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*****Chapter 5- Problem Resolved*****
"Matt, please open the door!" I yelled standing next to Matt's door. He obviously didn't want to talk to me because he wouldn't open the door but I continued to try and get him to come out.
"Go away!" He screamed at me numerous times. I wouldn't budge.
"I'm not leaving so you might as well open the door! I can find a way in there so you might want to do yourself the favor and just open up!"
No answer.
"Fine! If that's the way it's going to be, then fine! See if I care!" I yelled and sat down on the floor next to the door.
I can't exactly tell you the amount of time I sat next to his door and awaited his appearance but obviously it was a long time because I eventually dozed off. I guess he had come out of the room while I was asleep because when I awoke I found myself in his bed without him anywhere in sight. He had carried me from the floor to his comfortable bed and then left somewhere in the house.
I sat myself up and looked around the room. I glanced at the clock and it read 3:47pm. 'Oh, shit!' I thought jumping out of the bed and grabbing my cell phone and turning it on 'I am in deep shit now...' When the phone turned on it told me I had four missed calls and two new voice mails: one from Ellie and one from my mother. I hoped that she had told Mike that I was gone for the night and wouldn't be back until late today. But then again knowing her, that probably didn't happen.
"Hey girl, it's me. Um, I was just calling and wondering where you were? I called your house and your mom told me you were on your way to my house to spend the night or something. I was kind of like, okay, sure. But you never showed up so now I'm kind of curious to know where the hell you are. Anyways... um, call me when you get this alright? Bye girlie," Ellie's voice rang in my ear as I listened to her message.
"Message received at 10:34am," the voice mail said, "You have one more new message. To listen, press one."
I pressed one.
"Sora Ashlyn Takenouchi! Where the hell have you been since last night!? I have been worried sick not knowing where you are! I thought you were going to Ellie's when you saw that Mike was wasted but obviously not because she said you weren't there. And why is your phone off anyways!? You better not be doing anything you're not supposed to! Well anyways, when you get this message PLEASE call me so I can know that you're alright. Don't scare the shit out of me like this ever again. Bye," my mother said as I rolled my eyes. 'Leave it to moms to worry...' I thought. I didn't notice that Matt had entered the room and was sitting right behind me; I was on the floor with my back leaning against the bed.
"Well she's not too happy, is she?" Matt said which startled me and made me jump up.
"Holy shit!" I yelled as he began to laugh, "Don't you dare ever do that to me again! You scared the shit out of me!"
"You always were easy to scare. That's what was so fun about our relationship," he said causing me to have a crooked smile.
"So, I guess you're not mad at me any more, huh?"
"I was never mad at you. Just... disappointed in myself for saying what I said. I shouldn't have said that because it freaked you out and I know you don't feel the same way about me as I feel about you so... can we just forget it ever happened?"
"See that's the thing... I do feel the same way you do. I'm just not ready to make any decisions about what I want to do about it yet."
"Oh... I see."
"Yeah..."
Things got kind of quiet from there. I didn't know what to say and neither did he. It was... weird.
*****
Kari sat on the couch in her home watching TV and attempting to do her homework. She was grounded at that time because she currently had a 68 in her Biology class and her parents wouldn't let her leave the house until her improved to a 75 or higher. So basically she was screwed. She suddenly broke into a coughing fit causing Tai to notice. He was caught with the pot and got himself grounded as well.
"Damn, Kari. Are you fucking getting sick again?" Tai said grabbing a bag of chips. The one thing that didn't change about Tai was his appetite.
"I hope not. I can't afford to keep missing school. Mom's already on my case because I'm failing Biology," Kari replied once the coughing stopped.
"School is a damn waste of time anyways. I don't know why mom and dad care so much about grades. Maybe you have strap throat or whatever it's called."
"Just because you can sit around and do nothing a get straight A's doesn't mean that some of us don't have to work for our grades. And I don't think I have strap throat. My throat doesn't hurt, I just can't stop coughing lately."
"Asthma?"
"I don't know."
"See a doctor."
"Maybe I should."
"By any chance did you catch when mom and dad would be home from work?"
"Mom said she'd be home around five and dad left this morning to Kyoto on business so he probably won't be back until tomorrow sometime."
"Perfect. I'm going out. Cover for me, alright? I should be back around five or six."
"Tai, I can't keep lying for you."
"Yeah you can. The parental's think you're their perfect angel and believe every word you say. Unlike you they think I lie about everything."
"That's because you do lie about everything."
"Yeah, but they don't know that."
"Fine, I'll cover for you."
"Good girl," Tai said rubbing her head and messing up her hair, "See you later, squirt."
"Bye..."
With that Tai was out the door and on his way to someone's house only to do God knows what. Kari hated lying for her brother but if it's what she had to do to keep her brother's trust, then that's what was going to happen. Another coughing fit broke out and this time she couldn't stop herself. She got light-headed and made her way into the bathroom to get a tissue to cough into. When she finally stopped she shook her head and threw the tissue into the garbage unaware of the blood that had come out of her mouth at that very moment. She continued her school work and thought nothing of it for the rest of the day. Big mistake.
*****
I eventually left Matt's house later that day. We parted on good terms, I hoped. I had gone to Ellie's after calling my mom and getting the lecture of the century. Thankfully she had covered for me with Mike, but then again he wouldn't remember anything anyways. He was pretty wasted. Ellie and I made our way to the mall where I ran into someone I didn't want to.
"How would this one look on me?" Ellie asked as she held a pink shirt up to herself wanting my opinion.
"That one's cute," I replied. I didn't really like shopping. I thought it was pretty boring but Ellie was a pretty preppy person and shopping was her favorite past time so that's what I got stuck doing.
I began to rummage through the clothes trying to find something to buy. Ellie and I wore the same size clothes so whatever she bought I usually either borrowed or just never gave back to her. Either way I decided it was time for me to buy some clothes that she could steal from me. My cell phone began to vibrate indicating that I had received a text message. It somewhat startled me and I backed up bumping into someone and causing them to drop everything they were holding.
"Damn it," the person said bending over and picking up her stuff. I went to the ground as well to help her out but she was being a bitch and wasn't wanting to except my help, "It's fine. I can get it myself."
"Whatever," I said standing up and seeing a head full of pink hair. I then realized who I'd run into, "My bad, Mimi."
Mimi looked up and saw me standing up above her. She quickly finished picking up her things and jumped up off the floor.
"Sora!" she said kind of shocked, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to run into you. You know me, always clumsy!" she said laughing nervously.
Why is it that all of my old friends seem to have this guilt trip every time they get around me? It was so beyond me I just didn't even try to understand it any more.
"It's alright," I replied.
"Well, um, nice talking to you again. Um, I have to go. See you in school," she said and made a quick exit to the check out counter.
"What was that all about?" Ellie wondered as she approached me after seeing the scene.
"Hell if I know. Are you done?" I said.
"Yeah."
"Good. Go buy your stuff and lets get going."
"Okay."
Damn, I sounded like a mom talking to her rambunctious kid. But hey, what could I do? It was in my blood to be demanding even if I wasn't trying to. Oh well though Ellie didn't care. She was used to being told what to do so it didn't even bother her any more.
Ellie finally bought her things and the two of us left the mall. I made my way home and noticed my mother gone to work. That was when I ran into Mike...
*****TBC*****
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