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Gray was standing in front of the door. Even though it was raining, Kali could tell he was crying.
"What happened, Gray? Are you okay?" Kali asked and ushered him inside. Gray wiped his eyes and sat on the couch.
"I went to the library to go apologize to Mary because we got in a fight before. I.I saw.." Gray's voice cracked and he looked down.
"You don't have to explain the whole thing if you don't want to," Kali told Gray and sat down next to him carefully. Gray shook his head.
"I want to. Jack was there. Mary and him.. They were." Gray stopped talking and broke into huge sobs. Kali watched him awkwardly for a minute, then wrapped her arms around his shoulders and hugged him. She felt his hot tears running through her shirt.
"She wasn't right for you anyways," Kali said slowly, hoping it was a good thing to say. Gray looked up at her.
"You're right; she wasn't the right person for me." Gray looked at Kali strangely for awhile and looked down. His shoulders shook for a minute, and then stopped. When he looked up again, he had stopped crying.
"Thanks for being so nice to me, Kali. I just didn't know where to go. Sorry for being such a problem for you. I'll go now," Gray said and stood to leave.
"No! Don't go!" Kali was surprised at the words that came out of her mouth. So was Gray. He turned around and looked at her. "Um. why don't you stay for awhile and we can talk. I would like to get to know you better," Kali finished and bit her lip. That hadn't come out right. Gray's expression was unreadable. It made Kali nervous.
"Okay. Why not," Gray said and sat down at the table. His expression was the same.
"Okay. Cool. Do you want a drink or something?" Kali asked and stretched her legs as she stood up. Gray blushed.
"No, that's okay." Kali walked over to the table and sat across from Gray.
"Where should we start?" Kali asked. Gray looked at the ceiling.
"I dunno. Tell me about your family," Gray said and looked at Kali. She shrugged.
"Okay. Well you obviously know my brother Kai. He's exactly one year and one month older than me. My birthday is Fall 22. I never knew my parents. Kai knows what happened, but he won't tell me. I don't know why. What about you?" Kali told him.
Gray shrugged. "Probably nothing you haven't heard already. Saibara's my grandpa. He doesn't appreciate anything that I do." Gray stopped talking, so Kali didn't push the subject.
"Oh. What do you like to do?" Gray raised his eyebrows at Kali, who blushed.
"I like to read. A lot. I also like animals a lot, so I spend time looking at them in the forest. Of course, being a blacksmith is enjoyable too."
"I love to read! Kai calls me a geek all the time, but reading is fun! I used to have a pet mouse but he died. His name was." Kali stopped and giggled. "His name was Gray." Gray looked up at her, a little shocked.
"Your mouse's name was Gray?" Kali nodded and giggled again.
"Anyways, I love swimming. I learned when I was 3. I also used to like to sing, but I stopped because it took up too much of my time," Kali shrugged. "I am kind of boring."
"No. I think it's interesting!" Gray said and his expression turned serious. "I didn't know we had so much in common."
Kali blushed. She was starting to feel like a tomato. "Me neither. It's cool." Both Gray and Kali were silent for awhile. The rain that hit the shack seemed harder and louder than before. Kali took a deep breath and stood up to get some water.
"Kali? Do you like flowers?" Kali turned around and nodded suspiciously.
"Yeah, why?" Gray blushed and pulled a delicate white flower out of a sack.
"I got this awhile ago, but I wanted to find someone special to give it to," Gray said quietly and blushed again. Kali stared at the little flower Gray held out to her in shock. No one had ever given her a flower before.
"Wow! Thank you, Gray! This is so pretty!" Kali gushed. She kissed Gray on the cheek and rushed to the cabinets to find a vase to put the flower in. As she filled the vase up, she realized what she had just done.
"Ohmygosh Gray, I'm sorry. I didn't remember you just." Kali stopped talking and looked at Gray. "Gray? Say something." He was looking at his feet, and she couldn't see his eyes.
"Maybe I should go. Don't take it personally," Gray mumbled and walked out into the rain. Kali stared where he had just been sitting.
"Why do I ALWAYS have to go and screw things up?" she cried. "Why can't I just get something right for once?" Kali threw herself on the couch and looked at the little white flower. It was so pretty. *You like the guy, so why can't you just act normal around him?* a voice in Kali's head yelled at her.
"I don't know," Kali whispered tearfully.
*You've never felt this way about a guy before,* another voice said to her.
*Well gee, that's obvious. She can barely say a sentence without blushing,* the first voice said.
"Give me a break!" Kali yelled and hit her head with a pillow.
*I'll tell you what's wrong.* the first voice started. *You are falling in love with Gray. Don't fool yourself* Kali shook her head and tuned the voices out. She turned her teary eyes back to the flower.
*I do like him* Kali thought. *He is so nice to me. And he's perfect. Why can't I just figure myself out?*
Kali cried herself to sleep that night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Yes, another short chapter. But I am so busy now that I figured that shortish chapters are better than no chapters at all. I will eventually go back and retype them. But for now, REVIEW TO KEEP MY MONKEYS HAPPY!!! Tell me if you have ideas, I need them badly.
Gray was standing in front of the door. Even though it was raining, Kali could tell he was crying.
"What happened, Gray? Are you okay?" Kali asked and ushered him inside. Gray wiped his eyes and sat on the couch.
"I went to the library to go apologize to Mary because we got in a fight before. I.I saw.." Gray's voice cracked and he looked down.
"You don't have to explain the whole thing if you don't want to," Kali told Gray and sat down next to him carefully. Gray shook his head.
"I want to. Jack was there. Mary and him.. They were." Gray stopped talking and broke into huge sobs. Kali watched him awkwardly for a minute, then wrapped her arms around his shoulders and hugged him. She felt his hot tears running through her shirt.
"She wasn't right for you anyways," Kali said slowly, hoping it was a good thing to say. Gray looked up at her.
"You're right; she wasn't the right person for me." Gray looked at Kali strangely for awhile and looked down. His shoulders shook for a minute, and then stopped. When he looked up again, he had stopped crying.
"Thanks for being so nice to me, Kali. I just didn't know where to go. Sorry for being such a problem for you. I'll go now," Gray said and stood to leave.
"No! Don't go!" Kali was surprised at the words that came out of her mouth. So was Gray. He turned around and looked at her. "Um. why don't you stay for awhile and we can talk. I would like to get to know you better," Kali finished and bit her lip. That hadn't come out right. Gray's expression was unreadable. It made Kali nervous.
"Okay. Why not," Gray said and sat down at the table. His expression was the same.
"Okay. Cool. Do you want a drink or something?" Kali asked and stretched her legs as she stood up. Gray blushed.
"No, that's okay." Kali walked over to the table and sat across from Gray.
"Where should we start?" Kali asked. Gray looked at the ceiling.
"I dunno. Tell me about your family," Gray said and looked at Kali. She shrugged.
"Okay. Well you obviously know my brother Kai. He's exactly one year and one month older than me. My birthday is Fall 22. I never knew my parents. Kai knows what happened, but he won't tell me. I don't know why. What about you?" Kali told him.
Gray shrugged. "Probably nothing you haven't heard already. Saibara's my grandpa. He doesn't appreciate anything that I do." Gray stopped talking, so Kali didn't push the subject.
"Oh. What do you like to do?" Gray raised his eyebrows at Kali, who blushed.
"I like to read. A lot. I also like animals a lot, so I spend time looking at them in the forest. Of course, being a blacksmith is enjoyable too."
"I love to read! Kai calls me a geek all the time, but reading is fun! I used to have a pet mouse but he died. His name was." Kali stopped and giggled. "His name was Gray." Gray looked up at her, a little shocked.
"Your mouse's name was Gray?" Kali nodded and giggled again.
"Anyways, I love swimming. I learned when I was 3. I also used to like to sing, but I stopped because it took up too much of my time," Kali shrugged. "I am kind of boring."
"No. I think it's interesting!" Gray said and his expression turned serious. "I didn't know we had so much in common."
Kali blushed. She was starting to feel like a tomato. "Me neither. It's cool." Both Gray and Kali were silent for awhile. The rain that hit the shack seemed harder and louder than before. Kali took a deep breath and stood up to get some water.
"Kali? Do you like flowers?" Kali turned around and nodded suspiciously.
"Yeah, why?" Gray blushed and pulled a delicate white flower out of a sack.
"I got this awhile ago, but I wanted to find someone special to give it to," Gray said quietly and blushed again. Kali stared at the little flower Gray held out to her in shock. No one had ever given her a flower before.
"Wow! Thank you, Gray! This is so pretty!" Kali gushed. She kissed Gray on the cheek and rushed to the cabinets to find a vase to put the flower in. As she filled the vase up, she realized what she had just done.
"Ohmygosh Gray, I'm sorry. I didn't remember you just." Kali stopped talking and looked at Gray. "Gray? Say something." He was looking at his feet, and she couldn't see his eyes.
"Maybe I should go. Don't take it personally," Gray mumbled and walked out into the rain. Kali stared where he had just been sitting.
"Why do I ALWAYS have to go and screw things up?" she cried. "Why can't I just get something right for once?" Kali threw herself on the couch and looked at the little white flower. It was so pretty. *You like the guy, so why can't you just act normal around him?* a voice in Kali's head yelled at her.
"I don't know," Kali whispered tearfully.
*You've never felt this way about a guy before,* another voice said to her.
*Well gee, that's obvious. She can barely say a sentence without blushing,* the first voice said.
"Give me a break!" Kali yelled and hit her head with a pillow.
*I'll tell you what's wrong.* the first voice started. *You are falling in love with Gray. Don't fool yourself* Kali shook her head and tuned the voices out. She turned her teary eyes back to the flower.
*I do like him* Kali thought. *He is so nice to me. And he's perfect. Why can't I just figure myself out?*
Kali cried herself to sleep that night.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Yes, another short chapter. But I am so busy now that I figured that shortish chapters are better than no chapters at all. I will eventually go back and retype them. But for now, REVIEW TO KEEP MY MONKEYS HAPPY!!! Tell me if you have ideas, I need them badly.