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Chapter 6: Dining
"Are you ready?" Lelouch asked.
"Oh yeah," Kallen answered, fixing her dress. She then hooked her arm through Lelouch's and smiled as if her life depended on it. Maybe her life did depend on it, Lelouch could easily kill her if she didn't go with the flow of things. But then again, she wasn't as afraid of him as when they had first met.
She had figured out his obsession with making his little sister happy and keeping her in her paradise. He didn't want her to see the true world, he didn't want her to suffer. And that was why he and Kallen were playing dress-up by renting a tuxedo and a white decent-enough dress and were currently taking pictures…their wedding day pictures.
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Kallen glanced at the picture frame with her and Lelouch propped up in their midst. She gulped and struggled mentally to figure out how to hold her knife and fork as she glanced up at Nunally who was in turn staring at her…expectantly. She blinked and jumped slightly when Lelouch leaned over to her and took her hands in his, politely tightening her grip on the utensils and whispering noticeably into her ear.
"Relax, she's not going to judge you," he said and then he moved away from her. Kallen's eyes moved once again to look at Lelouch's sister whose eyes were brightly innocent.
"What did you say your name was again, brother's wife?" She asked and Kallen felt as if this little girl had something up her sleeve, like she saw and knew more than people credited her to see and know. She was trying to drive Kallen into a corner and in the process capture her loving brother, Lelouch.
"Umm…Kallen…my name is Kallen," she said. Nunally nodded but it was obvious that she was waiting for something else, something like a last name. Kallen swore internally as the silence grew intensely around her. She glanced at Lelouch and he narrowed his eyes.
'What the…Is that supposed to mean something?' She wanted to shout at him. She pushed a cut of meat into her mouth and tried to think of a save. An idea lit up her brain in no time at all…she would fake it!
"Would you excuse me…I'm feeling a bit…a bit…sick," she said, covering her mouth and started to gag, pretending that she was on the verge of vomiting. She stood up, pushed the chair backward and ran into Lelouch's bathroom.
"Excuse me," Lelouch said before setting his napkin on the table and leaving the room in a quite gentlemanly way. Nunally blinked at Lelouch's retreating back.
Kallen, on the other hand was searching through Lelouch's drawers, trying to find some clue as to who he was. Lelouch came up behind her silently.
"Kallen," he said. She jumped and spun around to face him.
"Lelouch…you…you…don't do that again…what's my name?" She asked.
"Calm down, you're too nervous. Your name is Kallen Lamperouge and if you want to get boasty, Kallen vi Britannia," he said and smirked to himself. Kallen relaxed against the face basin and observed him.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"Exiled Prince of Britannia, now, my sister is probably getting worried about you. I think we should get back out there and finish entertaining her," he said, reaching for her hand. Kallen shook her head, refusing his hand. Who was Lelouch vi Britannia/Lamperouge? Was he a gentleman? Or a ghetto pimp? He played both roles so expertly that it was hard for her to really assess him.
"No, if I go out there now, she'll know for sure I was faking it," she said. Suddenly, Lelouch's cool expression fell and it was replaced by a rather out of place expression of worry.
"Umm…promise not to freak out, but…" he began slowly. Kallen's eyes widened.
"But what?" She snapped at him, holding onto the face basin to prevent herself from thrashing out at him physically.
"But she's spending the night," he finished sheepishly. Kallen's knuckles went white with the intensity of her grip and she used her tongue to lash out at him.
Nunally glanced up as she heard yelling coming from the bathroom. Were they arguing? She strained her ears, trying to latch onto anything she could. What was the problem? She jumped when she heard something crash. Wait a second…as a younger child she had had a nanny who would suddenly run to the bathroom, confessing to feeling sick. Was brother's sister…oh my! Yes! Yes she was!
Kallen stormed into the room, her fiery red hair matching her temper. She planted her hands on the table and bent over it to glare at the little princess.
"No, you cannot stay tonight because I don't want you to! I'm tired of pretending and feeling nervous around you! You're creepy! And what makes your creepiness extra weird is the fact that you're his little sister and you're controlling him! You're a control freak and I want you out of here!" Kallen said whole-heartedly using her index finger to point at the door. Lelouch appeared behind her, a few seconds too late. He paled when he realized what his "wife" was doing. Nunally blinked twice and then pushed back her chair. She took a few steps toward Kallen and then…hugged her. Kallen blinked wildly and then pushed the smaller girl away.
"I understand," Nunally said when she pulled back. Kallen's anger was replaced by confusion.
"You do?" She asked and Nunally nodded.
"And Lelouch, don't even think about yelling at her. I know how you are sometimes. Rather abusing, wouldn't you agree Mrs. Lamperouge?" Nunally asked.
"Umm…yea?" Kallen answered, unsure if that was the answer the little princess wanted.
"Yea?" Lelouch asked, questioning Kallen's answer.
"Yes, big brother. Now please, don't upset her. And this makes me even more adamant on staying over tonight?"
"Seriously?" Kallen asked in disbelief.
"Yes, I remember quite clearly when this happened to my nanny. She got really moody and got rather sour and swollen after a while, we had to give her a little break."
"I'm not having my…" Kallen said, thinking that Nunally was going to tell her she was PMSing.
"I know you're not, my dear sister-in-law. You're pregnant!" Nunally exclaimed. Kallen fell silent and her knees got more than a little weak and she collapsed to the floor. She was out before she hit the floor. Lelouch rushed over to her immediately and Nunally stared down at her in shock.
"My! That was sudden!"
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Kallen's vision returned as suddenly as it had vanished. One second she was awake, the next she was out and a minute after that she was staring up at Nunally who was holding smelling salts to her nose.
"Oh! Kallen! You're finally awake! I would have given you something strong like some liquor, but, you know, I can't hurt my niece or nephew," and she giggled as she bent beside Kallen on the couch to rub her flat stomach. It was then that the "mother-to-be" realized her head was in Lelouch's lap. She looked up at the man and mouthed, 'I'll die before I pretend I'm pregnant!'.
"Don't worry, honey. That's not necessary," he said, brushing her hair away from her face.
"I'm so excited!! I wish it was night months already! I wish the baby was due tonight so I could witness it! It would be so magical!" Nunally said.
"Nuna, it's getting a bit late, don't you think…" Lelouch started.
"Oh! I forgot. Will Kallen be alright by herself while we're gone?" Nunally asked.
"Gone? Gone where?" Kallen asked, sitting up too quickly.
"Be careful!" Nunally exclaimed.
"I'm bringing Nunally home for her things. Cornelia is being a bitch again," Lelouch said.
"Lelouch," Nunally berated him.
"Hey, it's not my fault your sister doesn't want to drop off your stuff for one night," he said.
"Well, it is your fault why she hates you," Nunally retorted. That one hurt.
"Fine, Nunally," Lelouch said, all fight in him gone.
"Don't worry, Kallen, I'm not going to my actual home, my sisters always rent this comfortable house about 10 minutes drive from here when I come to visit my big brother, so you won't be here for long," she said.
"Then, why can't I come?" Kallen asked. Nunally looked down at her question.
"Oh…Cornelia doesn't like…commoners. Especially the one married to Lelouch," the princess said. Kallen raised an eyebrow in utter confusion. Seriously, who the hell was he??!!
"Um…ok then," Kallen answered.
"I'm so sorry big brother's wife. It's a bit embarrassing when I think about it," she said and turned away, unable to face such a beautiful woman after calling her a commoner. Lelouch leaned more into Kallen to whisper to her.
"Cornelia is the biggest bitch on this planet. I wish I could butcher her head off and feed her to 10 million sharks," he whispered.
"The hate is that deep then," Kallen said.
"Trust me, its deeper," he said, "Let's go Nuna," he said and got up from the couch. She put on her jacket and waved a temporary goodbye to Kallen.
"Ok, bye. See you later," Kallen found herself saying. Lelouch rolled his eyes and closed the door behind him and his sister.
Kallen let out a loud sigh as she collapsed into the couch. Her heartbeat was picking up. They had really left her in the apartment all by herself…in a building that had a hooker and the mother of all perverts living downstairs. And who knew who else lived in the other rooms! That made her extra scared. What if Lelouch had an arch enemy or something like that living on the third floor? Oh my goodness! They were coming for her!
She picked herself up from the couch quietly and tiptoed into Lelouch's room, all the time listening out for anybody trying to attack her. She entered the dark room and shut the door slowly behind her, pressing the lock in the middle of the knob down. That would give her about 3 more seconds to escape when they tried to kick down the door. She stiffened suddenly. Someone was in the room with her, she had heard a misplaced footstep. Her fingers reached slowly for the light switch, her heart threatening to explode in her chest.
"Hello," a sultry female voice said as a hand covered Kallen's shivering one. Kallen started to scream and flashed the hand off of hers. She flicked the light on and placed her back against the door, her eyes searching for something, ANYTHING to grab and beat the intruder with. Before she could find something to throw, she realized that she knew the intruder. Long red hair, bubble gum popping and her barely there clothes. And she was upset.
"What the f…"She shouted.
"Shirley!" Kallen shouted, cutting off the prostitute.
"Where the hell is Lulu?" Shirley asked, standing akimbo and staring hatefully at the more innocent red head.
"He went out…what are you doing here?" Kallen asked.
"I'm here to work! Duh! Friday nights are when Lelouch and I do our thang, ya know, crazy, kinky sex and stuff like that," Shirley said despicably.
"Excuse me?" Kallen asked. What the…?!
"Yea, bitch! I'm his slut! Not you! I don't know where the hell he found ya…or why he likes ya so much! Honey, you just a fake! Those tits ain't even real!" Shirley said, poking Kallen's breasts.
"Hey!" Kallen protested, wrapping her arms around her chest.
"Exactly!" Shirley said.
"Get out!" Kallen said. Shirley laughed and examined her nails.
"Hon, you will never replace me. Am too memorable a person. I mean, banshee screeching and this red mane, you don't stand a chance. You'll be gone in time. Am not worried. I could give ya a personal demonstration if you don't believe me. It's been a while since I've had female," she said, raising her eyebrows seductively at Kallen and licking her lips like a predator who had just found her next prey. Kallen's eyes widened and she immediately became scared…very scared.
'Come on Kallen, do something! You can't just stand here and let her threaten to rape you!' She told herself. Without thinking, she lifted her hand and slapped Shirley in the face. She gasped. No! What had she done! She couldn't fight!
"You bitch!" Shirley said and Kallen ducked just as Shirley lunged forward to grab her hair. Shirley collided with the door with a painful yell and Kallen hopped to the farthest corner, away from the prostitute, picking up one of Lelouch's stray shoes. Shirley spun around in a fit of anger and Kallen flung the shoe and hit the other red head in her forehead, causing her head to ricochet off the door and causing her to slide to the ground, her vision blurry.
Shirley shook her head, trying to clear the fuzziness. She had no experience in long distance fights. She was used to pulling hair out by the root and scratching out the other girl's eye. If she could just get her hand on Kallen's short red hair…
Kallen picked up the other foot of Lelouch's shoe and held it up menacingly, eyeing the girl on the floor.
"I said, get out!" Kallen shouted.
"What the hell is going on up there!" They could hear Rolo shout from downstairs.
"If you two are having yourselves a little party up there then why didn't you invite me?" He yelled. Shirley narrowed her eyes.
"Yous a lucky whore, Kallen. I have business to take care of," she said. She stood up and clumsily sought for the door knob, catching it and turning it thus opening the door.
"Whore! I'm waiting for you! You think I got undressed for no reason!" He continued to yell. Shirley slipped out the door but Kallen did not drop her stance. It was when she heard the front door open more than five minutes later that she moved. She opened Lelouch's door and peeked out. Something flashed before her. It was a person. She shrieked and flung the shoe at whoever it was.
"Kallen!" Lelouch yelled as the shoe hit him on the shoulder. Kallen flung open the door and enveloped him in a hug, thankful that he had finally arrived.
"What took you so damn long?" She asked as she gripped him and rested her head on his chest.
"Do you notice anything different?" He asked. Kallen pulled back a little and then looked him up and down.
"Should I?" She asked.
"Yup…no little sister," he smirked.
"Where is she?" Kallen asked, glancing behind Lelouch to make sure he wasn't pulling her strings.
"Cornelia and I got into a little…tiff. She said she wasn't making Nuna spend the night, along with some shit about my apartment being unsafe. That's why I took so long…Um…did something happen?" He finally asked when he realized that she would not let him go. She let out a sigh.
"You have no idea what happened."
It took like forever to write this chapter! I wrote it twice, each draft with completely different stuff happening then I went back and re-wrote one of my drafts and well…this is the result. I have so many plans for this story, I have a rough idea of where this story is going. Muahahaaaaa!!!
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