Notes: *Puts Mindy behind her neck and pets his furry head* Kitteh ^^
Chapter Five
As soon as I re-entered the classroom, all eyes were on me except for Kari's. She sat there staring straight ahead at the board. Ms. Weeragua was droning on about some rubbish and scribbling on the board. She turned around.
"Nice of you to rejoin us Mr. Takaishi," she said sternly and watched as I took a seat at my desk. I ignored her and glanced over at Kari. She sat there motionless. Then someone passed me a note. It had no name on the front, so I opened it and read it. It said: TK is a loser just like his girlfriend Angel.
I looked around to see who'd sent it, but everyone was staring intently at their work. I opened my desk and sighed. There were more rose petals in there. I fished around and pulled out another note. I crumpled it up, not bothering to read it. Finally, the bell went and I got out of the class. I rushed to catch up with Kari. The other girls surrounded her.
"Go away TK," one of the girls said, blocking my path.
"I want to talk to Kari," I pleaded. The group turned in unison.
"Talk," another girl barked.
"It's kinda personal, so if you don't mind-" I started to say. The first girl interrupted me.
"Whatever you have to say, you can say it to all of us," she said pointedly. I looked at Kari, but she refused to look me in the eye.
"Yeah," the second girl agreed. The others nodded in agreement.
"Kari," I said softly. The others blocked her view of me.
"Say what you have to say and leave," the second girl warned. I felt furious.
"MOVE!" I shouted, startling all of them, Kari included. The first girl motioned for the others to move and they all walked off leaving Kari standing there.
"TK, just leave me alone," she said quietly. I stood there and watched her walk off. Angel came around the corner.
"TK!" she said excitedly and rushed over. I frowned.
"What's the matter?" she asked, her voice full of concern. I looked at her. Her kimono swished along the floor as she followed me to the lunchroom.
"Nothing," I muttered.
"Nothing isn't the answer," Angel stopped me. I stared at the floor. She took my hand and we walked into the lunchroom. Everyone stopped and stared. I glanced over at Kari. She wasn't sitting at our table. She was sitting with Maxine and the two girls from before.
"Come on," I murmured to Angel and pulled her over to my usual table. The whole room watched us sit down.
"What about Lori?" Angel asked and pointed over to her friend. I looked over at Lori's table and saw that there was more people sitting there than yesterday. I noticed the pattern. Everyone… almost everyone was falling for Angel's kooky charm.
"Okay," we got up and walked over to the table.
"Hi Lori!" Angel said with her usual energy. I nodded in Lori's direction. Angel pulled me over and I was seated next to her and Lori on my other side. Angel snuggled up close to me while keeping up a constant stream over babble.
"Isn't TK so cute?" she gushed to all the girls and boys at the table. I felt my face go red. People I didn't even know looked at me with interest.
"I guess so," one girl spoke up. I suddenly became interested in my lumpy mashed potato.
"Yeah," another girl added.
"Don't you just love him?" she crowed. My peas took on a new life as I pretended I wasn't there.
"I wouldn't go that far," the first girl said. I sighed with relief. I felt Angel's large eyes burning into my neck. I peered up from my peas.
"TK?" Angel asked.
"Hmm…" I mumbled.
"Want to go sit outside?" she asked. I nodded. Anything to get away from all these people.
"Bye everyone," Angel said cheerily and pulled me out the door. We walked a fair bit away from the cafeteria. I sighed with relief.
"Do you believe in magic TK?" Angel suddenly said.
"Yeah…" I said.
"You're lying," Angel laughed.
"Yeah," I said. I watched in amazement as she closed her eyes and four butterflies landed in her hair.
"Wow," I said. I felt my heart flutter as Angel looked at me with those intense eyes.
"Can I kiss you?" I whispered, my heart pounding.
"Pardon?" she asked, not paying attention.
"Never mind," I replied. Then to my surprise and delight, she leaned over and kissed me full on the lips. I went into hyper drive. It was the best kiss I'd ever had. Not that I'd had any. Just one from Kari when we thought we were going to be killed by a Monochromon. This was different, magic. I did believe.