Declan and I were spending almost all of our time at The Dot now; I didn't want to be home and neither did he. We liked to go to different places every weekend, but sense The Dot was close, we just went there after school anymore. it was never planned out, but there was a silent agreement that we would go there. So, we were sitting at our regular table- which just had to be in the center- when my mother waltzed in, seeming all business. You see, me and my mother were never close, neither were my father and I. They mostly focused on work, even when my brother was here they didn't care much. The only time they seemed to care was on birthdays and holidays. My mother was a curvy, beautiful blonde: the American dream woman. My father was a proud Asian man. Kai looked got my fathers traits. Black hair, tan skin and tall. Almond shaped eyes, and a muscular body. I didn't look like my mother or my father. I was very short, and my eyes were too big. Paired with the red eyes and white everything, I thought I was hideous.
Declan of course, disagreed with this completely. Actually, he hated when I said anything bad about myself, and he really hated it when I wore the sunglasses, just like Kai did. Anyways, my mother walks in and stares and starts looking around. When she spotted me, I could something was wrong.
" oh, alina, there you are! we need to leave, right now! its about Kai." That was enough for me. I bolted out, Declan at my heels. He climbed in the passenger seat of my car, and when we peeled out of the parking lot- following my mother to wherever we were going- he started asking questions.
"Alina , what's going on? why did we have to leave so hastily?" I was hesitant to answer, because he still didn't know about Kai. I'm going to have to tell him at some point, I thought, might as well get it over with now.
"Its Kai, my, um, brother. They might have found him!" I said this with an excited sob in my voice, the tears already threatening to spill over.
" You have a brother?" He was staring at me, seeming confused about what was going on. So I prepared to tell him the whole story, trying not to leave anything out.
"Kai is my brother, yes. He's our age, but were not twins." He nodded at this, telling me to go on.
" He went missing 2 years ago. We lived in California before this, and our house got broken into…."
the tears were running down my face now, blurring my vision. I Wiped them away and continued.
" The men that came into our house were from a gang. They said that Kai was their 'property', and that they were bringing him back where he belonged; with them."
Declan seemed shocked at this, and I could understand why." He was in a gang?!"
"No, he wasn't. He looked very similar to one of their gang members who had run away. They had been tracking him down, and when they found someone who had fit their description, I guess they just ran off with him. After a year of searching, they said he was probably dead already, so we should just give up. They were wrong though! He just has to be back, I know it!"
Declan took all of this in, giving my hand a sympathetic squeeze. " I'm so sorry that happened. you must have been close. "
"Yeah, we were. He's my best friend" We arrived at an orphanage, which was located somewhere in the woods. We got out of the car, and followed my mother inside. When we reached the front desk, police officers were there waiting for us. " , we found a seventeen year old boy three nights ago on the coast of California somewhere, claiming to be the missing boy, Kai J. Bullford. Now, we don't have any reason to believe that he would be lying, but we just need you to identify that he is your son. This way please.
We followed the police officer down the hallway and to a room filled with children. There was Kai, sitting on one of the pale-blue couches, seeming very angry. I could tell it was him right away; he didn't seem to change at all. He was a little taller, his hair was a tad bit shaggier, and he still had that lanky-muscular body. He did look a bit older, yes; but he was still the Kai that I knew and loved, and had been missing for the last 2 years.
When he saw us, his eyes went wide, tears spilling out of them already. The police officer waved him over after my mother yelled to him. Kai ran off the couch and over to us, sweeping me into a huge bear hug.
"Alina! Oh, alina I've missed you so much!" my mother had already walked outside, thanking the police officer, going to the desk to sign Kai out. "Kai, where in the hell were you!?! Do you have any idea how terrified I was? " He didn't say anything, but instead just hugged me tighter, mumbling a sorry, and then a thank you. "Thank you, for not giving up on me. It sure seems like mom and dad care…" He went off, going into a tirade about how our parents didn't give a damn about him. By the time we reached my car, our mother had already left, leaving Kai to go with us. Declan had stayed silent the whole time, letting Kai get into the back seat.
"Well then, who is this young fellow?" Declan looked weirded out by Kais odd language, but answered anyways, looking back at Kai, who looked like a little kid bouncing in his seat. ' I am Declan Coyne, Alina's boy friend , pleasure. " Kai let out a long whistle. " Alina has a boy friend? sense when? God, you have grown up from when I last saw you. " I laughed taking Declans hand, intertwining our fingers together. We chatted the whole time, informing each other about our lives for the past 2 years. Kai had been in California the whole time, being held by the gang that took him. He finally escaped when they got busted for drug dealing, and when Kai explained to the cops his situation, they took him here. I was so glad that he didn't get hurt, if he did I would have no idea what I would do. when he asked what I had been doing, I of course lied, not telling him about getting beat up all the time. He had been there to protect me from it 2 years ago, but I didn't want him to worry now, he had enough to worry about. I asked Declan if he would mind going to my house today, sense Kai and I both needed to calm down. When we got inside, we collapsed on the couches , me leaning into Declan, and Kai spreading out on another couch parallel from us. We stayed quite the whole time, Kai fell asleep, and Declan and I whispered to each other.
"Well, that was quiet a reunion, wasn't it?"
"mmhmmm…. " I lazily said, my eyes drifting closed. He chuckled at this, shifting me so that my we were laying across the whole couch, his arms wrapped protectively around me. " You two seem to be very, uh, happy. "
"we haven't seen each other in almost over 2 years, what do you expect? and besides, I thought he was dead, so of course I'm going to be happy. But I wont forget about you don't worry." I laughed as I said the last part, Declan seeming to get angry.
"What, you think I'm jealous? unless your into incest, then I don't think I have any competition."
"The football team would disagree with that." He stiffened. " Have they been bothering you again?"
" a few disgusting comments, nothing to get worked up over."
"What did they say to you?" I rolled my eyes, he could be so over protective sometimes. " Nothing, they didn't do anything important so its fine." He was getting angry now, I could tell from his voice. "They did something? I thought they only said something. Tell me now, Alina." I sighed heavily, it wasn't as if they did anything that bad. " Just the whole looking-up-my-skirt thing and trying to touch my chest. Their just stupid guys." He was blazing with fury now, I could almost feel the anger coming off of him. "THEY WHAT!?!" he went off on a ramble, getting more and more upset as the seconds went by. "Ugh, Declan, calm down, it was harmless. its not like they actually did anything that bad."
"Well how would you feel if other girl were touching me inappropriately? " I thought this over, deciding not to let it go any further. " I'm sorry, ok? I didn't mean for them to do anything…." he twirled a piece of my hair around his finger, sighing. " its fine." That was that, I guess. I untangled myself from his arms, sitting us both up, me sitting on his lap. I started kissing his neck, finally reaching his mouth. my skirt was riding up and going way past my thighs, and he could probably see down my shirt, but I honestly didn't care at that moment. Kai was sleeping, and my parents weren't home; they wouldn't care even if they were here. One of Declan's hand had moved to cup my butt, the other going to my breast. I knew we should have stopped, but the thing was, I didn't want to stop. We were boy friend and girl friend, right? this was what couples did, and it felt right.
