Notes: Aww… everyone cry for Angel (no I was not being sarcastic thank you). Oh yeah… review!
Chapter Eight
When I arrived at school, Angel came running up to me. My eyes widened at what she was wearing. She had on a sleeveless shirt, a pair of army pants and a pair of stilettos. She reminded me of one of those books where you can turn the pages and make the people wear all sorts of crazy outfits.
"Hi Angel," I said.
"Hey TK," she laughed loudly. I cringed and looked around to see if anyone had heard her laughing like that. Maxine was watching from the water fountain. I groaned.
"Let's get moving," I mumbled.
"Ok," Angel said, not noticing my tone. When we walked down the hall, I noticed it. Nobody was looking. At all. I mean, you know when you walk past people they usually glance your way for a spilt second? Well I was getting nothing. Not one person we walked past looked my way. I suppose I should feel lucky that all eyes weren't on Angel and me, but I felt like I was missing something. Angel seemed oblivious as usual. She kept yakking in my ear as we walked to my locker and then to hers.
Later at lunch, I went over to Davis's table.
"Hey Davis," I said. He quickly looked at me and then looked away.
"Oh, hi TK," he mumbled. I raised an eyebrow. He'd actually called me TK for once.
"Do you notice something strange going on?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" he asked, trying to appear as though he was talking to someone else.
"Well, everyone doesn't seem to see me," I admitted.
"Oh… so you know?" Davis murmured.
"Know what?" I inquired. Davis sighed.
"There is something happening TK," he confessed. "Nobody likes Angel and her antics anymore, so Maxine and Kari and some others have started a rally for everyone to ignore her." I was stunned.
"What?! Why?" I cried a little too loudly. Davis balked.
"Angel hasn't done anything to hurt anybody!" I exclaimed.
"Go away TK," a voice said coldly. I turned around to see who it was. It was Kari.
"Kari!" I looked at Davis. He shrugged. Kari sat down next to Davis and put her arms around him and kissed him! Right in front of me! I was shocked. Was this the same girl who was trying to get out of a date with him last week?!
"Fine," I said roughly and turned on my heel. As I strode off I heard giggling behind me. I didn't look back.
I ran outside to Kari's and my special place. I sat there for a while trying not to cry. I hadn't felt the need to cry this bad since I was little and Demidevimon told me Matt wasn't going to come back for me. I sighed heavily. What was I going to do?
When I got home that afternoon, I rang up Tai for his advice. I would normally ring Matt, but I thought Tai might have a better suggestion. The phone answered on the second ring, I hoped it wasn't Kari.
"Hello? Kamiya residence," a female voice said. Tai's mom. I sighed with relief.
"Can I speak to Tai please?" I asked. I heard rustling and then Tai's mom yelling for him to come answer the phone.
"Hello?" Tai asked.
"Hi Tai, it's TK," I said timidly.
"Oh, hi TK," he replied cheerily. I sighed again, at least Tai wasn't mad at me too.
"I need your help," I said.
"Sure. What's the problem? Angel being mean to you or something?" he joked. I quickly explained to him what had been happening for the past couple of days and about Kari and Davis.
"What?!" Tai asked, startled.
"Yeah, only last week she was trying to get out of a date she'd made with him," I told him. I reminded him of my problem.
"Yeah. Well there's only one thing I can tell you TK, and it's not good news," Tai said grimly.
"Tell me," I said softly. I tensed up.
"Well it comes down to this. You either have the affections of Angel or of Kari," he told me. I frowned.
"But how do I choose?" I asked.
"I can't help you there TK. It's all up to you."