New Beginnings, New Love
Chapter 12
As the teens entered to hall, they had to take a double take. It looked completely different. The chairs that were usually filed out in even rows across the hall had vanished, a stage was now at the right end of the hall where a band was playing and an endless table full with food and drink was sprawled against the wall by the windows. Tyson let out a squeal of excitement after seeing the food and started to make his way over to it, but Hilary grabbed his arm and made him follow her to the dance floor.
Many dancing couples were spaced out across the floor, swaying to the beat of the music. They all went to dance, even Kenny and his laptop, but Kai sat at the side, alone, looking at for any signs of Ozuma. Kai sighed heavily and wanted the night to end, unfortunately he had only been there for 5 minutes.
"KAI!" A tall blonde shouted as she ran towards Kai. "Oh Kai, you've got to dance with me, come on!" She grabbed his arm and tried to pull him onto the dance floor but he was too strong for her.
"Let go of me," Kai threatened giving her a death glare.
"Oh come on Kai I know you want to. After all, who can resist me?" The girl said grinning widely.
"Me for one, now let go of me or I'll make you." Kai growled at her. She finally got the message and retreated back to her friends.
Tala who was looking over Suki's shoulder had witnessed the little scene and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"What's so funny?" Suki asked suspiciously.
"Don't worry," Tala replied shaking his head slightly. Suki shrugged and continued to dance. The song changed and it was a slow dance, an incredibly slow dance. Suki locked her arms around Tala's neck whilst he tightened his around her waist. Max, Mariam, Ray and Mariah were doing the same, but Tyson and Hilary were having a little trouble. Tyson's gaze was constantly on the buffet table and every now and then he would lurch forward to it but Hilary grabbed the back of his jacket and pulled him back.
"Once you dance properly you can go get something to eat," Hilary said narrowing her eyes at Tyson's greediness. "It will still be there by the time this song is over."
Tyson moaned and finally started dancing properly with Hilary. Kai scowled at Tala as he and Suki danced past him not taking any notice of him what so ever. Tala noticed his glare and moved a little faster to get past Kai.
On the other side of the room Ray was looking for any signs of Suki, but found none and turned his gaze back to Mariah again. She was babbling on about something to her but he wasn't really paying attention it.
'Will she shut up?' Ray thought to himself. 'How can she move her mouth so quickly?' And without warning, Ray leaned in and brushed his lips against Mariah's leaving her dumbstruck.
'Did Ray just kiss me!?' Mariah thought excitedly to herself. She was making a mental note to tell the girls later.
'Did I just kiss her!?' If his mind had feet, it would be pacing all around his head. Before he could think anymore he could feel Mariah's lips pressed up against his own.
Max and Mariam were already making out and had gone into the corridors for a little more privacy. Kai had seen them exit, still kissing passionately and snorted silently at their foolishness. Kai had the strangest feeling that he was being watched but that thought was pushed to the back of his mind as Suki had wandered over.
"So Kai, you wanna dance?" Suki said lazily tilted her head waiting for an answer. Tala was off dancing with the blonde that had asked Kai to dance earlier on although he didn't seem that interested in her.
"I don't dance." Kai said bluntly.
"Come on, it's a slow dance so you don't have to do much. Just stand there and sway!" Suki replied raising her eyebrows. Before he could answer she had grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the dance floor. She put her arms round his neck, and he slowly put his around her waist. He could feel himself blush, a lot.
"Not so hard now was it?" Suki smirked.
'She looks so hot when she smirks...' Kai thought to himself distractedly. 'What the-? Did I just think that?'
They continued to dance and they gazed into each others eyes. They were both drowning in each others stares until Kai noticed something out of the corner of his eye. He shifted his eye sight slightly and his heart sank. There he saw Ozuma leaning casually on the wall, staring at them.
'Oh shit,' Kai thought to himself. 'As long as she stays surrounded by people, she'll be okay.'
"I'm just gonna go outside for a bit," Suki said turning as the song finished.
"No, wait! Err..." Kai had started to blush even more now. "Let's dance!" He grabbed her hand and started to dance with her again, every now and then he would glance at Ozuma.
'What is up with him? Why is he acting so weird?' Suki thought to herself and thought about what happened the previous night.
FLASHBACK
"You can come too if you want..." She smiled before returning to her dorm. They both entered her room and sat down.
"I'll be right back," Suki got up and went in the bathroom, she returned a few minutes later with a wet flannel.
"This should help." She gently put the flannel onto Kai's jaw and looked at him with concern. "Now, how did you really get this?" Kai was a little surprised at how she refused to believe his story, but admired her for her determination.
"I was telling the truth, a ran into a branch in the forest," Kai replied trying to sound as truthful as possible.
"Okay..." Suki replied and turned on the xbox and picked up a controller.
"Wanna play?"
"Why not?" Kai picked up a controller and started to play.
After about an hour, Kai had beaten Suki nearly every single time. She pouted and turned to Kai so their noses were inches apart.
"Looks like you've played this a lot," She smirked.
"Yeah well, practice makes perfect." Kai said shortly. They both sat there and stared into each others eyes and gradually got closer so their faces were nearly touching until someone crashed through the door. Hastily, they turned to see who had burst in and found Mariah running to her bed and fishing something out from beneath the covers.
"Oh don't mind me, I'm just looking for..." She ripped back the covers and picked something up. "This!" She waved quickly and left the room. Kai sighed heavily.
"I better get going," He said whilst getting up.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Suki smiled at him and continued to play on the xbox.
END FLASHBACK
Suki wondered what would have happened if Mariah hadn't have come bursting in at that very minute.
As soon as the song had finished Tyson ran over to the buffet table as fast as he could. Hilary sighed in defeat and shortly followed. Max and Mariam had returned from their previous make out session and joined Hilary and Tyson at the buffet table. Many people were starting to stare at Tyson in disgust and were put off their food.
"Tyson! You're embarrassing yourself and me!" Hilary snapped at him.
"No ee'm 'ot 'ilary!" Tyson said. They were amazed Tyson could actually pronounce anything with his mouth that full. Hilary shook her head and turned to Mariam.
"Looks like you and Max are getting along well," Hilary sniggered.
"Shut up," Mariam hissed making Hilary giggle even more. Mariam's flushed face brightened even more and she looked down hoping Max wouldn't notice her blush.
"Don't worry Mariam, it looks like Ray and Mariah are getting along as well as you and Max." Hilary said pointing over to them, not able to control her laughter.
Ray and Mariah were standing in the middle of the dance floor with their lips glued together. Ray was enjoying every minute of it and wondered why he hadn't noticed Mariah in this way before. They pulled away, both gasping for breath and blushing furiously.
"You wanna get a drink?" Ray said breathlessly.
"Okay," Mariah smiled and was mentally jumping for joy. They walked over to the buffet table and met the others.
"Hello," They both said cheerfully before looking at Tyson and pulling a face of disgust.
"His stomach is like a bottomless pit," Ray said gaping at Tyson who was still stuffing his face.
"Where's Kenny, Kai and Suki?" Mariah asked. Hilary pointed in the direction of the stage and saw Kenny holding his laptop at arms length and dancing with it grinning widely. They all laughed at Kenny, even Tyson who managed to spray them all with food. Then they looked over to where Suki and Kai were dancing, and a very annoyed looking Tala.
"Who knew Kai could dance?" Max smirked.
"Yeah, Tala doesn't look too happy about it." Ray sad tilting his head to where Tala stood. Ray looked back at Suki and wondered why he was with Mariah instead of her. He sighed and turned back to the others and stared at Mariah for a while.
'What is wrong with me!? A beautiful girl wants me and I'm too busy drooling over a girl who only likes me as a friend. Man, I'm stupid...' Ray thought furiously to himself.
Meanwhile, Tala came over to where Suki and Kai were dancing and insisted he should dance with Suki. They were both talking in what seemed like a code and Suki took advantage of this time to sneak outside. She walked out slowly and leant against the railings and sighed deeply.
'Beautiful night...' She thought to herself. The hairs on the back of her neck suddenly went on end. She felt like she was being watched. She turned round and she became face to face with Ozuma. She managed to gasp before he put a hand across her mouth and one tightly round her waist.
"No one can hear you now," Ozuma whispered in her ear. She bit down on his hand, causing him to let go in pain and screamed at the top of her voice.
"Yeah well – where's Suki?" Tala said and turned round to see if he could spot her.
"No idea," Kai mumbled and also looked to see if he could find Suki. He then stared at where Ozuma was standing and a jolt of fear ran through him. They heard a very muffled scream and both their eyes widened in shock.
"Suki!"
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Short chapter, I know! Sorry!! Thanks for all the great reviews and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. A lovely cliff hanger ending, Muahahahahaha!!
