Warning: This story my not be suitable for young readers. At some point in chapters there will be mature content that some parents may not find suitable for their children to read.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. I only claim my OC's Ana and Issac and of course the plot

Chapter 5:

Ian stood there staring. His mouth was hanging open after having spat his drink all over the place. His almost magenta eyes were wide and he prayed silently that Bryan didn't see what he was seeing. Ana had apparently gotten a job, which is all well and good, but it was at a local restaurant that was meant for guys. Well to him is was a guy place. If women enjoyed going there it was very unlikely that they enjoyed anything but the food and beer. So anyways there was his female room mate wearing the shortest shorts he'd ever seen and a tight white tank top that said HOOTERS on the chest. The work outfit was the least amount of clothing he had ever seen her wear considering her usual choice of sporting their hand me downs that were way too big on her. Of course the worst part of it was that she had a nice little figure for someone who hid it so often. Granted there wasn't too much in the chest department for his taste..but that booty….A sudden punch to the arm yanked him out of his thoughts to see Spencer glaring at him. The quiet giant didn't seem too thrilled about her choice of an occupation either. It was hard to say something though when she looked as excited as she did. A smile almost a mile wide lit her face up and kept the two of them quiet. She was happy and excited to be doing well for herself.

"So umm…" Ian cleared his throat " its your first day there?"

"No." she smiled "That's where I've been going for the past week now. I was worried about telling you guys because of my outfit, but now it doesn't bother me. As long as I can keep this a secret from Bryan this job will be a piece of cake."

She gave them a victory sign and smiled some more. They both frowned at her completely unamused. Since the two of them knew, it was a definite possibility that Bryan would find out. Why was this such an issue about Ana? Well the lilac-haired Russian saw her as his little sister. When they were in public together if a guy even looked at her the wrong way he would all but hit them. He had a concealed weapons license and used it with pride. They all had one, but usually the rest of them kept their piece "concealed" like it was supposed to be. Bryan on the other hand had no quarrels with flashing it and waving it around scaring people. Probably the worst part about it was that lately she and Tala had been getting along rather well and it was pissing Bryan off to no end. Of course Ana had no clue but Tala was getting plenty of them.

Ian thought about the other morning when she and Tala had been doing dishes together and Bryan had walked into the room at the same time she had playfully bumped the redhead with her hip. His eyes had darkened and he walked between them all but shoving Tala out of the way to open the window. She had questioned him about it but he smirked and explained the burning smell was gross. Ian then noticed his toast burning and quickly unplugged the toaster.

"I think this is a bad idea." Spencer spoke up finally. "Not because of Bryan but because of the problems that can arise from having this job. You're drawing attention to yourself. I won't lie you're an attractive young woman. Are you ready for men to be interested in you again after.."

"Don't." she cut him off "DO NOT say that name. He's dead to me. I understand what your saying but this was also a last resort for me not even friggin McDonalds would hire me Spence."

The blonde stood quietly. He hated when she called him that. It meant she would win the argument. All of them unfortunately had a weak spot for this small young auburn haired woman ever since they'd first met her. She was honest and true. She also made them wonder if they'd had parents would their mother ever have been anything like Ana was. And it was that single thought that helped her win most arguments and she didn't know it.

"Fine." he shrugged before walking out of the room.

"I'm not lying to Bryan. If he asks I will tell him." Ian explained "He's scarier than you are when he's pissed about something."

Ana jumped in the air with glee and Ian sighed in defeat as he saw all the right parts giggle in all the right places on her.

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Bryan sneezed as the dust floated around him. He and Tala were at the redheads old apartment grabbing somethings while his ex Julia was gone. Judging from the look of things she hadn't been there in months just like he hadn't. The lease would be up in a week and in order to get his healthy share of the deposit back he wanted to atleast have his stuff. Unfortuately the pile of things Tala wanted to bring back was really small because they had bought so much together and everything reminded his friend of the relationship that no longer existed.

"Look here dammit." Bryan barked. "she screwed you over and its obvious that she isn't here anymore either grow some balls and just take the shit."

Tala looked up at him in surprise. It was the first time he'd heard his friend curse in ages. A slight tinge appeared on his cheeks as he rubbed his nose.

"Ana wants us to watch our language around Issac." he grumbled knowing what his red haired friend was thinking. "It wasn't pretty the other day when I let an F-bomb slip."

The other Russian chuckled remembering when the toddler was walking around the living room and had dropped his drink cup. The word UCK! Had been said outloud and the look of anger on Ana's face had been very dark and evil.

"It's funny how she just knew he'd heard it from you out of everyone in the house. Hey my PS3 is still here. Aww but she bought this for me." Tala pouted before putting it back down.

Bryan walked over and snatched it up quickly putting it into a box.

"She's been mean enough don't let her have your game console too. Your dignity has been more than she deserves."

"I thought I atleast still had that, thanks for letting me know."

"You did say she cheated on you." Bryan pointed out

"Heh. She did more than that man." Tala replied before throwing another picture he'd found in the trash.

"Look. We're all your childhood friends. I don't understand what the problem is with you not wanting us to know what happened between the two of you." He looked into the bedroom and noticed half the closet was empty

"She cheated on me for almost two years and I never once noticed. I worked late every night at the law firm with Kai. You have to work to make money and if you have money you gotta work to keep from losing it all. I apparently wasn't good enough. Oh and guess who it was? That stupid trainer of hers at the friggin gym. Typical crap they show in the movies that you don't think anything of until you see it happen in real life." Tala was looking through the movies deciding what ones he wanted to take.

"That's nothing to be sulking over as bad as you've been. If I was you I'd have been bouncing from one womans bed to another to piss her off after finding out." Bryan stopped when he noticed Tala covering his face with one hand. "Please don't cry seriously I don't think I can take that coming from you. I will punch you in the face."

Tala sat there on the floor looking down at it while covering his face from Bryan. Memories of the events that had taken place were flooding his mind and the emotions of it were returning again. There was a long pause between them for awhile. He heard Bryan going through the collection of Cds and taking certain ones out.

"She was pregnant Bry." he finally spoke up.

Bryan froze and looked over at his friend who was still refusing to look up. If the air hadn't been heavy before it was getting that way now. He stood there silently as his redheaded friends fought the demons that haunted him.

"She told me she was. I was really excited and Kai used to get pissed telling me to be quiet about it. She was weird about it but I didn't pay attention. I was hoping it was a boy and even went and started buying stuff. It should've been obvious something was off, but I didn't pay attention. Then I came home one day she was sitting at the table and I knew something was up. I don't know why it hit me so suddenly, but I knew. Then she explained that she'd been seeing someone else for awhile and didn't know which of us was the father."

Tala dragged his hand down his face and Bryan saw that sad smile again that he'd seen so many times when the redhead had been let down and hurt when they were kids

"Then she proceeded to tell me that she wasn't happy with me anymore and hadn't been for a long time. She said she had gotten an abortion earlier that day because she didn't want to take a chance at it being mine and us having to continue to be connected in some way for the rest of our lives. I didn't say anything I walked out and left and stayed with Kai for a couple days then when she wasn't here I grabbed some stuff and went to live with you guys."

Bryan thought the story over in his head and it explained a lot as to why Tala stayed away from Issac for so long and it definitely was a good reason to sulk for a couple months. His actions were clearly understandable after hearing all of this. Damn. Only on Maury did you hear about crazy stuff like this or whatever those crazy shows that played during the day were called. He wouldn't have wanted to see a child that looked like him after having the love of his life abort his first child. He didn't want to say it but he felt sorry for the redhead. Then he thought a moment longer and gritted his teeth before stalking up to the redhead. Quickly he grabbed his friends shirt, yanked him off of the floor, and punched him in the face.

Tala sat there and blinked before looking up at his childhood friend and smiled.

"Thanks." he replied.

Bryan let go of his shirt and started grabbing almost everything that he'd put in a box and started throwing it to the side on the floor.

"Screw this crap. You can buy new stuff. Make new memories with the new things you purchase and the people in your life that will be honest with you to the end."

He stood up straight and looked Tala in the eye.

"Let's get the hell out of here."

In the end Tala did take some items with him including his clothes. He was a man who liked his wardrobe and somethings you just couldn't find in the store anymore. They threw everything into the back of the RAV4 they had borrowed from Ian and headed back home. The redhead didn't look back as he and one of his best friends head banged to some songs on the radio.

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It was dark when they finally got home and almost one in the morning. The apartment was like a seven hour drive away. They stopped at the front door when they noticed Spencer sitting on the porch swing. He was drinking a beer alone in the dark, it wasn't unusual for him to do it but it still made them raise an eyebrow.

"What's up?" Bryan asked.

"Don't go ape crazy when you see her ok?" Spencer warned.

Bryan and Tala looked at one another and went inside the house. They spotted Ian on the couch and heard Ana in the kitchen. Their short friend looked at them and then immediately and his grew wide.

"Ok Ian. One for you and one for me well deserved after a crappy day like.."

Ana stopped speaking as she walked into the living room. She carried a big bowl of ice cream in both her hands. On her face was big black eye. She had a lip that had obviously been split open pretty good and there were other bruises around her neck.

"What the hell happened?" Bryan growled

"I quit my job today." she smiled