Chapter 19
I'm sitting on a chair outside Xian's house, it's beautiful here in the sticks, I take a deep breath and enjoy the fresh air letting the memories of last night fade away, I close my eyes and enjoy the heat, then something cold touches my hand, I jump in surprise and my eyes snap open, I look around to see where it came form and meet a pair of soft brown eyes.
"Hi Kiki" I say sweetly as I reach out and scratch her under the chin.
Kiki is Xian's German shepherd dog, she is very sweet, I turn around to see Xian standing close by like I knew he would be, Kiki is very protective of her master and wherever he goes she goes, Xian turns towards me and gives me a warm smile I smile back and Kiki takes off running toward him, it was nice to spend last night here, it was a bit of a tight squeeze trying to fit everyone in but we managed, I also met Eric Kurt's brother, he was the man that tong paralysed the match I went to on the first night, Tong feels horrible about that, I overheard them both talking in the trees last night, well Tong was apologising whilst Eric was trying to tell him it was ok, as far as I know everyone else is asleep, I managed to sneak out of bed without waking tong which is a first but I know it won't be long until everyone else is up, just as that last though passes through my mind someone else announces that they are now awake.
"Morning Xian, Morning Sian" I hear and recognise the voice of Kurt, I know it's him because he still has an accent from when he lived in Belgium.
"Morning Kurt" I say and turn to face him so I'm not being rude.
"Shall we do some training in stone city today Kurt" Xian asks him.
"Yeah sure, let me just get dressed" he says and then disappears back into the house.
I stand from the chair I was sitting on and walk to the porch where Xian is standing, I stop when I'm beside him.
"Stone city, what's that" I ask him.
"It's an Ancient training ground not to far from here" he explains and something about it sounds familiar.
"Wait I think that's the place tong took me to, he loves it there because it's peaceful" I tell him.
"It could possibly be, there's only one stone city, it's a shame he's still asleep you both could have came with us, it would be good for them to spar together, they should be ready in case Li has other goons and they need to fight" he explains.
"That is a fair point, I'm sure he will have more protection with him, especially if he knows the boys are after him, is it just them that's going" I ask him.
"A friend of mine Winston Taylor is going to help them, Eric, Mylee and I are staying here" he explains to me.
Before we can say anything else we hear voices inside the house and soon very loud laughter, we walk in and follow the sound to find that everyone is now up, I go to hug my parents good morning and then looking around I discover that not everyone's up, we're missing one person.
"Is tong still asleep" I ask my mum.
"Yes I think so" she says, I nod my head and decide to check on him.
I go to the room we were sleeping in and quietly slip in, I look around and see tong still sleeping where I left him on the floor, except he has now tossed the blanket we had aside, he must have gotten too warm, I walk over to him and kneel down beside him, we had another blanket to lie on so it would be a bit softer for us, he's lying on his back and I can't resist lying down with him and cuddling into him, his arms wrap around me and he sighs deeply.
"Morning baby" he says.
"Morning, I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you" I tell him.
"You didn't I was just dosing" he explains.
"My wish for today didn't come true" I say after a few minutes of silence.
"What did you wish for" he asks me.
"For time to freeze so we wouldn't have to leave each other" I answer.
"That would have been nice" he agrees.
"Do you have to go, can't you just come home with me today" I ask even though I know what the answer will be since we've already talked about this.
"Baby I wish I could but I want to help them, it wouldn't be fair to make them go after him alone" he says.
"I know I thought I'd just ask one more time|" I say.
"I'll try not to be gone too long" he attempts to reassure me.
"We should probably get up, Xian and Kurt were wandering if you wanted to go to stone city and train with them, just in case you have to fight anyone" I explain to him.
"That's a good idea, can you go ask them if its still ok and if so tell them I'm just getting ready" he asks me.
"Sure I'll be back in a second then" I say and reaching up I peck him on the lips and then getting off the floor I walk towards the door.
"Sian" I hear him call and I turn back to face him.
"I was born here and I've never left, but I have no idea what stone city is" he says and I can't help but giggle at the confused look he's giving me.
"Xian says it's an ancient training ground that's in the sticks near here, sound familiar" I ask him.
"That sounds like my favourite, the place we went on our first date" he answers.
"I know, I said that to Xian and he says there's only one ancient training ground around here so I thought you would like to go" I tell him.
"Yeah I would really like to" he says.
"Ok I'll go talk to Xian" I say, then opening the door I leave the room.
I walk back to the main room of the house but there's no one there, so I go outside where I hear laughter, as I exit out the front door I see I was right, everyone is outside and they're all dressed and waiting.
"Oh Sian, we've all decided we want to see this training ground that the boys are going to, so we've rescheduled our flights to this evening so we can make a day of it, is tong awake" my mother asks me.
"Yes he is he actually asked me to ask Xian if it was still alright for him to go, I guess I have the answer now, I'll just go let him know" I tell them all and turn back into the house.
When I enter the room I don't see tong anywhere so I decide to check the bathroom, as I approach the door I hear the shower running, since I saw everyone outside and they were ready I know its him that's in there so I enter.
"Tong baby you in here" I call out.
"Yeah I'm here strawberry" I hear him call from behind the shower curtain.
"Everyone going to the training ground now because they want to see what its like, they want to make a day of it" I explain to him.
"What about the flights" he asks.
"They've been rescheduled to late evening tonight" I explain.
"Ok that sounds nice" he says.
"Do you want to join me" he asks after a few seconds of silence.
"I've already showered" I say.
"Well my hair ties on the sink just use it to tie your hair back so It won't get wet, please" he says the last part in a pretend begging voice.
"Oh alright" I say, I have a feeling I know why he wants me in there, because there wasn't enough room we shared a room with mum and Sean so we couldn't make love, so I have a suspicion he's making up for that.
Making sure the bathroom is locked I start to strip off, it doesn't take me long and I join my man in the shower, he finishes washing the shampoo of his hair then wraps his arms around me.
"Thanks for joining me" he whispers in my ear.
"Any time" I say breathlessly.
He start to kiss my neck and I groan, I feel him smirk against my skin and can feel myself getting wet, his hands roam my body and start to rub and tease my breasts, his hands pleasure my body giving me amazing pleasure, it feels so good.
"That feel nice baby" he asks me.
"Yes" I groan.
"Do you want more" he asks.
"Yes" I say.
"What's the magic word" he asks in a teasing voice.
"Please" I breath out.
"Good girl" he says and moving his hands they glide down my body and between my legs, he starts to tease me and I can feel myself building to my climax, he doesn't stop and brings me closer and closer to oblivion, then just when I'm about to finish he stops.
"What are you doing" I ask him.
"I can't wait any longer I need you baby, I love you" he says.
"I love you to tong" I say.
He turns me so my back is facing him and I bend over, he inserts a finger inside me and teases me for a few seconds.
"Don't fight me, you never know I might please you more than our precious tong ever did".
Upon hearing those words in my head I freeze, my whole body goes stiff, suddenly I'm no longer in the shower with tong but I'm lying on my back on the bed at the house, Li is hovering me, ready to attack me, the tears are threatening to come but I force them back, I will not give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry, he's just about to force himself inside me when I hear another voce in the background, I concentrate trying to hear what its saying and that's all it takes to snap me back to reality, I'm back in the shower, bending with tong behind me.
"Baby you ok" I hear him ask.
The tears are streaming down my cheeks, I stand up and as fast as I can push tong out the way so I can get out the shower, I can feel myself panicking, grabbing towel I start to dry myself, then start getting dressed, tong is trying to get me to tell him what's wrong but I barely notice he's there, once I'm dressed I grab my shoes and run out the room towards the front of the house, as I run I try to pull on my shoes without falling, finally I succeed just as I reach the front door, I open it and bolt outside, I can hear everyone shouting me to see if I'm ok but I ignore them and keep running.
Tong pov.
I gently tease her for a few seconds and then remove my finger, I get ready to enter her when I feel her entire body tense, she doesn't normally do this so I know something's wrong.
"Sian is everything ok did I hurt you" I ask her but she doesn't answer, I keep calling her name desperate for her to answer me but she doesn't.
Then after a few seconds she jumps then stands upright.
"Sweetheart are you ok" I ask her, but she doesn't answer, instead she pushes me out the way and runs out the shower and starts drying herself.
I reach up and switch off the shower then grabbing a towel as well I approach her, I keep trying to get her attention but its as If she can't hear me, she starts getting dressed and I do the same, just as I'm about to put my shirt on she finishes and grabbing her shoes runs, I hurry to finish buttoning my shirt so I'm decent and run out after her, I stop as I see her disappear into the trees outside, I run out and try to follow her but someone stops me, I turn to see its Sean.
"Son what happened" he asks.
"I was in the shower and I asked her to join me, we were going to try to you know, and then she just closed off and ran, I can't get her to talk to me, but I need to find her in case she gets lost" I explain.
"Do you want some help" he asks, its just as he asks this that I remember everything Li did to her, and I think that's why she freaked, it was to soon, after all he did attempt to do the same thing last night.
"Li that's why she freaked out she must have remembered everything he did to her, it was to soon for her" I explain my thought.
"That could be right" he agrees.
"Keep everyone here, it might freak her out more if we all run after her.
He nods his head and I take off into the trees, I run as fast as I can but I see no sign of her, I stop for a moment to catch my breath.
"Sian, come on baby its ok, I won't hurt you I'm not him, please come back" I call out.
At first I hear nothing, but when I listen carefully I can hear the sound of rustling leaves, I follow the sound and it becomes clearer the closer to it I get, and finally I see her, I pick up the pace trying to catch up to her and I manage to, I grab her arm and she screams and fights to pull away.
"Sian its ok, its me, it tong, its ok" I try to calm her.
She starts to calm when she sees who I am, I pull her towards me and hug her, I run my hands through her hair in an attempt to soothe her.
"That's it baby, its just me, calm down now its ok you're safe now" I say and I hear her start to sob, carefully and slowly I lift her into the bridal style and carry back towards the house, all the while soothing her.
After a few minutes I break through the trees to find we're back at Xian's house, everyone is still outside and I see them become relieved when they see her in my arms, apart from Chloe and Sean everyone keeps their distance while they come and check on her understanding it's a private moment.
"Is she ok" her mum asks me.
"Yeah she's ok" I answer, she's stopped crying now and I think she might have fallen asleep since she's breathing deeply.
"We heard a scream" Sean says.
"She got a fright when I caught up to her, I think its because she panicked and her flight sense kicked in" I explain to them.
They nod their head in understanding, and I look down to see her, I was right she's fallen asleep.
"I'll take her back to our room for a while, I think I know where stone city is if you guys want to go on up we'll join you soon, I want to make sure she's calmed down first" I tell them.
"Good idea son, we'll see you up there" Sean says
They turn and go back to the group and I start walking towards the house, I take her into the room we were staying in and since Sean and Chloe aren't here I decide to lay on the bed with her, there's only one bed in the room and we thought it was better to let her parents have it and we would sleep on the floor, I lay beside her and stroke her hair, she sleeps peacefully for a few minutes and then just as I'm about to drift of myself I hear her whimpering slightly, I can feel she's jumping slightly as well, she must be having a nightmare.
"Sian its ok, come on baby wake up its just a dream" I gently coax her into waking up and finally she stills and her beautiful eyes flutter open.
She lies there for a few seconds and then bolts up, I can see fear in her eyes.
"Sian its ok, you're with me, its tong" I coax her head round to look at me and relief passes through her features.
"Hey there's my girl, are you ok now" I ask her.
She nods her head and cuddles into me, I wrap my arms around her and hold her to my chest trying to make her feel as safe as I can.
"I'm sorry" I hear her whisper.
"What you sorry for baby" I ask her shocked.
"That I ran away from you" she answers.
"Baby you don't have to be sorry, you got scared which is understandable, I was just worried in case you got lost, but you're ok now and that's what matters" I tell her.
I feel her nod her head and cuddle in closer to me, we lay there for a few more minutes before she speaks again.
"Does everyone know what happened" she asks me.
"Only because they were worried about you" I explain.
"Where are they its really quiet" she asks.
"They went on ahead to stone city, because we didn't know if you would be ok to go" I explain.
"Its ok we can go, I kind of need the fresh air" she says and gets up off the bed.
"Are you sure" I ask her and she nods her head, we put our shoes back on and head outside.
"Do you know where you're going" she asks me.
"I think I have and idea, Xian said it was close by so I figured if we walked the road that the cars drive on I might recognise it and know which way to go" I explain.
"Ok I trust you enough to follow you" she says and I smile.
"That's very nice, I wonder if you'll still be saying that when we get lost" I say.
She giggles and we head off in the direction of the road, decided to walk since its easier.
Sian pov
It doesn't take us long to find the road and like he said tong recognises it and knows where to go, and just like I said I follow him because I trust him, I feel horrible for running from him earlier I just panicked and couldn't think clearly, just like I knew he would tong manages to get us to stone city without getting lost, I see the familiar stone steps and we walk up them, as soon as we reach the top we see the other In the distance, we approach them to see that Kurt and Xian are meditating in front of a Buddha statue, my mum and Sean greet me with hugs and everyone asks if I'm ok, I announce that I'm fine now I just got scared and they nod in understanding, Kurt and Xian invite Tong over to meditate with them, its now I notice there's someone new here, that I haven't met before, he comes over to me and holds out his hand, I shake it in greeting and I'm surprised to find he's American when he talks.
"Hey there I'm Winston Taylor a friend of Kurt and Xian's" he introduces himself and it clicks into place who he is.
"Oh yes Xian told me you would be coming to help the boys find Li" I say politely.
"Yes I am, its very nice to meet you and I must say, the others told me what he did to you, and I will personally make sure he suffers" he says.
"Thank you, you'll have to get in line though" I say beckoning towards tong.
"Ahhhhh right I suppose he would want to avenge you, I'm glad he finally had someone good in his life" he says.
"Thank you it was very nice to meet you" I say.
He nods and then goes to stand beside Mylee, mum comes to stand beside me and we hug.
"Are you ok sweetie" she asks me.
"Yeah, I'm ok now mum" I say and smile at her.
The boys finish meditating and get up, Kurt and Tong stand facing each other and Xian starts instructing them as they spar together, they are an equal match so they pin each other a good couple of times, since it's a warm day it doesn't take long before they are covered in sweat, I laugh as they wind each other up and try to playfully cheat, I'm just glad they're getting along, its nice for tong to have a friend on this journey, I'm going to miss him but at least he has Kurt, they can keep each other safe, and for now I can finally smile and enjoy myself, if only for a short time.