Runaway
Chapter thirteen
Yolei sighed deeply and lovingly. She laid her head on her folded arms as she watched Izzy typing busily away on his laptop.
Every time their eyes met her heart soared into her throat. Oh god she couldn't believe she could love anyone this much in such a short space of time. She had only met him yesterday, but she already felt like she'd known him forever. She rolled her eyes at how corny her thoughts were. But it was true. She didn't think that she could bear to be apart from for even a second.
Out of the corner of his eye Izzy saw her rolling her eyes. Panic suddenly rose inside his stomach. He hadn't realised how bored she must be. She was probably dying to get out of here.
" Umm . . .you don't have to hang around here. You can go and meet your friends if you want,"
" Why do you want me to go?" She asked playfully,
" OF COURSE NOT!" Izzy said in alarm, " I never want you to go,"
His eyes sparkled as he smiled softly at her. She leaned over and kissed him gently again. Kissing him was addictive, now that she had started she didn't think that she would ever be able to stop.
' I never want you to go,' Izzy's words echoed in her head. The thought of leaving him made her sick, but she would have to tomorrow night. Just two days left. Oh god just two days left. No she couldn't just leave what if she never saw him again.
' I never want you to go,' What if she didn't go. There wasn't a law making her go. A sudden wave of excitement and happiness washed over her. Why shouldn't she stay? Her heart leapt with joy as she suddenly realised she could wake up in Izzy's arms like she had this morning, for everyday of her life.
She had never met anyone like him. He was so smart but he was caring and warm and funny. She knew he would always take care of her and she knew that she would always love him as much as she did now, maybe even more.
" Do you really mean that?" She asked as she held onto his hands,
" Yes of course," Her heart fluttered as he smiled at her,
" Then why should I go?"
" What . . .what do you mean?" Izzy asked uncertainly,
"Why should I go? Why don't I just stay here?"
" But. Your trip . . .and what about your friends and.. . and your family and your home," Izzy stuttered, he couldn't believe what she was suggesting.
Last night while he listened to her gentle breathing and held her warm body close to him, he had thought about their future together. He had lain awake dreaming of the little house that they would own, and their two little children. He had dreamed off how much they would still love each other once they were married and how they would always be there for each other. But suddenly like a storm his dream was ripped apart as he remembered that she would be leaving him in two days. He had been certain that nothing would be able to make her stay especially not him.
" Don't you want me to stay?" Yolei asked cautiously, maybe she had rushed into things to quickly, he probably wasn't ready for such a strong commitment, so fast.
" Yolei I want to be with you more than anything in the world. I would give up my whole life just for you. But are you sure that you really want to stay. You've got so much going for you in your life. We can work something out if you want. I don't know what. . You could come back for a while after your trip. Or we could do a long distance thing,"
" Izzy, I don't want to be away from you for another second. I need to be with you or I'll die of heartache. I love you. I want to be with you more than anything,"
He grinned at, then jumped across the desk and swept her into his arms. She squealed with delight and wrapped her arms around his neck as she launched her self at him in a deep heart-racing kiss.
* * *
"So how did your date go with matt?" Kari asked Mimi as she licked the strawberry ice cream T.k had brought her.
" Well . . .I don't really know," Mimi giggled.
Kari and Mimi were leaning over the side of a bridge that lead across a small river in the middle of a park. T.K, Joe kens and Cody was a couple of yards away buying ice cream. Since Sora had been ill this morning Kari had volunteered to show the rest of the group around the city. At first she had only suggested it because it meant she could spend some more time with T.k. But as the day had wore on she had been extremely glad that she volunteered. She hadn't realised how well she would get on with the rest of Sora's friends, It had been a really fun day for every one.
Now they had all stopped for ice creams in the park while they made their way back to the hotel for dinner.
" What do you mean you don't know?" Kari laughed,
" Well to start the date off with we had a really huge argument. I was furious with him, but then he persuaded me to have dinner with him anyway. But . . .I don't know . . . I had fun with him, but it didn't really feel like a date date. It was nice going out with him, but it was more like friends going out for something to eat," Mimi explained
" You mean there wasn't a spark?" Kari asked, thinking of every date she had ever been on, apart from T.K.
" That's the weird thing, at lunch yesterday we hit it off really well. But then last night there wasn't anything romantic at all. It was a good night though," Mimi smiled dreamily, " After dinner we walked down to the beach and sat on the sand for hours and hours just talking. We talked about everything, our family's, our dreams, our fears, everything,"
" It sounds like you clicked more as friends,"
" Yeah I think that we did. He's a funny guy and really friendly too,"
" And a complete jack ass most of the time," Kari laughed,
" Yeah I found that out too," Mimi giggled,
" What did you fight about at the begging of your date?" Kari asked casually,
" Oh he was being a real dick. He told Tai that he had a blind date for him, then lured him to our hotel were he met Sora again. Then we left them alone and Matt was acting as though it was the funniest thing in the world, he can be such a Pratt,"
Kari suddenly dropped her ice cream cone and stared at Mimi as though she was completely crazy.
" He got TAI AND SORA TOGTHER! What happened where are they now? " She cried
" Huh . . .I don't know, Sora's sick and I don't know where Tai is,"
"Oh god how can matt be so stupid! Sora's not really sick she's probably too depressed to even get out of bed. Oh god what has Matt done now. He is the biggest jerk in the universe! I've got to find Tai. She suddenly pulled out her cell phone and scrolled through numbers until she found Tai's.
" But Matt said that they would just fight and then they would get back together again," Mimi said quietly,
" Doe's he still think their kids or something? There not going to get back together like that, there probably end up killing each other," She held the phone to her ear and waited a couple of seconds, " Oh crap he's turned his phone off!" She yelled,
" What's wrong?" T.k asked as he wrapped his arms around her stomach,
" I'm trying to find my brother, I'm just going to ring my mum,"
" What's going on?" T.K asked Mimi curiously,
" Matt's just been a total dick that's all," Mimi grunted,
" Oh thank god Tai are you alright?" Kari cried as some one picked up the over end of the line,
" Yeah I'm fine," Tai mumbled,
" What happened last night?"
" Nothing . . . guess you've spoken to her then," He couldn't bring him self to say Sora's name,
" No, I just. Just heard . . .Oh Tai do you want me to come and see you?"
" No I'm fine Kari," His voice sounded dull and life less, like a machine, " I'm gonna stay at Mum and dads for a while,"
" Are you sure you don't want me to come home?" She asked eagerly,
" No go have fun, see you tonight,"
" Oh. .Okay Tai, see ya later," She pressed a button on her phone and shoved it into her pocket.
" Is everything alright?" T.k asked as he nuzzled the back of her neck,
" I don't know," Kari wined Shirley, " Oh god I'm so fed up with all of this. Why can't things just go back to how they used to be? I miss Tai soooooooo much! He's completely changed since Sora left and now I just know that he's feeling even worse. Oh god I just want them to make up so that we can all be friends again, it's not fair, I've had enough!" She cried,
" Ssshhhhh," T.k soothed her as he stroked her silky hair, " There work it out Kari, I promise you they will eventually,"
* * *
Sora scrapped the toes of her sneakers in the dirt as she swung lightly on the familiar park swing. He auburn hair hung over her face blocking her view of the rest of the world. All day she had wondered around her hometown, visiting all the places that had seemed like home to her as a child. Now they all seemed ugly and strange, asthough they were something from a dream that she had a long time ago.
She had even tried to go and visit the most familiar place of all to her. She had climbed the five hundred and twenty steps up to the apartment, then walked along the hall way where they had played had as children. But once she reached the apartment door, once she had read the familiar nameplate she realised that she just couldn't go in.
Kari had said that Sora should go and visit her mother, after all Tai didn't live there anymore. But she had chickened out. She just couldn't bring her self to knock on their door. She was sure that once she walked into that apartment she would be suffocated with happy memories. She would probably have a seizure or something, memories were all that she had left of him now, they were the things that would end up killing her with the pain that they brought.
" Boo!" a voice whispered as someone pushed the swing gently,
Sora flicked back her hair to see matt grinning at her behind the swing.
" Hey," She grinned back at him. For just a second her heart had leapt at the thought that it was Tai. After all this was their special place. This playground was where they would go and sit at night and talk until the sun came up. This was their place.
Oh god why had she come here of all places.
" So what ya doing?" Matt asked casually as he sat in the swing next to her, her gave him self-a big push and soared into the air.
" Nothing," She smiled as she watched him swing. Her friends were acting asthough she had never gone away, they were still the same old goof balls,
" Well if your not doing anything why don't you come back to your hotel with me? All of us are meeting there for dinner in ten minutes,"
" Sure, I'm starving anyway," Sora smiled. They jumped off of the swings and started walking towards the hotel, through the park. The walked in silence, that's one of the tings that Sora had always appreciated about matt. Even when he knew there was something wrong with her he would never force her to talk about it, or tell him what happened. He just left her with her own thoughts.
* * *
Sora grinned happily as the waiter poured her a glass of wine. It had been such a brilliant meal, she loved just sitting with all of her friends around her, making her sides split with laughter.
On one side of her sat Yolei who was so close to Izzy that she was practically sitting in his lap. Sora had always thought that they would make a good couple but she had know idea they would be this good. As Sora watched Izzy wound a lock of her hair around his finger and kissed her cheek lightly. She was really happy for them, she had never seen Izzy with a girl before, who would of known he'd be so loving.
On Sora's other side sat Davis who had been trying hard to flirt Mimi all night, but had no success. At first Mimi had played along with him but now she was obviously bored with him. Sora had forgotten how much Davis could make her laugh by just being him self.
Sora glanced down the table and smiled at T.k and Kari. They were so cute together! Kari had always seemed like Sora's little sister and she had taken T.k on as her little brother, it was so great to see them together. T.k stroked Kari's thigh as she whispered something into his ear, he grinned and pecked her on the lips.
" Hey everyone shut up, we've got an announce meant," Yolei yelled and tapped her wine glass,
" Oh yeah what's that, how small Izzy's dick is," Matt laughed,
Izzy and Yolei both glared at him murderously.
" No," Yolei snapped, " I just want to tell you all that I'm not going tomorrow,"
" What do you mean?" Cody frowned at her,
" I'm staying here. Izzy and I are going to move in together, we've already started looking for an apartment and I'm going to get a job at the computer company that Izzy works for," She grinned around at the table and Izzy hugged her tighter,
" WHAT!" Half of the table exclaimed shocked,
" Oh my god Yolei you can't leave us!" Mimi squealed as she ran over to her and hugged her friend,
" Wow get in there Izzy," Davis nodded in approvment,
" It's okay we can still visit each other and stuff," Yolei assured Her.
Sora stared at Izzy and Yolei she was filled half way with happiness for them but the other half was filled with un-ease. She had to admit that they did make a great couple, but they had only known each other for two days. She of all people knew how badly things could go wrong at a second, but what would they both do if they decided they were meant to be together. Yolei would have no one to turn to and one of them wouldn't have a place to live.
Sora caught Izzy's eye and frowned at him. He smiled at her and raised his eyebrows in a " don't worry I know what I'm doing" expression. Sora got out of her chair, walked over to Izzy and gave him a big hug.
" Are you Sure?" She whispered in his ear,
" Positive,"
" You don't even know each other,"
" She knows me better than anyone already. I don't want to loose her Sor,"
They pulled away from each other and smiled. Izzy was the least likely person to rush into something this quickly. But Sora knew from experience how terrible it is to lose someone that you love. There was no way that she wanted two of her best friends to go through the pain that she had.
Kari stroked T.K's hand as she watched Sora hugging Izzy. This wasn't fair, how come Izzy got to stay with someone he loved. It should be her celebrating, not him.
Kari suddenly gasped as she realised how jealous her thoughts were. She should be happy for Izzy and really she was. After all Izzy had never had a serious girlfriend before. He had told her how much he earned to have what Tai and Sora used to have together. He deserved to be happy and she really hoped that he would be.
" You okay?" T.k asked as he smiled gently at her,
" Yeah I'm fine," She forced herself to smile back. But inside she felt asthough her heart was cracking. After tomorrow she would never see that golden face again. She would never stare into those icy eyes, she would never feel those strong tanned arms around her holding her close to him. Why couldn't she have him? Why was the world suddenly being so cruel to her, why couldn't they be together?
Authors note- That's it for this chapter but the next one will be out very soon! I want to thank EVERYONE who has reviewed my story, it really does make my day! Please keep reviewing!
Yolei sighed deeply and lovingly. She laid her head on her folded arms as she watched Izzy typing busily away on his laptop.
Every time their eyes met her heart soared into her throat. Oh god she couldn't believe she could love anyone this much in such a short space of time. She had only met him yesterday, but she already felt like she'd known him forever. She rolled her eyes at how corny her thoughts were. But it was true. She didn't think that she could bear to be apart from for even a second.
Out of the corner of his eye Izzy saw her rolling her eyes. Panic suddenly rose inside his stomach. He hadn't realised how bored she must be. She was probably dying to get out of here.
" Umm . . .you don't have to hang around here. You can go and meet your friends if you want,"
" Why do you want me to go?" She asked playfully,
" OF COURSE NOT!" Izzy said in alarm, " I never want you to go,"
His eyes sparkled as he smiled softly at her. She leaned over and kissed him gently again. Kissing him was addictive, now that she had started she didn't think that she would ever be able to stop.
' I never want you to go,' Izzy's words echoed in her head. The thought of leaving him made her sick, but she would have to tomorrow night. Just two days left. Oh god just two days left. No she couldn't just leave what if she never saw him again.
' I never want you to go,' What if she didn't go. There wasn't a law making her go. A sudden wave of excitement and happiness washed over her. Why shouldn't she stay? Her heart leapt with joy as she suddenly realised she could wake up in Izzy's arms like she had this morning, for everyday of her life.
She had never met anyone like him. He was so smart but he was caring and warm and funny. She knew he would always take care of her and she knew that she would always love him as much as she did now, maybe even more.
" Do you really mean that?" She asked as she held onto his hands,
" Yes of course," Her heart fluttered as he smiled at her,
" Then why should I go?"
" What . . .what do you mean?" Izzy asked uncertainly,
"Why should I go? Why don't I just stay here?"
" But. Your trip . . .and what about your friends and.. . and your family and your home," Izzy stuttered, he couldn't believe what she was suggesting.
Last night while he listened to her gentle breathing and held her warm body close to him, he had thought about their future together. He had lain awake dreaming of the little house that they would own, and their two little children. He had dreamed off how much they would still love each other once they were married and how they would always be there for each other. But suddenly like a storm his dream was ripped apart as he remembered that she would be leaving him in two days. He had been certain that nothing would be able to make her stay especially not him.
" Don't you want me to stay?" Yolei asked cautiously, maybe she had rushed into things to quickly, he probably wasn't ready for such a strong commitment, so fast.
" Yolei I want to be with you more than anything in the world. I would give up my whole life just for you. But are you sure that you really want to stay. You've got so much going for you in your life. We can work something out if you want. I don't know what. . You could come back for a while after your trip. Or we could do a long distance thing,"
" Izzy, I don't want to be away from you for another second. I need to be with you or I'll die of heartache. I love you. I want to be with you more than anything,"
He grinned at, then jumped across the desk and swept her into his arms. She squealed with delight and wrapped her arms around his neck as she launched her self at him in a deep heart-racing kiss.
* * *
"So how did your date go with matt?" Kari asked Mimi as she licked the strawberry ice cream T.k had brought her.
" Well . . .I don't really know," Mimi giggled.
Kari and Mimi were leaning over the side of a bridge that lead across a small river in the middle of a park. T.K, Joe kens and Cody was a couple of yards away buying ice cream. Since Sora had been ill this morning Kari had volunteered to show the rest of the group around the city. At first she had only suggested it because it meant she could spend some more time with T.k. But as the day had wore on she had been extremely glad that she volunteered. She hadn't realised how well she would get on with the rest of Sora's friends, It had been a really fun day for every one.
Now they had all stopped for ice creams in the park while they made their way back to the hotel for dinner.
" What do you mean you don't know?" Kari laughed,
" Well to start the date off with we had a really huge argument. I was furious with him, but then he persuaded me to have dinner with him anyway. But . . .I don't know . . . I had fun with him, but it didn't really feel like a date date. It was nice going out with him, but it was more like friends going out for something to eat," Mimi explained
" You mean there wasn't a spark?" Kari asked, thinking of every date she had ever been on, apart from T.K.
" That's the weird thing, at lunch yesterday we hit it off really well. But then last night there wasn't anything romantic at all. It was a good night though," Mimi smiled dreamily, " After dinner we walked down to the beach and sat on the sand for hours and hours just talking. We talked about everything, our family's, our dreams, our fears, everything,"
" It sounds like you clicked more as friends,"
" Yeah I think that we did. He's a funny guy and really friendly too,"
" And a complete jack ass most of the time," Kari laughed,
" Yeah I found that out too," Mimi giggled,
" What did you fight about at the begging of your date?" Kari asked casually,
" Oh he was being a real dick. He told Tai that he had a blind date for him, then lured him to our hotel were he met Sora again. Then we left them alone and Matt was acting as though it was the funniest thing in the world, he can be such a Pratt,"
Kari suddenly dropped her ice cream cone and stared at Mimi as though she was completely crazy.
" He got TAI AND SORA TOGTHER! What happened where are they now? " She cried
" Huh . . .I don't know, Sora's sick and I don't know where Tai is,"
"Oh god how can matt be so stupid! Sora's not really sick she's probably too depressed to even get out of bed. Oh god what has Matt done now. He is the biggest jerk in the universe! I've got to find Tai. She suddenly pulled out her cell phone and scrolled through numbers until she found Tai's.
" But Matt said that they would just fight and then they would get back together again," Mimi said quietly,
" Doe's he still think their kids or something? There not going to get back together like that, there probably end up killing each other," She held the phone to her ear and waited a couple of seconds, " Oh crap he's turned his phone off!" She yelled,
" What's wrong?" T.k asked as he wrapped his arms around her stomach,
" I'm trying to find my brother, I'm just going to ring my mum,"
" What's going on?" T.K asked Mimi curiously,
" Matt's just been a total dick that's all," Mimi grunted,
" Oh thank god Tai are you alright?" Kari cried as some one picked up the over end of the line,
" Yeah I'm fine," Tai mumbled,
" What happened last night?"
" Nothing . . . guess you've spoken to her then," He couldn't bring him self to say Sora's name,
" No, I just. Just heard . . .Oh Tai do you want me to come and see you?"
" No I'm fine Kari," His voice sounded dull and life less, like a machine, " I'm gonna stay at Mum and dads for a while,"
" Are you sure you don't want me to come home?" She asked eagerly,
" No go have fun, see you tonight,"
" Oh. .Okay Tai, see ya later," She pressed a button on her phone and shoved it into her pocket.
" Is everything alright?" T.k asked as he nuzzled the back of her neck,
" I don't know," Kari wined Shirley, " Oh god I'm so fed up with all of this. Why can't things just go back to how they used to be? I miss Tai soooooooo much! He's completely changed since Sora left and now I just know that he's feeling even worse. Oh god I just want them to make up so that we can all be friends again, it's not fair, I've had enough!" She cried,
" Ssshhhhh," T.k soothed her as he stroked her silky hair, " There work it out Kari, I promise you they will eventually,"
* * *
Sora scrapped the toes of her sneakers in the dirt as she swung lightly on the familiar park swing. He auburn hair hung over her face blocking her view of the rest of the world. All day she had wondered around her hometown, visiting all the places that had seemed like home to her as a child. Now they all seemed ugly and strange, asthough they were something from a dream that she had a long time ago.
She had even tried to go and visit the most familiar place of all to her. She had climbed the five hundred and twenty steps up to the apartment, then walked along the hall way where they had played had as children. But once she reached the apartment door, once she had read the familiar nameplate she realised that she just couldn't go in.
Kari had said that Sora should go and visit her mother, after all Tai didn't live there anymore. But she had chickened out. She just couldn't bring her self to knock on their door. She was sure that once she walked into that apartment she would be suffocated with happy memories. She would probably have a seizure or something, memories were all that she had left of him now, they were the things that would end up killing her with the pain that they brought.
" Boo!" a voice whispered as someone pushed the swing gently,
Sora flicked back her hair to see matt grinning at her behind the swing.
" Hey," She grinned back at him. For just a second her heart had leapt at the thought that it was Tai. After all this was their special place. This playground was where they would go and sit at night and talk until the sun came up. This was their place.
Oh god why had she come here of all places.
" So what ya doing?" Matt asked casually as he sat in the swing next to her, her gave him self-a big push and soared into the air.
" Nothing," She smiled as she watched him swing. Her friends were acting asthough she had never gone away, they were still the same old goof balls,
" Well if your not doing anything why don't you come back to your hotel with me? All of us are meeting there for dinner in ten minutes,"
" Sure, I'm starving anyway," Sora smiled. They jumped off of the swings and started walking towards the hotel, through the park. The walked in silence, that's one of the tings that Sora had always appreciated about matt. Even when he knew there was something wrong with her he would never force her to talk about it, or tell him what happened. He just left her with her own thoughts.
* * *
Sora grinned happily as the waiter poured her a glass of wine. It had been such a brilliant meal, she loved just sitting with all of her friends around her, making her sides split with laughter.
On one side of her sat Yolei who was so close to Izzy that she was practically sitting in his lap. Sora had always thought that they would make a good couple but she had know idea they would be this good. As Sora watched Izzy wound a lock of her hair around his finger and kissed her cheek lightly. She was really happy for them, she had never seen Izzy with a girl before, who would of known he'd be so loving.
On Sora's other side sat Davis who had been trying hard to flirt Mimi all night, but had no success. At first Mimi had played along with him but now she was obviously bored with him. Sora had forgotten how much Davis could make her laugh by just being him self.
Sora glanced down the table and smiled at T.k and Kari. They were so cute together! Kari had always seemed like Sora's little sister and she had taken T.k on as her little brother, it was so great to see them together. T.k stroked Kari's thigh as she whispered something into his ear, he grinned and pecked her on the lips.
" Hey everyone shut up, we've got an announce meant," Yolei yelled and tapped her wine glass,
" Oh yeah what's that, how small Izzy's dick is," Matt laughed,
Izzy and Yolei both glared at him murderously.
" No," Yolei snapped, " I just want to tell you all that I'm not going tomorrow,"
" What do you mean?" Cody frowned at her,
" I'm staying here. Izzy and I are going to move in together, we've already started looking for an apartment and I'm going to get a job at the computer company that Izzy works for," She grinned around at the table and Izzy hugged her tighter,
" WHAT!" Half of the table exclaimed shocked,
" Oh my god Yolei you can't leave us!" Mimi squealed as she ran over to her and hugged her friend,
" Wow get in there Izzy," Davis nodded in approvment,
" It's okay we can still visit each other and stuff," Yolei assured Her.
Sora stared at Izzy and Yolei she was filled half way with happiness for them but the other half was filled with un-ease. She had to admit that they did make a great couple, but they had only known each other for two days. She of all people knew how badly things could go wrong at a second, but what would they both do if they decided they were meant to be together. Yolei would have no one to turn to and one of them wouldn't have a place to live.
Sora caught Izzy's eye and frowned at him. He smiled at her and raised his eyebrows in a " don't worry I know what I'm doing" expression. Sora got out of her chair, walked over to Izzy and gave him a big hug.
" Are you Sure?" She whispered in his ear,
" Positive,"
" You don't even know each other,"
" She knows me better than anyone already. I don't want to loose her Sor,"
They pulled away from each other and smiled. Izzy was the least likely person to rush into something this quickly. But Sora knew from experience how terrible it is to lose someone that you love. There was no way that she wanted two of her best friends to go through the pain that she had.
Kari stroked T.K's hand as she watched Sora hugging Izzy. This wasn't fair, how come Izzy got to stay with someone he loved. It should be her celebrating, not him.
Kari suddenly gasped as she realised how jealous her thoughts were. She should be happy for Izzy and really she was. After all Izzy had never had a serious girlfriend before. He had told her how much he earned to have what Tai and Sora used to have together. He deserved to be happy and she really hoped that he would be.
" You okay?" T.k asked as he smiled gently at her,
" Yeah I'm fine," She forced herself to smile back. But inside she felt asthough her heart was cracking. After tomorrow she would never see that golden face again. She would never stare into those icy eyes, she would never feel those strong tanned arms around her holding her close to him. Why couldn't she have him? Why was the world suddenly being so cruel to her, why couldn't they be together?
Authors note- That's it for this chapter but the next one will be out very soon! I want to thank EVERYONE who has reviewed my story, it really does make my day! Please keep reviewing!