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Ch. 9
(P.O.V : None)

Wally awoke the next morning, confused. 'Where am I?' He tried to move his arms to rub his eyes, when he felt his hands caught in Kuki's hair. 'Ah, crud.' Kuki woke up and saw the blurry body before her. Wally's heart stopped for a second when he realized he woke her up. 'Double crud!' he thought to himself, as he looked down and stared at Kuki. "Hey, Kuki," he said, speaking faintly.

"Wally? What time is it?" Wally stuffed his hands in this pocket to check his new phone (due to his old one destroyed by the mugger.)

"10:18," he murmured.

"Oh no; we're totally late for school!" Kuki yelled, as she started to breathe heavily. She had been almost late to school, and late once, (on the first day,) but never had she been this late. Kuki hopped off the couch and ran to her parent's room to see if they were okay. Surely, her parents would never let her sleep in. Wally was exploring the house when he found a note in the kitchen.

Kuki & Wally –

Take today to sort things out; don't worry about school.

We understand what you're going through!

Love, Mom.

"Uh…Kuki? I think you might wanna read this!" Kuki came running out of the room, still breathing heavily and her heart still beating quickly.

"What does she mean, 'what we're going through'? We're not going through anything!" Kuki asked, perplexed. She looked up at Wally who was red as a beet and a nervous look frozen on his face.

"Wally; You okay?" she took his wrist and led him over to the kitchen table. 'She knows… How could she tell? Why is Kuki so…oblivious? Doesn't she lo-' Wally's thoughts were interrupted by Kuki's angelic voice.

"Is anything wrong?"

"Kuki, listen," he started, not even sure what to say. Kuki sat down across from him, staring at him with a discerning look on her face. "You're the first girl I've actually liked hanging out in…Who knows how long," Wally paused, trying to find the words to get his point through. "Ah, I don't know…All I'm trying to say is that I think I-"

Once again, Wally was interrupted- this time from his phone ringing. "Who the heck would be calling now," Wally said angrily, clicking the button on his phone.

"Dude, where are you," a voice said as soon as he answered.

"Hoagie, why are ya callin'? Don't you have class?"

"Don't you? Where are you?" Wally looked over at Kuki, who was now twirling her hair.

"I have some things to work out…," Wally said, still staring at Kuki, smiling.

"Oh," Hoagie said, pausing. "So…Where is Kuki?" Wally snapped at Hoagie, although he was not sure why he was annoyed in the first place.

"Isn't there more to life than asking questions; Gosh!" Wally hung up his phone and hit his hand on the table. Kuki finally spoke up after a few quiet seconds.

"You think you what, Wally?"

"Wha?" Wally murmured back.

"You said, 'I think I', then you were interrupted by the phone."

"Oh, nothing," Wally grumbled, not feeling up to talking anymore. 'Stupid Hoagie ruining the cruddy moment… I could've finally told her!'

"Please tell me," Kuki begged, trying to make her best puppy-dog eyes as possible.

"Nevermind, okay?" Wally yelled, making Kuki just stare at the ground. Wally turned around, resting his elbow on the back at the chair, and stared at the carpet. Kuki looked towards him and just stared. 'Last night was so…nice. Why can't it be like that again?' Kuki reached over and grabbed the sketchbook on the counter and a pencil left on the table and started doodling. She didn't know what she was going to draw; she just started. Wally looked over at her drawing and smiled. "Nice drawing," he said in a monotone voice. Kuki looked up at him and smiled a half-smile, and as her eyes met the paper again, she started to turn red. 'Why did I just draw Wally?' she questioned herself.

"You wanna watch T.V. or something," Wally asked, breaking her thoughts. She looked at the time. 'It's only 10:32?' she wondered. She got up, walked to the living room, and sat on the couch; Wally followed. Kuki turned on the T.V. and flipped through the channels, examining each one.

"Why didn't you children tell me you could dance?"

-click-

"She's fabulous, but she's evil."

-click-

"Three quiet? What the crud does that mean?"

Kuki kept flipping through channels, when she paused for a second.

"I don't know what's wrong with me. Every time I see him I get butterflies in my stomach but my heart is soaring."

"Girl, you're in love!"

"Love? But we're just friends!"

"Maybe you should take a chance and-"

-click-

Kuki stared at the T.V. in a daze. 'Lo…Love?' Kuki thought to herself, and quickly eyeballed Wally. She wasn't sure why, but she started shaking. Wally ran over to the other couch and grabbed her.

"Kuki, are you okay?" Kuki stared in his eyes, seeing only the caring side of him; the side that she loved.

"I…I need to lie down," she murmured, feeling a little dizzy. Wally took her in his arms and carried her into her room. After laying her in her bed, Wally brushed her bangs out of her face then placed his hand on her forehead. For a second, he looked around her room and gulped. Looking back down at her, smiling sweetly, his hand slid down to her cheek. Getting redder by the millisecond, he did what would have been the unthinkable to him as he slowly leaned in and pressed his lips against hers. The next two seconds was like an explosion of emotions happening inside of the both of them- happiness, fear, angst, and most of all, love. As he pulled back, they were both flushed pink like roses, but they didn't care. Kuki, in tears of happiness, threw her arms around him, pulling him down. With a grunt, Wally's head was buried in her neck as she held him tightly, the tears now streaming down. She let go, wiping the tears off her face.

"Take a nap now, Kooks. I'll be here when you wake up," Wally said, as he stroked her hair again, before starting to get up.

"Wait!" Kuki said, her voice cracking. Wally turned back around to her.

"Lay here with me," she imposed sweetly. Wally, turning red again, slowly crawled into her bed, propping up his body with his elbow. He once again started to caress her hair as she happily started to go to sleep.

"I love you, Kooks," Wally whispered faintly.

"I love you too, Wally," Kuki replied, surprising Wally, as he thought she was already asleep. Soon enough, they were both asleep, painting a beautiful picture of pure love.

Thursday, December 19 –

I can't believe what has been going on the past few weeks. First of all, Wally KISSED me. It's really hard to explain, but I loved it. And he told me he LOVED me. That's like… I now know that I too love him. We haven't told the others about any of this, though. Or at least I hope Wally hasn't. But I know him; I don't think he would've. Anyways, the school dance is tomorrow night! None of us have 'dates' yet, but I'm hoping, and I mean, REALLY hoping, that Wally will take me. I think Hoagie and Abby should go together. Poor Nigel, though. The thought of him dateless is pretty silly. I'm rambling to myself! Bye, journal!

After Kuki was done writing in her journal, she hopped out of her bed to get ready for school. Friday was the last day of school until the late beginning of January, which meant one of Kuki's favorite holidays: Christmas!

When she got to school, she met up with everyone sitting at their usual table in the cafeteria.

"Hey Abby; Who are you going to the dance with," Kuki asked Abby, bouncing in her seat.

"I don't know," she started, shrugging. "Nobody has asked Abby yet."

"Allow me to be the first," a voice said behind her. She turned around to see Hoagie leaning against a pole, shooting her a flirty smile. He leaned back a little bit more, but to his dismay, ended up slipping from the glossy texture of the pole.

"Boy, you cannot pull that off!" Abby said, laughing, before Hoagie got up.

"I thought I did pretty good," Hoagie said, frowning.

"Come sit down," Abby invited him, while still laughing with the others. Hoagie accepted her invitation, still blushing from slipping. After he cleared his throat, he asked,

"So…Would you go with me?"

"As long as you never do that again, fool!" Abby said, glaring at him jokingly. Hoagie gleamed with happiness as he took her hand.

"You've got yourself a deal," he said, shaking her hand vigorously. He looked over at Kuki and winked, then mouthed 'Thanks.' Kuki giggled and thought to herself, 'Mission accomplished. I should help him out more often,'

Suddenly, Kuki's vision went out as she felt a pair of cold hands over her face. "Wally; stop it," she yelled happily, flailing her arms in the air. He sat down next to her as they both laughed happily.

"Hey guys, what's new?" Nigel said as he sat down.

"My date to the dance," Hoagie yelled, still gleaming.

"It's not a date," Abby said petulantly.

"Just a reminder, students; make sure you have dates to tomorrow night's dance! And be prepared; the bell will be ringing in ten minutes," one of the administrators said from the podium.

"Case closed," Hoagie said, smirking. Abby took off her hat to strike Hoagie with it.

"Okay, I'm sorry!" Hoagie said, flinching. Abby smiled and placed her hat back on.

"So, Kuki, who are you going to the dance with," Nigel asked.

"Um…Nobody," Kuki asked unsurely, shrugging and slightly blushing.

"You should get Wally to take you," Hoagie teased. Abby smacked herself in the forehead. 'Hasn't this boy learned yet? He knows he's just gonna get hit,' she thought to herself. Wally shot Kuki a glance, smirking.

"Okay then," Wally started, shrugging. "I will," he finished, with both of his hands spread out on the edge of the table, and his eyebrow raised.

"What; no hitting me, insulting me, or anything like that?" Hoagie asked, shocked at his response.

"I think he already got you, from the looks of all your faces," Kuki said, pointing out everyone's stupefied faces, then high-fiving Wally. They dropped their hands under the table, and Kuki slightly curled her fingers into Wally's. He went wide-eyed for a second, looked down, and then put on a more relaxed expression. The bell rang, and everyone got up to proceed to their classes. Nigel spotted the two teen's grasp- that didn't last long after they stood up- and nudged Abby and Hoagie.

"What is it?" Abby quietly mumbled, knowing it had to be secret if Nigel had to prod them. They waited until Wally and Kuki were ahead of them, until Nigel spoke up.

"I just saw them holding hands! Well, okay, it was more like holding fingers, but still!"

"You sure that's what you saw? Maybe it was just your glasses messing with your view," Hoagie said skeptically.

"Are you that oblivious, man?" Abby asked, not believing Hoagie. "Those two adore each other."

"I knew it!" Nigel celebrated.

"I guess… But hey," Hoagie yelled bitterly. "How come I always got hit when I talked about them liking each other?"

"You were teasing them, fool! Love isn't something to joke about!"

"I'm on Abby's side with this one. Maybe you'll understand it too, someday," Nigel said, as he and Abby waved bye to go to their classes. Hoagie kept walking, slower this time, and mumbled aloud.

"But I do…"


Awww, Poor Hoagie!
*snuggles*
It's okay, we luff you.

So yeah. Don't laugh at my attempt for the kissing scene. I've never written one before so... ^^;

HOPE YA ENJOYED. I'LL TRY TO UPDATE A-S-A-NOW!