Discalimer- don't own digimon- tho everyone else is mine
YAY!!!!!! I've finally finished! I'm very happy. Don't disappoint me, please reveiw!
The last day of school was very empty. In that, they had been told they didn't have to go. Right around dusk though...
"Kari! we need to go!" Kari's mom yelled up the stairs. She ran down the stairs, jumped in the car, and rode the whole two minutes. Getting out, she pointed her parents in the correct direction- to the eigth grade gym, where the parents would stay. the kids would have the sevnth grade gym, for which every single one of them was grateful.
As Kari walked to the gym, she looked for friends. Spotting Justine (easily) Kari hurried up to her. She was wearing a long green skirt and gray shirt. "Hi- told you to get that dress." the redhead greeted her. "I know, I know. Where's everybody else?" Kari asked as they headed inside- she *had* been a little late.
"Man, this gym brings back memories of our days as stupid little sevies, huh? oh, in here- we waited for you." Justine explained. Their group had gotten a table- spread around it were:
(an- this isn't the order their sitting in, just who's there)
Meghan, Kif, Nick, Justine (who was seating herself), Amanda, Will, Leah, TK, Courtney (who wasn't *really* in their group, but everyone was friendly with), Jono, Kristin, James, Chelsea, Stephanie, Phoebe, and an empty seat for Kari.
Kari was somewhat pleased to note that her friends managed to keep her away from Courtney. Snide remarks had been building up in Kari, all of them about Courtney. She stood behind her seat and asked "Why don't we go get some pizza?"
"Because," Stephanie explained, "There has been a volunteer to waitress us." "Uh, how can she wait on all these tables?" Kari pointed out, with the wave of a hand.
"Who knows. She thinks she can though, so, it's not our problem." James said, leaning back.
Kari sat with "That's true. I wonder who it is." "I know that it's a girl, and that she came here before going to Odaiba High, where she is now." Phoebe told Kari. A debate followed while Kari looked around. There wasn't much time for anyone to get very mad, as within two minutes, a girl scutulled over, her face hiden by pizza boxes.
She threw down 2 cheese, a pepperoni, and a sausage. By then Kari could make out her face. "Yolei!" she jumped up. "Hi. I'll talk to you later, and I'll be by with soda in a minute." She certainly had her hands full, so Kari sat back down. Immeditaly everyone was asking why Yolei was here. Kari knew her best of everyone, but they were all Yolei's friends.
Kari quickly explained that she had no idea why Yolei had come. At that, everyone dove for the pizza. As the boxes were passed around, Yolei came around with a tray of soda. She left two Cokes, one Pepsi, and one Sprite. She showed them how to put up a flag that'd tell her they needed something.
She left again before they could ask her anything. Drinks were poured, and conversation started up again.
Kari started when her drink actually *hopped* into her hand. Farther down the table, Justine had slapped the table quite hard, making the cups bounce a little. From the look of things, a good bit of teasing was being aimed at her and Nick. Trying to make a point, Jus had underestimated her own strength.
She smiled "angeliclly" up the table. Kari laughed and took up the task of eating her pizza. She spent a very enjoyable first-half-of-the-night talking with friends she usually didn't see. Even though Steph stuck to Sprite, which is Caffiene Free, she was amazingly hyper by the time Yolei came around with a trash bag. Most of the table was with her, and it was a relief to be able to stand up and run around a little. Of course, they couldn't really run, but that was ok.
Now that everyone was standing up, Kari could see what Amanda and Meghan were wearing- Amanda had a knee-length dress with diagonal stripes of three different shades of yellow.
Meghan had a blue knee-length skirt, fading into a white stripe in the middle and blue flowers across the stripe. Her shirt was a plain white cap sleeved one.
Standing in a circle with Amanda, Justine, Meghan, Will, Kif, Nick, and Phoebe, Kari was having a great time. Then she remembered something- "Jus, how come I can see the seam of your skirt. It's not on purpose, is it?"
"Oh, yeah. The outside had these flowers on it," Jus laughed. Everyone else laughed too.
Just then a song started up. Everyone looked up, startled. Kari was reminded of something. Telling her friends she'd be back in a second, she ran up towards the area that held the DJ, the equipment, and the cds. Behind it all was Yolei.
She had shed the apron she wore before (it was disgusting by now) and had a pasty green tank top and pair of Khaki shorts on.
"Hey! Why'd you come?" Kari asked her, climbing onto the 'stage'. "Oh, I thought it'd be fun- it's not like I had anything better to do." Yolei blew off the question. She didn't want to tell Kari she had come to make sure Kari enjoyed herself. "Got a request?"
"No, no, just coming to say 'hi'. Is that shirt new?" "Nope. Remember when I was on the phone with you? I was trying to find something new to wear *here*. My sister stopped by to ask what I was doing, and lent me this," Yolei explained. "But now it looks like I need to take some requests- stop by whenever you feel like it, but you might find yourself kind of busy." Yolei turned her attention to someone else, and Kari went back to her friends.
The rest of the night could be classified as "fun" or "great" or "enjoyable". She *did* dance with Jono, once, but only because their friends pushed them- Tk included. Courtney didn't though... it seemed like she *didn't* want them to dance. When she told Jus, she got a unhappy answer: "Maybe she hates you, personally. Maybe she doesn't want you to have fun. And maybe I'm just a pessimist" Justine shrugged. As soon as she finished though, Yolei was starting a fast song, and they scuttled onto the floor.
The music was mostly pop, though there was some country too. Plus one or two line dances.
Kari really enjoyed herself, too. She didn't think about Tk the whole time- more about her friends in general. During the slow songs (Yolei couldn't *not* play them) she just sat with her dateless friends (including Jonothan) on the side.
She was always glaring at Courtney when Tk lead her onto the floor too. At least, she was when she wasn't busy being happy about something. She was glaring once when Courtney refused. Kari's anger turned around into confusion. That confusion grew as Courtney walked toward her. Kari stood up, not sure what else to do.
"Hey," Courtney said softly. "I need to talk to you. You seem to think I like Tk. Now, don't get me wrong- I *do*... as a friend. But the guy I wanted to go with was taken, by accident, infact, and he asked me. Could you have said no to *anyone*? Even if it was someone you hated, which Tk isn't, could you say no?" Courtney asked, patiently. Kari shook her head silently. "Can you forgive me?" Courtney asked, pleading now. "What's to forgive?" Kari said smiling.
"I know you like Tk."
"Oh. Well then, who did you want to come with?" It was the least Kari could do for Courtney, who seemed so troubled at taking "Kari's boy".
"J- Jonothan," Courtney muttered, voice very low. Kari started grinning. Jono had looked a little like he liked her too- why else... and it all fit together. Kari grabbed Courtney's arm, marching her right up to Jono, who was talking to friends. When they reached him, he turned, turning the lightest shade of pink. Now Kari was certain.
She shoved Courtney forward, and the two caught each other. Kari grinned over Courtney's shoulder, asking Jonothan "She's why we came as friends, right? Enjoy youselves guys," and she walked toward Yolei to get a slow song next. There was still a while left for the pair.
Looking up at Jono, Courtney thought, I owe you one, Kari She totally forgot about Tk, who blanched at the site of the dancing couple. He tried to charge out to the floor when he felt a hand on either arm yanking him back. He turned around to see Meghan and Justine, each holding an arm, and Kari- looking very mofia boss-ish- standing between.
"There was a reason she was ignoring you, you know. She couldn't tell you 'no' either. Now, why don't you let her have some fun?" Kari asked, pointing to a chair. He plumped down, and his guards let go.
"Kari, you don't know how this feels! To find out someone you like, doesn't like you. No, they like you as a friend." Tk told her, his eyes pleading. For what, Kari didn't know. For her to tell him she was lying?
"Oh, you'd be suprised." She muttered, walking to get something to drink. While she was gone, Justine slapped him. This wasn't as strange as Kari's slap from a few days before, because Jus slapped anyone who really vexed her. Except she never slapped with all her strength- and this time she did.
"You ass," She told him, keeping her voice low, while he covered his cheek with a hand. More suprising was her language. "Kari's liked you all year, but never bothered to do anything about it. You know why? Incase you didn't like her too. Then you start, start, almost *ignoring* her when Courtney springs up. Worst of all, Courtney is going to break your heart- well, this is junior high, she'll break your heart on a smaller scale- and Kari gets to deliver the news. Kari, who is nice to everyone, that's the only reason you came here with Courtney, but becuase Kari had to be nice to Courtney, too, KARI had to make you unhappy, something she hates. She hates that because she has a crush, a big crush, on you. Has had one for a while. She was really good at hiding it, too- I didn't guess till just now. You didn't guess either. You were totally oblivious in your obsession with Courtney. She's been really strong too- she put up with you ignoring her, she was content, or tried to be, with your friendship. The person she likes hasn't liked her for awhile, and she never even let anyone know, much less give up, like you! You couldn't even thank her for putting up with you, could you? No, no, I guess you need some more time to wallow in your own misery. I'll just let you do that alone." And Jus upped and left, leaving Meghan there, who told him one sentence- "And I wouldn't blame her in the least if she stopped liking you." With that, Meghan followed.
Kari hadn't been mad in the least, but Jus and Meghan went straight to her cutting between people having conversations. Tk saw her give them an inoccent look, then gasp. At that point, he put his head in his hands. He had screwed up soooo bad. Justine's harsh words echoed through out his head- "You couldn't even thank her... she has a crush, a big crush on you...almost *ignoring* her... Kari, who is nice to everyone..." Tk couldn't help but think that she wasn't being nice to him right now, and then hate himself for thinking that.
Why hadn't he seen that earlier? Was it really because of his infatuation with Courtney? Was it because he was afraid that he was dillousioning himself? He had liked Kari for a while- she had probably liked him too. Dammit. He was afraid of giving himself to much credit then... he never thought it possible that she *really* did like him to. Dammit again. And now look at the two of them. Their dates were dancing, he looked like a guy who had just been dumped- which was true, and Kari, Oh, God, he didn't want to think about what Kari would be doing right now. Dammit a third time.
Kari was having her fair share of "dammit"s with Meghan and Justine. "So now what am I supposed to do?" She asked. "Dance! You shouldn't do anything till Tk does something," Justine assured her. Yolei was starting up a fast song. Kari allowed herself to be pulled onto the dance floor. Once her friends were sure she would stay there, they let go, and Kari went over to hang out with Courtney. Sort of to show her that she was considered a friend now.
Meghan and Justine followed, though a little confused. When they saw that Courtney and Kari were being nice, they relaxed, exchanging confused looks. After a few more fast songs, Kari sat down for the slow one. She was alone- everyone was dancing. Well, everyone except Tk, but she didn't want to think about him.
He was thinking about her though, and he finally walked over to her. When she looked up and saw him standing there, she said something he hadn't really expected: "Listen, you're aren't going to make me feel any better. I know you don't like me. Why don't you go, go, go dance with anyone besides me. You like all of them as much was you like me! And they only consider you a friend." She gestured toward Stephanie and Chelsea, who were mockingly dancing together.
Tk kicked her ankle lightly. "You don't understand. I *have* liked you. I've liked you for a while. I just always assumed that there was no chance that you would like me, even though you did. I didn't want to tell myself you *did* like me, incase you didn't. I didn't want to dilliousion myself. Then, taking what I felt for you, I bounced back onto Courtney. I never considered what you had to put with, or that you had held out longer than me."
"You mean all that crud about Courtney, was really trying to hide that you liked me?"
"Yeah." Tk offered his hand.
And the song ended. They both laughed, and joined their group of friends, who were in the middle of a throng around Yolei. Kari fought her way to the front, then she heard what they wanted. They all wanted Yolei to sing a song for them. Her choice. Kari battled her way onto the stage, and whispered in Yolei's ear, "or shall they all find out about 'a certain-'" Yolei shouted at this point "FINE!" She glared at Kari, who was jumping down. Kari only grinned angelicly back.
She started a fast song so she could think- Cotton-eyed Joe.
"Where did you come from..." the CD began as Yolei started scribbling something on a piece of paper.
Kari joined her friends again, listening to the song. Justine was already teaching Phoebe, Chelsea, James, and Will- everyone else knew the line dance. The girls were careful with their skirts, though Jus's proved very comfortable while dancing. The girls with shorter skirts needed to watch out.
When that ended, Yolei paused for long moments, wondering what song to sing. It had to be slow- that much was obvious. Letting her thoughts wander to Kari and Tk, she decided on a song she had just writen.
It was her first song ever- there wasn't really a tune, she'd have to make that up as she went along. Pushing the butterflies out of her stomach, she opened her mouth, and sang-
************
Always together,
never apart,
that was the strength
of friendship in our hearts.
Best friends for years,
You and I;
We had no limits,
not even the sky.
Through thick and thin
we've stuck together;
We had a friendship
no one could sever.
We grew older,
the days flew by,
and now I find myself
looking you in the eye
and saying-
Here we are, you and me
at a crossroads in life
and it is the perfect chance
to end my enteral strife.
But I remain unknown to you,
did you even know I was female?
And to think I put up with you,
even tried to keep you hale.
We're at a point
where we've come face to face
so what can I say?
We've nearly ended a race.
The winner could be either of us,
it could be you, maybe I,
and if we're really lucky,
we'll end it in a tie.
and with the passing years
I have a growing fear
that you'll never notice me
a friend is all I'll ever be.
Afterall:
Here we are, you and me
at a crossroads in life
and it is the perfect chance
to end my enteral strife.
But I remain unknown to you,
did you even know I was female?
And to think I put up with you,
even tried to keep you hale.
Yet you've opened my heart,
you have the key.
Now the question is
do you love me?
***************
Kari and Tk were slowly swaying together, eyes locked together. Kari gave a slight sad nod, and Tk just squeezed her hand. They glanced around and smiled at their friends paired together. Tk pointed at Jonathan and Courtney. "They really make a cute couple, don't they?" he asked.
"Not as cute as you," Kari told him. He blushed and turned back to her. The sound stopped and everyone clapped and cheered for Yolei.
"Now you guys got to say Goodbye, it's time to find your parents- find them before they find you," Yolei warned everyone.
The looks of horror that swept the crowd made Yolei laugh as she hopped down behind the equipment to start unplugging it.
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(NOTE: Hale means Healthy)
The music was Americana. I don't know how much country there is in Japan, I know there's none in europe, but I really wanted to put that in. It's basiclly american except that th characters have always lived in Japan, so I had to deal with that. i wrote the song Yolei sings. i'd appreciate feedback on it, but it's not nessicary. I don't really like it much.
Ok, peeps, I'm REALLY sorry about how I always had specific outfits, but an obsession of mine is cartoon dolls, so I made outfits for all of them. hehe... i went a little overboard @_@
This also means my resources were limited... BUT I still managed to keep the outtfits in character! go mee, go mee^^
I might have those three appear in future fics, i kinda like 'em. Oh, the story behind Amanda is that her vetinemese parents moved to Odaiba as newlyweds. Thus, she's vetitnemese in looks and blood, but she lives in Japan.
Also, the dinnerdance is usually (at least at my school) like, at the beginning of June, but that's OK! rite? in this it's on the last day. that's just the way it is.
I just realized that TK gave up, even tho his crest is hope... oops. SORRY. it's how i planned it since i got the idea tho, so...DEAL WITH IT *audience sweatdrops*
and reveiw. pweety pwease?
YAY!!!!!! I've finally finished! I'm very happy. Don't disappoint me, please reveiw!
The last day of school was very empty. In that, they had been told they didn't have to go. Right around dusk though...
"Kari! we need to go!" Kari's mom yelled up the stairs. She ran down the stairs, jumped in the car, and rode the whole two minutes. Getting out, she pointed her parents in the correct direction- to the eigth grade gym, where the parents would stay. the kids would have the sevnth grade gym, for which every single one of them was grateful.
As Kari walked to the gym, she looked for friends. Spotting Justine (easily) Kari hurried up to her. She was wearing a long green skirt and gray shirt. "Hi- told you to get that dress." the redhead greeted her. "I know, I know. Where's everybody else?" Kari asked as they headed inside- she *had* been a little late.
"Man, this gym brings back memories of our days as stupid little sevies, huh? oh, in here- we waited for you." Justine explained. Their group had gotten a table- spread around it were:
(an- this isn't the order their sitting in, just who's there)
Meghan, Kif, Nick, Justine (who was seating herself), Amanda, Will, Leah, TK, Courtney (who wasn't *really* in their group, but everyone was friendly with), Jono, Kristin, James, Chelsea, Stephanie, Phoebe, and an empty seat for Kari.
Kari was somewhat pleased to note that her friends managed to keep her away from Courtney. Snide remarks had been building up in Kari, all of them about Courtney. She stood behind her seat and asked "Why don't we go get some pizza?"
"Because," Stephanie explained, "There has been a volunteer to waitress us." "Uh, how can she wait on all these tables?" Kari pointed out, with the wave of a hand.
"Who knows. She thinks she can though, so, it's not our problem." James said, leaning back.
Kari sat with "That's true. I wonder who it is." "I know that it's a girl, and that she came here before going to Odaiba High, where she is now." Phoebe told Kari. A debate followed while Kari looked around. There wasn't much time for anyone to get very mad, as within two minutes, a girl scutulled over, her face hiden by pizza boxes.
She threw down 2 cheese, a pepperoni, and a sausage. By then Kari could make out her face. "Yolei!" she jumped up. "Hi. I'll talk to you later, and I'll be by with soda in a minute." She certainly had her hands full, so Kari sat back down. Immeditaly everyone was asking why Yolei was here. Kari knew her best of everyone, but they were all Yolei's friends.
Kari quickly explained that she had no idea why Yolei had come. At that, everyone dove for the pizza. As the boxes were passed around, Yolei came around with a tray of soda. She left two Cokes, one Pepsi, and one Sprite. She showed them how to put up a flag that'd tell her they needed something.
She left again before they could ask her anything. Drinks were poured, and conversation started up again.
Kari started when her drink actually *hopped* into her hand. Farther down the table, Justine had slapped the table quite hard, making the cups bounce a little. From the look of things, a good bit of teasing was being aimed at her and Nick. Trying to make a point, Jus had underestimated her own strength.
She smiled "angeliclly" up the table. Kari laughed and took up the task of eating her pizza. She spent a very enjoyable first-half-of-the-night talking with friends she usually didn't see. Even though Steph stuck to Sprite, which is Caffiene Free, she was amazingly hyper by the time Yolei came around with a trash bag. Most of the table was with her, and it was a relief to be able to stand up and run around a little. Of course, they couldn't really run, but that was ok.
Now that everyone was standing up, Kari could see what Amanda and Meghan were wearing- Amanda had a knee-length dress with diagonal stripes of three different shades of yellow.
Meghan had a blue knee-length skirt, fading into a white stripe in the middle and blue flowers across the stripe. Her shirt was a plain white cap sleeved one.
Standing in a circle with Amanda, Justine, Meghan, Will, Kif, Nick, and Phoebe, Kari was having a great time. Then she remembered something- "Jus, how come I can see the seam of your skirt. It's not on purpose, is it?"
"Oh, yeah. The outside had these flowers on it," Jus laughed. Everyone else laughed too.
Just then a song started up. Everyone looked up, startled. Kari was reminded of something. Telling her friends she'd be back in a second, she ran up towards the area that held the DJ, the equipment, and the cds. Behind it all was Yolei.
She had shed the apron she wore before (it was disgusting by now) and had a pasty green tank top and pair of Khaki shorts on.
"Hey! Why'd you come?" Kari asked her, climbing onto the 'stage'. "Oh, I thought it'd be fun- it's not like I had anything better to do." Yolei blew off the question. She didn't want to tell Kari she had come to make sure Kari enjoyed herself. "Got a request?"
"No, no, just coming to say 'hi'. Is that shirt new?" "Nope. Remember when I was on the phone with you? I was trying to find something new to wear *here*. My sister stopped by to ask what I was doing, and lent me this," Yolei explained. "But now it looks like I need to take some requests- stop by whenever you feel like it, but you might find yourself kind of busy." Yolei turned her attention to someone else, and Kari went back to her friends.
The rest of the night could be classified as "fun" or "great" or "enjoyable". She *did* dance with Jono, once, but only because their friends pushed them- Tk included. Courtney didn't though... it seemed like she *didn't* want them to dance. When she told Jus, she got a unhappy answer: "Maybe she hates you, personally. Maybe she doesn't want you to have fun. And maybe I'm just a pessimist" Justine shrugged. As soon as she finished though, Yolei was starting a fast song, and they scuttled onto the floor.
The music was mostly pop, though there was some country too. Plus one or two line dances.
Kari really enjoyed herself, too. She didn't think about Tk the whole time- more about her friends in general. During the slow songs (Yolei couldn't *not* play them) she just sat with her dateless friends (including Jonothan) on the side.
She was always glaring at Courtney when Tk lead her onto the floor too. At least, she was when she wasn't busy being happy about something. She was glaring once when Courtney refused. Kari's anger turned around into confusion. That confusion grew as Courtney walked toward her. Kari stood up, not sure what else to do.
"Hey," Courtney said softly. "I need to talk to you. You seem to think I like Tk. Now, don't get me wrong- I *do*... as a friend. But the guy I wanted to go with was taken, by accident, infact, and he asked me. Could you have said no to *anyone*? Even if it was someone you hated, which Tk isn't, could you say no?" Courtney asked, patiently. Kari shook her head silently. "Can you forgive me?" Courtney asked, pleading now. "What's to forgive?" Kari said smiling.
"I know you like Tk."
"Oh. Well then, who did you want to come with?" It was the least Kari could do for Courtney, who seemed so troubled at taking "Kari's boy".
"J- Jonothan," Courtney muttered, voice very low. Kari started grinning. Jono had looked a little like he liked her too- why else... and it all fit together. Kari grabbed Courtney's arm, marching her right up to Jono, who was talking to friends. When they reached him, he turned, turning the lightest shade of pink. Now Kari was certain.
She shoved Courtney forward, and the two caught each other. Kari grinned over Courtney's shoulder, asking Jonothan "She's why we came as friends, right? Enjoy youselves guys," and she walked toward Yolei to get a slow song next. There was still a while left for the pair.
Looking up at Jono, Courtney thought, I owe you one, Kari She totally forgot about Tk, who blanched at the site of the dancing couple. He tried to charge out to the floor when he felt a hand on either arm yanking him back. He turned around to see Meghan and Justine, each holding an arm, and Kari- looking very mofia boss-ish- standing between.
"There was a reason she was ignoring you, you know. She couldn't tell you 'no' either. Now, why don't you let her have some fun?" Kari asked, pointing to a chair. He plumped down, and his guards let go.
"Kari, you don't know how this feels! To find out someone you like, doesn't like you. No, they like you as a friend." Tk told her, his eyes pleading. For what, Kari didn't know. For her to tell him she was lying?
"Oh, you'd be suprised." She muttered, walking to get something to drink. While she was gone, Justine slapped him. This wasn't as strange as Kari's slap from a few days before, because Jus slapped anyone who really vexed her. Except she never slapped with all her strength- and this time she did.
"You ass," She told him, keeping her voice low, while he covered his cheek with a hand. More suprising was her language. "Kari's liked you all year, but never bothered to do anything about it. You know why? Incase you didn't like her too. Then you start, start, almost *ignoring* her when Courtney springs up. Worst of all, Courtney is going to break your heart- well, this is junior high, she'll break your heart on a smaller scale- and Kari gets to deliver the news. Kari, who is nice to everyone, that's the only reason you came here with Courtney, but becuase Kari had to be nice to Courtney, too, KARI had to make you unhappy, something she hates. She hates that because she has a crush, a big crush, on you. Has had one for a while. She was really good at hiding it, too- I didn't guess till just now. You didn't guess either. You were totally oblivious in your obsession with Courtney. She's been really strong too- she put up with you ignoring her, she was content, or tried to be, with your friendship. The person she likes hasn't liked her for awhile, and she never even let anyone know, much less give up, like you! You couldn't even thank her for putting up with you, could you? No, no, I guess you need some more time to wallow in your own misery. I'll just let you do that alone." And Jus upped and left, leaving Meghan there, who told him one sentence- "And I wouldn't blame her in the least if she stopped liking you." With that, Meghan followed.
Kari hadn't been mad in the least, but Jus and Meghan went straight to her cutting between people having conversations. Tk saw her give them an inoccent look, then gasp. At that point, he put his head in his hands. He had screwed up soooo bad. Justine's harsh words echoed through out his head- "You couldn't even thank her... she has a crush, a big crush on you...almost *ignoring* her... Kari, who is nice to everyone..." Tk couldn't help but think that she wasn't being nice to him right now, and then hate himself for thinking that.
Why hadn't he seen that earlier? Was it really because of his infatuation with Courtney? Was it because he was afraid that he was dillousioning himself? He had liked Kari for a while- she had probably liked him too. Dammit. He was afraid of giving himself to much credit then... he never thought it possible that she *really* did like him to. Dammit again. And now look at the two of them. Their dates were dancing, he looked like a guy who had just been dumped- which was true, and Kari, Oh, God, he didn't want to think about what Kari would be doing right now. Dammit a third time.
Kari was having her fair share of "dammit"s with Meghan and Justine. "So now what am I supposed to do?" She asked. "Dance! You shouldn't do anything till Tk does something," Justine assured her. Yolei was starting up a fast song. Kari allowed herself to be pulled onto the dance floor. Once her friends were sure she would stay there, they let go, and Kari went over to hang out with Courtney. Sort of to show her that she was considered a friend now.
Meghan and Justine followed, though a little confused. When they saw that Courtney and Kari were being nice, they relaxed, exchanging confused looks. After a few more fast songs, Kari sat down for the slow one. She was alone- everyone was dancing. Well, everyone except Tk, but she didn't want to think about him.
He was thinking about her though, and he finally walked over to her. When she looked up and saw him standing there, she said something he hadn't really expected: "Listen, you're aren't going to make me feel any better. I know you don't like me. Why don't you go, go, go dance with anyone besides me. You like all of them as much was you like me! And they only consider you a friend." She gestured toward Stephanie and Chelsea, who were mockingly dancing together.
Tk kicked her ankle lightly. "You don't understand. I *have* liked you. I've liked you for a while. I just always assumed that there was no chance that you would like me, even though you did. I didn't want to tell myself you *did* like me, incase you didn't. I didn't want to dilliousion myself. Then, taking what I felt for you, I bounced back onto Courtney. I never considered what you had to put with, or that you had held out longer than me."
"You mean all that crud about Courtney, was really trying to hide that you liked me?"
"Yeah." Tk offered his hand.
And the song ended. They both laughed, and joined their group of friends, who were in the middle of a throng around Yolei. Kari fought her way to the front, then she heard what they wanted. They all wanted Yolei to sing a song for them. Her choice. Kari battled her way onto the stage, and whispered in Yolei's ear, "or shall they all find out about 'a certain-'" Yolei shouted at this point "FINE!" She glared at Kari, who was jumping down. Kari only grinned angelicly back.
She started a fast song so she could think- Cotton-eyed Joe.
"Where did you come from..." the CD began as Yolei started scribbling something on a piece of paper.
Kari joined her friends again, listening to the song. Justine was already teaching Phoebe, Chelsea, James, and Will- everyone else knew the line dance. The girls were careful with their skirts, though Jus's proved very comfortable while dancing. The girls with shorter skirts needed to watch out.
When that ended, Yolei paused for long moments, wondering what song to sing. It had to be slow- that much was obvious. Letting her thoughts wander to Kari and Tk, she decided on a song she had just writen.
It was her first song ever- there wasn't really a tune, she'd have to make that up as she went along. Pushing the butterflies out of her stomach, she opened her mouth, and sang-
************
Always together,
never apart,
that was the strength
of friendship in our hearts.
Best friends for years,
You and I;
We had no limits,
not even the sky.
Through thick and thin
we've stuck together;
We had a friendship
no one could sever.
We grew older,
the days flew by,
and now I find myself
looking you in the eye
and saying-
Here we are, you and me
at a crossroads in life
and it is the perfect chance
to end my enteral strife.
But I remain unknown to you,
did you even know I was female?
And to think I put up with you,
even tried to keep you hale.
We're at a point
where we've come face to face
so what can I say?
We've nearly ended a race.
The winner could be either of us,
it could be you, maybe I,
and if we're really lucky,
we'll end it in a tie.
and with the passing years
I have a growing fear
that you'll never notice me
a friend is all I'll ever be.
Afterall:
Here we are, you and me
at a crossroads in life
and it is the perfect chance
to end my enteral strife.
But I remain unknown to you,
did you even know I was female?
And to think I put up with you,
even tried to keep you hale.
Yet you've opened my heart,
you have the key.
Now the question is
do you love me?
***************
Kari and Tk were slowly swaying together, eyes locked together. Kari gave a slight sad nod, and Tk just squeezed her hand. They glanced around and smiled at their friends paired together. Tk pointed at Jonathan and Courtney. "They really make a cute couple, don't they?" he asked.
"Not as cute as you," Kari told him. He blushed and turned back to her. The sound stopped and everyone clapped and cheered for Yolei.
"Now you guys got to say Goodbye, it's time to find your parents- find them before they find you," Yolei warned everyone.
The looks of horror that swept the crowd made Yolei laugh as she hopped down behind the equipment to start unplugging it.
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(NOTE: Hale means Healthy)
The music was Americana. I don't know how much country there is in Japan, I know there's none in europe, but I really wanted to put that in. It's basiclly american except that th characters have always lived in Japan, so I had to deal with that. i wrote the song Yolei sings. i'd appreciate feedback on it, but it's not nessicary. I don't really like it much.
Ok, peeps, I'm REALLY sorry about how I always had specific outfits, but an obsession of mine is cartoon dolls, so I made outfits for all of them. hehe... i went a little overboard @_@
This also means my resources were limited... BUT I still managed to keep the outtfits in character! go mee, go mee^^
I might have those three appear in future fics, i kinda like 'em. Oh, the story behind Amanda is that her vetinemese parents moved to Odaiba as newlyweds. Thus, she's vetitnemese in looks and blood, but she lives in Japan.
Also, the dinnerdance is usually (at least at my school) like, at the beginning of June, but that's OK! rite? in this it's on the last day. that's just the way it is.
I just realized that TK gave up, even tho his crest is hope... oops. SORRY. it's how i planned it since i got the idea tho, so...DEAL WITH IT *audience sweatdrops*
and reveiw. pweety pwease?
