A Rainyday Miracle

The three of us walked along the main street of the city centre, talking, laughing and sharing stories of different times and our pasts. Whenever Zazie would mention Mahora academy or any of the other girls in class 3-A, Sean would nudge me with his elbow, which earned him a quick but firm slap upside the head from me. "I said, I would tell you later, you persistent little fucker" I hissed at him through clenched teeth. Despite my best efforts to make these actions discreet, Zazie still saw them and laughed whenever I did it.

We had been walking around for close to 15 minutes when I came to the painful realization that I had no idea where any of the women's clothing shops were due to the fact that I had precious little need for the knowledge of their locations. I stopped in the middle of the footpath and looked to the skies and shouted "I don't know where any of them are!!" Both Sean and Zazie stopped and looked back at me. I knelt down and racked my brain for any past knowledge I may have had their locations. As I knelt down feeling sorry for myself I felt a sharp flick to my forehead. I looked up and to my surprise, Sean was standing there with his arms crossed looking quite pleased with himself. "You better explain yourself, Sean because I'm gonna give you an aerial tour of the city, if you don't" I growled menacingly at him.

"Well, at the risk of losing my head, I believe your missing one place, I'm actually surprised you didn't think of it before" he said as stood there with a smug look on his face. I looked at him up and down and replied sarcastically "Well aren't you just great, don't just stand there, lead the way!" I was grateful for this information but I wasn't going to let him know that, I had a reputation to uphold. It did not take long for us to reach our destination but when we got there, my jaw hit the floor. I stood outside River Island, a shop where I had not only done almost all of my clothes shopping but it was also a unisex clothes shop. "HOW DID I NOT REMEMBER THIS PLACE!!!" I shouted at no one in particular over the hustle and bustle of the crowded street, earning me a few confused stares and one or two scattered giggles.

I looked up at the shop and let out a sigh. "Come on, then lets go" I sighed

as I walked through the doors. I strolled into the shop and sat down in a chair in the corner. Sean and Zazie followed soon after and Zazie ran to the clothes racks and proceeded to rummage around for anything she liked. Sean sat down next to me and poked my shoulder until I acknowledged his presence. "WHAT!!!! What's wrong?" I shouted loudly, right into his face. He wiped spittle from his face and said "Well, I was going to ask you about the girl over there rummaging through clothes before you showered me in SPIT, YOU SHITHEAD!!!" I rubbed the back of my head and apologized.

"Well, there's not much to tell really, I woke up yesterday afternoon and did everything I would usually do and when I sat down to watch the TV, the doorbell rang and there she was, standing on my doorstep, almost in tears, was Zazie. I brought her in and sat her down, I mean I didn't even realize who she was at first but then she told me her name." I laughed to myself quietly. Can you imagine my surprise? "But then she told me what happened before she found me." My face grew grim as I said this. I told him how they had pursued and ripped her uniform and did nothing but laugh as they did.

I clenched my fists as recounted the conversation to Sean, my fingers cracking as I did. I can't begin to describe how sorry I felt for her and how angry I was that someone could treat a woman like that" I growled through gritted teeth. Wow…. Okay dude calm down, calm down, we don't want a repeat of last time now do we?" He was right, the last time I got this angry I ended up destroying the front area of a restaurant and sent a guy to the hospital with 2 broken arms and a fractured shinbone.

Fine, fine, I said I wouldn't do it again and I was planning to stick to it. "I know but it just makes me angry, y'know, if you could've seen her face when she told me this story you would know how I feel." I looked away quickly and toward the racks where Zazie was and I caught a quick glimpse of her walking into the changing room.

I turned back to Sean and let out a sigh. "So….. Are you planning anything? You know like flirting with her or something? I looked at him, and let out a sigh. I don't know, she's seems quite vulnerable now and I couldn't take advantage of that, and…" I stopped. "I…I don't know if she's here permanently, I don't know how she got here and who's to say she won't just poof back one day, and then where will I be, what kind of fool will I be then? That's the reason I don't want to get attached and plus I don't want to hurt her either, if she goes away back to wherever she came from and we were involved with each other, what will happen to her, what kind of blow will that be to her. All I know is that if I lost her, I would lose my mind." With that, I let my head fall limp and I let out a loud sigh.

I could feel Sean's eyes burning a whole in the side of my head, I had never shown this much emotion in front of my friends and I could tell it freaked him out just a little bit. "Come on, Jordan that won't happen, I'm sure of it, and come on, it doesn't suit you, all this emotion crap. Go back to your heartless emotionless self." I know he was just trying to make me feel better but is that what my friends saw me as; some heartless bastard? Well, this was news to me. I looked up and chuckled. "Sean, you're a good friend, you know that?" I put my hand on his shoulder. With that, Zazie walked out from the dressing rooms and stood there awkwardly, with a small smile on her face "Well, what do you think?" she said quietly.

She picked a good outfit alright, she stood there in a light purple dress, one which went to just above her knees, multicoloured tights which showed every curve of her shapely legs. I looked at her with pure, blatant awe on my face. "You look great!" I shouted as I rose from my seat, pushing Sean out of my way as I did. "Its really you, Zazie, but did you get anything else?"

"I got a few more things lined up, but I think I'll wait ill I get back to the house to try those on, eh Jordan kun?" she said in a sultry tone and as she turned around to change back into the old clothes, she shot me a quick wink. My jaw dropped to somewhere in my knee area, or that's what it felt like to me. She then disappeared behind the curtain. "Well, Jordan what do you think now?" Sean remarked coolly from behind me. "I think… I think she's got one of the weirdest personalities I have ever come across in my life and… and I think I love her!" I blathered, mouth still agape.

I could hear him laughing into his hand behind my back and, as I craned my neck around he said " Weird personalities, eh, ha-ha, to me that makes you two perfect for each other!" I hit him a quick slap upside the head and went back to staring at the wall. That was an interesting conversation, if ever I've had one.

I sat silently pondering for 5 minutes while Sean nursed a badly bruised skull. After this, Zazie strolled out of the dressing room holding a pile of clothes as big as my upper body. I met her as she left the dressing room and took the pile from her and carried it to the checkout for her. I shot her a quick smile as I took the clothes from her. "All these please" I grunted as I lumped them onto the counter. After countless clicks of the register and adding on the cashiers part, the total came to 264.50€. Zazie gasped when she saw the price and started to protest. "Jordan kun, that's too much…" I silenced her by putting a finger to her lips. "I told you Zazie chan, I'm buying the clothes and I will not take no for an answer" I smiled over my shoulder at her.

She put her hands on mine and pushed them gently from her mouth. She backed up slightly and stood in the doorway, grinning to herself. I pulled my wallet from my back pocket and took the money required to pay for the clothes. After I paid for the clothes, I carried them from the shop and out on to the street, in bags of course. Zazie walked over to me, took one bag from me, and jumped on my back, wrapping her arms tenderly around my neck to made sure she stayed there too. "Are you comfy up there, Zazie chan?" I said with my face about 3cm away from hers. "She is incredibly light and soft" I thought to myself, a blush quickly running over my face. "Yep, real comfy, hope you don't mind, do you?" I chuckled to myself "Why would I mind, your as light as a feather, by the way, hold on tight!" She popped her head around the side of my head and said "Why would I…" That's all she managed before I threw both my arms under her ass, lifted her further up on my back and broke into a run across the square, laughing while I ran. She was too, but it may have been through fear so I slowed down and left her off my back. After a while, at least.

She stood down on the floor, laughing and gasping for breath at the same time. I rubbed her back, while she gasped and I apologized constantly. She stood upright and took a deep breath and let it out quietly. She turned around and stared at me with a slight grin. I felt slightly uncomfortable under her piercing gaze, mostly due to the big yellow eyes which were now burning a hole in my forehead. "You just did that to touch my ass, didn't you?" she said with arms crossed and a slight smirk. "Uuuuh, yeah kind of, sorry" I said, smiling with my hand on my head.

"Well, I'll forgive you this time, Jordan kun but the next time, I'll demand payment" she smirked evilly at me. A cold shiver ran up my spine and I let out a nervous laugh. "O-o-ok Zazie, I'll let you know in advance, if I want to do it in future, ok?" I said nervously, hoping she wouldn't get offended and rip my head off. I looked her in the eyes and I saw fear. My eyes widened. My mind was racing "Did I offend her?!, Maybe I shouldn't have gone as far as I did?!!, Did she hate me now!!!?" These were all thoughts that raced through my head. She then ran to me and buried her face in the crook of my neck. Now I was surprised, I think it was obvious that I had not angered her, but what was the cause of the fear in her eyes. It had me slightly worried, I had not seen her like this since she had arrived at my house. I snapped out of my stupor and held her head close to me. "Tell me what's wrong" I whispered into her ear as I held her head. "NO!" was her quick response. I pulled her away from me and looked directly into her eyes.

"Tell me what's wrong!!" I said in a low, slow tone. I could see she was visibly shaken by my sudden change in demeanour. I let out a sigh and apologized but I also told her that I was getting tired of her holding everything in, and if she wanted help she needed to tell me what's got her so spooked. She sniffed, turned around slowly and pointed down the street, to a group of men. It instantly clicked in my mind. "THEM!!" I snarled. It all became clear there and then. It was inevitable that we would run into them sometime. The guys that had harassed Zazie when she arrived by whatever means. Now I was pissed. I growled several times, stopped and regained my composure. I took Zazie gently by the hand and walked toward the group. "Wait, wait Jordan kun what are you doing, why are you walking over to them, stop!" She said as she pulled against my arm. "I want them to see you and me and I will make sure they never forget my face!" I growled without batting an eyelid.

We walked straight up to them and we stood three feet from the guy nearest to me and I shouted "YOU!! ALL OF YOU, TURN AROUND!! They all complied, turned around and faced the three of us. "You recognize this girl, don't you? One of you had better answer me!!" I snarled roughly. I could see them eyeing her up and down. One of them snorted and said " Oh yeah, I remember her, ha ha, I still have that bit of skirt you gave me, girly! He continued to laugh out rightly in her face as she was getting visibly shaken by this laughing. "So it was you then, am I right, you're the bunch of sick bastards that had the nerve to even approach a young girl like this and treat her the way you did" I laughed into my hand. "Well she's under my care now, and if you harm her, you deal with me!" I roared at them. I looked Zazie in the eyes and told her to go to Sean and stay with him.

She walked over to him, not a word from her and stood, looking away from me and them. I looked back at them and smiled. I straightened up, and walked up to the guy that had grabbed Zazie and looked him right in the eye. "What're you gon…" was all he managed. I dropped low and swung my fist upwards, catching him with a vicious uppercut which knocked him in to the air and he fell to the ground with a thud. He looked up, shook his head and got up, bringing his fists up in front of his face, in typical street fighter fashion. I smirked to myself. I stepped forward, driving my elbow in toward his stomach. He dropped his hands, effectively blocking the strike. I twisted around and drove my leg strongly into his stomach. He stumbled backwards and fell too one knee clutching his stomach. I stood, looking down at him, smiling to myself, when I felt strong impact on my left cheek. I spun around, unsteadily facing the next guy. He was big, Ill give him that. I straightened up and stood, staring into his eyes, when suddenly he threw another punch.

I sidestepped the strike and grabbed his wrist, fell to one knee and drove my hand upwards toward his elbow. I heard a loud snap. I smirked to myself and uttered quietly "Hyperextension, to make sure you don't misbehave again." He leapt back clutching his arm and screaming.

I stood up and looked around. "Anyone else?" I said loudly. I caught each of the others eyes, one after the other. I saw nothing but fear in their eyes. "RUN!!" I shouted loudly, startling them. They turned tail and ran. You ever come near her again and a redux of this will follow, you hear me??!!" I turned around and walked back toward Sean and Zazie. I walked up next to them and walked right up to Sean's right ear. "Did she look?" I whispered quietly. "No, she didn't, just as well too, you were really scary, you know that?" I sighed with relief and put my hand on Zazie's head. Its over, Zazie chan, you can look now." She turned around and met my eyes. "How did you get rid of them?" she asked while looking over my shoulder. "You never mind that, Zazie chan". I was almost convinced she knew how I did it, but I wasn't about to pry after what had happened just now. "Shall we go then?" I said as I bowed in a gentlemanly way. She nodded and smiled. She took my arm, put it around her and kissed it gently. "Thank you" She whispered in my ear. I smiled warmly down at her. "Anything for you, Zazie."

End of chapter 4

Authors notes: I cant apologize enough for the lateness. To all the people to read the story so far, thank you for patience. In my defence my Microsoft word went down for quite a while and I've was also royally pissed at it. It took a while for me to get another program to write with, that's all there is to it. I apologize again for the lateness. But the next one will be a while because I want to focus on my other story now.

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