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Notes: I'm listening to some guy from the Abraham Lincoln sing Garth Brooks' 'Standing Outside The Fire'. He's pretty good but Garth is way better 3 Anyway! It's 6:30 in the morning and I have nothing to do. Finished getting ready for school and now I'm just deciding to type up the beginning of Chapter 3 here. Hum...I should do the next Chapter of WoD tonight...No. Not tonight. I have my Math and History tests tomorrow. So I'll type it tomorrow and post it on Friday. Kay. Yeah.

--Dranzer-

3

Kai opened his door, letting Salem leap from his lap and on to the cement road. After Kai, Rei, and Mouse had exited the Mustang, Kai let the two dogs out.

"Why bring leashes if you don't use them?" Rei asked Kai.

"I always have them just in case." Kai responded, removing the two leashes and the bag of dog food from the trunk. "Can you get the cat food for me?"

"I can." Rei said, raising an eyebrow.

"Rei?"

"Yeah?"

"Get the cat food." Kai said, shaking his head.

"Yes, sir." Rei smiled, taking the cat food from the trunk before shutting it.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

Kai whistled to the dogs who had ran of down the street a way. Both came back immediatly. "You two better behave yourselves or Salem and Mouse will teach you a lesson." Kai warned. Kayla wagged her stub of a tail and Kin barked.

"Did you have their brains surgically removed and replaced by human brains?" Rei asked, staring at the two dogs. They were grinning at each other.

"No way. They'd be idiots if I did that." Kai said as they entered the bar. Kai set the leashes and dog food on the counter. Rei followed suit with the cat food before they both sat down on the bar counter.

"Have a nice drive?" Max asked. He was perched on the edge of on of the tables in the middle of the room. Tyson was sitting in a chair that he'd taken down from the same table. Kenny wasn't in the room.

"The way there-yes. The way back-no." Kai said, glaring at Kin. "You'd think he'd found the sugar or something."

"Who knows? You sister might have moved it someplace where he can get it and he probably watched her do it." Tyson said, grinning.

"She better not have. I had it up there because it's the only place he can't get to."

"Where was it?" Rei asked him, looking over at Kai.

Kai smiled at him. "On the shelf in the hall closet." Kai said.

"Well, think about it. He's still growing so he's going to be taller than you soon. So he'd be big enough to reach it soon enough." Rei said.

"Heh. Yeah. He probably would, knowing him." Kai said.

"Welcome back, you two." Kenny greeted as he came down the stairs from the cat-walk hallway. Kin's ears perked up a bit and he whirled to face Kenny.

He might as well have yelled Kenny's name. His eyes lit up and his flew back and forth. With an echoing bark, Kin lunged at Kenny as he came down the stairs. Kenny fell back on the bottom step, yelping when Kin started licking his face furiously.

"Kenny, look who we brought. It's your husband, Kin." Kai said.

"Yeah...I kind of-HEY!- noticed! Kin! Please! Stop!" Kenny tried to shove Kin off of him but the dog wasn't done. He finished licking Kenny's face and grabbed his glasses before running to the other side of the bar.

"Good luck getting those back." Tyson said.

"Kin, give them back to Kenny." Kai said, shaking his head. Kin's tail drooped and he trotted forward, dropping the glasses in Kenny's hand. (A/N: It's 6:57 and I don't have my shoes on yet. Gotta stop for a few hours ^.^) (Next Day?- Kind of got a bit busy yesterday after I got home so I didn't finish this. Hum-hum)

"You've gotta love them. They're brilliant and they obey orders." Tyson said. Rei shook his head, smiling.

"One day, they wont obey you." Rei said.

"When will that be?" Max asked.

"When they're old or when they figure out that they're smarter than all of us." Rei answered, getting off the counter. Kai had already gotten off to lean on the edge of the counter. He was keeping an eye on Kayla and he didn't want to have to jump of the counter if she got in to trouble.

Just as Rei was about to move forward to crouch and pet Mouse, Kin leapt at him, knocking him backwards into Kai. Rei swallowed, looking back at Kai who looked surprised. "Sorry."

"I told you he'd get you when you weren't paying attention." Kai said. He realized then that he'd put an arm around Rei's waist in order to keep him from falling down. Blushing slightly, Kai released him. Rei straightened and eyed Kin. "He wont do it again. After he's gotten someone once, he's able to resist the urge to do it again." Kai assured him.

"Okay." Rei sat down and allowed Mouse to curl up on his lap.

"Hey, Kai. Wasn't your sister supposed to come to town this week?" Max asked, grinning. Kai glared at him and Tyson who both snickered. Thought neither of them had said anything when Kin had jumped at Rei, Kai knew that both had seen him blush.

"She came this afternoon." Kai answered.

"And she left already?"

"Yeah. She's been really busy with her writing." Kai said, shrugging.

"What does she write?" Rei asked.

"Kyra writes novels and occasionally poetry." Kai told Rei.

"Is she good?"

"She's one of the only ones who doesn't think so. We do."

"I'm the same way! I never think any of my stuff is good!" Tyson said.

"It never is." Kai, Max, and Kenny said together.

"Yeah, well, neither is yours, Max! Or yours, Kenny. Yours is all scientific and stuff. Boring!" Tyson said. "But you're really good Kai. Have you written anything new on that one story?"

"I've had writer's block for the last two months." Kai growled.

"I hate writer's block." Kenny said.

"You write, Kai?" Rei asked.

"Yeah, we all do. That's how the four of us met. In a creative writing class in High School." Kai said. "Hey, Max, do you still have the poem about the girl you had a crush on?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

Max blushed. "Yes...Why?"

"Just curious. Why'd you keep it. Do you still like her?"

"No!" Max said quickly, looking flushed now.

"Tch. Yeah, right. Anyone have a mirror? Max ought to see his face."

Tyson snickered. "Kai's right, Maxie. You're really red. Come on, we wont make fun of you if you still like her. Kenny and I still like the girls we used to like!"

"You...do?" Max asked.

"Yeah." Kenny said, smiling. "You never liked anyone, did you Kai?" Kenny asked.

Kai shook his head. "Never have."

To his surprise, Rei found himself relieved to hear that.

"How about you, Rei? Have you ever liked anyone?" Tyson asked.

"No...Not really. I don't think so..."

"Was that a no? I couldn't tell." Max said.

"I'm not really sure." Rei said, his eyes slightly wide. -But I think I'm starting to like Kai, which could be bad...considering I just met him...But he's gorgeous! And he's nicer than almost anyone in the town...Damnit, Rei...-

Heh. I said I was going to type WoD today and post it tomorrow. But I wont type up the next chapters until I can answer reviews. I had to delete the reviews I saved just so I could save a picture. A picture that wont even open on this comp. O.o It was a really funny screen-shot, too. *Growls* Well, I hope you liked that chapter ^.^ Yeah, once again, I'm make it really quick. Rei's starting to feel something for Kai and Kai is starting to start to feel something for Rei. ---Yes, that makes sense. ^.^ Thanks for reading and please review! Later!