Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, but this story…well, its all mine [literally ;) ]
Chapter 2

"Kagome, I understand you like Hojo…a lot. But honestly, if you tell me one more story about you two outrageously flirting without you following up on it. I'm going to kill you." Yuka laughed as Kagome blushed.

"Well excuse me Miss Relationship. A girl has a boyfriend for a month and she thinks she knows everything." Kagome winked at her friend as they walked down the hall.

"O by the way, my mom's being a bitch and I can't come with you guys Halloween night."

"Awww…" Kagome and Ayumi had arranged a group trip to the local theme park for Halloween night. If they got 15 people they got a huge discount, plus the place went all out for Halloween.

"I hope you guys have fun…"

"Ayumi calm down, what do you mean you're stranded?" It had been an awesome Halloween night. However, on the way home Kagome rode in a different car than Ayumi's. On the way home the cars were arranged for people who lived near each other for the driver's convenience.

"I mean my fucking car broke down. We haven't even reached the toll yet."

"Wow" Kagome breathed into the phone. They had gone pass the toll and over the bridge fifteen minutes before hand. "What are you gonna do?"

"Toyo already headed for the gas station. And I called my dad. Look, don't worry about us. I'll talk to you tomorrow in school."

"Ok…"

"And if it wasn't for Kagome, we wouldn't have been there late in the first place!"

Kagome had zoned out watching Ayumi and their friend Haya argue over last night. Hearing her name quickly snapped her out of it.

"It's not my fault you guys left for the park without us, and then went south! Honestly, who's bright idea was it to go south?!"

"Well we couldn't find the north sign…"

"So going south was the best alternative! It's your own fucking fault for getting lost. Don't blame me!" With that said Kagome stormed out of homeroom and headed for government by herself. Her friends could be stupid sometimes…but this was really pushing it. Besides, if one more person told her that she and Toyo looked cute together, she was gonna scream…

"Yuka can I ask you something?"

"Yeah sure."

Kagome looked over to her friend. Yuka had been one of her first friends when she moved to the area, she could tell her anything. "I know you and your boyfriend broke up…but, how did you know he liked you?"

"More mixed signs from Hojo?"

"O yeah. We'll sit and flirt in homeroom and physics. You saw how it was when we were building the float for homecoming."

"Yeah, if anything you guys do seem to be really good friends now."

"Yeah…only took two years…" Kagome grumbled.

"Have you heard from Tokyo State yet?"

"O yeah!" Kagome jumped up quickly. "I got an acceptance letter yesterday!"

"Kagome that's wonderful!"

"Yeah I know. At least something's going right. I'm telling you. I can't wait to get out of my house, my parents are really starting to get to me."

"Fighting a lot?"

"Yeah, and my dad…well…it's just not a good time."

"We all have things like that. Don't worry, soon enough we'll be college freshman partying and enjoying life."

"Yeah…I can't wait to get out of here…"

"10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1! Happy New Year!" Kagome jumped up and down with Ayumi and Haya. It was New Year's Eve, and for the first year ever Kagome wasn't at home. In fact she was at Toyo's house, and boy was she confused. Kagome and Toyo had been friends since junior year. They had a lot of the same classes together and just generally got along real well. Plus everyone kept telling her to just forget about Hojo and be with Toyo. But every time she thought about it…it just didn't feel right. Toyo didn't make her nervous or excited, or well, anything. She felt completely comfortable around him, but in a completely platonic way.

But watching him that night… 'No. Yuka likes him. But do I? I'm so confused…'

"Hey guys, I have the perfect idea on how to celebrate for my 18th birthday!"

Kagome looked up in homeroom to find Eri shouting excitedly.

"Let's go skiing for the weekend!"

This idea actually made Kagome perk up. Things weren't really going well for her lately, maybe this would be a good change of pace.

"We can research places in accounting, we never do anything in that class but goof off in the library."

"Ok" Eri smiled. "But first we have to tackle government." Kagome groaned.

"How about this place…it looks really close to the resort…and not to expensive…" Kagome's eyes were fixated on her computer screen. A skiing vacation was gonna cost more than she had expected, but they needed a suite to fit all the people…

"I've driven through that town before, it's nice."

Kagome and Eri looked up at the newcomer. It was the "cute guy of the class" now know as Inuyasha.

"Um ok, thanks."

Inuyasha just shrugged and walked away. He tried, if she was gonna act cold then he would just look elsewhere…