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Chapter Seven: Give A Title!!!!

This chapter will be almost entirely about Lee...No Rei in this chapter...except at the end.

"Hey Mariah. Can I talk to you?" he began, "You have absolutely no idea what's going through my head right now. I can't even begin to tell you how sorry I am. I didn't mean for this to happen. I just let my temper get away from me. I know that I have absolutely no authority over what happens in your life, who you make out with, who you like, who you don't like and most importantly I have no say in who you love. I can't take back what I did yesterday, but if I could, you bet that I would. Thanks for listening, and if you don't want to be in any part of my life then so be it. Just know that I will always love you."

Mariah felt tears coming. She knew that she couldn't do anything to stop them. But there was one thing that she could do. She could tell Lee that she forgave him and that it was over and done with. As Lee began to walk away, Mariah stopped him.

"Lee, listen. You're right. I have absolutely no idea what's going through your head. And you don't have to tell how sorry you are, because I already know. I know that you have a temper and sometimes you lose control. And I know that my life is my life. I also know that if you could, you would take back everyone that happened yesterday. Also, there's one last thing," she went on, "I will always love you as a friend, and I forgive you." She could feel tears slowly sliding down her cheeks, and when she looked at Lee she saw something similar. She knew that Rei getting hurt had stressed Lee as much as it had stressed her. She knew that how close Lee and Rei had been and were becoming again. In the last few minutes she had learnt something more important then anything she had ever before. She learnt that in order to truly live you have to learn to forgive other people, before you can forgive yourself. When she told Lee that she forgave him, she felt as she had gotten rid of a burden that she had had for a long time. By forgiving Lee, she had forgiven herself for not always being by his side and letting him know that she was his friend...She smiled at Lee and hugged him. He was surprised but hugged her back, as a friend not anything more. He now realized how thankful he was for the White Tigers. He realized it didn't matter who Mariah was with, that she would always care for him the same, like a brother.

"Thanks Mariah. I needed that." Lee said, wiping the tears out of his eyes. "we should go and see Rei. I'm sure he wants to see you."

"No problem." Mariah started, "I needed that to. And I'm sure he wants to see you to."

Before they went to see Rei they went back to their rooms for awhile. Lee smiled as he took his shower , for once happy for Rei's and Mariah's bond, which he had always known as more than just friendship. He was happy that they could be together. He was also happy that Mariah could be happy with Rei, knowing that Rei would protect her and be loyal to her and most importantly she would know that Lee knew she cared for him, but in a different way than she cared for Rei. Even now, it was confusing to Lee. He wondered how life had become this way. His life hadn't been easy, and it still wasn't. From the day he was born, life had been confusing. He thought about things that had helped grow into who he was today. He thought of growing up blading, doing chores and swimming with the people he was lucky to have as friends. He thought of Driger, who had first destroyed his and Rei's relationship than made it stronger. He thought of Rei leaving. He thought of Mariah and who she had become. He thought of his sister, who had drowned in the river a month after Rei left. He thought of every minute of his life that had helped shape him into the man he was still becoming. Then he realized something important, probably the most important thing possible, that confusion was just like breathing. First you breathe in the confusion, then you think about it. When you're not confused you breathe in again, and you're confused all over. It was an on-going process, something that would never go away completely. Just as breathing was needed for growing, confusion was needed too, to allow you to grow into the person you needed to become.

He then heard a knock at the door. He quickly walked out the door and together him and Mariah went to visit Rei. When they got there, before they had time to take off there jackets they were approached by Max, who told that Rei had just gotten out of surgery. It had gone fine, but he was still in recovery. No one could see him for about an hour. All three of them sat down on chairs. Along with Kai, Kenny, and Tyson they joked around until a nurse pushed open the door pushing Rei in a wheelchair.

"Hey guys."

"Hi Rei! Nice Dress." Lee said jokingly.

"Haha. Very funny." He replied smiling. He looked over at everyone else and left his gaze affixed on Mariah for a bit.

"Hey Kitten." He said to her.

"Guess I just got a new nickname..." She smiled. Everyone laughed. The day had been great. Things had gone from bad, to worse, to better, to good and now to great. No one thought anything could have made the day any better. But what the nurse said beat anything. "Oh yeah, by the way Rei. You can leave tomorrow."

"YES!!! No more hospital food for me! I vote that tomorrow we all go out for supper!"

"I'll buy, as long as everyone but Rei puts in a dollar." Kai said. The whole group, Kai included had a great day!

Nothing, nothing in the world could do anything to change my mood, Lee thought, And you know what, for once he was actually right.

END OF CHAPTER SEVEN!!! I wrote this in twenty minutes so I doubt all of it makes sense....