…How did you get those?" she asked looking around. "I thought they went flying when you hit me."
"They did. I caught them." He said proudly. "I am just that good."
"No your not." Came a voice. "Your just that damn quick. Now, would the two of you kindly SHUT THE FUCK UP SO I CAN GO TO SLEEP?"
"Oh…sorry Alicia." Lila said smothering the urge to laugh.
"We'll keep it down."
Lila lay back down in the space she cleared, and looked up at the ceiling. Draco lay down beside her and whispered in her ear.
"What are you looking at?"
"The ceiling." She answered.
"Oh. Anything specific, or just the ceiling in general?" he said turning his head.
"Just the ceiling. I'm thinking for a second." She said.
"Oh." He was silent for a second. "Penny for your thoughts?"
"I was just thinking whether to seduce you or not." She said, still looking up at the ceiling.
Draco's eye twitched.
"What?" he said.
"You know," she said, "Seduce you." She rolled to face him. "Maybe move closer to you," she said as she did.
"Maybe look deep into your eyes, and smile."
She was right beside him now, and their eyes were locked.
"I could take your hand, and rub it with mine." She reached for his hand, and his breath quickened.
She rolled over, and was straddling his waist.
"Run my hands up your stomach, over your chest, and up to your face."
Draco was trying his hardest, not to just grab her and kiss her. He was fairly sweating with the effort, and the excitement.
"I could…"
She leaned down to his face, her hair fell around shielding them, and her lips brushed his.
"…Maybe…TAKE BACK THE REMOTE!" she said leaping up to the couch.
Draco lay there for a second. When she didn't come back he about cried.
"That was a horrible joke Jesus. You're no saint…you're evil. I want you to know that at this point and time we are no longer speaking. You may not try to contact me in anyway, and I'm keeping my soul when I die. How's that for ya?" He thought before sitting up.
Lila was sitting on the couch, in the middle of what looked like a touchdown victory dance. Draco stood up and sat down beside her.
"I got you. I got you. Heehee. You lose." She chanted as she watched the battle on the TV come to an end.
"That was a sneaky underhanded attack on my person. Wasn't fair at all. I don't have hair to be swishing around, or lady lumps to rub on people. It was an unfair advantage. Therefore it was a cheated win." He said sniffing.
"What? I didn't rub my…what did you say?…oh yeah, 'lady lumps' on you, and that was definitely not cheating. I won fair and square. You sir, are just a sore loser." Lila said picking up her chips again.
"Uh think again. You are a cheater. A womanly body part possessing cheater." He said.
"Hmm…well, I still won. So I'm happy enough." She said.
"coughcheatercough" he "coughed".
Lila smirked and turned up the volume.