Karen frowned looking down at Al. "Al...please be okay." she said softly looking over spotting the two boys from earlier. "Hey! Come help me with him...please!" she shouted with pleading eyes. "He's hurt, please help me get him to the infirmary.."

Ricky glanced over at her, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah, Myles... Why don't you go help?"

"What'll you do then, brother?" Myles asked, tilting his head sideways. "Aren't you going to help?"

Ricky shook his head, staring as Myles ran towards Karen and Al. "Pfft..." Ricky smirked. "This should be...interesting..."

Myles stopped in front of Karen, tilting his head to the side. "You wanted help, right?"

"Yes.." Karen said looking down at Myles then up at Ricky blinking. "Is...your brother the kind of person not to help people?" she asked putting on arm around Al helping him up. "Let's get you to the infirmary"As they walked by Ricky, Karen glanced at him with her brown eyes then looked back strait pushing open the door. "Thanks for help me..." she said smiling down at Myles. "I'm Karen...who are you by the way?" she asked curiously.
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Ricky blinked as she glanced at him. He opened his mouth to say "hi" but she was already looking away, pushing open the door. He stood in silence, wondering why he had been tempted to say hello.

"I'm... I'm Myles..." Myles muttered, laying down on a bed. "Hi...Karen... My brother's name is Ricky..."

Ricky silently pushed open the door, leaning against the wall, staring at Karen, not saying anything.

Karen looked over at Ricky smiling warmly. "Nice to meet you, both of you..." she took the wrappings and sighed. "Don't move, Myles...that stupid ghost attacked you." she said wrapping up his back. As soon as she finished she looked away. "...Well, I'm going to go to the lake.." she said softly turning away from Myles looking over at Ricky. "It was...nice meeting you." she said walking pasting him and out the infirmary...she sat down at the dock looking down at the water. "That Ricky kid...for some reason, I think...I like him more then Al.." her eyes widened. "That's not possable."

"...Stay here..." Ricky muttered to Myles, walking outside, closing the door behind him. "Stupid..." he muttered, wondering why he had liked it when she smiled at him. "They're all...going to die anyway... Why should I care?" He turned invisible, floating near the treetops. When he saw Karen by the lake he landed softly in a tree, staring down at her. What's so great about her, anyway? She's just another meaningless girl... Another pawn... He shook his head, whispering, "Stupid..." He moved along the branch, trying to get a better look at her, but he lost his balance and fell down on top of her, face-to-face as he turned visible again.

Karen didn't know what was happening before she realised it happened. "Wh-..What...Ricky?" she blushed deep red staring at him unable to move. "H-How...why did you fall out of no where?"

"Oh, I fell out of the tree..." Ricky pointed up at the branch he had been sitting on. He didn't bother to explain how he had gotten up there in the first place. He didn't get off of her either. "Sorry...uh...Karen, right? That's your name?" He blinked, staring into her brown eyes.

"Yes..." Karen whispered realizing he wasn't getting off her... "T-This...is...this is awkward..." she whispered staring into his maroon eyes. "Your eye color...it's red."

"It's not red... It's maroon..." Ricky got off her, looking away. "Why do you care anyway? It's no different than your eyes being brown..." He lowered his voice, adding, "By the way...they're...nice..." He glanced at her, quickly looking away. "Your eyes, I mean..." He winced, realizing how stupid he just sounded.

Karen blushed looking away. "Thank you..." she said looking away from him sitting back up rubbing her head. "You made me hit my head..." she looked up at him. "Why do I care? Well...that's a stupid question, I just...was admiring them..." she stood up hitting him in the head before running off towards the forest. "You're so clueless." she said smiling back at him.

Ricky softly touched his head where she had hit him. "Admiring...them...?" When he was finally able to move, he ran after her. "I am not clueless!" he shouted defiantly, glaring at her. "And by the way... I'm sorry for making you hit your head..." He blinked. What am I apologizing for!? Why do I care!?

Karen stopped running as she ran right into a tree causing her to fall to her knees and look back at Ricky. "I guess you caught me.." she said smiling laying on the ground. "...Why are you so clueless?" she asked looking over at him while laying on the ground sighing.

"I'm not clueless!" Ricky crossed his arms, glaring at her. "Stop calling me that..." He smiled, kneeling down beside her. "Well, at least I didn't run into a tree...klutz."

Karen sat up glaring at him crossing her arms looking away. "I've always been a klutz..." she said looking over at him then away from him. "Geez..." she leaned against the tree. "...But you are clueless.."

Ricky pinned her arms back against the tree, leaning closer. "I am not clueless..." he muttered, staring at her. He pulled away suddenly as he realized how close their faces were. "S-sorry."

Karen gasped with wide eyes and looked away. "...It's okay.." she said rubbing her wrists. "Clueless.."

"Jeez, can you just stop saying that?" Ricky pinned her again, staring at her. "How can I just shut you up?" He leaned closer. "How do you make a girl stop talking?" he muttered to himself, leaning even closer. "Sorry about this, but...you're just being too annoying..." he murmured, kissing her lips softly before pulling away. "Now will you be quiet?"

Karen pushed him away timidly touching her lips, she looked over at him with wide eyes. "You...idiot.." her eyes watered. "That was my first...that was my first kiss.."

"Jeez..." Ricky muttered, raising an eyebrow. "Why are girls so sensitive? That was my first kiss, and I'm not complaining about it..." His eyes softened as he saw her eyes water. "Hey, don't cry...please..."

Karen glared at him with her wet eyes, she quickly stood up and ran off with tears streaming behind her. "You...idiot.." she said back at him rubbing her lips. As soon as she got to some clearing. "...That was my first.."

"Ugh, jeez..." Ricky muttered, running after her. "Why do I even care?" He found her standing in a clearing, so he walked up to her, hugging her gently from behind. "Listen... I'm sorry, okay?" He pulled his arms away from her, putting his hands on her shoulders, turning her around to face him. "Jeez...just stop crying..." He gently wiped away a tear on her cheek. "...please?

Karen looked up at him from a second then looked away. "...Why did you have to go and kiss me?" she asked rubbing her eyes. "Did you just want me to shut up?" she asked glaring up at him with a trembling lip tilting her head down. "Is that all?"

"Yeah, I just wanted you to shut up," Ricky said bluntly, tilting up her chin with one hand. "But this time...I'm doing it because I want you to shut up...and because I liked it the first time..." He kissed her softly on the lips, putting his other arm gently around her shoulders.

Karen's eyes widened then they slowly closed as she kissed him back, she slowly pulled out of the kissed looking away tilting her head down putting it on his shoulder. Not daring to say anything.

"At least you stopped talking..." Ricky whispered, smiling weakly. He stared into empty space, wondering why he even cared about her. "I didn't mean to make you cry, but...I don't... I'm not supposed to...like girls..." He tilted his head down. "I'm...not supposed to like anyone..." He slowly, gently pushed her away. "I'm sorry..."

Karen looked up at him. "Why can't you like girls?" she asked stepping back from him. "You're not one of those perverts...are you?" she asked backing against a tree staring at him. "Why can't you like anyone?"

"I'm not a pervert!" Ricky cried out, blushing lightly. "I can't...like anyone because..." He looked away, shaking his head. "I... I can't...tell you... It hurts too much..." He glanced back at her. Maybe it would help...talking to someone about it... He looked away again, sighing. "I... I don't know if I should tell you..."

Karen crossed her arms. "There's got to be a reason...you're so cold and distent..." she said looking away. "What...is it?"

"I told you..." Ricky hissed softly, glaring at her. "It hurts too much... I can't tell you... Now shut up..." He put a hand to his head, closing his eyes. When he opened his eyes, they were blood red. "This is why...I can't become too attached to anyone..." he whispered, smirking slightly as he pinned her against the tree. "Because they always end up dead..."

Karen's eyes widened, "What...what is your problem?" she asked pushing him away from her. "Are you...cursed?"

"Right." Ricky clenched his fist and a ball of red energy appeared. "You're not as stupid as you look..." He smirked, pulling back his hand. "And...by the way... I chose this life...so don't try to stop me...from killing you..." He fired the energy at her, still smirking.''

Karen quickly lifted her hands in front of her making an ecto-shield, but by the force she was thrown at the nearest tree causing her to hit her head. whispering "Idiot.." And got knocked out.

"Oh jeez..." Ricky muttered, gently touching his aching head. "What the...?" He ran over to Karen, kneeling down beside her. "Karen, or whatever your name is! Wake up!" He shook her gently, staring down at more red energy in his hand. "Ugh...great... Wake up, klutz..."

"...Stop calling me that, you clueless idiot.." Karen whispered sitting up slowly holding her head in her hands. "...You're...cursed." she looked over at him sadly. "Why didn't you want to tell me?" she asked sadly. "That...hurts."

"Fine... You want me to tell you...all of it?" Ricky whispered, looking away. "...Fine. It started when I was eight years old... I was...kind of...well, depressed... I just wanted to make the pain stop..." He glanced back at her. "So I... I drank something...that knocked me out... And then when I woke up...I was cursed...and I had gho--" He winced, looking away. "Well, I guess...I can tell you...since you already saw..." he muttered softly. "I got ghost powers... And I still have that curse inside me... That's why I can't show affection toward anyone... Because I always end up hurting them..."

Karen looked away. "That's...to bad...because I actully like you..." she said softly looking down at her feet stepping back. "I'm Half ghost..." she said in a quiet voice. "People are afriad of you...think you'll hurt them."

"You like me?" Ricky murmured, blinking. "But I... I fell on top of you! I made you hit your head! I knocked you out! How can you like me!?" He looked away, lowering his voice. "Half...ghost..." he whispered softly, to himself, staring down at the ground.

Karen kept her face looking down shaking her head. "...I don't know..." she looked up at him. "I just...do." she stepped foward looking away. "I'll leave you, alone.." she said walking by him.

"Hey, wait..." Ricky grabbed her wrist, stopping her before she could walk away. "I know I shouldn't say this, but..." He gave a weak smile, looking away. "I like you too, klutz."

Karen looked back at him blushing. "...My names, Karen, not klutz.." she murmured softly looking down smiling softly slowly and timidly putting her arms around him. "...I know how it is...to push people away.."

"Oh, really?" Ricky muttered softly, putting his arms around her gently. "Well, I won't call you klutz if you don't want me to...as long as you stop calling me clueless..." He smiled, adding at the end, "...Karen."

Karen tilted her head down, "Thank you." she pulled away looking away. "We'll be...great friends, Ricky." she said smiling softly turning around. "Let's go back?"

"Friends... Okay..." Ricky muttered softly, taking her hand and walking back in the direction of the infirmary. "Sorry for...not helping back there... I... I don't help people..." He looked away, muttering, "Sorry..."

Karen looked back at him sadly. "Why, don't you just try and help someone out?" she asked curiously. "I can tell...you're a kind person...clueless, but kind."

Three weeks later, Ricky was sighing, leaning back against a tree, staring up at the sky. He was trying to block out the random banter coming from his brother.

"Ricky, Ricky, I'm a ninja!" Myles grinned, watching Ricky carefully. Imitating him, Myles started to lean back against the tree, trying to look cool, but he lost his balance, hitting his head. "Oww..."

"Myles...you're such a klutz..." Ricky muttered, seeing a girl approach them.

"Hi..." She smiled at him.

"Um, aren't you the person who's been stalking me for a week?" Ricky asked bluntly, staring at her with a bored expression on his face.

"I haven't been stalking you..." She smiled again, stepping between Myles and Ricky. "I've been checking you out, because you're cute..."

Ricky blinked, raising an eyebrow. "Me? Cute?" He paused for a moment, trying not to laugh. "Yeah right..."

"But you are..." she murmured, leaning closer, making Ricky blush lightly.

"H-Hey, can you leave me alone?" he said softly, still blushing as she leaned closer. "Please?"

Karen looked down at her reflection, over the past three weeks with spending time with Myles and Ricky...she had started to like him, as more then a friend...she looked down at the dirt on the ground. "Maybe I should just tell him I like him, as more then a friend..." she whispered softly to herself slowly standing up on the dock of the lake. "...Al's gone, back home so...I have nothing to lose...I can just- tell him." she turned around and began running threw the camp she was out of breath already. "Man...I really...need to run more often.." she said breathlessly spotting Ricky, Myles, and some girl.. "Who's that?" she questioned herself...too far for them to notice her walking, but clear as day for her. "Is that...his girlfriend?...that can't be his girlfriend, he doesn't like girls." she continued to walk towards them.

"I don't even know you!" Ricky protested, backing away, not noticing Karen walking towards them.

"I'll leave you two alone!" Myles chimed in, making a disgusted face, walking away. He passed Karen along the way, muttering, "Yuck..."

"I don't even know your name!" Ricky muttered, backing up against a tree as she stepped closer.

"Aww... Don't you wanna guess?" she asked, stepping towards him.

"Uh..." Ricky blinked. "Chelsea?"

"Courtney..." She smirked, pinning his arms back. "But close enough..." She kissed him softly on the lips, pushing him gently against the tree.

Ricky blinked, blushing. What about Karen...? Well, she did say we'd be friends... But...just friends? I don't know... He was stuck, not kissing her back but not pulling away either. What...am I supposed to do?

Karen stoped walking towards them, her heart skiped a beat as she stared at them. Her eyes widened and the look of shock was on her face, she trembled and looked away...she turned and ran off. "He does...have a girlfriend..."

Myles blinked, seeing Karen run by, hearing the word 'girlfriend'. "Hey, Karen, wait..." he muttered, running after her. "Hey, did you want to be Ricky's girlfriend?" he asked, guessing why she had muttered the word. He smirked, glancing back in Ricky's direction. "He's siiiiingle!" Myles said, smirking.

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Ricky pulled away, not looking at her. "Listen... There's...someone else...I like..." he muttered softly, turning away from her. "...Okay?"

Courtney grabbed his hand before he could walk away. "Then I'll just have to change your mind..."

"No." Ricky phased his hand through hers, walking away, half hoping he'd find Karen. "Leave me...alone..."

She was left in stuned silence, staring after him as he walked away.

Karen stoped running staring back at Myles. "Then why...why was he kissing that girl!?" she asked sadly stepping back and took off running again. "I was going to tell him...I liked him..." she shivered as she ran into the forest. She stoped knowing she was far enough into the forest, her trembling leg's let out and she fell to her knees. "...Clueless...idiot.."

Myles just blinked, staring as she ran off.

"There's...someone else I like..." Ricky repeated to himself, walking slowly into the forest. He passed Myles along the way, but neither of them said anything. He didn't know how long he had been walking, but he saw someone kneeling down in a clearing. "Karen...? Karen, there's, uh...something I have to tell you..."

Karen gasped quietly looking back over at him, then away. "...I already saw..." she said standing up. "...I already saw your girlfriend..." she said stepping foward away from him. "...That's all...I need...to say.."

"Girlfriend?" Ricky blinked, staring at her in shock. "What girlfriend? What the heck are you talking about?" He stepped closer to her. "I don't have a girlfriend... I don't like girls, remember?" He took another step closer. "Well...at least...I don't like most girls..." He was behind her, leaning down slightly to whisper in her ear. "Maybe I will have a girlfriend one day... Maybe...the girl I like..." He put a gentle hand on her shoulder. "...will tell me she likes me too..."

Karen looked back at him. "...I hope, she likes you back..." she whispered softly looking down. "I hope she likes you back...I want you to be happy..." she squeezed her sleeves tightly. "...That's all I want..."

Ricky put his arms around her waist, hugging her gently. "Oh really?" he murmured softly, looking away. "Well...I'd be happy...if you...were the person...who liked me back..." He hugged her tighter, whispering softly, "It's...you... I...like you...a lot..."

Karen's eyes had a glassy eyed look as she looked back over her shoulder at Ricky. "Ricky..." she turned around to him hugging him tightly. "I-I like you too...I like you alot.."

Ricky smiled softly, squeezing her tighter. "Thanks..." he whispered. "I'm...happy now..." He kissed her softly, closing his eyes. Pulling away slowly, he whispered, "Hey... I was wondering... There's, uh...something I have to ask you..." He looked away. "Will you...um...be my girlfriend?" His voice faded off into a silent whisper as he stared down at the ground.

Karen looked up at him then away smiling softly. "Yes..." she said slowly stepping away from him turning away from him. "...Cetch me if you can..." she said softly smiling at him running off towards her cabin.

Ricky smiled, running after her. "Hah, that'll be easy..." he muttered to himself. "After all, you're a klut--" He tripped over a rock, falling to the ground. Blinking, he sat up, rubbing his head. "Oww..." He stood up again, running after her, smiling slightly. "That wasn't fair..."

Karen laughed back at him opening her door and closing it behind her..She looked back waiting for the door to open, but it was to quiet. "Ricky?" she whispered softly looking around blinking she sat down on her bed.

Ricky invisibly phased through the wall of her cabin, kneeling down behind her on her bed. He leaned closer to her, whispering, "Boo..." in a creepy voice, before reappearing, hugging her gently. "Gotcha, Karen..."

Karen jumped and fell onto her side looking up at Ricky blushing. Her jacket pushed her shirt down giving away clevage causing her to stare at him. "...I guess you win..." she said quietly looking away from him.

"Yeah..." Ricky smiled, grabbing the zipper of her jacket. "I guess...I win..." He unzipped her jacket, staring silently at her as he pulled it off. "So that means...I get a prize...right?" He pulled roughly on her shirt, staring into her eyes. "Right?"

Karen blushed and sat up covering herself. "...Not this yet, we...you pervert." she whispered looking down at her shirt pulled below her bra, she fixed it and kept her head down shivering.

Ricky pulled firmly on her shirt sleeves, still staring at her. "Being perverted...makes everything...more fun..." He smiled, raising his eyebrows as he pulled her shirt down more. "Don't you wanna play?" He leaned closer to her, smirking, keeping his lips an inch away from hers. "It'll be even more fun than the last game... Much more fun..."

Karen gulped and trembled pulling away from him, her sleeves all messed up as she putt her back to him, giving her bra strap away. "...N-No...I can't do-..do it..." she said shivering looking away still. "...Clueless.."

"Yes, you can..." Ricky whispered softly, pulling gently on her bra strap. "Just trust me, okay?" He leaned closer, whispering, "It'll be...fun... Just stop worrying so much..." He smirked, roughly pulling her shirt off from behind. "I've been wanting to do this...for a while..."

Karen closed her eyes pushing his hands away. "...Ricky, I-I'm...only 15..I-I'm not ready.." she said as her shirt was wrapped only around her stomach. She didn't notice though. "...Why are you...acting like this?"

"Why...am I acting like this?" Ricky repeated, pushing her down onto her back. "Well...it's because..." He leaned closer, pinning her to the bed. "...I want...to make you mine..." he whispered softly in her ear, not noticing the lust in his voice.

Karen looked back at him, "Ricky...is this...is this how you really act?" she asked sadly. "...If this is...then...do I like the wrong person?" she asked as she was pushed down onto the bed. She gasped and stared up at him. "Ricky...your...your voice, it sounds...lustful.."

"People...are supposed to act like this..." Ricky whispered, pulling on her bra. "...when they...love each other..." He leaned closer. "I know I like the right person..." he said softly, gently kissing her lips.

Karen's eyes widened and she tried pushing him away. But her arms felt week so she phased threw him. "Love...but...but Ricky, you've-...I...we've only just become a couple.." she said stepping away from him.

Ricky turned around, walking towards her. His eyes were softly glowing red as he backed her up against the wall. "Aww, so I finally found Ricky's soft spot..." He smirked, pinning her against the wall. "...A cute girl... How...sweet..." His hand glowed softly with red energy, but he didn't attack her yet. "He's so confused...so clueless...so...vulnerable..." He leaned closer, smirking, holding the red energy up next to her neck. "Don't you wanna kiss me, Karen? After all, we are a couple, right?"

Karen gasped staring up at him, "You've been in control of him..." she sounded suprised and pushed him away, causing him to cut her neck. She instantly grabbed her neck and looked at the blood. "R-Ricky...what did this curse do to you?"

Ricky just stepped back toward her, holding the ectoplasm up to her neck, then trailing it down to her chest. "Don't you want to give poor little Ricky what he wants?" He slowly cut through her bra with the energy in his hand. "Poor Ricky is suffering so much at the moment..." He smirked, pulling off her bra completely. "Don't you want to...help him?"

Karen's eyes widened and then she looked away with rough sad eyes. "Ricky..." she whispered sadly hitting him in the stomach with a calm purple hand. "Just stop-it..." she whispered as he slowly fell asleep. She pulled her hand away and looked down at her bra..quickly slipping on a different bra. "Ricky..." she whispered fixing her shirt. "Why is that...thing...hurting you so much.." she timidly hugged him. "Please, be okay.."

Ricky opened his eyes a few minutes later, letting out a small groan. "Karen... What...happened?" He blinked, suddenly remembering how the curse had taken over him. "I'm sorry..." He tilted his head down. "If I was stronger... If I could defend myself better... None of that would've happened... I'm...sorry..."

Karen looked over at him then down. "Do you remember...at least...what you were trying to do?" she asked gulping pushing him down causing her chest to jump. "Do you...remember?" she asked as it bounced in front of his face.

"I...remember..." Ricky whispered softly, blushing as he reached out to touch her chest. "I... I still...want to...uh..." he whispered softly, looking away. "...play..." He blushed, not looking at her.

Karen closed her eyes looking away. "...Okay.." she said closing her eyes timidly touching his hand. "Wait...wait..." she said softly sitting up. "Ricky...this is wrong.."

"No, it's not..." Ricky whispered, pulling her back down, putting his hand on her chest again. "It's not wrong... People do this when they care about each other..." He gently squeezed his hand, blushing lightly. "Please...Karen..."

"Ricky...n-no not that..." Karen moaned softly blushing. "N-No...don't..." she said looking up. "Don't...not yet.."

Ricky blushed, hearing her moan. "Yes..." he whispered softly, squeezing his hand harder. "Please, Karen... Just a little..." He didn't look away. "...play time... Please?"

Karen gulped and shook her head. "N-No..." she moaned louder then last time. "I'm...to-to young!" she said shivering. "Please..." she said squeezing her eyes shut. "Don't make me...do that."

"Karen..." Ricky sighed. "You're not...too young for this... Trust me... I won't make you do anything else..." His hand trailed gently down her stomach. "N-no..." He shook his head, returning his hand to her chest. He squeezed is hand again, staring at her with pleading eyes. "Just...this...okay?"

Karen closed her eyes. "Ricky..." she moaned quietly. "...Why...do you want to do this so much?" she asked staring at him with weak brown eyes. "...Just...this..." she looked away. "...Only this.."

"Because..." Ricky felt his hand starting to trail down her stomach again, but he swiftly pulled it away. "...Idiot..." He whispered to himself. He sighed, staring at her. "It's...because I want to show you that I like you a lot... Maybe I love you..."

"Ricky.." Karen whispered with wide eyes. "Love...is a big step..." she said staring at him. "...What...what...are..." she closed her eyes looking away blushing. "Ricky...This...is wrong.." she said opening her eyes with small water droplets. "Ricky, make it stop...please."

Ricky blinked as a faint, hazy memory drifted through his mind. "You... You bought me ice cream...didn't you?" he whispered softly. "Karen... You're...the same person..." He squinted his eyes, trying to remember clearly. "I...remember..." He brushed away one of her tears. "Kissing where you're hurt...makes it feel better..." he murmured softly, trailing a hand down to her chest, by her heart. He leaned down and kissed the spot where her heart was, blushing lightly. "I'm sorry... I hope you feel better..."

Karen opened her eyes wide and blushed deep red. "...You're...the same Ricky?" she asked with a shocked look, she timidly put her arms around him. "Ricky.." she whispered hugging him tightly. "...I told you, we'd meet...again." she kissed him back as he kissed over her heart. "Thank..you."

Ricky gave a small smile as the memory became clearer. "You were right..." he whispered, softly kissing her lips. "I'm glad...I found you..." he said softly, staring down at her. "If...you don't want to do this..." He touched her chest again with a gentle hand. "It's... It's...okay... I'm sorry..."

Karen gentle smiled at him. "...Thank you..." she slowly pulled away sitting up looking down. "Not...right now, Later..." she said fixing her shirt back. "After all...I'm your best...friend." she said laying next to him closing her eyes. "I hope...you feel better.."

"Best...friends..." Ricky smiled softly, putting his arms around her. "Heh... I followed you to your house that day...like some creepy stalker... I was...crying...staring down at you from up in the air..." He smiled again, hugging her tightly. "I still can't believe...I found you again..."

Karen smilied and hugged him back. "...You followed me?" she asked blushing lightly. "After that whole thing, my mom said she'd never leave me alone again..." she let out a sighed and pulled out of the hug looking away. "...You can...we...can do..what-that if you...want.."

"I just wanted to know where you lived, I guess..." Ricky smiled, looking away. "If I was lonely I'd walk to your house, staring up at the windows...looking for my best friend..." He smiled again, reaching out to grab one of her shirt sleeves. "Thank...you..." he whispered, pulling on it.

Karen blushed and closed her eyes, "I don't know...how to do this, I seriously don't know how to do this..." she said to herself shivering. "What do I do?" she asked as Ricky pulled down even more on her shirt, giving her chest away.

"I... I don't know..." Ricky whispered, hesitating. "Just...do whatever comes naturally..." He pulled more on her shirt, grabbing her bra. "You're...blushing..." he mumbled, even though his face was a light pink color too. He pulled down on her bra, staring at her with concerned, caring eyes. "Are you okay?" he whispered in a soft voice, pulling some more.

Karen opened her eyes staring up at his concerned ones. "..I'm just, I don't know what to do..." she said softly as her chest showed. She shivered looking up at him closing her eyes. "...I still...don't know what todo...in a situation like this."

"Just relax..." Ricky whispered softly, pushing her down onto her back. "It's okay to feel scared... It's my first time doing anything like this, too..." He gave a soft smile, putting his hands onto her chest. "We'll...be okay... After all, we're...best friends..."

Karen closed her eyes then looked up at the ceiling. "...Just don't...get me pregnet..." she whispered blushing quietly. "...What...do I do?"

"I promise...I won't... And...to answer your question..." Ricky whispered, looking away, then staring back at her. He leaned closer, gently squeezing his hands. "Make them...bounce..." he whispered in her ear, squeezing his hands again.

Karen's face went red and she then closed her eyes making her body move slightly, she made her chest move in his hands, "R-Ricky...is this..what you wanted?" she asked as her chest bounced.

Ricky shivered, staring at her with wide eyes. "I..." He blushed lightly, giving a small nod. "Y-Yeah..." He squeezed his hands again, letting out a soft sigh. Pulling his hands away, he leaned down and gently rested his head on her chest, sighing again. "Thank you..."

Karens chest stoped bouncing as he rested his head on her chest. She blushed and stared at him. "...You little pervert..." she whispered as her chest bounced again. "Do you...like my chest that much?"

"Yeah... I guess so..." Ricky stared up at her, still keeping his head against her chest. He bent his head back down, whispering softly against her chest, "Hey... I'm...not a pervert..."

Karen closed her eyes and leaned back on her bed. "Yes you are, look at were your head is." she said squshing her chest together. "You like that now?"

Ricky let out a little gasp as his eyes widened. "Y-Yes..." he whispered softly, shivering and blushing lightly. "Maybe I'm...a little perverted..." He gently kissed the spot his head was resting against. "Just...a little..."

Karen slowly sat up and looked away, pushing him off of her she turned to her side. "Ricky...I don't want to...do this." she looked down. "Not yet.."

Ricky stared at her with sad eyes. "Okay... I... I understand..." He looked away. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to make you do...something you didn't want to..." He gently touched her chest again, looking at her again with pleading eyes. "I'm sorry..."

Karen looked back at him. "Ricky..." she slowly hugged him then stood up. "...I want to...but I'm scared of the conceqencise." she looked down reaching to fix her bra and shirt. "I'm sorry.."

"Karen..." Ricky stared sadly at her, gently grabbing her hand before she could fix her clothes. "I'd...never...bring you consequences you don't want... I'd never get you pregnant if you didn't want me to..." He gently squeezed her hand. "...Okay? I just wanted to let you know... That's all..."

Karen's chest bounced in his hands, as she leaned against him as he squeezed his hand closed. "Ricky..." she whispered breathless...grabbing ahold of his shirt. "Take off...your clothes..." she said standing up, unzipping her skirt.. "Don't...you get..me pregnant.."

Ricky's eyes widened as he stared at her. "K-Karen..." he whispered softly, gently reaching up and touching his shirt. "O-Okay... I promise...I won't..." He pulled his shirt off, blushing as he saw her unzipping her skirt. "Karen...why are you...acting like this all of a sudden?"

"I want...my best friend...to be happy." Karen replied laying next to him. "...That's, all.."

Ricky nodded, tilting his head down as he unzipped his jeans. "Thank...you...but...don't just do this for me... I want you to be happy too..." He slowly pulled his pants off, staring silently at her. "Do whatever will make you happy..."

Karen looked away closing her eyes. "...I want you...happy.." she whispered opening her eyes. "I don't want you to...be un-happy..." she slowly brought him down to her. "...Im sorry.."

"I'm...happy whenever you're around..." Ricky whispered, gently putting his arms around her. "You don't...have to do this...if you don't...want to..." He squeezed her tightly, closing his eyes. "I'm already happy..."

Karen didn't answer him instand she got on top of him pushing him down she pressed her chest against his, kissing him roughly. She sat up and looked away from him getting off of him rolling onto herside.

Ricky brought a trembling hand up to his lips, staring at her. "Thank you..." he whispered, hugging her as she got off of him. He pulled her close, kissing her softly on the lips. "...for making me happy..."

Karen closed her eyes and kissed him back she slowly pulled away slowly. "...You're...welcome.." she looked down and smiled leaning her head against him trembling.

Ricky gave a soft smile, noticing her trembling. "Karen... You okay?" he asked, hugging her gently. "You're...shaking..." He gave a small shiver, hugging her tighter.

Karen shook her head, "I-I'm not shaking..." she said in a frightened voice. "I'm...I'm okay.."

"Why do you sound afraid?" Ricky whispered softly, leaning his head down onto her shoulder, whispering in her ear. "Are you nervous about something?" He smirked, squeezing her tighter. "You don't sound okay..."

Karen blushed and closed one eye looking away. "...I'm okay, Ricky." Karen said feeling him hug her tighter. "...nothing...nothings wrong.."

"You're blushing..." Ricky whispered in her ear, pulling away, softly kissing her lips. "You're...cute when you blush..." He blinked, looking away. "Uh, I mean, you're cute all the time, but...uhm..." He sighed, closing his eyes. "...when you blush...you're cuter than usual..." He smiled softy, leaning closer to her.

Karen blushed even a more scarlet red. "Ricky.." she whispered closing her eyes. "You're...me...we...can't...do this..." she said squeezing her hands closed hugging him lightly. "I'm sorry.."

"Yes...we can..." Ricky whispered softly, kissing her lips again, then her neck, trailing kisses down to her chest. "We...can..." he whispered against her chest, kissing her gently. "Just...trust me..." he breathed softly against her, trailing his tongue across her chest.

Karen's eyes widened and she pushed him away looking at her hands she turned onto her side. "...I'm sorry.." she stood up as quickly as she could phasing on her clothes and running out the door putting a hand over her mouth. "I can't...I can't do it...I just can't.."

Ricky silently stared after her, trembling slightly. "Karen..." he whispered softly, phasing through the door, running after her. "Hey, wait!" He jumped into the air, since flying was faster than running. "Stop...running away...from me..."

Karen spoted Myles and instantly jumped behind him. "Hide me..." she whispered going invisable.

"Hide you from what?" Myles muttered, seeing Ricky flying towards them. "Oh, hiya, brother!"

Ricky clenched his fists, landing in front of Myles. "Hey...have you seen Karen anywhere?"

"Um... I..." Myles glanced over his shoulder, then shook his head, looking back at Ricky. "N-no, haven't seen her..."

Ricky raised an eyebrow, seeing Myles glance behind him. "So...she ran that way, then?"

Myles nodded, relieved that he hadn't guessed she was hiding right behind him. "Yup! Uh-huh! She ran off that way... But she told me not to tell you, so shhh!" It hurt to lie to his brother, but he wanted to find out why Karen was running away from him.

"Thanks for your help...little brother..." Ricky ran off in the direction Myles had told him, not looking back.

"So..." Myles whispered, once Ricky was out of hearing range. "Why are you running away? Did brother hurt you?"

Karen turned visable and looked over at Myles, she sat down on her knees. "He was trying to...do something with me...what your parents do.." she said blushing. "...That's...what he was doing.."

"My parents?" Myles tilted his head to the side, not understanding. "But I don't have a daddy... Mommy said he went away and he's not coming back for a long, long time..." He gave a small smile. "But it's okie, because Mommy says he's coming back! Mommy never lies..." He stared down at the ground. "But he's been gone a long time... I hope he's okay..."

"My dad's gone too.." Karen said standing up. "...He was trying to make me have...a baby? is that a better way to say it?" she asked looking down at him before turning around. "I'm...going to go for a walk, and sence he doesn't know about my ghost powers...I can hide.."

"Make you...have a baby?" Myles blinked. "But...Ricky doesn't like girls... He doesn't like little kids, either... That doesn't make any sense..." He stared down at the ground with a look of concentration on his face. "Wait, before you go! I have a question!" He tilted his head to the side with a clueless, curious expression on his face. "How do you have a baby anyway?"

Karen turned away sighing, "Your mom will have to give you that talk..." Karen ran off towards the lake waving. "See you.." she said softly secertly hoping Ricky would find her...she walked onto the dock and stared dazey out at the lake.. "This is...so crazy.."

Myles let out an aggravated noise, stamping his foot on the ground. "I was so close to finding out..." He sighed, looking away. "Mommy'll just say, 'I'll tell you when you're older' like she always does..." he muttered, staring after Karen with a pouting expression on his face.

- - -

Ricky was floating invisibly by the lake, hoping Karen would eventually come there. He silently flew over to her once he saw her, landing behind her. He leaned closer to her, whispering in her ear, "Boo..." as he put his arms around her, becoming visible, making sure she couldn't escape.

Karen gasped and closed her eyes. "Ricky...what do you...want?" she asked feeling him make sure she couldn't excape. "...I can't do it..."

"I wanted...to find you..." Ricky whispered. "Karen, I'm sorry... How can I...make it up to you?" One of his arms moved up from around her her waist, gently touching her chest. "How can I say...I'm sorry...?"

Karen tilted her head down pushing his hand off her chest. "...It's okay..." she said looking down. "...I-I don't want to do that...not yet.."

"Then what...do you want?" Ricky said softly, pulling her closer, whispering in her ear. "What can I do? What do you...want from me?"

"...I don't know.." Karen said tilting her head down as he whispered in her ear. "...I just...want you...to be happy.."

"I was just...trying to do the right thing..." Ricky muttered, looking away. "I was trying to do...what people do when they care about each other...a lot..." He blushed lightly, staring out at the lake. "I remember...a long, long time ago...before my father left...before Myles was born... I walked in on my parents...when they were in their room..." He lowered his voice, blushing even more. "I saw...what they were doing...and I remembered it...for so many years...even though I was so young..."

Karen looked down, "Myles told me, that your father is gone?" she asked softly keeping her head down. "...I know, what it's like." she said looking up at him. "...you just...want to do what your parents were doing...right?"

"Well, he'll come back someday... That's what my mom would always tell us..." There was a faint hint of sadness in Ricky's voice, but he pretended not to hear it. "They loved each other... They probably still do... And that's why...they did..." he looked away. "...all that... Because they loved each other..." He hugged her tighter. "I'd never get you pregnant if you didn't want me to, Karen... Please... Don't run away because you're afraid of that... Don't worry..."

Karen's eyes widened then she slowly closed them resting her head against him. "Okay..." she whispered quietly.

Ricky relaxed his grip around her waist, smiling softly. "Okay..." he whispered in response, nodding. "Thank you, Karen... Maybe...we can do that...some other time?" He gently tugged on one of her shirt sleeves. "Whenever you're ready...just...tell me...okay?"

Karen nodded and stepped back a step to give him room, but when he tugged onto her sleeve. She was caught off guard and fell back her eyes widened as she fell back closing her eyes as she hit the water. "I can't-I can't swim!" she thought as she opened her mouth and bubbles rose up to the surface, she closed her eyes and she sunk down.

Ricky's eyes widened, and he jumped into the water without hesitation, pulling her towards him. He winced, swimming to the surface as he tried to hold his breath and carry her at the same time. When he finally reached the surface, he dropped Karen down on the grass, breathing heavily, soaking wet. "P-Please be okay..." he whispered, shivering as he bent down towards her. "Oh jeez... You're not unconscious, are you? I guess there's only one thing to do then..." He glanced left, then right, bending down and pressing his lips to hers. Mouth...to mouth... Heh...

Karen's hand twitched before she coughed up water gasping for breath, she stared over at Ricky. "R-Ricky...you...saved me..?" she asked with dull brown eyes still trying to cetch her breath. "...I can't swim..."

"Can't swim, huh? Y-Yeah..." Ricky gave a shaky smile, still shivering as water dripped down his face. "I could tell..." He pulled her into a gentle hug. "Glad...y-you're okay..." he whispered as another shiver ran down his spine.

Karen blushed and hugged him back. "Thank you..." she whispered shivering. "...It's so cold..."

"Y-Yeah..." Ricky whispered, turning around as he heard a noise behind them. "S-Somebody's here..." he muttered, gently pulling away from her.

"Hey, there...cutie..."

Ricky barely recognized Courtney's voice before he was knocked back against a tree with an ecto-beam. "Courtney... Hi... What...do you want?"

"Oh, nothing..." Courtney shrugged, forming another energy beam. "Just a little...revenge... If you were smart...you wouldn't have rejected me...Ricky..." She fired the ecto-beam at him, making him cry out in pain.

"Karen... Just run..." Ricky whispered, closing his eyes. "Stay out of this... Don't let her hurt you..."

Karen stood up quickly and turned around and ran as fast as she could. "...I've got to change..." she whispered jumping behind a tree making sure neather of them saw two rings turn her short brown hair long blue, and her brown eyes yellow. She quickly jumped up into the air making two wind blades and an ecto-blast. She sent the ecto-blast at courtney sending her flying. "Stay away from him!"

Ricky blinked, staring up at Karen's ghost half. "Wow..." he murmured softly, with a dreamy look in his eyes and a stupid-looking smile on his face. "She's...pretty..."

Courtney glared at Karen, regaining her balance. "You'll pay for that..." She fired small, thin blasts of ecto-energy that looked like needles at Karen. "No, you stay away from him..." she hissed. "He's mine..."

Karen sighed and phased threw the needles quickly lifting up her wind blades flying in and cutting her down to the ground. "He isn't yours.." she said stabbing her in the shoulder. "I'll make it much worse, if you don't leave him alone.."

"Is she fighting...for me?" Ricky mumbled, still smiling up at them. "She must...really like me then..." He rested his chin in his hands, staring at Karen, letting out a soft sigh.

Courtney winced, hissing in pain, watching as blood trickled out of the cut on her shoulder. "I don't need to fight you..." she hissed, glaring at Karen as she pulled the blade out of her shoulder. "I just need my revenge on Ricky... I don't have to hurt you..."

"He's got a girlfriend." Karen said bluntly. "So stay away from my- I mean...Karen's boyfriend!" she said raising her hand up gently touching her chest. "Go...to sleep." she said as Courtney started to close her eyes, and her cut began to heal. She stood up. "You'd better...go find Karen quickly..." Youma quickly turned around and flew off going invisable landing softly behind a tree taking her human form. "Ricky?"

"Mmyeah?" Ricky muttered, smiling slightly at the place where Youma had been fighing Courtney. "Did you...see that girl? The one who was fighting Courtney... She was..." He let out a soft sigh. "...pretty..."

Karen looked away jealousy all over her face. "..Oh really?" she turned around and began walking off. "Why don't you go after her then?"

"Hey, hey, wait!" Ricky finally snapped out of it, standing up and leaning against a tree. "Karen, you're...a hundred times prettier than she was..." He glanced back, half-hoping to see her. "Besides, she flew off anyway..."

"What ever you say..." Karen said looking back at him then forward. "Let's...go Ricky." she said tugging on his shirt. "She's not going to come back.."

"How do you know?" Ricky muttered softly, glancing behind him again. "Hey..." he blinked at her. "Where were you when they were fighting, anyway? You just...disappeared..." He stared down at the ground. "...Weird..."

"Well..." Karen looked away avoiding eye contact. "You did tell me to run...all I did was hide." she said stepping forward. "...Let's go, Ricky."

"...Okay..." Ricky muttered, stepping forward with her. "Let's go..." He took her hand, walking back to her cabin, keeping an eye out for Youma. "She saved us... I just wanted to thank her..." He kept his head down. "That's all."

Karen still looked away, not even pulling her hand away from his. As she entered her cabin she let go of his hand. "She said...your welcome." she whispered softly keeping her head down. "Don't ask me how I know that."

"No, I think I will ask you how you know that..." Ricky pushed her down onto her back on the bed. "Karen... Are you hiding something from me?"

Karen avoided his eye contact still looking away even when she was pushed down. "..N-No.." she whispered keeping her head down. "There's nothing..." she said glancing over at him then looking away. "Nothing at all."

"Why do you keep looking away!?" Ricky pinned her arms down, glaring at her. "You are hiding something, aren't you? Why can't you just tell me!?"

Karen stared up at him, "I'm...not hiding anything...nothing you can do or say can change my mind." she said looking away from his glare.

"Really?" Ricky whispered softly, slowly burning off her shirt with an ecto-beam. "I still think you're lying..." He gave a sharp pull on her bra, smirking. "Do I have to make you tell me?"

Karen's eyes widened as he pulled on her bra, "No.." she squeaked out. "Don't...oh please...don't.." she said trembling. "I'm not...hiding anything!"

"Why...are you always so afraid?" Ricky asked calmly, forming another ecto-beam, burning off her bra. "You're...trembling again, Karen..." He softly kissed her lips, trailing his tongue down her neck to her chest. "You're always so scared..."

Karen closed her eyes. "Stop it...please just stop it..." she said in a frightened voice. "Don't...you promised not to...do this...stop it!" she said pushing him up.

"Correction..." Ricky whispered softly, pushing her back down, putting his hands onto her chest. "I promised not to get you pregnant..." He smirked, squeezing his hands. "This, however...was not part of the bargain..."

Karen opened her eyes and moaned as he squeezed his hands. "I'm begging you...stop." she said with tears in her eyes as she trembled. "Stop touching me!" she said pushing him away again. "I told you, I'm not ready!"

"You'll never be ready..." Ricky whispered, looking away from her teary eyes. "Sometimes you just have to take chances... But you're too afraid..." He shook his head. "You'll never...get anywhere...if you think you're not ready... If you're too scared to take chances..." He sighed, crossing his arms across his chest. "I guess...I'm sorry, then..."

"You're wrong." Karen said tilting her head down. "I'm only 15, I'm not ready..." she looked away. "Why should I believe you?" she asked keeping her head down. "I say something that pissed you off and you pushed me down...and tryed to force me to say it?" she glared back up at him. "I'm emotional...beyond reason sence my dad and mom split up." she closed her fists and looked away. "I-..can't do that."

Ricky sighed, looking away. "My mom and dad...'split up' too, I guess... He never came back... I know how that can make you feel... It's what got me this curse..." He gently put his arms around her. "I'm sorry..."

"...It's okay." Karen was releaved that he didn't mention the Youma thing again, she hugged him back and sighed. "...It's alright..." she opened her eyes. "Let's...go the the messroom they should be feeding us dinner soon."

"I don't want to eat dinner yet..." Ricky whispered, pinning her down again. "Even though I am a little...hungry..." One of his hands went to his chest and the other trailed down her stomach. "Come on, please? Are you...ready yet?"

"No, I'm not.." Karen said staring up at him. "..Let's go eat dinner please." she said looking at the door. "I can't use my ghost powers, it'll just ruin everything.."

"I'm not letting you go this time..." Ricky whispered softly. He smirked, leaning closer to her. "Unless...you can escape..."

Karen struggled moving around before shaking her head. "I can't excape- please if you like me...let me go." she said pushing him on his chest. "Get...off of me please."

"I do like you..." Ricky said softly, pinning her down harder. "I like you...a lot...but...I'm not letting you go..." He squeezed his hand on her chest, smirking. "Well...I guess it's just too bad that you can't escape..." he whispered, leaning closer.
Karen closed her eyes moaning. "This is torcher...get off of me.." she said pushing him to the side, she sat up covering her chest. "...Why do you always act like this?"

Ricky stared at her with a hurt expression in his eyes. "...Because..." His voice trailed off as he looked away. "Because I..." He closed his eyes, sighing. "I...don't know... I just..." He stared back at her with sad eyes. "Why won't you...just..." He trailed off again, closing his eyes. "Jeez..."

Karen stared back at him. "I'm sorry...there are just things, I can't..." she looked down. "I can't tell anyone..." she said softly not realizing her eyes were glowing yellow. "I'm sorry.."

Ricky grabbed her chin, tilting her face closer to him. "Your eyes...are..." He closed his eyes, trying to think. "That would...make sense... But...no... You can't..." He pulled his hand away, staring at her. "Karen...where exactly were you when that girl...was fighting Courtney?" He couldn't hide the suspicious tone of his voice. "And why are your eyes glowing?"

Karen looked away from him stepping back a step. "...I was hidding..." she said still looking away, the yellow glow dissappered. A great time for her powers to mess up...she looked up at him. "They're...they're not glowing, you're seeing things.." she said steping back again closer to the door.

"No, I'm not seeing things..." Ricky stepped towards her, grabbing her arm so she couldn't move closer to the door. "It's odd...how much your eyes resembled hers...when they were glowing..." he murmured softly. "Karen... Are you...hiding something from me?" he asked softly, raising an eyebrow.

Karen kept looking away. "No.." she said keeping her head down backing up even though he was grabbing ahold of her arm. "...I'm not."

Ricky pulled on her arm, glaring at her. "Are you...lying to me?" He raised his voice slightly, pulling her closer to him, away from the door.

Karen closed her eyes, "No, I'm not." she said struggling now trying to push him away. "Let me go!" she shouted phasing her arm threw his grip and stepped back before turning around and running off.

"Yes you are!" Ricky shouted after her, seeing her phase her arm through him. "You're part ghost!" he shouted, running after her. "Why did you hide it from me!? I never hid my powers from you!" he caught up to her, grabbing her by the wrist. "Go ahead... Let me see you transform into your ghost half..."

"No, let go." Karen cried out pulling on her wrist. "Let me go..." she looked down. "Let me...go." she fell to her knees. "...I had to...keep it a secert from you." she said looking down. "My...DNA was tampered with...and they forced me, to be half ghost...ever sence I was .13.."

"Why...did you have to keep it a secret?" Ricky asked softly, loosening his grip on her wrist. "You could've just told me..." he knelt down beside her, putting his arms around her. "Karen... I'm sorry... No one should be forced to live a life like that..." He shook his head, hugging her tighter. "I'm sorry..." He lowered his voice to a soft whisper. "Was it... Was that girl...you?"

Karen tilted her head down and nodded whispering a soft, "Yes.." she looked down. "This is...my biggest secert..." she murmured looking down.

"Karen..." Ricky sighed, closing his eyes as he hugged her gently. "You...didn't have to hide it from me... You didn't have to lie..." He put his head down onto her shoulder. "Why...couldn't you just tell me?"

"Because...when I met you..." Karen looked down. "...I was full human, but now I...I'm just like you." she whispered looking down. "I didn't want you to...I didn't want you to worry about me." she opened her eyes. "This is...my burden.."

"But... You can tell me anything, Karen..." Ricky closed his eyes, sighing softly. "I guess...we're the same, then... Half ghost..." He opened his eyes, glancing ather before looking away. "I'm sorry...you were forced to get those powers... I'm sorry..."

Karen tilted her head down, "...And the bad thing is...they kidnapped me, called the guys in white." she looked up at him. "My powers...are unstable which means I could snap, kill someone, or even hurt you.." she stepped away. "...They put...a weird DNA ghost sample inside me, the ghost controled wind and was about to learn water...you could say he was a- airbender." she stepped back again. "...But I- don't want you too...I don't want you to worry." she stepped back once more.

"So... Your powers are unstable too..." Ricky murmured thoughtfully, stepping towards her as she stepped back. "I've already snapped before... I've already killed...many people..." He tilted his head down. "I've...already hurt you...and I'll probably hurt you again...sometime... I'm sorry..."

Karen stepped back again, "I just...don't know." she looked up at him then turned around. "...I know your powers are more unstable." she said softly stepping forward again closing her eyes. "The only way...to ensure your safe...is to." she glazed back at him then began running. "Is to..kill my self.."

Ricky shot ecto-tape at her, binding her legs together so she couldn't run. "Don't be stupid..." he muttered, walking over to her. "If there's anyone who should die here, it's me... My powers are more unstable than yours..." He reached out with one hand, firmly gripping her shoulder. "I don't want you to die..."

Karen winced and looked up at Ricky. "Ricky...no." she said softly closing her eyes. "I don't want you to die...eather.." she gasped superisingly as he firmly gripped her shoulder. "Ricky, let me go.."

"Let you go..." Ricky tightened his grip on her shoulder. "Yeah, and just stand here and watch you kill yourself... I don't think so..." He shook his head, putting his other hand on her other shoulder. "I'm not letting you go..."

Karen winced as he tightened his grip, "Ricky- let me...go please." she asked wincing as tightened his grip. "...Please..." she tryed moving her legs and then winced scrapping her leg against a pointy stick. "...Why won't you just, let me do what I want?"

"I'm not going to let you kill yourself!" Ricky shouted, glaring at her. "I'm not letting you go... I'm not... You're not going to die...as long as I can protect you from yourself..." He lowered his voice, staring down at the ground. "Please... I don't...want you to die... I don't want to let you go..."

Karen scooted back away from him her arms pulling her, while her legs were binded. She looked away as she continued to back away tilting her head down. "But I don't want to hurt you!" she shouted with teary eyes. "I love you." she backed against a tree. "...I don't want to hurt you."

"If you killed yourself..." Ricky stepped closer to her, gently grabbing her hand. "...It would hurt me...even more...than any physical pain... Please...don't..." He pulled her closer, staring at her with sad eyes. "I love you too... Please...don't hurt yourself..."

Karen closed her eyes and tried backing away. "No- I won't listen." she phased threw the ecto-tape and continued to crawl away from Ricky. "...I-don't...want to listen."

"Stop acting stupid!" Ricky grabbed her wrist, jerking her towards him. " Stop it... Just listen to me... Why are you acting like this!? I don't care if you hurt me!" He tightened his grip on her wrist, glaring at her. "Just...listen to me..."

Karen phased her hand threw his hand. "Leave me alone." she shouted pushing him away quickly standing up and began running. "...Just leave me alone!"

"I'm not leaving you alone!" In a desperate attempt to stop her from running away, Ricky overshadowed her. He stared down at his hands, then timidly inspected a strand of hair. It was brown, so he knew it had worked, and he had control of her body. "I'll never leave you alone..."

Karen fell to her knees. "Get out of me..." Karen said hugging her stomach. "...I want to be alone right now..." she whispered softly. "Please..."

"I'm not...leaving you alone..." Ricky whispered softly, glaring at the ground. "I'm going to make sure...you don't hurt yourself... Please... I won't leave you alone until you promise..." He raised his voice slightly. "And don't lie to me again!"

"Fine..." Karen said looking at the ground. "I won't..." she said feeling her voice raise before. "...Get out of me."

"Promise?" Ricky whispered, phasing out of her body but grabbing one of her hands incase she tried to run away again. "You have to promise..."

Karen phased her hand threw his hand, instantly pushing him to the ground. "I can't...promise." she turned away and began running deeper into the forest. "I want to end this, I don't want to hurt anyone..." she glazed back behind her not seeing Ricky she quickly went invisable and continued to run until she got to a dead end. She gasped and looked back behind her seeing Ricky. "Come any closer...and I'll jump!"

Ricky clenched his fists, glaring at her. "Stop... Stop it, Karen... You're not going to hurt anyone... Now just stop it..." He took a half-step towards her. "You were always too afraid to do anything, anyway... Why should I believe you?"

Karen took a step back closer to the cliff. "Because this isn't...being completely forced on me!" she shouted at him looking away. "I'm not as scared as you think, I have to act like this!" she said stepping back to the edge. "I want to be free from this curse...it's killing me." she clenched her heart. "The pain from everything I've killed is un-barable."

"I know how you feel!" Ricky shouted at her, stepping closer. "I know exactly how you feel, but I haven't killed myself! You have to live... You have a burden to bear..." He shook his head. "You can't just die! That's not the answer!" He shouted, running towards her, muttering softly to himself, "idiot..."

Karen took another step back but nothing was there, she lost her balance, her eyes widened as she fell backwards. She went plumiting head first to the ground, tears shooting up. "I..want it to end..."

"Idiot!" Ricky shouted, jumping off after her, grabbing her shirt and falling with her. He quickly phased them both through the ground before they hit anything. Pulling her by the wrist, he drifted up through the ground, back to the sunlight. "You...idiot..." He was breathing heavily, too shocked to do anything but gasp and stare at the ground with wide eyes.

Karen was trembling tears going down her face continuing. Her hand was shaking and her eyes were widened. "I-I don't-" she looked over at him. "I don't want to die..." she whispered looking down.

"I told you... You don't...want to die... You really don't..." Ricky whispered, trembling as he turend to face her. "You're...alive..." he murmured, as if it had just registered in his head that they were both okay. Glancing down at his hands, he whispered, "I'm alive..." Still shaking, he stared at her with wide eyes. "You...idiot..." He put his arms around her, hugging her tightly.

Karen's eyes were widened as her heart began to beat quickly. "...I'm sorry..." she whispered to him tilting her head down. "There...are...glitches.." she said softly. "I'm so sorry..."

Ricky hugged her tighter, whispering softly, "Don't you...ever try that again...ever..." He was still trembling, staring straight ahead with wide eyes. "Don't...you dare..." He tilted his head down. "Please...Karen... Promise me...you won't..."

"I can't...promise that." Karen said closing her eyes. "The...glitch in my DNA...theres another one, it comes right after that part..." she opened her eyes and pushed him down onto the ground. "The other glich...makes me want you...it makes me want you so badly." she whispered stretching out her legs so far, her skirt began to show her underwear. She looked down at him and pressed her chest up against him, her zipper slowly became undone the more they grew. "...I grow in my chest..and other places.." she said in his ear.

Ricky shivered, staring at her with wide eyes. "Karen..." he whispered, knowing that this was what he had wanted the entire time. He opened his mouth to say something else, but all he could manage was a faint, "Wow..." He timidly reached out to her, touching her chest. "W-Wow..." he said again, still trembling slightly.

"You like it?" Karen asked whispering as they grew even more. "This is my other side.." she said smirking pushing him firmly to the ground. Her legs switched from one side the the next side. Her skirt looked way to tight around her waist. "Rickypoo what would you...like me to do?"

"Y-Yeah..." Ricky whispered, noticing how tight her shirt looked. "I... I...uh..." He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath. This is...what I wanted... Then...why does it feel wrong? He slowly reached out, grabbing her skirt, pulling gently on it as he stared up at her, not caring that he was being pushed onto the ground. "I... I want you to..." A shiver went down his spine. "...take...it off..."

Karen smirked sexy like sitting up she unziped her skirt, still on her it was slowly showing her underwear. "Ricky..." she whispered to him as the shirt continued to upzip as it grew bigger then his hand. "You're so small..." she said staring down at him. "Come on...Ricky.."

Ricky slowly unzipped her shirt the rest of the way, staring silently up at her. He pulled it off and his eyes widened as he stared at her chest. "Wow..." he whispered again, trailing his hand down, pulling gently on her underwear.

Karen leaned down closer to him. "Ricky..." she whispered as he pulled on her underwear. "Don't be a bad boyyou won't get a treat if you act bad.."

"What if...I want to be a bad boy?" Ricky whispered, tugging down again. He pulled his hand away, leaning up to her. "It all depends...on what kind of a treat you'll give me..."

"If you..." Karen stoped talking and stared down at him with wide eyes she slowly pulled away from him sitting away from him putting a hand over her chest. "...I...went into another glitch..." she zipped up her jacket half way then looked down at her skirt. "It-...I'm..."

Ricky sat up, blinking, staring down at the ground. "I... I don't know what... I...don't know why I..." He tilted his head down. "I'm sorry, it was just... I... I'm...sorry..."

Karen backed away from him slowly, her legs opened slowly as she slowly gasped and covered up herself. "I-I'm sorry..." she said feeling awkward. "This...is there fault..." she squeezed her hands closed looking down. "...Ricky..." she whispered blushing, "...My feelings...are..." she closed her eyes shivering. "...I-I'm..."

"What...are you trying to say?" Ricky whispered, moving closer to her as she backed away. "And...don't say you're sorry... It's...not your fault..."

"My feelings...had died...when it came to that type of stuff..." she looked up at him blusing. "...Something...happens to me...and my hormonse go out of control...and I grow...in places.." she said staring at him. "I'm sorry.."

"I told you...don't...say you're sorry..." Ricky whispered softly, gently touching her cheek, seeing her blushing. "I... I'm sorry...you have to be cursed with...something like that..." He tilted his head down. "You...have nothing to apologize for..."

Karen looked down at her chest. "I...don't want to look older then a 15 year old...I want to be normal..." she shivered trying to cover her over grown chest. "...That's...all I want."

Ricky nodded, scooping her up into his arms. "Let's...get back to the cabin..." he murmured, flying to her cabin and phasing through the wall. He gently placed her down on her bed, pushing her onto her back. "Are you...ready now?" he whispered softly, pinning her to the bed.

Karen's eyes widened. "Ricky, I told you-my..feelings and everything else...goes crazy.." she looked away from him still hidding her chest. "...I don't like it."

"Maybe...I can help..." Ricky whispered, pinning her down. "Maybe...if you were ready...I could...help you..." He leaned closer. "...If you'd just let me..."

"I'm not ready though, I'm just not..." Karen looked away. "I'll...be...ready some other day just, not today."

"No..." Ricky whispered, leaning closer. "Finish what you started back there..." He pushed her harder down on the bed. "Finish it, Karen... If you're not ready now...after all that..." He shook his head. "...you'll never be ready..."

"But I...I told you I don't control myself, when a 'glitch' comes...Ricky." Karen closed her eyes. "I don't want to have sex with you!" she blurted out covering her mouth. "...I don't..." she looked away. "That...came out wrong, I just don't want...to..I..."

"Karen!" Ricky pushed her harder, glaring at her. "Who said anything about sex!? I just...wanted to..." He looked away, frowning. "I... All I wanted was...just... I don't know!" He returned his glare to her. "I wasn't going to...take it that far..." he whispered, tilting his head down so his bangs covered his eyes. "I...wasn't..."

Karen blushed and looked up at him. "I...I'm sorry..." she looked away from him shivering slightly. "Then..do what..." she looked up at him blushing. "...Do what, you wanted to do...before my body goes back to normal.."

"I promise... I'll never take things that far..unless it's what you want..." Ricky leaned closer, kissing her lips softly, putting his hands on her chest. "Are you sure...you're ready?" he whispered softly, resting his head against her shoulder as he whispered in her ear.

Karen kept her bangs over her eyes. "No...but...I need to take a chance." she said looking up at him. "...Do what...you want to do.." she whispered in his ear smiling slightly. "...You pervert.."

"...Thanks..." Ricky whispered, smiling slightly, not even bothering to argue with her last sentence. He squeezed his hands, unzipping her shirt and tugging at the sleeves. "Okay... Maybe I am...a bit of a pervert..." he whispered, gently pulling on her bra.

Karen kissed him as he began to undo her bra..she slipped her arms around his neck as he squeezed his hands. She moaned quietly as he squeezed again. "...Nasty little pervert.."

"I'll...take that as a compliment..." Ricky whispered, shivering as she put her arms around his neck. He pulled off her bra completely, resting his head against her chest, smirking at her. "I'm being a little pervert..." he whispered softly, staring at her. "Whatcha...going to do about it?"

Karen blushed and gulped, "I-I think...I'll have to punish you..." she whispered softly blushing before putting her hand over her private place. "Ricky...you're such a pervert..." she squeezed her hand closed and pulled her hand away flinching looking away.

Ricky's eyes widened and he blushed lightly, letting out a gasp. "I... I know I am..." he whispered, pulling her hand back to its previous position. "But...so are you..." He smirked, putting his head back down onto her chest. He slowly trailed kisses across her chest, still blushing light pink.

Karen winced and pulled her hand away. "...My...body hurts." she said squeezing his shirt. "...The glitch...is wearing off, I-I can't stand this- pain." she said tilting her head down. "Make- the pain stop.."

"Karen... I... I don't know how..." Ricky leaned his head against her, shivering slightly. "I've never dealt with powers like yours... I don't...know what to do..." He closed his eyes, hugging her gently. "What...am I supposed to do?"

Karen hugged him back squeezing his shirt tightly. "Ricky...the pain's...on the inside." she said opening her eyes looking down at her chest and then her booty... "My...body, is back to normal.." she looked down blushing, "...Ricky...I'm sure about this..." she looked up at him scarlet red. "Have sex...with me..."

"Wh-Wh-What!?" Ricky blushed bright red, staring at her with wide eyes. "B-But... Here? Now?" He looked away, shivering slightly. "If it's...really what you want..." he whispered, pulling off his shirt, pushing her down onto her back. He unzipped his jeans, still blushing. "If it's what...you want...then it's what I want too... If you're...ready...then..." He started to take off his pants when the door swung open.

"RICKY!"

Ricky winced, blushing bright red at the sound of his mother's voice. "M-Mom..." he whispered, looking away.

"What the hell do you think you're DOING!?" Mrs. Drynn shot a glare at him, stepping into the cabin.

"Karen says Ricky wanted to have a baby with her!" Myles poked his head out from behind his mother. "That's what she said! Mommy, is that how you have babies?" He pointed to Ricky, on top of Karen, pinning her down.

"Myles..." Mrs. Drynn said in a gentle voice, covering his eyes. "I'll...tell you when you're older..." She raised her voice, glaring at Ricky again. "You haven't been home in years! You've probably grown up to be some perverted idiot! What are you doing!? You'd better not be raping her!"

Ricky get off of Karen, tilting his head down, blushing bright red. "I... I wasn't...Mom..."

Karen blushed deep red and looked over at Mrs. Drynn. "Your...mom?" Karen sat up covering her chest staring at Mrs. Drynn. "He...wasn't raping me." she said staring at her. "He...was...doing what people do when they love each other..."

"You were having sex!?" Mrs. Drynn shouted bluntly, glaring at Ricky. She turned to Karen, giving her a friendly smile. "By the way, nice to meet you." She turned back to Ricky. "You're... You're only seventeen!"

"Mom..." Ricky muttered, staring at the ground.

"What if you got her pregnant!?" Mrs. Drynn shouted at him.

"Mom..."

"What if you two had a child!?" She shot an angry glare at Ricky.

"Mom..."

"Why aren't you answering me!?"

"Mom!" Ricky shouted, still blushing bright red. He turned to Karen, whispering softly, "S-Sorry..."

Karen shook her head. "Mrs. Drynn...he wasn't going to get me pregnant." she said with her bangs covering her eyes. "I-I asked him to...do it with me." she looked up at her. "Ricky didn't do anything.."

"Mommy!" Myles protested, trying to push her hand away from his eyes. "I wanna see! What's going on?"

Mrs. Drynn's eyes softened. "But... You're too young... Ricky... You're... You used to be my little son... But..."

"I'm not little anymore..." Ricky muttered, still blushing lightly.

"Karen!" Myles shouted. "What's 'pregnant'!?"

Karen wrapped the blanket around her chest tilting her head down. "I'm sorry..." she whispered looking away. "It's...my fault." she said softly sitting back squeezing the blanket tightly. "I'm sorry.."

Mrs. Drynn sighed, leaning back against the wall. "Ricky... I haven't seen you in nearly ten years..." She tilted her head down, sighing again. "This...wasn't exactly how I pictured myself finding you..."

Ignoring his mother, Ricky put an arm around Karen's shoulders, whispering softly in her ear, "Stop...blaming yourself..."

"Ricky!" Mrs. Drynn glared at him. "Are you listening to me?"

"Mommyyyy!" Myles whined, pulling her hand off from covering his eyes. "Mommy! How do babies get made? Tell me, I wanna know! Karen! Ricky! Please..." He stared at them with pleading eyes. "I wanna know..."

Karen stood up slowly. "...I-I'll leave you to talk to your mom.." Karen said tilting her head down walking towards Mrs. Drynn and pushing Myles outside with her. She gazed sadly back at Ricky before closing the door softly. "...Myles..." Karen whispered softly sinking to the floor hugging the blanket tightly. "What am I going to do?"

Myles stuck out his tongue at her, crossing his arms over his chest. "I'm not gonna help you until you tell me where babies come from"
- - -
An awkward silence settled into the room, broken my Mrs. Drynn speaking in a harsh whisper. "What do you think you were doing!? How long have you even known that girl!?"

"Six years," Ricky replied flatly, glaring at her.

Mrs. Drynn murmured, "Oh..." before leaning back against the wall. "I... Ricky... How could you... Why would you... What compelled you to..."

"I love her," Ricky responded, still glaring at her. "Now leave me alone..." He phased through the wall of the cabin, leaving his mother in stunned silence.

Karen looked away from Myles and spotted Ricky. "Ricky!" she called out to him running to his side frowning. "What...happened?"

"Come on..." Ricky grabbed her wrist, walking towards his cabin, pulling her behind him. "We're...leaving..."

Myles blinked, then glared at the ground. "How come nobody will ever answer my question!?" He kicked a rock on the ground. "It's not fair..."

Mrs. Drynn opened the door of Karen's cabin, poking her head out but not seeing Ricky and Karen. "Myles... Ricky... Your brother... He just... He went through a wall!"

Myles nodded. "Uh-huh! He has ghost powers!"

"Ugh... This is...much more complicated than I thought..." Mrs. Drynn leaned back against the cabin door. "...Jeez..."

"Hey wait-!" Karen looked at Ricky sadly. "Ricky answer me.." she asked as he phased threw the wall of his cabin. "What happened...did your mom- hate me?" she looked at him curious. "What are we...doing in your cabin, Ricky?"

"She wouldn't shut up and leave me alone..." Ricky muttered, pushing her down onto his bed. "But now there's no one here to bother us..." He pinned her arms above her head, softly kissing her lips. "We're...alone..."

Karen stared up at him, then kissed him back as he kissed her. "But...Ricky, your mother doesn't want you to do this.." she said staring at him, leaning her head against one of her pinned arms. "...Are you...sure?"

"Yes..." Ricky whispered, taking off his pants, still pinning her arms. "I'm sure... And I don't care...about what she says... I...don't care..." He un-pinned her, freeing her arms. "Go ahead..." He trailed his hand down her stomach. "Take off...your clothes...now..."

Karen blushed and sat up timidly pulling off the blanket and letting it fall next to her. She shivered and stoped when she touched her underwear. "I-can't...I can't do it." she said looking down. "I'm sorry, Ricky.."

"Why not?" Ricky whispered, grabbing her underwear tightly. "You told me you were sure...back in your cabin..." He pulled roughly on her underwear. "Why would it be any different here!?"

Karen looked up at him, "That's the thing...I thought...I thought I was ready- but I was wrong, real wrong." she said feeling him pull on her underwear. "...I'm...terrified..."

"You're...never...going to be ready..." Ricky whispered softly, pulling harder. "Someone has to give you a push...in the right direction..." He pulled again, and finally managed to pull her underwear off. "Just...because you're scared...doesn't mean...this is wrong..."

Karen blushed blood red and stared up at him when he pulled off her underwear, "Ricky- stop- this is wrong!" she stared up at him sadly. "We...stop it...please..." she pushed him away and grabbed the blanket placing it over her body. "Your mom...she doesn't want us..to."

"It's not wrong!" Ricky tilted his head down, realizing he had raised his voice. "Karen... Just because...she doesn't want me to do something...doesn't mean I have to listen..." He grabbed the blanket with a shaky hand, pulling on it. "She doesn't...own me... She can't tell me what to do..."

"Ricky.." Karen whispered shaking her head. "I...I know that but." she looked down. "You're being to rough..."

"No I'm not!" Ricky raised his voice again, roughly pulling off the blanket. "Karen... Please... I thought you wanted this..." He pulled off his pants, tossing them away, pinning her down. "I thought...it was what you wanted... You told me you were sure... But it was just..another lie...right?" He pulled off his boxers, getting on top of her. "Stop...lying to me..."

Karen's eyes widened as she looked up at him, "...Why do you think I keep lieing to you!?" she asked staring at him as he pulled off his boxers. "Don't...put that thing down there..." Karen said in a shakey voice. "...don't...please, I want to be a virgin until I'm married!"

"Then why...did you tell me...you wanted to do this...?" Ricky whispered, pushing her down. "Why did you say it...in the first place?" He leaned closer to her, staring at her with hurt, angry eyes. "And for your information, I'll put 'that thing'...wherever I want to put it, so stop telling me what to do! Who do you think you are!? My mother!?" He tilted his head down, leaning even closer. "You're sure...acting like her... Jeez..."

Karen looked away as he leaned closer. "Stop it..." she whispered as he said she was acting like his mother. "...Don't...put that thing-anywhere inside me.."

"You said you wanted it..." Ricky whispered, leaning closer so his lips were almost touching hers. "You...were the one who said it in the first place... And I...just want you to be happy, right?" His voice got lower as his eyes narrowed. "That means I can't deny a request..." He softly kissed her lips, pulling away and whispering, "And you...definitely requested it, Karen..."

Karen opened her eyes and stared at him. "...Ricky- I thought I was ready...but I was wrong, again." she closed her eyes. "There's...nothing...you can do...to change my mind.."

"Really?" Ricky whispered softly, pushing himself against her. "There's nothing I can do, hm? Well...what about this...?" He pushed himself harder against her, shivering, blushing lightly. "Maybe...I can change your mind..."

Karen had a look of pain go across her face she closed her eyes, moaning loudly. "R-Ricky...it...it hurts." she said shivering. "It...hurts so much." she looked up with a red face closing her eyes. "...Don't do it again...Not again.."

"Yeah, well...you hurt me...with every lie you tell..." Ricky pulled away slowly, leaning down to whisper in her ear. "But...why are you hurting? I'm not...supposed to be hurting you..." He pushed himself against her again. "Stop...hurting..."

Karen gasped and moaned again, "...Stop hurting me..." she whispered breathless... "It hurts...make the pain stop.." she phased threw him sitting up and covering her private place trembling. "...I'm...not...I'm not a virgin...anymore.."

"No, you're not..." Ricky shivered as she phased through him. "So why won't you let me finish it?" He turned around, staring at her. "I won't...hurt you this time..." He gently grabbed her arm. "I'll...promise... I'll be gentle..." He pulled on her arm, still staring at her. "Please..."

Karen looked over at Ricky and stared sadly at him before looking down at the ground.. "...Okay.."

"R-Really?" Ricky's eyes widened, and he slowly tilted his head down, putting his arms around her. "Karen... Thank you..." He pushed her down onto the bed, slowly, gently pushing himself against her. "I'll be...good..." he whispered softly, shivering. "I... I won't...hurt you..."

-
Karen slowly opened her eyes as a wave of pain went threw her. "...Ouch.." she slowly sat up, her eyes widened and looked down seeing she wasn't wearing anything and neather was Ricky. She grabbed the nearest shirt she could find- Ricky's shirt, and put it on while standing up. "...I'm-I..." she looked away. "...I-did that with him..." she stepped away covering her eyes. "I'm...such an idiot.."

Ricky smiled softly in his sleep, mumbling something before opening his eyes, slowly sitting up. "Gaaaah!" He pulled the blanket over himself, staring at Karen with wide eyes. "O-Oh..." He tilted his head down. "...Right... Did I...hurt you?" He clenched his fists, closing his eyes. "I didn't mean to... Are... Are you...okay?"

Karen stared at him then looked away. "..No.." she whispered silently. "...You didn't." she stepped back another step pulling down on the shirt blushing. "I-I...I'm...okay.."

Ricky let out a sigh of relief, leaning back against a pillow. "Good... I'm...glad to hear that..." He noticed her stepping away, so he stood up, walking over to her. "Hey... What's wrong? What's..." He blinked, blushing bright red as he remembered he wasn't wearing anything. "I...uhm...I... Where are my pants!?"

Karen looked away pointing next to the bed. She tilted her head down closing her eyes. "I..." she tilted her head down. "I'm...going to...go.."

"Go?" Ricky blinked, pulling on his boxers and pants, still blushing. "Go...where? Why? I didn't hurt you, right? So..." He stepped closer to her. "...Everything's...okay... Right?"

"NO...no it's not..," Karen squeezed the shirt tightly. "I-I wanted to save that until I got married..." she said stepping back against the wall looking to the left. "...I'm not a virgin...not anymore." she steped the the side of him and made a for it to the door. "I'm sorry..." she said running past him, pushing the door open.

"But you said it was okay!" Ricky shouted, running after her. "Stop running away from me all the time! Stop it!" He grabbed her shirt, pulling on it to stop her from running. "You told me it was okay...if I was gentle..." He lowered his voice, looking away. "And...I was..." He glared at her, raising his voice. "You told me it was okay!"

Karen flinched when he raised his voice at her. "Ricky I-" she stoped talking once she felt sick to her stomach she covered her mouth and began to cough then she tasted blood in her mouth causing her to spit it out. She stared down at her hand. "...Even...if I said no, even if I tried pushing you away-you still wouldn't listen to me...so I let you do what you want." she said glaring at the ground with wet eyes, clenching her bloody hand closed. "Whatever I say isn't ever what you want to hear Ricky!"

"You...are...hurting..." Ricky whispered, sliding his arms around her waist. "You're hurting...because of me... Just like last time...when we were kids..." He lowered his voice, resting his head on her shoulder, feeling strands of her hair tickling his face. "I never meant to hurt you... Never..." He took a deep breath, staring at her neck before closing his eyes. "Please... Please forgive me..." He squeezed her tighter, flinching, expecting her to push him away. "Please..."

Karen stared down at the ground slowly, and timidly pulling away. "You're such an idiot.." she whispered in a hurt voice trembling, she turned around. "...I did't...want this to happen." she said squeezing her hands shut against his chest. "I don't...I don't want to lose you!" she stepped away. "...I'm going to go.." she backed up and took off running from him.

"Lose...me?" Ricky murmured, staring after her with sad eyes. "What...do you mean?" He shook his head, sprinting after her. "Karen! Wait! Please...tell me...what the heck did you mean by that?" He raised his voice, running faster. "Wait up!"

Karen continued to run until she felt blood in her mouth again causing her to call to her knees and spit out the blood. She trembled and held her chest. "...I don't want to lose you.." she whispered feeling dizzy and falling back onto the ground.

Ricky barely caught her before she fell back onto the ground, stumbling over a tree root and landing on his face with Karen in his arms. He slowly sat up, staring sadly at her. "Lose me? You're not going to lose me... I'm right here, Karen... I'm not going anywhere... Everything's...okay..."

After a while Karen opened her eyes, dizzy she shook her head staring around the room seeing she was in Ricky's bed and cable. She stared down at a wet rag that had fallen off her forhead. "..What...happened?"

"Hey... You're awake..." Ricky stood up from a chair in the corner of the room, walking over to Karen. "Are you feeling any better?" He gently put a hand to her forehead. "You don't...have a fever..." He crossed the room, opening a drawer. "Hungry? I have some stuff here..." He pulled out a handful of various candy, walking back over to Karen. "Myles...left them here..." He held them out to her, concern showing in his eyes. "I've heard...chocolate helps...a lot... Go ahead, you must be starving... You never had breakfast..." His stomach growled loudly, but he ignored it.

Karen took some chocolate from his hands blushing lightly. "Thank...you.." she said softly bighting int the chocolate. "What happened?" she asked looking down then up at him. "...About...what I said.." she looked away. "I don't...want you to leave..."

"Leave?" Ricky blinked, staring at her, looking confused. "Why would I leave? You were...the one who was running away...in the first place..." He knelt down beside the bed, gently touching her cheek with his hand. "I love you, Karen... Why would I leave?"

Karen blushed staring at him. "...I don't know...just..." she looked away. "I'm pregnat.." she whispered closing her eyes.

"Oh." Ricky nodded, staring absentmindedly at the wall, not quite processing what she had just said. Something finally registered in his head as he turend to face her, and his mouth fell open. "W-W-Wait a second..." He did a double-take, blinking with wide eyes. "You're... Oh jeez... What're we gonna do... Jeez... Jeez... Jeez..." He clenched his fists, smacking his head to the floor. "Idiot, idiot! I didn't want to... I... I didn't mean to... I... What are we...supposed to do...?"

Karen shook her head. "I don't...I don't know." she whispered looking down hugging her stomach. "I'm...scared." she said squeezing her stomach. "I'm...going to have to leave camp."

"If you're...leaving camp..." Ricky timidly reached out, taking her hand. "Take me...please... Take me with you..." He squeezed her hand, staring sadly at her. "I don't...want to lose you." He smiled sadly, gently putting a hand on her stomach. "Karen... I'm sure...everything will be okay."

Karen looked up at him sadly. "We have to...we have to go to the infirmary.." she said softly standing up timidly. "Let's...go." she said looking down blushing. "Pass..me my skirt please."

"Uh... Okay..." Ricky whispered softly, blushing as he picked up her skirt, handing it to her. "Here... Are you okay? Can you walk?" He scooped her up in his arms before she could put on her skirt. "Or do I have to...carry you?"

"...I'm okay." Karen said blushing. "I can walk really." she said standing on the ground but winced grabbing her stomach. "...Nevermind."

"Well, apparently, you can't..." Ricky whispered softly, picking her up again. "Come on... Let's go..." He phased through the wall, flying to the infirmary, pushing the door open. "I'm sorry..." he said softly, putting her down on the nearest bed. "I'm sorry I hurt you so much..."

Karen looked down, "It's okay..." she looked away, "Get the nurse." she said closing her eyes.

"Okay... Right..." Ricky nodded, calling for the nurse who was bandaging someone up across the room.

The nurse walked quickly to Karen, staring down at her. With concern in her voice she asked, "Do you have a fever? You don't look injured... Well, what seems to be the problem?"

"I want to know if..." Karen looked down. "...I want to know if I'm pregnat." she said softly glancing at Ricky then looked away. "I'm-that's...that's all."

"I don't know if I have any..." The nurse sighed, crossing the room, opening a drawer. "No..." She pulled open a cabinet on the wall, shifting through its contents. "Alright, I think...maybe... Ah, yes." She walked back over to Karen, kneeling down beside her bed, handing her a tube. "Okay, now put this up against your finger, let it take some blood, and if it's red you're okay, but if it's blue you're pregnant..." Her voice got soft as she stood up. "Okay?"

Ricky just nodded, staring down at the ground. "Tell me...what color it is, Karen... I don't...want to see..."

Karen nodded timidly putting it up against her finger, wincing slightly she pulled it away. Staring down at the tube her heart stoped for a second. "..It's red." she said breathless. "Thank you.." she said to the nurse before standing up and running out of the infirmary. "I've got to leave, before anything else happens..."

"It's red..." Ricky whispered, letting out a sigh of relief. "Karen, hey, wait... Wait!" He ran after her, tripping over a rock, stumbling to maintain his balance. "Stop...running! You're always running..." He threw an ecto-knife at her, pinning her shirt to a tree. "Just stop running...for once..." He pinned her roughly against the tree. "Stop...running...away..."

Karen let out a gasped as she was pinned to a tree. "...I've got to get away from you, before anything happens..." she said shivering. "I have to."

"And what do you mean by that!?" Ricky pushed her harder, glaring at her. " 'Before anything happens...' What's that supposed to mean!?" He tilted his head down, shaking slightly. "Do you think I'll hurt you? Or actually get you pregnant? Is that...what you think?"

"Let me go..." Karen said whispering looking down pushing him away trying to pull out the ecto-knife. "I don't want you to hurt me...I don't want to become pregnant..." she tried again to pull the ecto-knife. "That's what I mean!"

"What...we did last night..." Ricky whispered softly, pushing the knife in further. "You didn't like it at all? Not even a little bit? You're willing to just leave that all behind... Leave me behind..." He tilted his head down. "I'm...not letting you go... Not again... Never...again..."

Karen tried moving but she was pinned deeper against the tree. "I...I didn't mean that." she said staring at him. "You can't control me Ricky, I should have never been your friend!" she blurted out before gasping, looking away. "Now you made me...say something I didn't mean." she quickly phased threw the knife and flew towards her cabin. Locking the door she sunk down closing her eyes.

"Something you...didn't mean..." Ricky sighed, shaking his head. "It had to have some meaning... Otherwise...you wouldn't've said it..." He walked slowly to her cabin, giving her a few minutes alone before knocking on the door. Without waiting for any response, he phased silently and invisibly through the wall, standing there, just watching her with sad eyes.

Karen timidly stood up and opened the door seeing no one there she shut it and locked it again, punching the wall with her fist shivering. "I should have never...been with him.." she backed up from the door walking backwards hugging her stomach. "I didn't want this to happen..." she passed threw a cold part of the room but she didn't notice she kept backing up until she got to her bed, laying down she threw the blankets over her head squeezing her pillow tightly.

Ricky drifted over to Karen, floating directly above her. He slowly lowered himself down, putting his arms around her waist in an awkward hug. He lifted her up into the air with him, with the blanket still wrapped around her. "I'm sorry..." he whispered, becoming visible. "I'm...sorry..."

"Leave me alone.." she said tilting her head down as the blanket covered her head. "Leave..me alone..." she squeezed the blanket tightly. "I want to be alone.."

"Alone, huh?" Ricky whispered, trembling. "Well, I tried to be...understanding... But not anymore... If you want to be alone so badly..." He threw her across the room, landing down in front of her. "Fine. And if that didn't knock you out..." He fired an ecto-beam at her, glaring at her. "Then...this should..." He dragged her by the arm, putting her down on her bed, sitting beside her, glaring at her. "You're such an idiot... I didn't want to have to do this..." he shrugged. "Too bad..." Smirking, he laid down beside her. "Seeing you so defenseless like this...makes me think...perverted thoughts...Karen..."

Karen winced rubbing her head. "...I just-" she whispered before he hit her with an ecto-beam. "I..." she whispered before she was knocked out cold.

"So weak... So defenseless..." Ricky smirked, brushing a strand of hair away from Karen's face. "So pretty... Aww... You're making me feel like a pervert..." His eyes glowed a soft red as he stared at her. "So I guess I'll just...act like one too..." He leaned closer, tugging on her shirt. "And...I want my shirt back..." He pulled it off, smirking at her. "And...you won't be needing this..." He pulled off her skirt as his eyes glowed brighter. "Well, look at that... You're starting to turn me on...and you're not even doing anything..." He smirked, tugging on her underwear. "You're...amazing..."

Karen eyes snapped open, glowing the vivid yellow. "Get away from me." she said throwing him off of her, her apperence changed to Youma. "My human half might have gotten knocked out but...that won't work me, you pervert."

"H-Hey... You're that pretty girl I saw..." Ricky smiled, waving to her. "I can't help...being a pervert... I'm sorry..." He stood up, walking closer to her. "Please... Forgive me... Oh, and by the way..." He gave a nervous smile. "Could you tell me your name?"

Youma stared at him with a blank look. "Youma...you do know I'm still Karen right?" she asked glaring at him. "You shouldn't have done that, Ricky.." she said looking down. "You really shouldn't have done that.."

"Done what?" Ricky blinked, backing up a step. "O-Oh... That..." He looked away. "Well... She asked for it in the first place! It's not my fault! Don't go blaming me for it!"

"You need to know something about Karen." Youma said putting her hand onto her hip. "I was forced into her, she lost a importent feeling...she puts on a smile to hide all the pain she feels." she stared at him. "You being like that, doesn't help her at all..." she stepped towards him. "She's unstable, even more then you, her feelings can do many of things to her.." she put a hand onto his cheek. "You could destory her vary excistence if you keep acting so pushy."

"Pushy!? I wasn't--" Ricky looked down, covering his eyes with his bangs. "Fine..." He shivered, feeling her hand on his cheek. "I'm sorry..." He gently grabbed her hand, pulling her close to him. "Hey... Since you're still Karen... Doing this...is okay, right? I want to say I'm sorry... So..." He kissed her lips softly, still holding onto her hand.

Youma slowly pulled out of the kiss. "I'm not completly Karen, at times she isn't in control...I'm her other half.." she whispered in his ear pulling away sitting down on the bed. "I'm the half that takes risks." she said pulling him down next to her. "I'm the half...that will be perverted back."

"Oh, really..." Ricky sat down next to her, grinning. "Well...then... I guess you're the perfect kind of half..." He laid down, pulling her down next to him. "Well... Let's see...how perverted you actually are... You did say you take risks...right?"

"I did say that." Youma said looking over at him closing her eyes. "To bad, Karen's taking control again." she looked over at him with her yellow eyes. "We can do this...some other time." she closed her eyes as her hair went back to short brown and her eyes dark brown. She stared at him with sad eyes. "...'The perfect half?'..." she asked sitting up tilting her head down. "Am I the side that's not perfect?"

"No, no..." Ricky whispered, putting his arms around her. "You're...the half that's careful... The half that isn't an idiot like me... The half that I've known for so many years..." He smiled slightly. "You're...the half I love. Nobody's perfect, Karen... Nobody..." He squeezed her tightly. "You're...pretty close though..."

Karen closed her eyes, "Ricky...then why did you say those things to her?" she asked gazing back at him. "I need to know...why did you knock me out, and get perverted!?"

"I... I just..." Ricky sighed, looking away. "I was hurting...because you run away so much... Just go to sleep, Karen... Please..." He closed his eyes, hugging her tightly. "Please..." And let her come back... Let Youma...come back... He blinked, shaking his head. What...am I thinking...? Jeez...

Karen's eyes became heavy, "Ricky...I'm...sorry." she whispered as she was out cold. Her hand twitched as her hair grew and her eyes opened glowing vivid yellow. "You lie so badly, I can tell you like me more then Karen...much more."

"But...you are Karen!" Ricky whispered, shaking his head. "N-No... I don't like you more..." He stared sadly at her. She takes risks... I take risks... Apparently... She's a pervert... I'm a pervert... Why...does it have to be so perfect? I...love Karen... Not Youma... I don't... "I love...Karen..." he whispered, tilting his head down.

"That's too bad...'cause you promised me you'd be perverted to me." Youma said leaning down closing to him. "I can change your mind in a snap." she said fiercely. "I can make you love her other half more then herself..." she leaned closer to him, making sure her chest squshed against his. "I can make you love me."

"N-No...you...can't..." Ricky whispered, blushing crimson as she pressed her chest against his. "You...can't..." He looked away, shivering. "It's... It's too perfect... Both risk takers, both...perverts... Why is it so perfect?" He shook his head, looking away. "S-Stop it...before I really do fall in love with you...and break her heart... Stop...it..."

"No." Youma said pinning him down, "Now you'll know what it feel's like being forced into something." she said kissing him roughly pushing her chest even harder against him. "Now you'll...know."

Ricky looked away, shivering. "I... Stop making me feel guilty!" He blushed lightly as she kissed him. "I don't...want to love you... I don't want to hurt Karen..." He tried to push her away. "Stop it...before I do something I'll regret..."

Youma pushed Ricky down even more. "Nope sorry, sweetie.." she said leaning closer to him, lowering her hand to his private place. "I'm going to make you love me..." she said squeezing her hand closed. "I am not giving you any choice."

"Jeez..." Ricky whispered, squeezing his eyes shut, blushing bright red. "S-Stop it... Please..." When he opened his eyes they were glowing a faint shade of red. "So...Youma...wanna meet...my other half?" He smirked, staring up at her. "Are you touching me? You naughty little pervert..." His smirk got wider as he leaned closer to her. "But...that doesn't mean you have to stop..."

Youma didn't intend him to switch places. "I see...that it worked on you." she said smirking lifting up her hand to his cheek, it glowing a light purple. "Ricky-dear...you look tired." she said staring at him with now brown eyes. "Go to sleep, Ricky..."

Ricky groaned as his eyes shifted from red to maroon. "Wait... I don't..." His eyes slowly closed as he muttered, "Youma... Karen..." He opened them again, blinking up at her. "Karen... Love you...not Youma...never her... You're...the...perfect half..." He gave a small smile, closing his eyes again, losing consciousness.

Karen's hair went back slowly to short brown as she sighed and laid down next to him. "I'm...sorry, I'm not a risk taker." she whispered softly to him closing her eyes.

Ricky opened his eyes, staring up at the ceiling. "Youma..." he muttered, glancing next to him. "Karen..." He sighed, closing his eyes again. "Why...did she have to act like that?" He put one hand to his head and one hand to his heart. "Idiot... A couple stupid kisses... How could that question who you love? Jeez, Ricky..." He tilted his head down, not realizing he was talking to himself. "You don't even know Youma... And besides... You almost...got Karen pregnant... You're loyal to her..." He turned away from Karen. "Jeez..."

Karen slowly opened her eyes staring sadly at Ricky. "Ricky..." she whispered tilting her head down. "...I'm sorry, Youma, acted like that.." she said putting her back to him as well. "You...don't have to be loyal to me, you can...do whatever you want." she said squeezing her pillow tightly. "I want you happy Ricky."

Ricky sat up, staring at Karen. "I... I didn't know...you were...awake... I thought..." He sighed, shaking his head. "I...thought Youma...and you...are the same person... Just two halves... But isn't it still you?" He sighed again, looking away. "And me... I have two halves...but it's different...because..." He closed his eyes, laying back down. "...Never mind... Just...forget it..."

"No...what were you going to say?" Karen asked leaning over to him tilting her head down. "Is there...anything, you want me to do?" she looked up at him. "Anything?"

"What...kind of question is that?" Ricky asked softly, looking away. "Why did she act like that, Karen? What was she trying to do to me?" He shivered, moving closer to her. "I promise, I won't ever love anyone besides you... But...why..." His voice faded as he pulled her into a tight hug. "...Karen... Why did she have to..." He shivered again, closing his eyes. "...do that to me?"

Karen tilted her head down, "Youma is the ruthless one, the pervert, and...everything I can't be." she said softly. "I'm sorry..." she said softly. "She was trying to show you, how you act..." she said looking down. "I...asked her to..."

"Ruthless... Risk taking... Pervert..." Ricky tilted his head down, leaning it against her. "Everything...I am..." He shivered, squeezing her tightly. "I don't want to see her ever again... Otherwise...I could fall in love with her..."

Karen closed her eyes. "Ricky...this is my fault...if I didn't ask her to." she looked away as she hugged him back. "We wouldn't...be in this..perdicument.."

"I just...don't want to see her..." Ricky whispered, knowing it was a lie. "...ever...again... I don't want to love her... But we're so similar... So alike..." He squeezed her tighter. "Why...does it have to be that way? Why?"

Karen closed her eyes. "You're...lieing aren't you?" she asked tilting her head down. "You want to see her..." she pulled away from him. "You...do.."

"N-No, I don't... I don't want to..." Ricky shook his head, moving away from her. "I'm... I'm not lying, why would I be lying? Don't be...ridiculous...Karen..." He pulled the blanket over his head, closing his eyes, muttering to himself, "...Idiot... You're...such a terrible liar..."

"You're lieing to me!" Karen said staring at him in disbeleaf she looked away. "...It's to bad, I won't let you see her...I won't..."

"Yes you will..." Ricky whispered, sitting up, tossing the blanket to the ground. "Just like last time... All it took was...this..." He took her by the wrist, throwing her against the wall. "Now be a good girl and faint... Faint so I can see her again..." He knelt down beside her on the ground. "Close your eyes and sleep... Let me see her..."

Karen's eyes widened and she winced and she held her head. "No..." she whispered heart-broken. "I won't..." she said putting a hand over her heart. "...I-won't.."

"Show her to me..." Ricky hissed as he held up an ecto-beam to her neck. His eyes were glowing bright red. "Show me...the perfect half... Show me...everything I love... Everything...you'll never be..." He pulled back his fist, punching her in the stomach with the ecto-beam clenched in his fist. "Show her...to me...now..."

Karen let out a painful gasp then she coughed covering her mouth, the blood again. "...You-...idiot..." she whispered in her heartbroken voice. "She doesn't love you!" she said crying, making her hands glow with a purple ecto-beam. Sending him away from her, clenching her stomach trying to breath. "...idiot."

Ricky smirked as his eyes glowed brighter. "Then I guess I'll just have to...make her love me..." He stood up, smirking at her. "After all...wasn't that what she tried to do to poor Ricky? She kissed him... Touched him..." He pinned her to the wall. "And yet... You think she has no feelings for him whatsoever?" He raised an eyebrow. "When he first talked to her...she said you were the same person...just two halves... So...if you love him..." He pushed her harder against the wall. "How would she feel? Just let me see her... Show me everything you'll never be! Show it to me!" He shot an ecto-beam at her, blasting her through the wall of her cabin. "Show...her...to me...now..."

Karen screamed in pain weakly standing up glaring at him. "No..." she said stepping away from him. "Youma...did that for me...I now everything about her." she stepped away again weakly staying up. "Youma isn't..." she felt dizzy but she ignored it. "Stay away from me.." she hissed lifting up her hand to him ready to blast him with a ecto-blast. "I don't want to hurt you Ricky."

"I don't care if she has no feelings for that pathetic boy..." Ricky hissed, creating two ecto-knives in his hands. "I want her anyway..." He flung the first knife at her, scraping her cheek. "She's mine! Show her to me, now!" he shouted, holding up the second knife. "I want her, Karen... And I always get what I want..."

"Too...bad...you're not getting her." Karen said making her ecto-blast fade. She steped towards him timidly putting her arms around him, "...Stop breaking my heart..." she whispered heartbroken. "Stop trying...she won't come out.."

Ricky's eyes shifted from crimson to maroon, quickly snapping back to red again as he pushed her away. "Make her come out... I want to make her mine..." He grabbed her by the collar of her shirt, pulling her close to him. "I want her...just like that pathetic boy wants you..." He smirked, flinging her back to the ground, creating another knife. "I guess you could call that...a love rectangle..." He held the knife up to her throat. "Just give me what I want... Tell her to come out... Give her to me...and I won't hurt you..."

"Go ahead. Hurt me." Karen hissed looking down before grabing ahold of his arm. "You're...not going to get her.." she said pushing the knife away from her neck, wincing in pain as the cuts had opened up. She hugged him tightly. "Don't...push me away." she whispered closing her eyes as she pushed her chest against him. "Don't.."

"You're so lucky...she's a part of you..." Ricky whispered, closing his glowing eyes. "Otherwise...you'd be dead..." He whispered softly in her ear. "I can be a lot more than a curse with lust for blood and death..." He smirked, showing off several pointed fangs. "I can be fun-loving, passionate, perverted..." He gently touched Karen's cheek. "Tell her that for me... Tell Youma...she'll be mine...and she'll like it... Tell her that for me, won't you? I want her... And I'll have her...eventually..." When he opened his eyes, they were back to their old maroon color. "Karen..." his voice cracked as he squeezed her tightly. "You're...hurting..."

"Your...curse." Karen whispered tilting her head down. "He wants...Youma." Karen said closing her eyes. "I'm sorry...I'm not Youma...I'm..sorry."

"But...he doesn't care about anyone besides himself..." Ricky shook his head, putting his head down onto her shoulder. "He wouldn't want anybody... Why would he suddenly fall for your ghost half?" He shivered, picking her up. "Infirmary? Or back to your cabin? I think I'm pretty good at treating injuries, so we don't have to go all the way to the infirmary... And you really just need some rest..." He tilted his head down, closing his eyes. "I'm...sorry..."

Karen looked away. "Stop apologizing...for everything." she said squeezing her bloody hand shut. "Please.." she leaned against him closing her eyes. "...Just quit it.."

Ricky's concerned expression turned into a smirk as he phased into his cabin and put Karen down on his bed. "Asleep, huh?" He stared at her with bright red lustful eyes. "Come on, Youma..." he said softly, laying down next to her. "Come out and play..."

Karen slowly opened her eyes staring at Ricky. "Ricky..." she whispered putting her hands around him. "...I-I promise I'll take a chance...please let me...please."

Ricky blinked. "I... I don't want you! I want..." He clutched his head, closing his eyes. "Shut...up..." he hissed to himself, opening his eyes, which were now maroon. "He's...getting more powerful..." he whispered, shivering as he felt her arms around him. "Karen... I don't...want to feel like I'm forcing you to take a chance... But if you want to...I wouldn't mind..."

Karen tilted her head up to him, sitting up she undid her zipper half way. Staring at him blushing she un-zipped her skirt as well. "You're...not." she said kissing him softly.

Ricky kissed her back, slowly unzipping her shirt the rest of the way, gently pulling it off as he pulled out of the kiss. "Thank you...Karen..." he whispered softly, running his fingers through her hair. He let out a soft sigh, pulling on her skirt, leaning closer to her. "Thank...you..." he whispered again, closing the gap between their lips.

Karen kissed him once again as he pulled on her skirt she blushed pulling on his pants and then his shirt. "T-Take...off your clothes."

Ricky blushed, pulling off his shirt, tossing it away. "Karen..." he whispered softly, unzipping his pants. "Thank you...for taking a chance... Thank you..." He pulled off his pants, blushing lightly, grabbing her skirt again, tugging on it. "Y-Your turn..."

Karen nodded blushing looking down at her skirt. "Okay.." she whispered as she timidly pulled off her skirt. Leaving only her bra and underwear on. "...Your..turn."

"H-Hey, that's not fair..." Ricky whispered, tugging on her bra. "Y-You have...two left..." He pointed to her bra, then her underwear with a shaky finger. He glanced down at his boxers, blushing. "It's still your turn..." he insisted, pulling on her bra again. "Take it off..."

Karen blushed and pulled off her bra staring at him, "Ricky." she whispered staring at him. "It's...your turn."

"Heh... Yeah... I guess so..." Ricky pulled off his boxers, wondering why he was feeling so nervous. It's...not like it's the first time doing this... Then...why do I feel...scared? "Your...turn..." he whispered softly, staring down at her underwear.

Karen timibly pulled off her underwear, staring up at him. "...Your...turn." she said blushing.

Ricky glanced down with a confused look on his face. "B-But I don't have any more..." He trailed off, blushing as he looked away. "...Oh... Right..." He moved closer to her, pulling the blanket over them. "I'm...going to steal your turn...and do this..." he whispered softly, moving even closer so their bodies were pressed together, kissing her lips softly.

Karen blushed and kissed him back, shivering as he pressed himself against her. "...I get...a turn now." she said kissing him again, trailing her hand down to his private place. She blushed and squeezed her hand closed.

Ricky moaned softly, closing his eyes. "K-Karen..." he whispered softly, shivering. "Well...since I stole your last turn..." He gave a shaky smile. "...You...can have an extra one..." He leaned closer to her. "Go ahead... Do...whatever you want..."

Karen kissed him softly and squeezed her hand closed again, "What...should I do?" she asked pulling her hand away pushing herself against him. "This'll...have to do."

Ricky gasped softly, closing his eyes. "Karen..." He pulled away, staring at the ceiling before looking back at her. "Th-Thank you..." He shook his head. "Thank you so much..." He lowered his voice. "My...turn..." he whispered softly, pushing himself against her, slipping his arms around her back.

Karen blushed and gasped at the same time before leaning against him. "Ricky..." she whispered in a soft moan. "...You're...welcome"
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Ricky sat up, blinking in the sunlight coming in through the window. "Huh?" he muttered, rubbing his eyes, glancing over at Karen. He blushed bright red as he realized she wasn't wearing any clothes, and neither was he. "Oh, jeez..." he muttered, shaking her gently. "Karen... Karen, are you okay?"

Karen smiled softly slowly opening her eyes, "Hm?" she looked up at him with wide eyes. Gasping she blushed blood red. "Pervert!" she squealed pulling the blanket over her body breathing deeply. "..W-What happened?"

"What? Don't you remember...what happened...last night?" Ricky's voice faded away. "Hey, give me that!" He pulled the blanket away from her, covering himself. "I'm not a pervert..." he muttered, looking away. "But...seriously...are you okay?"

"I'm okay.." Karen said covering herself with a pillow. "Yes, you are a pervert." she felt sick to her stomach shivering. "...Let's go-to the infirmary...quickly."

"Right... Okay..." Ricky timidly picked up her bra, shirt, underwear, and skirt, blushing as he handed them to her. He pulled on his own shirt and boxers, looking around the room. "Hey... Where are my pants!?" Sighing, he rummaged around in his bag, pulling out a pair of pants and putting them on. "I bet you hid them...pervert..." He gave Karen a small smile, but quickly picked her up, realizing how urgent she had sounded. He started flying as fast as possible to the infirmary, landing beside the door. "Oh jeez... I hope you're okay... I'm sorry..." He opened the door, placing her down on a bed.

The nurse hurried over, glaring at Karen. "You were just here yesterday!" Giving an aggravted sigh, she muttered, "Kids these days... So, what's the matter? Do you feel sick?"

"Check again." Karen said to the nurse as she picked up the pregnat tester. She poked it against her fingure, gazing down at it panic went threw her eyes as she droped it to the ground, she turned and ran out of the infirmary, shutting the door behind her. The color on the tube was blue.

"What, what happened?" Ricky said softly, staring down at the tube. "It's blue, so she's okay, right?"

"I'm sorry, but..." The nurse sighed, looking away. "Blue...means she's pregnant..."

"WHAT!?" Ricky ran out the door, slamming it closed behind him. "Karen! Get back here! Stop running away from me all the time! Please..." He jumped into the air, catching up to her since flying was faster. "I'm sorry..." he whispered, putting his arms around her, gently pulling her into the air with him in a hug. "Karen..." He put his head down onto her shoulder. "I'm...so sorry..."

Karen barried her face into his shoulder. "I-I'm only..15..." she whispered in a cracked voice. "...Why...why did this have to happen?" she asked squeezing him tightly with wet eyes. "...What...do I do?"

Ricky blinked, expecting her to push him away. When he realized she was hugging him back, he squeezed her tighter, closing his eyes. "I'm sorry... I should've been more careful... I shouldn't have done that in the first place... I should've stopped myself... I should've known... I should've cared about what you wanted...instead of what I wanted..." He squeezed her tighter. "I'm...so sorry... What...can we do?" He shivered slightly. "How can we raise a child? I've almost killed you before... I've come so close... We're just...a couple of stupid kids..." His voice cracked as he opened his eyes, staring at the sky. "I'm...such an idiot..."

"We're...going to your house." Karen said softly closing her eyes. "...Your mom, will take care of use..." she said squeezing him. "Please, do this for me.."

"Okay..." Ricky said softly, scooping her up and turning invisible. "Hey...Karen... What are we going to name him? Uhm, or her..." Jeez, I hope it's a boy... I just...can't deal with girls... Jeez... He landed a few minutes later on the ground by his front door. "You...okay?"

Karen nodded looking down. "I-If it's a girl...Amy...a guy...I don't-know." she said closing her eyes. "...I'm dizzy all of a sudden.."

"Amy...? Okay..." Ricky whispered, nodding, putting Karen gently back on her feet. He hesitantly reached out to knock on the door, looking away. "Wait..." He turned back to Karen, leaning closer. "Let me say I'm sorry one last time before we go inside..." He leaned even closer, kissing her lips passionately. "O-Okay..." he muttered, pulling away. "Now let's go before you do something crazy...like fainting or something..." He knocked on the door, looking away as his mother answered it.

"Hello, Karen..." Mrs. Drynn smiled warmly at her. "Hello, Ricky..." She raised an eyebrow at him, looking back at Karen. "Karen... Are you okay? You don't look so good..." She grabbed Karen's wrist, pulling her inside, pushing her down onto the couch. "Okay, so... Do you know if you're sick or something?"

Karen looked at Mrs. Drynn sighing deeply. "...I'm pregnat- that's all." she said as she was pushed down onto the couch. "...I'm sorry."

"RICKY!" Mrs. Drynn glared at him, putting a hand to Karen's forehead. "Are you sure you're okay?" She lowered her voice so Ricky couldn't hear. "Is this what you wanted, or did he force you? Because if it was against your will, I will kill that idiot son of mine..."

Ricky narrowed his eyes, unable to hear what his mother was saying. "...Jeez..."

Karen gulped looknig away, "I wanted this." she admited blushing lightly. "I did...I did want this.."

"Oh..." Mrs. Drynn whispered softly, nodding, looking away. "...Okay..." She put a hand to her head, sighing. "I'm going to be a grandma... It makes me feel so old..." She gave a small smile, grabbing a blanket and placing it gently over Karen. "Get some rest...okay?"

Karen nodded turning on her side squeezing the blanket tightly. "Thank you...Mrs. Drynn." she said softly hugging a pillow next to her.

Mrs. Drynn smiled softly, nodding. "You're welcome...Karen..." She turned to Ricky, sighing. "You idiot... You're lucky that...it was what she wanted... Because...if it wasn't..." She shook her head, closing her eyes. "I'd...be so mad at you, Ricky..."

Ricky sighed, kneeling down next to the couch, staring at Karen. "I know, Mom..." he muttered softly as she walked out of the room. "I'm...sorry..." he whispered to Karen, staring at her with sad eyes.

Karen looked back at him. "Ricky..." she whispered putting her hand onto his head. "...It's okay." she whispered softly closing her eyes. "...It's- my fault..." she said turning away.

"No, it's not..." Ricky whispered softly, gently putting a hand onto her shoulder. "It's not...your fault... I was the one who kept pushing you in the beginning..." He looked away. "I... I never meant..." He shook his head, closing his eyes. "Really... I should...be sorry..."

Karen looked back at him with sad eyes then kissed him softly on the lips. "...Don't be...sorry." she said softly. "Please don't be..." she said feeling a sharp pain go threw her stomach. "...My stomach...hurts." she whispered closing her eyes tightly. "...Ricky...It's growing."

"Wait, growing?" Ricky blinked, pulling his hand away from her. "But isn't that supposed to happen later on?" He shook his head, looking away. "Well, what do I know, anyway? Clueless..." He glanced back at her with concern in his eyes. "...Are you...okay?"

"I'm a halfa...I'm not normal." Karen said softly closing her eyes tightly. "The hospital-take me to the hospital.." she said hugging her stomach. "Please...hurry, Ricky.."

Ricky nodded, picking her up in his arms. "Mom! We'll be back later!" He phased through the wall of the house, going invisible as he flew up into the air. "Hospital... It's...that way, I think..." He flew off in the direction of the hospital, landing down in front of it. He opened the door, glancing around. "Wh-What am I supposed to do now? Who can help you here?" He stared around the lobby, looking confused. "This place is so big..."

Karen winced pointing at the nurse. "Ask her- for a carry-thing..." she said squeezing his shirt. "It hurts Ricky.."

"Right, right..." Ricky whispered, calling out for the nurse. "We need one of those, uhm...carry-things...please! She's in pain!"

The nurse nodded, grabbing a stretcher and running over to Karen. "Put her on this..." she muttered.

"Karen... I'm sorry..." Ricky put her down onto the stretcher. "You'll...be okay..." he whispered as the nurse pushed the stretcher to an empty room down the hallway. "Please..." he whispered, looking away. "Please...be okay..."

Karen laid perfectly still as a doctor came into the room, she kept her eyes closed the entire time. Slowly opening then to find herself strapped down to a table. Her eyes widened as something sharp went into her side causing her to scream.

Ricky blinked, running down the hall in the direction of the scream. "That was... That was Karen..." he whispered, horrified as he stopped in front of the door of the room he thought the scream had come from. "Karen!" He pushed the door open, stepping inside. "What's going on!?"

The doctor looked up at Ricky as he stepped inside the room, the shot that went inside her was dripping slightly. "We're just doing...tests."

"Ricky...it feel-like poison-it hurts..." Karen muttered in a frightened voice squeezing her straped down hands closed. "...Make it-stop."

The doctor growled and pinched somewhere behind her neck. "...Now that it's quiet in here...I'm going to have to ask you to leave."

"Tests..." Ricky glared at the doctor. "Why would you have to strap her down to do tests!?" He took a step towards them, creating an ectoplasmic knife. "If you hurt her...I swear, I'll kill you..." He held out his knife against the doctor's neck. "Let her go...now."

The Doctor pushed him away snickering. "Even if I let her go, she'll still die." he smirked. "You're not so smart are you?"

"Tell me how to help her..." Ricky hissed, clutching the knife in a trembling hand. "Tell me or I'll kill you... I'll kill you just like I killed them... All of them... All those people..." He stepped towards the doctor, stabbing him in the arm. "The only difference was...their deaths were quick...and painless..." He twisted the knife sharply to the side, pulling it out, watching blood drip to the floor. "Tell me how to stop her from dying! Tell me now!"

The doctor grabed his shoulder. "You want to know huh?" he snickered glancing back behind him at a nurse. "Nurse will you please show this man out." he said picking up a knife. "Come any closer to me, and I'll kill the girl and the baby inside."

The nurse stepped forward, grabbing Ricky's arm. "Don't...touch me..." Ricky hissed, blasting her back against the wall with an ecto-beam, knocking her unconscious. He turned back to the doctor, glaring at him with hatred in his eyes. "What do you want from us!? We're just two normal people... We just want to be left alone! Now tell me how to help her!"

"You're not normal...you're monsters." the doctor hissed glaring at Ricky. "Your kind killed my mom, so I want every...half-breed dead." he put the knife against her stomach smirking. "The only way to help her, is to...suck the poison out."

"Suck the poison out? What the--" Ricky almost took a step towards them, but stumbled back as the doctor put a knife against Karen's stomach. "Don't hurt her..." He lowered his voice to a soft, pleading whisper. "Please...don't hurt her... Don't hurt either of them..." He raised his voice as a wave of anger shot through his head. "And I don't care about your stupid tragic story! People like us have it much worse than you do! Living with these powers...these curses...every day..." He shook his head. "You don't get it! Now leave her alone!" He shot an ecto-beam at the doctor, running to Karen's side. "Suck out the poison?" he mumbled softly to himself. "But...how am I supposed to do that?"

Karen opened her eyes woosy like. "Ricky...my neck..." she said closing her eyes. "Bite my- neck."

The doctor glared at Ricky and pulled out his own knife lifting it up at him. "I will get rid of you...and that freak girl."

"Bite...your neck?" Ricky whispered. He blinked, looking up, seeing the doctor lifting up his knife. "Oh, jeez..." He went intangible, flying through the wall of the room. "Karen, I'll get you home... Then we'll get that poison out, okay?" His voice was soft and nervous as he phased out of the hospital, casting nervous glances over his shoulder. "It'll be...okay... I hope..."

Karen closed her eyes leaning against his shoulder. "It hurts..."

"I know, I know, I'm sorry..." Ricky whispered softly, landing down in front of his house, putting Karen gently on the ground. "I'm sorry if this hurts..." he murmured, leaning down to her, biting her neck. He twitched slightly as blood flowed into his mouth, but he quickly spit it out. "K-Karen..." he shivered violently, trying to ignore the taste of blood in his mouth. "It...wants...blood..." he whispered, trembling as he sucked out more of her blood, spitting it away. "The curse...wants..." He shivered again, hugging her gently. "Please...stop hurting... Don't make me suck out more blood...to get out that stupid poison...or it'll..." He started trembling, closing his eyes. "...hurt both of us..."

Karen looked at him with sad eyes. "I-I don't...want you to hurt..." she said wincing closing her eyes. "Get the baby...out of me, before anything happens.."

"Whattheheckdoyoumean, getthebabyoutofyou!?" Ricky said all in one breath, staring at her with wide eyes. "I... I can't... I don't know how... What...am I supposed to do, Karen? It's..." He shivered, closing his eyes. "...getting more powerful... Just seeing...tasting your blood...made it more powerful..." He opened his eyes, staring down at her. "What...do I do?"

"Phase...the baby out of my stomach." Karen said bluntly covering her neck with a hand. "Please..."

Still trembling, Ricky phased his hands into her stomach, squeezing his eyes shut as he phased the baby out. "There..." he whispered softly, covering his face as his eyes turned red. "N-No... Please... Don't hurt her..." he whispered softly, but his voice faded away, replaced with a cold snicker. "What a cute little baby you have..." He grinned, holding up a knife. His eyes were glowing bright red as he smirked at her. "It's...a shame I might have to kill it... Unless you give me what I want..."

Karen stared weakly at Ricky and the baby. "...She's..." she closed her eyes as her words faided and she closed her eyes then snaped the open staring at him with yellow eyes. "Put down...the baby..." Youma said staring at him. "Just put her down.."

Amy slowly opened her eyes staring at Ricky with frightened brown eyes.

"Youma..." Ricky whispered softly, smirking as he gently put Amy on the ground. "I was wondering when you'd show up..." He grinned, leaning closer to her. "Well, I put her down... I did what you told me to do..." He smirked, gently running a finger down her cheek. "You're so pretty... Won't you do what I tell you to do now? Please?"

Youma kept a strait face before pushing his hand away. "Don't count on it." she whispered harshly looking down at Amy.

"B-B-Baka.?" she whispered staring at Ricky. "Baka,...commo bok!"

"Why are you so cold?" Ricky whispered, leaning closer to her. He glanced at Amy, smirking. "Shut up... You're ruining our moment..." He turned back to Youma, smiling at her. "Anyway, I won't let dear Ricky come back...unless I get to steal a kiss..." He smirked, leaning forward, softly kissing her lips as his eyes faded back to maroon. "See ya later, Youma..." he whispered, before giving Ricky control of his own body again.

Ricky blinked, staring at Amy. "Amy..." he whispered softly, scooping her up in his arms. "Amy... I'm so sorry, Amy..."

"B-Baka.." Amy whispered hugging him with her little arms. "Imma...sorry?"

Youma sat back down closing her eyes as she turned back into Karen, who was still knocked out.