Catch me...

Chris woke up to find Tal gone, and she instantly threw herself out of bed. Had he left her? Did he say that he loved her just to make her feel good? Chris shook her head, and decided to take a shower. She slid off the robe she was wearing, ran a warm shower, and jumped in. Moments later, she felt something touch her.

"Do you want me to help?"

Chris turned around, after hearing that deep, rough voice, she smiled at the person who spoke. "I thought you left me" she said softly, as Tal entered the bathtub, completely naked of course. "Never" he said, washing her back "I just got dressed". Chris looked at him, surprised "So.... You got back undressed, Why?". Taliffaro smirked at her "Why would I miss the chance of seeing you naked in the shower?" he replied, rubbing her cheek. Chris smiled back at him, then leaned over and kissed him deeply, as he nuzzled his face into her neck. "I've got good news and bad news" he said, his voice slightly muffled "Which do you want first?". Chris brought his head back up "What do you think?" she said "The good news of course". "The good news" Tal said, as he watched her soapy hands run down his arms "Is that we're going on a cruise to the islands". Tal smiled brightly when he saw her eyes lit up "I've always wanted to go on one" she said gently. Her expression changed "And what's the bad news?" she asked, rubbing his back. "Your family is coming with us" Tal finally said. Chris cuddled him, as water ran over their bodies "That's not bad, I like spending time with my family" she said, her voice barely over a whisper. She smirked at him "But it's all thanks to you we're going on this trip" she said, pulling him to her. "And now" she growled, in a sort of playfull way "It's time for your reward"

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Blaze arrived at the port to see her whole family there, and then some. This oldest sister, Snowy was busy chatting with her fiance', Ron. Fahrora, the second oldest, was sitting by the water, and some guy was trying to talk to her. Blaze soon realized that his guy, was her brother Troy's friend, Dante. Troy, was holding hands with his girlfriend, and her almost sister-in-law, Ginny, they were sitting quietly on a woden bench, lost in each other's eyes. Chris, the third oldest, and Blaze's closest sister, was standing, looking over the dock, alone. Then, someone appeared behind her, Ron's friend Tal, and he wrapped his arms around her waist. Blaze watched Chris turn around and give him a welcoming kiss, her arms around his neck. Blaze sighed, as being the most anti-social one of the group, she didn't have a boyfriend just yet. The other thing was that Blaze was a pyro, she was able to controll fire and all elements around fire, including smoke and at times, the air that made the fire grow. If Blaze dated a guy long enough to trust him, as soon as she told him about her powers, they would brake up with her the next day. "It's not you.... It's just your powers" her last boyfriend, a boy named Joshua had said. Then he had left Blaze in tears, kissing her once of the forehead before leaving. Blaze almost came to tears as she thought of that moment, she had sobbed for hours on end, giving herself a headache. Luckily, Snowy was there to cheer her up, softly talking about how there would be someone to understand her, that she just had to be strong. Blaze turned and smiled, her sister had found Ron, and they were to be married soon, something that made Blaze proud of her sister.

"Well, well, well.... If it isn't Blaze Klebos"

Blaze turned around, soon face to face with Lucian, one of Ron's other friends. Blaze completely disliked him, she could even say that she hated him. His arrogant ways made him a complete turn off for Blaze, and he thought that he could get her with just a simple snap of his fingers. Well, if he knew her well enough, he would know that she didn't come that easily, she wouldn't come without a fight. "Lucian" she growled, running her fingers through her slightly shaggy hair "What do you want?". Lucian smirked, his shaggy jet black hair flying in front of his eyes. "It's nothing beautiful" he said in his usual smooth voice "I just wanted to see how you were doing". Blaze gritted her teeth together, she hated it when Lucian complemented her like that, or called her by her full name, it got on her nerves. "I'm fine" she snapped, about to walk off, but she was stopped by a strong hand on her wrist, and she was pulled into Lucian's arms. "Get off of me..." she snarled, not wanting to cause a scene "I don't want to waste my fire and hurt you" her orange eyes glared into his own dark blue ones, her look menacing. Lucian didn't reply, he simply smashed his lips into hers, holding a long and firey hot kiss, he pulled away after that. "Now" Lucian said with another one of his classic smirks "Wasn't that a whole lot better?". He was met by a burst of fire, shooting out of Blaze's hands. It lashed across his cheek, and he yelped and jumped back in pain, tears in his eyes. "I told you" Blaze said simply, the fire disappearing in her hands as quickly as it had come "I'm stronger then you think Lucian", And with a flick of golden hair, Blaze Klebos had walked off.

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"Lucian, what happened to your face?"

Lucian was helping the crew load everyone's bags in the ship, when he turned and saw Ron, his best friend. The redhead walked over to him, brushing a few strands of long hair from his eyes. "Was it Blaze again?" he said with a smirk, picking up a large duffel bag. Lucian quickly nodded, as his hand touched the burn again, he winced in pain. "I don't know Ron" he said, throwing another bag into it's right place "She doesn't like me.... I've tried everything!". Ron burst into laughter at the desperate look on his friend's face "You've tried everything?" he said, chuckling "You've tried all the wrong things!". Lucian scratched his head for a few moments "Really?" he said, thinking about that possibilty. Ron put his hand on his friend's shoulder "Trust me" he said with a slight chuckle "Be a little nicer to her and you won't get burned". Lucian started to pout "You mean" he said, his voice in a whimper-like tone "I won't be able to be naughty anymore?". Ron started laughing again "You will" he said in his rough voice "If you get close enough to her to do that".
End of Chapter four

A:N/ Well.... it's on to Blaze now, I have to say, besides Snowy and Ron, Blaze and Lucian are turnng out to be my favorite couple. Blaze's firey little temper is really put to use in the next chapter.