Chapter 11

AO: Ok I finally got around to writing this chapter!!!! You can thank SO, It's because I was typing up one of her chapters and it made me wanna finish this story… lol. It's also cause I'm unsad (not a word) now also cause of SO, I'm not lonely anymore! anyways thx to all my reviewers too!!!!!!

Arimi: are you done thanking everyone already?

AO: -baby's voice- Awwwww, someone's still grumpy about getting dumped. -baby's voice-

Arimi: no I'm not!

AO: aw! She's in denial. That's always a great stage to be in.

Arimi: Stop saying 'aw'

AO: Why don't you make me?

Arimi: Fine then I'll tell everyone that during the summer y-

AO: covers blabbermouth's mouth Ok…on with the story. I own nothing as usual.

Arimi's P.O.V.

Even thought there was school today I slept in. I woke up at around eleven and toke a shower then walked to school. I made it there just in time for lunch. On the walk to school, I had decided to act normal at school and try to forget everything that had happened during the weekend but when I walked in to the cafe all the talking stopped and everyone was staring at me.

Trying to ignore them all I walk to the table where my friends sat. They all stared at me as I sat down.

"What?" I asked calmly.

There was silence for a while till Ray spoke up. "We heard that you were sent to jail this weekend for murder."

My eyes narrowed. I turned around and glared at everyone in the room. They all turned away and focused their attention on what they were doing before I entered the room.

"Who'd you hear that from?" I asked, as if I didn't know what they were talking about.

"It's been going around the school, everyone was talking about it." Tyson said.

"Well if I was arrested this weekend for murder would they let me out to make it to school today?"

"Well I guess not...it must have just been some stupid rumor someone started."

There was another silence in the group.

"Oh! Did I tell you guys that next week I'm throwing a party! My folks are going to Hawaii for their Anniversary, so I get the whole house to my self!" Mariah said starting a conversation again. After that the whole group started to talk again, planning out the party.

This topic didn't really interest me so I started to think about other things. Can you guess what I ended up thinking about? That's right, Kai. No matter how much I tried I couldn't get him out of my head. He was an idiotic jerk but there was something about his eyes when he said that we shouldn't see each other anymore. His eyes looked sad? Urg! Whatever, I already decided that I don't need him!

Then I just realized something. "Where is that jerk?" I thought looking at the people sitting at the table, he usually sat with us. Seeing that he wasn't there I looked around the cafe and there he was sitting at the far back table with...Serenity?! I couldn't see her face but I could tell it was her by her slutty clothes. "He dumped me for that whore?!"

"That bastard!" I said hitting the table with my fist. Everyone at the table stopped talking and looked at me.

"Arimi? What's wrong?" Mariam asked. I didn't answer, didn't even notice that she was talking. I just sat there glaring at Kai and Serenity, who seemed to be giving Kai a lap dance. My rage raised even more as I watched them. I tapped my fingers on the table and toke deep breaths in and out trying to calm myself.

"She starting to scare me, look at her eyes. Freaky," Tyson whispered.

"Your not helping," Mariah told him. "Arimi? Hello? Talk to me. What's wrong?" she said putting her hand on my shoulder. I finally snapped out of my little world shrugging her hand off me.

"Nothing," I replied

"Doesn't seem like nothing. Come on tell us." Tyson said

No answer.

"You know we're suppose to be your friends, you should be able to tell us what's wrong. Come on! Tell us. Tell us. Tell us. Tell us. Tell us." Tyson continued trying to get me to say something.

"I told you it's nothing!" I yelled over his voice and then stomped out of there. I couldn't stand watchingthose...those... Urg, there is no word to describe those two!

3rd Person, P.O.V.

"What got into her?" Tyson asked.

"You shouldn't have pushed it. If she was ready to tell us she would have." Ray said.

"Well, sorry I was just trying to help."

"Well, being annoying isn't exactly helping,"

"I hate it when you act like a know-it-all."

"I am not a know-it-all!"

"I know you aren't, you're not smart enough to be. I said I hate it when you act like one."

"Wh-"

"Ok that's enough you two." Mariam said, "It's not time to be fighting, we need to find out what's wrong with Arimi. Mariah, do you have any clue what's wrong with her?"

"She was looking at Kai and Serenity. She's jealous...but there seems to be something more to it..." Mariah thought.

"Hello? Mariah you there?" Mariam asked.

"Oh, great not another one, well I'm not going to try and help this time." Tyson said.

"Good, 'cause no one wants your help."

"Shut up, Ray!"

"Why don't you shut up!"

"Wh-"

"Why don't you both shut up!" Mariam said, stopping their fight once again. She turned her attention back to Mariah but she was gone. "What the heck? Where'd she go?"

"Arimi? Answer me I know you're in here. You always flee to the washroom when you're upset."Mariah said. (this is like the third time I've made her go 2 the washroom…lol) Seconds later a stale door opened and Arimi came out. "Arimi, please tell me what's wrong."

I took a deep breath. "I might as well tell her, she is my Best friend or at least the closest thing I've got to one." I spent the rest of lunch telling her what happened. I left out everything that had to do with my dad, I just didn't feel like telling that story again.

"That Son of a bitch! I'm going to kill him!" Mariah yelled about to rush out of the washroom.

"Mariah," Arimi said calmly holding onto her wrist.

"Huh?"

"Swearing's not your thing,"

"Arimi! That doesn't have to do with anything! He dumped you for that slut! Doesn't that make you angry?!"

"Of course it does! But.. whatever, it ok…" Arimi said the first thing that came to mind.

"It's ok?"

"Fine, it's not ok but if that's what he wants then fine…I mean I don't need him right?"

"Right! He's a jerk anyway."

Arimi smiled, Mariah may be a little perky but she thought exactly like her. "Come on let's go to class." Arimi said. "Oh and Mariah, don't mention this to Kai. Let's just leave all this behind us k?"

Mariah nodded and they both left the washroom.

Arimi's P.O.V.

Since I only had two more periods left school went by pretty quickly. I was packing up my stuff when Mariah came by my locker with everyone else.

"Hey Arimi, you doing anything after school today?" Mariah asked.

I finished packing and closed my locker. "Nope," I said turning around to face them.

"Great! Then you can come with us to the movies." Mariah said happily.

"I don't know if I should…" I said. I really just wanted to go home and take a very long bath.

"Come on! It'll be fun!" Mariah said trying to convince me.

Knowing that she wasn't going to give up I finally gave in. "Ok, fine."

"YAY! Let's go!"

I spent the next two weeks, hanging out with everyone after school, watching movies, playing games, stuff like that. Kai never came along, Mariah made sure of that. My heart still hurt when I saw him or even when I heard his name so I tired my best to cover it up. Serenity came by many times talking about how she was with Kai, that didn't help make me feel any better but the last time she did that Mariah punched her out. That I must say made me fell a hell of a lot better and was such a priceless moment. She hasn't come within 5ft. of us ever since.

Today is Friday last class of the day, Science.

"Ok class today you'll be getting a project in groups of three." The teacher said. The whole class started to talk as they make their group. "Which I'll be making!" he yelled over everyone. The whole class gave an 'aw' as they settle down once more. "This project will be worth 40% of your mark so work hard on it." He said handing out sheets that explained what had to be done for the project. "Read them over and then I'll assign you to your groups."

"Students work in groups of three to design an electric vehicle. It is to be a written report of…." I read off the sheet. (that's not actually what they learn in that grade…lol.. that's grade 9 but o well)

"Ok students listen up here are you groups. Group 1: Mark, Daniel, Derek. Group 2: Nate, Sasuke, Sara…..Group 10: Stan, Michelle, Sana and finally the last group: Kai, Arimi, Serenity."

"Serenity and Kai!!!! Out of all the people I got stuck with thoses two! No, I can't do it, I'm just going to have to tell the teacher to switch me into another group."

After class I stayed behind to talk to the teacher.

"Excuses me Mr. Gray but I can't work with my group."

"Your group? What's wrong with your group."

"I can't work with those two."

"Well I'm sorry Ms. Suzuki but once the groups are made they are made. There is no switching out. Now run along I have wok to do,"

I rolled my eyes as I toke my stuff and left. Outside the door stood Serenity and Kai.

"What do you two want?" I asked angrily.

"Kai says that we have to work on the project. The sooner we finish this the sooner we don't have to be around you. We're going to his place now his address is-"

"I know where he lives, I'll meet you there later," as much as I never wanted to go near that house again. I was not going to let them into my house and no way in help I'll ever step in that whore's house and they were right, the sooner we finish the sooner we don't have to see each other. No her exact words but you get the point.

I arrived at the gates to his house, the gates I wished I'd never see again. I pressed on the button and seconds later someone let me in. I walked slowly up the driveway to the front door. The door was opened by the butler right before I was about to knock.

"Master Kai and Master Serenity are waiting for you upstairs, I believe you still remember the way?"

I nodded as I headed up the stairs. I remembered the fist time I was here and how I had gotten lost. I knocked on the door not wanting to walk in on anything they might have been doing.

"Come in," I heard Kai shout. The first thing he had said to me in two weeks. I opened the door to see Serenity by the couch and Kai on the computer.

They both didn't say anything so I just sat on Kai's bed not wanting to sit beside Serenity. I remembered that night when I told him how I felt and then kissed him, that was the best night in my night despite what had happened to me before I had gotten to his house. Remembering that night made my heart suddenly ache again. I decided to go help out with the project.

"How you guy done anything yet?" I asked walking up to Kai to see what he was doing on the computer.

"No, I haven't found any good information yet…" Kai said. We had to do research on electric vehicles before we were allowed to start designing.

"Here, let me look. The faster this is done the faster I can get the hell out of here," I said about to switch places with Kai.

"No, I'll do it!" Serenity said. "I could find something much better and faster then you could."

Not in the mood to argue. I just wanted to finish this quickly, and arguing with her would take way to long.

"Fine, go ahead,"

I watched as Serenity typed in random things, it didn't look like she knew the first thing about computers. No very long after Serenity started to search, the computer shut off. "Opps" she said.

"What did you just do?" Kai said, trying to turn the computer back on but it wasn't working.

"I don't know baby, I was just typing."

"Don't call me baby," Kai said annoyed. "Come on we'll have to use my grandfather's computer."

He led us down the hall to the very last room. This one had two huge metal doors. Kai pushed one open a little and looked inside. When he found no one he entered the room and I followed with Serenity behind me.

The room was dark. Kai open the curtains to let light in. The walls were brown long with most of the furniture. There was a huge bed in the middle of one wall. On another there was huge windows that went from the ceiling the floor. Dull brown curtains covered them. And finally there was a table with a computer on it. Either this room wasn't used often or the person was a serious neat freak. Altogether the room was pretty plain and depressing.

This time I sat down by the computer and turned on it on. I searched through different sites not really finding anything good enough to use.

Serenity laid down on the bed, looking at her nails. "Kai-poo come join me."

"Don't call me Kai-poo and I'd rather not. We have work to do," Kai said looking over my shoulder to see what I was doing.

"Can you not lean so close?" I asked, annoyed.

"Umm…. Kai, come on I want to fix my makeup!" Serenity said. I could tell that she just wanted to get Kai away from me. I didn't really mind through, he wasn't my boyfriend.

"Then go,"

"Umm…. but I don't know the way! You have to show me," she said. I couldn't tell if that was true or if she just needed an excuse to get Kai to go with her. She grabbed onto Kai's arm and dragged him out of the room.

After a couple of minutes I finally found something useful, so I looked through his computer for Microsoft word or something to paste on the information. When I found something called 'Kai Arrangements', well let's just say it accidentally feel open on the screen and I started to read it. Who could resist?

I skimmed it quickly afraid that Kai and Serenity would come back soon. It was the marriage arrangement for Kai and Serenity. It confirmed that they were going through with the marriage, in fact in was in a month!

I heard talking outside, more like arguing. I quickly closed the file and right after Kai and Serenity stepped in.

"Did you find anything?" Serenity asked as she entered the room grabbing onto Kai's arm. Kai pulled his arm away from Serenity and walked away from her.

"Well just look at the happy couple," I thought.

"Umm, ya I think I found something we could use…"

"Ok, then let's start this car thingy so you can get out of here," Serenity said.

"Umm…you know what it's getting late, I think I better go. We can work on this some other time."

"It's only five,"

"Umm…oh so it is. Well I didn't tell my mom where I was going, so I better get home before she gets worried." I said picking up my stuff and hurrying out of there. "I'll find my own way out. Bye."

"Freak!" I heard Serenity say as I left the room.

"Ok, I'm pretty sure that they noticed I was acting a little weird but I just felt that I should get out of there incase there is some sort of way Kai could tell I went through his grandfather's documents."

Walking home I kept remembering that one line from that document, "Kai and Serenity have agreed on the marriage, which will take place on August 27, 2004." That was in exactly a month! Ok what I really don't get is that Kai didn't seem to like Serenity at all, but yet he agreed to get married to her? I admit that I'm not an expert in love but usually when you can't stand someone you don't marry them, right?

I walked not really playing attention to where I was going, thinking everything over, and still I didn't get it. Why was he marrying her? He looked like he wanted to puke every time she even came near him. And not too long ago we were all sitting down making fun of her. In the end, no matter how much I fought it, my curiosity got the better of me. I knew there was more to the story and something about me just had to know what that was.

"I can't ask Kai cause I doubt he'll ever tell me and I'd rather not talk to him. Serenity? Ya right! If that idiot even knew anything she'd be the last person to tell me. Tala, he has to know who else would if not Kai's best friend."

Because my mom wasn't expecting my back till nine I thought I might as well go to Tala's then. Now if I could remember where he lived. I rattled my head for the address. "Umm… 34…something," I said to myself. "Vineway! That's it…Now how do I get there from here?"

Well, after getting lost hundred time, asking about fifty strangers for directions and arriving at 3 wrong houses I finally made it to Tala's…at least I hoped it was.

I knocked on the door hoping that this would be the right house. I heard a lot of moving around inside the house and someone yell 'one second'.

The door opened to revile Tala. "Thank god, do you have any clue how much trouble I went through to get here?"

"Why are you here?"

"I need to ask you something about Kai and Serenity."

"What about them?"

"They're getting married next month."

"How'd you find out about that?"

"It doesn't matter how. The thing is Kai doesn't seem to even like Serenity so why's he marrying her? I know you know why, so don't lie to me."

"I don't think I should to the one to tell you why."

"If you don't tell me no one ever will. Please Tala."

He didn't say anything for a while and then sighed. "Voltaire's the one that got you into jail, and to get you out Kai had to agree to marry Serenity. If he backs out you get sent back to jail."

First I didn't say anything. I wasn't sure I got what he just said but when everything finally sunk in I yelled, "What?!" and ran right out of there.

"Wait Arimi! Don't go doing something stupid!" he yelled but before he could stop me I was gone.

"That stupid creep! Forcing his grandchild to marry a girl he doesn't love, hell he couldn't even stand her! And he got me sent to prison! Wait, wait…if he sent me to jail does that mean he kill my dad? Not that I really care but that information could be really useful in confronting Voltaire."

I arrived at Kai's gates, totally out of breath. I had ran there from Tala's, not slowing down even once. I toke about two seconds to rest before I pressed the button. "What do you want?" an old voice came.

"I'm here to talk to you about how you're forcing Kai to marry that slut Serenity!" I spat. There was no answer instead the gates opened. I didn't bother knocking on the door. I just tried turning the doorknob and it opened. Once I entered there he stood, calmly.

"Kai's not here, he went out." He said as if he didn't hear what I had said outside.

"I'm not here to see Kai! You killed my dad and then framed me for it! Then you told Kai that he had to marry Serenity to get me out! Didn't you?!"

He didn't say anything but grinned. I heard a soft beeping in the background but didn't know what it was nor did I really care.

"You bastard! Call off the marriage or I'll tell the cops that you killed my dad,"

He started to laugh evilly. "What's so funny?" I asked.

"You actually think that they'll take the word of a teenager over one of an accomplished businessman? And by the off chance that they do, money buys freedom so there's really nothing that you can do, but you know what? I'd rather not waste all that time dealing with cops,"

"So you're calling off the marriage?" I asked not sure where he was going with this.

"Of coarse not," he said taking out a gun from his suit and shot.

AO: hehe I'm evil! Yup that's where it ends….the next chapter is the last of this fic! Then for once I would have finished a story I started! Last time I did that I was in grade 2..lol

Arimi: First you made Kai break up with me now you're killing me off?!

AO: you'll have to wait and see. laughs evilly. I've basically have the ending to this fic but if you pplz wanna suggest something I'll consider changing my ending. Now R&R and I promise this time I won't make you wait that long again…lol

Just for the hell of it:

The lesson of this chapter: Curiosity really did kill the cat! ok peace out

AO: SO pointed out that it should be Mistress Serenity instead of Master but there's a reason for master it's cause she's a guy in disguise! (not really but I like to think so)