Chapter 3

12:30 pm Rachel's house

Rachel was reading a book on the couch when her stopwatch on her wrist went off.

"Wow, it's time to go already? I'd better call to make sure they're still there, I hope they didn't leave me behind."

Rachel walked over to the phone and dialed Jimmy's number

"Hello Kudo residents, this is Maria speaking."

"Hello, Maria. Is Jimmy home?"

"Yeah, he's sitting on the couch. Who am I speaking to?"

"Ugh…Tell him, it's his…his…girlfriend"

"Girlfriend? Jimmy didn't tell me he had a girlfriend."

"Well he does, so can I speak to him?"

"Ok, ok, don't get testy with me…Jimmy some angry girlfriend of yours wants to talk to you. "

"Girlfriend, eh?"

"It was all I could think of"

"Ok, so are you coming over or not?"

"Of course I'm coming! Why wouldn't I be?!"

"No reason"

"Hey has Koji gotten there yet?"

"Nope"

"Ok, well see you soon, then"

"Ok, bye"

"Bye"

Rachel hung the phone up and walked to the door.

"Dad, I'm going over to a friend's house."

"Ok just be back in time to fix dinner"

"Ok"

Rachel opened the door and left, closing the door behind her. Rachel walked all the way to Jimmy's

12:35pm Koji's house

A 15 year-old boy sat on his bed in his room. He had midnight black hair, brown eyes and was about 5'11". He wore a pair of navy blue jeans and a shirt that said, "You say Psycho like it's a bad thing" on it. He wore a plain pair of tennis shoes with his white socks. He stood up from his bed and walked over to the desk in his room with a present on it. The present had purple paper and white ribbon he put the card he had made on top of it. Just then his 12 year-old little brother ran into the room and tackled him.

"Get off me!" Koji yelled.

"But you told me to go get you when it was 12:30," his bother stated.

"Yeah, I told you to come get me not jump on me!" Koji said.

"Well you should get going, I bet your girlfriend is waiting for you," his brother giggled.

"She's just a good friend, nothing more," Koji yelled.

He knew he was lying. He really loved her, and that was a fact for him.

"You're running late it's already 12:40," his brother said.

"WHAT! Why didn't you come get me earlier?" Koji yelled again.

"Tick-tock tick-tock," his brother said.

"Oh man, I'm gonna kill you when I get back," Koji said.

Koji picked up his card and present and raced out of the room. He bolted though the house and ran outside. He continued running all the way to Jimmy and Maria's.