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Kai: What's so evilly funny?

Sk: DONUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kai: . . .

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Chapter 2

She never wanted to look at him, no matter what the cost. Whenever she was to look at him, her gaze wouldn't move to anything else until something interrupted her. She would stare deep into the crimson eyes that lay some place else. If they were to fall on her however, she'd be stuck in a world of embarrassment. But Mariah was always there to snap her out.

 "Emily . . . Emily . . . EMILY!!" Mariah shouted.

 "Uh huh . . . wha . . .?" Emily said in complete stupidity.

 "You're doing it again! Stop it before he finds you staring at him again!" Mariah said.

 "Oh . . . hey . . . not so loud . . . the class will hear!" Emily said.

Then she noticed everyone was filing out the classroom one by one. The seats were beginning to empty as Emily watched the class go out the door.

 "Where's everyone going?" Emily asked Mariah.

 "You're asking me? Me? I thought you were the lab rat" Mariah said sarcastically.

 "Hey . . . just because I'm better at you in this subject doesn't mean you have to act smart." Emily said in victory.

They both exited the classroom and followed the class not too far behind.

 "So where are we going?" Emily asked.

 "We're going to collect the frogs for that experiment . . . ick . . . why couldn't it be an essay? That would have been so much easier . . . so that way . . ." Mariah trailed on. Emily cut Mariah's voice from her head at the moment. Her eyes followed the white fabric softly blowing in the calm wind of the forest not far from the back of the school. Yes, it was Kai's beautiful scarf.

The scarf was the one thing Emily would always see before Kai's face when she looked at him. Every time he would pass a corner in the halls, the scarf would always trail behind, acting like an alluring tail that calls for you to follow it. Almost all the girls in 8th grade knew how the scarf worked.

I guess you can say that Kai is the most popular boy in his grade. Little does he know that Ray is a close tie. Ray is a lot more flirtatious with the girls and can still be a picky one for his liking. But he knows he can always turn to Mariah when he's in 'girl trouble'. She would tell him the things about the girls he had his eyes on. That would make all the girls change their attitude, style of clothes, and other such things. But Ray's always looking for a girl that expresses her own way and is of pure heart.

Kai on the other hand hates girls. Despises them even. Emily knows that for a fact. She sees him at sometimes turning down girls that ask him out. He would never act mushy around or even crack a decent smile. Emily wished she could change that, change it all.

 "Okay class, search for the biggest frogs in this stream and make sure you don't hurt them. We're going to do that later." Mr. Hiroshi announced. He was one of the cheery teachers of the Kasume Middle School Academy. There weren't that many of them there.

 "Emily! Now's your chance!" Mariah said pointing to a wandering-off Kai.

 "Mariah . . . we already talked about this. I told you not to ask about him any more. Or has that been erased from that head of yours?" Emily said.

 "I don't think so . . ." Mariah answered. "Well, just tell me what happens if you happen to follow Kai over there." Emily shot a glare at her through her rounded-off glasses.

"I'll be over here looking for frogs . . . hehe . . ." Mariah said leaving Emily with a few of the other kids in her class.

 "Mari- oh never mind. She'll never catch a frog . . . maybe a fish but not a frog . . ." Emily said to herself.

~Emily's POV~

Damnit . . . did all the frogs die out here? There doesn't seem to be any here. I should look over here. I suddenly stopped behind a tree as I looked across from it. I saw there a Kai under a tree, sleeping. He looks so peaceful when he sleeps. He probably drifted off to the sound of the stream. How nice it must be.

I tiptoed closer to him, but went for the water. I got my net ready if I saw any frogs hop by. All of a sudden, I heard a splash of water near by. I caught sight of the creature and saw it was a frog. A nice, big, experimental frog. I took small steps near it and it didn't move. I shot my net at it and caught it. But that wasn't the only thing that happened.

I slipped on a rock in the stream and lost my balance. I let out a small scream and waited to be covered in water or to hit hard ground. Suddenly something caught my right wrist. Of all people, it was Kai. I hadn't expected it, also by that he was sleeping. Or was he?

He got me back on my feet and walked toward to where the class was.

 "You should be more careful." Kai said in a monotone voice. He gave a small unnoticeable smile to me, but I saw it. I wonder why he did that though.

 "Okay. Uh . . . thanks." I said.

 "No problem." He said and walked.

I followed him slowly to the rest of the class. But I felt I forgot something. It was my frog. I went back to the part of the stream where I caught it. I looked around and saw it was trying to escape from the over-turned net laying on the leaf-covered ground. I grabbed the net and ran back to the class. Mariah ran to me as I got there.

 "Oh, so you took my suggestion. . ." Mariah said suspiciously. I knew what she was talking about.

 "Nothing happened. You know that" I said. "I was just over there to catch a frog."

 "Uh huh . . . whatever . . ." Mariah joked.

 "Fine, don't believe me." I walked passed her and followed the class back to the school.

 "Okay! I believe you!!!" she yelled.

We got into the science lab again and set our frogs into small jars with holes in the lids. I took a small glance at Kai and saw him take out a frog from his side cargo pocket. He probably caught his before everyone else, knowing he dozed off in the forest.

The bell rang signaling for lunch. The encounter with Kai today was a bit awkward, but I hope we have more in the future. I walked with Mariah to our lockers to drop off our stuff. We headed for the lunch room and bumped into Ray who was heading there as well.

 "Hey Mariah, Emily!" He said. I saw him sneak a small kiss to Mariah's cheek as he walked beside her. Now I wanted to know how much that felt if someone was to do that to me.  I guess you could tell who I'd like to do that to me. But I know my chances are closer to zero than to slim.

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Sk: Uggh . . . I'm full. XP

Kai: Good for you.

Sk: Maybe I should just write the kissy-kissy scene in the next chapter :D.

Kai: NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Emily: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sk: Please R+R. :P