There was a soft beeping in the room, the comfortably heated room. Charlie heard soft speaking of people walking past her hospital room. But she was too tired to open her eyes and look who they were. She fell back asleep and waited for the sun beams to hit her face before she opened her eyes again.
After a few hours of sleep, she heard the door open, and two people come in. She heard papers rustling and a curtain open. The warmth of the sun filled the room and hit her face. She felt he warmth on her skin and she smiled weakly as soon as the two people left. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the sun. She shielded her eyes with her hand and smiled. It had been nearly a month since she had seen the sun. She pulled herself up against the side of the bed and sat up. She looked out the window and saw the Eiffel tower. She was back home, in a hospital, but home. She put up a pillow behind her back and leaned against it, looking out over her favorite park. She only noticed the big red balloon floating at the foot of her bed now. She looked around the room and saw flowers and balloons. There was a banner opposite her bed.
"Get well soon." she said, reading it out loud.
She looked down and saw a drip in her arm.
"Well, that might take a while." She said to herself.
She noticed a card on the bedside table. It had her name on it. She reached over and picked it up. She opened it and looked at the first words.
"Charlie,
Sorry, but I had to go to America, for the finals. I was hoping you would wake up in time, but you didn't, but I'll be back, as soon as we win.
Kai."
It said. She smiled and held the card to her heart. She looked out the window and daydreamed of him as Alex walked into the room.
"You're awake!" she shouted and ran up to her.
She hugged her and saw that she had read the card.
"Ah, so you found the card." Alex said, pulling up a chair.
"Yeah, pity, I wanted to see him off." Charlie said to her sister.
"Wait, do the doctors know you're awake?" Alex said, getting up and walking to the door.
"I don't think so." Charlie said as Alex called them.
They came into the room and were visibly relieved.
"Mademoiselle, you're awake, thank heavens." One nurse said to her as she removed the drip.
"You have no idea how much I missed Paris." She sighed as they left the room.
"Oh, look, tea time." Alex smiled at her sister.
"The usual?" she asked her.
"Definitely." Charlie said.
Alex made a call and a few minutes later, a delivery boy was at the hospital door with a huge pink box. There was a nurse behind him with a pot of tea and two cups. Alex let them in and she opened the box and put a slice of chocolate cake on Charlie's plate and handed it to her. She dished her own cake and poured a cup of tea for each of them. Charlie took a bite of the chocolate cake and it melted in her mouth. She closed her eyes and savored it.
"Good?" Alex asked her, sitting down on the chair.
"You have no idea." Charlie laughed.
"What did they do to you in there?" Alex asked her.
Charlie put down her plate slowly and looked out the window. One face filled her mind, Tala. He was still out there. He wanted her back. She could feel it in her bones.
"I really don't want to talk about it." She said clenching her fists together.
"Ok…" Alex said seeing her anger and then sipping her tea.
"Then, on another note, this Kai guy, who is he?" she asked him.
Kai's face filled her vision. His smiling face in the park that first day. She smiled and blushed.
"Oh, I think I know," Alex laughed at her sister.
She turned to her sister and took her hand.
"Alex, he's perfect. He's loyal, sweet, and funny. He's the one I've been looking for. I'm sure of it." She gushed.
"The one?" Alex asked.
"I didn't say that." Charlie said, replaying the words in her head.
"Oh, I did." She laughed.
"So, does he feel the same way, do you think?" Alex asked.
"I hope so. If it wasn't for him, I would have died down there." She said, looking at the blanket weave.
"If it wasn't for him, you wouldn't have been kidnapped at all." Alex said angrily.
"That's not true." Charlie recoiled.
"It is. They used you to get to Kai. Or so he said. He said that if he hadn't met you, he would never have fallen for their little schemes again." Alex said to her.
She looked at her sister and smiled.
"We went through hell together in that place. Kai is very complicated, but at the same time, he isn't. He doesn't trust anyone. Not even himself. He thinks that because of his upbringing, that he isn't good. But he is. He saved my life down there. He needs to be saved now." She said to her sister.
"Wow, you really love him, don't you?" Alex asked her sister.
Charlie thought about it and smiled.
"Yes, I do. And I would like to think I'm the type of person who saves the people I love. That I can take a broken heart and fix it, and Kai's is the most broken I've ever seen. He needs me, as much as I need him." She said softly.
She realized her sister wasn't the sentimental type, and even she was speechless. She looked over and saw her wiping a tear from her eye.
"Alex, are you crying?" Charlie said to her.
"No, I got a crumb in my eye." She said, wiping the tear away.
"How are you feeling, good enough to go home?" She changed the subject.
"No, not yet, maybe in a day or two." She said, looking past her sister for the first time, looking across the room to a long table under the window.
There, lying quietly was a black beyblade.
"What is that thing doing here?" she asked Alex.
"Black Dranzer. Kai left it here, to protect you. He said that if need be, she would protect you better than he could. He was here every second till yesterday, and then he had to leave. But he calls every hour to check if you've woken up yet. " Alex said as if it meant nothing.
She finished her cup of tea and put it down.
"He even skipped out on his birthday to be here." She added.
"Maybe you're ready now." Alex said, looking at her sister.
"For what?" Charlie asked her.
"I know you've wanted this for a really long time and I really wanted to give it to you, but I felt that you weren't ready, but I think you are now." She added.
Charlie was really ready to burst. What was Alex planning?
"What?" she asked her sister.
She was interrupted by her phone ringing.
"Right on time." She said, answering it.
"Hi Kai." She smiled at Charlie. "Yep, she's awake…" Alex looked at her and winked. "About an hour ago. Seems you neglected your duties… sure, here she is." Alex said, handing her sister the phone.
She took it and slowly brought it up to her ear.
"Hi," she said softly.
"Hi," Kai replied back. "It's so good to hear your voice." He said.
"Yours too." She smiled at the sound of his voice.
"I missed you. Look, I'll be there soon, okay. And then we can go somewhere quiet and talk." He said to her.
"Yeah, we do need to talk. Anyway, how's the finals going?" she asked him.
"How do you think, us Bladebreakers are living up to their name. We'll win, no problem." He bragged.
"Yeah tiger, just slow down. Don't kill too many dreams on the way." She smiled.
"Ok. For you." He said. "Listen, I gotta go, I'm blading next."
"Say hi to Dranzer for me. Tell her… thanks... for everything. Things would have been much worse without her." She smiled.
"Will do. See you soon." He said, hanging up the phone.
She handed it back to her sister.
"He's coming home soon." Charlie said, smiling.
"His home or our home?" Alex asked her, putting her phone away.
"That's right, he lives in Tokyo." Charlie said.
"He's coming here." She added. "I can't wait." She added, blushing.
"Great, now tell me about this Ray guy. Good or bad?" she asked her.
"Good. Definitely good. Interested?" Charlie asked her.
"Of course not. What do you take me for?" Alex smiled at her sister.