Ch. 9

"Lee?" asked Mariah.

"Yeah Mariah?" asked Lee.

"Have you written me any notes lately?" asked Mariah.

"No." answered Lee.

"Then how can you explain this?" asked Mariah handing him the note.

"This is signed by Ray." Said Lee a little nervous.

"Don't lie Lee. It's against the White Tigers code." Said Mariah.

"Fine! Here's the truth. I am jealous of Lee, so I wrote that note to take you away from him." Said Lee.

"I still don't think you would sink that low Lee." Said Ray.

"Where'd you come from Ray?" asked Lee.

"That's not important. What's important is that you did something that horrible." Said Ray.

"I know. I'm sorry. I just couldn't bear in mind that you had the White Tiger and Mariah." Said Lee.

"Still, that's no excuse for your behavior. Something like that could get you banned from the White Tigers forever!" exclaimed Mariah.

"I know. I got out of hand, and I'm sorry." Said Lee.

"What are you going to do about it then Lee?" asked Mariah.

"I don't know yet, but I'll make it up to you." Said Lee.

"What could possibly make up for this? I don't think there is any way to make it up." Said Ray.

"So then you're going to hate me forever?" asked Lee.

"No, I think I'll just let you off the hook." Said Ray smiling with his hand out.

"Thanks Ray." Said Lee shaking Ray's hand.

"Friends are forever, remember?" asked Ray.

"Yeah." Said Lee.

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"Where do you think Ray and Mariah went?" asked Tyson.

"I really don't know buddy." Said Max.

"Don't tell me they betrayed us." Said Kenny.

"If I know Ray and Mariah, they didn't betray us." Said Kai.

"Hey! Isn't that Ray over there?" asked Max.

"Yeah, and he's with Lee and Mariah." Said Tyson.

"I hope they didn't betray us!" exclaimed Max.

"I'm sure they didn't." said Tyson.

"I hope so." Said Kenny.

"I think we need to talk with Ray and Mariah." Said Tyson.

"What do you mean?" asked Max.

"Teammates tell other teammates where they're going. We need to make sure Ray understands that." Said Tyson.

"Don't start making assumptions Tyson!" exclaimed Kenny.

"Who's making assumptions? I'm just making sure Ray understands about being in a team means trust." Said Tyson.

Sorry this chapter is incredibly short. I promise the next chapter will be longer. Also, sorry for not updating in a while. I've been really busy with school! Today I managed some writing time. Please review! Next chapter is the last one! Boo hoo! Bye!