I didn't think so. So, I'm going to try and make my chapters longer than the usual five. Hope that's fine with you, although I don't see what problem you would have with it.
Who remembers the movie I mentioned in the first chapter? I didn't name the movie but I said that some events would be like those in the movie. This is the first chapter that has a event. I went about it a different way, it could compare.
And if you're wondering about the title of this chapter, there were just soo many things I could have called it that I couldn't pick.
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade(or the movie which will be named at the end of the story.).
Hilary didn't know why they were walking around town while she should be practicing, but they were. The boys, including Kai, claimed that they were taking a break to "enjoy themselves", and thought that Hilary should join them. When she asked why, Tala replied that it was because of the fact that they didn't really have a childhood, so every once in a while they like to break free and do whatever. When she said that she was talking about her, he said that it was because he said so.
It wasn't a bad thing, Hilary decided. Just having fun and relaxing is a very good thing. And the fact that they were paying for her very, very great lunch was just a perk. Though, the fact that it was very, very cold outside did lower it's points on the great day scale. Instead of a full 10, it's a solid 8.3. Hilary really didn't like the cold. It kind of made her mad when the boys looked completely comfortable in the snow.
"C-can we go somewhere warm now?" Hilary said through chattering teeth.
"Aw, Hilary," Tala laughed, "Are you really that cold?"
"No, I'm fine," Hilary sneered at him. "I'm barely cold."
"Good," Bryan glanced at her, a wicked gleam in his eye. "Because we're just getting started."
"Oh, goody." Hilary sighed. Somehow, she felt as if her being here was more for their amusement than anything else.
So for the next few hours, they spent the time walling around. The good news was that Hilary now knows the secret to why Tala is so thin: He does this three times a week. He never has a particular destination, he just walks. The bad news: IT WAS FREEZING!
It was around the time that Bryan and Spender started to voice their complains about their feet , that Hilary's head started to hurt. She kept it under wraps for a while, thinking that it was just a headache and that she could handle it. That lasted for about thirty minutes…then she fainted.
"Jenna, when do you know when you're in love?" A young Hilary asked her sister, who was reading what looked like a very big, boring book.
Jenna was actually doing her math homework, but gladly put that aside for her sister. Grinning, "It's different for everyone. For some, they know by the way the other looks at them. Or it could even be the words they say. Some think it's in the way their partner touches them."
"Oh…" Hilary said. "But how do you know?"
"I'm not really sure. I only have crush experience, and that's hardly the same thing." Jenna told her, wondering why her little sister was wondering.
"What was that like?" She asked. It became clear to Jenna that, for what ever reason, Hilary was going to get her answer. Stubborn girl.
"I was in the fifth grade," Jenna smiled at the memory. "And Daniel Tyler sat in front of me. He had the sweetest smile ever. Whenever he was around, my heart would thump, my face would flush, and my words would stubble. I always tried my hardest to be cool around him, but I think everyone knew I was faking."
"So, when your heart thumps, your face flushes, your words stubble, it means your in love?"
"No, remember that I said it was different for everyone?" Jenna smiled.
"But if it was like that way for you, it's going to be like that for me, too, right?"
Jenna sighed, "Maybe not. Maybe you'll be able to handle your emotions around the guy you like. You know, play it cool."
"Maybe," Hilary smiled. "But I doubt it. Thanks, sis."
Jenna waved to Hilary as she went on her way. It was so weird for Hilary to ask questions like that…
Pain shot through Hilary's head as she came to, making her wish for the darkness of nothing back. She didn't know who caught her, or if anyone caught her for that matter, because it sure didn't feel like it. It felt like she hit her head on the ground a few hundred times.
When Hilary felt that her sensitive eyes could handle the light streaming through the slightly open window, she took a look around, quickly recognizing it as Kai's room. And the bed? It was Kai's, too. For some reasons this made Hilary uncomfortable, but giddy at the same time.
"Ah," Kai said as he entered the room, holding a glass of water. "The princess is awake."
"Princess?" Hilary inquired before grabbed the glass and greedily chugged it down. "Aspirin would have been nice, too, you know."
"Princess was the name that Tala gave you one the way home." He ignored her second comment. "Apparently, I looked like the prince carrying the princess off into the sunset. Although, it was more like dragging, in our case."
"Are you calling me heavy?" Hilary asked in an astonished voice. Kai could be rude, but that was just cruel. Kai only smirked in answer.
"That's so mean." She smacked him in the arm as hard as she could over and over again. "Can't you ever be nice."
"I wasn't trying to be nice," Kai laughed at her attempts to harm him, "I was being truthful."
"NO! You weren't," she yelled at him, starting to hit his head with the pillow beside her, "Because I am not fat!"
"No, but you're heavy." Kai was still laughing, putting his arms out to protect his head.
"Kai!"
"Yes," He smirked at her, and suddenly her heart thumped. It kept thumping.
Jenna had told her about this. The thumping. But she didn't mention the sweaty palms… or had she?
Kai got this very concerned look on his face. "Hilary? Are you okay?" He asked, "You look very flushed. Do you feel hot?"
"Yes," She squeaked out, pushing Kai's hand away from her forehead.
"You should really get some rest, then." Kai brought his hand back. "Try to sleep."
"'Kay," Hilary had already felt herself slipping away from the real world.
"Rest well," Kai said as he walked out.
When Hilary opened her eyes again, it was in very different surroundings. By some strange happenings, she was in her own apartment. Getting up, she headed strait for the aspirin sitting on the counter in the kitchen. Popping a few in her mouth, she looked for any sign as to why or how she got home. She found one sticking to her T.V. In very nice handing writing, guessing Kai's, it explained that he brought her home and called her co-worker. Her suspensions were proven right when she saw 'Kai' scribbled neatly at the bottom.
Just then, their was a knock on the door. Coughing, she opened the door to find Asya standing there with soup in her hands.
"Feel good juice?" She smiled at Hilary, offering her the bowl.
"Come in, friend." Hilary smiled.
"How do you feel?" Asya asked after Hilary shut the door. She went to the kitchen to get a bowl and spoon as Hilary took a seat and turned on the television.
"I feel like crap." Hilary sniffed.
"You look it." Asya laughed.
"Hey! What's with everyone being mean to me today?" Hilary cried out as she flipped through channels.
"Everyone's being mean?"
"Tala wouldn't let me out of the cold, Kai said I was heavy, and you said I look like crap." Hilary told her in a huffy voice; she was clearly upset.
"Oh," Was all Asya could say.
"Hey, you want to watch this?"
Asya looked at the T.V. screen and nodded eagerly.
"Okay then," Hilary laughed at the seventeen year old. "It's really going to suck, missing a few days of practice."
"Yeah,"
A few hours later, Hilary had crashed on her couch while Asya watched movie after movie. Asya was sure that a girl like Hilary could take care of herself, but it was fun to sit here, with Hilary talking in her sleep. Plus Tala had told her that he'd pay her to make sure Hilary was all right.
'I wonder what it's like to have people care about you like that.' Asya mused as she ate some of Hilary's leftovers.
"…Kai…" Hilary muttered.
Asya looked over at Hilary, trying to stifle a laugh.
Hilary woke up in the middle of the night to find Asya sprawled across her floor. After having a five second debate, Hilary decided to leave her there, and crawled into her own bed.
She tried to sleep, but found she couldn't. Her thoughts were filled of the day and Kai. His words were mean, yet he said that Tala thought that they looked like prince and princess when he carried her. He let her sleep in his bedroom, on his bed. He was considered enough to bring her water.
'Although aspirin would have be nice, too.' Hilary thought.
All these things didn't add up to anything. Kai, while not the nicest guy around, was nice to those he like. And hadn't he just said that they were friends the other day?
Hilary tried to think of reasons why her heart thumped and her face flushed. She could blame it on sickness. The more she thought about it, the more she wanted to know. Was it true? Could she really be falling for Kai. She had never really thought about it. Hilary was always aware that the four boys were very good looking.
'Hey, half of their female fans don't even like beyblading.' Hilary knew this as a fact because she had gone to school with most of them.
Besides, everyone thought that she was going to end up with Tyson. It was even mentioned once or twice in a new report. But here she was, fantasizing about sunsets, a golden and red phoenix with her and Kai on it.
"This is stupid," Hilary muttered to her pillow. "I shouldn't be doing this. I shouldn't let him get to me. He's Kai: Loner Boy forever."
Hilary sighed, "But he's no longer a boy, now, is he?"
"I doubt a MAN like him would ever find a girl like me attractive anyway," Hilary said, "So I shouldn't be nervous around him anymore, because nothing is going to happen. Ever."
With this new thinking, Hilary was able rest easily, her thoughts going elsewhere.
By morning light Hilary was only feeling a little better, but she knew that if she went in for practice it would only result badly. So, she called the boys and told them that she still wasn't feeling well and was going to stay in bed.
What she didn't expect was Tala, Bryan, Spencer to show up at her door fifteen minutes later.
"What? Did you think that you were going to be able to skip practice because you're sick." Spencer pretended to be shocked as he put down some videos and books.
"Well," Hilary looked around, "Yeah."
"Wrong." Bryan laughed at her.
"We are going to watch videos of small tournaments and other bey-battles, studying the battles and the bladers." Spencer explained.
"Hey," Tala called, "Why is she laying on the floor?"
"Because I was on the couch." Hilary answered as if it was completely obvious.
"Oh," Tala nodded.
With all the noise, Asya started to stir. Opening her eyes to Tala was something she never thought she'd do…ever. Along with that, if she ever had woke up to the sexy red head, the last thing she thought she'd do was hold out her hand for money.
'STUPID!' Asya thought as she said, "Payment, please."
It was probably a very good thing that no one was in on her thoughts. But since Tala was chuckling as he pulled out his wallet, she guessed that he had somehow knew what the look on her face meant.
"What's all this about?" Hilary sniffed.
"Tala paid me to watch over you for the night," Asya yawned.
Hilary's jawed dropped, "And here I thought that you came because you were my friend."
"No, I considered it because I was your friend," Asya smirked. "I agreed for the money."
"That's not ever friend-like," Hilary sniffed again. She hated being sick. For this she turned to Tala. "Another thing that's not very friend-like is keeping them out in the cold so they get sick!"
"I'm sorry," Tala said.
"You'd better be."
"Hilary, we're all sorry," Bryan said. "We shouldn't have thought that you could take a long walk in your first Russian winter with the light clothing that you have."
"Exactly! What were you thinking?" Hilary smiled. "I'm happy you see it my way."
"Well, I'm going to get out of your way, guys," Asya said as she walked towards the door. "Remember, no making Hilary fetch you snowballs just for fun. It's not amusing to the sick, and a girl like Hilary will hurt you for it."
"Yes," the three sighed in fake disappointment.
After that, the four got started on watching the movies. It took much longer than it should have because of the fact they wanted to make sure that Hilary really got something, so they rewound and rewound again and again. She must of seen the same move 1,000 times before they moved on. Or, at least it felt like it.
And that was only the first movie. Hilary was already calculating how many bottles of aspirin she was going to have to buy for this headache alone.
'I really love my aspirin, huh?' Hilary thought as she watched the same move she had just two seconds ago. 'I should probably buy so cold medicine though.' She went on.
"Okay, Hilary watch the way his arm moves…"
'I wonder if they will let me leave the house.' Hilary looked at the television. 'They probably won't even let me go to the bathroom, leaving the house is out of the question.'
'I wonder if Tala likes dogs. He probably does considering Wolborg and all. But it makes you wonder about he rest of them. Like what animal would Kai have?'
A flash of Kai sitting on a hill during the sunset, with is white button-up shirt undone, and a large red bird sitting on his arm as he gentlely stroked it.
"Ahhh!" Hilary screamed.
"I know, that move was completely lame, wasn't it." Bryan nodded. "That's the thing you want to make sure you don't do."
"Oh, okay," Hilary settled at hand on her fast being heart, trying to calm it down.
Many hours pasted, and soon night came crashing down. Hilary was so tired, she couldn't go a minute without yawning. She was about to fall back into her slumber when another knock on her door. Answering only found her face to face with the only boy who is able to pull off blue triangles on his face and still not look like a fool.
"Hey, Kai," Tala waved. "We're almost ready."
"Alright." Kai answered.
Hilary stood in her door way with the door completely open if anyone want to leave or, you know, come in. She looked over to Kai who was looking at the ground like the particular crack was important of study.
"Alright, let's go," Spencer said, holding all of the movies in his hands.
They were about to leave when Hilary stopped Kai, telling the others that he'd catch up in a minute.
"What," He asked when they were gone.
"I was just wondering," Hilary paused. She had nothing to say. She didn't really want to ask or tell him anything. Now, he was standing there, looking all annoyed and…and…hot. Suddenly the sunset from early, the one with the bird, flashed through her mind.
"I was just wondering what kind of pet you would prefer?"
Kai took a second to consider the question before answering. "I like cats."
Hilary nodded her head, changing her mental image from a bird to a cat in his lap. It looked way better, more natural, or something.
"Okay, that's all." Hilary smiled and shut the door before she had the chance to ask him to take his shirt off.
Yes, that is all, for this chapter, that is. It's not as long as the last one, but is seven pages, just barely, but seven pages all together. I still can't believe it's seven pages. It seems so short, but you wouldn't believe how hard it was to make it this long. The way I had it planned it would have stopped at page 4, but that's why shorter than most of my others, so that couldn't happen. Sorry for any mistakes and thank you for reading.
