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Chapter 3

"Wow Eri is late. What the heck is she and Kiro doing anyway?" Kagome wondered aloud as she, Ayumi, and Haya waited outside of Ayumi's house.

"Probably making out." Haya joked.

"Finally…" Ayumi wasn't know for having great patience either.

"Hey Ayumi, look who's in the car with them." Haya nudged Ayumi's arm.

"Is that who I think it is?"

"Who is it?" Kagome's natural curiosity always got the best of her.

"That's definitely Rin's ex boyfriend." Haya stated. Kagome had to think a minute…Rin…o yeah, she was of Ayumi's friends.

"I wonder what Kouga's doing here?" Haya also threw in.

Eri ran up Ayumi's steps and pulled Kagome aside. "We're gonna take two cars, Kiro's and Kouga's. Kouga is good friends with Kiro. Apparently he broke up with his girlfriend this past week, and Kiro asked him to come along to hopefully cheer him up. O, and Kouga wants you in his car."

"Um…why?"

"Beats me." With that said Eri jogged back over to Kiro's car and got in.

Kouga got out of his car and walked over to Kagome. "Hi" he said nervously.

"Um, hi."

"Hey Kouga! Haven't seen you in a long time. Shotgun!" Haya shouted. Ayumi and Kagome got into the backseat, Kagome silently thanking Haya.

About an hour later the group got to their hotel. While Eri and Kiro checked in, Ayumi, Haya, Kagome, and Kouga all snuck upstairs. Technically they had only booked the room for four people to save some money, and they didn't want the hotel staff to figure out what was going on. After the group got situated, they decided to walk around the small town since the resort didn't open for another five hours. While the group explored Kagome noticed that Kouga was being extremely nice to her. She just brushed it off and kept herself glued to Ayumi's side. Ayumi had noticed Kouga's behavior as well and also wondered what was going on.

A couple of hours later they were finally in the rental shop picking up their equipment. Kagome and Ayumi had decided that they were going to try snowboarding for the first time along with Kouga and Kiro. Haya and Eri decided they were perfectly happy on skis.

After not even being able to get up the kid's hill on a snowboard, Kagome decided that she was just gonna have to trade her board in for skis. She tried to convince one of her friends to go back with her, but none of them wanted to leave the snow. Kagome sighed to herself and began the trek back to the rental shop by herself. While she waited in line she noticed that Kouga had come in after her. She smiled at the gesture and thanked him for coming to wait with her. The two talked as she got her skis and walked back to the learner's hill. Skiing was definitely a lot easier than snowboarding, and she picked up on it right away. At one point when the rope was pulling her up the kid's hill, she noticed that Kiro was behind her on the rope, and steadily getting closer. When he was directly behind her he started talking.

"Do you like Kouga?"

"Um, I just met him."

"Would you give him your number?"

"At the most."

"Yeah I figured. I told him not to expect anything else this weekend."

"What do you mean…"

Kiro gulped. "Well, me and Eri were kind of hoping you two would maybe get together or something."

"EXCUSE ME!"

After some exciting adventures on harder hills, and a few almost concussion later, the group turned in their gear and headed towards the door, when they noticed that Kouga was frantically digging through his pockets.

"Guys…I can't find my keys."

Two hours later Kagome found herself showered and sitting in the lodge with Kouga. Kiro had taken everyone back to the hotel while Eri and Kouga waited for his parents to arrive with spare keys. Kiro and Kagome had quickly showered and then went back to the ski resort. Kagome felt slightly awkward around Kouga after finding out about the plan. His parents finally showed up and both boys got into their respective cars. Eri got into Kiro's car. Kagome feeling bad about leaving Kouga alone, agreed to ride back to the hotel with him. Along the way home he confessed everything. When they parked back at the hotel Kagome remembered what Ayumi had told her earlier that night. Apparently Kouga had a reputation with girls and she didn't want him to get the wrong impression.

"Kouga, I'm prude." Kagome blurted out.

Kouga just looked at her. "You serious?"

"Well…um…yeah."

"Wow. Definitely never would have thought that. You're too pretty." Kouga smiled and held out his hand. Kagome feeling a little better grasped it and walked into the hotel.

The next morning everyone was packing and getting their stuff together. This time Kagome sat in the front with Kouga as he dropped Ayumi, Haya, and the Kagome off at their houses. Before going in Kagome and Kouga switched numbers. She felt a little nervous, but at the same time kind of excited. She had given a guy, who wasn't a friend, her phone number.

A week went by with Kouga calling her every day. By the end of the week Kagome was getting a little annoyed. He was definitely going way too fast for her tastes. And she couldn't help but feel like the rebound girl considering he had been dumped the week before. Kagome definitely knew she didn't want things to go any further when Kouga called her and said he was trying to get tickets to see her favorite band. Not to mention that the concert was on valentine's day.

Kagome called Kouga and explained everything. Things were definitely going way to fast and she needed space. He said he understood and left it at that.

The next day at school Kagome thought everything was fine, until Ayumi ran up to her obviously angry.

"I can't believe you slept with him and didn't tell me!"

"WHAT"

Ayumi explained that she had heard from someone that Kagome had already slept with Kouga. Kagome had reached the end of her rope. She eventually calmed down enough to realize it had all been Haya's fault. Haya had told someone that she had hooked up with Kouga, but meant it in the way that they became friends. However the other person took it the other way and soon it was going around school that Kagome had slept with him.

"Hey Kagome, isn't Toyo's competition today for that knowledge bowl thing?"

Kagome looked up from her calculus homework to answer Hojo's question. She, Hojo, and Toyo had study hall together during second semester, something that had caused her to change her schedule to allow.

"Yeah I think so."

"Do you want to go watch?"

"Um ok." Hojo stood up and started walking towards the door, and then realized Kagome wasn't with him.

"Aren't you coming?"

Kagome blushed. "Yeah, let me grab the rest of my stuff." At this point Kagome was on cloud nine. Sure it was only to go watch the knowledge bowl team, but still. She and Hojo walked into the back of the auditorium and pulled out their calculus homework together. Haya and Ayumi were sitting a few rows in front of her. They both started giggling when they noticed who she was with and winked at her. Kagome just slid down in her seat and let herself enjoy the moment. She knew she was being incredibly pathetic, but at that point in time. She just didn't care.