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Kellie_Cantrell Senior Member
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Kelsey entangled her fingers with Malik’s as they walked across the congested street to BurgersNfries. The air was stuffy and till as the traffic on the sidewalk was thick with sweaty commuters on their way home from work. Kelsey and Malik pushed their way through the halted crowd to get inside the air conditioned restaurant. Once inside, Kelsey helped Malik order food. It was noisy as TV’s hung from the walls blaring the new and voices were overpowering them. “Welcome to BurgerNfries. How may I be of service to you?” A smiling girl looked up at Kelsey and Malik, patiently awaiting their order. Kelsey read the name tag; Hannah was the girl’s name. “Well Hannah, I will have a cheeseburger with tomato and pickle... uh no ketchup and a chocolate shake.” Kelsey chants her familiar order. “I’ll have the same. But I like Ketchup. Thank you!” Malik chimed in smiling kindly at Hannah. “That will be $7.49” Hannah said ringing up their order. “Malik, Let’s sit here.” Kelsey said Malik and Kelsey sat down at a dinky little table next to the unwashed window, which faced the busy sidewalks. “Kelsey, do they ever clean these windows?” “Probably not, gross huh?” “Yeah. Hey Kelsey.” “Yes Malik.” “I uh, have, uh, something I have, uh, been waiting for awhile to, uh, ask you. I uh. Haven’t found, uh, the right time to ask you though.” Malik stammered “Well honey what is it? Malik stood bumping the table as he rose, “Kelsey, will you marry me?” “Oh, Malik I love you, I’ll marry you.” *** Breaking new… A Kuwaiti terrorist group has bombed the Port of Miami. There are no other details at the moment, stay tuned for more updates. Lindsay Tiernan reporting for channel two news. *** “Kelsey, that’s horrible.” “Malik, my uncle is the president.” “You didn’t tell me that before. Kelsey can we talk about the terrorist thing?” “What’s wrong honey? Are you scared?” “The terrorist… Is my Dad. I live here illegally. Kels don’t leave me.” “Malik, calm down everything is going to be okay. Your father is in a lot of trouble.” “Kelsey, we need to do something, we need to tell some one.” *** Malik watches Kelsey as she paces back and forth across the room, flipping the telephone around in her hands. “Kelsey, just call don’t be scared.” Malik said as he put his hand upon Kelsey’s right shoulder. “Okay, I’ll do it, I cannot stall anymore.” *** Robert Tiernan’s phone is ringing. The office is noisy with so many employees hard at work. Robert trips over a bump in the carpet as he reaches for the phone. “Riley industries, Robert Tiernan speaking.” “Dad, its Kelsey.” “Hon, what’s wrong? Your voice is shaky.” “Dad, you know Malik? Well his Dad is one of the Kuwaiti terrorists that attacked the Port of Miami this morning. “Kelsey. Is Malik safe?” “Yes, he is right here.” “Keep him there.” “Jen get my brother on the phone.” “Kel, don’t let Malik go anywhere, we are going to need his help.” “Okay and Dad there is something else.” “Honey, what is it?” “He asked me to marry him.” “Congratulations can we talk about that later? I have Uncle John on the phone Love you” “Bye Dad.” *** Kelsey and Malik are upstairs in Kelsey’s bedroom watching the news. They hear doors slam outside. “Kelsey, where are you guys?” Robert yells from below “Good, Malik its just Dad.” “Upstairs Dad.” Kelsey yelled down. Robert enters Kelsey’s room. Behind him her uncle John and a few secret service men. Kelsey and Malik stand to greet John. Kelsey introduces Malik. “Hey Unc, this is my fiancé Malik. Malik, meet my Uncle John.” “Nice to meet you sir.” “Kelsey Congratulations, nice to meet you Malik.” “Kelsey, Malik we are here to let you know that Maliks father has been arrested and is now awaiting trial, we have arranged for Malik’s family to stay in the U.S. “That’s awesome Unc. What’s going to happen then?” “Thank you sir, I have been worried that I might not get to spend the rest of my life with Kelsey.” “Well, He’ll be in jail until the court charges him, then its going to be a pretty big punishment when the court gets down with him. |
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