Chapter 12! Thank you to everyone that left me a review! Last chapter, things began to get a lil' heated between Momo & Toushiro and then someone came in! Most of you are afraid that it's the mother, others think that it is Masaru. Oh, and yes Masaru is bi-polar! lol. Anyway, tomorrow my vacation ends, but I ain't complaining. I like school (excpet some work and teachers XD). I'm even planning on being a math teacher, but I'm not a hundred-percent sure 'bout it! Anyway, enjoy & review!


Momo stared at her mother and sighed. There was a long pause as Tammie rubbed her forehead and then stared at her sobbing daughter. It was ten past eleven, and things were still needed to be questioned. Sighing, Tammie opened her eyes and looked at her daughter again.

"Momo, do you know how much it pains a mother when she sees her own daughter taken advantage of?"

"A lot," her daughter said, and then added, "…but he didn't take advantage of me. I…w-we…it happened so quick, mom. He kissed me and…that's how things started. It wasn't his fault. We were both in it!"

"…But why?" Tammie asked. "Momo, you know how he is."

"Mom, I perfectly know how he is - but isn't here for change? What if he changes?"

"…And what if he doesn't?"

Quietly, Momo looked down and wiped a tear away. Why was she crying? Days ago, didn't she say that she was never going to like him? Didn't she say that she was never going to give herself in to him? She did; but what's going on now? Why is she breaking her own promise?

"Momo," Tammie said, grabbing her daughter's hands. "Please don't cry. I don't want you to cry, but please understand what I'm saying. I don't want you getting hurt. He's still going under treatment and needs help. But, answer me question, Momo. Do you have feelings for him? Be honest, please."

Slowly, the teen lifted her head up and looked at the police officer. "To be honest with you, mom, I like him." she said, "I do like him. It's more than a crush, mom, but it's not love. I do not love him, but my feelings for him are strong." she said.

"That's what I feared," Tammie said, "I'm afraid that he's just fooling around with you and wants you just for his needs. I'm scared of you ending up pregnant, or dead!"

"I'll take care of myself," Momo said, "I won't let myself become pregnant, or dead, by him."

Tammie smiled and patted her head. "I raised you good." she said. "I'm so glad that you understand what I'm trying to tell you. I know that you like him, and I won't stop you from liking him. Both of you are hormonal teens and I'm afraid of a certain thing."

"I know, but that certain thing won't happen." Momo told her. "I'll be careful twenty-four-seven!"

"That's my girl," Tammie smiled.


Game Day...


Momo, Jen, and the rest of the team finished putting on their uniform for the big game. The uniform was different from the one they normally wear. The girls wore a black tank shirt with their high school's logo in the front and black shorts along with knee and elbow pads.

"You girls have a minute left!" said their coach from the door.

The girls nodded and finished getting ready. Momo brushed her hair into a high ponytail and then stared at the mirror.

Game time… I better win this…

"Nervous?" Jen asked, sitting down next to her.

"Yeah,"

"Well don't be. Nerves make cause you to think too much and when you think too much you mess up….during an important game, of course."

"I'm not only nervous about the game, though."

"Nervous about Toushiro too?"

"Yeah. I'm so confused now."

"Why? Did something happen?" Jen asked as they exited the large room and walked outside to the field.

"Yeah. After practice, Masaru walked home with me. He told me why he acted such way back during our "date" and he apologized for it. When we reached my house, Toushiro had come out and immediately I dragged him inside before he did anything stupid. It was around seven at night, and once we were alone, he kissed me a-and th-things started to get h-heated."

Jen's eyes widened. "Well, how "heated" did you two go?"

"To the point where, if it wasn't for my mom, I would have let him take me. I mean, we weren't naked. I was enjoying his kisses and all, and I had lost control of my surroundings. Though, my mom came about a minute later and caught us."

Jen's eyes widened. "…And what did she do? Did she take out her gun and shoot him? Oh my God, did he try to kill you? Did-"

"No no no!" Momo said, and then recalled what had happened as the game started and the first players went up.

~ * ~

"What the hell is going on?"

Startled, Momo's eyes opened once hearing the familiar voice.

'Oh shit…' she thought, pushing Toushiro off her and turning her head to her mother.

"I guess we've been caught…" Toushiro muttered underneath his breath, feeling angry and disappointed at the intrusion. He was minutes away of making love to Momo, but it was all ruined because of her mother. A desire to get rid of the woman suddenly swam through his head.

"Momo," Tammie said, "Answer my question."

"Mom, it's not what it looks like!"

"Then how does it look like?" Tammie asked, angrily. The woman then looked at Toushiro. "Toushiro, go to your room and stay there. If you decide to sneak out you will be sent back to the juvenile center, no questions asked."

The ex-delinquent smirked and nodded. "Alright," he said, taking a quick glance at Momo and then walked up the staircase.

Once the door to his room was heard and he was truly inside, Tammie glanced at Momo.

"We need to have a talk. Come on, follow me." the mother said strictly.

Momo groaned and followed her. Tammie walked inside the kitchen and sat down on a chair, taking deep breaths. Momo sat on the other end of the table and glanced at her, her heart beating fast.

"I thought you knew better, Momo."

"Mom, I do! But please, let me explai-"

"Momo, do you know how much it pains a mother when she sees her own daughter taken advantage of?"

~ * ~

The crowd gasped and Momo's team stood up shockingly as one of their good players collapsed on the floor once the ball made full contact with her face. Immediately, the referee blew his whistle and he, along with Momo's coach, ran out to the field and towards the injured player. They knelt beside her and turned her around, and to their surprise, they saw blood trickling down her forehead. However, it wasn't a lot of blood and the player was still conscious, but painfully. Soon, a stretcher arrived and the girl was carried on top.

"That beluga whale better be kicked out!" complained Jen, referring to the player that had thrown the ball to the now injured player, "she almost knocked her teeth out, the poor girl."

"Don't talk so loud before "beluga whale" over there hears you and knocks your teeth out." Momo whispered to her.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. But, who's going to take Leslie's place then? The round still did not finish."

The crowd and players watched as the ambulance truck arrived and took the girl to a near by hospital. Once that was finished, the player of the opposing team that had thrown the ball was then replaced by another player. In the meantime, Momo's coach ran over to her and her teammates.

"Things aren't looking too beautiful," she said, and then glanced at Momo. "Momo, you're up!"

The brunette nodded and ran out to the field. Once she did, the audience began to applaud loudly, recognizing her as one of the best volleyball players. For a few seconds, Momo turned her head and smiled at her mother. Then, her stare averted to Toushiro and her smile slightly disappeared and instead her cheeks turned red.

I can't be thinking about him now. If I do, I'll get too nervous to play and we'll lose the game! Take deep breaths, Momo. You can do it! You can do it!

Momo stood next to her comrade and smiled at her. Smiling back, her teammate, who had very short blond hair and bright hazel eyes, grabbed the ball and abruptly hit it the other side. Momo's eyes never left the ball as she watched it go over the net and one of the opposing players hit it back towards them. Momo's eyes widened as she saw the ball, rapidly, fly towards her. Without wasting any time, she jumped up and hit the ball back. Once it went back to the other side, the opposing player hit it back, however, it didn't have much buoyancy to go over the net. However, her teammate jumped and punched the wall, giving it an extra boost. Momo's comrade managed to hit the ball before it hit the ground, but again, it didn't have enough buoyancy at all. Excitedly, Momo ran to her comrade's side and hit the ball back, and satisfactorily (for her) the opposing players missed the ball.

…And with that, Momo's chance to shine had arrived…


After the game...

Momo pecked the medal and hung it on the wall next to her other medals. Smilingly, she sat down on the edge of her bed and stared at it.

My team won…. My team won!

She closed her eyes and recalled how it had all happened.

It was during the last round, and five other players had been injured as well. Three of them had broken a bone (either their ankle, wrist, or hand), one of them had fainted because of exhaustion and the other one had gotten an asthma attack in the middle of the game. It was the team's hardest game, but in the end, they had beaten the other team fair and square.

"Feels like a dream come true," she softly said to herself.

"You had your dream come true, now it's my turn to have my dream come true."

Startled, Momo turned around and stared at Toushiro, her cheeks suddenly reddening.

"What are you doing here?"

"What, I can't say congratulations to you?" he asked, smirking as he walked over to her.

"Ooh, thanks…" she muttered shyly.

Why am I feeling so shy around him all of the sudden?

"Is that all you came for? To congratulate me…"

"No," he replied, grabbing her hand and pulling her towards him, "I came here for something else."

"Like what?" she asked, her face reddening as his got closer.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" he suddenly asked, grabbing her chin and pulling her face even closer.

Shocked, Momo's eyes widened and she felt her legs turn into jelly. Girlfriend? Did he just ask her to be his girlfriend? Momo couldn't believe it. First, her and her team winning the game; and now this? Now, Momo thought that she was really dreaming. One side of her told her to say yes, but the other side told her no… What if it was a trick? Momo wanted to say yes, but she was afraid…

"Well?" Toushiro asked, impatiently.

"I don't know…" she replied.

"Why not?"

"…Because, I can not see you in my future right now. I can't see you in my future at all…"

Toushiro smirked and shook his head. "Then what?" he asked, almost angrily and trying not to loose his patience with her.

"Then….will you change for me?"


Alright I'm done with chapter 12! So, you guys likey likey? lol. 2009 already began....and guess what....I'm sick. Yesterday, I had a freaking sore throat, and today I had a headache.. -.-..... Yeah, anyway, I'm thinking of a funny story for me to tell you guys, but I can't find one. I know you all love to read my embarrassing/stupid stories about me doing stupid things....hehe me 2! XD Well, I can't think of none....DX Sorry! DX

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