Later that evening as their friends went their separate ways Slade decided he should walk Kori home. Turning onto her home sidewalk he asked her.

"Hey, um Kori. We've been friends a long time haven't we?"

"Since I can remember."

"How good of friends do you suppose we are?"

"Well good enough. I mean we've known each other since 5th grade."

He stopped walking and spoke up. "Kori, there's…something I want to ask you."

She stops and turns around to face him "Yeah?" she said innocently.

"I was wondering if you could go out with me this Saturday?"

"Tomorrow? Well…I suppose we could."

A bright smile came across his face.

"What time?"

"Seven?" he asked.

She thought about it for a moment. "All right."

"Thanks Kori, I'll pick you up at 7." He said and runs off

"Ok." She chuckled.

"See ya!"

"See ya later Kori!" he yells back.

Back at the school Tara and Gar are sitting in detention with their teacher Dr. Light. He sits their reading his book Tara and Gar sit there silently, they exchange brief looks at each other as time went on. The clock struck 4 and Light sat down his book

"You're free to go." He said. They get up and quickly leave the room.

"Have fun you two." He said the classroom door shuts

"Humph, teenagers." He said to nobody as he turned the page of his book.

Tara and Gar run out of the school as fast as they can. Laughing, running and jumping all the way. They take each other by the hand and continue running

"Let's go get a burger!" Tara said.

"Yeah I'm starving!" Gar said with a smile.

Later they sit at the Dairy Queen. Garfield is chowing down on a giant double cheeseburger, chili fries and a large Mountain Dew. Tara munched happily on her cheeseburger combo with a medium Coke. Gar scarfed his fries holding them high above his head.

(Eating sounds) "Auwm! Mmm mmm mmm!"

Tara laughed as she watched him eat he took a gulp of his Mountain Dew.

"Ahh!" He sets it down. She took a bite out of her cheeseburger. After taking a drink of her coke she asked him.

"So what do you want to do after this?"

(Muffled) "I don't know. gulp "Aww. Did you have something in mind?" he asked.

Tara blushed and looked away

"Well no, not really." she said innocently.

"Do you want to catch a movie?" he asked.

"Mm-I was thinking we could go for a walk." She said.

"OK. Just let me finish this." He said

"All right!" she said.

Before leaving they got ice cream and they were on their way. The park was right next door to the Dairy Queen. As they entered Twin Lakes Park they walked down the winding road arm in arm enjoying their ice cream. After walking for some distance they made it to the main area of the park. Tara ran over to the swings Gar chased after her, she got in one of the swings

"Push me!" she said.

"Ok." He chuckled eating the last of his waffle cone he began to push Tara in the swing.

"Higher!" she said he pushed as hard as he could. The open-air auditorium was a little ways across from them. It had been empty. Gar got in a swing next to her and started swinging. He pushed his legs harder going higher till he was going the same height as her. Tara ate her ice cream. They laughed as they swung in opposite directions

"Whoo-hoo! Hee hee! Ha ha ha!" laughed Tara.

"Yeah! Ha ha ha ha ahaha ha!" went Gar.

She went forward he went back and vice versa.

Then they jumped from the swings Tara took off in a bolt and raced him to the merry go round. She got in the center

"Aw come on, I pushed you last time." he said.

Tara stuck her tongue out teasingly.

"Yeah but you do it so much better." She says he chuckles.

"I knew there was something I liked about you." He said as he walked over and grabbed the railing

"How fast you wanna go?"

"Not too fast."

"Faster? All right!" and began pushing

"No!"

She grabbed hold of the circular railing as he ran around as fast as humanly possible and jumped on Tara was holding on for dear life.

"Slow down!" she said.

"Why I thought you liked to go fast?" he joked.

The carousel spun at top speed. He smiled and chuckled stuck out his foot and slowed it down a bit. Pulling his foot back in he crawled over to her in the middle and lay next to her.

"Thanks." She said placing her hand on his chest. The carousel spun around at mid speed. He put his arm across her middle lying on his side.

After a while they played a short round of Miniature Golf. It was beginning to get dark bout 7 o' clock. They were walking together in the sunset, the sky was bleeding orange as it began its decent over the horizon they arrived at Tara's house.

"I had so much fun tonight." She said.

"Me too." He said.

"Thanks for such a great evening." She kisses him on the lips.

"Would you like to come in?" she asked.

"Yeah." he said.

She opens the door and they walk in together

"Thanks." He said shutting the door behind him. A few minutes later Tara was in the kitchen.

"My parents are out of town for the weekend, meet me at the pool?" she asked.

He sprang up from the couch

"So is clothing optional?" he asked.

Tara tossed him a pair of floral swim trunks

"Don't push your luck." She smiled.

A while later Gar was in the pool waiting for Tara when the bay door slides open and out she came in a white and red floral bikini

"Wow." He said. Tara walks over to the pool

"You like it?"

"It looks very good on you." He said.

She got into the pool and swam over to him; she surfaced in front of him. He smiled, she smiles back as he drew her into his arms he kissed her; she held his sides of his face in her hands.

"I love you Tara."

"I love you too." She said. And kissed each other again

An overlap of the Nelly song "Shake Ya Tail Feather" plays with a group of guys doing the Tomahawk Chop

"Whooooo-oooooo-ooooooa. Whooooooooooo-ooooo-ooooa. Whoooooooooooooooo-oooooooooo-oooa. Whooooo-oooo-oooa. (Sfx: Police sirens)

Switching from the pool scene to the clubbin scene at the hottest dance club in town "Adrenalin" the song bleeds over the speakers and in the middle of the dance floor is Kori Anders. There she is, her hips swaying side to side her arms in the air dancing her heart out. She's been coming out here every Friday night since the club opened last year. Everyone knows who she is. She's the best dancer the club's ever seen. The sweat glistens on her midriff as she danced to the music. This is how she got the nickname "Fire" cause of the way she lights up the dance floor. Kori is a dancing machine, always has been. She swings her hips in slow motion with a horde of guys crowding around her, hoping to be the lucky one to dance with Fire. With her you don't dance unless you're invited.

It was then the next song started up and she pulled a random guy in with her. It was another Nelly song now they're playing "Ride Wit Me"

The song continued while she kept dancing with the guy. Sometime after the song ended she thanked the boy for the dance and went outside. The night air felt good coming out of that hot nightclub. Kori wiped the sweat from her brow. She took out her cell phone and began dialing. At the same time Richard's phone was ringing in his bedroom he went to pick it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Rich its Slade, I asked Kori out and she said yes."

"That's awesome man. So where you going take her?" he asked as he lied down on his bed.

"Uh, that's just the thing I don't know." He admitted.

Richard rose up. "Well, don't you have anywhere you want to take her?" he asked.

Kori kept getting a busy signal.

"I wanted to try something out of the ordinary." Slade said.

Richard wrapped his chin around his index finger and thumb trying to come up with something.

Beep "Uh, hang on Slade." Beep "Hello?"

By this time Kori had already hung up she put her cell away

Richard: "Hello? Huh."

Beep He looked over at his drawer sitting in the frame of the mirror was a pair of tickets. He smiled.

Beep "Hey Slade, I just thought of something. How would you like to take Kori to the big Motorcross race?"

He walks over and took the tickets from the mirror frame.

"Is that the race you'll be in?" Slade asked.

"Yeah." he said with a smile.

Slade thought about it for a second

"Sounds like a plan." He said.

"Pick em up tonight, the race starts tomorrow at 2:30." He said holding the tickets in his hands.

"Cool, thanks man, I'll be over in 5 minutes." Slade said.

"Sure thing." Richard said. Slade hung up Rich did the same.

Kori gathered up her stuff and left the club. As her purple Grand Am cruised down the night road the headlights beams guided the way down the winding road. She had hated to drive this way so late at night. It would be sometime before she reaches town. She saw a pair of headlights behind her she sort of cringed. When the truck got up beside her she was relieved to see a silver pick up, it was one of Victor's cars.

"Yo Kor!"

"Hey Victor."

"What are you doing out here so late?" he asked.

"I lost track of time." she said.

"Why don't you follow me, this road can be dangerous at night." he offered.

"I like that." she said.

He rolled up his passenger window and drove ahead. Kori followed close behind following the taillights to his pick up as he guided her across the winding wooded road. The city lights in the distance. About a half hour later she was home they pulled into her driveway side by side. Kori walked over to her friend still sitting in the truck he left the engine running.

"Thanks Vic, I don't know what I would have done back there."

"Oh no problem." he said.

"I'll see you later." She said and went into her house

"See ya Kor." He said rolling up the window and backing out of the drive. He heads back to his home. 11:45 pm the clock read as Kori unlocked the door and walked in. She took a shower and went straight to bed. That's enough excitement for one night.

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