New Beginnings, New Love

Chapter 17

After everyone was ready, they were all eager to get some breakfast – well lunch, as it was now 12.15pm. Tala had gone back to his dorm to get changed and Kai still hadn't returned. They were starting to get a little worried now.

"Are you sure we shouldn't look for Kai? He's been gone a long time now..." Kenny said worriedly.

"Hmm, maybe we should. Why did he storm off anyway?" Max asked. Mariah and Mariam glanced at Suki to see whether she would tell them, but she seemed to be in a world of her own so they went ahead and told them anyway.

"Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!" Tyson said disgusted after hearing that Suki and Kai were going out. "Who would want to go out with him? He's always so moody and distant from everyone."
Mariam, Hilary and Mariah shifted uncomfortably in their seats as a reply. Tyson shuddered before turning back to his food.

Once everyone had finished their food, they were about to set off to find Kai when they saw him trudging into the refectory with his head down and his hands in his pockets.
"Kai!" Max yelled motioning him to come sit with them. Kai acted as if he hadn't heard them and carried on walking towards the counter to get some food. Max looked confusedly to the others and they shrugged in response.

"I'll be right back," Ray said quietly before walking over to Kai. The others sat at the table and watched intensely as they saw Kai and Ray talking very – animatedly about something until Kai's knuckles connected with Ray's cheekbone. Ray hobbled back and plopped back down in his seat.

"He's still mad." He said bluntly.

"Oh Ray, are you okay?" Mariah asked frantically and put her can of cold coke on his cheek to soothe the pain.

"Yeah, I'm fine. But I think it's best if we stay clear of him for a while." Ray warned the group. They all nodded in agreement, even Suki.

The Bladebreakers, Mariam, Hilary and Mariah left the refectory and Kai, to go back to the boys dorm to clean up. The room was a complete mess. The bed covers were strewn about everywhere, various cans and bottles littered the floor, and clothes were chucked about. They all dreaded having to pick up Tyson's pants – even Tyson!

"Ugh... this is so gross," Mariah said holding her nose.

"Come on. The quicker we get to work, the quicker we'll be finished." Kenny said brightly.

"That is such a corny saying chief..." Tyson said making Kenny blush a little from embarrassment. Mariam walked over to the window and opened the blinds. Light streamed in making everyone squint from the brightness.

"Ah! I'm melting...!" Suki said whilst sinking to the floor and snuggling under some clothes. They all snickered at her last comment before starting to clean up.

"Err, why is there mustard on your pants Tyson?" Hilary said holding a pair of blue boxers with a yellow patch smeared across the front by the label.

"How did you know they were mine?" Tyson asked whilst scratching his head.

"It has your name written on the label..." Hilary said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Oh. A couple nights ago, I had a burger just before I went to bed and I squirted the mustard and missed my burger and it went all on my boxers." Tyson said as his face was reddening with every word. The room burst with laughter as they heard this.

"What?? It's an easy mistake to make!" Tyson said whilst crossing his arms in embarrassment. The laughing died down and they started to clean up again, apart from Suki who was still curled up on the floor under some dirty clothes.

"Hey Suki! Are you gonna help us at all?" Max asked.

"Nope, I'll let you lot do all the work whilst I sleep under some dirty clothes." Suki replied.

"What did your last slave die of?" Mariam snorted.

"Mad cow disease..." Suki said which sounded slightly muffled from under all the clothes. The room rang with laughter again and Tyson had an idea to get Suki up.

"Dog pile!!" Tyson yelled jumped on a big pile of clothes where he thought Suki was.

"Wrong pile..." Suki started. "But you don't have to do it again, I'll get up."

Eventually the room was tidy and everyone looked around at their achievement.

"At last we're done!" Kenny said stretching and flopping down onto his bed. Suddenly the door burst open and a very tired looking Kai was standing in the doorway. Everyone's attention was on Kai now, wondering what he was going to do.

"Practice is in half an hour." He said shortly before exiting and slamming the door behind him. Ray and Suki were feeling very guilty as it was their fault Kai was like this.

The next 30 minutes travelled a little too fast for Suki's liking, she quickly grabbed her blade and followed the other Bladebreakers down to the training dishes. They saw Kai there, already practising and walked over.

"Hey buddy!" Tyson said happily in effort to cheer Kai up. Kai growled as his blade flew back into his hand.

"Get in pairs and train." Kai said coldly and they did as they were told. Ray and Max paired up and Tyson and Suki paired up. Kai walked round, watching them progress in their techniques. Every time he walked past Suki, his heart ached for her and he tried to ignore it, but he couldn't. Eventually, he avoided her so he wouldn't feel the pain.

Suki's emotions took over her as she was battling with Tyson. When Kai stopped walking past her, she felt even sadder.

'He can't even stand to be around me...' She thought miserably to herself. Suddenly, Suki's blade went flying out of the dish and landed at her feet.

"Oh yeah!! I won! I won!!" Tyson was yelling whilst doing a little victory dance. Suki sighed and picked up her blade before replacing it in her launcher.

"You need to train more," Kai said coldly to her. That was the first thing he had said directly to her since last night. Suki nodded in agreement and walked over to an empty dish to train by herself.

Three hours later, Kai signalled that practice was over. Tyson and Max raced back to the school to get something to eat, whereas Kai, Ray, Kenny and Suki stayed. Suki was still practising and Kenny was examining Kai's blade.

"Are you coming back to school?" Ray asked softly to Suki.

"No, I think I'm gonna train for a bit." Suki said not taking her eyes off her blade. Ray sighed before following Max and Tyson back to school. Once Kenny had finished looking at Kai's blade, he too followed Ray so it was just him and Suki left. Kai launched his blade into the dish and started to train as well.

Another two hours passed before Kai returned to the school, and in those two hours, not one of them had uttered a single word to one another. However, Suki remained by the dishes and trained as hard as she could. It wasn't until 11pm until she returned to her dorm.

"Hey Suki, where you been?" Hilary asked.

"Training." Suki said simply as she climbed into bed. They asked no further questions and fell asleep.

The next morning, they had to get up early as it was Monday yet again. It took a couple of seconds for Suki to remember why she felt so awful, until the other night's events passed through her mind like an old movie. She sighed before getting ready for school in her usual white blouse and very short pinafore. (It's like the one Christina Aguilera wears on the Sketchers adverts with the schoolgirl theme, except it's black) The girls walked down to their homeroom and sat in their usual seats, meeting the Bladebreakers who were already in there.

As it was Monday, no one was really awake and didn't bother listening to the teachers morning babble and stared into nothing. Even Hilary wasn't her usual preppy self. Finally, after what seemed like hours, the bell rang signalling the start of first lesson.

"What have we got first?" Mariah asked herself with her finger pressed up against her chin, obviously she was thinking hard. "Oh that's right! Double I.T..." She added looking glum.

Mariah had never properly understood I.T and loathed that lesson, as well as the teacher. Their teacher was Mr Hanningman. Suki sighed in annoyance and of sadness. She sat next to Kai and the now broken printer, from when Kai and her were talking, he 'playfully' pushed her into it causing it to fall off the desk and onto the floor. Well, at least she was quite good on computer so she wouldn't get stuck, hopefully...

The others all had Maths, except Kenny who had science as he was in the top sets for everything, being the brain he is. (Not saying it's a bad thing!!) The class filed in quietly and took their normal seats. Suki sat down first in her seat, then Kai and then Mariah who was on the other side of him.

"Right class, do what you started, err... last week." Mr Hanningman said from behind his desk. He never really paid attention to the class and mainly looked at porn on his laptop – well that's what the class liked to think.

Everybody logged on their computers and started to do whatever they wanted. Some were on Msn messaging people on the other side of the classroom, some were playing on games and other stuff. Suki logged onto her Msn account and saw various people online, almost straight away the bottom of her screen flashed indicating that she had a message. No doubt, it was from Mariah.

Call on me says: Hey Suki!!

Goddess of the Night says: Hi Mariah..

Call on me says: What ya doin?

Goddess of the Night says: I'm just about to go on Kazaa & download some songs, u?

Call on me says: Probably the same

Suki pulled out her Discman and head phones out of her bag and started listening to Eric Prydz new song 'Call on me'. She knew that Mariah loved that song and decided to tease her.

Call on me says: What ya listening to?

Goddess of the Night says: Call on me by Eric Prydz

Call on me says: OH MY GOD! I LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!!! Let me listen to it after you're done!!!

Goddess of the Night says: Hmmm... I dunno, I might be listening to it for a while!

Call on me says: Oh go on!

Goddess of the Night says: Errrrrrr... nah (If you watch 'My wife and kids' she would be saying it how Michael says it)

Call on me says: Ugh!!!!!!!!! Screw you!

Goddess of the Night says: Yeah I'd screw me too if I was a boy :P

Call on me says: Suki you are so gross

Goddess of the Night says: Naturally.

Suki's POV

I closed my conversation with Mariah and went on Kazaa to download 'American Idiot' by Greenday. It seemed to be taking forever to download so I started to sing 'Call on me' quietly to myself. I was sooooooooooooooooooo bored it was unbelievable! I turned to see what Mariah was doing only to be looking straight into Kai's eyes. I quickly turned back and turned the volume right up on my Discman. I knew that I wouldn't be able to stop staring if I hadn't have looked away just then. Argh!! I need to stop thinking about him!!!!!!!!

Kai's POV

I was talking to Bryan on Msn, he was on the other side of the classroom. He's so annoying sometimes, he doesn't shut up! I hate I.T lessons now, there's no one to talk to anymore now that me and Suki aren't talking... I suddenly heard a soft voice coming from my left and I realised it was Suki. I inclined my head slightly so I could hear what she was singing properly, I recognized it straight away. Mariah was constantly playing that song: 'Take on me' or something like that, I can't remember what it's called. She's a really good singer, I sat there for ages listening to her beautiful voice. I took a chance to look at her and after about a second she looked at me too! She quickly looked back to her screen as if it had never happened and turned her music right up. She must either be embarrassed or scared or something... But it was kinda good that she turned away, her eyes are so beautiful I get lost in them sometimes. I need to stop thinking about her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn it!!

Normal POV

Kai hastily looked away and started talking to Bryan again.

Meant to live says: Kai

Meant to live says: KAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meant to live says: Kai are you listening to me?!

Leave me alone says: Wat????

Meant to live says: Why were you ignoring me?

Leave me alone says: Cos I was now shut up Bryan

Meant to live says: Dude, you seriously need to get over her... you're becoming even more moody – if that's possible

Leave me alone says: Shut up, I am over her so just... shut up!!

Meant to live says: Yeah, whatever...

Kai growled at his computer screen and blocked Bryan out of frustration.

'Bryans right and you know it,' A little voice said in Kai's head.

'No he's not so shut up!' Kai snarled back. The little voice laughed before speaking again.

'As you wish, as you wish...'

Kai was getting really annoyed with people telling him that.


Sorry it took so long!! But I had major writers block, but hopefully I'll get another chapter up almost straight away. Hopefully... well review it and tell me what you think!! Oh, and a little question.

Should Ray and Mariah get together??

1.)Yes

2.)No

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