Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 22:26:32 GMT
From: life is beautiful <lifeis_beautiful@hotmail.com>
Subject: La Vita e Bella 4

Author's note:

A huge apology to all of you who are kept waiting for this story, I'm so
sorry for the delay. I was busy for the past few weeks, I did my best to
write this story bit by bit, and here's chapter 4. Thanks to Yuli [you are
the best of all the best!!!!! You helped me a lot :p), James [here we go
again], David [thanks for the space in Nifty, last but not least, special
Thanks to all of you who keep reading and waiting for my story, thanks for
your support guys [I have a short term memory, it's hard for me to mention
all names in here hehehehe].

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Previously on 'La Vita E Bella':

"Well it's late, we should go back, guys," Kevin spoke up, "We need to go,
Dave."

"Yeah," I nodded.

"Goodnight Dave," they said in unison.

"Goodnight guys," I said, and I looked at Kevin. Kevin mouthed 'I love you'.
I
just smiled at him.

As they all left my flat, I closed the door. I cringed, as I felt sore
again.
'What have I done?' I asked myself, then I decided to take a shower to clean
myself. 'Is this what people call love?'


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#La Vita e Bella#
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By T

Chapter 3: What Becomes of The Brokenhearted


Weeks after weeks, everything was running as usual, nothing major happened
with me.  The guys still came to visit us regularly...well not all of them.
Sometimes they took my sister to their house when I'm working. The thing
that surprised me was Kevin's attitude toward me. He pretended that nothing
is going on between us.  At first, I was thinking, maybe he has to protect
his image as a public figure.  He even didn't tell his mates about our
'relationship'.  Maybe I was being paranoid, but I got a feeling that Kevin
is keeping his distance away from me.  I felt hurt, but I didn't show it in
front of them because it would be pointless and it's personal.

I confronted him once, asking him about this cold treatment I'm getting
from him. But he didn't say much, other than the assuring fact that he
still loves me. Although the way he shows love is so...bizarre. Anyway, I
tried to stop thinking about him...especially when I can't do anything
about it.

Today is my sister's birthday, it's her ninth birthday. I can't really hold
a party for her, and she would understand it, I did, however, got her a
surprise.  I had saved up enough money to get her a portable CD player that
she had wanted since the day the guys gave her all those CDs. We didn't
tell the guys about Rachel's birthday cos' we didn't want to be rude and
interrupt their busy schedule over such minor event.

'Finally! 8pm is here.' I thought happily. I got the present for my sister
and hugged it in my chest as I walked down the empty street. 'She'll be so
happy.' I thought with a grin, thinking about my sister's smile when she
opens this present. Life had been tough for her, and her smiles are
precious and rare to me. I was so absorbed in my little world that I didn't
notice my surroundings and all of the sudden, four people showed them in
front of me.

"Hey dude! I need some cash!" one guy stopped me from walking.

I know that I was facing a trouble, so I reached into my pocket and gave
them the only cash I had left in my pocket.

"10 BUCKS?!?!" he shouted at me.

"Sorry, that's all I got," I apologized to them. Then one of them snatched
my present.

"Hey! Give me that back!" I shouted, but one of them pushed me away from
the thief.

"Let me see!" the guy said as he was tearing the box, and the other three
held me.

"Aaaaaa CD player...Nice!" he smiled at me.

"Please give me that back, that's my present for my sister," I tried to
persuaded him.

"Well now it's mine," he replied simply, with a very smug look on his face
as he toss the CD player from one hand to another like a ball.

I tried to grab it, though pointless, as they were too strong for me, I
managed to kick on of the guy's legs causing him to whine and jump
around. I should be aware that they would be angrier at my actions, but I
didn't care. Or I couldn't care, for they had taken one of my sister's
smile by taking her present.

"Fuck!" the guy cursed in pain. "Fucking piece of shit! You need some
serious lessons as to whom you should mess with." With that he stalked
towards me.

"Please give it back to me," I said as I tried to get the player back.

"Geezzz you still have a nerve hey? Well take this!" the guy said as he
punched me on my nose.

I felt to the ground and the blood ran down from my nose. But I stood back
up again, knowing that this is important. "Please guys, I need that back,"
I begged them one more time.

"Damn! This man is dumber that I thought! Let's give him a lesson, guys!"
one guy yelled at me, and they all started hitting me. I felt to the
ground, they kicked my body, my face. I begged for their mercy but they
wouldn't care at all.

"Please stop," I begged as I tried to hold the pain.  By now I couldn't see
anything clear anymore.  My eyes were swollen, and I think, my right arm
was broken.  After 15 minutes of tortured, finally they stopped.

"Okay that is enough, let's go!" one of them said as the others spitted on
me.

Then everything was silent, I really couldn't move my body at all, my nose
was still bleeding.  However, I remembered my sister, she was waiting for
her birthday's surprises and me. I tried to stand on my foot, My vision was
blurred but I managed to walk step by step to my flat.  I walked wobbly.

'Gotta get up!' I told myself and struggled to stand on my feet. With
blurry vision and wobbly legs I dragged myself, step by step back to my
flat, telling myself that it's important to get home. 'Home, Rachel, Home.'
I told my brain as I forced myself to walk back.

	Finally I arrived at my doorstep, my hand was shaking in pain when
I tried to reach the key.

"Dave, is it you?" I heard Rachel's voice.

I opened the front door, Rachel looked at me in surprise.

"DAVE! DAVE! What's happened?" she screamed in shock and fear.

Before I answered her questions, I felt to floor and fainted.

"No! No! Dave WAKES UP, pleaseeeee," Rachel's voice shaking as she started
to cry, "Please wake up, Daveeee," she tried to shake me.

"Dave, what should I do?" asked Rachel in her little child like voice, only
now laced with fear for me as I had fainted. She continued to shake me,
looking around for help in our apartment, her eyes filled with tears and
her faced flushed. "Davy, Dave, don't leave me." She begged.

Looking at the stack of CDs in the house she was suddenly inspired. Running
out of the apartment and to the nearest public phone, she rubbed her face
of the tears, took out a little note and some coin, and tried to call the
guys.

"Please guys, answer the phone." My sister said in a panic tone since it's
nearly 9pm. But, after trying for the umpteen time, the line was still
busy.  She put the phone back to it's holder and look to the empty
street. Her face red from crying and her breaths in small choking sound as
she tried to control her fear. 'Dave, what should I do? What should I do?'
she asked as she held her sleeves hugging herself. She couldn't call 911
like anyone else for she fear she would be taken away from Dave. Finally,
after a long minute, she took a deep breath then with determination she
ran, she ran as fast as her little legs could carry her, she ran to the
guy's home. Hoping that she wouldn't be too late...

KEVIN'S HOUSE 21:25

Kevin was in his room, Nick was online with someone on the phone, Howie and
AJ were fighting over the playstation game, while Brian was reading a
magazine.

"B, someone at the door, can you check it out?" AJ said as he concentrated
with his game.

"Okay, who could that be at this late?" Brian stood up from the couch to
the front door. Brian opened the door and he saw Rachel shaking, sweating
and also crying.

"Rachel?" Brian looked at her in shocked.

"Please help my brother, please?" she begged in shaking voice, "he is... he
is..."

"calm down, Rachel. Come in," said Brian in that soothing voice of his,
though obviously in shocked at Rachel's appearance.

"No, please help me," Rachel shook her head and reluctantly to enter, but
trying to drag Brian to follow her.

"GUYS! COME HERE! RACHEL IS HERE ALONE!" Brian screamed.

Both Howie and AJ looked at each other confusedly, they dropped their
controllers, and quickly to meet Brian on the front door. While Nick also
surprised as he heard 'Rachel', he quickly hanged up the phone and ran to
meet her.

"Rachel? What are you doing? What happening?" Nick asked her as he quickly
hugged her, "You came alone?"

"Please help my brother," Rachel said in tears, "He is bleeding, he's not
moving at all, I tried to call you guys, but it was busy so I ran to here,"

Brian smacked Nick's head, "I TOLD YOU NOT TO USE THE DAMN PHONE THAT
LONG!"

"I'm sorry, Rachel. I'm sorry, I didn't know," Nick apologized as he rubbed
Rachel's back to calm her down.

"Okay Let's go! I'll grab the key," Brian said.

"Howie! You get Kevin, he's in his room," AJ said to Howie.

Howie ran upstairs, as the others were waiting in a car, and quickly opened
the door without knocking.

"HOWIE CAN YOU..." Kevin pissed off.

"NO TIME! QUICKLY, Dave! ACCIDENT! NOT MOVING!" Howie said in short
sentences as he dragged the shocked Kevin out, Kevin turned white as he
heard the news.

"Ho..How?" Kevin asked.

"I dunno but Rachel came here by herself, that must be serious," Howie
explained in the flash and quickly got into his car with Kevin rushing in
too.

Kevin saw Rachel sitting on Nick's lap with tears still running from her
baby face as Brian drove in a speed, which he didn't care to know. Rachel
turned her baby blue eyes to Kevin, her worried expression pained everyone
in the car.

"Rach, what happened to your brother?" Kevin asked her gently, trying not
to agitate her into more crying.

"I ... I don't know, he came late and he is bleeding. He...he didn't wake
up, I'm so confused," Rachel replied in tears, and in small choking
sound. Kevin was silent to the news though the word bleeding made his white
face looked whiter.

"Sssshh everything is gonna be all right," Nick kissed her hair and still
rubbing her back to calm her.

After 10 minutes of driving without dallying and dashing through as many
yellow lights as possible, they finally arrived at my place. Rachel took
the key out from her pocket and unlocked the door, pushing the door away to
reveal my unconscious body. She rushed to my side with the guys following
behind.

"Dave, please wake up," my sister begged in more tears.

"Oh My, what's happened to you?" Kevin panicked as held my body on his
hands.

[Kevin held my body up to reveal my battered face and body, his lips
trembled as he asked, "God, what happened?"]

"I can still feel his pulse!" Brian yelled after he checked my pulse.

"Okay let's take him to hospital then," AJ spoke up.

"No! No! No Hospital! Please No Hospital!" Rachel looked worried.

Nick and Kevin looked to each other, while the others were obviously
confused at my sister's request.

"Huh? Why? I don't get it," Howie looked at my sister.

"I'll explain to you later, guys." Nick replied.

"Don't worry, Rach. I know this doctor, he will keep everything a secret,"
Kevin assured her as he hold my body up, making a motion to take me away.

"But...but...Dave said...," Rachel replied in shaking voice, holding onto
my sleeves, not wanting to let go.

"Rachel, you have to trust us. Your brother need medical attention right
now, okay?" Nick tried to persuade my sister. "Please?"

My sister looked to the guys, and looked to Kevin, still confused as to
what to do. But finally she nodded when another drip of blood from my nose
fell to the floor bringing her attention to my unconscious body. 'I'll have
to risk this.'  She told herself, not willing to see me die.

Kevin quickly carried my body to their car as the others, including my
sister, followed him.


FEW HOURS LATER

I slowly opened my eyes, and the blinding light of the room blinded me
momentarily. Not knowing what is going on, I struggle to get up and looked
around the silent room. Then in horror I realized I wasn't in my own place
and fearing for my sister I screamed.

"RACHEL!! RACHEL!" I woke up from the bed and screaming.

"Davveeeeee!" my sister called my name and ran to me.

"Are you okay?" I kissed my sister repetitively. My sister nodded happily.

"Dave! Finally you awake!" Nick said as the other showing up.

Then I saw Kevin smiling at me, his face showed obvious signs of relief
that I'm alive. It was the first smile since I've seen for weeks...but he's
still not saying anything.

"What's going on?" I asked them.

"Well actually we should ask you that question, Dave." Said Brian as he
approached my bed. "Rachel came to our house nearly midnight, sweating and
crying. She told us that something had happened to you, so we rushed to
your flat. And we found you were lying on the floor, so we took you to
Hospital."  Brian explained.

"Rach?" I looked at my sister in awe after what she had done.

"Dave, I was scared, you didn't move at all. I thought I'm going to loose
you."  my sister sniffed and pouted and hugged me tightly.

"Don't worry, Rach. I'm okay now. Thank you," I kissed her again and wiped
her tears away.

"Thanks guys," I smiled at them.

"That's cool, so what's happened to you?" Howie asked me.

Still feeling light headed, I vividly remembered the guys that punched me
and robbed me of Rachel's present. I looked at my sister and let out an
apologetic look.

"Rachel, I'm so sorry, they took your present, some people robbed me last
night." I hoped Rachel wouldn't be too disappointed about her present.

"That's okay, I don't want my present anymore," My sister relied and hugged
me.

"I'll get the new one when I get my first pay check okay?" I promised to
her.

"I don't want it anymore, Dave." Rachel replied and shook her head. "I have
you and you have me. It's not important, what's important is that we're
together.  That's what you always say." Said my sister with her little
smile again.

I smiled and rubbed her head affectionately. That's true, no matter what
happened, at least we have each other. With that I looked at the quiet
Kevin and nodded to myself. 'I still have you Rachel.'

"Presents?" AJ questioned.

"Please don't tell me, yesterday was your birthday, Rach?" Nick looked her.

"She is 9 now," I smiled at her.

"Why don't you tell us?" Brian asked her pouting at being denied of the
information.

"It's not such a big deal," Rachel replied shyly at the attention that
she's getting.

"No way! It is a big deal, you are like a sister to us already," Nick
argued, "I'm going to make a party for you, gal." Nick winked at her.

"Nick, you don't have to do that," I told him.

"Aaaaaaa I've made up my mind!" Nick smiled full of victory, while my
sister was giggling.

"So what do you want for your present?" Kevin finally spoke up.

"I want my brother to get well so we can go home," Rachel was looking at me
as Kevin stared at me, a little sadness lurking from his eyes.

"Well you have your wish, little girl," a man in a white coat entered the
room, "he looks pretty good by now."

My heart skipped a bit from fear when I saw the doctor. I don't really hate
them, but the fact that I stole my sister from the hospital means that I
have to stay away from buildings with red crosses and humans dressed in
white coats.

Kevin, noticing my fears, immediately explained. "It's ok Dave, this is my
friend. Your secret's safe."

"Thank you," I said to him.

[with a sigh of relief I smiled and thanked the doctor.]

"So my brother can go home now?" my sister asked the doctor.

"Yeah but make sure he takes lots of rest," the doctor replied.

"Okay," my sister nodded and smiled and hugged me again, I guess it's
really her wish to have me safe.


ONE HOURS LATER

After filling out some papers, they finally released me from the small
looking hospital and we left in two cars. Kevin and I ended up in the same
car cos my sister was dragged to sit with Nick in Brian's car, and since AJ
and Howie wanted to talk to Rachel, I was left in this arrangement that I
didn't like.

	We were silent as Kevin drove out of the hospital. His coldness and
lack of acknowledgement made me wonder if he even knew who was sitting
beside him. He didn't even looked at me when I entered his car. Ignoring
him, I looked to the window and looked at my own reflection, at the ugly
patches and bandages on me.

"You should be more careful next time," said Kevin, finally speaking up. I
was so surprised by his sudden action of breaking the silence, I just
nodded on his remarks.

"How are you?" I asked him softly, not knowing why, but softly anyway,
almost afraid that if I speak too loudly he'll ignore me further.

"I'm okay, we are pretty busy lately with our schedule," Kevin replied as
he looked at me for a second. Then the car stopped for the red light.

"Kev?" I called for his attention, "what's happening to us?"

"Huh?" Kevin looked at my direction, "What's wrong with us?" he questioned
me back.

I didn't get the answer that I wanted, so I kept silent for the rest of
ride.

"Radio?" he asked me.

"Pardon?" I looked at me.

"Wanna hear some music?" he asked me again.

"Okay," I replied.

I like the way you wanted me Every night for so long baby I like the way
you needed me Every time things got rocky

I was believing in you Was I mistaken Do you say, do you say what you mean?
I want our love to last forever

But I'd rather you be mean than love and lie I'd rather say the truth and
have to say goodbye I'd rather to take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

I like the way you'd hold me Every night for so long baby And like the way
you'd say my name In the middle of the night While you were sleeping

I was believing in you Was I mistaken Do you say, do you say what you mean?
I want our love could last forever

But I'd rather you be mean than love and lie I'd rather say the truth and
have to say goodbye I'd rather to take a blow at least then I would know
But baby don't you break my heart slow

You would run around and lead me on forever While I wait at home still
thinking that we're together I wanted our love to last forever I was
believing in you

I'd rather you be mean than love and lie I'd rather say the truth and have
to say goodbye I'd rather to take a blow at least then I would know But
baby don't you break my heart slow

The song really hit me, what better ways to explain my hurt than this song.
But not wanting to show my sadness in front of him, I blinked my unshed
tears back to my tear gland and harden my heart. It was then that I
realized he wasn't taking me home.

"Kevin, where are we going to?" I asked him.

"My home. The guys insisted that you should live with us for a time being,
anyway Nick wants to make a party for your sister," he replied.

"No you don't have to, please take me home," I begged him.

"But Dav, it wasn't my idea, it was the guys. I can't do anything about it.
Why don't you talk with the guys?" Kevin replied.

His answers hurt me as it shows he didn't want me to be there either, thus
I kept silent till we arrived at his place. This was the first time I'm
seeing his pad, it's huge and impressive looking. I saw Brian's car in the
garage, which tells me that they had already arrived before us.

"Come on, I'll help you," Kevin helped me walking to his house.

"There you are! Where have you been?" Brian asked me.

"Traffics." Kevin answered.

"Where is Rachel?" I asked him.

"Oooo Nick decided to make a barbecue party for your sister at the pool,"
Brian replied.

"Hey! Finally!" Nick greeted me.  I saw Rachel following him.

"Dave, they made a party for me," Rachel said proudly to me.

"Yeah come on!" Nick took my hand.

"Nick, I think he should get rest, he looks tired already. Remember what
the doctor said?" Kevin said. Nick cocked his eyebrows.

"Yeah, I need to lay down, why don't you guys...um, have fun?" I smiled to
him.

"You can lay down in my room, come on," said Kevin as he helped me to his
room.

It was the biggest bedroom that I've ever seen, his room looks so classic,
there are some pictures hanging on the wall and it looks expensive to
me. Kevin put me in his bed and tucked me in.

"If you need anything, just call okay? I'll join the others downstairs,"
Kevin said and smiled to me, I just nodded.

Being tired as hell, it didn't take me long to close my eyes and drift into
dream land for two hours or so until suddenly I was awaken by the ringing
of the phone. I lazily opened one of my eye lid and noticed that it was
Kevin's cellular phone and the appearance of Kevin's shadow told me he's
rushing up for it. I quickly pretended to be fast asleep and could feel
Kevin snatched his phone from the nightstand and started talking in
whispery tone, which I could still hear.

"No! You can not come yet, I have someone in here," then he stopped.

"Please don't get the wrong idea, he's got an accident and the guys asked
him to stay in here,"

"Trust me! Nothing is going on! Please? You know I love you,"

I didn't know whom he was talking to, I didn't care, not after he said 'I
love you' to that person. My heart is breaking, I could feel it threatening
to burst and die.

"Okay I'll call you later okay?" then he hung up his phone and left the
room to join the guys.

I opened my eyes, I sat down on the bed, and I looked around me. I really
didn't know what to say. I felt stupid, betrayed, and ashamed of myself. It
was hurts so bad, I let a small tear dropped from my eye, I heard the guys
cheering up downstairs. All of the sudden, someone opened the door, I wiped
my tears away, and saw my sister sneaking into Kevin's room.

"Dave, are you awaked?" she asked me.

"Rachel, come here," and she came to me, "Having fun?" I asked her as I
affectionately stroke her long silky hair.

"Yeah, there are plenty of food downstairs," my sister replied happily. I
smiled to her but I couldn't hold my tears anymore. "Dave? Are you okay?"
she asked me.

"Yeah," I looked to her eyes, "can we go home now?" I asked her in my
shaking voice.

"But Nick said..." she replied but I cut her off.

"Please?" I begged her.

"Why Dave?" she asked me back.

"We are not belong in here, I have to go back to work or I'll get fired," I
told her.

"But Dave, you can't work...you just..."

"I'm okay, we've been through this before. Please? The guys are helping us
a lot, we should leave now," I explained to her. She nodded, as she
understood what I said. I hate to break her party but the longer I stayed
in this house, the more I felt my heart tearing itself apart.

I stood up from the bed and my sister helped to tidy Kevin's bed before we
left the room. Helping me to walk down the long staircase, the guys looked
up and were surprise to see me.

"Dave! You awake, come on, let's join us," AJ called to me. I simply shook
my head, while my sister just looked down.

"Guys, we should leave," I said to them. And they were shocked as to what
they've heard.

"What!?!" Nick jumped out from his chair. "No, you can't. You and your
sister are going to stay in here," Nick said sternly.

"Thanks Nick, I really appreciated, but we can't stay here. Thanks for your
hospitality, guys. I don't how I can repay you all." I said to them as my
sister and I proceed to the front door.

Kevin came to me and held my hand to stop me from getting the door. I
looked at his hand and I smiled to him, my smile laced with pain as I
looked up to his handsome face for the final time.

"You're waiting for someone," I whispered, "I should go." Surprised by my
words his hands weaken and fell from the doorknob as I opened it and walked
out of it.

"DAVE!" Nick called me. "I don't know what happened, but let me take both
of you home."

"Nick you helped me and my sister a lot. We can take a bus. I owed you a
lot man," I punched him playfully trying to lighten the mood, then we left.
The guys stunned seeing both of us leaving the house.

Rachel looked back to the house, she saw the guys standing in front of the
main door. Rachel looked down, then looked to my pained face and let out a
strong smile as she helped me walk to the nearest bus stop.


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