CHAPTER 3: HOME

By Taryn Burt

He watched as his little sister went from box to box, looking for the phone. "Ah hah! Found it never mind." She held the phone cord, w/no phone attached. "But I bet it's in this box. I bet u 10 bucks it is."

"Your on." he happened to have just found it in the box in front of him so he "casually" said, "Oh look here it is."

"You cheat u knew where it was there." she knew him well.

"What if I did?"

"I won't pay you."

"U just don't wanna' pay up."

"Just go hook it up." He nodded and after taking the card from Sakura plugged it in. They unpacked for five minutes until the phone rang. Tori leaped for the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Is Sakura there?"

"Yes hold on." Tori held the phone away and yelled, "Sakura! Phone!"

"Coming who is it?"

"Who is this?"

"This is Li." Tori glared at the phone.

"Listen monster, you leave my sister alone." and hung up the phone as Sakura walked in.

"Grr. Tori who was it?"

"Nobody."

"It was somebody. If it weren't you wouldn't look so mad. Was it my boss?"

"No it was…"

"Who!?!"

"The monster."

"Huh?"

"Li." Sakura's breath caught and her eyes went cold.

"You did the right thing then, " she said as she walked back up stairs. Huh? I thought she and that BRAT were friends. Well, I'm glad to see she's come to her senses. The phone rang again. Rriinngg!! Tori stared at it as he debated whether or not to answer it. Rriinngg. "Tori could u get that?" Tori reluctantly/angrily picked up the phone.

"Listen brat, I told-" a new voice laughed.

"I'm ur best friend for 17years and now I'm a brat?"

"Julian!?!?"

"The one and only."

"Oh! I thought you were someone else."

"Really who?"

"That Li brat."

"Oh?" Julian said TOO innocently.

"What are u hiding?"

"I happen to be at 'that Li brat's' house."

"Why?!?"

"We're having a lovely conversation about what to get you and Sakura as welcome back gifts."

"Hmm. You could do that anyway."

"Nuh-Uhn"

"Uh-huh. What did he suggest for us any way?"

"For you: something w/fire." *Li had sealed their relationship by attaching a charm on Tori's shirt & setting it on fire* "And Sakura?"

"A ne-" his response was muffled as someone said something to Julian. What is that twerp doing? "I have been instructed not to tell. All I can tell u is, it's a doozy."

"Oh dear what's he up to now?"