My sister got me into Full Metal Panic! Hot damn that anime is good. I did not think that I would like it but then it was like: "Huh, I am reminded of Gundum and Escaflowne."

Anyone remember Escaflowne? It used to be on Saturdays for those early morning cartoons. I found the dubbed episodes somewhere. If you find them, watch them. Freaking goof show.

Gundam has kind of gone downhill. It has been thirty freaking years since it first come out! The original The Transformers, in my opinion. It is still original and amazing, just not as interesting as it used to be. I think that it and Pokémon need to take a few years off and then come back better than ever. Or just play reruns of the old episodes. Either way, I will be happy.

Huh, I grew up on mecha.

I will shut up now.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bionicle.

Fourteen Days

by luv addict

Twelfth

In Which A Note Is Given

"How stupid could I be?
A simpleton could see
That you're no good for me,
But you're the only one I see..."
—Sarah McLachlan, "Stupid"

My parents had returned home last night and found me listening to one of my brother's CDs. When they asked me why I had taken a sudden interest in rock music, I found myself fumbling for an explanation. There was really nothing I could say that would make them understand all that had happened while they were away. So, I told them that I was simply curious. They seemed happy with that answer.

I would never be able to tell them about Tahu or this whole mess. To them, this would just end up being one of my crazy delusions.

So, I was expecting someone— anyone, really— to come up and ask me what happened yesterday. When that someone did, I was glad it was Kailani.

"Hey." she said, sitting down next to me at lunch.

I sat alone, mainly because I needed to think, but mainly because I felt that I was not welcome anywhere. People looked through me, not at me like they used to. It was as if I was invisible. I guess that it is something that everyone always wants, never to be noticed. But when it does happen, it is frightening, especially for someone that is used to always being seen. I was glad Kailani looked at me, not through me.

"Hey." I greeted, nibbling on a ham sandwich.

"What happened yesterday?" she asked.

"Tahu and I... um, we bumped into each other and then went to the zoo..."

"Yeah, he told me that part, but what happened after?"

"After we... uh..."

"Yeah, after the kiss." she said the last part quietly, incase anyone happened to overhear. But nobody was listening anyway.

"I freaked. I mean, I realized that— Look it is a long story." I said, shaking my head.

"I have time."

I looked at her. She was patient and calmly waiting for me to start.

And out my story came. She never interrupted, just listened quietly. I did not know if she believed me or not until I finished.

"Macku and Kotu are weird," she said, "but they do know magic and spells and stuff better than anyone else I know."

"Huh?" I asked, blinking.

"They do magic and all that crap. I was interested back in junior high, but it never really carried over with me into high school. A lot of kids get into it but forget about it later on. I got bored with it and stopped casting spells. Most of them did not work anyway.

"Now what did they say they gave you? A love potion? Let me think." She bit her lip trying to remember what she learned in her awkward preteen age of life. "Ah, duh! It is simple. A love potion or spell only enhances feelings towards a person. So, if a spell is cast on someone or drinks a potion to make them fall in love with a person, they must already have feelings of strong like towards that person."

"So, Tahu already liked me before he drank the love potion?" I asked, more so to myself than Kailani but she answered anyway.

"That is correct!" She got up and started to leave, then stopped. "I would appologise or at least say 'hi' to him, he is kind of depressed and it is bringing everyone else down. Got it?"

"Got it." I answered with a half smile.

I finished lunch alone, which gave me time to think to myself. I probably would not see Tahu until after school. I will just have to text him.

I quickly whipped out my cell phone and typed: Meet me after school?

As I packed up my stuff when the bell rang, I received a text back.

Sure. he replied. By the main entrance.

I smiled and left, heading to the rest of the day, trying to figure out what I was going to say.

Maybe things were going to be okay after all.

I waited for him outside by the main entrance for over twenty minutes. He did not show. His car was still in the parking lot (I could see it clearly), so he had not snuck out while I was not looking.

So, I went back into the school to search for him. I wandered aimlessly, really, listening for his voice, catch scent of the Old Spice original deodorant he wore, or a glimpse of his bright red hair.

I managed to catch all three as I passed a classroom in the science hallway.

"Thank you again for meeting me here." a familiar female voice said.

"No problem. I am glad I could help." I heard Tahu say. "I have to get going now, Gali is waiting for me."

"Not just yet!"

I peeked inside. There was Shasa leaning towards Tahu, who did not back away nor did he seem to mind at all.

She was kissing him.

That... that bitch!

I turned and stumbled over my own two feet and ran.

I heard Tahu call after me. (He noticed that I was there? That I saw?)

I left the school and just ran wherever my feet would take me.

I really should have been watching where I was going, because I bumped into someone and nearly knocked both of us down.

"Woah!" the person said, steadying us. "Watch where you are going, alright? What were you running from? Is there a fire somewhere?"

I looked up and nearly fainted.

"Thok Booker?" I managed to squeak out.

Originally Tahu and Gali were going to make up in this chapter, but I thought that was a little cliché. But, I made Shasa and Tahu kiss instead. Gali is upset and runs away, and bumps into Thok (who, by the way, just said his first words in this whole fic!).

So, what will happen next? Only tomorrow can tell.