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Chapter 3: Trouble
Maria walked down the sidewalk, she was coming back from getting a couple sandwiches from the store for her and her brother. She smiled, remembering everything that had happened yesterday with Kurama. She carreid the bag in her left hand and she kept walking.
"Maria! What do you say?" a boy with dirty blounde hair asked as he threw an arm over her shoulder.
"What are you talking about?" she asked him and threw his arm off of her.
"You, me, dinner?" the boy asked trying to make it seem less obvious that he was asking her out...again.
"I have already told you 'no' now please go away!" Maria retorted and continued walking.
"You can't wait for him forever. The guy is gone, give it up Maria!" the boy said.
"Trevor, I said no. And what more he came back. Suuichi is back, I talked to him yesterday," Maria told him and started walking faster. She knew where this was headed and the sooner she was home, the better it would be for her.
"What do you mean he's back? We all know he is gone and gone forever, so give it up!" Trevor said and grabbed her right wrist. He smiled wickedly at her and she kicked his shin causing him to let go.
"He is back, he ate dinner with my family last night, now if you will excuse me..." Maria said and began to run down the sidewalk as fast as she could with a bag in her hands. Trevor sighed and ran after her quickly catching up to her. The boy grabbed her wrist once again but from behind so she couldn't kick him.
"Would you let me go? Even if you were right and Suuichi never came back, after this I would never go out with you," she stated rather calmly. She scowled, but of course he didn't see it. Trevor walked in front of her still holding her wrist.
"Never? Aww c'mon!" Trevor whined. Maria dropped the bag and slapped his face.
"That's it!" Trevor screamed and dropped her wrist. He swung his hand and punched her in the eye. She covered her eye and picked up the bag quickly and ran. She ran faster now and Trevor took at couple minutes before he started running after her. She got to the door of her home and quickly opened it. She slammed the door shut just as trevor ran down the way to her house. She locked the door and walked into the kitchen.
"Akio, I have lunch!" Maria yelled as she set the bag on the counter. She walked into the bathroom to wash her hands and to look at her now black eye.
"Stupid Trevor...I hate him!" she muttered to herself as she walked back into the kitchen.
"What happened?" Akio and Kurama said in unison. Maria looked up from the floor, surprised Kurama was there too.
"Nothing...nothing happened," she replied as Akio got his sandwich. Kurama walked to the freezer with a towel in his hands. He got ice and put it in the towel. Maria looked at him quizzically.
"To you room, c'mon," Kurama said and walked down the hall and into her room. Akio grinned at her in his little boyish way and ran down the hall to join Kurama with his sandwich in his hands. Maria followed slowly sighing. She walked into the room and sat down on her bed next to Kurama who placed the towel of ice on her eye as soon as she sat down.
"If you don't do this now, you won't see out of it tomorrow," Kurama told her gently. Akio sat on the floor and watched Kurama proceed to keep the towel on her eye. The door bell rang just then and Akio jumped up and out of the room to go answer it.
"Mari, it's for you!" Akio screamed loudly. Maria sighed and took the towel from Kurama and walked out of her room, Kurama following. She walked to the front door and opened it, Trevor was standing there.
"Would you go away you slimeball?" Maria asked him annoyedly. Trevor shrugged and proceeded to walk inside, Maria pushed him out.
"Can't we talk?" Trevor asked her.
"Who is it Mari?" Kurama asked using the nickname Akio, he, and ms. Sutana used for Maria. Trevor's eyes grew wide when Kurama came into veiw.
"I told you he was back Trevor, now leave!" Maria said. Trevor turned around at once and ran away. Maria shook her head and slammed the door shut.
"Trevor right? I remember him from middle school," Kurama mused. Maria nodded and went to sit on the couch.
"He's been asking me out all year, he just doesn't get it," Maria retorted as Kurama sat next to her. He took the towel from her and held it in his own hands once again.
"Mari, don't you have to go to work?" Akio asked as he walked into the room, crumbs down the front of his shirt.
"Oh no! I do, I hope I won't be late!" Maria cried as she hopped up and into her room once more. She grabbed her name badge and apron and stuck them in her purse and walked to the front door.
"I am so sorry Suuichi, I have to go!" Maria told him and he walked to the door also.
"So do I, I have to meet with someone," Kurama told her and they walked out the front door, Akio waving good bye. Maria walked down the sidewalk, Kurama next to her.
"Thanks for stopping by Kurama," Maria told him. He smiled and nodded his head. They parted, she going right, him left. She smiled, it made her day just to see him.
"What happened?" her boss asked her as she walked up to the counter ready for customers.
"Oh it was nothing at all, just walked into a wall," Maria said making up excuses for her black eye and bruised right wrist. Her boss gave a sarcastic laugh and walked into the back, not buying her story.
"May I have a chocolate cone please?" her friend Jade asked as she walked up to the counter. When she saw Maria's eye she was about to question her when Maria mouthed the words, 'don't ask' to her friend. Jade nodded her head and sighed. She took her cone and went to go sit down.
After work was over, Maria once again sat down with Jade to talk for a couple minutes. They did that everyday.
"It was Trevor ok, he wanted to ask me out again and when I said no he hit me." Maria told her friend who kept bugging her about her eye. Jade nodded her head in understanding. They both got up and walked out of the shoppe. They walked home together again discussing things such as school and work. Maria said good bye to her friend and entered her house once again. Akio was sleeping on the floor in his room, and her mother was making dinner.
''How was work sweety? Akio told me about your eye by the way," Ms. Sutana said when Maria entered the kitchen.
"It was fine, thanks," Maria told her.
After dinner Maria went to bed, she was tired and her eye ached.
Chapter 3: Trouble
Maria walked down the sidewalk, she was coming back from getting a couple sandwiches from the store for her and her brother. She smiled, remembering everything that had happened yesterday with Kurama. She carreid the bag in her left hand and she kept walking.
"Maria! What do you say?" a boy with dirty blounde hair asked as he threw an arm over her shoulder.
"What are you talking about?" she asked him and threw his arm off of her.
"You, me, dinner?" the boy asked trying to make it seem less obvious that he was asking her out...again.
"I have already told you 'no' now please go away!" Maria retorted and continued walking.
"You can't wait for him forever. The guy is gone, give it up Maria!" the boy said.
"Trevor, I said no. And what more he came back. Suuichi is back, I talked to him yesterday," Maria told him and started walking faster. She knew where this was headed and the sooner she was home, the better it would be for her.
"What do you mean he's back? We all know he is gone and gone forever, so give it up!" Trevor said and grabbed her right wrist. He smiled wickedly at her and she kicked his shin causing him to let go.
"He is back, he ate dinner with my family last night, now if you will excuse me..." Maria said and began to run down the sidewalk as fast as she could with a bag in her hands. Trevor sighed and ran after her quickly catching up to her. The boy grabbed her wrist once again but from behind so she couldn't kick him.
"Would you let me go? Even if you were right and Suuichi never came back, after this I would never go out with you," she stated rather calmly. She scowled, but of course he didn't see it. Trevor walked in front of her still holding her wrist.
"Never? Aww c'mon!" Trevor whined. Maria dropped the bag and slapped his face.
"That's it!" Trevor screamed and dropped her wrist. He swung his hand and punched her in the eye. She covered her eye and picked up the bag quickly and ran. She ran faster now and Trevor took at couple minutes before he started running after her. She got to the door of her home and quickly opened it. She slammed the door shut just as trevor ran down the way to her house. She locked the door and walked into the kitchen.
"Akio, I have lunch!" Maria yelled as she set the bag on the counter. She walked into the bathroom to wash her hands and to look at her now black eye.
"Stupid Trevor...I hate him!" she muttered to herself as she walked back into the kitchen.
"What happened?" Akio and Kurama said in unison. Maria looked up from the floor, surprised Kurama was there too.
"Nothing...nothing happened," she replied as Akio got his sandwich. Kurama walked to the freezer with a towel in his hands. He got ice and put it in the towel. Maria looked at him quizzically.
"To you room, c'mon," Kurama said and walked down the hall and into her room. Akio grinned at her in his little boyish way and ran down the hall to join Kurama with his sandwich in his hands. Maria followed slowly sighing. She walked into the room and sat down on her bed next to Kurama who placed the towel of ice on her eye as soon as she sat down.
"If you don't do this now, you won't see out of it tomorrow," Kurama told her gently. Akio sat on the floor and watched Kurama proceed to keep the towel on her eye. The door bell rang just then and Akio jumped up and out of the room to go answer it.
"Mari, it's for you!" Akio screamed loudly. Maria sighed and took the towel from Kurama and walked out of her room, Kurama following. She walked to the front door and opened it, Trevor was standing there.
"Would you go away you slimeball?" Maria asked him annoyedly. Trevor shrugged and proceeded to walk inside, Maria pushed him out.
"Can't we talk?" Trevor asked her.
"Who is it Mari?" Kurama asked using the nickname Akio, he, and ms. Sutana used for Maria. Trevor's eyes grew wide when Kurama came into veiw.
"I told you he was back Trevor, now leave!" Maria said. Trevor turned around at once and ran away. Maria shook her head and slammed the door shut.
"Trevor right? I remember him from middle school," Kurama mused. Maria nodded and went to sit on the couch.
"He's been asking me out all year, he just doesn't get it," Maria retorted as Kurama sat next to her. He took the towel from her and held it in his own hands once again.
"Mari, don't you have to go to work?" Akio asked as he walked into the room, crumbs down the front of his shirt.
"Oh no! I do, I hope I won't be late!" Maria cried as she hopped up and into her room once more. She grabbed her name badge and apron and stuck them in her purse and walked to the front door.
"I am so sorry Suuichi, I have to go!" Maria told him and he walked to the door also.
"So do I, I have to meet with someone," Kurama told her and they walked out the front door, Akio waving good bye. Maria walked down the sidewalk, Kurama next to her.
"Thanks for stopping by Kurama," Maria told him. He smiled and nodded his head. They parted, she going right, him left. She smiled, it made her day just to see him.
"What happened?" her boss asked her as she walked up to the counter ready for customers.
"Oh it was nothing at all, just walked into a wall," Maria said making up excuses for her black eye and bruised right wrist. Her boss gave a sarcastic laugh and walked into the back, not buying her story.
"May I have a chocolate cone please?" her friend Jade asked as she walked up to the counter. When she saw Maria's eye she was about to question her when Maria mouthed the words, 'don't ask' to her friend. Jade nodded her head and sighed. She took her cone and went to go sit down.
After work was over, Maria once again sat down with Jade to talk for a couple minutes. They did that everyday.
"It was Trevor ok, he wanted to ask me out again and when I said no he hit me." Maria told her friend who kept bugging her about her eye. Jade nodded her head in understanding. They both got up and walked out of the shoppe. They walked home together again discussing things such as school and work. Maria said good bye to her friend and entered her house once again. Akio was sleeping on the floor in his room, and her mother was making dinner.
''How was work sweety? Akio told me about your eye by the way," Ms. Sutana said when Maria entered the kitchen.
"It was fine, thanks," Maria told her.
After dinner Maria went to bed, she was tired and her eye ached.
