Digimon: Summer Vacation

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Chapter Seven: "I Want Him Around Me"

Kari woke to the turbulent landing of the airplane. Upon looking to her right, she saw Davis smiling at her warmly.

"Sleep well?", he asked, still baring the warm smile.

Kari smiled too, "Yeah, nicely"

As other people began to leave the plane, the friends remained seated. Most of them were waking up and felt no hurry to leave. Ken and Yolei stretched as TK yawned. Yolei stood up, "Ken?"

Ken looked up at her, "Yes?"

"Would you help TK and Davis get the luggage?", she asked sweetly. "Kari and I are going to go to the terminal".

"TK, Davis, and I have got the luggage covered", Ken answered obediently. As he did so, Davis and TK looked at each other with confused looks on their faces. Yolei grabbed Kari's hand and pulled her up. Kari wanted to say something to Davis before leaving, but Yolei sparred no time for her to think of such a thing.

Ken put his hands in his pockets and tried to look like he didn't just sell his friends into slavery, "Well guys, let's go get that luggage. What do you say?"

TK looked at him bitterly, "Yeah. I'll get mine and Davis will get his. But you, you're getting their stuff".

Davis chuckled a bit, "Yeah, let's go get that luggage".

Yolei and Kari finally got inside the airport terminal. Kari broke hands with Yolei and panted for breath, "Why did you jerk me out of the plane so fast?"

Her friend looked out the window, "It's TK. I'm worried about him."

Kari was confused by Yolei's statement, "What? Why? Is something wrong with him?"

"I think he's depressed. He really loves you. And now you're...well...you're not with Davis yet.", she answered still looking out the window.

"Is that what this is about? TK is a great guy, but...he went behind my back and...you know what happened", Kari answered hesitantly. "I don't know what it is about Davis, but he makes me feel special. The way he looks at me...it...gives me butterflies. I sound silly but do you know what I mean?"

Yolei smiled as if she really did understand Kari. "Yeah...I guess Davis does have that effect...", Yolei seemed to be in deep thought. She quickly turned to look at Kari, "...but didn't TK ever make you feel like that?"

Kari thought for a moment, "...well...I guess...there was a time...but Davis is a great guy too, and...I like him...I never thought that I'd say that...and mean it, but I really do". Kari looked out the terminal window and to see Davis from afar, "...yeah...I really mean it..."

There was a moment of silence, then Yolei broke it, "What makes you think that Davis won't do the same thing to you that TK did?"

"He...I don't know...I'm can't be sure that he won't...but...I want to be with him...I mean...well...I want him around me...the feeling I get...is just", Kari took a deep breath and closed her eyes, "I can't quite put it into words"

Yolei sighed, "If you're sure...I just don't want you to get hurt..."

Kari smiled and then gave Yolei a huge spontaneous hug, "Thanks, Yolei! That means a lot to me."

Yolei thought that Kari was over-reacting, but it was ok. She was glad that her "looking out for a friend" was taken this way and not offensively.

The guys had finished finding the luggage and as TK said, he and Davis had their bags and Ken had the girl's bags and suitcases as well as his.

Davis looked at Ken with a grin, "Yo Ken, if I didn't know better I'd say that you were an indentured servent or something."

TK laughed and then looked at Davis seriously, "Hey, I need to talk to you."

"What's up?", Davis asked calmly.

"I can tell that Kari really likes you. But if you hurt her-", before TK could finish he was interrupted by Davis.

"Listen man, ever since I saw Kari I haven't thought about anyone else. I even left my first girlfriend because the only girl I wanted was Kari. She's the one for me", Davis said, trying to reassure his friend.

TK sighed, "I know you love her...but...love turns sour sometimes and...well, I think that you guys are gonna make a great couple."

Davis patted TK on the back, "Thanks man, but we're not together yet. I'm glad that we can grow up."

"What do you mean?", TK asked, obviously confused.

Davis smiled, "You and I used to fight and disagree all the time. I'm glad that we can put all of that behind us and act our age."

They suddenly heard what sounded like a monument falling to the ground. They turned to find an arm reaching out from under a mountain of suitcases.

TK looked at Davis, "You think he's ok?"

"He'll be fine. Let's go find the girls", Davis answered.

Everyone got back together and were eating at an inter-airport MacDonald's.

Ken picked up a french-fry and made a dissapointed face. "Fast-food is so disgusting...all that grease...how can we eat this? It shouldn't even be classified as food."

TK reached over and took Ken's french-fry from him and ate it.

"Hey!", Ken exclaimed. "That was mine!"

TK looked shocked, "Well, I got tired of hearing you bash the french-fry. You know it's not the fry's fault that it's greasy. All we can do is accept it for what it is...and eat it". TK took a large bite of his Big-Mac and a sip of his Mac-Cola.

Everyone laughed at TK's joke. He seemed to be cheering up. Maybe he was accepting that Kari wants Davis now.

After the comedy Yolei spoke up, "Where are we going to stay guys?"

Everyone looked at each other. Yolei sighed, "This is something we should have thought about before we left. I can't believe we didn't book a hotel"

"I guess we should work on finding a nice hotel to stay in", Ken suggested.

Everyone seemed to agree. They finished their meals and left the restaraunt in search of a place to stay.

End of Chapter Seven.