Hey y'all. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter posted. I was suffering from MAJOR writer's block and had absolutely no clue what to do with this chapter. But, as you can see, I have no overcome my writer's block and have finally finished the chapter. I want to thank all of you who reviewed the last chapter. You guys rock! Ok, now, without further ado, the next chapter!
Chapter Fifteen
Rock Porium was unusually empty for a Saturday afternoon. Xander sat in one of the chairs at the listening station, headphones on and music blaring in his ears. Suddenly, a pair of hands covered his eyes. A slow, easy smile pulled at Xander's lips.
Xander would have known those hands anywhere. Over the past week he had been studying them, and the girl attached to them.
Slowly, he reached up and gripped the soft hands in his, pulling them gently away from his eyes. He tilted his head back to smile up at Briana.
"Hello love." He said, taking off the headphones and gently kissing one of the hands he held.
A warm smile covered Briana's face.
"Hello," she replied, placing a gentle kiss on his lips. Xander moaned when she pulled away far too quickly for his taste. Reaching a hand up, he pushed her head back down so that her lips met his once again.
Briana could not remember a time in her life when she was this happy. It had been awhile since she had been completely and purely happy. Briana was shocked that it was all because of Xander.
If someone had told her a week ago that she would be here, kissing the arrogant Aussie, Briana would have laughed in their face. But, now she was blissfully happy with Xander.
"So I was thinking," Xander said, tugging Briana down onto the arm of the chair he sat in, "how would you like to go out tonight?"
"Like on a date?" Briana asked, an eyebrow quirked in curiosity.
"You could call it that." Xander smirked.
"Well…I'll have to think about that." Briana replied with a smirk of her own. Xander growled and kissed her deeply.
"Hmm…I'm still not one hundred percent sure." She laughed as Xander kissed her again and again. "Ok, ok," she pulled away, "a date tonight would be great."
"Pick you up at six?" Xander said.
"I'll be ready."
"Good, now come here." Xander pulled Briana onto his lap.
Necrolai paced, her mind churning as she thought over her plan. This plan was perfect, but the Power Rangers always had a way of messing up her perfect plans. This time, however, Necrolai was going to make sure that there was no possible way for those spandex-clad brats to ruin her plan.
"Quit your pacing, Necrolai." Morticon barked. "You're making me dizzy."
Hiding her scowl, Necrolai turned and bowed towards Morticon. "My apologizes," she said.
Morticon glared at her and it was all the Vampire Queen could do to not blast him right then and there.
Briana stood in front of her closet, looking over every piece of clothing she owned. Nothing was right. With a disgruntled sigh, Briana collapsed on her bed. She had just one hour before Xander would be there to pick her up and she was not even close to being ready.
A knock on her door brought caught Briana's attention. She looked up to see her mother standing in the doorway.
"Hey, can I come in?" Lorraine asked.
"Sure." Briana sat up, making room on the bed for her mom. Lorraine sat down, her eyes roving over the walls of Briana's bedroom.
"You finally unpacked everything." She observed.
"I thought it was time." Briana replied. And it was true. Now that she and Xander were together, Briana thought that it was finally time for her to make this place home.
"Well…" Lorraine paused, "Bri…I have something to tell you…"
"No, Mom, not now. We can't be moving again!" Briana had heard this speech enough times that she knew what was coming. She interrupted her mother before Lorraine had the chance to break the news.
"I'm sorry, Briana, but my job is transferring me. I have to go." Lorraine replied.
"No, I'm not going. You can't do this to me, Mom. I've just started making friends. Besides, we haven't even been here two months!"
"Briana, there's nothing I can do…"
"Tell them you're not going." Briana cried, fighting to keep the tears that pooled in her eyes at bay.
"It's not that simple, baby. I have to go when and where they tell me."
"Well then…" Briana pulled in a deep breath, fighting to control her emotions, "you're just going to have to go without me."
Xander knocked on the apartment door. A woman who looked like an older version of Briana answered the door.
"Good evening, Mrs. Westfield." Xander greeted her with a smile. "I'm Xander. Is Briana ready?"
"I…I'm sorry," Mrs. Westfield replied, her voice choked with emotion. "Briana's not here. She…she ran away."
Necrolai sneered as she watched Princess Meda walk down the sidewalk, tears streaming down her face. This was the perfect moment to set her plan into action. The Hidiacs were ready to pounce, all they waited for was Necrolai's signal. And she was more than ready to give it.
The young princess was vulnerable and oblivious to everything around her. She barely even put up a fight when the Hidiacs grabbed her.
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