Here we go. The second part of the 'One more sad song for Seto' series. Enjoy. All disclaimers are same as previous. Oh, yeah, the song 'Say Anything' is property of Good Charlotte. Thanx.
"Say Anything, Kaylynn"
Here I am on
The phone again, and
Awkward silence is
On the other end
I used to know the sound
Of a smile in your voice
But right now (right now)
All I feel (All I feel)
Is the pain of the fighting
Starting up again
Seto
Kaiba dialed Kaylynn's phone number. It
rang three times. It was seven o'clock. Someone should be up by then. "Hello?"
It was Jetta. "Reigns, is Kaylynn there?" he asked. There was a silence. He
heard whispering. "Yeah," Jetta said, "Hold on. I'll see if she wants to talk
to you" Seto was confused. "If?" he asked. Jetta made no answer but silence. He
heard A knock then a muffled, "What?" Jetta answered, "Phone for you" The door
opened. "Who is it?" Kaylynn asked. "Someone who really needs to talk to you,"
Jetta answered. He heard the phone switch holders and the door closed. Complete
silence. But he knew she was there, and she knew he was there. He remembered
phone conversations in the past. They had been happy. She laughed and there was
never silence. He didn't like this kind of silence. He wanted to speak but he
could tell that she didn't want to listen. It hurt him to be so silent.
"Kaylynn I'm sorry…" he started. "No," she cut him off, "Apology not accepted.
You didn't give me a chance to explain so why should I give you one" She hung
up on him. He held the phone to his ear, stunned and frozen. He listened to the
dial tone until the little voice started giving him instructions. He couldn't
believe it. He'd actually lost her.
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind
On my mind
All the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time
After time after time
Kaylynn came
out of her room and dropped the phone on the coffee table. Jetta and Lita were
sitting side by side on the couch watching her. "What?" she demanded, "I don't
care about him. I hope I never see him again. You guys were right. He's just a
big jerk. He never cared about me anyway" She went into the kitchen for
something to eat. Jetta and Lita slowly looked at each other. Both of them were
speechless. That wasn't the way apologies were supposed to end. They decided to
leave it alone for now and went to eat. They would be subtle in working on
changing Kaylynn's mind. But she refused to talk to them too. She stormed out
on them to spend the day 'out' as she put it. The two of them sat at the table
staring at each other like idiots. They could remember the times Kaylynn and
Seto spent together. They were always happy. They decided to go after her. They
figured that she'd head to the mall, so that's where they went. "Let's split
up," Lita suggested, "If either one of us finds her we'll bring her to the
arcade or we'll meet there in an hour and a half" Jetta checked her watch and
nodded, "Right" They took off for different ends of the building.
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you wanna stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Seto called
back a little while later hoping to talk to Jetta. No one answered. Seto pieced
it together. He left for the mall. He was walking through the halls of the mall
when he spotted Kaylynn in the food court. There were counters of the different
restaurants circling an area of tables. Kaylynn was at one of the counters. He
walked up to her and paid her bill. She angrily grabbed the same amount from
her purse and shoved it at him. "I don't want to owe you anything, Seto Kaiba,"
she snapped, "And now I don't. Leave me alone" She tried to walk away with her
tray, but he followed her to a table and sat down with her. "Look," he said, "I
know I screwed up…" She snorted. "I'll say," she said. "Kaylynn I was wrong,"
he continued, "My trust was misplaced. I'm sorry. I really am. I should have
trusted you. How can I make it up to you?" He looked at her pleadingly. She
only glared coldly at him. "You can't," she answered, "So leave me alone and
stop trying" She continued eating her meal. "Why won't you give me a chance?"
he pleaded, "I am sorry. I said I was wrong. Why are you being so cruel? Why?
Why won't you give me a chance?" Her mouth twitched in rage. "Why?" she
shouted, "Why? You broke my heart Seto Kaiba. You told me to hit the road
without listening to my side of the story. You just didn't care enough to find
out if what you had been told was true or not. You didn't talk to me about it,
you never asked. You never even said, 'Let's try to work this out' or anything.
Just one of those 'Quite frankly my dear, I don't give a damn' moments. You
never gave me a chance, so you don't deserve one. And I don't deserve you. I
deserve someone who will trust me, and talk to me" Seto lowered his head. "You
do deserve someone better," he told her, "Someone you can depend on" Kaylynn
wiped away her tears of rage and looked at him. "Damn right I do," she said.
"It's true," came a voice, "You deserve someone better. But he deserves a
chance to be someone better. Give him a chance" Kaylynn boiled over. "Jetta
Reins will you shut up and mind your own business," she hollered. "You are my
own business," Jetta said coolly as she approached the table. Lita was right
behind her. "And mine," Lita added in the same tone Jetta had used.
Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers
But I don't want that
No, not for you
If you just stay with me, we can make it through
So Here we are again
The same old argument
And now I'm wonderin'
If things'll ever change, yeah
When will you laugh again?
Laugh like you did back when
We'd make noise till 3 AM and the neighbors would complain
Kaylynn was furious. "All three of you can just stay out of my life if that's how you see it," she yelled and ran away. The two girls started to follow, but Seto stopped them. "I'm sorry the two of you were dragged onto the wrong side of this argument," he said, "I'll go talk to her" He took off after Kaylynn. "Yeah," Lita called to him, "Cause that plan's been working so well hasn't it" Jetta pocketed the money that Seto had left on the table. Neither of them was going to take it, but why waste it. They slowly trailed the others the best they could.
Seto caught up to Kaylynn again. "You can hate me forever if you want," he told her. "I was gonna do that anyway," she said, "I don't need your permission" He walked quickly next to her. "But don't blame them," he continued, "They just want to help. Reins told me that she's never seen you as happy as when you were with me. And I realized that I'm happiest when I'm with you. Do you remember all the things we used to do together? We stayed up all night watching TV, we hung out at parks, we went out for dinner, celebrated your birthday. I need you Kaylynn. They need you. Don't do this to us" Kaylynn stopped dead in her tracks and spun on her heel to face him. "You guys hate each other so much when we're together," she pointed out, "But you're all for one another when we're broken up" Seto shook his head. "We just want you to be happy," he explained. "Do you seriously want me to really be happy?" she asked. "Yes," he answered. "Really?" she asked. "Yes," he repeated. "Really, really?" she asked. "Yes, Kaylynn," he said loudly, "I really, really want you to be happy. What can I do to make you happy?" She thought for a moment. "Leave me alone," she shrieked, "And tell those goons I live with, never to mention it again" She turned and walked away. Seto gave up. That was his last patience. He realized exactly what so many years of mistrust had earned him. He stood frozen as he watched her melt away through the crowd.
All the things we talk about
You know they
stay on my mind
on my mind
all the things we laugh about
They'll bring us through it every time
after time after time
Suddenly all
his memories of them came flooding back to him. Everything she had said to him,
every joke she'd made around him. He couldn't have that again. He would miss
her. He could remember… One summer they had decided to go to a carnival.
Kaylynn wanted to ride the feriswheel so she could hock luggies at people. When
they saw Joey and Jetta at a game stand, she had taken aim and carefully
launched a spit wad at Joey. She broke his concentration. In effect making him
succeed at pitched a ball at some bottles that he wouldn't have hit otherwise.
Kaylynn got to spit on someone, Seto got to see Joey get spit on, Joey was able
to win a prize without Jetta knowing, and Jetta got a prize. It was a happy day
for all. Another time they were out for dinner at a fancy restaurant. Kaylynn
didn't understand a word on the menu. She was trying hard to cut whatever it
was that she was eating. She had piled up all the silverware she had been given
accept for one of each kind of utensil. There were a couple glasses of water at
her elbow as well. As she was cutting, a piece of whatever went flying towards
her glasses, knocked them over, the rush of water sent the silverware floating
off the table, a waiter with a tray of hot soup tripped on the mess and sent
the hot soup down the back of the waiter with the dessert tray as he was
lifting a plate with pie on it off the tray. The plate went flying and landed
safely in front of Kaylynn. "Okay," she said happily, "It's pie time. Forget
the smelly food that can't be cut" She chowed the pie and they all had a laugh,
even the waiters, who never liked the food they served anyway. Kaylynn's
Birthday was something else. After a small celebration with her roommates and
their friends, the two of them decided to go for a romantic walk down on the
beach. There were some old stone piers down at the waterfront. They had kind of
fallen apart. The slabs of stone were now wedged crookedly between the supports
and some of the supports over the water no longer supported anything aside from
seaweed and bird poo. They had crawled out on the piers to watch the moon over
the water. He had leaned over to kiss her. She hadn't realized it and turned to
see his face right in hers. She freaked out and fell off the pier into the
water, dragging him with her. Jetta made them sit outside to dry, because it
was a warm night and she didn't want them to track sand all through the house.
Such fond memories. There would be no more of them.
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you wanna stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Kaylynn sped home and went to her room to cry. She
wished she could forget the looks on their faces. She thought about calling him
and apologizing. She thought maybe he'd learned his lesson by now. But he
probably wouldn't want her back now. Oh, he was so hard to understand. He was
so selfish and inconsiderate. She reminded herself that she didn't want him
back. He didn't love her like he had said. He was just bored now. Jetta and
Lita were probably bitching at him all the time about how locked up she'd been
lately. They probably just wanted her to shut up. That's all it was
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin' down
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin'
I'm fallin' down
Down
Down
Down
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away
I know you wanna stay
If you'll just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Don't say a word (Please don't leave)
I know you feel the same
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
Please don't walk away (Please don't leave)
I know you wanna stay
Just give me a sign
Say anything, say anything
