Kigo

In the Middle by StarvingLunatic 15

15: Intermission II: Fork in the Road

Eighteen-year-old Kane Go was having lunch with his good friend Manny. They were sitting at an outdoor café. They were dressed in shorts and sleeveless t-shirts because it was blazing hot, which was surprising for the end of the summer.

"So, what's the deal with the movie? You finished shooting and everything?" Kane asked curiously while jamming a fist full of fries in his mouth. It was hard to believe that the man was of noble birth.

"Yeah, finished that last month. It's a good thing, too," Manny answered while adjusting the brim of his white baseball cap. He bent it more, giving it more of a curve.

"Why is it a good thing?" Kane inquired as he picked up his soda to help the fries go down.

"The woman that hates your guts, remember her?" the taller man countered as he leaned forward a bit.

Kane sighed, a dreamy look clouding his eyes. "Bella ..." he whispered fondly. He still had dreams about his night with her, and he lost a lot of sleep and had to do a lot of laundry thanks to them.

"Yeah ... Bella,'" Manny commented dryly while shaking his head. "Still a glutton for punishment, I see."

"Especially when it comes to her. So, what happened with her?" Kane asked, sounding almost concerned. He hoped that his friend did not have bad news about his goddess.

"She started getting sick toward the end of the filming. She had to go back home. I heard a rumor that she's actually pregnant," the taller male explained with an awkward chuckle. "Can't imagine her with a kid, but then again, I couldn't really imagine her mom with a kid either when I met her. Just a scary-ass family, that is." He shook his head.

"Pregnant?" Kane echoed with his face scrunched up. Could it really be true? No, she would've said something to me, right? Come on; his brain pointed out that it was Isabel he was thinking about. Of course she's not going to say anything! She's going to be difficult, doy!

"Yeah, pregnant. I can't believe it. I mean, I can't imagine what kinda little monster Iz would have," Manny remarked with a laugh. He could imagine a mini-version of her walking about, scaring the shit out of people ... sort of like she was with her own mother.

"How many months?" the auburn-haired teen asked curiously.

"I dunno. She's real secretive about shit. Rumors say she's not that far along, like three months or some shit like that. I dunno," Manny repeated with a shrug. "Good thing I finished my movie before this shit came up. The fight scenes she made are fucking awesome. You gotta see this movie." He beamed as he spoke, a large grin plastered on his face.

Kane was more thinking about the rumors of Isabel being pregnant than anything else coming out of Manny's mouth about his movie. But, he did manage to respond, "I'll be in the States soon. I wanna go rafting down the Colorado River, anyway."

"Well, you need to stop by my place first. See the movie before you try to kill yourself," the skinny, chocolate-colored male commented with a friendly, but teasing smile.

"I don't know about that," Kane said, considering what he was already planning. Death might be in the cards as soon as he touched down in the States.

Manny's face twisted a bit as he curled his mouth up. "Why?"

Kane answered quite honestly with a straight face and everything. "Well, my hope is that you'll drop Bella's address on me and I can see her before anything else."

Manny grimaced. "What the hell do you wanna see her for? She kicked your ass the last time you paid her a little attention," he pointed out in a frantic tone while moving his hands about wildly. "As crazy and annoying as you are, Kane, I don't want you dead or something and you know that's what'll happen if you bother Isabel again! She will fucking kill you and then eat you to make sure you're gone! I mean, don't get me wrong, she be sweet as hell, but she's demonic and she'll kill you. Fucking kill you. You don't want no parts of that."