Chapter 4 Enjoy!! Oh, and there's some cussing. Don't like, don't read...
Noodle burst into 2-D's room, "Come on 2-D-san, Russel gets back today. We have to pick him up from the airport," she said, shaking his shoulder. 2-D mumbled something and rolled over so he was facing Noodle. "Aww...love, it's eight in the mornin'" he said, pulling Noodle closer, gesturing to his bed, "come back to bed," Noodle giggled and climbed in next to 2-D, cuddling up to him. 2-D smiled and kissed her forehead, "Love ya" he whispered in her ear, sending shivers down her spine. She looked up at him, "I love you too," Noodle put her head back agaisnt his chest and his heartbeat lulled her into a relaxed state. She was too excited to go back to sleep, but finally gave in, letting herself be pulled down into the dark warmth of sleep.
2-D woke up an hour and a half later, getting up and showering. The sound of the water jetting from the showerhead and hiting the floor of the bathtub woke her up. Noodle sat up and yawned, watching the steam pour in from underneath the bathroom door, inhaling the smell of his bodywash. A few seconds later, the noise from the shower ceased and a very wet 2-D walked out, towel wrapped around his waist. "2-D-san," she laughed, "where are your clothes?" He gave her a mischevious grin and walked over to his dresser, "Forgot ta grab some when I wen' in"
he said, pulling some clean boxers and a shirt out.
"Cover up your eyes, love. I don't fink ya wanna see me wifout this towel on" Noodle obediantly covered her head with the blanket, listening to the sounds he made as he struggled to pull on his boxers. She let out a laugh, trying to stifle it with her hand, but he still heard her. "'Ey, wot are you laughin' at?" 2-D said as he sat down next to her on the bed, pulling the blankets off her head and revealing her face, pink from struggling agaisnt the laughter that wanted to erupt from inside her. He smiled and pulled her into a brief kiss.
Noodle blushed as he pulled away and checked his alarm clock on the night stand. "Russel will be at the airport in an hour!!" she sang, scrambling out of the bed and was halfway to the door before she ran back and kissed 2-D on the cheek. "Sorry, 2-D-san. I have to get dressed," she said before running back out the door and calling the lift. 2-D laughed, watching her dance impatiently while she waited for the lift to arrive. He turned and shut his bedroom door, walking back his dresser and searched for a pair of jeans.
Noodle ran past Murdoc in the hall, and disapeared into her room. Murdoc shook his head and kept on his way. Noodle slammed open her closet door and picked through her clothes, finally choosing an outfit that would actually match and rushed into her bathroom to take a shower. Noodle relaxed a bit under the hot water. She shampooed her and washed up, then turned the faucet, enjoying the last few drops of hot water dripping onto her before stepping out from the tub. She blowdried her hair and toweled off the rest of her. Noodle pulled on her clothes and brushed her teeth. Giving her hair one last ruffle, she walked back to the lift and waited for it to take her to the kitchen.
"Russel-san!!" Noodle screamed, running up to hug him, "I've missed you!" Russel laughed and embraced her. 2-D and Murdoc walked up to them, "'Ey, Russel, 'ow was yer parent's house" Russel let go of Noodle and turned to the two of them. "It was good seein' them again. But I missed you guys," he said, grinning, "Let's get back home, I'm kinda tired," Noodle endlessly asked questions on the way home, but tired as he was, Russel answered everyone of them. He was glad when they pulled into the all-too-familair carpark of KONG Studios. 2-D helped carry his bags up, then they all met in the kitchen for some of Russel's cooking and to hear more about his trip.
It was nearly midnight when Murdoc called band pratice off. "Good," said Noodle, "now we can have some real fun," She turned off all the band equipment and stored in a nearby closet. "'Cha talkin' bout?" Murdoc asked. Noodle smiled and turned out the lights, 2-D heard some shuffling near him and all of a sudden, strobe lights strated flashing. They watched as Noodles form, disfigured from the flashing strobe lights, walked over and popped a cd into the stereo, cranking the sound all they way up. The beat issuing from the speakers made the whole room vibrate.
Noodle grabbed 2-D's hand, pulling him closer. She was totally lost in the music, her body moving to the beat. Murdoc and Russel danced around them, Murdoc seeming to be actually enjoying himself. His eyes were half closed and his hips were swinging back and forth in time to the music, a smile on his face. Noodle pulled 2-D closer, their lips were almost touching. She pulled his face down, whispering "I love you," into his ear. He smiled and kissed her.
An hour later, they had all stripped down to the basics, 2-D, Russel, and Murdoc in their boxers and Noodle in a pair of 2-D's boxers and a pink bikini top. They were slick with sweat, but didn't give a damn. A techno beat was pouring from the speakers, the sound filling the room. All too soon, the song was over and they colapsed onto the floor, panting. "'Ey!" Murdoc sat up, "Ya guys wanna go skinny dippin'" he asked, grinning. His hair, normaly quite poofy, was now damp and weighed down from the sweat. Noodle jumped up "Yeah, let's go!" 2-D and Russel shrugged their shoulders and followed the other two out into the carpark.
The boys put their clothes back on before stepping outside. Noodle, however, forgot all about her clothes. The cool air outside stung at her hot, sweaty skin. She ran back in for her sweatshirt, because you just never knew when one would come in handy. The four of them piled into 2-D's car, Murdoc got into the drivers seat, Russel up front with him. Noodle sat behind Murdoc and 2-D sat next to her behind Russel. Noodle suddenly got a bad feeling about all of this, but brushed it off, thinking she was just being silly. Murdoc started the car up, "We've got 'bout a quarter tank of gas in 'ere. So we can't go to far." he told them. They pulled away from KONG and set out towards the nearest lake. When they pulled up to it, Murdoc turned, "Ya sure ya want too? That lake's pretty nasty," 2-D nooded in agreement. "Would we have to shower afterwards?" Noodle asked him. Murdoc and 2-D nodded. She sat back, "Oh, I guess not then," and they drove off.
"Where to now?" asked Russel. 2-D leaned forwards and said "Let's go ta Field of Dreams, they got a kick-ass fountain there." Murdoc agreed and drove on. Noodle turned to 2-D, "What's Field of Dreams?" she asked him. "It's a...like..housing devlopment, ya know, fer rich people.." he answered. Noodle sat back, "Oh". They turned onto a straight stretch and Murdoc sped up. "Murdoc," Noodle said nervously, "not so fast, please," she pleaded. ""Ang on, love. I wanna make it to 100" He reached 100 in a few seconds and slowed the car down. "Thank you," sighed Noodle. A few minutes later, they pulled up a driveway and the giant fountain 2-D had mentioned came into view, a sign next to it illuminated by lights. The fountain was lit up too by the little ligts. They drove up and around the development, looking at all the wonderful houses with their neatly trimmed yards.
Noodle soon tired of this and said "Murdoc-san, can we go play inthe fountain now?" Murdoc swung the car around and drove back to the fountain, parking across the drive from it. Noodle gave a yelp and clambored out of the car and was splashing around in the fountain before 2-D had even opened his door. Noodle made her way to the top of the fountain, slipping on the rocks and almost falling in a few times. She smiled as she sat down on a smooth, flat slab of cement at the very top of the fountain. The water flowing around her immedialty soaked through the boxers she was wearing. 2-D caught up to her and they sat and stared at the water rippling, flowing in every direction all around them and they way the light reflected off the water, giving it a shimmery look. 2-D looked up at Noodle, their eyes met, and for a moment Noodle could see all the love 2-D had for her in his eyes.
She smiled, guessing he could see the same. Suddenly, 2-D's head snapped up, Murdoc was waving his arms at them. "We should go," 2-D said to Noodle, and the two of them scrambled back down and jumped into the car. "Didja see that guy?" Murdoc asked them when they got in, "He came runnin' out, yellin' sumfin," he laughed.
Noodle grinned and buckled her seatbelt, not noticing that 2-D didn't. They sped off down the road, laughing at what had just happened. "Let's go drive around for a bit" Russel suggested. They all nodded in unison and Murdoc sped up, taking a windy, backroad that ran alongside the highway. They laughed as they sped around a corner, enjoying the thrill that came from it. 2-D looked a little nervous, Noodle smiled and said, "Don't worry, 2-D-san. You have to live for today, not tomorrow, because tomorrow might not ever come," He smiled and grabbed a hold of her hand.
Murdoc went a litle faster and the nervous look returned to 2-D's face. Noodle just laughed, "2-D-san, everythings going to be okay," she said, leaning in to kiss him, "I could die right now and be the happiest girl in the world," 2-D grinned at this and looked like he was enjoying everything. The car approached another corner, 2-D laughed and said, "Oooh, look Muds, another corner," Murdoc took the corner a little too fast and realized too late that this wasn't going to work. He put the brakes on, but the front tires just froze up and the car swung around sideways, Murdoc yelled, "Oooooh shiiiit," Noodle looked up in time to see them ram into a dirt hill and then the next thing she knew, she was hanging upsidedown face to face with the ceiling of the car, it flipped one more time and she smacked her head fairly hard and the car landed upsidedown again. They skidded across the road, making a horrible noise as the metal roof of the car scraped across the bumpy, jagged pavement.
Then, as suddenly as it happened, the car came to a stop. Noodle was in shock, she heard Murdoc yell, "GET THA FUCK OUTTA THE CAR!!" She snapped back to life and reached across to un-buckle her self. The buckle clicked and she fell the the ground and crawled out of the busted up back window. Murdoc and Russel were alrady out of the car, leaning against the side of it. "Fink I broke my leg"
Murdoc said, panting. Noodle, still in shock sat down. "Where is 2-D-san?" she asked. They shrugged, "Probably still in the car" Russel said.
Noodle crawled to the back window, "2-D-san? You need to get out of the car...please 2-D...get out of the car," she peered inside. He wasn't there. 'Then he's already out' she though to herself. She stood back up, looking around for him. 2-D was nowhere to be seen. "Murdoc-san? Murdoc? I can't find 2-D...he's not in the car.." Murdoc's face paled, "Oh shit.." he said and and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket. Noodle and Russle looked around the general area of the car for 2-D, they still didn't find him. Noodle walked back to the car, leaning against it and looked up at the sky "FUCK YOU!!" she shouted at Murdoc, "FUCK YOU!!" Murdoc was still talking on his phone, she guessed he had called the police.
Then, he turned and bolted up the street. "Russel-san, where is Murdoc going?" Russel turned and saw Murdoc off in the distance and ran after him. Noodle gaped at him, how could he just leave her like that? She looked around, then tried finding 2-D again. Images of his body, torn and mangeled slid into her thoughts, she tried brushing those horrid pictures out of hermind, but they stayed, taunting her. She looked down to see if she was hurt. There was a gaping cut on her left hand and her knee was scraped all to hell, but that was it. The thoughts of 2-D came back to her and she ran barefoot up and down the street screaming, 2-D's name so loud it hurt her ears.
Tears were streaming down her face, and then she saw something in the grass. It was his sweatshirt, she rushed over. He was lying in the ditch, his face covered in blood, "Oh God," she whispered and ran over to him. Her first thought was that he was dead, but wait, his chest was moving. Noodle reached out to touch him, his head was bleeding severly. She hugged him to her chest and tried to get him to sit up. Then she remembered something she had heard before, if someone was injured, then leave them where you found them, if you moved them, you could hurt them a lot more.
She set 2-D's head back down and cried, he was making an awful noise, But she guessed that meant he was okay, though she was still terrified. Russel came running back, "Russel-san, over here...I found him" Russel dropped to his knees panting next to Noodle. "Damn...Yo, 2-D can you hear me? Come on man, move something if you can hear me," 2-D's eyes shot open and he looked around, but he looked right through Noodle and Russel, like he couldn't see them.
A truck pulled up the road and Noodle stood and waved her arms at it. A man stepped out, "Please, help us..." she said. He gave her a concerened look, "Don't worry, honey, I'm a volunteer firefighter. I'm gonna run up the street to the station and I'll be right back. I'll bring help, don't worry," he said. Noodle felt relief rush through her, "But, please, my boyfriend.." she pointed to 2-D. "You sould keep him there, don't let him get up, hold him down if you have to," Noodle looked down and nodded, "Thank you...so much," she said as the man got back into his truck and drove off. She ran back over to 2-D, he was fighting with Russel trying to get up, "No, man. You're hurt, you gotta stay there. Noodle, could you help me" Noodle sat down and placed her hands on 2-D'd shoulders, keeping his arms down so he couldn't push Russel away.
A few minutes later, at least half a dozen police cars pulled up and three fire engines. "You hold him down, I'm gonna go talk to them, okay?" he asked. She nodded, more tears escaping and rolling down her dirt streaked cheeks. 2-D passed out, falling back limply to the ground. Noodle gasped, "2-D? Please, please don't die...i love you...i love you so much...please," she repeated this over and over again, unable to contain her tears anymore, she fell sobbing onto 2-D's chest. Noodle felt a strong hand pulling her up and leading her away, she put a fight, not wanting to leave 2-D behind to die. The officer that led her away sat her down on the ground, handing her a blanket. She was closer to the car now, she looked over all the damage, and that's when she noticed the smell. It was bad, worse than anything she had ever smelled. Like, metal that was way too hot and starting to melt, mixed with the smell of gasoline, burning rubber and dirt. It was horrible..
Three or four different officers questioned her, but she wasn't reall listening as she gave names, ages, and phone numbers. Russel came to sit next to her, "It's okay, baby girl, be strong. Please, don't cry..." Noodle wiped away her tears and nodded, this was no time to cry. She stood up and went over to Murdoc, plopping down beside him in the grass, he was crying too. Paramedics were seated next to him, cutting his pants to get a better look at his leg. "Please, don' bother wif me, he needs more 'elp than me," he said pointing in 2-D's direction.
Noodle hugged him, "There are people helping him Murdoc-san, don't worry," Murdoc looked at her, and for the first time in all her years of knowing him, he looked scared. "I love yeh Noodle," he said. This only made Noodle cry again and she hugged him tighter, "I love you too Murdoc-san" The paramedics had cut Murdocs pants up to his knee, which was covered in deep red blood. "Excuse me, hun, we're going to need you to move" Noodle let go of Murdoc and they exchanged 'ilove you's again and Noodle resumed her spot on the side of the road, singing the first song that came to her. The paramedics attending to 2-D were trying to strap him to a gurney to get him into the ambulance, but he was concious again and screaming and crying. To Noodle, it was the worst sound she had ever heard, worse than the car skidding on the road.
They drove 2-D off to meet a helicopter in a nearby field so they could transport him to the hospital. Noodle heard the soft chopping sound the blades of th helicopter made, but she didn't notice it land or take back off. Everything had become one big blur. They loaded her up into the ambulance, having to strap her to a gurney, a saftey pre-caution as they couldn't tell if her neck or spine were injured. She fell into a sleepy trance all the way to the hospital. They wheeled her in, and removed her from the gurney, taking off the neck brace and inspecting her cuts.
Her hand required stitches and she cried as they stuck her with the needle, numbing her hand and her knee. Even though she couldn't feel the pain from the stiches, she still flinched everytime the doctor stuck it through her skin and pulled it out, the sick feeling of her flesh being pulled made her want to vomit. Noodle was glad when it was over. She watched them clean out her knee, and thanked God she didn't need stitches there too. They bandaged her up and handed her some hospital sweats, giving her funny looks about the outfit she had worn in. Russel came to pick her up, she smiled when she saw him. It turned out, he was just fine. Except for a tiny cut on his shoulder and some soreness, he was just fine.
Noodle sighed and climbed into the taxi he rode up in and watched the street lights as they drove past. The sun was begining to rise up over the mountains, casting a pink and orange glow over the still sleeping city. She was tired, but couldn't sleep. worrying about 2-D and Murdoc kept her awake. Were they going to be okay? Then, the most comforting feeling washed over her. Noodle could've sworn she was hearing 2-D and Murdoc talking. Not really hearing them though, bits and pieces of conversation popped into her head.
She smiled and felt herself drift off to sleep.
Kay, so the moral of the story? WEAR YOUR SEATBELT!!
Car wrecks are pretty bad, trust me.
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