Chapter 2

"Mariah, I need to tell you something."

"What is it Rei?"

"Mariah, I....I..... love you. There, I said it. Woo, what a releif."

"Uh, umm, what? Y-you love me?? Well, I'm not really sure what to say. I mean, well, to put it
simply, I love you too."

The two teens looked into each other's eyes. The love was quite visible. Nothing would be able to
tear these two apart any longer.

"My dad isn't home." Mariah smiled as she said this. The mischievous look in her eyes told Rei
what she wanted to do. He smiled back and they ran off, hand in hand, in the direction of
Mariah's home.

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"Wow, that was good stuff." Rei lay in be smiling. Mariah had left a minute earlier, to go get
some breakfast.

"That was amazing! I will have to do that again some time." He gave a chuckle and slipped on
some fresh clothes. He thought that he might stay for breakfast, but he remembered that the team
would be getting back soon. He grabbed a piece of paper and wrote a note to Mariah.
He leapt out the door and ran all the way back to the training center.