{A/N: Hiya everyone *hands out tala and kai plushies to everyone that reviewed them* Thanks for the support people. Alrighty then. Next chapter. Btw...I think we should find gf's for Tala and Bryan too..but who?? *sighs* alright I'll think of it later. Great chapter Daria btw..*smiles* i loved it!! Okay I really should start writing now....}

The car had travelled twenty-five miles now, and neither of them had said a single word. Dayaja wondered how Kai could go without amusement for so long. Then again, with this guy, it was probably easy.

Dayaja passed the time by staring out the open window at the scenery that greeted them on the highway. She wondered if Shanna was having a better time with Johnny. Probably was, that wouldn't be too hard.

"So." Dayaja said finally, trying to break the thick silence.

"So what?" Kai asked, not even removing his eyes from the road for a second to look at her.

Dayaja sighed. "I don't know. I was just getting bored that's all." Dayaja smiled. "Where's your girlfriend?"

"Huh?" Kai asked, not even faltering at the question like Dayaja had thought he would.

"You know, your girlfriend. That girl that you have hidden away at home, away from public eye that you kiss and talk to you." Dayaja said. "I can't believe that you don't have a girlfriend. So tell me about her."

Kai growled. "I don't have a girlfriend, thank you very much. Never been with anyone that I'd actually want to see again a second time. Most people I end up with are blind dates assigned to me by either my grandfather or my friends. Needless to say, neither of them do any good."

"Really, why?" Dayaja didn't know why she was interested and tried to convince herself that it was merely because she was bored and wanted to have a conversation with the only person that was in the car with her.

"They were all boring." Kai said simply. "None of them were what I would look for in a girlfriend. They were all either too stuck up, or too hyper, or too serious. I don't like people who are too much of anything, I kinda am looking for someone whose a mix, you know?"

Dayaja nodded. "I know what you mean. Nobody I've ever met was any good either. I hate football stars because they're always too egotistic. I hate any presidents of anything because they're always too egotistic. I hate nerds because well, they're too smart. I hate nobodies because they don't seem to care about themselves and well, I haven't dated too much of anything else."

Kai smiled. "That's too bad." Kai took a chance and looked over at Dayaja. "Seems like we both have the same problem, now doesn't it."

Dayaja nodded, and repeated it, hearing it echo through her mind. "Yah the same problem."

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Meanwhile in Johnny's car, Shanna was still laughing. Johnny scowled and took his eyes of the road to look her over again before returning them to where they belonged. "What in the hell is so funny? You must have some weird giggling illness to be able to laugh so long about nothing."

Shanna reached out and touched him on the arm. "Hey, it's just that-" Shanna shook her head. "Nothing, it's nothing at all. Now would you just concentrate on the road before I become the only person in history to die laughing."

Johnny shook his head but kept his eyes on the road, trying to ignore Shanna's fits of laughter. Finally he gave up and pulled over. The other two cars saw him do so and pulled over too.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Tala asked, jumping out of his own car and coming over to Johnny's car. Tala winked at Shanna. "Did she finally get tired of your

jokes and tell you to pull over so that she could get out?"

Johnny glared at Tala and then got out of his own car and headed for the nearby woods. "We're going to take a stop here. I need to get some fresh air." When Tala moved to follow him Johnny shook his head. "By myself."

Tala stepped back and nodded. "Alright then, we'll all wait right here for you to get back." Tala went back to Johnny's car and asked Shanna something but Johnny was too far away to hear it and didn't care.

Johnny disappeared into the dark forest, stomping on roots, stepping over logs and kicking little rocks that lay on the ground. Why was he being so touchy about someone laughing at him? Usually he would just punch them, even if it was merely Kai or Tala. That was the way he was thats all. But this was the one time that he couldn't punch the person. And not because she was just a girl.

Why couldn't he fucking tell her to stop it? Why couldn't he punch her? Why did he want to kill anyone that even thought of doing something like that? Why had he had an urge to kiss her? Why hadn't he? Why?

Someone touched his shoulder and Johnny shot around, his hand out in automatic defense and he hit the person upside the head. Then he saw the hurt green eyes staring back at him and he immediately hated himself for it. "Shanna...I'm sorry."

"Forget it." With that Shanna ran deeper into the forest, not looking back. "Just go on with your stupid walk."

"YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY!" Johnny yelled and then cursed himself and ran after her. There was no way he was going to let her get lost. He could ponder why later on.

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Dayaja took a look at her watch and sighed, tapping her foot impatiently. "Where are they? Shanna should have found him by now." Dayaja looked at Kai. "Aren't you worried about them?"

Kai shook his head. "Johnny does this all the time, he knows how to find his way back and he will come back as soon as he's ready to. As for Shanna, well Johnny won't let anything happen to her so she'll be fine."

Dayaja stared off into the forest. "Are you sure? How can you be that sure?"

Kai shrugged. "He never let anything happen to Karen when she was around and I personally think that Johnny likes Shanna more than he did Karen at first and well-" Kai trailed off.

"Well what?" Dayaja asked, staring at Kai. "What happened?"

Kai looked up at the sky to avoid Dayaja's eyes but finally sighed and opened his mouth. "He did something like this to her too and she ran off and when he found her she was being attacked by a dog." Kai smirked. "But don't worry, what are the odds of that happening again?"

All of a sudden they all heard a dog barking frantically in the distance, telling someone to get the hell away. Tala and Bryan looked at each other. "Do you think that-" Tala asked.

Bryan shook his head. "No way."

There was a female scream and all three of the guys took off into the forest.

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It was deja vu. A really fucking scarey deja vu. There was a dog, a doberman to be specific and it was headed straight for the petrified girl that was standing just a few feet away from him. Shanna couldn't move out of fear, her eyes wide and she was obviously trying to get away but her feet wouldn't listen to her.

The dog growled another warning, walking slowly towards Shanna, his teeth bared and his head low, ready to jump on Shanna at any moment. Johnny knew that he couldn't let this happen and he moved in front of Shanna. The sharp moment caught the dog's eye and he jumped and sunk his teeth right into Johnny's arm.

Johnny winced in pain as the dog's teeth sunk in, his ears rung in pain and he didn't heart the voice until the dog backed away. "Killer, get back here now! Go inside."

Johnny looked up and saw an elder man come over to him and Johnny was in too much pain to back away, cradling his arm. The man reached out to look at Johnny's arm but Johnny backed away quickly, causing the injuried limb to jerk and Johnny felt the pain go through his arm again.

Shanna touched his uninjuried arm. She opened her mouth to say something but Johnny cut her off and looked at the man who owned the dog. "Got anything to wrap this in?"

The man nodded. "Come on in and I'll get you something."

Johnny looked at the dog that was currently laying in the doorway and shook his head. "I'll stay out here, thank you."

The man laughed and nodded, going inside to get something.

"Johnny, thanks for-" Shanna started but Johnny merely looked the other way, unwilling to look at the girl he had just saved.

Damnit, why did this have to happen? Why couldn't he have just not slapped her or caught up with her a little bit sooner? Why did this have to happen to him again?

"Here you go." The man said, handing Johnny a handerchief.

"Thank you." Johnny said and took it and tied it tightly around where he had been injuried. "I'll be fine now. I don't think your dog hit anything. It's a good thing you have such good protection in these parts." Johnny nodded to the man and then turned to leave.

Shanna followed him and then shoved him into a tree when they were out of sight of the man. "Would you let me talk to you for a sec?" Shanna glared at him. "Why did you just do that?"

"I hit you didn't I." Johnny asked. "I was making up for it."

Shanna smiled. "Thank you. That was a stupid thing to do, but thank you." Shanna leaned in and closed her eyes, Johnny finding himself unable to do anything but close his eyes too.

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Kai stopped a little bit short and smiled, pointing. "There you see you guys. I was right. Johnny wouldn't let anything happen to Shanna and judging by the reaction, he did something good." Kai turned around. "Alright everyone, back to the cars."

Tala and Bryan grumbled about having run all that way for nothing and turned back towards the cars. Kai and Dayaja followed at a slower pace. Then Dayaja looked up at Kai and smiled. "Do you kiss on a first date?"

Kai looked back down at Dayaja. "What?"

Dayaja shook her head. "Nothing."

Kai shook his head confused and walked back to the cars and got in his, Dayaja climbing in next to him. Tala and Bryan climbed into Tala's car, Bryan driving. They all looked towards the forest, waiting for Shanna and Johnny to come out.

When they did finally, no one said anything, nor did anyone let Shanna or Johnny know that they knew what had just happened, they just merely turned on the cars and pulled off the side of the road, heading for the next town.

{A/n: okay, what do you think?? A little too much?? Maybe I shouldn't have done the whole dog thing? What do you guys think? Hmmm? I need opinions people so please r&r Thanks!}