Popularity, Clarinets, and Caring About You
By: Jessica Yourdon
Part: 2
TK: Not a part two!
Jessica: But, I know you liked the first part because I kept seeing you read it over and over again when no one was looking!
TK: *Blush* You weren't supposed to know that I actually liked it.
Jessica: Oh well. Do the disclaimer.
TK: Jessica still doesn't own this stuff and she never will.
Jessica: How do you know?
TK: I just do. Now on with the story!
Izzy's POV
The next morning, I packed up my homework and the other kids' homework too. I knew they would want it and I didn't want to get beat up for not bringing it. I would just get made fun of even more. But, I still didn't like people taking advantage of me.
When I got to school, I made my way to biology.
"Hey Izzy!" Tai yelled at me.
"Hey Tai!" I said. I could see other people glaring at me again.
"Izumi! What is your problem?" I heard someone say. I recognized it to be Amy's voice. "It is hard enough to deal with that Sora, but to have to make sure losers don't talk to popular, cool kids like Tai is just too much."
"He talked to me first." I said, defensively.
"You must have thought he did, geek. So where is all the homework you were supposed to do, jerk?" She asked.
"The homework was yours? I thought it was some other guys' homework." I said, surprised.
"No, stupid. It is my boy friend and he friends' homework. He told me he got some loser to do it for him and that he wanted me to get it back for him." She explained.
"Oh." I said. "Well, here you go then." I tried to hold in my surprise as I handed it to her. She had a boy friend and she is chasing after Tai? I couldn't believe it!
"Thanks, dork." And with that, she was off.
Sora's POV
"What did she just call you Izzy?" I asked as I came up to him.
"Oh, hi Sora. She just said some of her normal mean stuff and left." Izzy said.
"Oh. I'm sorry about that Izzy."
"Popular people can be such jerks." I stated.
"I wouldn't go that far Izzy. Tai, Matt, and Mimi aren't jerks and they are popular."
"Yeah. I guess you are right. There are a few gems within the fools' gold." Izzy replied.
"Yep! See ya later, Izzy!" I said as I walked into Global Studies.
I had global studies with Tai. When I saw him sitting at his desk, I smiled. He was so cute. I knew why girls like Amy liked him. Then, to my dismay I saw Amy talking and laughing with Tai. After a few seconds, Tai looked up and saw me. He aimed his eyes at the desk next to him. I caught his drift and say down next to him.
After global studies, I began walking to biology.
"Sora es bonita!" I heard Tai say to me from behind. (Um...Spanish for: Sora is pretty).
"Muchas gracious!" (Spanish for: Thank you very much). I said looking back at him, while blushing. Then, I saw Amy out of the corner of my eye, glaring at me. "Well, Tai are we walking home together tonight?" I asked already knowing that we would be.
"Yep! As always." He said smiling. Then, he walked into one of the math classes.
"Hey Sora. What the heck do you think you are doing? I know Spanish and I know what Tai said to you." Amy said walking up to me.
"So?"
"So, I'm just saying he was either paid, dared, or had no taste to actually say that to you." Amy said.
"Yeah right." I retorted.
"Oh come off it Sora! You know that Tai wouldn't say that and mean it to an ugly girl like yourself. Hmmm... after today. Tai won't see anything in you at all and he will be mine. Ha!" She said hurrying off.
I felt tears slide down my cheeks. I didn't want this to happen. I didn't want to cry, but I didn't know what else to do. She was probably going to beat me up or steal Tai away from me so far that I will never be able to tell him how I feel about him. I didn't care as much about getting beat up as much as I cared about Tai. Amy wasn't good enough for him, but then again I probably wasn't either.
"Sora! What' the matter?" I heard someone ask. I turned around to see Matt Ishida, with a concerned look on his face. (TK: I was beginning to wonder if Matt would show up at all in this fic).
"Oh, nothing." I didn't want Matt to know that Amy and her friends had threatened me, so I just improvised. "Well, actually I was wondering. Do you think Tai likes me as in like, likes me, Matt?"
"Yeah. He is my best friend after all and I think that he is crazy about you. I think you are crazy about him too." Matt said.
"You'd win that bet."
"But, that can't be why you're crying. Is it?" Matt asked.
"Kind of. Well I gotta go Matt. I'll see you later." I said walking into my biology classroom.
"Yep. Later Sora."
With that I saw the members of the "I Love Matt Club" glare at me. They were just as bad as the Tai-lovers.
"Don't worry guys. Matt is just a friend." I said sitting at my desk. I didn't want to get into a war with both the Tai and Matt lovers.
After, biology I made my way to lunch. I saw Izzy and quickly walked up to him.
"Hey Izzy!" I yelled.
"Hi Sora. How are things going with Amy today?" He asked.
"Well, she only threatened me again." I said.
"I hope she gets taught a lesson by someone. Do you know that she has a boy friend?"
"What? No! I had no idea! That little cheater! And she says that there are things wrong with me! At least I don't cheat on my boy friend. Wait, I don't have one." I said, sadly.
"But, you could. Tai and you are just to scared too tell each other."
"Maybe you are right. I don't know."
Izzy's POV
"I know I'm right." I replied.
When we got to lunch, Sora sat with Tai. I don't know if that was her best move ever, but at least she is proving to the Tai-lovers that she isn't easily beat. I thought she was pretty brave. That Amy girl could probably hurt her pretty bad.
"Hey jerk!" I heard someone yell at me.
I turned to see one of the guys that forced me to do their homework last night. His name was Shawn.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Well, I just wanted thank you, dork. You did all my homework and you gave it to my girl friend when she asked you to."
"Your welcome." I said. I didn't understand where he was trying to go with this. I was also surprised to learn that he was Amy's boy friend.
"Now, loser, if you know what's good for you, you will do our homework tonight too." Shawn commanded.
There was no way that I wanted to do all that homework again tonight, but I didn't know what else to do so I accepted.
"Now remember, if you don't do it, we will come after you." He said walking off.
A tear slid slowly down my face. It wasn't fair. Why the heck should I be forced to do everyone else's homework for them, just because I am not strong enough to fight or tell them no? I didn't deserve this. I felt my face getting wet from my tears. My mind spun. I didn't want anyone to see me cry like this. Then, I remembered that Mimi played clarinet. I also knew that she was practicing it this period, because I had seen her walk down to the music suite earlier.
I quickly made my way over to the music room. I knew she wouldn't make fun of me for crying and it was kind of ironic, because I had wanted to connect with her again anyway.
When, I got there, no one was there. I saw her clarinet in a chair. I went up to the chair and looked at the clarinet. I saw some fresh looking lipstick on the reed and mouth piece. I knew that she had been her not too long ago. I picked up the clarinet. I carefully wiped the lipstick off with my shirt sleeve and attempted to play a note.
"Izzy! Is that you?" A voice interrupted me.
I looked up to see Mimi. She looked amazingly beautiful to me right then.
"Yep it is!" I said smiling at her. I put down her clarinet and blushed.
"Oh, it's okay, Izzy. I don't mind if you want to play it. So, what brings you here?" She asked.
"Well, I had missed you Mimi and um...somekidshavebeenpickingonmeandmakingmedotherehomeworklately." I said quickly.
"Woah, Izzy! Slow down. I couldn't understand you aside from the fact that you missed me. And well, I missed you a lot too." She said smiling at me.
"Mimi, I don't want you to think I sound stupid or anything, but I really trust you so, I will tell you. Some kids have been making fun of me lately and calling me names. They also are making me do there homework. I just isn't fair!" I said bursting into tears again.
"Oh, Izzy. I'm so sorry." I heard her say. Then, I felt her wrap her arms around me. Then I felt her own tears mixing with mine.
"What's wrong Mimi?" I asked her.
"I should have been there for you Izzy. I should have made sure no one hurt you or was ever mean to you, but I wasn't. I care about you so much. I can't believe how cruel I have been to leave you hanging like that."
"It isn't your fault Mimi."
"Yes it is. You will probably never love me now."
"What?" I asked surprised. "Mimi, I have always loved you. I just never knew you felt the same way!" I said happily.
"You do? Oh, Izzy! I'm so happy." Mimi exclaimed.
We brought each other into a closer embrace and we both stopped crying. For now, I knew I wouldn't have anything to worry about because Mimi was at my side.
End Part: 2.
Jessica: So, that was more Mishiro than anything else. The next part will have more Taiora in it for sure. So please tell me what you think. Also, I used transitions between the POVs this time.
TK: I thought this part was...
Jessica: Tell me later TK! Please review!
By: Jessica Yourdon
Part: 2
TK: Not a part two!
Jessica: But, I know you liked the first part because I kept seeing you read it over and over again when no one was looking!
TK: *Blush* You weren't supposed to know that I actually liked it.
Jessica: Oh well. Do the disclaimer.
TK: Jessica still doesn't own this stuff and she never will.
Jessica: How do you know?
TK: I just do. Now on with the story!
Izzy's POV
The next morning, I packed up my homework and the other kids' homework too. I knew they would want it and I didn't want to get beat up for not bringing it. I would just get made fun of even more. But, I still didn't like people taking advantage of me.
When I got to school, I made my way to biology.
"Hey Izzy!" Tai yelled at me.
"Hey Tai!" I said. I could see other people glaring at me again.
"Izumi! What is your problem?" I heard someone say. I recognized it to be Amy's voice. "It is hard enough to deal with that Sora, but to have to make sure losers don't talk to popular, cool kids like Tai is just too much."
"He talked to me first." I said, defensively.
"You must have thought he did, geek. So where is all the homework you were supposed to do, jerk?" She asked.
"The homework was yours? I thought it was some other guys' homework." I said, surprised.
"No, stupid. It is my boy friend and he friends' homework. He told me he got some loser to do it for him and that he wanted me to get it back for him." She explained.
"Oh." I said. "Well, here you go then." I tried to hold in my surprise as I handed it to her. She had a boy friend and she is chasing after Tai? I couldn't believe it!
"Thanks, dork." And with that, she was off.
Sora's POV
"What did she just call you Izzy?" I asked as I came up to him.
"Oh, hi Sora. She just said some of her normal mean stuff and left." Izzy said.
"Oh. I'm sorry about that Izzy."
"Popular people can be such jerks." I stated.
"I wouldn't go that far Izzy. Tai, Matt, and Mimi aren't jerks and they are popular."
"Yeah. I guess you are right. There are a few gems within the fools' gold." Izzy replied.
"Yep! See ya later, Izzy!" I said as I walked into Global Studies.
I had global studies with Tai. When I saw him sitting at his desk, I smiled. He was so cute. I knew why girls like Amy liked him. Then, to my dismay I saw Amy talking and laughing with Tai. After a few seconds, Tai looked up and saw me. He aimed his eyes at the desk next to him. I caught his drift and say down next to him.
After global studies, I began walking to biology.
"Sora es bonita!" I heard Tai say to me from behind. (Um...Spanish for: Sora is pretty).
"Muchas gracious!" (Spanish for: Thank you very much). I said looking back at him, while blushing. Then, I saw Amy out of the corner of my eye, glaring at me. "Well, Tai are we walking home together tonight?" I asked already knowing that we would be.
"Yep! As always." He said smiling. Then, he walked into one of the math classes.
"Hey Sora. What the heck do you think you are doing? I know Spanish and I know what Tai said to you." Amy said walking up to me.
"So?"
"So, I'm just saying he was either paid, dared, or had no taste to actually say that to you." Amy said.
"Yeah right." I retorted.
"Oh come off it Sora! You know that Tai wouldn't say that and mean it to an ugly girl like yourself. Hmmm... after today. Tai won't see anything in you at all and he will be mine. Ha!" She said hurrying off.
I felt tears slide down my cheeks. I didn't want this to happen. I didn't want to cry, but I didn't know what else to do. She was probably going to beat me up or steal Tai away from me so far that I will never be able to tell him how I feel about him. I didn't care as much about getting beat up as much as I cared about Tai. Amy wasn't good enough for him, but then again I probably wasn't either.
"Sora! What' the matter?" I heard someone ask. I turned around to see Matt Ishida, with a concerned look on his face. (TK: I was beginning to wonder if Matt would show up at all in this fic).
"Oh, nothing." I didn't want Matt to know that Amy and her friends had threatened me, so I just improvised. "Well, actually I was wondering. Do you think Tai likes me as in like, likes me, Matt?"
"Yeah. He is my best friend after all and I think that he is crazy about you. I think you are crazy about him too." Matt said.
"You'd win that bet."
"But, that can't be why you're crying. Is it?" Matt asked.
"Kind of. Well I gotta go Matt. I'll see you later." I said walking into my biology classroom.
"Yep. Later Sora."
With that I saw the members of the "I Love Matt Club" glare at me. They were just as bad as the Tai-lovers.
"Don't worry guys. Matt is just a friend." I said sitting at my desk. I didn't want to get into a war with both the Tai and Matt lovers.
After, biology I made my way to lunch. I saw Izzy and quickly walked up to him.
"Hey Izzy!" I yelled.
"Hi Sora. How are things going with Amy today?" He asked.
"Well, she only threatened me again." I said.
"I hope she gets taught a lesson by someone. Do you know that she has a boy friend?"
"What? No! I had no idea! That little cheater! And she says that there are things wrong with me! At least I don't cheat on my boy friend. Wait, I don't have one." I said, sadly.
"But, you could. Tai and you are just to scared too tell each other."
"Maybe you are right. I don't know."
Izzy's POV
"I know I'm right." I replied.
When we got to lunch, Sora sat with Tai. I don't know if that was her best move ever, but at least she is proving to the Tai-lovers that she isn't easily beat. I thought she was pretty brave. That Amy girl could probably hurt her pretty bad.
"Hey jerk!" I heard someone yell at me.
I turned to see one of the guys that forced me to do their homework last night. His name was Shawn.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Well, I just wanted thank you, dork. You did all my homework and you gave it to my girl friend when she asked you to."
"Your welcome." I said. I didn't understand where he was trying to go with this. I was also surprised to learn that he was Amy's boy friend.
"Now, loser, if you know what's good for you, you will do our homework tonight too." Shawn commanded.
There was no way that I wanted to do all that homework again tonight, but I didn't know what else to do so I accepted.
"Now remember, if you don't do it, we will come after you." He said walking off.
A tear slid slowly down my face. It wasn't fair. Why the heck should I be forced to do everyone else's homework for them, just because I am not strong enough to fight or tell them no? I didn't deserve this. I felt my face getting wet from my tears. My mind spun. I didn't want anyone to see me cry like this. Then, I remembered that Mimi played clarinet. I also knew that she was practicing it this period, because I had seen her walk down to the music suite earlier.
I quickly made my way over to the music room. I knew she wouldn't make fun of me for crying and it was kind of ironic, because I had wanted to connect with her again anyway.
When, I got there, no one was there. I saw her clarinet in a chair. I went up to the chair and looked at the clarinet. I saw some fresh looking lipstick on the reed and mouth piece. I knew that she had been her not too long ago. I picked up the clarinet. I carefully wiped the lipstick off with my shirt sleeve and attempted to play a note.
"Izzy! Is that you?" A voice interrupted me.
I looked up to see Mimi. She looked amazingly beautiful to me right then.
"Yep it is!" I said smiling at her. I put down her clarinet and blushed.
"Oh, it's okay, Izzy. I don't mind if you want to play it. So, what brings you here?" She asked.
"Well, I had missed you Mimi and um...somekidshavebeenpickingonmeandmakingmedotherehomeworklately." I said quickly.
"Woah, Izzy! Slow down. I couldn't understand you aside from the fact that you missed me. And well, I missed you a lot too." She said smiling at me.
"Mimi, I don't want you to think I sound stupid or anything, but I really trust you so, I will tell you. Some kids have been making fun of me lately and calling me names. They also are making me do there homework. I just isn't fair!" I said bursting into tears again.
"Oh, Izzy. I'm so sorry." I heard her say. Then, I felt her wrap her arms around me. Then I felt her own tears mixing with mine.
"What's wrong Mimi?" I asked her.
"I should have been there for you Izzy. I should have made sure no one hurt you or was ever mean to you, but I wasn't. I care about you so much. I can't believe how cruel I have been to leave you hanging like that."
"It isn't your fault Mimi."
"Yes it is. You will probably never love me now."
"What?" I asked surprised. "Mimi, I have always loved you. I just never knew you felt the same way!" I said happily.
"You do? Oh, Izzy! I'm so happy." Mimi exclaimed.
We brought each other into a closer embrace and we both stopped crying. For now, I knew I wouldn't have anything to worry about because Mimi was at my side.
End Part: 2.
Jessica: So, that was more Mishiro than anything else. The next part will have more Taiora in it for sure. So please tell me what you think. Also, I used transitions between the POVs this time.
TK: I thought this part was...
Jessica: Tell me later TK! Please review!