Chapter Eleven: And just like the movies..
"Kagome it's about time you got here!" Exclaimed Yuka, as she grabbed her friends arm pulling her towards Eri and Ayami.
"Sorry I got preoccupied."
"Hey Kagome, whoa! You smell funny! Here put on some of this, it's my new perfume." Said Erin screwing her face up at Kagome as she handed her the small perfume bottle.
"Kagome what were you doing? You look kind of out of it too." Commented Ayumi as Kagome put on some sweet floral smelling perfume.
"Nothing I was at the library." Kagome lied looking away from them. She felt like she couldn't look them straight in the eye as her buzz was making her paranoid and she wondered if they knew what she had been doing.
"Ohh well lets go get our tickets and get some popcorn!" Exclaimed Eri
"Ah-huh" agreed Ayami as she watched Yuka grab Kagome and lead her and her bulky cast to the ticket booth to get their tickets.
The movie was a chick flick and all her friends had cried through the movie while Kagome was in heaven with amazing tasting warm popcorn. She had eaten a large box to herself and downed a large coke as well. Her lips felt weird from the salt on the popcorn and she soon found herself thirsty again.
"Woah Kagome I can't believe you ate and drank that much!" Ayami exclaimed as she watched Kagome throw away her rubbish as they left the theatre.
"I skipped lunch." Kagome lied feeling her high wear off and tiredness setting in.
"That movie was so sweet! I hope I find a man like that." Eri sighed.
"And he was so gorgeous!" Yuka added with a dreamy look in her eyes.
They reached the shrine steps and the girls waved goodbye to Kagome before continuing on their way home leaving Kagome to ascend the steps alone. She went straight to her room, telling her mother as she walked past the kitchen she wasn't hungry for dinner, lay down and went straight to sleep.
The next morning she woke up feeling normal, glad that weed apparently didn't leave you with a hangover of sorts. Her friend Eri had an older sister who had let her drink once and Eri had said the next morning had been hell for her and had she had sworn never to drink again. Her phone buzzed and it was a text from Mao, and without giving herself time to think, she text back telling him she would meet him in fifteen minutes at the same park she meet him yesterday. She had felt free while she was high and the angst around her was gone from her mind, she wanted to feel that again despite her sensible side begging her not to make such a stupid choice again and to actually head to the library and do the research to crack the mystery of the box she was meant to have done the day before. But that had left her with more guilt so she took the box and placed it in her desk drawer, and she got up and got dressed grabbing her purse on her way out of her room wanting to get high more than ever. She greeted her family with kiss on each of their cheeks, grabbed a piece of fruit for the walk and bid them goodbye before rushing out the door.
Mao was sitting on the swing he had the day before and greeted her with a smile. She took the swing next to his and flashed him a smile as well. He was wearing the same black skinny jeans as the day before and the same DC skater shoes with skulls, he also had on a red button down shirt un-tucked. She was dressed in a baby blue summer dress that was above the knee with spaghetti straps and a yellow cardigan. She had a black flat on with yellow bow on the top on her un-casted foot. They looked like a punk and preppy princess sitting on a swing beside each other, perfect opposites like her and InuYasha had been. Shaking that painful thought from her mind she took the pipe offered to her and took a big deep toke before handing it back to Mao. They had the first pipe in silence before he finally broke the silence while they were swinging.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing this side of town anyway."
"Having a rough patch."
"A break up?"
"You could say that, what about you?"
"Born and breed here, live in that apartment over there with my older brother."
"Where's your mum and dad?"
"Dead."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay, it was a long time ago. How did you break your leg? Must get tired walking around with crutches."
"Fell down a well, and yeah with all the walking I do it gets annoying."
The morning wore on and after a few more pipes they found themselves lying next to each other watching clouds in the harsh uneven grass that prickled Kagome's legs. They were laughing at the shape of a cloud he thought looked like a guitar, when she swore it looked like a headless silhouette of a shapely woman. Then like it was the most natural thing in the world, Mao leaned over her and kissed her. It was a light kiss, sweet and innocent. It wasn't full of desperation like the only kiss she had shared with InuYasha when she had kissed him to prevent him from turning into a full blooded demon. She had instinctively kissed him back, which had encouraged him to brush her bottom lip with his weed tasting tongue. Sighing slightly, she allowed her own tongue to timidly slip into his mouth unsure if what she was doing was right, it sure felt right. The pit of her stomach tingled. Her blood seemed to fizz in her veins as her quickly beating heart pumped it throughout her small body. They continued to kiss and folic in the grass until Mao got a text from his brother and had to go. It was lunchtime so Kagome decided to get some take-a-way chicken burgers and then go home since she wanted to enjoy her Sunday afternoon relaxing before she had to deal with the beginning of a new week at school.
The morning came too soon for Kagome and she grudgingly got up for school early than usual. Mao offered to meet her at her school early so they could have a 'wake and bake session' on the volleyball courts.
"Kagome your up early, I'm glad I wanted to talk to you and see how you are doing. I haven't seen much of you over the past few days and I want to know how you are coping with your grandfathers diagnosis."
"Sorry I am on my way out. I have to go in early today. I'll see you when I get home, bye! Bye Grandpa , Bye Souta!" She called as she ran out the door leaving her mother standing stunned.
"Where is she off to so early?" Grumped old Jin from the living room, he had an early appointment at the hospital and early starts made him short tempered, more so than usual.
"Do you want some tea?" Yasuo asked smiling at the grumpy old man as a sleepy Souta stumbled down the stairs.
"What's with Kagome being up so early? Would it have killed her to keep her voice down?" he mumbled as he took a seat next to his grandfather. This made Yasuo smile even more, the contrast of the old grumpy man and the young grumpy boy was just too precious.
Sesshomaru stared at the empty desk belonging to Kagome, she was ten minutes late to her first class of the day, maybe she wasn't coming to school today. 'Oh well, ill just pick on someone else.' Sesshomaru thought while scanning the room for a new victim. The classroom door then opened and an out-of-it looking Kagome straightening up her uniform dishevelled from making out with Mao entered the room, and then sauntered over to her desk looking slightly sheepish and dazed. That's when the smell hit him masked under a floral scent of perfume, the smell of marijuana. He couldn't believe little miss 'I'm the pure Shikon jewel priestess' was high off illegal drugs! His eyes narrowed as he addressed the glazed eyed girl who had just taken her seat.
"Higurashi you will wait after the lesson and inform me as to why you were so late without a late pass."
The lesson was the history of how the small village of Edo grew to be the large city of Tokyo and a giant bore in most of the class occupiants opinions. Yuka had whispered to Kagome asking if she was alright at one stage when Kagome had put her forehead on the cool surface of her desk and wrapped her arms around her head to hide her face. Kagome had looked up and said she was fine, though Yuka told her to get more sleep as her eyes were bloodshot and it wasn't a good look. Eri and Ayami had glanced over in regular intervals to check on their friend and Hojo glanced at her throughout the lesson, but then again that was quite normal for him. Her skin under her cast itched and she couldn't wait for it to come off and debated using her ruler to scratch her neglected skin.
"Higurashi, over here please."
The lesson had come to an end and her attempt to leave hoping he had forgotten were dashed, soon enough it was only the two of them left in the classroom.
"What do you want?" She groaned at him as she leaned heavily on her crutches.
"Why were you late?"
"I helped a friend out before school and it took longer than I thought." She lied.
"I can smell lies Kagome."
"It is really none of your business."
"As my student you will find yes it is my business when you arrive to my class late, wasted."
Kagome's eyes widened a fraction before they narrowed in a glare.
"I am not wasted Sesshomaru."
"Demonic senses, you forget I possess them. I can smell the marijuana on your clothes and on your breath. Your eyes are glazed and bloodshot. Your heart rate elevated. I know you are as they say, riding a high."
Kagome turned to leave and a hand gripped her wrist to stop her.
"Don't do it again, or I will have to report it."
"Don't threaten me again or ill expose you."
They glared daggers at each other, none willing to back down and give the other the upper hand. Kagome was the first to look away as she headed for the door, she had math and that promised more fun than a glaring match with a cocky demon lord. Sesshomaru let her go and briefly wondered what would cause such a pure girl to dabble in drug use as he prepared for his next class.
