Disclaimer: Do I have to go through this again? I DON'T OWN DIGIMON!!! *Tears*
A/N: Hi again! Thank you all of you who reviewed my fic. I'm soooo glad you guys like it! I'm trying to make the rest of the story just as good. So as always review and tell me what you think.
Hope's Return Home
Chapter Five
Kari just stared at TK. Did she hear right? Did he just say he was engaged? She felt her heart break. 'Obviously he hasn't been in as much pain as I've been these past five years.' She thought bitterly.
"You're engaged?" she asked, finally finding her voice. "No. I was engaged." He answered calmly. "It's kind of a long story. It's also part of the reason I came back to Odaiba." "So what happened?" Kari asked, still finding it hard to speak. TK sighed. He knew he had to tell her.
After a moment of silence, he finally spoke. "Well...you see...I met her three years ago. Her name is Melissa. She was great, you know, smart, funny, pretty. I guess I just fell in love with her."
He paused for a moment. Kari tried to absorb all this in. It wasn't fair that he had found someone and fell in love while she was lonely and hadn't known love since she lost TK. She was trying her hardest to compose herself instead of flipping out at him. "Go on." She said as calm as possible.
"Well I was happy...for a while. Then I realized that my happiness was beginning to fade. I tried to forget about it and just go on with the wedding, but I...I just...I just couldn't go through with it while I was still...still..." "Still what?" asked Kari. "Still not quite ready to be married." He said. What he really meant was, 'While I was still in love you, Kari', but he just couldn't quite get the words out.
Kari just sat there. She didn't know what to say. He was engaged. As she looked at him she didn't see TK Takaishi, the boy she had grown up with and the man she had once wanted to marry. She saw a complete stranger. For the past five years he had not talked to her and had been living a whole new life, a life without her in it.
She couldn't stand to be there any longer, so she got up and said, "It's getting late. I better go now." TK didn't have time to ask her to stay longer. She walked out the door quickly. 'Great, I hurt her again. Why do I always seem to hurt her when she's the most important person in the world to me?' TK thought sadly.
TK walked into his room and pulled out an old photo album. It was full with pictures of him and Kari. He didn't know why he still had it, he should have gotten rid of it when Kari broke up with him. Still, it was full of memories, good memories.
He began to remember all the good times they had together. He remembered their first kiss, first date, and when he proposed to her. He was so sure that his life was perfect. He had the perfect girl and they would be married in a few months. Then he remembered when his perfect life began to fall apart.
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TK was waiting in the park for Kari. He had called her earlier and told her to meet her there because he had some good news to tell her. At least he thought it was good news. He couldn't wait to tell his fiancé about what had him so excited.
He waited for about ten minutes. Then he saw Kari walking toward him. As soon as she reached him she gave him a kiss. "So what's up?" she asked when they broke from their kiss. "What's the great news you had to tell me?" He gave her a huge smile then he said, "I got a letter in the mail today. I was accepted to NYU. Isn't that great!" He was so excited. Then he noticed that she didn't seem as excited as he was.
"NYU? As in New York University?" she asked shocked. "Yeah! Isn't that awesome?! It's a great opportunity for me!" he said very enthusiastically. "Yeah that's great TK...but...New York? That's really far from here." She said, now putting a damper on TK's good mood. "Yeah, but, you'll be with me. We will be married by then. It'll be a great start to our life together." He tried to reason to her.
Kari looked down. She didn't like where this conversation was heading, where it was going to head. "TK I don't want to go to New York." She stated. TK was confused. He thought that going to New York would make her happy. Man was he wrong! This conversation was not going the way he had planned.
"But, Kari, we'd be married. You'd have to go with me. You're not going to ask me to decline an offer like this are you? It's a chance of a lifetime for me, for us." TK stated. "No TK. I don't want leave here. I like being in Odaiba, I like being in Japan! My family's here, all my friends are here, and my life is here." Now TK was getting angry. He really wanted to go to NYU and that's exactly what he planned to do.
"TK, I just need some time to think about this ok. Don't be mad." "How can you expect me to not be mad? This is a great opportunity for me and you want me to just forget about it." He was getting very frustrated. "I know. Just give me some time to think about this." Kari said. Then she turned around and walked away.
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'That was the beginning of the end.' TK thought sadly. 'You are an idiot Takaishi, a real idiot. Why'd you leave her? Your life could have been perfect right now. Did I do the right thing by going to NYU?'
TK closed the album and put it away. He needed to get his mind off of Kari. He decided to prepare dinner. Then again, he just moved in so he didn't have anything to cook. 'I guess I gotta go to the grocery now.' Then he left his apartment.
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Kari walked into her apartment and just plopped herself down on the sofa. She was so angry. How could TK ask someone else to marry her? How could he find someone else to make him happy? Didn't he think of her at all in the last five years? 'Of course not you idiot. Why would he think of you when he found someone else?' She thought bitterly. 'Then again, he did call it off. Maybe there's a chance that he might...Oh forget it! There's no way that he could possibly love you after what you did to him.'
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Kari walked to the diner. She had told TK to meet her there. She had something important to tell him, though it would not be easy for her to tell him. She had convinced herself that it was the right thing to do. It would be best for both her and TK. Yes! It must the right thing to do!
When she arrived at the diner she saw TK sitting at a table already. He was early, he was usually never early. He had a nervous look on his face, like if he knew what she was going to tell him.
She sat down across from him. He looked at her with expecting eyes. 'God this is gonna be a lot harder than I thought. Well, here I go.' Thought Kari. "TK I need to talk to you about something." She said. "Yeah I figured that out already." TK said sarcastically. "What did you want to tell me?"
Things had been difficult for them for the past few weeks. They argued a lot about going to New York. It made them both angry and frustrated. It was the biggest fight they had with each other in their entire lives. They were usually a happy couple who never argued about anything.
"TK, I don't think we should get married anymore. I think it would be best if we break up." Kari said. Kari looked into his eyes. They were full of hurt and regret, but he did not say anything. "I know how much going to NYU means to you and I can't ask you to give it up because of me. You were right, it's a great opportunity for you, but I want to stay here, so I think we should just end it now. We're only nineteen, TK, we probably weren't ready for marriage anyway." TK still hadn't said anything. Kari took off her engagement ring and placed it in TK's hand. "I'm sorry TK." Then she got up and left.
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Kari closed her eyes and let a tear slid down her cheek. 'I think it's official, I am the world's biggest moron. I had the greatest guy in the world...no...the whole universe, and I let him slip right through my finger. It's not like I couldn't survive in New York. In fact, I probably would have been just fine. Stupid, stupid, stupid!! Why did I break up with him? Why?!'
Kari's thoughts were interrupted when she heard the phone ring. She got up and answered it. "Hello"
*Hey sis! * It was Tai, her big brother.
"Oh hey Tai. What's up"
*You don't sound so happy. What happened? *
"Nothing. I just had a really bad day, that's all."
*You want to talk about it? *
"No. So why'd you call?"
*Mom called me. She said she wanted us to come over for dinner tonight. I think she misses us home every night having family dinners. You have to come or she'll freak out.*
"Yeah I'll be there. Will Dana be there?"
*Yeah. She nervous, though. She still thinks mom and dad are mad at her, but I told her they weren't mad at her, after all, eloping was my idea, not hers. *
"Yeah. Your stupid idea. I would have liked to be at my only brothers wedding."
*I know, but hey, it was a spur of the moment sort of thing. Anyway, I gotta go. I'll see you in a couple of hours. Bye! *
"Bye!" Then they hung up.
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A few hours later, Kari was at her parent's house. They had just finished eating dinner and were now sitting in the living room talking.
"It's so good to have you guys for dinner once in a while. It gets kind of lonely here." Mrs. Kamiya had said. "Don't worry mom. Even though we're grown up now we're still your kids. Of course we'll come and visit sometimes." Tai reassured her. Mr. Kamiya then turned to Dana. "So Dana, now that you and Tai are married, when are you gonna give me some grandchildren?" "Uh...well actually...I'm pregnant."
"You are?!" Kari asked shocked. "Gee Tai were ya planning on keeping that a secret too? Were ya just gonna run off and have a baby and then tell us two weeks later that you're a father?" Tai started laughing. "Calm down sis. We were planning on telling you guys tonight and we did. So what do you guys think? I'm gonna be a dad!!" "That's great son. We couldn't be happier for you two. You and Dana will be great parents. Now all we need to make everything perfect is for Kari to find her 'prince charming' and get married too." Mrs. Kamiya said happily.
'Great. Did she have to bring that up? I'll probably never get married!' Kari thought.
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Monday morning. Kari woke up depressed and in a bad mood, which is not a good thing since she's a psychologist and has to be positive to her patients. 'Why do I feel like I didn't have a weekend?' she thought. Her weekend was rather eventful and she never really got a chance to relax, which was something she loved to do during the weekends.
She took a shower, dressed into her work clothes, ate breakfast, and left for work. She got there in twenty minutes and walked into her office.
She had to try to get herself in a better mood. She had a patient coming in a few minutes. His name was Dilyn (A/N: I'm not Japanese and not very creative. Sorry if I don't use any Japanese name. I just don't know any, and like I said, I'm not very creative.) He was a twelve-year-old boy and Kari's favorite patient.
After a few minutes of waiting Kari's secretary's came through the speaker, * Dr. Kari your patient Dilyn has arrived. * Kari pushed the 'talk' button and answered, "Send him in please."
A boy walked in right after. He was small built with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was a very sweet and caring boy. It took a while for him to open up to Kari when he first started to go to her, but now he was very open with her and would talk about pretty much everything to her. It was almost as they were friends.
"Hey Dilyn. How are you today?" Kari asked him as he sat down in the chair across from her desk. "Fine." He answered plainly. "Anything interesting happen to you since I last saw you?" She asked him. "Well, I dreamt about my dad last night." He answered.
The whole reason why Dilyn needed to see a psychologist was because his father had left him, his mother, and sister. One day Dilyn's mom and dad got into a fight and then his father packed up and left that same night without saying bye to anyone. That left depressed. He loved his father so much, but his father had left and hadn't even called Dilyn or sent him a letter.
"What was the dream about?" Kari asked him. Dilyn answered, "Well, it was actually more like a memory. It was the time my dad took me fishing with him. It was the last thing we did together before he left." "Do you miss him?" asked Kari. "No! Why should I miss him? He's a jerk! He just left us, left me! He used to say he loved me, but how could leave someone you love?!" The young boy shouted.
"I know what you mean. Believe me. I know what it's like for someone say they love you and then just leave." She said, now thinking about TK. How could he leave her. If he really did want to marry her, he wouldn't have left, right?
"Oh yeah? What happened to you?" Dilyn asked curiously. Kari chuckled. "Hey I'm the psychologist here. I'm supposed to listen to your problems. Your not supposed to listen to my problems."
The rest of their meeting went like that. They talked about all the things that were going on in Dilyn's life. Kari hoped she was helping him. He was a lot happier than he was when she first met him. He always made her laugh. By the end of their meeting Kari was in a much better mood.
When it was time for her lunch break, Kari got up and left her office to go get something to eat. As she reached the front door of the building she heard someone calling her name.
"Kari! Wait up!" Kari turned around and saw Kane. He was also a psychologist who worked in the same building as her. His office was on the second floor, though, while hers was on the ground floor. He was only two years older than Kari. He was tall and handsome with black hair slicked back with hair gel. He was very muscular and looked extremely dashing in his white, button down shirt and red necktie, he looked very professional.
"Hey Kane. What's up?" she asked. He had a big smile on his face. "Well, I was wondering, since we see each other here at work everyday and since I can't seem to keep my eyes off of you, would you like to go out on a date with me?"
Kari thought for a moment. A date? Sure she went on many dates since her and TK broke up, but she could never seem to find the right guy. Then she thought of TK. She got angry just thinking about him. If he was able to move on with his life, then she could move on, too.
"Sure Kane. I'd love to go on a date with you." she answered with a smile.
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End of Chapter Five. How'd you guys like it? Please, Please REVIEW!!! Tell me what you think of this chapter!
A/N: Hi again! Thank you all of you who reviewed my fic. I'm soooo glad you guys like it! I'm trying to make the rest of the story just as good. So as always review and tell me what you think.
Hope's Return Home
Chapter Five
Kari just stared at TK. Did she hear right? Did he just say he was engaged? She felt her heart break. 'Obviously he hasn't been in as much pain as I've been these past five years.' She thought bitterly.
"You're engaged?" she asked, finally finding her voice. "No. I was engaged." He answered calmly. "It's kind of a long story. It's also part of the reason I came back to Odaiba." "So what happened?" Kari asked, still finding it hard to speak. TK sighed. He knew he had to tell her.
After a moment of silence, he finally spoke. "Well...you see...I met her three years ago. Her name is Melissa. She was great, you know, smart, funny, pretty. I guess I just fell in love with her."
He paused for a moment. Kari tried to absorb all this in. It wasn't fair that he had found someone and fell in love while she was lonely and hadn't known love since she lost TK. She was trying her hardest to compose herself instead of flipping out at him. "Go on." She said as calm as possible.
"Well I was happy...for a while. Then I realized that my happiness was beginning to fade. I tried to forget about it and just go on with the wedding, but I...I just...I just couldn't go through with it while I was still...still..." "Still what?" asked Kari. "Still not quite ready to be married." He said. What he really meant was, 'While I was still in love you, Kari', but he just couldn't quite get the words out.
Kari just sat there. She didn't know what to say. He was engaged. As she looked at him she didn't see TK Takaishi, the boy she had grown up with and the man she had once wanted to marry. She saw a complete stranger. For the past five years he had not talked to her and had been living a whole new life, a life without her in it.
She couldn't stand to be there any longer, so she got up and said, "It's getting late. I better go now." TK didn't have time to ask her to stay longer. She walked out the door quickly. 'Great, I hurt her again. Why do I always seem to hurt her when she's the most important person in the world to me?' TK thought sadly.
TK walked into his room and pulled out an old photo album. It was full with pictures of him and Kari. He didn't know why he still had it, he should have gotten rid of it when Kari broke up with him. Still, it was full of memories, good memories.
He began to remember all the good times they had together. He remembered their first kiss, first date, and when he proposed to her. He was so sure that his life was perfect. He had the perfect girl and they would be married in a few months. Then he remembered when his perfect life began to fall apart.
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TK was waiting in the park for Kari. He had called her earlier and told her to meet her there because he had some good news to tell her. At least he thought it was good news. He couldn't wait to tell his fiancé about what had him so excited.
He waited for about ten minutes. Then he saw Kari walking toward him. As soon as she reached him she gave him a kiss. "So what's up?" she asked when they broke from their kiss. "What's the great news you had to tell me?" He gave her a huge smile then he said, "I got a letter in the mail today. I was accepted to NYU. Isn't that great!" He was so excited. Then he noticed that she didn't seem as excited as he was.
"NYU? As in New York University?" she asked shocked. "Yeah! Isn't that awesome?! It's a great opportunity for me!" he said very enthusiastically. "Yeah that's great TK...but...New York? That's really far from here." She said, now putting a damper on TK's good mood. "Yeah, but, you'll be with me. We will be married by then. It'll be a great start to our life together." He tried to reason to her.
Kari looked down. She didn't like where this conversation was heading, where it was going to head. "TK I don't want to go to New York." She stated. TK was confused. He thought that going to New York would make her happy. Man was he wrong! This conversation was not going the way he had planned.
"But, Kari, we'd be married. You'd have to go with me. You're not going to ask me to decline an offer like this are you? It's a chance of a lifetime for me, for us." TK stated. "No TK. I don't want leave here. I like being in Odaiba, I like being in Japan! My family's here, all my friends are here, and my life is here." Now TK was getting angry. He really wanted to go to NYU and that's exactly what he planned to do.
"TK, I just need some time to think about this ok. Don't be mad." "How can you expect me to not be mad? This is a great opportunity for me and you want me to just forget about it." He was getting very frustrated. "I know. Just give me some time to think about this." Kari said. Then she turned around and walked away.
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'That was the beginning of the end.' TK thought sadly. 'You are an idiot Takaishi, a real idiot. Why'd you leave her? Your life could have been perfect right now. Did I do the right thing by going to NYU?'
TK closed the album and put it away. He needed to get his mind off of Kari. He decided to prepare dinner. Then again, he just moved in so he didn't have anything to cook. 'I guess I gotta go to the grocery now.' Then he left his apartment.
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Kari walked into her apartment and just plopped herself down on the sofa. She was so angry. How could TK ask someone else to marry her? How could he find someone else to make him happy? Didn't he think of her at all in the last five years? 'Of course not you idiot. Why would he think of you when he found someone else?' She thought bitterly. 'Then again, he did call it off. Maybe there's a chance that he might...Oh forget it! There's no way that he could possibly love you after what you did to him.'
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Kari walked to the diner. She had told TK to meet her there. She had something important to tell him, though it would not be easy for her to tell him. She had convinced herself that it was the right thing to do. It would be best for both her and TK. Yes! It must the right thing to do!
When she arrived at the diner she saw TK sitting at a table already. He was early, he was usually never early. He had a nervous look on his face, like if he knew what she was going to tell him.
She sat down across from him. He looked at her with expecting eyes. 'God this is gonna be a lot harder than I thought. Well, here I go.' Thought Kari. "TK I need to talk to you about something." She said. "Yeah I figured that out already." TK said sarcastically. "What did you want to tell me?"
Things had been difficult for them for the past few weeks. They argued a lot about going to New York. It made them both angry and frustrated. It was the biggest fight they had with each other in their entire lives. They were usually a happy couple who never argued about anything.
"TK, I don't think we should get married anymore. I think it would be best if we break up." Kari said. Kari looked into his eyes. They were full of hurt and regret, but he did not say anything. "I know how much going to NYU means to you and I can't ask you to give it up because of me. You were right, it's a great opportunity for you, but I want to stay here, so I think we should just end it now. We're only nineteen, TK, we probably weren't ready for marriage anyway." TK still hadn't said anything. Kari took off her engagement ring and placed it in TK's hand. "I'm sorry TK." Then she got up and left.
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Kari closed her eyes and let a tear slid down her cheek. 'I think it's official, I am the world's biggest moron. I had the greatest guy in the world...no...the whole universe, and I let him slip right through my finger. It's not like I couldn't survive in New York. In fact, I probably would have been just fine. Stupid, stupid, stupid!! Why did I break up with him? Why?!'
Kari's thoughts were interrupted when she heard the phone ring. She got up and answered it. "Hello"
*Hey sis! * It was Tai, her big brother.
"Oh hey Tai. What's up"
*You don't sound so happy. What happened? *
"Nothing. I just had a really bad day, that's all."
*You want to talk about it? *
"No. So why'd you call?"
*Mom called me. She said she wanted us to come over for dinner tonight. I think she misses us home every night having family dinners. You have to come or she'll freak out.*
"Yeah I'll be there. Will Dana be there?"
*Yeah. She nervous, though. She still thinks mom and dad are mad at her, but I told her they weren't mad at her, after all, eloping was my idea, not hers. *
"Yeah. Your stupid idea. I would have liked to be at my only brothers wedding."
*I know, but hey, it was a spur of the moment sort of thing. Anyway, I gotta go. I'll see you in a couple of hours. Bye! *
"Bye!" Then they hung up.
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A few hours later, Kari was at her parent's house. They had just finished eating dinner and were now sitting in the living room talking.
"It's so good to have you guys for dinner once in a while. It gets kind of lonely here." Mrs. Kamiya had said. "Don't worry mom. Even though we're grown up now we're still your kids. Of course we'll come and visit sometimes." Tai reassured her. Mr. Kamiya then turned to Dana. "So Dana, now that you and Tai are married, when are you gonna give me some grandchildren?" "Uh...well actually...I'm pregnant."
"You are?!" Kari asked shocked. "Gee Tai were ya planning on keeping that a secret too? Were ya just gonna run off and have a baby and then tell us two weeks later that you're a father?" Tai started laughing. "Calm down sis. We were planning on telling you guys tonight and we did. So what do you guys think? I'm gonna be a dad!!" "That's great son. We couldn't be happier for you two. You and Dana will be great parents. Now all we need to make everything perfect is for Kari to find her 'prince charming' and get married too." Mrs. Kamiya said happily.
'Great. Did she have to bring that up? I'll probably never get married!' Kari thought.
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Monday morning. Kari woke up depressed and in a bad mood, which is not a good thing since she's a psychologist and has to be positive to her patients. 'Why do I feel like I didn't have a weekend?' she thought. Her weekend was rather eventful and she never really got a chance to relax, which was something she loved to do during the weekends.
She took a shower, dressed into her work clothes, ate breakfast, and left for work. She got there in twenty minutes and walked into her office.
She had to try to get herself in a better mood. She had a patient coming in a few minutes. His name was Dilyn (A/N: I'm not Japanese and not very creative. Sorry if I don't use any Japanese name. I just don't know any, and like I said, I'm not very creative.) He was a twelve-year-old boy and Kari's favorite patient.
After a few minutes of waiting Kari's secretary's came through the speaker, * Dr. Kari your patient Dilyn has arrived. * Kari pushed the 'talk' button and answered, "Send him in please."
A boy walked in right after. He was small built with short brown hair and brown eyes. He was a very sweet and caring boy. It took a while for him to open up to Kari when he first started to go to her, but now he was very open with her and would talk about pretty much everything to her. It was almost as they were friends.
"Hey Dilyn. How are you today?" Kari asked him as he sat down in the chair across from her desk. "Fine." He answered plainly. "Anything interesting happen to you since I last saw you?" She asked him. "Well, I dreamt about my dad last night." He answered.
The whole reason why Dilyn needed to see a psychologist was because his father had left him, his mother, and sister. One day Dilyn's mom and dad got into a fight and then his father packed up and left that same night without saying bye to anyone. That left depressed. He loved his father so much, but his father had left and hadn't even called Dilyn or sent him a letter.
"What was the dream about?" Kari asked him. Dilyn answered, "Well, it was actually more like a memory. It was the time my dad took me fishing with him. It was the last thing we did together before he left." "Do you miss him?" asked Kari. "No! Why should I miss him? He's a jerk! He just left us, left me! He used to say he loved me, but how could leave someone you love?!" The young boy shouted.
"I know what you mean. Believe me. I know what it's like for someone say they love you and then just leave." She said, now thinking about TK. How could he leave her. If he really did want to marry her, he wouldn't have left, right?
"Oh yeah? What happened to you?" Dilyn asked curiously. Kari chuckled. "Hey I'm the psychologist here. I'm supposed to listen to your problems. Your not supposed to listen to my problems."
The rest of their meeting went like that. They talked about all the things that were going on in Dilyn's life. Kari hoped she was helping him. He was a lot happier than he was when she first met him. He always made her laugh. By the end of their meeting Kari was in a much better mood.
When it was time for her lunch break, Kari got up and left her office to go get something to eat. As she reached the front door of the building she heard someone calling her name.
"Kari! Wait up!" Kari turned around and saw Kane. He was also a psychologist who worked in the same building as her. His office was on the second floor, though, while hers was on the ground floor. He was only two years older than Kari. He was tall and handsome with black hair slicked back with hair gel. He was very muscular and looked extremely dashing in his white, button down shirt and red necktie, he looked very professional.
"Hey Kane. What's up?" she asked. He had a big smile on his face. "Well, I was wondering, since we see each other here at work everyday and since I can't seem to keep my eyes off of you, would you like to go out on a date with me?"
Kari thought for a moment. A date? Sure she went on many dates since her and TK broke up, but she could never seem to find the right guy. Then she thought of TK. She got angry just thinking about him. If he was able to move on with his life, then she could move on, too.
"Sure Kane. I'd love to go on a date with you." she answered with a smile.
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End of Chapter Five. How'd you guys like it? Please, Please REVIEW!!! Tell me what you think of this chapter!
