Sorry I made some of you a little angry with the bird thing but… I just had to! It was definitely my excessive need to ruin perfect moments. You could ask any of my friends and they'd tell you! They could be in some romantic dreamy fantasy story and say something like: "and he…" and I'd interrupt and say something along the lines of: "Farted.", "Died", or "I care because…?" I do it all the time. Don't worry, this little rant is now over and I will make it up here with little more ruined fluff and suspicion. (Damn me to hell, if you wish…)

Disclaimer: I don't own everybody's favorite dog-eared hanyou. Isn't it obvious? If he was mine, I would…err…you don't need to know that!

In the little flashback (little, yeah right…*snort* a page and a half is sooo little. Oh and because it long, the chapter is gonna be long.) it's not exactly how Kagome saw it… though I guess anyone with half a brain could've figured that out…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

****************************

In the hotel room, Kagome lied on her bed and sighed. She was trying to watch some soap opera while she waited for Sango to come back with the snacks from the vending machine; the boys had gone to the mall with Jason to check out some band's CD that was highly recommended.

Soon she found it impossible to actually care which man Veronica married. Her mind just kept drifting back to Inu-Yasha. That steamy look that he'd been giving her earlier was something new. She hadn't seen that look since… well…since that morning, actually.

~*~Flashback~*~

Kagome stood, her back facing the sleeping Inu-Yasha, as she looked out over the beaches from the balcony in his hotel room. Gentle ocean breezes played with her raven hair and brought the salty-sweet smell of the ocean into the room.

Inu-Yasha stirred. His acute nose had picked up the ocean's scent instantly. Along with it, surprisingly, was Kagome's scent.

'Why is she in my room?'

Kagome turned around and saw Inu-Yasha, now fully upright and quite awake, staring at her. The sheer curtains framed her face as the wind picked up a bit.

"What are you doing here?" he asked bluntly.

"Miroku locked me out." She replied a little annoyed while she pointed at the separating door between the two rooms.

It was starting to get warm in the room; the boys neglected to put the air conditioner on. Kagome was starting to sweat a little bit. She had put on a silk shirt and it wasn't breathing like she'd hoped.

"Inu-Yasha?" she asked him.

"What, Kagome?"

"Do you mind if I take off my shirt?"

Needless to say Inu-Yasha nearly died of shock. Here he was, minding his own business, sleeping, in his room for that matter, when his girlfriend comes in, claiming to be 'locked out' or her room and asks him if she can take her shirt off! "Kagome…uh…are you sure about that?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked in surprise.

"You're in my room…" he stated a while he sat up on his bed.

"Your point is…?"

Inu-Yasha was getting a lot of uncomfortable signals. For one, he was in nothing but boxers. Second, Kagome had somehow gotten Miroku into the other room…with… Sango - never mind, scratch that. It was undoubtedly easy for her to do that. Third (or is it still second?), she had just asked him if it was all right for her to get undressed!

"Inu-Yasha…? Are you okay?" Kagome asked him.

She left her spot on the balcony to come over and sit on the bed. She was already unbuttoning her shirt when she looked up and saw his gaze. It was steamy and strangely shy. She leaned a little closer to him.

"I-I'm…fine." he stuttered.

"Are you sure? You look a little uncomfortable." She leaned out some.

"Yes." he said with renewed confidence and even a little lustily. The shyness in his expression was completely gone though his heart was still pounding like thunder.

"Thanks!" Kagome exclaimed as she started unbuttoning her shirt in earnest. "It was getting so damn hot in this room! You boys must have forgotten to put the ac on."

This left Inu-Yasha a little confused. He was even more confused when he saw Kagome had her bathing suite on underneath.

"Inu-Yasha, can you do something for me?" she asked to break the awkward silence.

"Sure…"

"Can you carry the cooler when we go to the beach today?"

Sure he didn't remember being consulted about going to the beach! Sure he didn't know exactly what was going on! And sure he didn't even feel like going to the beach today! But who was he to say no to this beautiful woman sitting on the bed next to him?

"Sure, Kagome…"

He paused and looked around.

"I would ask you something… but I think we have an audience." he growled as he got up and swung open the dividing door.

Both Sango and Miroku fell out, landing on top of each other.

~*~End of Flashback~*~

By now Sango had just gotten back with some jumbo sized chocolate bars and numerous other bags of junk food.

"I'm back!" Sango called, scaring Kagome out of her wits.

"I noticed…" Kagome sighed as she got up from the spot on the floor to which she had fallen.

"You're feeling off…"

"No, I'm just thinking."

"About what?" Sango asked as she shut the door and wandered to her bed. She tossed Kagome a candy bar.

"About…this morning." she said between bites.

"Look, I said I was sorry about that! We just got curious…"

"That's not what I meant, Sango."

Sango stared at her friend in utter bewilderment, the candy bar half way up to her face. What else could she possibly mean?

"Kagome," Sango asked, "what the hell are you talking about?"

"I don't think you two heard the way he was talking to me."

"The way he was talking to you…? How so?"

"He sounded… well…a little lusty."

"Lusty?" Sango gulped.

"And he was looking at me the same way he did this afternoon."

Sango was a bit caught off guard by these sudden and, in her opinion, freaky changes in her friends. Inu-Yasha really wanted Kagome? No, it just wasn't possible! Not the shy, secretive, and raging Inu-Yasha they had known since pre-k. Kagome must have been mistaken.

"That's not all, Sango." Kagome continued. "He said he would've asked me something if we didn't have an audience. …With the way he was talking…" Her voice trailed off.

Now Sango felt a little guilty. If she and Miroku hadn't been eavesdropping then Kagome would have a clue as to what was going on in that puppy's head.

"Are you sure it was lust in his voice, Kagome? Not…grogginess?"

"I'm positive, Sango. It was lust… for me."

Sango was a bit speechless. Kagome was so sure about this. She gave the only advice she could.

"Kagome, don't let him pressure you into anything you don't want to do."

The girl's meeting on Inu-Yasha's sudden change in demeanor was ended when the phone rang suddenly. After recovering from the initial shock, Sango answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Sango!" Kara's cheery voice on the other end greeted her.

"Hi, Kara."

"You sound off…"

"Kagome and I were just in the middle of an interesting conversation."

"Oh, sorry to interrupt."

"It's okay."

"Anyway I wanted to tell you girls that I'll swing by and pick you up at around four so we can go to the rehearsal dinner, okay? Jason's gonna take the boys right from the store."

"Sure, Kara. I'll tell Kagome."

"Bye, see you in about an hour!"

*********

The girls arrived at the rehearsal dinner at around four fifteen. The guys were already there with Jason.

It was your standard rehearsal dinner; nothing fancy. The entire wedding party and some of the guests were there. The best man made his toast and then the entire group ate. It was finished at about six o'clock. Then it was time to go back to the rooms and get ready for the real event: The bachelor and bachelorette parties.

********

Kagome finished getting ready. She was wearing a black mini skirt, white shirt, and black high-healed boots. Soon Sango was also ready, wearing a red skirt, black shirt, and red high-healed boots. Now it was all a matter of waiting for Kara to get herself out of the bathroom.

*******************************

My Notes:

I decided to end this chapter right now not only because it was long but also because I realized that having the…err…discussion and the parties in the same chapter would take away from both. So this time I'm positive the next chapter will be solely focused on the parties! Kinda inevitable, seeing as they've just gotten ready…