Chapter 7: Girls fight like cats
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The next day at school Tommy and Gaz saw no trace of Kimi since the last night.
Gaz was at her locker getting her books. "I hope Kimi doesn't stay mad at us forever. She's too nice a girl to..." Before she could finish, her locker was slammed shut, barely taking her hand with it. Gaz looked to see Kimi.
Kimi had a furious look on her face. "K...Kimi. Look...I can explain..." Gaz stutted. She didn't want to get Kimi any more ticked off than she already was. Everyone nearby started to look at them.
"So. You think you can just move into town and steal the first guy you meet? Even if he's already taken?" Kimi snapped.
Gaz stepped back, her stuff still in her arms. "Kimi. Look, it's not like I planned it...it...it just happened."
"LIAR!" Kimi yelled. "You are such a liar! You stole Tommy from me and made him cheat on me! ADMIT IT!"
Gaz felt very hurt. "What? No! Kimi, I kept on telling Tommy to tell you but...but he kept on thinking, at first, that he was just dating two girls. When he finally realized he was cheating on you, he tried to confort the blow. Honestly...heck we haven't even gone out since your last date." Gaz realized, too late, that was the worst thing to say.
Kimi smackced the things out of Gaz's hand. "You expect me to believe that? You're a goth. You do this for a living! All of you are the same! You are just the outcasts who can never be content unless you make others fell like you do."
Gaz glared at Kimi. She held her finger in Kimi's face. "Look you. I USED to be like that. I'm not as bad of a goth as I once was...I still dress like this because I like it. So why don't you just..."
Before Gaz could finish, Kimi punched her in the face. Gaz's nose and mouth started to bleed. She whiped off some of it and glared at Kimi. Kimi sent another punch at Gaz, but she caught it this time. Then she kneed Kimi in the gut.
Kimi fell to her knees. She recovered quickly, glared at Gaz, and tackled her. The two fell to the ground. Kimi pinned Gaz down and pulled her hair hard. Gaz bent her legs back so that she could wrap them around Kimi's neck. Then she tossed Kimi into some lockers, knocking her to the ground.
Kimi got up, wipping some blood out of her mouth. Then she made a stance. Gaz did too. Kimi dashed and was about to strike. Gaz dodged, but Kimi had her other arm ready and slashed Gaz accross the face, leaving a good mark. Gaz kicked Kimi in the gut, then she grabbed her, rammed her against the wall, then threw her to the blood covered carpet floor.
Kimi spotted a padlock on the floor. She grabbed it and tossed it at Gaz in the head. It hit its mark...right at Gaz's forehead. Gaz fell to the ground, but she still got up, as did Kimi.
Tommy heard the ruckus and ran over and saw the fight. "Oh no...Kimi...Gaz..." It was his nightmare all over again.
The two girls dashed at each other. Tommy pushed his way through the crowd. The two had punches ready. "STOP!" Tommy yelled as he got in between them. The girls tried to stop themselves, but the couldn't and they ended up BOTH punching Tommy in the face. Tommy fell to the ground.
Later
Tommy woke up in the nurse's office a few minutes later. He groans a bit.
"Oh man. What just happened?" Tommy groans.
"You were punched, Tommy, but you lived." said a voice.
Tommy got up and sees his pals, along with Dil and Angelica next to the table he is on. Tommy realized that he's in the nurse's office.
"Hi guys. What's shaking?" Tommy asked shaking.
"Oh nothing. Except you cheated on Tommy using the Goth girl, but hey, we aren't always like you." Chuckie said with a grunt.
"Oh man. I didn't wanted this to get out of hand!" Tommy groans.
"But it did. Kimi and Gaz got in big trouble and is in need of a bunch of bandages." replied Susie.
"Are they okay?"
"Sure. Except they got suspended for fighting."
Tommy looked down at his feet. He looked up again. "Anything else?" Tommy asked.
"Well, everyone now knows the whole story and now, they don't know whether to trust Gaz again or not." Phil said with a shrug.
"I'm sorry, guys. When I saw Gaz, I should have try to..." Tommy sighs. "It's my fault. I should have told Kimi earlier the truth about my feelings toward Gaz in the first place. None of this would have happened if I just done it. I would understand if you guys hated me for cheating on Kimi."
"Well, maybe if you explained why you did it, maybe we might try not to hated you." Angelica said.
"You're supporting her even though Gaz mentioned that you were blackmailing her for a story?" Lil asked annoyed.
"Okay, so I admit it, but I wanted a story about where she came from! Give me a break!" Angelica protested.
"Guys, Gaz kept telling me to tell Kimi, but I didn't want to think that I was cheating on her, I just believed I was dating two girls. And when I finally admitted it, I tried to soften the blow." Tommy sighs. "I'm really sorry, guys."
"Well, it isn't us you should be sorry to, Tommy." Dil said. "It's Kimi and Gaz. They are in the counselor's office right now, waiting for Kimi's parents to talk to Kimi."
"Well, I guess Gaz wouldn't worried about getting punished. Her dad ignored her most of the time anyway." Tommy said with a weak chuckle. He then looked determined. "I'd better try to stop them from hurting each other again. And then...I will finally have to choose once and for all." He turns to Chuckie. "Chuckie, I'm really sorry for cheating on your sister. I know she is your sister and all but..."
"No, no." Chuckie said with a sigh. "We couldn't end years of friendship just because of that. Just try to make amends with Kimi and quickly."
"Thanks." Tommy said as he leaves the office.
Inside the counselors office
Kimi and Gaz are sitting in chairs. The counselor's behind a desk and Kira is there (Chas is too busy at the Java Lava) with a very ticked off look on her face.
"What was going on through your mind young lady?" Kira asked angrily. Kimi sighed irritably. "Do you give me that attitude now Kimi-chan."
"Why? WHY?" Kimi stood up, very angery. "I'll tell you why! It was because THIS girl!" She points to Gaz. "Was causing Tommy to cheat on me!"
Gaz, now angery with Kimi's accusation, stood up and looked at her in the face. "That's a lie! I didn't CAUSE him to cheat on you!"
"Oh really? You expect me to believe that?" Kimi snapped.
Just then Tommy entered.
"Speak of the devil." The counselor, who had been quiet until now, said.
Tommy laughed a little nervously as he approached Kimi and Gaz. "Listen you two...I'm...I'm sorry things had to turn out this way."
"You lied to me Tommy." Kimi said hurtfully.
Tommy put his head down and his eyes closed. "Yeah I know, I know..." he opened his eyes. "It's just...I didn't know what to do...it...it all happened so fast. On moment things were just like they used to be then...I meet Gaz and...and...and things just went nuts."
Kimi and Gaz sat down as Tommy continued to talk. "I...I love both of you just the same. I...I was just being selfish. Yes, that's exactly how I was, I was being selfish. Rather than choose one of you I...I wanted both of you. I just...just couldn't admit it. Finally, when I did realize I was cheating on Kimi I continued to delay things so I could continue to have both of you. But...but I now know that was wrong."
Gaz and Kimi looked down sadly. "I've...I've made my decision." Tommy states. The two girls look up at him. "I know who I want to be with. But...but I want you two to promise me that, no matter who I choose, I hope the other will still be my friend and respect my decision and..." He pauses. "And know that I will always love her as much as I did before."
Gaz and Kimi looked at each other and there was nothing but silence for a moment. Then they nodded.
"I choose..." Tommy walked up to Gaz and held her hand. "Gaz." Gaz smiled with tears in her eyes. Kimi whiped some tears from her eyes.
"I don't think so!" A voice called out. Everyone turned to the door to see a tall man in a lab coat wearing some weird glasses and something in his ear.
"D...dad?" Gaz gasped. The man was none other than her father, Professor Membrane.
"Hello Gaz." Membrane says.
The counselor smiles and walks up to the professor. "Prof. Membrane, I must say that it is an honor to finally meet you in person. I've been a big fan of your show."
"Thank you." Prof. Membrane states. Then he walks up to Gaz. "Sweetie, I've come to take you home."
"What! You mean you KNEW I was gone?" Gaz gasped. She was about to hug her father, but she didn't. "Wait...then why did it take you so long to come and get me? Were things SO important with your work that it finally took a call from a school far far away about me to get you here?"
"I don't know what you're talking about sweetie but come, let's go home." Prof. Membrane says as he starts to leave.
"No." Gaz says coldly. "I will not go home to be neglected again."
"What do you mean? When have I neglected you?" Membrane asked. Suddely his glasses glowed for a moment. "Now hurry up, I've got a cure to discover soon."
"That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about dad!" Gaz said loudly. "You're ALWAYS busy with work! You NEVER have time for me!"
Membrane faced his daughter. "What do you mean, I've always made up time in my schedual for you and your brother."
"Yeah! ONE day of the year! That is NOT enough dad!" Gaz cried.
"But Gaz, you know what I do is for the betterment of mankind." Membrane states. "Many parents are like me..."
Gaz cuts him off. "But ALL of them spend more time with their families than you do! And ALL of them probably pay attention more to their families during that time than you do! You are ALWAYS talking about work work work and never about ME!" She cried, tears in her eyes. "You'll NEVER change dad! So don't you expect to just show up and take me home...away from some one I truly love who loves me back and is always there for me!"
Prof. Membrane looked at the ground. A tear came from behind his glasses. "I...I never knew Gaz. I always did my work for you and your brother but I never knew..." He looked up. "But that's all going to change..." Gaz, and everyone else, are confused. Prof. Membrane hits a button on his glasses and they started to glow. "Simons, cancel all my appointments...everything on my schedual. It's time I...manage my time better."
"But sir...you can't just." A voice, obviously Simons, said rather panically.
"You heard me Simons. Now do it." Prof. Membrane said as he took out the listening part from his ear. A smile came across Gaz's face. "I promise, now, I will always be there for you."
Gaz ran up and hugged her father. "Thank you dad! Thank you!"
Prof. Membrane hugged his daughter back. He looked up towards the window. "This is a very nice town...maybe, since you're brother went off on his own to continue to prove his green-skinned foreign friend is an alien, I can move in here."
Gaz looked at her father and smiled. "Oh dad, you'll love it here." Just then a thought came to her. "But can I still live on my own?"
Membrane chuckled. "Of course you can. You've made it here fine on your own so far so I don't see why not. I can just move my show to this place and buy a new home here." Then he looked at Tommy. "Tommy is it?"
Tommy was a bit shocked. "How did you know?"
"I over heard some kids mentioning your name and my daughters in the same sentence so I figured it was you. Now, are you sure you can make my daughter happy?" Membrane asked.
"Yes sir. I most certainly will." Tommy smiled.
"Good." Membrane smiled. Suddenly his watch beeped. "Uh oh, I got to go sweetie."
Gaz moaned. "Dad! What is it? You just said things would be different. What is it? A cure for cancer?"
"Actually...yes it is." Membrane chuckled as he left.
"Oh..." Gaz states.
Tommy leaned next to Gaz. "Green Foreign Friend?"
"Don't ask." Gaz sighed.
Kimi walked up to Gaz. "Gaz...I'm, sorry for what I did."
Gaz looked at Kimi. "No need to appologize Kimi, I understand perfectly."
Kimi smiled, but then she looked serious. "But you better not ever try anything funny or hurt Tommy in anyway or else I will come and hurt you so hard, so fast, you won't know what hit you."
"Kimi-Chan." Kira glared.
Kimi looked at her mom for a moment, then back to Gaz. "I mean it."
"Don't worry. I wouldn't dare...and if you try anything to him yourself, I will do the same." Gaz said back.
Kimi nodded, then she smiled a little smile and put her hand out. "Agreed then." Gaz smiled and shook her hand.
"Not exactly the agreement I was looking for, but at least you two are friends." Tommy laughed nervously. "And...uh...Kimi, are you and I still?"
"Friends? Maybe Tommy. Just give me my own space for a while for me to think about it." Kimi states.
"Ok." Tommy sighed.
"Well then, if everyone is all happy and everything...I guess, if you two promise not to do it again, you don't have to be suspended." The counselor states.
Gaz and Kimi smiled happily.
"Things sure are going to be different around here." Was all Tommy could say.
The next day at school Tommy and Gaz saw no trace of Kimi since the last night.
Gaz was at her locker getting her books. "I hope Kimi doesn't stay mad at us forever. She's too nice a girl to..." Before she could finish, her locker was slammed shut, barely taking her hand with it. Gaz looked to see Kimi.
Kimi had a furious look on her face. "K...Kimi. Look...I can explain..." Gaz stutted. She didn't want to get Kimi any more ticked off than she already was. Everyone nearby started to look at them.
"So. You think you can just move into town and steal the first guy you meet? Even if he's already taken?" Kimi snapped.
Gaz stepped back, her stuff still in her arms. "Kimi. Look, it's not like I planned it...it...it just happened."
"LIAR!" Kimi yelled. "You are such a liar! You stole Tommy from me and made him cheat on me! ADMIT IT!"
Gaz felt very hurt. "What? No! Kimi, I kept on telling Tommy to tell you but...but he kept on thinking, at first, that he was just dating two girls. When he finally realized he was cheating on you, he tried to confort the blow. Honestly...heck we haven't even gone out since your last date." Gaz realized, too late, that was the worst thing to say.
Kimi smackced the things out of Gaz's hand. "You expect me to believe that? You're a goth. You do this for a living! All of you are the same! You are just the outcasts who can never be content unless you make others fell like you do."
Gaz glared at Kimi. She held her finger in Kimi's face. "Look you. I USED to be like that. I'm not as bad of a goth as I once was...I still dress like this because I like it. So why don't you just..."
Before Gaz could finish, Kimi punched her in the face. Gaz's nose and mouth started to bleed. She whiped off some of it and glared at Kimi. Kimi sent another punch at Gaz, but she caught it this time. Then she kneed Kimi in the gut.
Kimi fell to her knees. She recovered quickly, glared at Gaz, and tackled her. The two fell to the ground. Kimi pinned Gaz down and pulled her hair hard. Gaz bent her legs back so that she could wrap them around Kimi's neck. Then she tossed Kimi into some lockers, knocking her to the ground.
Kimi got up, wipping some blood out of her mouth. Then she made a stance. Gaz did too. Kimi dashed and was about to strike. Gaz dodged, but Kimi had her other arm ready and slashed Gaz accross the face, leaving a good mark. Gaz kicked Kimi in the gut, then she grabbed her, rammed her against the wall, then threw her to the blood covered carpet floor.
Kimi spotted a padlock on the floor. She grabbed it and tossed it at Gaz in the head. It hit its mark...right at Gaz's forehead. Gaz fell to the ground, but she still got up, as did Kimi.
Tommy heard the ruckus and ran over and saw the fight. "Oh no...Kimi...Gaz..." It was his nightmare all over again.
The two girls dashed at each other. Tommy pushed his way through the crowd. The two had punches ready. "STOP!" Tommy yelled as he got in between them. The girls tried to stop themselves, but the couldn't and they ended up BOTH punching Tommy in the face. Tommy fell to the ground.
Later
Tommy woke up in the nurse's office a few minutes later. He groans a bit.
"Oh man. What just happened?" Tommy groans.
"You were punched, Tommy, but you lived." said a voice.
Tommy got up and sees his pals, along with Dil and Angelica next to the table he is on. Tommy realized that he's in the nurse's office.
"Hi guys. What's shaking?" Tommy asked shaking.
"Oh nothing. Except you cheated on Tommy using the Goth girl, but hey, we aren't always like you." Chuckie said with a grunt.
"Oh man. I didn't wanted this to get out of hand!" Tommy groans.
"But it did. Kimi and Gaz got in big trouble and is in need of a bunch of bandages." replied Susie.
"Are they okay?"
"Sure. Except they got suspended for fighting."
Tommy looked down at his feet. He looked up again. "Anything else?" Tommy asked.
"Well, everyone now knows the whole story and now, they don't know whether to trust Gaz again or not." Phil said with a shrug.
"I'm sorry, guys. When I saw Gaz, I should have try to..." Tommy sighs. "It's my fault. I should have told Kimi earlier the truth about my feelings toward Gaz in the first place. None of this would have happened if I just done it. I would understand if you guys hated me for cheating on Kimi."
"Well, maybe if you explained why you did it, maybe we might try not to hated you." Angelica said.
"You're supporting her even though Gaz mentioned that you were blackmailing her for a story?" Lil asked annoyed.
"Okay, so I admit it, but I wanted a story about where she came from! Give me a break!" Angelica protested.
"Guys, Gaz kept telling me to tell Kimi, but I didn't want to think that I was cheating on her, I just believed I was dating two girls. And when I finally admitted it, I tried to soften the blow." Tommy sighs. "I'm really sorry, guys."
"Well, it isn't us you should be sorry to, Tommy." Dil said. "It's Kimi and Gaz. They are in the counselor's office right now, waiting for Kimi's parents to talk to Kimi."
"Well, I guess Gaz wouldn't worried about getting punished. Her dad ignored her most of the time anyway." Tommy said with a weak chuckle. He then looked determined. "I'd better try to stop them from hurting each other again. And then...I will finally have to choose once and for all." He turns to Chuckie. "Chuckie, I'm really sorry for cheating on your sister. I know she is your sister and all but..."
"No, no." Chuckie said with a sigh. "We couldn't end years of friendship just because of that. Just try to make amends with Kimi and quickly."
"Thanks." Tommy said as he leaves the office.
Inside the counselors office
Kimi and Gaz are sitting in chairs. The counselor's behind a desk and Kira is there (Chas is too busy at the Java Lava) with a very ticked off look on her face.
"What was going on through your mind young lady?" Kira asked angrily. Kimi sighed irritably. "Do you give me that attitude now Kimi-chan."
"Why? WHY?" Kimi stood up, very angery. "I'll tell you why! It was because THIS girl!" She points to Gaz. "Was causing Tommy to cheat on me!"
Gaz, now angery with Kimi's accusation, stood up and looked at her in the face. "That's a lie! I didn't CAUSE him to cheat on you!"
"Oh really? You expect me to believe that?" Kimi snapped.
Just then Tommy entered.
"Speak of the devil." The counselor, who had been quiet until now, said.
Tommy laughed a little nervously as he approached Kimi and Gaz. "Listen you two...I'm...I'm sorry things had to turn out this way."
"You lied to me Tommy." Kimi said hurtfully.
Tommy put his head down and his eyes closed. "Yeah I know, I know..." he opened his eyes. "It's just...I didn't know what to do...it...it all happened so fast. On moment things were just like they used to be then...I meet Gaz and...and...and things just went nuts."
Kimi and Gaz sat down as Tommy continued to talk. "I...I love both of you just the same. I...I was just being selfish. Yes, that's exactly how I was, I was being selfish. Rather than choose one of you I...I wanted both of you. I just...just couldn't admit it. Finally, when I did realize I was cheating on Kimi I continued to delay things so I could continue to have both of you. But...but I now know that was wrong."
Gaz and Kimi looked down sadly. "I've...I've made my decision." Tommy states. The two girls look up at him. "I know who I want to be with. But...but I want you two to promise me that, no matter who I choose, I hope the other will still be my friend and respect my decision and..." He pauses. "And know that I will always love her as much as I did before."
Gaz and Kimi looked at each other and there was nothing but silence for a moment. Then they nodded.
"I choose..." Tommy walked up to Gaz and held her hand. "Gaz." Gaz smiled with tears in her eyes. Kimi whiped some tears from her eyes.
"I don't think so!" A voice called out. Everyone turned to the door to see a tall man in a lab coat wearing some weird glasses and something in his ear.
"D...dad?" Gaz gasped. The man was none other than her father, Professor Membrane.
"Hello Gaz." Membrane says.
The counselor smiles and walks up to the professor. "Prof. Membrane, I must say that it is an honor to finally meet you in person. I've been a big fan of your show."
"Thank you." Prof. Membrane states. Then he walks up to Gaz. "Sweetie, I've come to take you home."
"What! You mean you KNEW I was gone?" Gaz gasped. She was about to hug her father, but she didn't. "Wait...then why did it take you so long to come and get me? Were things SO important with your work that it finally took a call from a school far far away about me to get you here?"
"I don't know what you're talking about sweetie but come, let's go home." Prof. Membrane says as he starts to leave.
"No." Gaz says coldly. "I will not go home to be neglected again."
"What do you mean? When have I neglected you?" Membrane asked. Suddely his glasses glowed for a moment. "Now hurry up, I've got a cure to discover soon."
"That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about dad!" Gaz said loudly. "You're ALWAYS busy with work! You NEVER have time for me!"
Membrane faced his daughter. "What do you mean, I've always made up time in my schedual for you and your brother."
"Yeah! ONE day of the year! That is NOT enough dad!" Gaz cried.
"But Gaz, you know what I do is for the betterment of mankind." Membrane states. "Many parents are like me..."
Gaz cuts him off. "But ALL of them spend more time with their families than you do! And ALL of them probably pay attention more to their families during that time than you do! You are ALWAYS talking about work work work and never about ME!" She cried, tears in her eyes. "You'll NEVER change dad! So don't you expect to just show up and take me home...away from some one I truly love who loves me back and is always there for me!"
Prof. Membrane looked at the ground. A tear came from behind his glasses. "I...I never knew Gaz. I always did my work for you and your brother but I never knew..." He looked up. "But that's all going to change..." Gaz, and everyone else, are confused. Prof. Membrane hits a button on his glasses and they started to glow. "Simons, cancel all my appointments...everything on my schedual. It's time I...manage my time better."
"But sir...you can't just." A voice, obviously Simons, said rather panically.
"You heard me Simons. Now do it." Prof. Membrane said as he took out the listening part from his ear. A smile came across Gaz's face. "I promise, now, I will always be there for you."
Gaz ran up and hugged her father. "Thank you dad! Thank you!"
Prof. Membrane hugged his daughter back. He looked up towards the window. "This is a very nice town...maybe, since you're brother went off on his own to continue to prove his green-skinned foreign friend is an alien, I can move in here."
Gaz looked at her father and smiled. "Oh dad, you'll love it here." Just then a thought came to her. "But can I still live on my own?"
Membrane chuckled. "Of course you can. You've made it here fine on your own so far so I don't see why not. I can just move my show to this place and buy a new home here." Then he looked at Tommy. "Tommy is it?"
Tommy was a bit shocked. "How did you know?"
"I over heard some kids mentioning your name and my daughters in the same sentence so I figured it was you. Now, are you sure you can make my daughter happy?" Membrane asked.
"Yes sir. I most certainly will." Tommy smiled.
"Good." Membrane smiled. Suddenly his watch beeped. "Uh oh, I got to go sweetie."
Gaz moaned. "Dad! What is it? You just said things would be different. What is it? A cure for cancer?"
"Actually...yes it is." Membrane chuckled as he left.
"Oh..." Gaz states.
Tommy leaned next to Gaz. "Green Foreign Friend?"
"Don't ask." Gaz sighed.
Kimi walked up to Gaz. "Gaz...I'm, sorry for what I did."
Gaz looked at Kimi. "No need to appologize Kimi, I understand perfectly."
Kimi smiled, but then she looked serious. "But you better not ever try anything funny or hurt Tommy in anyway or else I will come and hurt you so hard, so fast, you won't know what hit you."
"Kimi-Chan." Kira glared.
Kimi looked at her mom for a moment, then back to Gaz. "I mean it."
"Don't worry. I wouldn't dare...and if you try anything to him yourself, I will do the same." Gaz said back.
Kimi nodded, then she smiled a little smile and put her hand out. "Agreed then." Gaz smiled and shook her hand.
"Not exactly the agreement I was looking for, but at least you two are friends." Tommy laughed nervously. "And...uh...Kimi, are you and I still?"
"Friends? Maybe Tommy. Just give me my own space for a while for me to think about it." Kimi states.
"Ok." Tommy sighed.
"Well then, if everyone is all happy and everything...I guess, if you two promise not to do it again, you don't have to be suspended." The counselor states.
Gaz and Kimi smiled happily.
"Things sure are going to be different around here." Was all Tommy could say.