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Chapter 2

Seeva sighed as she sat in front of her TV with a tub of cookie dough in her lap.

So much for dieting

She thought to herself. The divorce has finally gone through, and she was starting to feel the loneliness that was resulting from it. Her brother was gone, as expected. Probably doing one of his bizarre experiments again, she thought to herself, but then again why would he spend his time with his depressed and lonely older sister.

At least I have Basha

She thought looking down at her yellow lab mix. She'd been with her since she had gotten married, and of course through the divorce. She'd gotten custody of Basha, after her ex claimed that he " didn't want the mutt do begin with". Which was true, she'd wanted a dog since she was younger and her parents hated the idea of domestic animals, so after she'd gotten married she'd insisted that they had a dog as a source of protection and of course companionship.
Basha been her constant companion sitting at the base of her bed and now at her feet looking worriedly as a dog would, at her mistress.

Standing up to put the tub of cookie dough away, she glanced by the mirror that hung above the couch. She groaned at the thought of gaining weight. She'd been having a constant battle with herself over her weight, going to the gym three times a week for an hour. To her dismay she realized that her size nine waist wasn't getting any smaller. Her mother had always been disapproving of her size; she wasn't like all other Sri Lankan girls, those who were a size one or even a size six. She was "fleshy" as her mother put it. She was always the odd ball out. Growing up Seeva had always thought of herself as curvy. A size nine was just fine for her, and at one point it was fine for her husband too, but now she realized that if she kept moping around like this and not getting anything done, her weight as well as her life was just going to get worse. It was time to move on.

Hearing the door bell ring, she glanced at the clock that read 3:00am, and cursed as she quickly walked over to the door looking through the peep hole to realize that it was her brother. After getting Basha to stop barking, she opened the door and stood back in surprise too see that he was not only wearing dripping wet clothing, but also had another man with him. Standing back she let them both through before closing the door and saying,

"What the hell happened to you?"

"Sorry ka. I kinda got lost. Sorry I'm so late." He said walking over to the living room, throwing his camera onto the couch. "Do we have any dinner left over. Oh and I brought a friend with me. This is Eric by the way. Eric, Seeva, Seeva Eric"

She looked up at the man towering above her 5'3 frame and noticed that he narrowed his eyes at her before bowing deep at his waist.

" madmoiselle" he murmured

Giving him a strange look she realized it must be a part of his costume.

She smiled at the man and turned to prepare some dinner for the two. She glanced curiously at Eric as they both went into his room whispering furiously to each other. She noticed that he was tall, with dark hair and dark eyes, but what had immediately caught her interest was the stark white skull mask that he wore on half of his face.

They must have come from a costume party

She thought while glancing quickly at the man's costume.

Not bad, at least he doesn't look like all of the other idiot friends that Ruben brings with him.

Stopping herself in mid thought, she realized that she was actually slightly attracted to this man. Shaking her head she thought,

You just got divorced for Christ sakes; you can't be hitting on another guy already. Ok, breathe and calm down Seeva. Hopefully he'll leave after dinner.

"Seeva is it ok if Eric stays overnight?" shouted Ruben from his room.

Shit

"Yea" she mumbled back.

Dinner was quiet. Everyone ate in silence. She didn't ask any questions about where they came from and what they were doing out this late. It was her policy that she wouldn't do that. She wasn't the parent, and she knew that Ruben was responsible enough to not do drugs and come home drunk at night. They had made that deal before moving in with each other. No questions. They had always been close siblings, best friends since the beginning, and seeing him quiet like this worried her. He'd always been the chatter box, bringing her out and taking her to meet his friends and go to the movies. It was typical of him. He'd bring his girl friend over to meet her, and he'd always been animated like a little wind up doll. Today however, seemed different. His face was faded; as if he was afraid something might happen. He kept glancing to his right at Eric who sat playing with his food. Who was this man? Why is he here? Why does he seem so angry? Now was not the time for these questions. She quickly ate her food of chicken curry and biryani rice and went to bed taking Basha with her.

Breathing out a sigh of relief, Ruben watched as his sister quickly walked to her room to go to bed. She had not asked any questions, as he knew she wouldn't. He loved her for that. She was different from everyone else. All of his friend's sisters were annoying and nosy always asking questions and being overprotective, but Seeva was different. She didn't even care that he had a girl-friend that wasn't Sri Lankan, but that's beside the point.

He quickly glanced at Eric again for the hundredth time, and noticed that his anger hadn't receded. After falling through the time portal they had fallen at the place where he'd started. The Brooklyn Bridge. He was furious, of course, grabbing his by his throat and cursing his to oblivion. He was able to calm him down and explain to him that they were now in the 21st century. Quickly taking interest Eric listened patiently as he carefully explained his experiments and results. Eric, he later realized, was an experimenter himself. Realizing that he might never go back to his Christine he quickly became angry again, demanding that Ruben take him home. He urged Eric to come home with him for the time being after seeing that the cops were giving him curious glances. Grumbling Eric did come home with him, but refused to eat the biryani that Seeva had cooked for them. Standing quickly in annoyance, he led Eric to the spare room and told him to wait until he sorts everything out.

Changing out of his wet cloths, he stopped and glanced out the window to see that Seeva was sitting out on the balcony. Sighing, he climbed out of the window onto the escape ladder and jumped onto the balcony that was next to his window.

"So how'd the case go", he asked quietly.

"It went as expected. There wasn't anything really exciting, except that we can keep Basha which is no surprise."

I glanced down at the dog, and quickly glanced back at Seeva's face. She was sad, and lonely. Her face wasn't alight with laughter as he'd always known her to be. She was frowning, and there were a few streaks of tears down her face.

"Are you going to miss him?" I asked already knowing what the answer will be.

"Of course I will. Ruben..." she paused before saying, "even if he did all of those things, and even if I'm glad to be rid of him, there's nothing that's going to stop me from missing him. I know it sounds weird but it makes sense to me. I mean, I'm glad that he's not here to give us problems anymore." She paused again, wiping another tear from her cheek before saying "I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'll still miss the love that we had." She glanced down at her ring finger. There was no wedding band. She's mailed it to him the day after she'd left him. Now all that there was left was the lighter shade of skin that marked the pre-existing ring that sat there for two years. Climbing over the railing of the balcony, he jumped onto the escape ladder. Staring at her from there, he said,

"Get some sleep. It'll be better tomorrow, trust me." Climbing through his window he closed it, shut off the lights and went to sleep dreading what was to come the next day.

Notes- Ka- Short for Acca which means older sister in Tamil which is one of the languages in Sri Lanka
Hey everyone, another chapter up! as requested, hopefully you have all enjoyed this one. It features more on Seeva and Ruben and their background. No dialogue from Eric yet, but there will be in the next chapter. Until then, read, enjoy, and of course REVIEW!

- Killik

Announcement: I am in serious need of a beta! If you havn't noticed; I have terrible grammar, and I need someone to proof read this stuff before I post. If anyone is interested, let me know!