Re: Never Alone. (Shiori)

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[ lol thanks(: I take it you missed me? ]

Leah frowned momentarily, "Oh, yeah. Sorry." Leah took the washcloth from his hand gently, her fingers brushing against his momentarily and sending an odd tingle up the length of her arm. She put the washcloth down on the sink and turned, turning off the faucet and ringing out the washrag before splaying it out on a silver hanger for it to dry. She dried her forehead before turning back to him, noting that the bleeding had finally stopped. It was quite amazing, however, seeing as head wounds tended to bleed a lot, no matter how small the cut was. Sighing, Leah said resignedly, "I guess, speaking of home, I should let you go now. If you want, you can stay, but I'll be doing chores most of the time. You can use the TV in my room if you stay, but otherwise you're free to go... But, I mean... only if you want to.." Leah blushed slightly.

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Eric shrugged halfheartedly, watching her with intent eyes as she took care of the washcloth, patting her forhead dry. He didn't want to leave her. And thinking it was just because he was lonley, nothing more, he gave her a tired smile. "I owe you. How bout I stay and help? Are your parents going anywhere?" He asked, to see if he could help without being detected. "I feel like a spy or something, my gosh."


(Yesh )

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Leah didn't much understand what he owed her besides the fact she'd got whacked in the head primarily because she needed to get him hidden. Maybe that was it, but having help with chores would be amazing. The simple thought of it made her smile slightly. "Well, it's Saturday. So my family will probably be going out to the park for lunch, like always. Then they go out to the icecream shop and get icecream for the whole family---I don't really ever remember having icecream, apparently it's good, I dunno---sooo... They're out for about an hour and a half. We should be able to get the chores done in that amount of time, if you wanna help. But you don't have to, you know." Leah chuckled at his comment and felt her cheeks flush a rosy pink.

[ :D i missed you tooo! sorry, i had like a 10-page essay to write so I was frigging busy XD ]

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(Thats ok, I'm working on one of those anyway. )

Eric grinned, then nudged her shoulder softly with his. "If you dont know what Ice cream tastes like, I'm taking you out. Today." He clarified, then nodded. "Good. I'll stay and help then." At her comment, he gave a slow, steady smile, then raised his eyebrows. "What, you think I'm awfully busy all the sudden?" Giving her one of his famous, hardly ever seen, mischevious smirks, he shook his head. "No. I'm staying."

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Leah blushed slightly as he playfully bumped her with his shoulder. It was a friendly gesture, but one she hadn't been expecting, from him, of all people. When he said he'd take her for icecream, she was tempted to ask if that could be classified as a date, but it wouldn't be. It was just icecream, and plus, they'd only just met yesterday. Leah smiled lopsidedly, "Well, I never said that..." She trailed off and did an inward facepalm. "I was just saying you didn't have to help if you didn't want to." Taking up an air of mock manners, she added in a slight accent, "It wouldn't be very well of a hostess to force her guest to do chores, now would it?" Leah laughed slightly.

[ ehh, it sucks. ]

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Eric just shook his head, cocking an eyebrow as he listened to her speak. His face broke into a smile as she started talking in an accent, and he added his own. "Missy, I vant to help you, after all, you let mey stay the night, eh?" He said, in his own accent, that he wasn't quite sure what nationality it was from. Giving her a cocky grin, he turned and strode back into her room, checking his phone. No one had called. Good.

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Leah laughed at his accent. She couldn't quite place what country it was from, but it reminded her slightly of Dracula. He'd seemingly transformed over night from the timid and unwilling boy to a strong-headed and rather humorous man. Leah smiled and followed him out of the bathroom. The only problem she had now was getting dressed. She should probably do it in the bathroom, but she'd do that later. Chores first. Sighing, Leah frowned. "First things first, then, if you 'vant to help,'" Leah playfully mocked him, "We have to start making the beds. Not mine, just my brothers', sisters', and parents' beds. Let's go, any room with a bed in it the bed needs to be made. I'll do my parents' room, they're rather picky..." Leah strode from the room and down the hallway outside her door.

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Eric broke into laughter as she imatated him, then frowned. "Wait, what? You have to make your siblings beds? My gosh, are they that lazy!?" A strong sense of indignation was pulsing through Eric, and he shook his head, sighing heavily. "You're family is messed up, no offence." He casually bumped her shoulder as he strode past, turning the corner and entering her brothers room. And he was there. Sitting on his bed.

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[ do you want me to play her brother momentarily? ]

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I though it would be interesting if her brother came into play. xD and sure!

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[ lolz all right ]

Liam (19-year-old, oldest brother) looked up and stared at the other teen for a moment. He shook his head and stared harder, thinking he was imagining. Once Liam was sure that he wasn't, he bolted to his feet and strode over to the other teen in three long and quick strides, gripping the front of his shirt. "What the hell are you doing here? Are you the person my dad heard in Leah's room!?"

Leah heard Liam's angered voice from her parents room and she dropped a pillow onto the bed and scurried into her brother's room, trying to squeeze past Eric to get Liam to let go of Eric. "Liam! Get off of him!"

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Eric narrowed his eyes, and was about to leave the room, when the older teen pushed himself off of his bunk, striding quickly towards Eric, and grasping his shirt, eyes hard. Eric set his jaw, his eyes narrowing, glittering darkly, his muscles tensing.
"Maybe I was! You have a problem with that? Eh, your sister deserves the company of someone who actually cares about her, who actually treats her right!"

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Liam shot a glance at his sister, releasing Eric with a shove deeper into his bedroom. "What were you doing with him!? Father's giong to kill you when he finds out!" Liam tried pushing past Leah, but she stopped him.

"Liam, I didn't 'do' anything with him. His home isn't ideal, so I offered him our house because we're both neglected by our families!" Leah shoved her brother angrily, "You don't know what it's like, you fat, lazy, ass! You don't know what it's like to lose somebody you loved that your family loved more than you did! And you're just as guilty as Ma and Pa, Liam! Ever think about that!?" Without thinking, Leah moved to slap her brother, but he caught her wrist and twisted it at an odd angle. "Get! Off! Me!"

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Eric couldn't help but stumble backwards as Laim shoved him deeper into his room, before seeming to explode in anger. He was raging on and on, and Eric set his jaw, fighting the urge to punch him square in the jaw. But as he strode towards Leah, screaming at her, Eric tensed, his hands curling into fists. He was about to yell back at her brother, when he caught leahs wrist and twisted it painfully. He heard Leah cry out, and that's when he snapped. Not caring anymore, he rushed backwards and leaped onto Liam's back, clapping his hands harshly over his ears, knowing it was extremley painful. Not wanting to injure him permanently, but not wanting to let him hurt leah, he slugged him hard in the jaw, before letting go.

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Liam was about to say something when Leah cried out, seeing Eric. Without knowing exactly what was going on, Liam was about to turn when he felt something excrutiatingly painful. He growled but managed to keep in a scream by biting his tongue hard enough to draw blood, and let go of his sister's wrist just as something hit him square in the jaw, and he stumbled back, rubbing his jaw heatedly. "Oh, Leah, you and your little friend with benefits are going to get it."

Leah stumbled back when her brother rather suddenly let go of her, but caught herself on the doorframe. All the rucus must've attracted her parents' attention, because she could hear the loud stomps of her father's feet and the click-clacks of her mother's heels. "He's not my friend with benefits, Liam! Now keep your mouth shut that Eric's here! I'll take the blame, but you better shut your mouth!" Leah took Eric and gently but forcibly put him back into another closet, whispering a quick sorry before turning around on her heel just as her parents came in.
"What the hell is going on here!?"

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Eric was now too angry to stay put. As he heard her parents enter the room, he knew that Liam would tell them anyway, and he shoved open the door, quickly striding and standing tall by Leah's side. "Hello there." He said, sounding peacful, despite his roiling anger. Liam seemed to be quite frankly, ready to rip his head from his shoulders, but after giving him a glare, Eric turned back to her parents. "Name's Eric." He stuck out his hand, a pleasent smile on his face.

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Leah froze when she heard the closet door open, and heard Eric's long and easy strides come out and come to a stop beside her. Her heart skipped a beat and fear was plainly painted across her face. Liam seemed to be enjoying himself with the expression on Leah's face. Unintentionally, Leah rubbed her aching wrist.
Her father stared at Eric, and was about to open his mouth to say something probably very profane and rude, when Leah blurted: "Friend of Liam's. Had him over, wanted to say hi to him. They were kinda wrestling, got a bit carried away. Everything's fine, Pa." Leah stared at her father, who, momentarily, looked like he didn't believe her, then turned on Liam.
"It's wonderful how you said you were studying and you had a friend over, don't you think, Marissa?" her father told her mother. Her mother, Marissa, nodded. "Well, now, Liam. I think you should escort your friend out and he can stay out. For good. Do we all agree?"
Leah opened her mouth to object, but the angry glint in her father's eye made her lower her head and shut her mouth.

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Eric shrugged. "Fine, fine." He lowered his hand, before giving them a cheerful smile. "Of course, I'm sure you remember the days you used to wrestle, right?" He directed his words at the rather overweight father, and prayed he wasn't making a fool of himself. He nodded to her mother. "I havn't seen any of you before. Now I see where Leah get's her good looks from." It was obvious he was buttering them up, but hey, it wouldn't hurt. And if they were flattered, they wouldn't even notice.

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Liam clenched his teeth and stepped farther away from Eric and Leah.
Marissa smiled at Eric's comment, whispered something into her husband's ear, and he shrugged a bit defensively. "Liam, I'm not impressed you didn't show us your friend earlier. He's quite polite. More so than you, obviously. It's not very good to pick a fight that you can't win---don't argue, I can see you lost. Your jaw looks red right there," her father pointed and stared with a discerning gaze before turning back to Eric and Leah, "Well, first, Leah, you should go get dressed into clothes that don't make you appear so....well, slutty. Eric, why don't you come and introduce yourself to the rest of the family?"
Marissa frowned and said, "He does remind me of Micah, a bit." Leah's heart stopped and for a second she was afraid her knees would give out. As fast as she could, Leah left the room and trotted into her room, shutting the door quietly and sliding down the other side, cupping her face in her hands. The last thing she needed was her parents finding another boy to love more than her.

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Eric mentally fistpumped as her mother seemed to accept him. He nudged Leah softly, telling her everything was ok, but she looked scared and shaky. He frowned, before her father asked him to come downstars, and told Leah to put some clothes on. She seemed to seeth in anger, and whirled around to leave before he could say anything to her. SHe close her door firmly, and Eric swallowed, eying Liam.
"Uh, sure..."

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Liam grimaced as Marissa and her husband (his name shall be Joseph, XD) beckoned Eric to follow them.
"Don't worry about Leah," Marissa smiled gently, "She's not the brightest, nor the most anger-management-capable in the family. I do believe Lilly and Winnie are the pride of our girls." Marissa sighed happily and began to descend the stairs, Liam, an angry look on his face, and Joseph trailing close behind her.

Leah heard the footsteps and reached up, locking her door. She didn't know how she could face Eric again after her mother's comment about him reminding her of Micah. Without recognizing it, tears had begun to spring from the corners of her eyes once more.

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"Excuse me, but I was just saying goodbye to Liam when I had to go." He purposly ignored the comment about Leah. It was spiteful, rude, and uncaring, and he had plenty to say to her, but kept his own mouth shut. "So hello everyone," He waved to the family. "I'm Eric. Now I have to go. Sorry, please excuse me." He said, before he scurried out the front door. As soon as he was out of sight, he hurried back, circling the house until he found Leah's window. A gutter ran up the side of the house, and he started to climb it, behind as quiet as he could.

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Marissa and Joseph frowned, "Come back later, will you? I'm sure Lilly and Winnie would be glad to meet you!" Marissa cried after him as he left. Liam looked displeased and, frankly, extremely pissed as he stormed back upstairs to his room.

Leah hugged her knees close to her, burrying her face in between them, not caring that her tears were soaking her knees and getting on her shirt, making it uncomfortably wet. She'd liked Eric. He was a good kid. He had been nice to her, cared for her when her father had ever-so-rudely hit her in the head with a door, and made her laugh more in one day than she had ever laughed in two months. And now her mother had basically called him a 'Micah.' Leah knew all to well where this would lead to, and she had been hoping to avoid it, but now it seemed impossible, and without meaning to, fresh tears cascaded down her cheeks.

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"Shit!" Eric reeled for his balance, his foot slipping on the metal and creating a rather loud scuffle. Climbing up as fast as he could, he reached Leah's window. It was open slightly, and he rapped on it softly, before sliding his fingers undernieth it, and prying it open. Swinging through the open window, he closed it behind him, his hands scraped up from climbing, before he heard a slightly muffled sound, and turned, seeing Leah, with tears streaming down her cheeks. His face turned blank, with no expression, before he shook his head. "No, no no no!!" He muttered, before striding over and kneeling down beside her, wrapping in a bear hug that he hoped would calm her.

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Leah glanced up, staring out over the tops of her knees when she heard a rucus outside, only to see a familiar shape, which caused her to burry her head back down and draw in a long, shuddery breath. She heard his footsteps and was silently praying he'd simply forgotten something and was going to leave afterwards, but instead, Leah felt his arms wrap around her, and she momentarily stopped breathing. Without looking up, and speaking mostly into her knees, she asked, "What are you doing here?"

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