A/N: Forgot the disclaimer for the last chapter, I own nothing in these apart from my OC's and stuff. So last chapter was pretty long. I hope you all like this chapter, I certainly enjoyed writing it. Twila and Zach do have important roles if anyone wonders why I included them. They're there to get everyone to talk about things they don't want to talk about. And if I do write a sequel(s) then they will return to do that if needed. They're the outsiders that can give perspective. Yeah, I also want to say that there are a few adult themes but only implied. Nothing M rated. Yeah so, hopefully will upload chapter eight tonight and stuff. If you finish this chapter, then there is an authors note explaining a few things, okay? Also sorry for the amount of ZachxTwila in this chapter. It wasn't supposed to be that much! The end ight make up for it though!
R&R -Anna x
"Would you prefer to speak to first me, Dojo or Zach?" Twila said.
"Well, you since you told us everything about you. I trust you more, I suppose."
Twila beamed at her and texted Zach that Anastasia wanted her help first. "So, Princess, would you like to tell me why I'm here or should I guess why you need my help?" Twila had her laptop all set up Kimiko's room. Twila had chosen that one as it had the most plugs apart for the dining room. She needed to set up all her tech equipment to see if it worked, for her finale at the end of the week. She had three computer touch screens, a laptop, projector and screen with remote control plus cables and about four different types of keyboards and mouse. She also had an android phone and her own Wi-Fi box. She really was a techy kind of girl.
"I kissed Omi, panicked and ran off." Anastasia said quietly. Twila began to type this down on her laptop, recording the conversation on her phone whilst she typed and asked questions.
"Ah, I've been there before. I also heard you went off the radar for a while. Where did you go if you don't mind me asking?"
Twila was a lot more down to earth in a confined space and when she's only with one person. Anastasia was good at reading people. Twila was an open book; she loved her cousin more than anyone in her family, she obviously had trouble with friends and girls and is extremely loyal. That was evident from the fact she left England as soon as Ashley called her. Twila seemed like a good friend to have and it was lovely to see that someone could be that crazy for someone.
"I went to the woods, they remind me of when I was a little girl and we used to go play in the woods with my father. I called my parents, my mother picked up. There wasn't much conversation."
"Okay then. There has to be more to it than you kissed him and ran off." T-J knew what it was but she couldn't exactly say it because Princess had to say it herself so it becomes real to her.
"I don't know. That was it really, Blondie." Anastasia didn't know what Blondie thought she was going to achieve.
"Blondie? I like it. Ben, my other best friend, and Zach call me it sometimes. So how did the kiss make you feel?"
"Confused."
"Why did you do it?"
"I don't know."
Twila felt like she was having a conversation with a brick wall.
'A brick wall would have more pleasant conversation actually.' She thought to herself.
"Okay, do you have feelings for him?"
"I don't know."
"Cut the monosyllabic bull. If you want to find out if you do, here's my suggestion. You let Dojo, Zach and I help you out. We'll set up a date and everything."
"Sorry. And I've never been on a date. How do I know how to act on a date?"
Twila actually felt her heart skip. "Dojo, Zach and I shall give you a crash course on dates tomorrow, okay?"
"That sounds fine."
"Okay, Princess. Get Zach and Dojo for me and return to the dining room. Say nothing about what we just talked about and make sure the rest of them leave that room. I'm going to create a slideshow and animation to get across what we just said. Does that sound okay to you?"
"Sounds good, Blondie. Spasibo!" Anastasia beamed at a very confused Twila. "It means thank you in Russian."
Twila nodded and smiled. And Anastasia returned down the hall to collect Dojo and Zach.
The three of them worked solidly on different aspects of the work. Dojo was sent on multiple iced coffee runs. After two hours, they had finally finished.
"Time for food now and then we shall present this."
Twila looked at Zach. He pretended not to notice.
"So, does everybody know what they're saying?" Zach asked.
Dojo and Twila nodded. Twila looked at Dojo. "No going off the script, okay?"
"Not even a little bit?" He pleaded.
"Not if you want to keep you head, love." She smiled sweetly. Zach chuckled and hugged her into him. The three of them walked to the dining hall. No one was eating.
"We wanted you to eat with all of us on your first night." Ashley smiled at the couple.
Twila's smile faded. "Thank you, Ashley, that's very sweet of you all." Zach replied for Twila.
Twila sat down and looked at the food. She didn't eat meals very often. She more kind of chewed gum and drank coffee 24/7. She had for about five years. She sat in front of her food. Zach began to eat.
Taylor shot them a look of disapproval. Twila laughed.
"We need to say grace. You may eat once Amen is said." They all kind of shuffled to put their hands together, Twila and Zach gave each other a look suggesting mischief. "Dear Lord-" Taylor began
"THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD WE EAT, AMEN." Zach and Twila said loudly in unison. Ashley nearly fell off her seat from laughing. She had forgotten the traditional school prayer everyone was forced to say in their infant school back home. Taylor had never looked more shocked. She dismissed them and everyone said amen and dug into their food. Twila took a few bites but mainly played with her food. She then dismissed herself from the conversation to set up the projector, computer screens, remote, Wi-Fi, cables and projection screen. She sat and waited for everyone to finish their food. She found it easier to set up enough technology for an entire university than it was to travel.
"Everyone, can you please gather round but do not sit too close to the projector or it will heat up too much and catch on fire."
Everyone watched the animation of what happened between Anastasia and Omi. Anastasia was portrayed in the animation with a crown on her head to show it was her. Dojo held up signs to 'awh' and 'boo' in appropriate places. The slideshow then gave a detailed analysis of what Anastasia had said to Twila. Then there was the solution and everything shown on another animation.
Zach then turned the lights on.
"So, anyone have any questions on that?" Twila asked.
"Yeah, I do. How the hell did you get so good at technical stuff?!" Rai seemed quite impressed.
Twila blushed. "I'm really not that good. It's quite easy really. Just some coding and stuff, really."
"Twila, you're amazing at tech, you know you are. Just look at all the things you achieve by creating things. You are so reliant on your technology because you organise it. You spend more time creating animations of us and taking pictures of us than you do with your own family now!"
"I'm sorry…" She whispered.
"No, I love you. I love the fact you have a whole wall of pictures that are just you and me. I love how you have a scrapbook of you and our group and then another one of Ashley. I adore your blogs because you have dedicated one solely to me and you, one to the boys, one to the girls, one to our group and then one to Ashley. I know that you're going to start one about our time here as well, because that is who you are. And I love that about you."
Everyone was stunned at what he had just said. Twila just blinked and ran out.
"What did I say?" Zach just looked bewildered.
"That was just…" Kimiko couldn't even finish her sentence.
"Dude, you just told a girl that she was perfect without using the word." Rai was just as stunned.
"You should be more like that." Kimiko muttered under her breath.
Twila reappeared. "Sorry I needed some air. Tomorrow is going to be a day for Omi and Princess. The next day, I have a feeling it will reveal itself on who's next." Twila smiled. "Now go and get some sleep, especially Princess and Omi. You two have a huge day ahead of you. I will pin your schedules on your doors for when you wake up." Everyone nodded but no one moved.
"What I think she's trying to say is go to sleep." Dojo said.
"Ah, hmm, yeah, okay." The group of seven problem holders said didn't take the hint.
"She means go to your rooms as in use your legs and walk, kids."
"OH!" They all finally moved.
Kimiko and Rai showed Ashley, Twila and Zach to their rooms.
"So, what's your problem then?" Kimi asked, as Zach shut his door. This was the first time they were properly alone together for a long time.
"What is yours?" He retorted.
She didn't reply and kept walking down to their rooms. He realised he sounded a bit harsh.
"Kimi-cub, I hate that we can't be alone together without fighting right now. Can we please just stop fighting?"
"I don't know why we keep fighting but it's tearing us apart."
"I know it is, Kim, but it won't tear us apart if we don't let it." He tried to slow the pace but she didn't slow down.
"Maybe we're supposed to be apart…" She whispered just audible for him to hear. She began to make a dash for her room but he caught up with her, just before she could open the door to her room. He grabbed her waist and spun her round. "Rai, what are you-" he cut her off before she could finish her sentence by crashing his lips on hers. She closed her eyes and flung her arms around his neck as they stumbled into her door which she couldn't open. The kiss had so much fire behind it. It was nothing like their kiss before she left. That was hardly a kiss compared to this; this was raw anger and passion. They pushed away from each other, realising what had just happened. They were breathless and their lips were red and raw. They had the same look in their eyes; hunger. They just looked at each other. Rai wiped the clear lipgloss remains off his lips with the back of his hands.
"What just happened there?" Kimiko was still breathless and panting.
"I have no idea." Rai shook his head holding his sides slightly from being so out of breath.
"That was…" Kimi started but couldn't find the words to finish.
"I know." He knew exactly what she meant.
"I should…" She gestured to her room.
"Yeah, I should too."
"So, um bye I guess."
"Yeah..." He was about to leave when he heard two southern accents nearing the hall that held their rooms.
Before Kimi could close the door, he shoved himself in.
"What are you doing?!" She looked angry.
"Shh, Tex and Barbie are leaving the dining hall together." He hissed.
They peered out of her room, slyly. They acted like they weren't even really friends, just business colleagues during the day. All of a sudden they were talking and laughing.
Clay offered Taylor his arm, remembering what his momma had told him about courting a girl.
"Hehe, why thank you." She giggled and blushed as they walked. Their rooms were next to each other, Clay's was closer to the dining room and Taylor's was closer to the bathroom. They stopped outside Clay's room. "So, do you want to be in my room or your room tonight?" She asked, gazing into his eyes.
"A southern gentleman will always go with what the lady requests." He reminded her.
She laughed, remembering the first night they had been in her room. "Well, last night was your room so how about mine tonight?" She suggested, biting the inside of her lip.
"Of course, Tay, if that is what you want." He offered her his arm and they walked down the hall, arm in arm. They were gazing into each other's eyes and she was actually laughing at Clay's terrible jokes.
She opened the door to her room and they walked in and closed the door behind them, spending the night talking and laughing like they did every night. They didn't know that two of their team mates had found out that they were more than just business friends.
"Oh my god." Rai and Kimi just looked at each other having witnessed Clay flirting with Taylor was quite disturbing.
"But he's like my brother!" Kim was horrified by what she had just seen, it was cute but then realised who it was.
"He didn't even tell me he was sleeping with Barbie!" Rai felt betrayed by this.
The two just looked at each other, shocked by two of their friends' behaviour.
A/N: well, that was a bit shocking wasn't it!
I also want to say before anyone thinks Twila has an eating disorder, no she doesn't. Part of the back story I'll be introducing in a later chapter, is a little bit about where everyone came from. So it'll explain that Twila and Ashley's family didn't do the whole regular meal thing, they had to sort it themselves and stuff.
I really like how I ended that! Loving my Claylor and RaiKim ending, I actually got breathless whilst writing that kiss. Anyone else? No? Just me? I do love a fluffy ending though!
Okay so, let me leave you with this; how do you think this is going to effect the dynamic of the group? Rai and Kim think something a bit far off, Clay and Taylor have been lying, sneaking and pretending to their friends and worst of all, Omistasia are completely in the dark! Poor Omistasia though! Date in the next chapter! Yeeeeeeee! A whole lot of fluff and Omistasia! No Jashley though *cries* but there will be! Anyway!
Please R&R!
-Anna x