Thanks Rei Ayanami for being my ONLY reviewer so far..but I've only had this story on for a whole day so I'm still hopeful, btw...don't you mean get OFF my lazy butt??
Anyways...
Tala: Kim doesn't own any of the characters except April and Shanna

Chapter Two-Love Struck?

Kai woke up to a bright light shining directly in his eye. Kai moaned and rolled over, hoping to escape the light but no such luck. Someone had obviously pulled back the curtains.

"You're going to die." Kai exclaimed as he sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Well, we voted, and decided that you need to be up before it's time to go back to sleep." Rei's voice filled the room and made Kai want to cover his head with the pillow.

Kai rolled his eyes and swung himself out of his bed. "What time is it?"

"It's noon." The long blacked-hair boy told Kai.

"NOON!" Kai exploded, the sleep now completely gone from his body. "That's like 3 hours too god damn late! You were supposed to wake me up at nine...not twelve. God, don't you guys know how to read a note?"

"Yes we do grouchy." Rei replied and threw a stray pillow at Kai. "By the way, how many pillows do you have?"

Kai shrugged. "Not enough to suffocate you."

"That's a good thing to know." Rei commented. "I'm going to leave you to your morningly duties now."

"Good idea." Kai snapped and watched Rei walk out the door.

Great! Now he was late for his meeting. Grandfather would NOT be pleased!

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"Wake up!" April commanded Shanna.

Shanna opened one eye and then closed it again. "If it's not past three o'clock in the afternoon, I advise you to leave this room and do not disturb me anymore."

"Nuh uh. You have to get up now!"

"Why?" Shanna asked, her long hair fanned across her face.

"Because I said so."

"No." Shanna replied and groaned. "I was having a nice dream too."

"What was it about?"

"Tala."

Shanna knew without having to look that April was mad now. Shanna's theory was confirmed when April ripped the blanket off of her.

April's voice was not gentle anymore. "GET UP!"

"You sound like my mother." Shanna responded.

"Shanna Salloway! If you do not get up this instance, I will go and get a bucket of water and, after making sure that it's freezing, I will dump it over your head. Do you understand me?"

Shanna groaned. "Yah yah yah yah. Meanie!"

"Shanna!"

"Okay, I'm up." Shanna said and sat up, pushing her hair behind her ears.

"Thank god! I thought you'd sleep forever."

Shanna ignored that comment. "Do you know where Kai's at?"

"Some meeting." Was April's reply.

"With?"

"I don't know." Now April's voice was whiny. "Hurry up! Tala and I are going out for lunch but I'm not allowed to go until I get you up."

"Says who?" Shanna asked and let herself fall backwards against the pillows.

"Kai."

Shanna shot up, her breath catching. "What did you say."

"I said that Kai said that you have to be up and ready before one o'clock because that's when he'll be done his meeting." April said and rolled her eyes. "Come on and get up before I have to go downstairs and tell Kai that you're not cooperating with me."

Shanna sighed and got up. "Happy?"

"Yes!" April exclaimed and raced out the door, calling out bye to all of the girls in the house.

Shanna shook her head and began the task of getting dressed.

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Kai stifled another yawn as his grandfather went into yet another speech on how Kai should save more of his money instead of spending it all on his "pitiful girlfriend". Kai was not in the mood to hear this, especially when Shanna was still mad at him.

"Are you listening to me boy?" His grandfather asked. "What I'm telling you is very important if you expect to get far in the family buisness."

"Yes grandfather." Kai said and stared off into space.

What was Shanna doing right now? Was she thinking about him or was she still fuming about last night? Would she forgive right away or would she drag out Kai's punishment for as long as possible?

"Kai Hiwatari! Pay attention boy or I'm going to remove your immediate privledges for the next ten years!"

Kai was brought rapidly back to the present by the sound of his grandfather's voice. "I'm sorry."

"And you should be. I might as well kiss my fortunes goodbye with the way you're acting." Kai's grandfather said angrily. "I can't believe that you dare to call yourself a Hiwatari."

"Can we finish this meeting please?" Kai asked as he looked at the clock, it was a quarter to one. Fifteen minutes before he was supposed to show up.

"You are going to ruin the Hiwatari name with your love struck ways."

Kai took a double-take. Was he really acting love struck?"