Hey guys I'm going to be completely honest that I meant to update but it was either to lazy or just too busy! So here is the other chapter so here is the chapter and it'll be OC for some time and I'm sorry about that! But I hope you like and please review! Oh and thanks again for reviewing all my loyal fanbase! XD
Two weeks went by and Kuki and Wally have been going on dates but tomorrow, Wally was leaving for California.
"Today we tell them?" Kuki asked in Wally's car in the passenger seat.
"Yes, I promise." he held her hand her hand in comfort, just the touch of his hand made her smile.
Wally stopped at Abby's house to pick her up, everyone was going to Dairy Queen before Wally left. But really it was to tell what's been going on. Waiting for Abby, Wally put a bracelet around Kuki's wrist.
She looked at it in awe. "Wally... It's beautiful." Kuki stared at the strawberry top seashell that was entangled with thread.
"I got it last time I was at California," Wally said smiling at it. "I made it for you." Kuki smiled at it too, but she noticed Wally wasn't wearing his Kiener's Delphinula necklace that he made (it's like one of those cool California necklaces, it's all man XD) and usually wore under his sweatshirt.
Abby got in the car before Kuki could ask what he did with it. "Hey, guys! Abby can't wait for ice cream!"
Kuki and Wally's hands quickly broke apart before Abby saw anything and they quickly picked up Nigel and Hoagie. Everyone was singing Bon Jovi "Wanted Dead or Alive" and Hoagie just finished saying. "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." and everyone laughed while singing pretty off key on purpose.
Kuki looked out the window seeing the trees and buildings go by while laughing pretty fast. Before she knew it, Wally's head hit the steering wheel, Kuki screams for him. "Wally!" everyone is screaming, the car swerves then flips, glass is shattered, and all now Kuki can see is black and all you can hear is the same sentence over and over, "I'm wanted, dead or alive."
Kuki rose up in her hospital bed and she looked around. "I'm in the hospital?"
The nurse came through the door. "Oh, Kuki, glad to see you're awake."
"How did I get here?" Kuki asked examining the white room.
"You were in a car crash," the nurse explained and looking at Kuki's clipboard at the foot of the bed. "You made it out with a broken arm. You're lucky that some of your friends made it out alive."
Kuki looked at her cast on her arm, how can she not notice that? She just realized something. "Wait, some?" she panicked.
"I'd like to talk to the rest of you together." The nurse said softly and motioned for Kuki to follow.
Kuki saw Abby also with a broken arm, Hoagie with a broken leg, and Nigel with a neck brace. But the thing is, where's Wally?
"It's a miracle that you made it out alive," the nurse said trying to keep her eyes shining, but you can tell she hated giving bad news. "But your friend Wallabee didn't." Everyone gasped. "You see, your friend died having a valve of his heart detached while driving and just died instantly, it wasn't the car crash that killed him. This really couldn't be avoided, and I doubt doctors noticed this. I'm real sorry."
Everyone was speechless; Kuki stood up and ran out. She couldn't handle it and just ran. She didn't know where she was running too but she wanted to go anywhere but here, away from the place that couldn't save Wally-her Wally.
She ended up running to the beach, and just sat down on the sand and just cried. She touched her sea shell bracelet and just thought of the memories at the beach where the two were splashing and finally Wally who ran up to her and picked her up and just threw her back in the water.
She cried some more until finally some headlights hit her. "Kuki?" Abby called. "Kuki! Girl, am I glad to see you, your parents are worried sick!"
Kuki wiped her nose and just stared listening to the waves crash. "shhh ahhhh, shhh ahhhh, shhh ahhhh."
Abby sat next to her and said solemnly. "It's a lot to take in, huh? Our best friend is dead. You know people that at our age, we're invincible, but once we have a personal experience with death then we know it could happen to us."
"Abby, I'm not ready to lose him," Kuki sniffled through her tears. "Why did he leave now?"
"I don't know why," Abby said quietly. "But I'm pretty broken up by it too."
"Then why don't you cry?"
"Because someone has to be strong." Abby said with a shaky breath.
"You can cry you if you want." Kuki turned to Abby to support Abby this time.
"Thanks, because I can't hold it in anymore." Abby then cried on Kuki's shoulder and just cried together.
Abby stood up after minutes of sobbing. "Let's go, it's getting cold."
Kuki felt like she should say that Wally and her were dating, lift the burden. "Abby, I need to tell you that-" but Kuki stopped remembering her promise to Wally.
"You okay, girl?" Abby asked noticing Kuki's far out face.
"No." Kuki muttered to herself.
"Let's go." Abby held out her arm and Kuki happily took it needing a friend.
Kuki's POV
Doctors said it couldn't be avoided, they said there was nothing to do, they said they couldn't save him. If only we skipped ice cream, the off key singing, and just headed straight to the hospital, then maybe doctors could've saved him.
A couple months went by and whenever me, Abby, Hoagie, or Nigel would pass through the hallway, people whisper. "Weren't they really close to Wally?" or "I feel so bad for them…"
Sometimes I just want to tell them to shut up and punch them in the face but I couldn't. Sometimes Abby and I would just stare at the wall and cry about the times we could've spent and the memories but Abby didn't feel the pain I was feeling. She wasn't Wally's girlfriend.
I was lying in my room just staring into space touching the bracelet he gave me just before he died. I haven't really gone out of my room except to go to the bathroom, eat, or school. My mom peeked her head to the door holding the phone out to me. "It's Mrs. Beetles." I sat up quickly.
"What does she want?" I asked. What could she be calling for.
"She says it's about California."
I grabbed the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello, Kuki," Mrs. Beetles said softly. "Since you and Wally were such good friends I was wondering if you and your friends want to come to California with me and Mr. Beetles and help clean out the house of Wally's stuff."
I just couldn't believe it, I didn't know really if I should or not. "I'll go." I was shocked at myself that I actually said that.
"Great!" I could her smile from the other side of the line. "it'll really help with everything." I could tell Mrs. Beetles was ready to cry as well with her cracking voice.
"When will we leave?"
"I'll email your parents, so far Abby is going and so is Hoagie."
"Thank you, goodbye." I hung up. I really didn't want to talk anymore.
"What she want?" my mom asked curiously.
"I'm going to California." I stated without any debate.
"Aren't you going to talk about it?" she asked irritated.
"No."
"You know, ever since your friend died, you haven't been yourself." my mom shut the door.
I stuck my tongue out and flipped her off once she left and got a text from Hoagie. "Hey, want to meet at the pier?"
"Sure." I replied. I'm in the mood for a Ferris wheel ride.
I grab my shoes and just slipped them on and just walked out the door. I walked to the pier to see the arcade, pizza restaurant, and rides.
I saw Hoagie waving me down and I walk to see Nigel and Abby already there. "You ready?" asked Nigel.
"Yep!" I smiled
We end up at the top of the Ferris wheel seeing the town and everything. "Wally would've love this…" I said somberly.
Everyone gave each other glances and said. "Kuki, it's been months. You need to get over him." said Nigel
"How can I? He was my- best friend" It almost slipped out that he was my boyfriend, Wally would've been mad if it slipped.
"He was ours too, Kuki," said Nigel. "We're here to help get him out of your head."
"Urgh!" I cried. "Why can't we just hang out for once without you trying to have me to get Wally out of my head?"
"We know you liked him and before he died and the same thing with Wally, but you need to get over him." Nigel said again.
The Ferris wheel came down and I just got out. "You guys just didn't like him as much as I did!"
"Kuki-" Hoagie tried to get me to reason I guess but they just didn't understand.
"Why don't you just leave me alone!" I yelled and ran away, how could they do this? Help me get over him? This just happened few months ago, and they're already trying to help me get over him? Some friends...
I ran inside my house and my dad asked. "What happened?"
"They're trying to get me to forget him again!" I slammed the door.
"They're not trying to make you forget him, they're trying to help you get over him."
"But so soon? It's like they don't even care!"
"They do, just give it time."
I groaned, give it time? Give it time! My boyfriend just died and he's gone forever! No more of the frosted tasting lips, no more forest smell, no more of his golden smile…
I go to my room and just start packing for California even though I'm not sure when were leaving. I got a text... Wonderful, it's from baldy.
"Meet us at Lime Ricky's?"
I don't know if it's another dumb blind date that they've been putting through or not. Lately, everyone has been making me go on blind dates and they are awful like Nose Picking Nick to Sweaty Stan. I think I at least deserve better then that!
But maybe it's not so I just say yes and go back out into the world, I stared at my clock and it's been a hour! I've just been staring at my clothes the whole time? Mine as well go.
I took my bike and just rode there, just think what would Wally say if I was going on these dates with these guys? He'd probably laugh in my face about all the guys... Yeah, that basically sums it up.
I just think the future we could've had together, kids, marriage, more dates... But suddenly, blam! Everything goes blurry.
I noticed that I was at Lime Ricky's and I'm on the ground, how? Ugh, my head hurts like hell right now! I rubbed it softly. "Ow, my head…"
"Excuse me, are you okay?" I heard a man say, it sounded like... Wally!
"Wally?" I asked groggily. "Is that you? Am I dead?" my vision isn't quite as clear right now but it'll change.
"You could call me that but that's not my name." The man helped me up, I almost fell over. "Whoa, gotcha." I heard a laugh, how dare he laugh at my pain!
"What happened? And how did I get to Lime Ricky's?" I asked.
"You crashed right into the wall, didn't even try to avoid it. You just crashed right into it, never seen a girl like you." He said, wow, am I smart or what? I ran into Wally without flinching, daydreaming and this is what happens- A hurt head .
My vision clears up and I see a kid that looked nothing like Wally, he was called Wally and he sounded like him but his hair was a chestnut brown, wavy, and wore a grey sweatshirt that had red Abercrombie letters across the chest. He seems comfortable in it with torn blue jeans.
"Sorry, you must think I'm stupid for just running into that." I parked my bike and stared into his hazel green eyes.
"No, I mostly see you as pretty." He didn't smirk so he's not trying to flirt with me or anything but he didn't even blush. The kid has confidence.
"So you going to Lime Ricky's too?" I blushed.
"No, just waiting for my mom to pick me up."
"How long you've been waiting?"
"20 minutes, she's not the most responsible parent you know? Sometimes I swear that I'm taking care of her more than she's taking care of me." He looked into the sky while putting his foot against the wall.
"Oh." I really didn't know what to say, other than my parents work all the time. "Yeah, my parents are never there, only a few times though."
"At least yours pays attention to you." He didn't leave looking at the sky.
I couldn't argue anymore, my parents weren't around but they were, they basically smothered me with love. He turned to me. "Are you meeting anyone here?"
"Yep." I looked at him.
"Go in," he motioned toward the door. "Don't keep anyone waiting."
"What about you?" I didn't want to just keep him alone here in the dark.
"Nah, that's cool. My mom should be here soon."
"Okay, but when I come back out and your still here I'm personally taking you home." I warned.
He chuckled. Did I look like a joke? I was dead serious. "Okay." he said with a small smile on his lips.
I walked in with the music blasting in my face, neon lights shining; it was the best place for kids and teens to go to get away from adults. "Where've you been, girl?" Abby came up to me with a smile. "We've been waiting for 30 minutes for you!"
"Just got caught up." I smiled back.
She led me to the table where I saw Hoagie, Nigel and whose that? Crap. Another blind date. "Kuki, meet Tyler, he's new here."
Tyler with brown curly hair, pretty blue eyes, well built, tall. But one problem he's not Wally. "Hey." I said stoiclly and shoot Hoagie a dirty look, he's usually the one who makes these dates.
Hoagie went lower in his seat as he thought of something to say. "So, Tyler, I heard you're on varsity football?" I'm not even close to be impressed because Wally was on varsity football too, varsity soccer, and varsity baseball. Take that Tyler!
"Yeah," Tyler said then turned towards me. "Sorry about, Wally, I heard you were really close to him." I'm about to stand up and leave crying because I was closer than anyone thinks here, but I keep my cool and said quietly.
"Yeah."
The rest of the night went back and forth question and answer, it was more of a interview then a night out. As we paid for the check, I went immediately out of there but Nigel stopped me. He's been really quiet since Wally died, except for the night at the Ferris wheel.
"Look, I know we're trying to get you over him, and I understand you don't want to let him go. But we get even sadder when you make a contrast between Wally and something which makes us remind of him, Kuki. We're just trying to hook you up to get him out of your head."
I snatched my hand away. "He died 2 months ago and you guys don't care."
"We do, Kuki, it's just we moved on, he's not coming back, he's not going to call, he's gone."
I had enough, I couldn't take it. I started crying and ran out and saw that kid still there, how long has it been? He heard me sniff and turned towards me, please don't ask- "What's wrong?" the kid asked.
"Nothing, friends being stupid., c'mon…" I went over to my bike and jingled the bell.
"What?" he's confused, he's even as dense as Wally. I swear they can be cousins or something.
"I said if your mom doesn't get here by the time I get out then I'm taking you home. Which you agreed to."
"Thanks." He gave a small smile.
I smiled too, and I actually meant it. "No problem."
He hoped on the handle bars but thought it was weird if he was on because that's where the girl is supposed to be so we switched spots and he told me to go different directions until we came to a hotel. "You live in a hotel?"
"Yeah, my mom is the music theater singer there."
"Cool." I tapped the handle bars.
"Okay, thanks for the ride. See you around." He got out until I yelled. "Wait!"
He turned around and as I turned to him before I rode off, he walked toward me and just leaned on the handle bars. "Yes?" he asked.
"What's your name?"
"Wallace." I tingled. That is almost identical to Wallabee. I was tongue tied. I was beginning to shake and thought of Wally. Apparently, I slipped his name because Wallace replied. "I guess you can call me that." So that's what he meant last time.
I just stared in front of me until he said. "What's yours?"
"Kuki."
He froze too, I didn't know if we meet or not so I asked. "Have we met?"
He shook out of it and said. "No, I just used to know a Kiki and ummm… see, she had blonde hair and blue eyes and you're just like her but at the same time you're not." I get it completely.
I held up my hand. "You don't have to go on. I get it. See you around?"
"Sure." He smiled. I gave him a small wave as I rode off back to my house. What a weird night.
