Alright, new chapter. Déjà vu much? This is just the 11th of many, and I mean many…yeah. It's not going to end any time soon….trust me. OMG. Why did I make this so long? (beating myself up) Let's digress from that topic. I just hope I can get these chapters to you guys sooner. If you want the chapters shorter or longer, just tell me. Don't be afraid to be a critic, I don't bite. I hope to get done with the second part this month, it's about a quarter of the way so far, then things should go a little quicker after that. There are four parts to this story, just to inform you all. Then there will another story. Okay, I hope you all are enjoying the story! Also, I kinda lied about there not going to be any more mushy, lovie-dovie stuff. There's a bit in this chapter, just a little bit. No making out, so if that's what you were worrying about, you can rest easy. Sometimes, I can't really tell you some of the stuff in advance because I'm rewriting the whole story from scratch pretty much. So, sorry in advance if that ever happens again.
Oh, and I've been forgetting to mention, I own most of the characters in this story. Others are from the Yu-Gi-Oh GX series and have been renamed. Like Chad, he's suppose to be Chazz (not much of a name difference though). Also, Fraser is suppose to be like Kaiba from the original series. Kaiba's cool, that's all I have to say about him! He may be a jerk, but he's still awesome! Again, I do not own some of the characters in my story!
"He knows about her," Matt stated, helping Tyler and Alisa carry Brandon off to his dorm.
"Yeah, I got that impression too," Alisa agreed, unable to believe those words came out of her mouth. Tyler gawked at them suspiciously, he too, couldn't believe what he heard.
"What the hell are you guys talking about? That was totally pointless…" Tyler screeched in annoyance at his friends.
"Matt's right. Didn't you see Fraser hesitate?"
"Yeah, maybe he was trying to remember her name and it just couldn't ring a bell?"
"Fraser's eyes were on Matt the whole time. That was more of a 'what should I say?' hesitation. He was thinking up an excuse…."
"Why are you guys carrying me?" Brandon asked groggily, looking up at Matt's face then down to Alisa and Tyler at his feet.
"Because you passed out," explained Alisa as she and Tyler lowered Brandon's feet down to the ground. Matt hovered just behind him just incase Brandon decided to topple over.
"Good thing you're awake, too. People have been giving us weird looks…" Matt trailed off, still right at Brandon's side.
"What happened?"
"Well…" started Matt, trying to find the rights words, not wanting to upset his friend. "He asked you what your name is, then you sort of passed out…"
"Crap!" Brandon swore at himself, smacking himself on the face. "I didn't even say five words to the guy…"
"Actually, you only said four words," Tyler corrected as he patted his friend on the shoulder. In humiliation, Brandon lowered his head, looking down at the cold ground. Brandon started to recall the said events: seeing his idol for the first time, hearing his coldness in person, then nothing.
"He was worried about you when you passed out," Matt added. "He told us that, when you wake up, to give you his regards."
"Well, that was nice of him, but he's still just going to remember me as 'the boy who fainted before he even said five words to me.'"
"..."
"Matt, hon, you better not bug him about it," lectured Alisa as she and the others were hanging out together after dinner time. Alisa had told them that Kendra showed up earlier to get something from her room, then shortly left and hasn't come back since.
"Yeah, with the kind of money he has," Tyler added, his eyes drifting elsewhere. "He can deport you to the other side of the world and back in 1st class."
"You think I don't know that?" Matt retorted, rubbing his face with his right hand in annoyance. The friends were just sitting at a bench in the court yard, aimlessly talking about the past day and Fraser. "Plus, I wasn't intending on coercing the truth out of him. I wish Kendra would just tell us…"
"Well, she's not going to," Tyler leaned back a bit and crossed his arms over his chest with a slight smirk on his face.
"Unless you suck up to her a bit maybe…" Brandon shied in, also with a grin.
"She's not going to give into that."
"Matt, what's gotten into you?" Kendra asked Matt the next day. He had, finally, caught with her in the evening, affectionately holding her, hugging her, kissing her…
"I've just missed you so much…" Matt started, sitting her down on the bench at the river by the girls campus, giving her a kiss on the cheek. It was their spot. "Is that a crime?"
"Of course not," she smiled up at him, she, too, had missed seeing him: his handsome face, warm smile, calm eyes…. "I'm sorry I haven't been around lately."
"It's okay," Matt pulled her closer to him and took in the smell of her hair, again the citric scent he loved. "You're here now."
"I've missed being here. Hey, did I tell you 'happy birthday' yet?"
"Only a couple hundred times. That was already a few weeks ago, Ken…"
"You got your license, right?" she asked, looking up at him in wonder and amusement.
"Yeah?"
"What's driving like? I feel left out, I don't even have my permit."
"Interesting. The first time behind the wheel was pretty nerve-racking. But, uh, it wasn't what I expected. It gets better though, you know, once you get the hang of it…"
"Can you give me a lesson?" Kendra asked, putting his hands into hers.
"Of course. First of all, you need to put your seat belt on or you'll get a ticket," Matt pulled up her left hand in his as if grabbing for the seat belt, but instead, brought it to his mouth and kissed it tenderly and brushed it across his lips. Then, pulled it up higher, pretending to get the belt, and pulled it to her opposite side. Matt rubbed his cheek up against hers and hesitated, his arms completely wrapped around her. Kendra felt a warmness in her face once their cheeks touched and, though she couldn't see, she knew her face had turned red. "There, all safe."
"Thank you," she giggled out, biting her lower lip in amusement and squeezing onto his hand.
"No problem," Matt whispered into her ear, making her blush face blush even more furiously than before. Then he gently took both of her hands and lifted them in front of her as if holding the steering wheel. "Now that you have your seat belt on, what do you do now?"
"Turn on the engine?"
"Go for it," still whispering, Matt allowed Kendra's hand to lead itself to the key in the ignition and turned the key.
"Vroom?" she said with some uncertainty, pretending to make the noise car do when just turned on.
"Good, now before you start driving the car, make sure you check your mirrors. On the rear view mirror, you want to be able to have a clear view of the whole range of the rear view window. Then the side mirrors are suppose to give you a view of the sides of the car."
"Okay," she responded, pretending to adjust the mirrors.
"Now put your foot on the brake."
She did.
"Take the car off the handle brake."
She released the brake at her side.
"Now put the car in reverse to back up."
And Kendra did was she was told.
"Make sure when you back up, you look over your right should when you're going straight, then everywhere when you're turning."
Kendra pantomimed backing up and turning to the left.
"Great, now put the car in drive and softly put your foot on the accelerator and push down on it slightly."
Again, she did what she was told.
"You're doing great," again, cooing into her ear, and once again, her face flushed. "Now I want you to turn into the left lane. First you're going to turn on your blinker. You push it down to signal left; up, right. Look into your left mirror, but also look over your left shoulder. There could be a car in your blind spot, so make sure you check over the left shoulder."
Automatically, Kendra pushed down on the imaginary blinker, looked into the mirror, and turned her head to the left. Unexpectedly, she came face to face with Matt's and paused in shock.
What should I do, he's right here! Even though we've been together for the past year, we still don't kiss very much…
Giving her no time to respond, Matt swiftly came in and kissed her softly on the lips, then pulled back, showing that intoxicating slanted smile of his.
"Perfect," was all he said and that was all that really mattered.
Cautiously, Kendra snuggled into his chest, seeing whether or not he would accept her advance. Showing no sign of disapproving her gesture, she leaned up against him facing the river. Staring into the sparkling reflection of the starry sky reminded Kendra of that night over a year ago, the night she truly fell for him. It already seemed like ages ago, but the memory was still clear in her head. It was then that she finally realized how far they had come since that night. He used to be so cute back then, now he was something totally different. Strange enough, she thought, he had transformed into a man. That boyish charm he possess last year that took hold over her emotions had evolved into pure infatuation, but, somehow, it was more than that. More than just her, a love sick teenager, foolishly loving this man. No, there was nothing foolish about it. This was the real deal. Could it really be?
...ring...
"Is that your cell phone?" he asked, hearing the muffled ringing tone. It took Kendra a few seconds to register what he meant, then pulled out her phone that she could now hear.
"I need to take this," were her only words as she flipped open the phone then brought it to her ear.
Several "Okays" and "Fines" later, Kendra closed up the phone and sprung loose from Matt's grasp as she lifted herself up in a standing possition.
"I need to go," her voice was somber, sad. She didn't want to have to leave him, but she knew she had to...
"You have to go to the dean's office again, don't you?" he didn't even need to ask it as a question. He knew. That's the only place she's been lately, but it was starting to become more frequent.
"I'm sorry," was all she said, not quite answering his question. Kendra could feel his soft eyes grow sharp on her. This bothered him, having to go there, but she had no choice in the matter. She just had to, she just couldn't explain why.
Why can't I just tell him? One person wouldn't hurt...but that's what I thought last time... Why must life be so difficult?
"Matt, I'm really sorry," she apologized as he stood up, his head tilted to the left and looking down at the ground. "But I have to go."
"Fine. See you," he replied, still not looking at her face.
"See you." And she ran off leaving Matt alone by the river side, their spot. The place where their feelings came to light, and now he was without her by his side. Being there, seeing the beautiful river, and the sparkling reflections without her by his side made him sick to his stomach. It just wasn't right, so he left, too, heading for his dorm.
'What the hell is she keeping from me?' Matt thought angrily as he left the scene, happy to be away from it.
Alright. I think that will wrap up this chapter! This one was kinda short compared to the others…uh, yeah. There will be a bit of stupidity in the next couple of chapters. Just to warn you, I didn't think of some of the ideas in the next ones. Well, I thought of the original ideas, but my friends thought of the…um…details. I'm not going to change it. I guess it's good for a laugh in a disturbing sort of way. That's all I'm going to say about that! Thank you everyone! That was a really big into...no more of that.
