"But please mom!" Amu begged when she got home.

"I don't think that's a good idea," her mom said. "You got detention, and I don't think I should reward you with letting you spend time at a party."

"Please mom, I don't see what the big problem is. I was passing notes with Nagi-kun. We were paying attention and I knew what was going on," Amu said.

"But it is a problem, Amu. You were doing something that you weren't supposed to and you got caught," her mother said.

"But I already served my punishment," Amu said, getting desperate. "And if you really insist on punishing me, can't I do it in some other way?"

"And what would you suggest as an alternative punishment?" she asked.

"I don't know, grounding me, taking my laptop, something like that," Amu suggested. "Please mom, I'll do anything else. I just want to go to the party."

Midori sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Fine Amu. You can go to the party, but you're going to get a hard punishment."

"Yay! Thank you momma!" she said and wrapped her mother in a hug. Suddenly her cell phone rang. "Hey Yaya. What's up?" After a few minutes of breathless ranting, Amu finally rolled her eyes. "Okay Yaya, don't worry about it. I'll be right over. I can't believe you forgot though until the last minute."

"What was that?" Midori asked when Amu hung up and was half way up the steps.

"Apparently Yaya was being stupid again and ruined the project that she, Tadase-kun and I worked on. It's due on Monday, and it turns out that she did it about a week ago and didn't bother telling us until now. I have to go help her fix it or redo it if necessary."

"You'd better not be lying to me," Midori yelled up the steps once Amu finished the explanation and was in her room.

It was running short on time, so Amu decided that she'd just get dressed in what she was going to wear to the party before she left for Yaya's house, then she'd be ready and wouldn't have to be late. Also, Tadase was there so they could just go together.

Rushing out of the house with her purse and the materials that she was going to need for the project, she rushed over to her friend's house as fast as she could.

"Amu-chi! Thank God you made it," Yaya said and opened the door the rest of the way to let her gasping friend into her house. A half built model was laying on the coffee table, with Tadase on the couch, holding two pieces of glued wood together.

"Hey babe," Tadase said without looking at her.

"Hi Tadase-kun," she said with a small blush. "So Yaya, I don't get how you were able to destroy an entire model of a labeled helium isotope beyond repair."

"Well, funny story," Yaya chuckled while looking at the floor. Amu sat down next to Tadase on the couch and started rewriting labels.

"Doubt it," she heard Tadase mumble under his breath.

"So yeah, I was finishing gluing some things on and painting it last week and I left it outside to dry. I went inside for a few minutes for lunch. Then I had to change my little brother and it started raining while I was inside. He started crying so I had to walk him around the house and it completely slipped my mind until I went back outside the next day to leave for school and it was laying in the yard soaked and in pieces. I'm really sorry guys."

"It's okay Yaya-chan," Amu said when she looked up to see tears threatening to fall. "I would've appreciated it if you would have told us earlier, though, after all of the hard work the three of us put in."

After two hours of work, the model was almost done except for some paint drying.

"Good job you two. And thanks so much for coming over," Yaya said. "It's almost time for the party, so I'm going to go get dressed and I'll be right back." With that, Yaya turned on her heel and bounded upstairs to her bedroom.

"Hey Tadase-kun, are you okay?" Amu asked once they were alone.

"Yeah, why?" He smiled at her sweetly and took her hand.

"I don't know. You just seemed a little mad earlier," she explained.

"Oh, that was nothing," he assured her. "I'm just a little mad at Yaya-chan." He leaned in and kissed her. "About how long do you think she'll be?"

"I don't know," she said and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Probably a while. We're going to be late, I know that much."

She laid back on the couch and used the arm rest as a pillow. Tadase came down with her and continued kissing her.

Suddenly, Amu's mind went blank. Her vision went white and she felt like she was going to scream.

"Tadase-kun, stop it," she said and sat up.

"What's wrong Amu-chan?" he asked and grabbed her hand, kissing the back.

"I- just please stop. I can't do this." She hung her head with her eyes sealed shut, hands on the sides of her head.

He looked worried now. "Amu, are you okay? What's going on?" He placed a comforting hand on her shoulder but she gasped and quickly jerked her away.

"I can't tell you, okay!" she yelled. "Just please get away from me." She turned and ran up to Yaya's room, leaving Tadase crestfallen.

"Amu-chi!" Yaya instantly pulled a shirt in front of her bare chest when Amu came bursting through her door.

"I'm- I'm going to have to stay in her for a bit, okay?" Amu said and sat down in an open corner, hanging her head and bringing her knees to her chest.

Yaya discretely slipped a bra on and knelt beside her friend. "What's going on Onee-chan? Is Tadase-kun still down there?"

"Don't bother me," Amu said and pushed Yaya away. "Just, finish getting ready. I just have to be up here right now."

Yaya stared confusedly, but continued getting dressed. The two girls walked down to see Tadase still sitting on the couch. Amu texted her mother to say that she wouldn't be coming home until later. After exchanging a few odd looks, the three of them drove silently to Rima's house.

A/N: Hey guys! Alright, as you know the holidays are coming up. I won't be online during break for those of you who care. I unfortunately won't be updating on time but I'll make sure to get everything in on Wednesday the 4th. Please R&R, comments make my day. Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy New Year, Prospero Año, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa and for those of you who don't celebrate anything, then enjoy your time off work and school and have fun with your family! :)