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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 10, 2012 23:50:19 GMT 2
A young Asian guy with spiked hair came down a flight of colourfully painted stairs and asked them something, which none of the three understood, then immediately switched to perfect English. "Hi guys, you need a bed?" "2 Rooms." Brian corrected him while he followed him to the wooden counter. "Sorry, guys. We're filled to the roof. Only two bunk beds in a room because somebody canceled."
Behind them the door got pushed open and few blonde, tall girls, who clearly had a Swedish accent dragged in large back packs. With a look at pregnant Mira and injured Cole Brian nodded. "We'll take it." "That's 25 dollars per person including breakfast, 10 for the dog. You're lucky we allow pets."
Soon they climbed the stairs to the fourth floor. The hallways and community rooms were filled with young travelers, who were chatting, eating, drinking beer and having fun. This hotel was the loudest one Brian had ever stayed in.
The room was equipped with a sink, wardrobe and two metal bunk beds. "Nice." Brian shook his head.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2012 23:54:36 GMT 2
Mira followed the two boys to the hotel but she did not follow them inside. Instead she slipped away unnoticed. She had to have some space and time to herself to think.
Over the last few days on the ship she had started to second guess her choices. Like why she had thrown her life away for Brian and wither he was worth it. Mostly she had been thinking about the option of leaving Cole and Brian. The two of them were very capable of surviving without her. She would be able to live a semi-normal life and raise her baby. Thought of the little child pushed her more toward the idea of leaving. The baby needs a stable home to grow up in, which is one thing they were not. They always seemed to be running and moving, which is not the life to be living when you are raising a kid. Mira sighed as she walked farther down the streets. If she left she would lose her love and one of her few friends. It was going to be a hard choice.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Feb 11, 2012 2:53:49 GMT 2
Things were really starting to get annoying. Not only was the line to the check-in counter ridiculously long, but both Cole and Brian were getting bumped around with all the people in the hallway trying to get passed. "Man, we'll be lucky if we even get a room I'm afraid." He looked towards Brian and then to Mira, who wasn't there. "Hey do you know where Mira went?"
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 11, 2012 18:44:28 GMT 2
"Hm?" With a mixture of annoyance and confusion Brian looked at Cole, then behind him but couldn't see Mira. "Maybe she went to the bathroom?" He guessed because he couldn't think of any better explanation for her sudden disappearance. "I'll check." Two minutes later he cam back and shook his head. "Nope."
This was the moment when he was starting to get worried. They were in a strange place with nowhere else to go. Without a word he hurried for the door to look around outside but she couldn't be seen anywhere. "Damn! Did she say anything to you?" Suddenly Coles burns were forgotten and all he could think of was that Mira had been captured by the cops. But why weren't they coming after Cole and Brian...or had she been kidnapped. The worst scenarios shot through Brians head and he had to struggle against the fear that suddenly rose inside of him. His head whirled around desperately. "Mira!"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 0:48:25 GMT 2
Mira turned when she heard her name. Now would be when she would have to choose. Brian or a life without him. What reason did she have to go back to him? their baby? She could raise him or her on her own. The case? She didn't really care that much any more. Love? Now that was the only reason she wanted to stay. She truly loved Brian, so she started to walk back down the street to him.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 12, 2012 5:02:43 GMT 2
Panicking Brian headed toward the commotion where the accident had happened with all the cop cars and ambulances. Was Mira somewhere over there? Had she been recognized? The thought alone was terrifying.
From a distance he tried to see whether he could spot her in between all the other black haired people but couldn't so he turned on his heel when he suddenly spotted her in the opposite direction. As quickly as he could he ran back to her and embraced her in a hug completely ignoring her small bump and the pain in his shoulder when their bodies connected. He could hear his own heart hammer in his ears. "Where were you? I thought they caught you or something."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 8:16:34 GMT 2
Mira let him hug her as she carefully wrapped her arms around him. "Sorry, I got a little distracted and walked past the hotel. I'm sorry for making you worry." She didn't like lying to him but he would hate her if he knew the truth. Things were better off with him not knowing what she was thinking of doing. "Can we go inside? I'm not feeling to good..." She loosened her hold on him.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 12, 2012 21:18:45 GMT 2
To have her back without cops on her cute butt and unharmed was great but the fact that she walked past the hostel and wasn't feeling good worried Brian. He stopped her when she tried to walk away and held her hand. "What's wrong? Are you feeling sick?" Hopefully there weren't any pregnancy problems. It would be hard to find a doctor with a health card or however it worked here, especially with as little money as they had. Suddenly Brian started cursing himself for putting her into a bad situation like this while she was pregnant.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2012 0:34:01 GMT 2
"Its just morning sickness. Don't worry." Mira told him as she held his hand a little tighter. "Plus I'm hungry and tired. I'll be alright." She kissed him lightly. "Are you felling okay?" She knew he had to be hurting from his gun shot wound still. Hopefully it would heal up quick. They needed him to be able to race, so they could survive here.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 13, 2012 1:13:22 GMT 2
"It's late night, not morning." Brian muttered while he followed her. Her explanation seemed a little fishy but Brian decided to leave it for now. They needed some food and Cole's leg needed some tlc. "I'm fine." He brushed off her question because even though his shoulder still hurt and the feeling in his fingers hadn't returned he wouldn't tell her any more knowing how guilty she felt about it. Inside the hostel they found their room with the bunks on the third floor. "Can you have a look at Cole's burns while I organize us some food?" He asked before he gave her a brief kiss and hurried off again. At the door he shot another look at Mira.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2012 1:28:07 GMT 2
"It doesn't have to be morning for me to get it." Well this sucked... He didn't believe her even when she was telling the truth. Mira walked into the room. "Yeah I'll take care of the kid." She walked over to Cole. "Shoes off." She let the kitten out of her backpack as she waited.
The still unnamed kitten jumped onto Cole's lap and started to purr.
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Post by Cole Peyton on Feb 13, 2012 1:45:47 GMT 2
Cole was just about to fall asleep on the bed, he was thinking about following Brian but was just too tired to do so. Mira's sudden entrance startled him awake. "Where were you at?" He said rubbing his eyes. "And where'd Brian go?" He threw his shoes off and looked at the burn marks himself, moving his ankles around in any way was painful. He sighed at his fortune, he may have a hard time driving properly like this. As if to make him feel better, the cat crawled onto his lap and curled up to go to sleep. He gently stroked it's fur. "Where'd the cat come from anyway? The ship?"
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 13, 2012 14:49:33 GMT 2
The further Brian walked away from the hostel the more engulfed he became in the foreign culture. All the signs were strange, the smells and looks of things. He felt alienated all of a sudden. Like he simply didn't belong here, which was of course true. Trying to make sense of signs he searched for something to eat while his thoughts were with Mira. Maybe she was just really tired...hopefully.
Sirens startled him and made him step into a dark alley for a moment until the cars had passed by. What a way to live!
Finally he ended up in front of a restaurant with a window for take away food. So he stood in line and simply pointed at whatever the person in front of him ordered hoping it was somewhat edible and not too hot for an American gum.
When he came back to the room he held the bags in his arm and pushed the door open to find Mira sitting and talking with Cole. "I have no idea what it is but it smells pretty good."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2012 19:45:05 GMT 2
"I picked her up when we were in Panama." Mira dug around in her bag of the small first add kit she had it there and pulled it out. "This is gonna hurt a little." She tried to be as gentle as possible as she put some burn cream on his ankles. Taking the bandage out of the box she carefully wrapped it over the burns. "There you go, that should be okay for now." She tired to hold back a laugh but couldn't. "You two make me feel like a mom already." She ruffled Cole's hair before she took a sit on the other bunk, her hand resting on her stomach. If only they could just skip time to when the little one was gonna be born. It wold give her something to do when the boys were racing, cause she had a feeling they weren't gonna be to willing to let her come with them.
When Brian walked in Mira's mouth started to water. The food smelled amazing. "I agree with you there."
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Post by Cole Peyton on Feb 13, 2012 19:50:56 GMT 2
"Somehow I knew you'd be the first to rescue a stray cat." He tried to hold back a wince with whatever that white stuff was that Mira using. After a few seconds it actually started to feel good. "Well you better get used to being a mom, Brian and I are good practice I guess." He chuckled.
Cole greeted Brian. "Don't know what it is? You could've bought play-doh for all you know." He laughed. Looking through the 'food items,' some of it actually did look like play-doh, and some of it looked like stuff you'd get at Panda Express back in America. "Either way, thanks for getting this stuff." By now, Cole had some lotion and ice packs on his ankles, they were already starting to feel better. He couldn't wait to get back in a car and start making some money out here, as well as put a few people in there places.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 13, 2012 22:46:37 GMT 2
"I think you're lucky if it's playdo..." With a look at the little cat he asked. "Right, little kitty?" He had heard a few aweful stories.
He took whatever was left when Cole and Mira chose what they wanted and opened the box. It was dark mixture of vegetables and meat and when he took the first bite he gasped for air because it was extremely hot. Brian actually had to wait a moment until his taste buds could handle more. "Whoa. I think I'll have to get used to this. It's even hotter than you." He smiled at Mira who seemed in a little better mood now that she was eating.
"So, tomorrow we should get in touch with Dom's friend Han. I'm sure he can point us in the right direction. I know his email address and hopefully we'll get our cars off the ship."
Bravely he took another bite and his eyes watered up again. Whatever was in this food was definetly stronger than chillies. "Who on earth eats stuff like this?"
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Post by Cole Peyton on Feb 14, 2012 0:18:31 GMT 2
Cole rolled his eyes at Brian's compliment to Mira. He sure was cute with his tongue sometimes. "Does this Han know you, Brian?" It seemed like Brian and Dom knew everyone who was someone in the world. Even if they were in India, Brian probably knew someone. Nonetheless, Cole felt like they should go out there and get a name first, then Han would come to them. "Aye bro, I say we just get out and race."
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 14, 2012 0:23:16 GMT 2
Wiping the back of his hand over the beads of sweat on his forehead, that had formed because of the spicy dish, Brian set the food aside and told the cat and dog. "There you can have it...see if you're braver than me." He got up and went to the sink to drink some water. "Maybe you're right. I guess it's better to hit the scene as a nobody." Wiping his mouth he talked to the sink. "Is this even drinkable?" Then he turned around and leaned his butt on the low porcelain. "Is it clever to go racing while some sleazy bobba fats are after us?"
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Post by Cole Peyton on Feb 14, 2012 0:47:06 GMT 2
Cole motioned to the sink. "I just drank some, and I'm not dead yet so I think it's fine." Cole thought a little more about their opportunities. "If Dom's friend is high up in world, then he'll know everybody involved around here, if he comes to us and not vice versa, it puts us in a helluva situation to pick his brain a little. He'll have atleast some level of respect for us, who knows what he could do for you and I." Cole watched the cat shy away from the mystery meat and the german shepard cautiously start licking it. "Racin' is our only real option to make some money, I don't think we have a choice."
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Post by Brian O'Conner on Feb 14, 2012 1:07:11 GMT 2
Brian watched the dog, who gobbled the rest of the food up in no time. "You got balls, pooch."
Out of the corner of his eye he shot a glance at Mira, who was indulging in her food. "Who of us going to race though? I'm missing an arm, your missing two feet and my lady over there has a passenger on board." He raised his brows at Cole. "I guess we can still kick all sorts of asses. "
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