Amazan

Chapter 1:

"Lex! Where are you!" Zandra yelled from her room.
He cringed at the sound of her voice.
"What did I do this time." Lex thought as he climbed the stairs.
He headed towards Zandra's room but was stopped by Ebony.
"Yeah, lover coming to see me tonight?" Ebony asked as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I can't Zandra wants me to help her move furniture." Lex said with a sigh.
"Too bad." Ebony called from over her shoulder as she walked away.
Lex gave her one last look, and then walked towards Zandra's room.

Meanwhile at the other end of the mall Bray and Danni were having a huge fight.
"I hate you." Danni yelled as she threw a teddy bear at him.
Bray caught the teddy bear and threw it over his shoulder. He was getting really tired of Danni's little tantrums really fast.
Danni was just about to throw a shoe at bray when Amber walked into the room.
"What's going on in here?" Amber asked as she studied the mess.
"Oh amber, bray is being such a jerk. He told me he never loved me," Danni sobbed as she hugged her friend.
"Is that true bray?" Amber asked as she gave him a suspicious look.
"I never said anything like that." Bray stated.
"That's a lie!" Danni yelled.
"Danni, why don't you go to the cafe and get yourself something hot to drink. I'll be there in a minute I just want to talk to bray." Amber said as she pushed Danni towards the direction of the door.
"OK, maybe you can straighten him out amber." Danni said as she headed towards the cafe.
When Danni was out of ear shot amber walked over to bray and gave him a passionate kiss. Bray wrapped his arms around amber's waist and kissed her back. God how he loved her.
Bray pulled away from amber and then looked into her eyes.
"Hello gorgeous" he said with a smile.
"Are you going to spend the night tonight?" amber asked with a smile.
"You bet."
"Good, now I better get going. We wouldn't want Danni to get suspicious, now would we." Amber said as she walked out of the room.

Chapter 2
When amber reached the cafe she walked in on Danni and Dal making out.
"Uh, hi amber." Dal said as he wiped danni's drool off his lips.
"Hi dal, can you give me and Danni a minute?"
"Sure, bye Danni," dal said as he kissed her on the cheek and walked out of the cafe.
"I guess your pretty shocked to see me and dal together?" Danni asked.
"No, not really. I'm just shocked that he would like a fat b*tch like you." Amber said calmly as she went over to the food store and got out some hot cocoa.
"Amber! How dare you say something like that to me." Danni said in a pouty fashion.
"I'm sorry Danni, I was just thinking out loud."
"Oh, well ok, your forgiven."
"Thanks," amber said sarcastically.
Meanwhile when dal had left the cafe he bumped into Chloe.
"Hi dal," Chloe said in a sultry voice.
"Oh, hi Chloe." Dal said as he glanced at her and kept on walking.
Dal was about half way down the hall when he realized that Chloe was wearing a very low cut top with a leather mini skirt on. He ran back to where he had left her standing.
"Chloe! You look.. you look..." Dal stuttered.
"Dal, do you like what you see?" Chloe asked.
Dal could only nod, he was speechless.
"Good," Chloe said as she lead a drooling dal away to her room.

Chapter 3

About an hour later Dal stumbled out of Chloe's room. His shirt was torn and his pants were ripped almost in two.
"She's an animal." Dal mumbled as he walked towards his room.
Meanwhile in the market Alice leaned up against a wall. She was watching the people go in and out of the mall. She was just about to take a break and go get something to eat when Kc came up to her and planted a big wet kiss on her lips.
"Kc!" Alice yelled as she slapped him.
Almost immediately Alice regretted what she did.
"Why did I slap the man I'm deeply and madly in love with?" she asked herself.
At that very moment Kc was thinking "Alice is so hot. I wish she would be my girlfriend."
"Why did you kiss me Kc?" Alice asked.
"I did it because your such a sexy little kitten." Kc replied. Then added "Yeah baby."
"Kitten, I'm not a...." Alice's thoughts were interrupted because she felt her body shrink. Hair spurted out all over her and she grew a tail. Alice had turned into a cute little white fluffy kitten.
Kc scooped the kitten up and climbed the stairs to go find Chloe.
When Kc neared patsy's room he could hear patsy talking to someone. It was jack. Kc stopped to listen.
"Oh jack, get back into bed. If you go I'll be so lonely." Patsy begged.
"I can't, Tai-san is expecting," jack said.
"Oh, why do you have to go sleep with her? Don't I satisfy you enough?" patsy asked jealously.
"I've got to sleep with her for the good of the tribe. Now I've really got to go I'll see you tonight honey," jack said as he put on his top, gave patsy one last kiss and left.
How sweet. Kc thought as he walked towards Chloe's room.

Chapter 4

Jack made his way down the stairs and to Tai-san's bedroom. She was meditating.
"Tai-san? I'm here for are meeting." Jack whispered.
Tai-san opened her eyes and looked at Jack.
"Come jack," She said in a hushed voice.
She took his hand and led him to the bed.
Sasha peeked around the corner of Ebony's room.
"Good she's only," he thought.
Sasha looked around to see if anyone was watching. No one was, Sasha walked into Ebony's room. He went over to wear she lay half asleep with a magazine on her chest. He smiled.
"Time to wake sleeping beauty up," he thought.
He gently kissed her lips. Her eyes fluttered open and her gaze locked on Sasha.
"Hello lover, were you lonely?" she asked in a sexy voice.
"You know I can't stay away from you for more than two hours." Sasha said as he kissed her again.
Ebony pulled Sasha on top of her.
"I could get used to this," she thought as she started to kiss Sasha passionately.
About two hours later Jack emerged from Tai-san's room. His hair was rumpled and he had Tai-san's lipstick all over his lips and neck.
"Don't be gone to long Jack, the fate of the tribe depends on you." Tai-san said as she emerged from the room wearing only a sheet for coverage.
"Sh*t!" Ellie yelled as a screwdriver landed on her foot.
"Having problems baby?" lex asked from the door way.
"No lover, I'm just fed up with this piece of junk," ellie said as she hit a computer she had been working on.
"You need to relax," lex said as he made his way over to her and started massaging her shoulders.
"That feels great," ellie murmured.
"If that feels great then this should feel fantastic," lex said as he started to kiss her neck.
All of a sudden the dinner bell rang and lex sighed and walked towards the cafe. As all the mallrats filed into the cafe, lovers who had been together only minutes before didn't even look at each other. Bray sat with Danni, Jack sat with Ellie. Lex sat with Zandra, Amber sat with Sasha, Patsy sat with Kc, Ryan sat with Salene and the rest sat alone all except Alice. She had to eat out of a bowl on the floor.

Chapter 5
After dinner Bray made his way towards Amber's room. She was lying on her bed reading a book. Bray walked over to her and took the book from her hands.
"Why waste your time reading books when you could do something a lot more fun," bray said as he started to kiss her.
Amber started to kiss bray back then stopped.
"What is it?" bray asked confused.
"I just wanted to say I love you."
"I love you too." Bray said with a smile.
"Now where were we." Amber said as she started to kiss Bray passionately.
"Over to the right a little more." Zandra said as she sat on her bed filing her nails.
"Zan, this is the exact spot I had it in two minutes ago." Lex said through clenched teeth.
He was getting really annoyed at Zandra. She was never satisfied.
"I wonder what Ebony is doing right now." Lex thought.
"Lex? Lex?" Zandra said as she threw a pillow at him.
"What?" lex said as he caught the pillow.
"I said move it a little to left." Zandra said with a sigh.
"Jonathan is so much better at following directions than Lex." Zandra thought to herself.
"Sasha? Sasha, are you awake?" Salene called from the doorway of Sasha's room.
"I'm awake, come on in Salene." Sasha said as he sat up in bed.
"Sorry to wake you, but I was lonely," salene said as she sat down on the edge of the bed.
"That's ok." Sasha said as he kissed salene on the lips and started to undue her top.
Salene smiled and allowed Sasha to pull her down on top of him

Chapter 6
Ryan awoke to find Salene gone. It was just about midnight.
"Good, she's gone," he thought to himself as he climbed out of bed.
Ryan quietly made his way to the cafe. He was going to meet his secret admirer.
Ryan had found out that he had a secret admirer about two day's ago. He had found a note taped to his door, it read.
Dear Ryan,
I have adored you from afar for months now, and I feel that I must confess my love to you in person. Meet me in the Cafe at midnight two days from now.
Truly Yours,
Trudy tossed and turned in her bed but it was no use she couldn't get to sleep. She decided to head to the cafe to get some warm milk.
When Trudy reached the cafe she saw Ryan sitting at a table his head in his hands.
"Ryan, are you all right?" Trudy asked concerned.
Ryan looked up at Trudy, he broke out into a big grin. He got up from the table and gave her a big kiss.
"Trudy, I didn't know it was you." Ryan said happily as he hugged her tightly.
Trudy was really confused but she decided to go along with whatever game Ryan was playing, because although everyone thought she didn't think of him of that way, she was secretly in love with him.
"Oh, Ryan I feel so safe in your arms," Trudy said as she looked into his eyes.
A figure watched the scene unfold in the cafe.
"Good my plan worked, putting caffeine pills in Trudy's food was a great idea. And that letter I left on Ryan's door worked like a charm," the figure whispered then disappeared into the night.

Chapter 7
"Why did it take so long for us to find each other?" Trudy asked while giving Ryan's hand a little squeeze.
"I don't know." Ryan said as he leaned over and gently kissed her on the lips."
"Ryan," Trudy said as she looked in to his eyes.
"Yeah,"
"I love you."
A smile crept across Ryan's face.
"I love you too," Ryan said as he ran his fingers through Trudy's hair.
Lex quietly made his way down the stairs. He needed to see ebony. He just couldn't get her off his mind.
Lex was about two feet away from ebony's room when he saw the a mysterious figure head for the door.
Lex looked at the figure then back at ebony's room. He was torn, follow the figure or go to the person he couldn't get off his mind. He chose to go to ebony's room.
When lex entered ebony's room he was surprised to see her tossing and turning in her bed.
Lex walked over to where she lay and shook her gently.
"Ebony, ebony, wake up." Lex whispered.
"Lex?" Ebony asked sleepily.
"I couldn't stop thinking about you," lex said as he sat on the edge of the bed.
Ebony leaned over and kissed lex on the lips. Ebony smiled and then pulled lex on top of her. Lex smiled he was really a lucky guy.

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Chapter 8
Lex awoke to the sound of Ebony's soft voice.
"Lex, come on lover wake up," she whispered.
"What time is it?" lex asked with a yawn.
"It's about 4:30" Ebony said as she stroked his cheek.
Lex studied Ebony's face.
"She's so beautiful" he thought.
"Lex, what are you looking at?" ebony asked curiously.
"I'm looking at a gorgeous beautiful woman," lex said with smile.
Ebony blushed, no one had said anything that nice to her in a really long time.
"Trudy, I love you and I want to be with you forever," Ryan said as he stared into her eyes.
"I want to be with you forever too, but with salene in the way we can't," Trudy said with a sigh.
"I know, that's why I want to tell the rest of the tribe how we feel about each other," Ryan said quietly.
"Ryan, do you mean it? You really want to tell the whole tribe about us?"
"Yes, I love you and you love me and d*mn't I don't want to hide my feelings," Ryan said as he took a hold of Trudy's hand.
"Ok, we'll tell them at breakfast," Trudy siad with a smile.
Ryan smiled for the first time in his life he was with someone that he truly, madly, deeply loved.
The mysterious figure smiled.
"Well, that's one couple down five or more to go," the mysterious figure whispered and then stepped back into the shadows.

Chapter 9
Ryan's palms were sweaty and his heart raced. It was almost time to tell the others about him and Trudy.
Trudy glanced at Ryan, she saw the anxiousness in his eyes.
"I better hurry up and tell the others about us, before he has a heart attack" Trudy said aloud in her mind.
Trudy took a deep breath and then stood up.
"Everyone, Ryan and I have something to tell you," Trudy said calmly.
Ryan saw Trudy stand up.
"It's time, I hope this goes well," Ryan thought as he stood up and walked over to Trudy's side.
"What do you guys want to tell us?" Amber asked curiously.
"We want to tell you guys that..." Ryan started.
"We want to tell you guys that we're in love," Trudy said as she squeezed Ryan's hand.
The whole tribe sat there in silence. They were shocked. They couldn't believe that Ryan and Trudy, two people that had never said more than a couple words to each other where in love.

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Chapter 11
Amber was the first one to speak.
"That's great," she said as she walked over to Trudy and gave her a hug.
Trudy and Ryan sighed, at least someone liked the idea of them as a couple.
Slowly one by one the whole tribe hugged Trudy and said that they approved. Only one person remained, Salene. Salene looked at Trudy and then at Ryan. She opened her mouth to speak but quickly shut it. She ran out of the cafe.
When salene got to her room she flopped down on the bed. She breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally I'm free!" Salene's mind screamed.
Salene's thoughts were interrupted by Sasha's voice.
"Salene, are you all right?" Sasha asked as he walked towards her.
Salene sat straight up and looked at Sasha. He smiled at her, she smiled back.
"Sasha, do you know what this means?"
"It means we can be together forever," Sasha said his grin getting bigger.
"Exactly," salene said as she went up to Sasha and wrapped her arms around his neck.
Sasha looked into salene's eyes and then gently kissed her. Salene kissed him back only more forcefully. Sasha broke the kiss and laid salene down on the bed. She giggled as he tried to unbutton her shirt

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Chapter 12
"Do you think Salene's all right?" Trudy asked as she sat on Ryan's bed.
"I don't know I hope she is," Ryan said as he paced back in forth. He was really worried about salene.
"Maybe I should go talk to her," Trudy said a she stared at Ryan searching his face for an answer.
"Maybe you should, you can go to her and explain that I never meant to hurt her and that I'm sorry, but I love you and not her." Ryan said as he stopped pacing and looked straight at Trudy.
Trudy just got off the bed kissed Ryan on the lips and walked out of the room.
Trudy walked down the hall where she bumped into Zandra who was in a hurry to see Jonathan.
"Zandra, where are you going?"
"I'm going for a walk I need some fresh air." Zandra said rather quickly.
"Well, OK, just be careful," Trudy called as she watched Zandra walk quickly down the stairs.
When Zandra was out of the mall she made her way towards the forest. Zandra had walked about 10 minutes when she came across a little wood cabin right smack in the middle of the woods. When Zandra saw the cabin she smiled to herself and walked up to the door. A little push and kick and she was in. Zandra studied the cabin, it hadn't changed since the last time she had come her. Suddenly Zandra got the feeling she wasn't alone. She was about to turn around when she was grabbed from behind. Two arms wrapped themselves around Zandra's waist and she felt a soft pair of lips on the back of her neck. She knew instantly that it was Jonathan.
"Jonathan if you ever scare me like that again I'll kill you." Zandra said as she turned around to face her lover.
"Oh no, don't hurt me." Jonathan said in a squeaky voice.
Zandra broke out into a grin, her boyfriend always made her laugh.
"Come on I've got something special to show you." Jonathan said as he took her hand and led her to a small room in the back of the cabin.
When they reached the room Zandra was pleasantly surprised to see a lovely candlelit lunch speared out before her.
"Oh, Jonathan your so sweet." Zandra said as she gave him a kiss.
"That's not all, I be right back," Jonathan said as he headed out of the room.
Zandra scanned the room, the room was bare except for the table chairs and a small chest in the corner. Zandra walked over to the chest she didn't remember it being there. She studied to for a little while, it was a very interesting chest. Suddenly the curious side of Zandra came out and she lifted the lid. Inside the chest Zandra found a pair black pants, a black T-shirt, black shoes and a black cape.
"That's odd, Jonathan doesn't like the color black." Zandra thought to herself as she closed the chest.
Suddenly Jonathan came back with a bouquet of flowers and a small black box.

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Chapter 13
When Zandra saw the flowers and the box a big grin spread across her face.
"Here open it," Jonathan said as he handed the box to Zandra.
Zandra slowly lifted the lid. When she saw what was inside her grin got 100 times bigger. Inside the box was a very delicate looking necklace. It was gold with rubies and pearls inset in it.
"Jonathan it's beautiful," Zandra said as she took the necklace out of the box and tried to put it on.
"Here, let me help," Jonathan said as he took the necklace from her and clasped it around her neck.
"It looks just as fabulous on you as it did my mother," Jonathan said as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Zandra wrapped her arms around Jonathan's neck and hugged him.
"Zandra,"
"Hmm?"
"I love you,"
"I love you too," Zandra said as she hugged Jonathan tighter.
Meanwhile back in the mall Ryan sat on his bed. He was a nervous wreck.
"I wonder what Trudy is saying to Salene right now. I bet she's explaining to her that I didn't mean to hurt her." Ryan whispered to himself.
Trudy took a deep breath and knocked on Salene's door.
"Salene, it's Trudy we need to talk," she said through the door.
No one answered so Trudy opened the door. She was shocked to see Sasha and Salene sound asleep in each other's arms. Trudy smiled then walked out of the room closing the door quietly on her way out.
Ebony walked down the hall she was just about to enter the cafe when Lex came up behind her and whispered in her ear. Ebony smiled nodded and walked the rest of the way to the cafe.

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Chapter 14
"It's so beautiful here," Zandra said as she lay back in the grass beside Jonathan.
"I'm glad you think so," Jonathan said as he held Zandra's hand.
Meanwhile back in the mall Trudy was standing outside Ryan's bedroom. She was just about to knock on the door when she remembered this was her true love not some stranger. When Trudy opened the door instead of finding Ryan the way she had left him (nervous and anxious) she found him fast asleep on his bed. Trudy made her way over to the bed and sat on it's edge.
"He's so cute when he sleeps," Trudy thought as she stroked Ryan's cheek.
"Lex stop fidgeting your making me nervous," Bray said with a tone of annoyance in his voice.
He and lex stood on the roof. They were putting the finishing touches on the romantic lunch lex had prepared for Ebony.
"Ok I've got the plates, the food, I'm dressed in my best clothes what am I forgetting? Lex asked as he paced back and forth.
"Lex, buddy you didn't forget anything," Bray said as he walked over to his friend.
"Yes, I did, I forgot the candles," Lex said with a sigh.
"We decided it was to windy for the candles remember."
"Oh yeah, yeah right, we did, didn't we," Lex said a tone of relief in his voice.
The mysterious figure laughed quietly.
"Love is in the air," it whispered before slipping away quietly.

Chapter 15

Ebony glanced down at her watch, it was 5:10.
"Time to meet Lex," ebony whispered to herself.
Ebony headed towards the roof, she was eager to see what he was up too. When ebony reached the roof she didn't see lex anywhere.
"Lex, lex, where are you?" ebony said as she spun around trying to see where he was at.
"I'm right here," Lex said as he suddenly appeared with a bouquet of flowers.
"What's going on? Why did you want to see me up here?" ebony asked puzzled.
"Well, I could tell you why but I rather show you," Lex said as he took hold of ebony's hand and pulled her towards the water tank.
Ebony was just about to ask lex if he was feeling OK, when his little surprise came into view.
"I hate doing dishes," Amber said as she dried her hands.
She was just about to go to her room when she spied a note lying at her feet. Amber picked it up and flipped it over. It was sealed with a teddy bear sticker. Amber smiled and opened it. It read:
Amber, meet me in my room at 6:00.
Bray.
Amber put the note back into the envelope and walked off to go get ready.

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Chapter 16
Amber glanced at her watch it was 5:58. She put the finishing touches on her makeup and walked out of the room.
Meanwhile up on the roof Ebony was shocked to see a romantic dinner laid out before her.
"So what do you think?" Lex asked.
"It's wonderful, thank you, no one as ever done anything like this for me before." Ebony said as she turned to look at Lex.
"Your very welcome," Lex said as he led Ebony over to the table.
"Trudy?" Ryan said sleepily as he looked around the room.
"I'm here," Trudy said as she got up from the chair she had been sitting in.
"Trudy, what did Salene say when you talked to her?" Ryan asked as he sat up.
"She said she understood, and that she wasn't hurt because her and Sasha were together."
"Oh, it's good that she's not hurt and that she has Sasha," Ryan said as he got up and stretched.
"This is delicious, who made it?" Ebony asked as she took another bite of her food.
"I did with Bray's help," Lex said as he took a sip of water.
"I didn't know you could cook," Ebony said as she looked at Lex.
"Bray did most of it, I just cooked the mashed potatoes." Lex answered meekly.
"Well, I love them," Ebony answered with a smile.
When Amber reached Bray's room it was 6:00. The door was wide open so Amber decided to go in. She was shocked at what she found. The room was brightly lit by about twenty candles, and the air smelled of vanilla and cinnamon. Bray's hammock had been taken down and replaced with a real bed. The bed was covered with red silk sheets and rose petals. Amber was just about to go sit on the bed when a note got her eye. It read:
Dearest Amber, I hope you like what I've done to the room, it took me all afternoon to set it up.
P.S. Close your eyes and sit on the bed. I've got a surprise for you.
Love Bray.
Amber smiled and made her way over to the bed. She sat down, folded her hands in her lap and closed her eyes.
"I wonder what the surprise is?" Amber thought to herself.
Two minutes had gone by and Amber was just about to open her eyes, when she heard sweet soft classic music and felt a pair of hands on her hands.
Bray had come in right after amber and had spent two whole minutes staring at her. He couldn't believe how beautiful she was. She had on a baby blue dress that hugged her body tight but not to tight. Her hair was up in a bun and a couple curled tendrils hung down around her face. Her makeup was simple, it consisted of baby blue glittery eye shadow and a light pink lipstick. He had made his way over to the bed, kneeled down and took her hands in his.
"Amber," Bray said softly.
"Yeah,"
"You can open your eyes now?"
Amber's eyes fluttered open and she stared right into Bray's beautiful eyes. They gazed into each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Without breaking the gaze Bray reached into his pocket and withdrew a little black box.
"Amber, will you be my wife?" Bray asked as he opened the box to reveal a stunning ring.
Amber took a deep breath her dream was coming true.
"Bray, since the first day I met you, I've loved you, and I would be honored to be your wife."
Bray slipped the ring on to Amber's finger and hugged her tightly. Amber hugged bray back with all her might. Bray broke the hug and looked into Amber's eyes.
"I love you Am." Bray said as he stared into his eyes.
"I love you too Bray." Amber said with tears in her eyes.
Bray kissed amber passionately and gentle laid her down on the bed.

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Chapter 17

"That was a great meal," Ebony said as she sat back in her chair.
"Yeah, I have to admit Bray can cook." Lex said with a smile.
"So, our meal is finished, what shall we do now." Ebony said with a suggestive look in her eye.
Lex just smiled, got up from where he was sitting and pulled Ebony from her chair.
"So your not mad that Salene is with Sasha?" Trudy asked as she sat down on the bed beside Ryan.
"No, why? should I be?" Ryan asked as he turned to face her.
"No, I was just wondering,"
"Trudy, do you love me?" Ryan asked as he looked at the ground.
"Ryan, you know I do," Trudy said as she took his hand.
"Oh, well, that's good," Ryan said as he got up from the bed and walked towards the door.
"Is there something wrong, Ryan?"
"No," Ryan said simply and walked out of the room.
Trudy just stared after him, she couldn't believe Ryan even had to ask her if she loved him.

Chapter 18

Ryan headed towards the cafe, he needed to think.
"I'm so stupid, I can't believe I asked her that." Ryan said as he sat down at a table.
"Asked who, what?" Zandra asked as she came up behind Ryan.
"Oh, Zandra, it's you," Ryan said as he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yeah it's me, now, asked who what?" Zandra said as she sat down opposite him.
"I asked Trudy if she loved me,"
"Why'd you ask her that?"
"I don't know, I just don't know," Ryan said as he put his head in his hands.
Zandra could see her friend needed a little advice, so she lifted his head up, took his hands in hers, and started to explain to him that there are some things you never ask a woman.
"Ellie, ellie, what up." Tai-San called as hurried to catch up with her.
"What do you want Tai-San?" Ellie snapped as she turned sharply around to face the "space cadet."
"Yeah, what's the matter?" Tai-San asked as she laid a comforting hand on Ellie's shoulder.
"Nothing," Ellie answered quickly.
Tai-San shot Ellie one of those yeah right what's up glances.
"Ok there is something.... Tai-San do you think I'm pretty?" Ellie asked.
"I think your very pretty." Tai-San answered truthfully.
"At least someone does," Ellie said sadly as she looked at the ground.
"Hey, what brought this on?" Tai-San said as she put a finger under Ellie's chin and lifted the girl's head up so she could see into her eyes.
"I don't want to talk about it out here," Ellie said as she looked from left to right.
"Very well we'll go into my bedroom and you can tell me over a hot cup of tea." Tai-San said as she took Ellie's hand and pulled her towards her room.
"Cloe, are you asleep?" Patsy asked as she turned over in her bed.
"No, I can't get any sleep with Lex and Ebony making all that noise." Cloe answered as she threw off her covers and sat up.
"I'm bored," Patsy said as she too threw off the covers and sat up.
"Me too, I'm going to find Dal." Cloe said as she pulled on her slippers.
"Why do you like him so much? It's not like his cute or anything." Patsy asked.
"His very cute, he's cuter than Jack." Cloe snapped.
She was very anger at Patsy for saying that her boy toy wasn't cute.
"Yeah right, Jack is way cuter than Dal." Patsy shot back.
"Yeah right," Cloe said as she stood up.
"He is!" Patsy shouted as she stood up.
"Whatever," Cloe said as she rolled her eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me,"
"I roll my eyes at you if I want."
"No, you won't!" Patsy screamed as she lunged at Cloe.
"Yes, I will!" Cloe shouted back as she tried to get a hold of Patsy's hair.
Cloe and Patsy struggled to throw each other off balance. Suddenly Patsy swung at Cloe with her hand, fake nails bared. She caught Cloe right on the cheek. Her nails made long thin scratches on the side of Cloe's face. Cloe screamed and lunged at Patsy. After about twenty minutes the finally stopped. The two backed away from each other panting and glaring. Then they walked towards opposite ends of the room and started fixing their hair and makeup.
"I hate you," Patsy said as she tried to put her hair back up.
"I hate you more," Cloe replied as she tried to cover up the scratches on the side of her face with makeup.
Meanwhile down in Tai-San's room Ellie was telling Tai-San about how she felt left out because Jack had Patsy and Dal had Cloe.
"Just because your two main love interests have girlfriends doesn't mean your not attractive." Tai-San said as she lit some candles.
"Tai-San, what are you doing?" Ellie asked as she turned around to see what Tai-San was doing.
"I'm lighting some candles," Tai-San replied bluntly.
"Why?"
"Because, they always help me to meditate,"
"Tai-San you can't meditate now, you've got to help me with my problem." Ellie half said half whined.
"I'm not going to meditate...we are." Tai-San said as she sat opposite of Ellie and crossed her legs.
"Me? I don't meditate." Ellie said as she stood up to leave.
"Oh come on, just try it." Tai-San pleaded as she looked up at Ellie.
"Oh, ok," Ellie said as she plopped back down on the floor.
"Good, now close your eyes, and take a deep breath." Tai-San said as she took a deep breath herself.
Ellie did exactly what she was told and waited for further instructions.
Tai-San stared at Ellie for a minute or two. Then she did something neither one of them had expected. She lent forward and softly kissed Ellie on the lips. Ellie's eyes popped open and she just stared at Tai-San.
"I'm sorry, I didn't..."
Tai-San didn't get to finish her sentence for at that exact moment Ellie took Tai-San's face in her hands and passionately kissed her.

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Chapter 19
The next morning no one was up except Danni. She was sitting all alone in the cafe drinking a cup of coffee when she heard movement downstairs. Danni put her cup of coffee down and started to walk down the stairs. When she reached the bottom of the stairs there was no one there.
"That's odd," Danni thought to herself.
Suddenly a boy stepped out from the shadows.
"Who are you?" Danni asked curiously.
"Hi, my name's Jonathan, I'm looking for a girl named Zandra."
"Zandra's asleep, bu.."
Danni didn't get to finish her sentence for at that exact moment Zandra appeared at the top of the stairs.
"Morning Danni, thanks but I can take it from here." Zandra said as she brushed past Danni.
Danni didn't say anything she just turned around and walked back to the cafe.
Ellie groaned and rolled onto her side. She was just about to say good morning Jack when she realized the person laying beside her was not Jack. Ellie's eyes popped open when she realized it was Tai-San laying next to her.
"What happened last night?" Ellie said aloud.
"Good morning Ellie did you sleep well?" Tai-San said as she opened her eyes and smiled.
Ellie didn't answer she just got up, wrapped the sheet around her, picked up her clothes and rushed out of the room.

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Chapter 20
"Jonathan, what are you doing here?" Zandra asked as she lead him towards the fountain.
"Listen Zan I've been thinking..." Jonathan said as he sat down on the edge of the fountain.
"Thinking about what?"
"About us,"
"What about us?"
"Well, I've been thinking that I love you, and I want to marry you. And I want to tell your tribe about us." Jonathan said as he held Zandra's hands and looked at into her eyes.
Zandra looked away she couldn't bear to see Jonathan's face when she told him about Lex.
"Jonathan, I have a boyfriend." Zandra said choking back tears.
"I know," Jonathan said coolly.
"What,"
"Zandra, everyone in the city knows about you and lex, and the rest of the mallrats."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really,"
The couple just sat there in silence, each pondering what the other was thinking. Suddenly Zandra broke the silence with a question.
"So do you still want to tell my tribe about us?"
"Yeah, do you?"
"Yeah, definitely." Zandra said as a smile speared across her lips.
"Bray, how do you think the others will feel?" Amber asked as she lay in Bray's arms.
"About what?"
"About us, silly," Amber said with a smile.
"Well, I hope they'll be happy for us," Bray said as he snuggled Amber.
"I hope so too," Amber said as she snuggled Bray back.
"Ebony?" Lex said sleepily as he sat up and looked around.
"What?" Ebony asked from the end of the bed where she was putting on her clothes.
"Come back to bed," Lex said as he took a hold of Ebony's arm and gently tugged her over to him.
"Why?" Ebony asked playfully.
"Because I want you to," Lex said with a smile.
"Do you really want me to come back to bed?" Ebony asked with a mischievous smile.
"Yes,"
"Really?"
"Yes,"
"Ok, here I come," Ebony said as she leapt on to the bed.
Lex rolled over so she won't land on him and then he rolled back and started to tickle her.
"Lex, don't please lex," Ebony said as she tried not to laugh to hard.
"What? what? I can't hear you," Lex said as he tickled her harder.
Suddenly Ebony grabbed a pillow and whacked Lex on the head.
"Oh, your going to pay for that." Lex said as he grabbed a pillow and stood up.
"Oh, I'm so scared." Ebony mocked as she stood up as well.
"You should be." Lex said with a smile.
Ebony smiled back and then swung her pillow at Lex's chest. Lex dodged her swing and whacked her on the head.
Soon feathers and laughs filled the air.
Ebony and Lex's pillow fight went on for about another 10 to 12 minutes. Then the exhausted pair plopped down on the bed and tried to catch their breath.
Lex glanced up at Ebony and burst into a fit of laughter.
"What? What is it?" Ebony asked confused.
"Look, look at, yourself, in the mirror." Lex said as he tried not to laugh.
Ebony glanced at herself in the mirror and then started to crack up herself.
She looked so funny. She had feathers stuck in her hair and one plastered to her forehead. Her make up was smeared and her sparkly gems were coming off.
"Yeah, well look at yourself," Ebony said with laugh as she held up a mirror for Lex.
Lex looked at himself and laughed. He looked just as funny as Ebony.
Suddenly the breakfast bell rang, and Lex and Ebony got up from the bed and started to get dressed.

Chapter 21
By the time Ebony and Lex reached the cafe the whole tribe was there including Jonathan and Zandra.
"Hey, you two what took you so long?" Amber asked as she came out of the kitchen with a bowl of cereal.
"Oh, uh we had to go over some defense strategies." Ebony said quickly as she sat down at a table.
"Yeah because you never know when the enemy is about to attack." Lex added as he sat opposite of Ebony at the same table.
Suddenly Lex noticed a feather that Ebony forgot. He reached over and plucked it out of her hair.
Ebony looked up from her breakfast. Lex didn't say a word he just held up the feather.
When Ebony saw it she started to laugh, and soon Lex was laughing along with her.
"What's so funny?" Cloe asked.
"Nothing," Ebony said as she tried to stop laughing.
"Yeah nothing," Lex said with a smile on his face.
Suddenly Zandra stood up and said "Everyone I have something to tell you,"
All the Mallrats looked up from there food and looked at her.
Zandra took a deep breath she was nervous. Jonathan saw how nervous Zandra was, so he took her hand in his and stood up.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Jonathan. His my fiancee." Zandra said as she looked around at the faces of the Mallrats.
Everyone was a stunned for a moment or two but then they all slowly got up and congratulated the couple.
Ebony studied Lex's face, what would he do? Would he be the typical male and leave her to reclaim Zandra, or would he stick with her?
Lex looked at Zandra then at Ebony. Right then and there he made a decision. He slowly got up, walked over to the happy couple, and congratulated them. Then he walked back over to Ebony and took her hand. He pulled her to her feet and led her out of the cafe.
Ebony and Lex were walking down the stairs when Ebony suddenly stopped and looked at Lex.
"Does this mean your staying with me?" Ebony asked quietly.
"Of course, Ebony I love you," Lex said as he stared into Ebony's eyes.
"I love you too Lex." Ebony said as a smile spread across her face.
Lex smiled back and then kissed her passionately. Ebony wrapped her arms around Lex's neck and returned the kiss.

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Chapter 22
"I'm so happy," Zandra said as she leaned her head on Jonathan's shoulder.
"Me too," Jonathan replied as he moved to put his arm around her shoulders.
"Do you think everyone's happy for us?" Zandra asked.
"I think everyone's ecstatic for us," Jonathan replied.
"Ellie, ellie are you here?" Tai-San said as she cautiously opened Ellie's bedroom door.
"I'm here, what do you want?" Ellie asked quietly as she looked up at Tai-San.
"I want to talk,"
"About what?"
"About us,"
"There's nothing to talk about," Ellie said as she got up from where she was sitting and walked into another room.
"Ellie why did you run out this morning?" Tai-San asked as she followed her.
Ellie didn't reply she just stared down at an old newspaper she had found.
"Ellie, tell me, why did you run out this morning?" Tai-San asked as she took Ellie's hands in hers and looked into her eyes.
"I don't why I ran out Tai-San, I just did." Ellie said as she hung her head.
"Ellie, do you love me?"
"I don't know,"
Tai-San just sighed, and walked out of the room.
Lex sighed as he packed a small bag. He was so happy, he had never felt this good before. He loved Ebony with all his heart and she loved him back just as much.
"You almost ready?" Ebony asked as she walked into the room with a picnic basket in her hand.
"Yeah almost, you got the food?" Lex said as he swung his bag over his shoulder.
"Right here," Ebony replied as she held the picnic basket up.
"Ok let's go," Lex said as he took a hold of Ebony's hand and walked out of the room.
Tai-San was so lost in her thoughts she didn't even notice Ebony and Lex coming towards her.
"Yeah, Tai-San, will you tell Bray and Amber that me and Lex went out for a little while." Ebony said as she passed Tai-San.
"Sure," Tai-San replied without even looking up.
"I wonder what's up with her," Ebony said as she looked at Lex.
"She's probably just got something on her mind." Lex replied as he and Ebony headed down the stairs.
The Mysterious figure watched from the shadows.
"I wonder where those two lovebirds are off to," it whispered before slipping back into the shadows.