It was either very late in the evening or very early in the morning when the three finally fell asleep, all spread out upon the bed in Rai's room. Klemey had told then how Landon had told her he was American and a singer, here looking for inspiration for his next C.D. She told them of how he twirled a strand of her hair around his finger after the breeze had blown it loose. She told them of how he made her laugh when he had a glob of ice cream on his upper lip and pretended not to notice, and how he had walked her back to her hotel.
It was probably mid-afternoon when Rai was awakened by a gentle shaking on the shoulder and whispering of "Baby...Ba-Abe..." She opened her eyes and saw the love of her life leaning over her. She smiled and said, "Hi!" She kissed him while getting up out of bed (she had to push Angel, who had passed out after a whole bottle of gin, off of her). Chris looked at the sleeping girls, "You guys never stop do you?" She wrapped her arms around his neck, "I'm only free for awhile, soooo...." He raised his eyebrow and gave her a sneaky smile. "GIRLS! Up and out, NOW!!!" Angel and Klemey shook awake. "Damn girl!" was all Angel said as she left for her room. Klemey, who was asleep on the floor, having been pushed off the bed, was tangled in the blankets. She got up to leave paused at the door, "Good afternoon Chris..." She nodded to Rai, "Rai..." and smiled before leaving. "And now..." Chris leaned closer to Rai while wrapping his arms around her, they were strong from the hours of community service he had just finished up during the summer (another year was added to his sentence after the little Las Vegas stint!).
Klemey walked out of her bathroom, barefoot wearing the white summer dress with pink flowers at the edge of the skirt. She had bought it just for this trip. She had just put in the last pin of her messy bun when she heard someone calling her name. She opened her balcony doors and stepped out into the sun. She blocked the bright light with her hand and looked over the edge to the crowded street below. Standing on the side of the road by a parked Mo-ped was Landon. Klemeys heart fluttered, How cliche she thought, BUT oh so romantic! "Landon?" She called to him, "What are you doing?" His smile widened when she waved to him. "I was just wondering if you wanted to get some ananas with me!" "
"What the hell are ananas?" Klemey yelled back. He just laughed and said, "Come with me and I'll show you!" He waved for her to come down. She rolled her eyes and yelled, "Okay!"
She couldn't get down the stairs fast enough, her mind was racing. When she exited the hotel he waved her over. "Get on!" He smiled, visibly excited. "Hold on just a minute mister!" She crossed her arms and gave him a serious look, "First, you're going to tell me what ananas are, 'cuz I'll have you know I am not one of those girls who runs around with random good looking guys to do drugs or mess around!" He stared at her for about three seconds bewildred then bursted out laughing. "Calm down! I can assure you I'm not that kind of guy..." He laughed a little more, "Ananas is French for pineapples!" He wiped a tear from his eye. "Oh..." Klemeys face turned red as she looked at her feet. Landon grabbed her hand with one of his then gently lifted her face so that she was looking at him. "So, Klemey," He said, "Will you please accompany a random good looking guy to the food market?" He looked into her eyes sincerely. She smiled and nodded her head. "Wonderful! Hop on!" He pointed to the backseat of the Mo-ped. She climbed on and he turned to her, "You better hold on to me." She put her arms around his waist and rested her head on his back. She closed her eyes as they drove off. She inhaled and smiled, he smelled like lovely delicious coffee.
Rai, Angel, and Klemey walked down the hall of the spa wearing fancy robes with little gold crest on them and their hair all wrapped in towels. It had been three weeks of seeing and breathing in Venice for them. Chris had taken Rai to a romantic roof top restraunt, Angel and Klemey while sight seeing had saw a mime walking on the street, Klemey had gone out with Landon almost every night, and now they were going on their last week of their vacation.
"Klemey..." Rai looked over her shoulder to see if Angel was out of hearing range, "Everythings in place for the surprise!" Klemey looked over to Angel who was fusing with her bag that had gotten stuck in her locker. She laughed as she watch Angel mumble cuss words as she tugged the handle of her over stuffed purple bag. "She's gonna be so happy!" Rai watched her too. Klemey thought back to the previous night, her and Angel were laying out by the pool and chatting when she mentioned how much she missed her Gio.
Klemey could tell she really loved him.
The Night Of Chris' Concert:
"Chris what's going on?" Rai was walking with his hands over her eyes. "Babe, just wait it's a surprise! We're almost there!" They were walking down a cobbled street and Rai could hear water in the distance. "Here we are!" Chris removed his hands and Rai saw that they were standing by the river with a gondola boat swaying in the water. "Oh! Chris!" Rai jumped up and clapped her hands! "I knew you would love it! We're gonna ride it to the concert hall...Angel, Klemey, and Landon will be following in another, but..." He helped her in, "This one's just for us...Just for you!" He bent down and kissed her. And off they were!
"Angel, what the HELL are you doing?" Klemey tried pulling Angel back into her seat, she was standing up and attempting to dance...in the boat. "I-I-I-I MI-I-I-ISSS YA-OOOOUUU!!!" Angel sang into the might air. She leaned just a little to far into over and then before Klemey knew it the boat was tipping and the river water was hitting her in the face.
GAAAH!!! Klemey gasped for air. Once she settled in the water she looked around her for the others. "Angel!" She swam over to Angel who was climbing up the side of the river to the street. "Are you okay?" She climbed out to. Angel was squatting and crying when Klemey reached her. "Angel, Angel, what's wrong?" Angel looked up at her..."I tipped the boat!" She wailed, "I miss Gio soooo much!" Angel threw up her hands. "Angel!" Klemey threw her arms around her for a hug. "Oh! Angel it will be okay...Trust me!"
"KLEMEY!" Klemey looked into the river, Crap! Landon! "Oh my God!" Klemey saw that Landon was dragging the unconscious gondola rower. She moved to help him pull him up to the street. "What are we going to do? Is he dead?" Klemey grabbed the mans face, she slapped him, "WAKE UP!!!!" She was on the edge of a major freak out when she looked at Angel. "ANGEL!!! That's it!" Angel jumped at Klemey's calling. "What?" She asked still thinking about Gio. "You took first aid in high school! You can save him!" Angel bent down by the stumpy pale man. "Klemey I'm not to sure about this..."
"You can do it Angel, we beleive in you!" She nodded at Landon. "Yeah, you can do it!" He looked around there was no one else around and they all lost the cell phones in the water.
"Angel!Angel!Angel!" They both started chanting to support her. Finally she attepmted to give the man CPR, and it worked, after about ten minutes. The gondola man coughed up some water then mumbled something in Italien. "Angel you did it! You're a hero!!!!" Landon and Klemey high fived eachother. "Yeah, I don't feel like a hero..." Angel turned over and puked, too much vodka.
An hour later they were standing back stage while Chris Brown belted out "....Crawl back to love..." Angel was feeling better after taking a tylonel and the gondola man was given a free ticket to the concert to make up for his near death experience. "Rai, where's Klemey?" Angel asked Rai as she led her and Landon up a stair case and through a hallway. "Uh...She's getting something..." Angel looked around, "Where are we going?" The music was getting clearer. Chris was almost done with his last song. They turned a corner just as he did, they were standing at the side of the stage, literally if they walked just a couple of feet they'd be in front of millions of people screaming for Chris. "Uh, Rai, what are we doing?" Rai just smiled and pointed to The other side of the stage. "Ladies and gentlemen may I introduce a couple of my freinds..." And on to the stage walked Klemey with none other than Gio. "AHHH!!!!" Angel jumped up and down. Chris looked at Rai and nodded. "Come on," Rai pushed Angel forward. Landon and Rai waved to the crowd as they met the others at the center of the stage. Angel just stared at Gio. He ran right up to her and hugged her. She went to kiss him, but he turned away. "Angel," He looked at her seriously...Oh! No! She thought, he's going to break up with me in front of all these people! He knealt down and grabbed her left hand. The audience went silent. "Angel, I have been planning this for awhile now..." He looked into her eyes. "Since the moment I met you I knew, this was different...I love you. Everything about you, your eyes, your hair, your laugh, your walk...." Angel was almost at tears and Rai and Klemey were already past that. "Angel, will you marry me?"
The seconds past...Klemey was shooting her eyes from Gio to Angel...Angel ANSWER him!!! She was thinking...
A slow smile spread over Angels face. "YES!!!" Gio jumped up and grabbed her. He twirled her around so that he was holding her, he leaned in till he was just an inch from her face. "I was so worried you weren't going to say anything..." He kissed her there in front of everyone, the crowd bursted out with applause.
Later that night Landon was walking Klemey back to the hotel, Rai was off with Chris at a movie premiere, and Angel of course with Gio making up for the entire month without her. Landon grabbed Klemeys hand, she looked at him and smiled. "You know..." Landon stopped them outside of the hotel. "I wanted to do this since I first saw you at Rialto..." He placed his hands on the sides of her face and gently pulled her to him, and they kissed. In that moment Klemey didn't care that she was leaving the next day and might never see this lovely boy ever again, she didn't care that it was crazy to be in love, or what she hoped was love, with this boy...She just cared that they were kissing...
Epilogue:
Klemey held her cell to her ear with her shoulder, trying to balance her luggage. Rai had left her three message all marked Urgent...She had left Venice three days later than planned, Landon had wanted to spend more time together...So Rai and Angel had already been back in America for awhile..."Rai, hi! What is sooooo urgent that I just had to call you right now!" Klemey opened the fence and walked up the pathway to her porch. "Klemey, are you sitting down?" Rai sounded worried and excited all at the same time...Klemey sighed stepping up her stairs to the front door. "Klemey...I'm pregnant!" Klemey dropped her bag, one landing on her foot. "GOD DAMN IT!!!" She yelled into the phone. "Well, so much for a congratulations Klemey!" Rai said offended. "No, no, it wasn't you! i hit my toe...Pregnant? Did you say pregnant?!?" Klemey patted her pockets...Keys. Where the hell are my keys? Pregnancy? Klemeys mind was spinning....
Suddenly Klemey heard someone clearing their throat behind her...She spun around and almost dropped the phone.
"Umm, Rai, I'ma call you back..." Rai was protesting as Klemey Hung up, "Klemey I just told you I was Pregnant and you're gon..." Phone closed. Klemey put her phone in her bag and straitened her shirt out, "Gubler, what do you want?"
She was facing the man who two months ago had ripped her heart into a billion pieces.
"Klemey, I...." Gubler ran his hand through his hair, "I just came by....I've actually been waiting for a couple of hours...I...I..." He couldn't seem to find the words to say.
Klemey was still in shock that he was even here.
"Klemey, I just wanted to say...That I know what I did was wrong...Since you've been gone though..I just can't think straight, everything's a blur!" He looked at her pleading.
"Klemey...Please forgive me...I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't breath...I don't know what to do anymore..." He stepped closer to her,"Klemey, It was a moment of weakness and I said yes..." He looked as if he was about to cry.
Klemey looked at him. Her head was seriously spinning now. Rai pregnant, the month in Venice, Angel engaged, Landon, and now Gubler. All her feelings for him seemed to be rushing back. She remembered the night the stayed up all night in her backyard talking about everything and staring at the stars...How he had wrapped his arms around her and whispered I love you...
She unlocked her door and let him into the house.
...To be continued...
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