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Chapter-2-Back In Prison

"T.K, what was that?" Kari asked over the phone.

"Matt. He tripped on. . .well, I am not exactly sure what he tripped on."

"I think you guys need some help cleaning. You don't even know what's on your own floor!"

"You want to be the one who helps?"

"Maybe I do!"

"Fine, you can come over Monday after school then."

"Fine, I will!"

"Good. 'Cause I won't be here and you and Matt can have all the fun."

"What are you doing after school so soon?"

"I have Mr. Locken for science."

"I had him! He was cool. He gave out three sheets of homework every night and we had a test what felt like every day but"-

"That's why I'll be staying over. I want to see if I he'll study with me a little. Man, this sucks, only the beginning of the year and already I'm staying after with teachers."

"Yeah, usually it's Davis staying after with teachers. Hey, there's another call, I'll talk to you later, kay?"

"Kay, bye, Kari."

"See ya. Hello? Hey, mom. What? . . .no. . .of course Tai and I are taking care of our new place. What? No. I stay home and clean usually, work every other day and Tai works part time, we get money from you and dad, so no we don't need anything. . . yes, I'm sure. Okay mom. I love you. Bye." Tai walked into the room then. "You know we had our party two days ago and it still smells like someone was smoking."

"Well, no one was as far as I'm concerned," Tai told her. "Is there anything else you need for school?"

"No. Hey, what are your hours on Monday?"

"Mmm . . . four-thirty to eleven."

"Tai!"

"Kari, this is exactly why I gave myself a free first and second period. I graduate this year so it will be easier on both of us. Don't worry, I promise this will be going on for a few more, short months. Okay?" He kissed her forehead.

"Okay. Just so you know I am going to stop by Matt's and T.K's house after school on Monday."

"Why?"

"To help clean."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Positive."

Tai shrugged. "Okay, whatever," and then left.

Kari looked at the calendar and sighed. "Only a few sweet hours of precious freedom then it's back to prison."

When Kari walked into school on Monday morning the first thing she saw was a crowd of girls around one table. And she guessed who sat at that table during lunch. Quickly she dived into the crowd of girls, grabbed Matt's sleeve and led him into a bathroom. Which bathroom she didn't know and currently did not care. The two walked into a stall and Kari locked the door.

Matt looked at Kari's smiling face. "Thank you," he smiled back to her.

"No problem. Looked like you could some help." She sniffed the air. "Oops, wrong bathroom," and she turned red. "I had better get going."

"Listen Kari," Matt grabbed her arm and she looked back at him. "about Thursday night."

"What about it?"

Matt tried to think of his words carefully but they never came out, so he said instead, "I was comfortable."

Kari turned even redder and told him, "So was I."

"Oh." There was an awkward silence between them before Matt finally broke it by saying, "Are you still coming over today? Tohelpcleanthatis." He added quickly.

"Yeah. Meet me by the front."

"Okay."

The two began to walk out slowly. Matt was surprised to see that Kari did not mind going ahead of him.

"Aren't you worried you'll be caught?" he asked her.

"By who?"

A boy walked in the restroom. "Davis!"

Davis turned and jumped back. "Am I in the right bathroom?" Then he noticed Matt and looked back and forth at the two. "Uh. . .is there something going o between you two?"

"Oh! NO! No," Matt and Kari said quickly together. "I was just. . .uh. . .just. . ." Kari felt more heat in her cheeks. "Just, . . uh. . .yeah. . ." and she quickly walked out of the restroom.

"I was doing that to," Matt said before quickly leaving, leaving Davis in a very confused

state.

The bell rang and students began rushing to their classes. Matt took a seat in the back of the class and rested his chin on his arms. His eyes were about to close when he felt someone poke him in the side. "Matt," they cooed.

Matt lifted his head and put a fake smile on his face. "Sora," he said with clenched teeth, "what a wonderful surprise."

"Isn't it?" She quickly took the seat next to him. "Who would have thought we'd have this class together? Which is good because I need help in my math."

"So do I. Guess we'll have to get different tutors then."

"Guess so," she said in disappointment.

Matt could not help but feel a little bad so he said, with a lot of pain, "Or we could help each other."

Her smiled was so huge then and she was so happy that she actually kissed him. "Oh, thank you Matt. This will be great!"

"Yeah, yeah, just keep it down."

The teacher entered the room and the students stood up and waited for permission to be seated. When they were given it they were told to open their, they would get started right away.

Down two hallways Kari and Ken sat next to each other in one of the labs and prepared to present their project. "I'm surprised we got this done on time," Kari said to Ken.

"Me to. I'm glad we get to be lad partners this term, Kari," Ken told her. Then he looked into her eyes. "I really am."

Kari smiled. "Me to, Ken. It'll be nice to get to know you better." Ken smiled a true, meaningful smile in her direction. It gave Kari a sense of pried because he rarely let anyone know what he was feeling or thinking.

When it was time for Gym Kari found that she would have the class with Davis. "Great," she said to herself as Davis began shooting hoops for a female audience. "I'm stuck with a show off. And he's not even that good! Why couldn't I have this class with Mimi? Yolie (sp?) or even Sora! Gees, I am desperate." She leaned against the bleachers.

"Desperate for what?" asked a voice.

Kari turned in the direction of the voice. "Nothing."

"You're a bad liar, Kari." When Kari shot him a look that could kill he quickly changed his mind and asked, a little on the nervous side, "Hey, wanna get together after school today and shoot some hoops?"

"Can't."

"Why not?" He looked hurt.

"I'm helping Matt clean his place. He needs a woman's touch."

"What about tomorrow then?"

As much as Kari wished she had an excuse for tomorrow, she could not come up with one. And it wasn't like Davis was a bad guy, he was just really annoying and liked the girls a little too much. "Yeah, I guess so."

"Cool. Hey, what were you and Matt doing in the bathroom earlier?"

"Nothing."

"Oh, really?"

"Yes, really. I saw a bunch of girls around Matt and I thought I'd help him out a bit."

"Good one, Kari. Hiding a guy in the guys bathroom from a bunch of girls."

"What's that"-

"Oh, Davis!" some blonde cooed.

"I'll be right there!" Davis sang back and walked off.

Kari crossed he arms over her chest. "Oh, yeah, that's nice. Have what you will with a girl and then run off? Nice, Davis!"

It was five minutes after three and Matt waited patiently for Kari in the front like they agreed. He looked up again and saw the last person in the world he wanted to see.

"Hey, Matt," she cooed like so many times before.

"Hey," he said without looking at her.

"Waiting for me?"

"Actually I'm waiting for"-

"Hey, Matt!"

"Hey, Kari!" and he smiled when he saw her, something Sora did not miss, and something she did not like. "You brought extra clothes with you?"

"Yeah, well, I figured I'm going into male territory, don't want to get my uniform too dirty now do I?"

"Point taken."

"Excuse me, Sora," Kari said politely.

"Where are you guys going?" Sora asked her without moving.

"We're going to fix up Matt's house." Kari looked at Matt and said, "T.K filled me in on all the lights that needed fixing to. Oh, and the fridge and your sliding door and the plumbing and"-

"You can stop now," but he was smiling, obviously amused.

"Sorry." Kari looked at Sora, "Is that okay with you?"

"Of course, why wouldn't it be? Do you guys mind if I tag along? I haven't gotten a chance to see your new place yet anyway, Matt."

It took Matt a moment before saying yes. Sora was not a bad person. She was just annoying and had gotten a little too girlie over the years, worse than Mimi actually.

Kari got in the back and Sora sat in the front. "What are your plans for tomorrow, Kari?" Matt asked as they began driving.

"Actually, Davis asked me to go play basketball after school."

"Oh."

"Why?"

"I just think you should know that we will not clean up this place in one day."

Kari laughed. "Trust me, I wasn't expecting to."

In a way Matt could not help but be happy that Kari would have a reason to come over a few times this week. Except tomorrow, she would be with Davis then. Matt suddenly got sick. He did not like the idea of Kari being alone with the boy. And that was all he was, a boy. Davis thought he was a man with all his athletic skills and all the girls he could get, but he had o respect for the ladies. At least Matt did. He found a girl and he stuck to her.

He then thought of Davis trying to pull a fast one on Kari and his knuckles turned white on the steering wheel. He was glad they were at a stop light or he might of ran into a tree to get out all his anger. Anger towards what though, a thought? He took in a deep breath. Kari was small but she was tough.

"Here we are."

The three got out of the car and headed towards the door. "Are you going to get T.K later?" asked Kari.

"No, he has a ride home. It's called the late bus."

He opened the door and went in first. When Kari and Sora entered the first thing they said was, "Ew! How do men live?"

"We get along fine," Matt assured them.

Kari's arms were crossed over her chest. "It looks like a tornado hit this place."

Matt smirked at her gesture. He liked it, he didn't know why, he just did. He studied her for a moment and noticed the wish he had made last night had come true. Kari was wearing a pair of shorts and he got a to see her legs and thigh. Both were very nice, long, silky, strong legs. Now all he wanted to do was go up and rub them but he couldn't, and that gave him a pain in his stomach.

"Well, let's get started," Kari ordered. "Sora, you can start with the kitchen, I'll start with the living room, and Matt. . .?"

"I'm going to go start with my room. It won't take long. If you girls see anything that looks important just come up and I'll take a look at it. Trash bags are under the sink and . . . . . I think that picking up trash is as far as we're going to get today."

"Thanks," said Sora and Matt headed up the small stairs.

Kari looked around the room. It wasn't much. A small kitchen, an area for a small table and well sized living room. She guessed that by the time the place was clean it would look ever bigger. She grabbed a trash bag and went to work.

The two girls hardly said a word to each other. Every now and then you would hear a "What do you think this is?" and the reply would be, "It's covered in steak sauce, so it must not be very important" and then they would go back to what they were doing. You would hear a clank every now and then or an "ow" but that was about it.

Kari had used nearly two trash bags and she was no where close to being done with living room. Even the kitchen had so much junk and on the dining room table to, Sora was in the same spot for nearly an hour. It was really quiet on the first floor and it made Kari nervous. Sora on the other hand couldn't care less if it was quiet or if there was a circus going on. Kari felt that she just did not want to talk to her for some reason.

The phone began to ring and the two girls began looking for it but with no luck. "Maybe the answering machine will get it," Sora suggested.

They waited. Nothing and went back to their work.

"Hey," Kari said after about another three minutes of silence, "I think I may have found something of importance."

"What?" asked Sora.

"A bill. Be right back." She ran up the small stairway and was about to knock on Matt's bedroom door when it suddenly opened on its own. Kari stumbled back and would have fallen on her butt if Matt had not caught her by both her arms. "Whoa!"

"You okay?"

"F-fine. I just thought you might need this."

He released his tight, but gentle grip on her and took the envelope. He opened it and scanned through it. They were still standing very close to each other so Kari could smell and tell that he had just taken a shower. It took all she had to not put her arms around his neck and bury her face in it forever. She looked up at him. He stood a good five inches taller than her. Her eyes roamed downward, not on purpose though, they just did, and she noticed he was shirtless.

"Wow!" she breathed.

Matt looked at her now. "Wow what?"

"Uh. . ." she cleared her throat, "I meant, wow, your floor up here really needs a good vacuuming."

Matt looked at the floor. "Yeah, it sure does. Thanks for this. It's a bill."

"Just as I thought."

"Thanks again." He set on his bookshelf in his room.

"Are you sure that won't get lost in there?"

"Yes, I am." Matt opened his door to show her that his room was clean.

"Good boy," Kari joked. "I'll give you your allowance down stairs."

"Yes!"

"But just in case." She handed him a rubber band from her wrist, "Put any other important papers together and we'll sort them out later."

"Yes, mother."

They heard an "Ah-hem" and looked to find T.K and Sora standing on the stairway. "T.K, when did you get here?" Matt asked his brother.

"Just a little while ago."

"Oh. Uh, Sora, Kari, thanks for all your help, I'll take it from here. Will you be back to help Wednesday?" Matt whispered to Kari who simply nodded her head yes and then left with Sora.

T.K walked up to Matt with a sly smile on his face again. "So, what were you two doing?"

"Nothing," Matt told him.

"Uh-huh. Nothing that no shirt?"

"T.K!"

"I'm just asking."

Matt rolled his eyes. "Enjoy the ride home?"

"I had to walk!"

"Walk? T.K why didn't you just call?"

"I tried. No one answered. My guess is Kari and Sora aren't used to a phone being thrown where ever."

"Sorry."

"It's fine. When is Kari coming over again?"

"Wednesday."