InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Escape ❯ Afterparty ( Chapter 14 )

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"And I just want to take this time to ask you a very important question." Murmurs began to circulate as he got down on one knee and pulled a box from his jacket. "Kagome, I know that sometimes we don't see eye to eye. But I believe that we can handle anything obstacle that may come by us." He opened the box, revealing a sparkling diamond ring. He eyes sought the crowd until they found hers. "Would you do me the honor of becoming my bride?"

Kagome's along with every other person in the room dropped open.

"That's it!" Inuyasha growled furiously. "That fucking bastard is dead!"

Afterparty

After a moment of silence passed, the entire room began to shake with the roaring of applause and cheers and claps of approval.

Hiten began to cheer, but stopped when he Charlie smacked him on the back of the head.

Rei grinned. The words fight, fight, fight flashing over and over in her mind as she looked at Inuyasha to see his response to the proposal. And she thought this stupid prom would be boring.

Kagome felt her eye twitch. He had gone too far. She had half a mind to sic Inuyasha on him, but she didn't want the guilty conscious that came with killing somebody. Guess she would just have to settle for letting her date beat the crap out of him. But right now wasn't the time or the place.

Inuyasha growled and bared his fangs, glaring hatefully at the boy who was staring straight at him with a cocky grin and wished that Kagome would let go of his hair. He flexed his claws. Pussyboy was going to get. He could practically envision himself sinking his claws into the fragile sissy's flesh and ripping his innards out. It would only take a single leap-. All train of thought ceased when he felt Kagome arms wrap around his waist. His anger dissolved to a point where it was only simmering. The red that had been creeping into his eyes receded somewhat reluctantly.

"Inuyasha," she murmured softly resting her head on his back. He shivered when he felt the warmth of her breath penetrate through the material he wore. "Let me handle this. We don't need to make a big scene. I just need to talk to him, K?"

His ears lowered in defeat. "Fine," he grumbled in a voice so low that only she could hear. "But if that bastard tries to kiss you again I won't be held responsible for my actions."

She smiled. "He won't." Kagome glanced at Rei and Charlie who were casually slinking over to where she stood in an attempt to hear what was transpiring between the two. "Could you guys watch Inuyasha while I'm gone?"

Rei squealed. "Off course we will." She latched her arm onto his and gazed up at him adoringly. "We will have lots of fun while Kaggie is gone, won't we puppy?" She flicked one of his ears.

He inwardly groaned at his misfortune and silently cursed the heavens. 'Why? Why? Why me? What the hell did I do to deserve this?'

"Here's the bride," Hiten announced all of a sudden, grabbing Kagome's arm and leading her toward the stage.

She plastered the fakest of smiles on her face as people she didn't even know congratulated her and gave her catcalls. Oh how she was going to kill Hojo, who was presently beaming with pride. Hiten lead her up to the stage, where he proceeded to help her up the steps and to the still kneeling boy. The crowd settled down and watched expectantly, waiting for her response.

She felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach as she gazed nervously at the majority of the student body. She hated being the center of attention. Just as she felt another wave of nausea sweep over her, Kagome's eyes met the intense gold of her date. His eyes, full of concern and affection and a hint of bitterness, encouraged her to do what she was about to do. Taking a deep breath, she turned to meet Hojo.

"Well, Kagome? Will you become my bride?" he asked once more, his brown eyes pleading her to consider.

She felt a portion of the ice wall she had set up in her heart against him melt away. No, she had to steel herself, but when she looked into his eyes and saw all of the love and adoration glistening in his big brown orbs, how could she say that he was a jerk and needed to leave her alone. Or that the only person she would ever consider marrying was the white haired, golden eyed hanyou that was waiting for her in the crowd. If she embarrassed him now, he would be the laughing stock of the school for the remainder of their senior year. Kagome didn't think it was possible to summon the courage needed to do that. Her knees felt weak.

"Hojo…I…," she paused, ignoring the sharp intakes of breath that echoed throughout the mass of bodies as she made her final choice. But she never got to finish considering the fact that she had collapsed to the floor after fainting dead away.

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She awoke suddenly to stars beaming overhead brightly. A jacket encompassed her in warmth. A jacket that vaguely held the smell of cinnamon and some kind of enticing musk. She smiled, and for a second let Inuyasha's scent soothe her senses. But her momentary peace was shattered when she heard someone yell her name.

Wait a second, where was she? A little disgruntled, Kagome sat up, realizing for the first time that she was laying on a bench. Securing the suit jacket tightly around her shoulders, she stood. She had been taken outside of the hotel. Guess her little plan did work. No embarrassment for Hojo and a clear conscious for her.

"Kagome!" Charlie yelled from the parking lot as she saw her friend rise from the bench. "Get over here! Hojo and Inuyasha are fighting!"

'Maybe I would've been better off staying asleep' she thought wryly as she rushed to the scene in her four inch heels. And there they were, along with a small assembly of students who had grown bored with the prom. Inuyasha had taken off his vest, rolled up his sleeves and had unfastened a few of the buttons on his starch white shirt, revealing a nice amount of his tanned and chiseled chest. If she hadn't noticed Hojo laying in front of him looking beaten and battered, she would have just stood there and ogled his goodies for the remainder of the night.

"Wanna stop now or should I go on," Inuyasha snorted smugly as he watched the boy unsteadily come to his feet.

Hojo coughed, a few speckles of blood appearing on his hand. "I will not let you taint Kagome. I will not let you take her purity and innocence. She belongs with me."

The hanyou's golden eyes narrowed in irritation. In a flash, he had the boy by the neck and was lifting him off of the ground. "Did you not hear me the first time pussyboy? Kagome is mine."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted, unable to let this stupid cock fight go any further.

His head snapped in her direction in surprise. He hadn't heard her awaken. He'd been too wrapped up in pummeling the sissy's face into the ground. All of a sudden he felt guilty. He had promised her he wouldn't do anything stupid.

"Hey Kagome, come join the fun," Rei said hanging onto Maten's arm, clearly enjoying the rumble.

"Inuyasha, I thought you had more sense than this," she scolded in annoyance.

"I can explain-" But he was cut off when as a fist rammed into his face. The force of the punch knocked him back a couple of feet and made him loose the grip he had on the boy's neck.

Rolling away as far as he could, Hojo bounced to his feet, looking ready for round 2 even though his left eye was swollen shut, he had multiple bruises all over his face, and his lip was busted, dried blood clinging to his lower lip. The cheers made from the sidelines only boosted his confidence. "Who the bitch now?"

"Inuyasha!" Kagome dropped his jacket and rushed over to his side. Blood had begun to gush from his nose like a bloody waterfall.

"Why you little fucker!" Inuyasha growled, totally disregarding his injury. "I'm going to rip your fucking intestines out and strangle you with them." He stopped his wild ranting when he felt Kagome's hands bring his face to hers for inspection.

Having took a first aid class in middle school, she expertly ran her fingers across his nose. "It's not broken, but we have to stop the bleeding with a cold cloth. Tilt your head back and pinch your sinuses. Come on. I'll take you to the bathroom."

"I don't need any help," he argued trying to regain the pride and dignity that had been damaged due to the blow.

"You'll do what I say. You've caused enough trouble already. Now come on," she ordered leading him back into the building. "Oh, and Rei, could you look after Hojo for me?" she added not giving him a backwards glance.

"Sure Kaggie."

Inuyasha did as he was told and followed her in, more than a little happy to have her tending to his side instead of the sissy's. He would do anything to have her by his side, even if he did have to take a little damage here and there. "Hey, we're going into the girl's bathroom," he complained as she dragged him inside.

"Your point. Sit in the chair and keep your head in the air, unless you want blood all over your Armani suit." She began to wet a small towel that she found by the sink.

Inuyasha smirked. He didn't give a damn about the stupid Italian suit. He could always buy another one…when he wasn't splurging on his Skyline or paying overdue bills.

"Here." She placed the cold, wet cloth on his nose. "Keep this firmly compressed against your sinuses."

He stared at her confused and pinched his lower nose. "Where are my sinuses again?"

Kagome sighed in exasperation. Hitching up her dress, she straddled his lap to get better access to his nose. She took his clawed hand in hers and brought it to his sinuses. "Here. And keep your head tilted up."

His heart skipped a beat as the heat from her thighs seeped through the material separating their skin. The scent of sakura blossoms began to flooded his senses. He only wished she could stay by his side forever. "How long am I supposed to stay like this?" he questioned hastily while trying to stop the flow of blood trickling from his nose.

She felt her pulse quicken as she just realized the position that they were in. "Uh, until I say so." Why was she so nervous? "I'll be right back. I have to, uh, check on Hojo." She started to peel herself off of him, but his free arm snaked around her waist and pulled even closer to him.

"I don't want you near him." His golden eyes hardened.

Kagome rolled her eyes as the awkwardness of the situation faded with thanks to his envy of her ex. "Really Inuyasha. You should consider growing up. I've already told you that I don't like Hojo. Its not my fault he can't take a hint." She poked his chest playfully. "You could have killed him tonight."

"And I would have if you hadn't showed up," Inuyasha grumbled .

Kagome grinned and began tracing the outline of his collarbone. "Why Inuyasha, I didn't know you cared so much."

He felt his face heat up as tingles of pleasure coursed down his chest from her touch. "Keh. Who said I cared?"

Her grin widened. "Obviously you do since you almost killed Hojo for proposing to me. You can be kinda scary when you're in a jealous rage."

"Jealous rage?" he snorted throwing the damp cloth into the trashcan. His nose had stopped bleeding a while ago. "What is there to be jealous of? We both know that that freak can't compare to me."

"Get over yourself. Sometimes your ego can be as big as your head," she commented dryly and attempted to extricate herself from his grasp.

Inuyasha tightened his hold instead of releasing her, enjoying the way her body felt against his. With his free hand he brought gripped her chin gently and brought it even closer to his own so that they were nose to nose. He felt her breath quicken and was inwardly pleased at the affects he had on her. "So you would rather him propose to you as opposed to me?" he inquired running a careful claw slowly along her jaw line.

Kagome felt her heart jump into her throat as his intense smoldering golden eyes searched hers for an answer, almost urgently. She shivered in delight as his claw began to make its way to her neck. "No," she breathed.

Satisfied with her response, Inuyasha let his hand trail down her side and brought her even closer to him so that she lay completely on top of him, never taking his eyes off her endless pools of blue. They were so bright and beautiful and so alluring. He felt as if he could gaze into them forever. "So then you would prefer me over him?"

She brought her hands up to his face, in which at the moment was full of questioning, desire, and something more, and cupped them to his cheeks, allowing the warmth and softness of his skin penetrate hers. She felt her pulse racing as he leaned in, his lips parted, his breath caressing her face.

"Hey love birds we're about to…oh," Charlie halted when she saw the her friend and her boyfriend leaning in for a kiss. "Sorry. Hope I didn't interrupt anything," she said sheepishly.

Kagome jumped off of his lap in a flash, her face red as a tomato. "Uh, you weren't interrupting anything. Nothing is going on. How's Hojo? Is he going to be alright? I hope it was nothing serious." She knew she was babbling, but it unnerved her that she had been so close to kissing him.

Inuyasha glared at Charlie, his face red, partly from embarrassment, partly from indescribable anger. If only looks could kill. He had been so close. So close to experiencing the taste of her luscious pink lips and letting her know how he felt about her. "And what the hell do you want?" he asked their intruder somewhat bitterly.

Charlie pouted. "Don't be angry with me. I just wanted to let you all know that we are getting ready to go to the after party at Yura's place. People are already starting to leave."

"Ok, thanks. We'll be there in a minute," Kagome said with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.

"K, we'll be waiting," the girl said, then left.

There was a moment of awkward silence. Inuyasha fidgeted with his sleeve. He wanted to continue where they left off. But the moment had already been ruined.

"Umm, I guess since your nose is better we should leave," Kagome admitted, nervousness tingeing her words. If only they had had a few minutes longer before the intrusion, maybe she could have summoned up the courage to tell him how much she liked him.

Inuyasha opened his mouth, then closed it. He wanted to tell her how much he liked her. That he thought she was the most beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on. How much he wanted to kiss her and see if her mouth felt as soft and delicious as it looked. But he couldn't verbalize what he felt. It had been so long since he had opened up to anybody and some part of him was still wary. "Keh, lets go then. I was getting sick of hanging around this place anyway," he mumbled shifting his gaze from her sapphire eyes. He would tell her later.

Kagome's face fell a little, but didn't let it show. It was a long silent walk back to the limo. The uneasiness between the couple was noticed by the occupants of the limo, but nothing was said as they settled into their seats.

"Hojo took a cab home," Rei stated breaking the uncomfortable silence, "he said he didn't feel well so he won't be joining us."

"You act as if that is a bad thing," Inuyasha grumbled folding his arms across his chest.

Kagome tweaked one of his ears playfully. "Don't be so mean Yasha."

"Kagome, you just couldn't wait until after Hojo started bleeding from his ears to stop the fight," Hiten commented dejectedly.

"Well he was bleeding from every other place," Charlie pointed out.

"Too bad his face is so messed up. Now we can't take a prom picture together. I wouldn't want his distorted features marring my beauty," Rei commented somewhat haughtily, then gazed at Inuyasha adoringly. "I wish I had a demon boyfriend." She flicked one of Inuyasha's ears. "Then I wouldn't have to worry about him getting beat up."

The party was already alive and in full motion when the limo pulled up to Yura's house. Apparently some people had opted not to go to the prom at all. Kagome wrinkled her nose at a group of drunk guys that were sprawled out on the front lawn.

"Humans," Hiten snorted in disgust as they got out, "can't hold their liquor for shit."

"I remember a couple of months ago at your brother's party a certain someone who had a hangover for a week," Charlie replied smirking up at him.

"They dared me to drink fifty bottles of rum!"

Rei smirked. "It was more like ten. Stop exaggerating."

Kagome fell behind so that she could walk with her favorite hanyou. Linking her arm through his, she smiled up at him shyly, loving the way his silvery tresses reflected the moonlight's florescent glow. "So, are you ready to party?"

He snorted. "Woman, I was made to party." And with this declaration, he grabbed hold of her hand marched past the others to the open door and straight to the dance floor.

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Carla yawned and turned off the television, then glanced at her husband and Rin, who were both snoring deeply on the couch. Getting up as quietly as possible so as not to wake them, she retreated to her room. She glimpsed at the towering grandfather clock given to her by her late father as she headed up the spiral stairs, then halted her steps, frowning. Something was amiss.

She stepped up to the ticking timepiece and looked it over. Everything seemed to be intact, but still, something just felt off. Shrugging it off, she continued her journey up the staircase. It was already 11:00. She had to be up early tomorrow to meet with her new client, Mr. Fugimoto, who just happened to a multi-millionaire. Carla smirked while walking down the long hall leading to her room. The fool had no idea who he was dealing with. She would milk him for every penny he was worth and there was no way he could refuse. Fugimoto was the one that had been accused of a triple homicide, and she was one of the best in the business. Her couldn't afford not to have her.

Carla paused before entering, and glanced at Kagome's door. Ever since the girl had come to stay with her, she had been nuisance. She was tolerable, considerate, compassionate, patient, all of the things Carla wasn't. The only reason she had adopted her in the first place was because of the request made by her deceased mother on her deathbed, who had been a good friend of the girl's grandmother. Carla's mother, Ayami, had made her swear that she would look after Kagome after her parents had died due to a promise she had made to the girl's grandmother, Midoko, Midoriko, whatever her name was. Ron had only wanted one child, Rin, but no, they had to be stuck with another. Carla had not wanted children period, but due to Ron's persistency she succumbed to his wish.

Instead of retiring to her room, Carla decided to see what the child was doing. No doubt she was probably gone. She had figured that much. Kagome never was any good at lying. She had seen the excitement on her face at the dinner table and her urgency to go to her room. Carla could have stopped her, but resolved not to. Let her have her fun and believe she could get away with it.

The door was locked. Taking a key from above the doorframe, she unlocked it to find an empty room and a bed with pillows stuffed beneath the sheets. Carla smirked again. Did Kagome really think she was that gullible? How foolish of the girl to think so.

Carla closed the door and went to her room to make a phone call. She switched on the light. Kagome would learn a very important lesson this night. And hopefully in the future, she would not make it again. Perhaps being taken into custody of the police would change her mind about her rebellious ways. <AN: Thanks PeachesDani!!!> An evil smile tugged at her lips. Her diamond tennis bracelet had been missing for a while now, as was her wallet and Ron's Rolex. They would all be conveniently found under Kagome's mattress when the police arrived.

With framing her foster daughter in mind, Carla picked up the receiver…only to hear no dial tone. She growled softly in irritation. And she had been in such a good mood. Carla looked under her night stand. The phone was plugged in correctly. Suddenly the lights flickered, then went off. Irritation turned to simmering anger. 'What the hell is going on?'

Slamming the phone down, she made her way to the fuse box in the basement. Pale moonlight filtered through the curtained windows. 'Crap. Where is Ron when you need him' she thought bitterly as she walked down the steps. The ticking of the grandfather clock grew louder and more defined. Ignoring it in its entirety, she stalked right by it, intent on resolving the problem at hand.

The ticking ceased. Carla stopped in her tracks and looked back at the clock warily. 'Now what is it.' The timepiece didn't use electricity, and she had just wound it a few hours ago. She approached it cautiously, her lawyer instincts on alert. Something definitely wasn't right here. The face stood at a standstill. The short hand on the 11 and the long hand on 6.

She felt wind bypass her rear, as if someone had just ran past her. Carla whirled around…to find nothing. Her heartbeat began to beat faster. "Ron? Rin?"

Silence answered her call. Carla chuckled nervously to herself. Maybe she was being paranoid. The sooner she got the lights turned back on the sooner she would be able to relax. Unbeknownst to her, a shadow emerged from the clock, and enclosed what little space there was between the woman and itself.

Some of the tension she had been feeling drained, but returned in a flash when she felt the hot, sticky breath of someone, or somebody on the back of her neck. "What do you want?" she asked, praying that the nervousness she felt didn't betray her. "If its money you want, I have plenty of it, but the only way you can get it is if I'm alive." A calm and clear head and a carefully devised plan was what had always gotten her out of the tightest of situations. It worked in court and there was no doubt in her mind it wouldn't work now.

The person or thing behind her sniggered darkly and wrapped its claws around her neck. She gagged as his claws embedded themselves in her flesh and cut off her air supply. "Who said I wanted money?"

Her eyes widened in fear as panic seized her chest. "W-what d-do you wa-want?" she managed to gurgle against his tight grip.

"Your life," it hissed, then plunged its clawed hand into the small of her back, tearing through her flesh until it emerged from her stomach.

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"Where's Kagome?" Charlie asked Inuyasha as he sat down on the sofa next to her.

"She said she had to go to the bathroom," he replied running a hand through his thick, silver man, which was now slightly damp with sweat.

She raised a brow. "You two have certainly been busy. Dancing I mean," she added when he glowered at her. "Sorry about the intrusion earlier. I swear if I had known you two were getting down and dirty I wouldn't have charged in like that."

Inuyasha felt his cheeks heat up. "We weren't getting down and dirty."

"Then what were you two doing. That compromising position of found you all in begs to differ," she commented slyly.

"Are you always this nosy?" he inquired dryly.

She shrugged. "Only when it comes to matters of the heart, especially Kagome's heart." She gave him a hard look. "If you ever hurt her in any way, I will see to it personally that your heart is ripped out shoved up your ass, got that?"

"I would never hurt her. I'd rather kill myself than see her hurt," he murmured, fixing his gaze on the brown coffee table before them. "I made a promise to her. A promise that I'd always be there for her, and would never see that she was hurt again. And I have every intention of keeping it."

Charlie nodded, satisfied with his answer. "Good. I just want to see her happy. She's never really been truly happy until she met you. She's had a hard life, after her family died and all. I just don't want to see her in pain again." Her green eyes flashed with mischief. "There are exceptions in the bed, of course, or the ground, or in the pool, or -"

"Alright I get it!" He felt himself flushing again at the prospect. He shifted uncomfortably on the sofa. "So…um, has she, uh…"

She laughed at his awkwardness. "Nope, still a virgin. Though probably won't be for long with you hanging around."

"Keh." Inuyasha folded his arms and looked away to hide his embarrassment, though he was secretly pleased and relieved that she wasn't tainted by another guy. He could…would be her first. The thought made him smile.

Suddenly the noise volume increased as people began to crowd around the dining room. Inuyasha winced, the clamor doing numbers to his sensitive ears.

"Hiten, what's going on?" Charlie asked as he emerged from crowd.

Hiten smiled, casting a nervous glance in Inuyasha's direction. "It appears that Kagome and Rei had one too many drinks."

The half demon was on his feet in an instant, Charlie at his heels, and ran toward where everyone was milling around. After pushing and shoving and threatening, he finally made it through, only to see his date and her friend stripped to their bra and panties, perched on the shoulders of two guys and locked in hand to hand combat.

Kagome growled playfully as she tried to overpower her friend. "You can't beat me Rei. (hiccup) I've had trainin. Miko trainin"

Rei growled back as she struggled to keep her balance on the guy's shoulder. "Yeh right. (hiccup) Stop dreamin. Me 'n …" she frowned and looked between her legs, "hey boy, whatsyur name again?"

Seeing the opportunity to end the fight due to Rei's distraction, Kagome, with one final heave, used all of her upper body strength and forced Rei into submission by twisting her friend's hands downward, resulting in Rei losing her balance and toppling to the floor on top of her partner.

The crowd roared. Rei pouted. Kagome squealed. Charlie sighed. Inuyasha seethed. It was time to go.

"Way to go Kag!" Maten declared once she was off of the guy's shoulders and draped one of his around hers. "This calls for a celebration. Have another drink sweetie. You deserve it." He handed her another cup of punch, which never made it to her hands.

Inuyasha grabbed the wrist holding the cup, his amber orbs flashing red with anger. "I think she's had enough to drink."

Maten gulped and backed away. "Hey man, its all good. We just wanted to have a little fun."

"Kagome's had enough fun for tonight." The hanyou picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "We're leaving."

"But Yasha, I want sumore ta drink. (hiccup) Just one more cup! Pleeeeaasse!" she whined.

"No." The crowd parted as he walked through.

"Can we at least stay and dance sumore?"

"No." He found Hiten. "Let me borrow your car."

"Sure, just bring it back in once piece." He glanced at the girl thrown over his shoulder before handing him the keys. "And make sure all vomit goes out the window."

"Oh, Yasha (hiccup) you're no fun," she sulked, then poked his rear. "But you do have a nice ass. Its so (hiccup) firm."

A couple of people snickered at this as he carried her out the door. Inuyasha growled at them. It took five minutes to get her into the car due to the fact that every time he set her down, she ran back to the house. After attempt number 13 and after he tied her down with the seatbelt, he started the car and proceeded to take her home.

Kagome stared unblinkingly at him for the next couple of minutes, hiccupping every now and then. Inuyasha squirmed under her scrutinizing gaze. "What?" he finally asked unable to take the silent scrutiny any longer.

"You're beautiful ya know," she finally said taking a hand and running it through his mane of silver tresses. "I love your hair. I wish my hair was this pretty."

"Your hair is fine the way it is," he mumbled glimpsing at her still half naked form, which was barely covered by his jacket, using his peripheral vision. "Shit. I left your dress back at the house."

"So what. I feel so much freer without it," she replied shrugging his jacket off of her shoulders. "Doncha like me without my dress. Aren't I beautiful?"

He swallowed. "Yes. Very." It was taking a considerable amount of restraint to control himself around her. He glued his eyes to the empty road. Her house was only a couple of blocks away. Now if he could just concentrate…he stopped trying to concentrate when he felt her crawl up onto his lap. How the hell had she gotten out of the seatbelt?

"You do realize that I'm trying to drive," he said through clenched teeth. His will was wavering.

She giggled and commenced stroking his ears. "I know."

"So would you please go back to your seat. I don't want to return you back to your home in pieces."

Kagome stopped stroking his ears and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing herself up against him so that she felt his heartbeat beating along with her own.

Inuyasha gulped nervously. One more block. One more block. One more block. One more block.

Kagome smiled as his heart beat faster. She cupped his face with both hands. "I've wanted to do this for a long time."

Inuyasha held his breath as she brought her lips to meet his. He could feel her warm breath caress his face as she drew nearer. His pulse began to race. But then he felt her stop, and her head drooped against his chest as she blacked out.

"Wonderful," he muttered gloomily, "you couldn't wait a couple more minutes before passing out." Easing up on the brakes, he momentarily let go of the wheel to place her back into the passenger seat, placing his jacket over her while she slept. 'She's going to have one hell of a hangover when she wakes up' he mused returning to the wheel. "I hope you have forgiving foster…" His jaw dropped when he caught sight of the scene that lay before him. 'Oh, shit.'

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AN: Another cliffy! Sorry, just had to do it. Now I'm really tired and really hungry. This has got to be the longest chapter I've done. ::squeals:: I'm so proud of myself. I'll fix typos and errors later. Just wanted to get this chappie up today. Tomorrow I'm going to party!!!

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