~ Day Three ~
"Tai, stop pacing around my apartment. You're going to wear a groove
in the floor." Maia idly watched her brother pace and babble. The phone
rang. Maia sighed. "Kari, can you calm him down a bit? That's probably
Sora."
Tai went mute at the sound of the name.
Maia rolled her eyes and disappeared into her room. Kari could hear
her voice over Tai's strange silence. "Hi, Sora… Yeah…Well, Tai's bringing
his best friend, so I thought I would bring mine…uh huh…No, why would you
think that?…OK, later." Maia hung up and returned to the sitting room.
"Sora asked if we were trying to get her and Matt together again. I wasn't
about to tell her that Tai wanted to ask her out." The girl sat, looking
harassed. "Tai, will you stop pacing? The movie isn't even until this evening!"
~~~~~
Another phone rang. "I'll get it!" T.K. yelled to no one in particular.
His mother and Susan were out shopping. He grabbed the phone, which was
ringing frantically. "Hello, Takaishi residence."
"Hey, T.K. How are you?"
"Matt! Okay, I guess."
"Only 'Okay, I guess?' What happened to the excitement of having your
favourite cousin over?"
"Huh? Oh, Susan? She's nice, but…"
There was a pause on the other side of the line. "Girl trouble?"
T.K. nearly jumped with surprise. "How'd you guess?"
Matt chuckled ruefully. "I've had that feeling before, believe me.
Want to come over and have a man-to-man talk? I'll make us lunch."
T.K. smiled at the thought. "Is it any better than when you were in
high school?"
His brother paused to consider this. "Maybe we should just get takeout."
T.K. laughed. "Sure. At your apartment, then? I'll be there in about
half an hour."
~~~~~
"Tea?" Matt handed his brother a mug of Japanese tea.
"What's the occasion?" T.K. smiled and accepted it.
His brother sat down opposite him. "So?"
"So, what?"
"You know what I'm talking about."
T.K. leaned back in his chair. "I really have no idea why she's mad
at me."
"You sure about that?"
"Positive. I tried talking to her yesterday, and she just slammed the
door in my face. It's getting frustrating."
Matt frowned. "Have you tried getting someone to ask her for you?"
"I guess I should… but I really wanted to find out myself."
"In that case, I have only one suggestion."
T.K. looked up.
"Corner her and ask her straight out."
The younger boy nodded.
~~~~~
Maia leaned back in the drivers' seat, absently watching her brother
leap out of his seat to open Sora's door and he courteously helped her
out. "Such a gentleman," Maia muttered to herself. They seemed to be content,
at least.
She was jerked out of her thoughts by a tap at her window. Matt opened
her door, and grinned at her. She rose, slamming the door behind her. "A
gentleman indeed."
"What movie?"
Tai shrugged at his sister. "I dunno. What d'you think?"
Maia closed her eyes slowly, a look of extreme annoyance creeping across
her face. Sora stepped in hastily before the other girl could completely
lose her temper.
"How about that one? It looks good."
They turned to look.
"Othello." Maia said out loud. "Yuck. Sounds like I'm back in
English class. Wasn't that some play by Shakespeare?"
"Then how about that one?" Matt nodded towards another poster.
It was a James Bond movie. "Sure, why not?" asked Tai.
"Then let's go!" Sora told him.
"Hey, relax… people might think that you have a crush on James Bond…"
Sora grabbed his arm and pulled him into the movie theatre.
~~~~~
Dinner in a nice restaurant. Sora and Tai were chatting easily about the movie. Maia was absentmindedly calculating the bill, wondering how they could split it, and Matt was brooding on the idea of his best friend going out with his ex-girlfriend. At least they seem to be getting along.
Hope T.K. can fix his girl problem.
~~~~~
Maia:.......sorry about the long wait for a bad chapter. I may explain
some things later....*shrugs*