Chapter 5
A New Start
2000-New Zealand

I looked up when I heard the door open and saw Haylee and, my mouth dropped, Liv Tyler. "Hi. I'm Liv. Haylee told me you had a date with Orlando tonight." She said. I nodded. "He's not your boyfriend is he, cause I didn't know." I said. She laughed. "Of course not! We're going to help you get ready." She said. "Oh! Thank you so much!" I said. They smiled and nodded. "So where are you two going to go?" Liv asked. "Well, I figured we could just take a walk around town. Nothing special." I said. "Well, then let's see what you've got." Haylee said. She looked through the closet where I had put all my clothes. I had a lot because I was staying for a while. "What about this?" She asked holding up a black shirt and some light jeans. "Oh! Perfect!" Liv said. I never wore that shirt because it showed a lot of cleavage. "Well, don't you think that's a touch showy, I mean, in the chest area?" I asked. They both laughed. "You're going with Orlando, he'll love it." Liv said. "Um, ok." I said a little confused about what she was saying.

After about 10 minutes I was in the outfit and Liv was doing my hair while Haylee was working on my make-up. Finally they both finished, and I looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was flipped up at the tips, and I was wearing silver eye shadow with a light black eye liner. I was surprised I cleaned up so well. "You look perfect. Orli will love it!" Haylee said. I nodded. "I just hope Elijah doesn't mind it. Although he won't look at me now because he's mad." I said rolling my eyes. "So what is the story behind Elijah and you?" Liv asked. "Um, it's fairly simple I suppose. We were best friends when we were younger then why my mother was, um, killed I moved in with Elijah and his mom adopted me. So basically we're brother ad sister." I said. She looked sorry. "I'm sorry I asked." She said. "No, don't be, it's fine." I said. She nodded. "So when are you and Orlando going out?" She asked. I looked at my watch. "Like now! Thanks so much!" I said hugging them both. "No problem, you should come to Liv's trailer tomorrow. We have coffee every morning with a bunch of us girls." Haylee said. Liv nodded. "Sure, I'd love that." I said. They nodded and both walked out. I followed behind.

"Oh! Orlando! You look sharp!" Liv said. My cheeks got red as I saw him. He was gorgeous. I smiled. "You really do look nice." I said. He nodded. "You look beautiful." He said. "Thank you." I said. Elijah looked up at me, and his face fell. "So where did you want to go?" Orlando asked. I was still looking at Elijah. "A walk around town would be nice." I said. Liv noticed what was going on and went to talk with Elijah. "We can do that." Orlando said. "Elijah, I'll be back later, I'll see you." I said. He just nodded.

Orlando grabbed my hand and led me out the door. We walked out to the parking lot, and headed towards the town. We chatted about just small things until we reached the main street. I smiled as I looked around. "This would be a lovely place to live." I said. "It is." He said. "So, you don't think this is too showy do you? Liv and Haylee seemed to think it was ok." I said. He smiled. "No, it's fine. You look great." He said. I smiled. "Thank you." I said. "So, how are you feeling now, are you better from this morning?" He asked. I nodded. "Yes, I'm sorry you had to see that. It hasn't happened for a long time. I feel like such a child." I said. "You're not though. I mean, this was a tramatic event you had to live through, and from what Elijah says you didn't really talk about it much." He said. "I just couldn't. I didn't want anyone to know what things we're like, you know, I didn't want everyone I met to act weird around me because my mom died the way she did." I said. "That's understandable. So have you seen you're dad since?" He asked. "No, the last time I saw him he gave me this look of absolute hate. He doesn't want to see me, and I don't want to see him." I said. He nodded as we sat down on a fountain. He laughed a little. "Elijah pissed in this fountain when he was drunk one night." He said laughing. I laughed with him. "You're kidding? He's so crazy." I said. He nodded.

He leaned in and kissed me. I put my arm around his back, and kissed him back. We were getting into it when we lost balance and fell back into the fountain. I started laughing as soon as we hit the water. It was cold, but I wasn't bothered by it. Orlando just looked shocked then started laughing. "Well, that worked out well." I said laughing. "I can't believe that happened." He said sitting down in the fountain. "Don't worry, it's ok." I said sitting on his lap and kissing him again. All of a sudden there was a light in our face. We parted and looked up. "Hello kids, what are you doing?" The police officer asked. My face went red and Orlando's went pale. "I'm sorry officer, we fell in." I said. "Will you two please get out?" He asked. We nodded and got out. We were both soaked. "Now, please do not be playing around in this fountain." He said. "Of course not sir." I said. Then he walked away mumbling something about tourist. As soon as he was gone I started laughing again. "Wow, we are FULL of luck!" I said. Orlando laughed along.

"Let's go back. You can change into something of mine and hang out, if you want, I mean." He said. I smiled. "That would be great. We walked back to his apartment, and he unlocked the door. We both walked in. Right away the warm air from his heater hit me it felt nice. He walked into his room, and pulled out a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. I went to the bathroom and rung out my hair and changed. It felt nice to be in his clothes, plus they smelled nice. I walked out of the bathroom, and saw him sitting on the couch waiting. He smiled. "They're a little big for you." He said. "All well, they're fine." I said sitting next to him. He put his arm around my shoulder. "I had fun." He said. "I did too, a lot of fun." I said.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" Orlando asked. I nodded. "That would be fine." I said. He got up and looked through the movies. "Um, what movie would you like?" He asked. "Surprise me." I said. He pulled out one and put it in. I saw that it was Monty Pithon and the Holy Grail. We never finished the film because we had both fallen asleep sitting together my head was on his chest and he was quietly snoring.

The Next Morning

I woke up as the door flung open and someone was talking loudly. I sat up, and saw Billy sitting on the floor in front of me. "MORNING!" He yelled. I jumped back a bit. "Um, morning." I said. Dom was doing the same to Orlando. "So, last night seems to have gone well." Billy said. I looked at him confused. "Huh?" I asked. "The clothes, they're quite you, I must say." He said. I looked down. "Oh no! It's nothing like that! We fell in the fountain." I said. Orlando was sitting there with a tired and evil glare on his face. "Why in the name of the Queen did you barge in here and wake us up?" He asked. "Because Elijah told us to sick you as forth you did not return his beloved sister to him last night." Billy said mater-of-factly. I rolled my eyes. "Orlando, I'll see you guys later! I've got to talk to him." I said. Orlando nodded. I got up, and walked up the stairs to Elijah's apartment.

I opened the door. "Oh, good, Billy Dom you guys are back." Elijah said. "No, they aren't, but I am." I said. He jumped up. "Where were you all night last night? Where you at Orlando's? Why didn't you call? Why are you wearing his clothes?" Elijah asked. He went back to the table and grabbed a cigarette. He had boxes of them around the area of the table and they were all empty. "Elijah! Are you ok? Stop that! Stop! Stop!" I said grabbing the cigarette from him. "What are you doing?" He asked. "You've had all too many! You need to calm down. Really Lij, I'm OK. What's wrong?" I asked. "I'm not used to you not being home when you're around. I was so worried." He said. "I meant to come back home, but we were having fun, and we went back to his house because we were wet because we fell into the fountain and he was going to loan me something to wear. That's why I'm in his clothes. And we ended up watching a movie and falling asleep." I said. "Please, just call next time." He said. "I promise. Scouts honor." I said.

Billy, Dom, Liv, Haylee, and Orlando all walked in. "Good morning Elijah dear!" Billy yelled. "Billy, what did you eat this morning?" Haylee asked. "Some eggs." Billy said confused. "Don't ever eat them again." She said. "Wait a moment!" Liv said. Haylee and her seemed to notice the same thing at the same time. "I don't believe that's what we sent you out in last night, that looks distinctly like something Orlando would…MY GOD!" Haylee said. "It's nothing like that you two, I'm not that easy." Orlando said. They both laughed a bit at that. "We fell in a fountain. Then we got in trouble by the cops for being in there." I said. "The fountain I piss in?" Elijah asked Orlando. He nodded. "Oh! We all have fountain moments now!" Billy said. "Yes, except some of us can remember ours." Liv said. "Elijah Jordan, I can not believe a fine upstanding gentleman like yourself would pee in a fountain!" I said. "I was drunk." He said.

Olando walked up behind me and kissed my cheek. "Morning by the way." He said. I smiled. "Morning." I said. "Aww, that's so cute." Liv and Haylee said. I rolled my eyes. "I'm going to take a shower. I'll see you girls later, right?" I asked. They nodded. "And I'll see you after you get off work." I said to Orlando. He smiled and nodded. I walked off into the bathroom to get ready.

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