Denial

Kai and I entered English with only ten minutes left. Mrs. Kelly gave us looks of disbelief.

"Well! What do we have here? I'm glad you two showed up for the last ten minutes!"

I gave her a forced smile and sat down in my assigned seat, Kai sitting right next to me. Mrs. Kelly shook her head and then nodded at us, "So, do you two have an explanation?" She asked with a playful glint in her eyes; she's never serious.

"Well" I started; stretching a bit, "We were on our way to school when Kai's car just stopped on us. So Kai went to check it out, it took forever…I think I fell asleep. And then when he fixed it, we went back to his house so he could change his clothes. And then we drove back to school."

I silently hoped that Mrs. Kelly bought it because if she didn't then I'm screwed. Mrs. Kelly looked between Kai and myself and made a 'huh' sound and walked back to her pedestal and sat facing the class.

"Well, as I was saying before we were interrupted," She glared playfully at Kai and me before turning back to class, "we have one week before winter break. So, I was thinking of lessening your work load and only making you read this short novel: Ethan Frome."

The whole class groaned, including myself. I swear she's trying to kill us.

"Hey! Come on! Look at this book, it's like a hundred pages, you can read it in one or two days! We're going to have a discussion about it next week and then that's it. And don't forget you have your novel essays due the day you get back. And before I forget; extra credit. If you read another novel and write a minimum of two pages for that as well, I'll give you extra credit."

Tala raised his hands, "How much extra credit?"

Mrs. Kelly rolled her eyes, "The same as all your other reports are worth: 150. And if you ask me, that's a lot. Some of you need that to boost your grades up!"

"Can we read two?"

Mrs. Kelly gave Tala a calculating look, "Umm, no."

"But Mrs. K!"

"Tala, come on! If you think about it, 150 points? That's like giving you an extra day to not do homework!"

"Yeah, and if you let us do two it give us like two days to not do homework!"

Mrs. Kelly rolled her eyes, "Besides if I let you do two you'll just go on sparknotes, or pinkmonkey and copy everything there word for word like you always do!"

Tala gave her a mock gasp, "What?! Mrs. K! How could you say that about me? I work my butt off for those essays!"

Mrs. Kelly rolled her eyes, "Uh-huh, so why is that you and Kai always have the same report each time?"

Tala let out a chuckle, "What?! It's not the same word for word! I change it a bit."

The whole class erupted in laughter.

"Hey! At least I'm honest!"

Mrs. Kelly let out a small chuckle while shaking her head, "Yeah uh-huh. At least Kai has some analysis, and you, you just change his wording."

Tala opened and closed his mouth, I shook my head; he's such an idiot.

"Yeah, well at least I change the words! And besides, it's not cheating, I'm using my resources."

The bell rang.

I stood up and headed for the door in a flash. But I wasn't fast enough because Kai managed to keep up with me. I smiled at him and turned back to the front, hoping he wasn't going to say anything.

"Allie, look…"

Me and my big mouth. I turned to Kai, stopping in the middle of the hall, "Look Kai, you don't have—"

"Hey!"

We turned to find Tala walking towards us, a grin plastered on his face. I rolled my eyes, "What do you want Tala?" I asked in a monotone voice.

Tala smirked, "Nothing." He turned to Kai, "So, why were you two really late?"

Kai rolled his eyes, "It's just like Gale said, car troubles."

Tala looked between us, "Uh-huh…what was wrong with the car? Was it shaking?"

It took me a while to get the innuendo and when I did I punched him extra hard on the shoulder.

"Ow, Allie! Not so hard! I have sensitive skin!"

I rolled my eyes, "Right, you're such a girl Tala; I think you need to grow some balls."

"Ouch, first you hit me now you burn me. You're brutal!"

"Whatever" I said before walking away, turning back to yell at Kai that I would see him in study hall.

KAI HIWATARI

"So, what really happened?" I turned towards Tala and rolled my eyes.

"We got into a fight" I stated with boredom, weaving through the small throng of people towards my locker.

"I thought that was yesterday?"

I let out a sigh, "No, yesterday was different; we got in an actual fight today."

"Oh, what happened?"

I glanced at Tala, "You're really nosey you know that?"

Tala smirked, "Hey, I'm your best friend, I have to be nosey."

I rolled my eyes and smirked, "Yeah, but sometimes, you stick your nose in too many places."

Tala shrugged, the smirk still in place, "So come on! Tell me! You seemed in a pretty too good of a mood to be in a fight with Godzilla over there."

I let out a chuckle, "You do know she'll maim you if she heard you?"

Tala's smirk faded as he glanced around, he relaxed when she wasn't in sight. "Yeah, but she's not here now is she? Plus, I wouldn't dare say that to her face, I know for sure she won't hesitate to beat the shit outta me."

I grabbed my books and shut my locker. I leant on it and stared at the students who passed by, nodding at the ones I knew.

"So, what happened?"

I let out an agitated sigh, "Will you shut up if I tell you?"

"Of course!"

"Fine. We made out."

I could sense the confusion without even looking at him.

"What? I thought you two were in a fight."

"We were, and then we made up, and then we made out"

The amusement coming off Tala was rolling off in gigantic waves; I rolled my eyes to no one in particular.

"Wow. So, you and Allie dating now? I thought you said she wanted to hold off on it."

I grunted and ran a frustrated hand through my hair, "You wanna know the truth?"

"Uh…is this a trick question?"

I ignored him, "After we had made out, she went back to withdrawal. She wouldn't even look at me. It's driving me crazy! First she acts like she doesn't want anything to do with me, and then she goes and kisses me! And I know if I bring it up, she'll ignore me for sure."

Tala nodded his head as the bell rang, "Huh. Well, I just have to say one thing."

"Oh, and what's that?" I asked in a sarcastic tone. Tala patted my shoulder while giving me a thoughtful look.

"That sucks man. Why did have to go for the crazy one? There are plenty of normal girls out there, but no you just had to have the deadliest girl on the planet."

I went to hit him but he dodged, laughing as he ran towards his study hall class. I'll get him next time.

ALLIE GALE

I twirled my pen as I stared absentmindedly at my desk. I don't even think I want to do homework today, or read, or whatever it is I can do. I scratched my head and leant back on my chair while letting out a sigh. I glanced around the room and at the desk next to me. I jumped when I saw Hilary sitting there, her arms and legs crossed. She had a stern look on her face.

I glanced around the room before raising a questioning brow at her. She answered with the narrowing of her eyes.

"Well, why were you and Kai late?"

I rolled my eyes, "I told you and the whole class that we had car troubles."

"Really? I don't believe it."

"Well, you just better because that's the truth."

"Right, then why do you look disheveled?"

I furrowed my brows and looked at my attire, okay, maybe they are a little tousled, but it could mean anything right?

"I don't know, I just threw on the first thing my hands touched."

"Was it Kai?"

I flinched slightly and gave her a disgusted look, "Ew! How could you even say such things?!"

"Oh, I don't know. I've just noticed that you two seemed to be getting pretty cozy with each other that's all."

I scoffed, "Uh-huh. Cozy, that's far from what's going on between us."

"Really? Then what's up?"

I rolled my eyes, "Will you stop pestering me about it if I tell you?"

Hilary smiled and nodded her head enthusiastically. I signaled her to come closer.

"Okay, we got into a fight. We…talked about it and let me say, we didn't see eye-to-eye with each other."

Hilary nodded her head, believing my white lie. She turned back towards me, "What were you two fighting about?"

I buried my face in my hands. This girl asks way too much questions. But then again, maybe I should get a third opinion. Mattie thinks I should date him, I don't think I should, so now I leave it up to Hilary.

I turned back towards her, "Okay, we were fighting about…getting together"

Hilary gasped, loudly not to mention.

"Shh!" I whispered while glancing at the quarter filled room. "Not so loud!"

"Sorry!" She mumbled behind her hands that clasped her mouth. "He asked you out? Like, out, out? Not like, one day out?"

I nodded my head, "Something like that."

"What did you say?"

"That's why we were fighting. I didn't give him a straight answer."

Hilary raised a brow, "Why? You two look so cute together!"

I blinked twice, "Huh?" I asked, confused.

Hilary shook her head, "Allie, Allie, Allie. You are so naïve! I think you and Kai should date! Besides, if he asked you out, like really asked you out, I think you should go for it. He's hasn't been in a steady relationship since his freshman year. After that he's been the 'pimp around the block' kind of guy."

I stared at her blankly, did Hilary Tachibana, the girl who first told me that Kai was bad news and that I should stay away from him, just tell me to date the guy that she warned me about? Isn't that contradictory? Am I missing something? I thought for sure she would be on my side, what the Hell is going on?

"What? Weren't you the one who said that I should stay away from the guy?"

Hilary nodded her head, "Yeah. But that's because your first impression seemed like you allowed people to walk all over you but then after you showed your true nature I was like: 'that girl can handle herself'."

I shook my head at Hilary, still trying to comprehend everything. I heard the bell ring, but faintly.

Hilary touched my shoulder and bent down towards my ear, "I think you should go for it. You could whip that guy."

I stared at the white board. Something is definitely wrong with the world.

--

Study hall went by in a flash, or it could be that I wasn't really there. My mind had drifted off and left my body to fend for itself.

Currently, I'm in chemistry, trying to focus, without my mind, and trying to get Kai to stop texting me. He's now sitting right next to me. We were once two desks apart now, we're like hair width apart; this guy is unbelievable!

"Will you stop it?" I whispered roughly.

I felt my phone vibrate. I glared at Kai who continued to stare at his cell. I rolled my eyes and fished my phone out and flipped it open.

20 TEXT MESSAGES

Unbelievable. I delete every single one without even reading it. I hear Kai grunt before my phone vibrates, with another one of Kai's messages. I let out a sigh and open it.

SO WE'RE DATING NOW RIGHT?

I text 'no' back. It was a few seconds later when I got Kai's message. I don't understand why we can't just talk in whispers? It's not like Mr. Miles will notice.

WHY NOT? IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE'RE ATTRACTED TO ONE ANOTHER

Why is this guy so persistent? I text 'we'll talk about this later'

Not even thirty seconds and he had already sent his message. This guy is fast.

I THINK WE NEED TO SETTLE THIS NOW

I leant my head towards Kai, "Not now, later. After this class."

"Hn. Fine, but you better mean it."

"Yeah, yeah."

I let out a sigh, hoping that this class would never end.

--

But of course, life hates me. So here I am, leaning against the wall with Kai standing in front of me. We're outside behind the school building.

"What is up with you?" He asked.

"Nothing."

He snorts, "Really? So, you lead me on and then you go into denial?"

I rolled my eyes, "I wasn't leading you on."

"Really? So attacking me in my car and then ignoring me after isn't leading me on?"

"No" I stated plainly. I had a feeling we were going to get into another fight.

Kai shook his head, "I don't understand you Gale. You're like a freaking enigma. No matter how hard I try I always end up back in the beginning."

I stared at him, "Maybe it's better if you didn't try. I still don't understand myself."

Kai placed a hand above my head, "Maybe that's because you don't want to."

I shook my head and shrugged my shoulders, not even caring anymore.

"Allie, what are you afraid of?"

I stare into his violet orbs, what was I afraid of? "Heights"

Kai clenched his jaw as his eyes hardened over, "I didn't mean like that! I meant what are you afraid of between us?!"

"Nothing"

"Are you sure?"

"Positive" I stated in bored tone.

Kai smirked and bent his head down, "I think you're lying. Just as you don't know yourself, you don't know what you're afraid of. Maybe if you stepped out of your universe where the world revolves around you, then maybe you'll begin to discover new things."

With that said, Kai walked off.

I banged my head on the building. Maybe he was right. I closed my eyes and scooted down towards the floor, hugging my knees towards my chest.

What was wrong with me? I stared at nothing; contemplating about everything.

He was like Robbie and Allen. He kept coming back no matter what I did. I pushed him away; he came back, with the lack of crawling. I insulted him and he either came back with another insult or just shrugged it off. I was a complete jackass towards him, but he never stopped.

I hate guys like that. They annoy me. But for some reason, I didn't mind. I let out a chuckle, I am such an idiot. I buried my face in my arms. I wanted him to keep coming back. But I don't think he will this time…I'm such a screwed up person.

KAI HIWATARI

I sat with my group of friends, listening occasionally, but never participating.

"Kai? What's wrong?"

I looked at Britney, a brunette who sat next to me. Her hand was on my thigh, usually I would go along but today I didn't feel like it. I grunted and turned back to glancing around the lunchroom. I glanced at Allie's table but she wasn't there. I snorted, she was probably somewhere in the school being anti-social again. She's always like that either when she's mad, frustrated, tired, or just because she wants to.

I can't believe her, I know she likes me, it's completely obvious. But what does she do? She goes and pretends there's nothing there. She says I'm self-centered; look at her; she thinks the whole world should bow down to her when nothing goes as planed.

I felt someone tap me. I turned towards Tala who signaled with his head that someone was behind me. I turned my head and let out a growl.

One word: Gale. She was approaching our table with a frustrated look on her face. Like I care.

I turned back around, a scowl adorning my face.

"You two in another fight?"

I grunted. Tala shook his head.

"You two aren't even dating and already you had a total of two lover's quarrel in one day!"

"Shut up Tala"

Tala merely chuckled.

"Well, if you're going to ignore her, you better leave because she's almost here."

Ha! Ignore her? I don't think so. Kai Hiwatari doesn't ignore anyone. If they have a beef with me, they can do whatever they want. I'm not afraid anyone, even Gale.

ALLIE GALE

I let out a sigh and stood up from my spot on the ground. What was I doing? I shook my head and started laughing, not caring as some of the students stared at me.

I'm so stupid! Kai was right. I've been swimming in denial the whole time. It's time I got out.

I shook my head as I bolted for the cafeteria. I think it's time that I stopped letting the guys do all the work. I think it's my turn to do something.

I paused outside the cafeteria room; I took a deep breath and walked in. I saw Kai, well, his back, but it's still him since it's hard to miss his hair. Tala was sitting on one side of him while a brunette; I think her name is Britney, sat on his other side.

I saw Tala turn and smile at me; he nudged Kai who turned and scowled when he spotted me. I clenched my jaw in a frustrated manner. Okay, he's mad at me, but he doesn't have to look at me like I'm some kind of pest!

I begin to approach him but stop half way. What am I doing? Oh. My. God. I have no plan of attack! What if I make a huge idiot of myself! Maybe I should run—no! I can't do that! He's already seen me!

I bit my bottom lip and continued my approach, I can't turn back now. Crap. What do I do?

I was standing behind Kai, a few feet back. It felt like the whole cafeteria had their eyes on me. I swallowed the lump in my throat and tapped his shoulder. I saw Britney give me a questioning look from the corner of my eyes.

Kai turned around, "What do you want G—"

I did the first thing that came to my mind, and I've noticed it's the same thing every time I'm around this guy.

I kissed him. And it was in front of everyone. There were resounding gasps around the room followed by Tala's cat call and a laugh.

I broke apart, my face red as a tomato. Kai stared at me with an amused brow; I bit my bottom lip, just now realizing what I just did.

"Haha! Go Allie!"

I wanted to slap Tala, but I'm too embarrassed and my priority is to get out of there. I stared at Kai and smiled.

"Yeah, well…umm…I'll see you later!" And I bolted out of there. Holy. Crap. But I didn't get very far until Kai caught up with me.

"ALLIE!"

I stopped and turned, giving him a sheepish smile. He stopped a few feet in front of me.

"Are you running away again?"

My pursed my lips and nodded my head. Kai shook his head, a half smile on his lips. He approached me and took hold of my shoulders.

"I'm sick and tired of you playing me like that." He started, he let out a sigh, "So that's why, whether you like it or not, we're dating." He smirked, "That little stunt you pulled makes it official. Now the whole school knows so you can't do anything but deny it."

I rolled my eyes, "If you weren't so cocky about everything I would have told you that I'm not denying anything." My purse my lips again and glare at Kai. "You better not laugh at me! I've never done this before; it's usually the other way around with me."

Kai snorted, "I've noticed."

I slapped him. "Alright. Kai, I like you."

Kai tried to fight down the smile but it overpowered him. He turned around and let out a small chuckle.

"Hey! I said you can't laugh at me!"

Kai shrugged his shoulders, "Technically, I'm not laughing, I'm chortling."

"That's still the same! Ugh! I confess my feelings to you and what do you do? You chortle?"

Kai does it again, but this time it doesn't stop. The next thing I know he's laughing. This guy is unbelievable! Wasn't he the one who said that there was something between us? And here I am, telling him that I agree and what does he do? He goes into a laughing fit!

I feel him nuzzle my neck.

"Sorry Allie, it's just…"

"What? My confession wasn't what you expected?" I asked tersely, he's put me in a foul mood. He chuckles again, great.

"Actually…that's how I would expect it to be. All those other romantic shit is way too cliché and it doesn't suit you."

I rolled my eyes, "Yeah, well, life's one big cliché Kai." He mumbled a 'whatever' and dragged me out of the school building. I let out a sigh, maybe this relationship would be okay…hopefully.

TK: ...I seriously didn't think I would be able to post another chapter up for a VERY long time...but...eh...things happpen and sometimes those things are good things!!

And I tried something new in this chapter, the siwtching of povs just to let you know, so was it alright? I wanted Kai to have his say in this...but eh...I don't know...It sounded better in my head...(sweatdrops)

One more exam to go baby and then...FREEDOM!! After I take these exams all we're doing in my classes are watching movies or reading poetry (english)...well, except in chem...we're doing work...yuck!

Well, that's it...hoped you liked it! And when I say 'that's it' I Literally mean 'that's it'. I've decided I wanted to stop here...you know, discontinue it...

Just Kidding!! Hahaha!

I can see it now, some of you guys are like oO and then after the shock you begin to narrow your eyes and mumble threats to kill me...haha! I'm sorry, I've always wanted to do that and the ending of this chapter made it so perfect!

Oh, and yeah...my friend was estatic when some of you wanted the uh...you know...so yeah...I'll probably hand it over to her, so she'll probably be doing most of the idea making while I'll write it...(shivers) I'd make her write it but her exact words were: "You know I can't write to save my life! I can't even talk without getting everyone confused, excluding you because your cool like that." And I was like: (nods head) "Yeah...you're right..." And it's true, I've seen it in action plenty of times...

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