Sallina's P.O.V.
I awoke to a sleeping Emmett, and a Darilyn that wasn't there. I smiled, I could still hear Emmett's heartbeat, and It beat slowly, which was soothing. He suddenly opened one eye.
"Hey." He smiled.
"Hi."
"Goodmorning."
"G'morning."
"You want breakfast?"
"Sure."
"Well, you might wanna to get off me now, so I can go fix it."
"Oh Yeah, sorry. Your heartbeat is very hypnotic."
"Heheh."
"Yeah." I slid my head off him, and followed him into the kitchen.
He poured some milk into the bowl of cereal, and gave it to me. I scarfed it down quickly, and had it down, just when He was about to take his second bite.
"Hungry, Much?"
"Mmmhmmm."
"You want mine?"
"If you don't mind."
"Sure." He held it out, and I wolfed that down too.
"Er, want some OJ?"
"Sure."
He poured us some orange juice, and I chugged mine.
"Wow."
"Hehe, I know."
I set my glass down and looked at him.
"You're too nice to me." I added.
"What? No I'm not."
"Yeah. You even let me cuddle you."
"Well, I'm just nice I guess..."
"...You're awesome."
"Awesome?" He cocked his head to the side. "How am I awesome?"
"You'd do all this for a girl you barely know."
"Seriously, It's fine."
I sighed. "I wish I didn't have to go home tonight."
"Who said that?"
"I just figured-"
"No, No. If you're lonely, you can stay here. You're welcome anytime."
I smiled widely and hugged him tightly. "Thank you!"
"It's not a big deal, really." He looked away, blushing.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"N-nothing."
I didn't let go of him. I really didn't want to, He was so warm. I looked him straight in the eyes, he looked back in desperation.
"A-Are you okay?"
"Your scent, it's getting to me."
"Oh." I started to back away, but he embraced me tighter.
"I didn't say I didn't want you."
I smiled.
"Besides, I can tell you're enjoying this."
"Heheh, Yeah."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why do you like this?"
"B-Because...I-I kind of have a crush on you."
He flushed. "R-really? Well, are you afraid of me?"
"I...I don't know."
"Are you afraid of what I am?"
"I'm not sure."
"I need a straight answer. Do you think I would hurt you?"
"No." I bit my lip.
"Okay, That's all I needed to know."
I smiled, happy to be not pressured.
"Well, Are you sure you like me?"
"Yeah."
"I see."
"D-Do you like M-me back?" I felt like a highschool girl all over again. I hated this feeling of being unsure, but so sure at the same time. I hated it to death.
"Of course." He smiled.
"Yay." I said meekly.
He laughed. We heard a sound of keys jingling, and the door locks doing their job. I opened my eyes wide.
"Don't worry, it's just Darilyn, coming home for lunch."
He dragged me to the couch and we sat down, casually. The door opened after Emmett turned on the T.V., which was Spongebob.
"Hey Guys!"
"Hey Darilyn." Emmett responded.
"What's up?"
"Just watching some good T.V." I added slightly.
"That's good."
He passed us, and sat down at the kitchen table. I followed Emmett, who sat down by Darilyn. I sat across from him.
"So, how's work?" I asked.
"Ugh, awful. There's this dumb chick who can't do anything right, I swear."
"Oh, that sucks." I said.
"Hey, Sallina's going to stay here for a week, if that's okay?" Emmett asked. I wondered if he might tell Darilyn.
"That's fine." He smiled.
I grinned back.
"Ah, well, I gotta be going, See you later." Darilyn sighed.
We both muttered a goodbye.
As soon as he shut the door, I hugged Emmett.
"Wow, that was sudden."
"I Know."
"I feel bad, Emmett."
"Why?"
"Because you're cheating on Darilyn for me."
he sighed, "I know..."
"He'll kick your ass if he finds out."
"I know, But you're worth it."
"No...I'm just a worthless puppet." I looked down as I let go of him.
"No, no you're not." He said, adding sympathy.
"Yes, I am."
"Sallina, if you were worthless, you wouldn't be put on this earth."
I sighed, "You don't understand. All I was- am, Is just an experiment."
"Huh?"
"Sasori killed me, put me in the body, and thought it would be fun to give me a mind of my own."
"But, that doesn't mean you're not worth something."
"What?"
"If you were truly worthless, he would've thrown you away by now."
"That's true."
"Now, come on, let's relax for a bit."
"Okay..."
He sat me back down on the couch, very close to him.
"This will relax you..." He pushed me down gently, my head resting on his lap. he massaged my temples gently.
"Now, do you feel better?"
"Yeah..." I slowly drifted off to sleep.
When I woke up, I was still on the couch, but Emmett was gone. I looked around nervously. Darilyn was beside me.
"Have a good nap?" he asked, grinning.
I smiled sleepily. "Yeah."
"Emmett's fixing dinner."
"Okay." I sat up slowly.
Damn, this is a comfortable couch. I thought.
I watched whatever Darilyn was watching when Emmett called for dinner.
We walked silently to the table. Everyone ate, and we talked about the weather. It was pretty cloudly outside, and cold.
"Emmett?" Darilyn asked.
"Hmm?" Emmett answered, his mouth full of mashed potatoes.
"My sister wants me to come visit her after tommorow."
"You want to go, huh?"
"Yeah, It's just...I haven't seen her in a while...and..."
"I understand. How long will you be gone?"
"About a week."
"You know I'll miss you."
"Aww, I'll miss you too."
"I wuv you!"
I smiled sadly, trying desperatly not to cry over their mushiness. I wanted to be Darilyn. I wanted to be with Emmett, and I didn't want to be the secret lover, keeping Emmett from loving Darilyn completley.
We finished, and Emmett collected our plates, and cleaned up the kitchen.
"Emmett!" Darilyn said in a playful voice.
"Huh?"
"You know what I want to do tonight?"
"Same here..." Emmett looked over at me, sitting shyly at the table.
"She'll be fine, Emmett."
"Alright, I'll be waiting, Emmett." Darilyn danced happily to the bedroom. I sighed.
"So you and Darilyn, eh?"
"Sallina, I do still love him..."
I finally let the tears stream down.
"Oh come on..." He picked me up and laid me down on the couch. He tucked me in like a child, and kissed me goodnight.
I cried myself to sleep. He was teasing me. This was torture. This was Jealousy. This was Love.
Deireia's P.O.V.
I woke up with a thundering headache. The sad part was, I couldn't remember a thing. I felt so light-headed. I turned over to Darilyn, who was already awake. My eyes slid across his body. The blanket he was covering himself with only revealed his torso.
"Darilyn?"
"Yes?"
"What happened last night?"
"You don't remember?"
"No, and I feel really light-headed. Do you feel that way?"
"Nuh-uh."
"Well, maybe you blew my mind."
"What?"
"Maybe, it was so great, that I can't remember it."
"Whatever. You seriously don't know?"
"No, maybe we should try again?"
"No."
"But-"
"No, what happened was, I kissed you, and you passed out."
"Oh..."
Darilyn stood up, and got dressed.
"Please, Dar-Dar?"
"No."
"Fine, I'm going to a club then."
"Go."
"I will."
"Okay."
I picked up my clothes off the floor and slipped them on. I walked quickly out of the house, and didn't say goodbye.
Sallina's P.O.V.
I rolled over to see Emmett smiling at me.
"G'morning." He greeted.
"Hey."
"Good sleep?"
"Yeah."
"By the way...Sallina, was that your first time?"
I blushed, "Yes."
"Oh man, I'm so sorry."
"For what? it was great."
"Well, I thought You might've wanted it with someone you actually loved."
"Oh."
"But, If you're okay with it..."
"Yeah."
"Hey, isn't today when we're supposed to go discuss things?"
"I think so."
"Alright, Get dressed." He slid off the bed, and went to shower. I collected my clothes, strung in various places among the room. I dressed in them, and Emmett was done quickly. We headed to The park, like the instrctions said, and waited. Finally, Darilyn, and Deireia showed up, twenty-minutes late.
"Sorry, little missy here went to a club."
"It's fine." I smiled.
"Okay, so what happened?" I asked.
"Deireia begged me for sex, and I refused, then I bit her, and she fainted."
"You said you kissed me!" Deireia fumed.
"Whatever. What did you guys do?"
"Erm, Please understand, Baby, that I was drunk..." Emmett blushed, looking down. I blushed also.
"Please don't blame him, we were trashed." I pleaded.
He laughed, "I understand."
"Well, what do we want to do?"
Emmett glared at Deireia, "I want to kill her..."
Darilyn muttered, "Same here."
Deireia was nervous, she looked at me, with pleading eyes.
"C'mon, you only get one life. You gotta make it fun, right? Hon?"
"Deireia, You betrayed me, and you weren't even drunk."
She gulped nervously.
"Yeah, but...We can forgive and forget...Ne need to kill, right, Sweetie?"
"No, should've learned your lesson when You got killed the first time."
"But, We all make mistakes, c'mon."
"Yes, but you still betrayed me, and now, you're going to pay."
She winced.
And soon after, she was killed, Sallina strangled her to death.
Sallina's P.O.V. A few days later...
I was lonely, I couldn't help myself. I felt like a teenager again, going to a friend's house. I pulled in the driveway, of the beautiful house. I went up the steps, and knocked softly.
Emmett answered the door, he seemed happily suprised.
"Hey, hon."
"Hey," I smiled.
"What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to know, if I could stay here a few days, I'm really lonely at home." I looked down.
"So, you come to your friendly neighbor hood gay guy, because you're lonely?"
I winced, "Sorry, I just thought-"
"I'm kidding, of course you can stay."
I lit up. "Sweet."
He held the door open, for me to walk in. I stepped in, and was amazed at the house. It was beautifully lit by candles, and it was topped off with dark furniture. I felt warm and cozy in this house.
"Darilyn, We have a guest!" Emmett shouted. Darilyn rushed to meet me.
"Hey you. I missed ya." He laughed.
"Same here."
He laughed, and pulled me into a hug. I hugged back.
"So, what are you guys doing?"
"We were just about to sleep, actually." Emmett bit his lip.
"Oh, don't let me stop you."
"Okay." Emmett walked in front of a cabinet, and pulled out a warm-looking blanket and pillow. He set them on the couch, and fluffed the pillow.
"There ya go."
"Thanks so much." I hugged him tightly.
"If you have any nightmares, come into the bedroom, you can sleep with us."
I laughed.
"Seriously, I mean it."
I smiled, "Okay."
I laid down on the couch, and Darilyn tucked me in. I smiled.
"Goodnight." I told both of them.
"Night."
I slowly drifted off to sleep.
~~~
I was running from the voice in my head, Didn't really make sense, so i stopped. Deireia's eyes were following me, I didn't see them, but I felt it.
"Sallina."
Her haunting voice echoed through this Hell.
"Sallina..."
"No...!"
"Sallina."
"Please, go away, Please!"
~~~
I woke up in a daze. I had a nightmare, something I haven't had since becoming a puppet. I sat straight up, looking around nervously. There was no sign of her. I rushed to where I saw Darilyn, and Emmett go. I shook Emmett awake.
"What's the matter, Sall?"
"I-I had a nightmare."
"Aww, poor girl. Here." He moved slightly, allowing me to get to the middle of the bed, and pull the cover over myself.
"Thanks alot, Emmett."
"No prob."
I leaned closely to him, and cuddled him closely. He smiled sleepily. I rested my head on his shoulder, and put my hand on his chest. I felt his strong heartbeat, and enjoyed it. I moved my head down to his chest, and listened to the soft thumping of his heart. It was a beautiful sound, and I closed my eyes.
I fell asleep to it.
Sallina's P.O.V.
When Two girls named ShadowIllusion and LoVeRsPaIn said That Deireia would be switching to someone else's house for a day to act as their spouse, and that I'd be getting a guy named Darilyn, I knew this would not end well.
"Deireia! It's time to go!"
"Huh, what?"
"Remember, you're going to Emmett's house, and Darilyn's coming over here for a day."
"Emmett, Darilyn?"
"Oh yeah, Trading Ukes."
"Yeah..."
I knew it wasn't going to be the same with Deireia. She always made me laugh a lot, and I knew I was going to miss her, and her Uke-ness. One thing that always really ticked me off about her though, Was, That she always wanted It. And never from me, her fianc'e. She whined, and cried if she didn't get what she wanted, and always found ways to make the person surrender. But...
I Love her anyways...
I got settled in the driver's seat of my slug-bug, and buckled myself in. I looked at the note that contained the address and directions of Emmett's house. I was to drop Deireia off there, and get out to introduce myself, and pick up Darilyn. They lived quite away from us, and It was a long drive, about thirty minutes. Their names sounded kind of familar, I think I might be remembering them from the Pride Festival. I looked over.
Deireia seemed quiet. Too quiet for her.
Finally, I parked in their driveway, and slipped out the car. Deireia silently walked to the door, and knocked on it gently. A man, with shoulder-length black hair, covering his left eye, with many piercings opened the door. He smiled warmly.
"Are you Sallina?"
"No, I'm Deireia."
"Oh, Okay." He blinked, and from behind him, A Blond guy with spikey hair walked out. He also had a few piercings, and his hair was just a little past his shoulders. He smiled at me.
"You're Sallina, right?"
I leaned up closer to my car. "Uh-huh."
"Cool. I love your hair."
"Thanks." I smiled. I had spikey hair, a little past my chin, it was white-blond today. Master Sasori always dyed it daily, usually. Sometimes Bright red, sometimes pale blond.
I stepped up to meet Emmett. He held out his hand, and I took it, and he firmly shook it.
"Take care of her." I said, kind of pleading.
"I will."
I smiled at him. I gave Deireia a brief hug, and kissed her quickly.
"Love you. See you later."
"Love you too." She smiled sadly. I turned to Darilyn.
"Ready?"
He shook his head, meaning No. He ran up to Emmett. They repeated what Deireia and I had just done, and Darilyn slipped into the passager seat of the car. I slid in, and shoved the key into the ignition.
We arrived home. Well, My home. I sat down, and Darilyn sat down next to me, looking around in curiousity.
"I'm a puppet." I said, randomly and straight-forward.
"Cool." he looked a little confused.
"You can pull my strings." I said, adding slight desperation in my voice.
"Nah, I'm good. I don;t want you in that kind of way."
I cut the whole act off.
"Good, me too."
"So, what do you wanna do?"
"Hmm, wanna go somewhere?"
"How's the Park sound?"
"Okay." He smiled happily.
Deireia's P.O.V.
"Hey." I said, Laughing to Emmett.
"Um, Hi."
"Heheh, wanna do something?"
He raised an eyebrow at me. "What do you mean?"
"I Think you know."
"No. I'm gay, lady."
"Not even a little straight?"
"Nope."
"Oh. Can we anyway?"
"What part of 'No' did you not get?"
"C'mon, I'm desperate."
"I can tell."
"So, I need you."
"You can wait until Sallina comes to pick you up."
"Ugh!"
"Whatever."
I jumped on his back, "Take me now!"
"No!" He slid me off.
"What is wrong with you?!"
"I don't want you!"
"Why not?"
"Because I barely know you!"
"We can change that!"
"Uh-huh. Not that way."
"Please!" I begged, the desperation cracking my voice.
"No, I have Darilyn for that!"
"But, He doesn't have to know!"
"I'll feel bad."
"You won't when I get done with you."
"Gawd, Fine!"
I smirked. I pushed him into the bedroom.
You can tell what just happened...
Sallina's P.O.V.
We were walking in the park, and suddenly I heard something.
"Sallina! Darilyn!"
We stopped, Emmett was running towards us.
"Please! Sallina, trade me!"
"Wha-What?"
"I can't handle Deireia!"
"Um, Okay."
Darilyn cut in, "What happened?"
"She- She keeps trying to 'Get' Me!"
"Fine, Sallina, take Emmett with you, I'll go home."
Emmett tossed Darilyn the keys to his car, and I lead Emmett home.
"What do you wanna do?" He asked.
"Um, Do you drink?"
He smirked, "Yeah."
We rushed to the kitchen.
A few hours later, they are TRASHED...
"Heheh, What do you wanna do, Sallina?" He asked drunkenly.
"I dunno, what do you wanna do?" I said, drousily.
"I dunno."
I poked his shoulder. He laughed and poked back. It became a poking-fest. I poked his thigh.
"Oh, so you wanna poke there?" He laughed. he poked my thigh, almost back there. I laughed.
"Hehe, so what do you wanna do?" I asked.
"I dunno. What do you wanna do?"
"I dunno."
He laughed drunkenly.
"What do you want to do?" He asked.
"Whatever you want to do."
"I want to do a lot of things."
He seemed to blush.
"Why're you b'ushing?"
"Heheh, You dun wanna know."
I felt my cheeks go red.
"Now, why're you b'ushing?"
"Same reason you are."
"Oh."
"What do you want to do?"
"You."He smirked mischeiviously.
"Oh really?"
"yeah."
"Same here."
"Okay..."
Deireia's P.O.V.
"Where's Emmett?" I asked, when Darilyn walked in.
"Nunya."
"I guess I'll just have to take you instead."
A few hours of arguing, and finally Darilyn is drunk...
"You wanna do it?" I asked.
He flushed, and laughed.
"Yeah..."
"Okay, then, you ready?"
"Ready for what?"
"You know."
"No, I don't know."
"Whatever, ready now?"
"Yeah..."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, are you?"
"Huh? Yeah."
"Okay."
Little does she know, He has a plan, which will be revealed in part two!
