Hi… I'm finally getting around to posting my new chapter! Starting high school and moving (again) was kinda stressful… plus at some point I misplaced my chapter! So now I have it and I am posting it! I don't own Harry Potter, which belongs to J.K. Rowling, and Ouran doesn't belong to me either! (Though I really wish it did!)
We sat patiently as they got visitors passes. I was glad they could get in and see the school. Surprisingly enough Em hadn't made a big deal about the fact that I had been hanging out with the club. I guess I had written quite a lot about them in my letters. Oh well for whatever reason it was, she hadn't made a big deal.
"Alrighty girls. Here you go!" the lovely lady at the front desk said as she handed them each a neon purple visitors pass. I had never known there was neon purple, but there was no doubt in my mind now. Emily smiled and thanked her as she put on her pass. Jaycherie simply thanked her and walked over to us.
"So? What now?" Em asked as she jumped over to us and pulled Maddy and I off the bench. I straightened my uniform, picked my books up and headed off to class.
"We go to class obviously!" Maddy laughed "At lunch, if you guys want to, we can go to the cafeteria and eat there" she began to say.
"Not purchasing anything of course. I packed us lunches like I do every day. I made it kind of a make your own because I'm having miso soup. I have sandwich fixings for you guys." I finished. I was kind of hurt that she had suggested it, even though I knew what she meant. Harhui went and hate her lunch down there sometimes, and Maddy loved to eat with them, even though I was usually embarrassed at how the food I made seemed so plain, and that she would offer them some, and every time get rejected.
Class passed slowly, and as it was starting to cloud up I found my gaze drawn towards the window. Storms are my favorite weather as long as I don't get stuck outside in them. Finally it was lunchtime and we went down to the lunch room.
We went and sat at our usual table, which was with the host club. Maddy was cool about sitting there, and I'd asked Kyouya-senpai about it and he said it was fine, so I wasn't worried about it. I passed out the condiments to Maddy, Jaycherie, and Emily and sat down in my usual spot right next to Mori-senpai. Maddy sat next to Kyouya most of the time but sometimes the twins would bribe Haruhi to switch places with her so she would sit closer to them.
Em sat next to me and chattered at an incredible pace. Even I got lost, and I've done some insane chattering before. Finally Maddy looked at her funny and she shut up. The twins started telling jokes, trying to get a laugh, but I didn't really think the jokes were all that funny, I decided to tell my joke, which I thought was pretty funny.
"Okay I've got one. How do you get two piccolos to play in tune together?" I waited a moment and no one answered. "You fire one!" I expected at least a fake laugh as I had given Hikaru and Kaoru, but no one laughed.
It was an awkward silence; there was no getting around that, that and the fact that I laugh at anything. This is a fatal combination for me and my friends. I started chuckling. And then giggling, and then everyone, myself included was laughing uproariously. I had to admit that it was the most fun I'd had since I'd left the States.
All too soon the lunch bell rang. We exited the lunch room and promised to meet up at the club. Deep down inside of me I wanted to give Mori a hug, but I knew that not only would I never hear the end of it from Maddy and Em, I would only end up embarrassed. I guess Maddy could see that I had a crush, but I didn't think anyone else could, and I wanted to stay that way.
As we gathered our books after class it began to rain. And of course it couldn't be just a light rain that wasn't a big deal. No it had to be the kind that hurts to walk through. Too bad we'd brought our bike to school. We felt so awesome. We'd saved enough to buy a two seater bike and the four of us had ridden it here. We decided that I should lead and Em should ride in the back. Jaycherie sat on my handlebars and Maddy sat on Em's. I hadn't even realized it but riding to and from Emily's with my little sister on my handlebars would pay off!
Now our bike was going to be wet and that thought put me in a sour mood that and if it didn't stop soon I was going to have to ride home in this. I walked with them to the club brooding even though I knew I shouldn't. Maddy always said I looked ready to pulverize anyone who got in my way. But I was angry and couldn't stop thinking about it and everything else. I tried to think of happy things but I found that it only made me angrier as usual. Oh well, we were there by now and I braced myself to face rose petals.
"Welcome" they chorused. Emily looked excited and Jaycherie was doing the happy dance. I knew exactly who she was going to sit with. She had been talking about it on the way here. She was going to sit and eat cake with Hunny-senpai. I asked if she had brought money and she looked at me funny and shrugged it off. I had assumed she wanted to buy something to remember them by, but I wasn't certain. Emily was going to go with Maddy to the twins' area. I was kind of glad I would have some kinda-sorta alone time with Mori, but when I went over there, there were several other girls around him. It was a cosplay day so it didn't surprise me, but I was a little disappointed.
Apparently the theme today was movie characters. I laughed as I looked around. I actually changed my mind. It must have been Harry Potter day, although I couldn't tell who Hunny-senpai or Haruhi-senpai was. Kyouya appeared to be Harry, what with his glasses and all, even though he acted more like Draco. The twins were definitely obvious, they were the twins. Not hard to guess though. Tamaki appeared to be Draco, but he wouldn't ever be able that off. He was too nice. It appeared that Mori was supposed to be Sirius.
"Well darn, I forgot my robes at home!" I laughed as I sat down. Mori laughed along with me and asked who I would be. "Isn't it obvious? I would be Molly Weasly!"
"Isn't that the mother though?" one of the girls asked.
"Yes, but I care as much as she does silly girl!" I laughed as I ripped open a chocolate frog package. "Where did you guys get these? I haven't seen them since the states! They always had them at the book store!" I asked excitedly. I had gotten yet another Rowena Ravenclaw card. (A/N they actually make them, I have like eight Rowena Ravenclaw cards somewhere)
"We got them from the manufacturer?" Kyouya order them online was what my brain said that meant.
"Oh okay!"
After everyone left, it was still raining and now I was just worried about getting home safely. I decided not to practice my duet with Maddy. Maddy had been practicing on her little electric keyboard every night so that we could show the club today, but the rain worried me and I wanted to make sure we got home safe. I heard Maddy and Kyouya talking about it and laughed quietly. Maddy almost never talked about the weather unless she was absolutely out of topics. I looked out of the windows again and felt a hand on my shoulder. I jumped about a half a mile and turned to se Mori-senpai standing behind me.
"Oh hi senpai. I hadn't heard you come up! Are you worried about the rain?"
"Not really. Are you?"
How was I supposed to answer this without sounding like I was complaining? I most certainly did NOT want to sound whiny to him. "A little. We have to ride our bike home, and I'm kinda worried about how slick the roads are." There, I managed to not sound whiny.
"Would you like a ride home?" the question took me aback, but I instantly knew the answer,
"If you really don't mind, I really don't want to impose! Please don't feel that I was asking for a ride I really wasn't!" It all came out in a blur, but he understood.
"It isn't a problem. I offered" He smiled a little. I couldn't hold the hug back this time. I leaned a little and took a step towards him and hugged for all the hugs I'd held back. I knew that it was stupid and reckless, but I had to.
Just as I was about to step back I felt his arms around me. I breathed in deeply; just happy he was hugging back. A moment later I decided that if I didn't step away the moment would never happen again. I knew that they were staring. I also knew at this point I didn't care. It didn't matter to me that I could lose as much from that one moment of joy. I also realized that I didn't care what others thought I wanted to be with him, forever in his arms.
When he got home, the mail was there and I flicked through it. It wasn't much and I didn't care about most of it. Three letters for Maddy, two junk mail and one for me. I decided that I would read it later after everyone else had gone to bed.
"Okay what was that today Becca?" Maddy inquired as I began to make supper.
"It was a hug. I thought you would know what that is! I man jeez my arms got stretched to 1400 miles long!" I teased her. She had gone to Oregon before we came here and I had decided that my arms were long enough to reach her.
She laughed but continued to press me about it "Yeah, but was it like a brother/sister hug, or a best-friends hug or I- wish-I-could-tell-you-how-I-feel-and-I-hope-you-get-it-from-this-hug hug?"
"It was a hug!" I sighed, exasperated. "Just a hug! But….. I do like him… as most definitely more than a friend" I said, developing a blush as I did whenever I talked about a crush.
"Oooooh! I called it! Emily, I was right pay up!"
"What!" I yelled "There will be no bets paced or exchanged under this roof! Not now, not ever! Now tell me exactly what was bet!"
"Emily bet he was asking you out, you'd said no and it was an I'm-sorry hug. I said yeah right and bet it was an I-like-you-but-I'm-too-scared-to-say-it hug. And I was right HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I sighed. "Okay guys no more bet pacing okay?"
"After I collect my winnings I swear I won't ever again okay?" Maddy squealed "So are you going to tell him?" she asked as she pocked her new money "Or will your loving, caring 'sister' have to intervene and tell Kyouya and he tells him?" She gave me her signature 'do it or die' look. It isn't like I could tell her no.
"I'm not sure I want him to know. I really like him and all but I don't want to ruin things between us. No matter what I value keeping our friendship safe over putting my feelings out there. Don't tell okay? If he is going to find out it's going to be from me rather than anyone else. By the way, is it obvious?"
"No, I knew it because I can practically read your mind because we're close enough to be twins. Obviously Emily and Jaycherie didn't pick up on it. Don't worry so much Becca-chan! He wouldn't have hugged back if he didn't feel something."
Mori's POV
She hugged me. And I hugged her back. What does this mean for me? What if she doesn't mean what I think it means? I'll ask Mitskuni when I get home.
"Takashi! What's wrong?" Mitskuni answered.
"I need to talk to you. It's really important. It's about today."
"Alright what is it? Did I miss something?"
"No. It's about the hug. I don't know what it meant. What do I do tomorrow?"
"I'm not sure Taka. You should ask Tamaki-kun. He has lots of experience with girls. I'm sorry!"
"Alright. Talk to you later Mitskuni."
"Bye Taka!"
I was left no better off than I was before, if not more confused. Tamaki would be a hassle to deal with and I wasn't sure if I was up to talking to him right now. I decided to get my homework done first, and then call him.
When I finally got around to calling him I waited patiently as the phone rang. Once, twice, three times. I wasn't sure if I was really this desperate to find out what the hug had meant. Just then he answered.
"Hello? Who is calling?" He answered.
"It's me Tamaki. Can I talk to you?"
"Oh hello senpai. What do you need to talk about?"
"The hug," I responded, almost nervous to hear what he had to say.
"Oh. What about the hug?"
I sighed. "What it meant. What do you think it means?"
"Oh!" he replied, sounding like an idiot "Do you think, maybe, she is attracted to you? I know it sounds farfetched but I think that it is a possibility."
"Oh. Thank you Tamaki. I need to go now, I'm sorry but I'll talk to you later." I responded, shocked. Could she really like me? I figured that we were just friends.
"Alright I'll see you tomorrow senpai."
"Good bye" I said as I hung up the phone.
Becca's POV
My cell phone was ringing, but I didn't have any hands to answer it with. So I got some surrogate hands. "Jaycherie! Will you come answer my phone and find out who it is?"
"Sure Becca" she said as she grabbed the phone. "Hello. Becca's phone, Jaycherie speaking. May I ask who is calling?" She nodded her head as whomever was on the other side of the call was speaking. "Alright I'll get Maddy." I heard Maddy and instantly called for her. She walked into the room laughing.
"Yeah Becca?"
"Phone" was all I said. Jaycherie handed her the phone and went back out to the living room to play Monopoly with Emily. After I finished the dishes I was going to go out there and whoop their rear ends at scrabble. I would then send them to bed and finish the days cleaning and read the letter.
I finished and went over to Maddy. She was still on the phone so I motioned to wrap it up. She laughed and said that I said hi and that she had to get off my phone. "Your cover has been blown Becca." She said after she had hung up.
"What? Which cover?" I asked as I took out Scrabble. "I have several that could be blown."
"Your major crush." She said. I nearly dropped the game. I recovered and put on my 'cool' face.
"You're lying. You said it yourself that it wasn't obvious! How could it go from totally not obvious to covers been blown?"
"I'm not lying. Mori-senpai was thinking about the hug, called Hunny-senpai, he said he didn't know and to call Tamaki-senpai. He called Tamaki and he suggested that you might have a crush….."
My phone went off again and I grabbed it. "Moshi moshi" I answered immediately.
"English please Becca" Snowy said. I wasn't sure if I really wanted to talk to her right now but we hadn't talked since before Em and Jaycherie came.
"Whoops I didn't look at the caller ID sorry!"
"So what was it that you were going to tell me last time? You never finished telling me!"
"Oh yeah. I've made a ton of friends…. and I have a major crush! He's three years older than me, but he's super nice!"
"OOOH! Becca! You has a cruuu-uuush! Hahahahahah! You better send pictures! I gotta go, long distance charges and all buh byes!"
"Bye!" I said, even though she had already hung up. I knew she wouldn't really care, but I guess that I should be used to it by now. She's never really cared. Oh well just gotta move on! I did exactly what I thought I would in Scrabble. I completely whooped them. I used words they'd never even heard before. Best word in my game and the longest word on the board, was actually the fear of long words. It's also one of the most ironic words I know. . Ah how I love Scrabble.
After they went to get ready I sat down by our lamp and took the letter. It was from my friend Katelyn. I hadn't really mailed her a lot of letters, but she had our address obviously. And she had copied it quite well from my letter! I opened it carefully so as to preserve the envelope. I pulled out the letter and read it quickly.
"MADDY! Get in her oh my Goddess! Come here!" I shouted. She ran into the room looking around to see what caused my distress. She saw the letter and then my face. She relaxed when she saw it was a happy face rather than a frightened or upset one.
"What is it? What happened? Who is that letter from?"
"Katelyn! She's moving to Japan and going to Ouran on a partial scholarship! This coming semester! I can't believe she's coming!" I squealed. She was one of my best friends and she'd been there when no one else could be. I appreciated that and couldn't wait to see her.
"No way! You're joking!"
"Nope! She's totally stoked to be coming and found out that her whole family would be moving here. Her brother is coming too! He'll be in the third year! Oh wow can't believe it!" I shouted. The cleaning went undone because I decided to get to bed early so that I could call her and talk to her late the next night.
The next day Maddy waited with Emily and Jaycherie to get their visitors passes. I was too nervous to be there and waiting. I needed to speak to Mori, but I wouldn't get to until club which was so far away! Good gracious I don't think that I could ever be more nervous!
School passed slowly at times, but quickly at others. Finally it was time to go to the club. We giggled and chattered like excited, well, schoolgirls. Maddy and I were going to our duet today and it was going to be great! We opened the door and were showered with rose petals.
"Welcome" they chorused as always.
Having it being longer than most chapters makes up for the wait right? I promise that I will try to have the next one up sooner!