~kai~: I know…*wailz* Enrique! *hugz him* I love him always! ^_^ Hru, a fighter? Sure, but does she like to pick fights or does she fight if she's threatened or something like that?
Kai Hiwatari: Yaaaaaaaaaay, and revieeeeeeeeeew it!! Lol, lots of fics aren't updated that often because the authors don't have time. :P But I know what you mean, I've been waiting for one to update…
MariksGal4 Eva: Doesn't everyone? ^_^ I mean, she's SO hatable! That's not a word, lol!
Bimbo-blonde: I like Disney movies. ^_^ Yeah, Kailee's so happy all the time!
Reicu: I like Math! It's one of the only subjects I do well in. :P
Angel Tala: No prob! ^_^ Everyone would kill Courtney if they had the chance, I like Aquana lots, she's a good character. You'll see. XD
~*~Prodigious girl*~*: Aww…I don't remember that little detail. I don't think I knew that Holly lived in Germany and France, that's a lot of traveling, lol! Mind telling me what Holly would do in this situation? *points to the chapter below* Read and see, I kind made it up as I went along, I wasn't exactly sure how Holly would react because it happened so fast.
Britt: Carly's my OC so she reflects a lot upon me, ^_^
KAI'S GAL: So true, I wouldn't let anyone boss me around like that, but you need all sorts of characters for a good story. I dunno, I heard there was a sweet maze in England somewhere. I didn't get your fic, I think…I dunno, I don't know what your email is so I don't know if it was you or not, what's the title? :P
scarlet diamonds: The Valentine's Dance won't be for a while. :P But that dance will be about three chapters. XD
The Great Kuro Neko: Come on, it wouldn't be any fun if Hru fell in love with Tala straight away. XD Really, it was good? ^_^ Poor poor Enrique. ;_; lol!
whisper*2*imaginary: You haven't seen it??? *faints* Umm…if you have fast speed internet, email me and I'll pass off some information. :P Yay, you killed Courtney!!! ^_^
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* ~ ¤ ~ Quøte ~ ¤ ~ *
"Love comes to those who still hope although they've been disappointed, to those who still believe although they've been betrayed, to those who still love although they've been hurt before."
~ Unknown
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Chapter 27: Shame and Blame
"Jerk!" Carly snarled as Tala and Hru sweatdropped, "Enrique's such a JERK!"
"You're referring to Socials today?" Hru asked.
"Obviously," Carly snapped, "He's so immature sometimes I don't know why I bother with him! You saw him, the guy just stood there and watched as his girlfriend was being throttled by his ex! I can't stand that!!! Gosh, I am SO going to get Courtney back."
"There's something else that you can get her back at for," Tala said calmly.
Hru tried to catch his eye and shake her head, but Tala didn't glance at her at all.
"Like what?" Carly wanted to know, banging her can of pop down on the table.
"Like Courtney said that Johnny likes you," Tala said casually.
Carly's mouth dropped open, "WHAT?????????!!!!!!!! What the hell is that??? That is like the dumbest thing I have EVER heard in my whole entire life!!!!"
"What is?" Johnny said, coming up behind her, frowning, "Something wrong Carly?"
Again, Hru tried to catch Johnny's eye and shake her head, but he didn't look at her either. Finally, Hru gave up and went back to her lunch.
Carly turned to face Johnny, "Is it true??? Did Courtney say that you - ugh - 'like' me???"
Johnny turned bright red again for the third time today and he shot Tala an angry glare.
Tala merely shrugged and turned back to his lunch.
Carly grabbed Johnny's collar and shook him, "What is the matter with you???? How can you NOT tell me something that stupid??? Oooh, I'm going to kill Courtney!!!! Gee Johnny, why didn't you tell me before????"
Johnny yanked away," Gosh Carly, it's totally embarrassing, okay?"
"Well, it's not like it's true," Carly spat, "So there's no reason to be embarrassed. It's a reason to get revenge!!!!!!!!!!"
Hru sweatdropped as Carly marched away.
"What is the matter with YOU????" Johnny said to Tala, "That was the most embarrassing thing I have ever faced in my life. Did you have to sprout it out to her??"
Tala shrugged, "I thought she would want to know. Besides, Johnny, Courtney might say worse to her. At least I didn't tell her Courtney said you asked her to the dance."
Johnny was still red with fury and groaning he threw himself down on the chair.
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"Chill out," Michael was saying about twenty minutes later when they were all seated at a common table in the cafeteria, "You'll get your revenge, but it doesn't have to be now."
Carly wordlessly ripped off pieces of her sandwich and stuffed them in her mouth, silently fuming.
Kai and Holly sweatdropped.
"Nice eating habits," Kai commented. He ducked when Carly chucked pieces of her sandwich at him, "Hey! Watch it, I'm not hungry."
"Just let her be," Michael said, patting his friend on the shoulder, "She's always like this when she's mad. Don't even try to make her laugh, you'll end up with a book in your face. I'll be back, gotta get something to drink."
"I'll come too," Kai said, with a chuckle and Johnny stood up too and followed them.
"Did you hear," Kailee put in brightly, "There's a new student at our school, he's supposed to be from a high status. I wonder if we'll be good friends."
"Pl-ease Kailee," Hru scoffed, "If he's really from a 'high' status, then what the heck would he want to do with us? There's no better example of that then Robert!"
"Come on Hru!" Kailee said cheerfully, "Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt."
Hru scowled when she heard Tala chuckle beside her, "What's your problem?"
Tala gave her a pretend injured look, "Well, excuse me for living. Lighten up Hru, it'll do your health some good."
"What???" Hru was about to give him a smack when Holly grabbed her arm and yanked her back down, "What did you do that for??? He deserves it!"
Holly sighed, "Come on, we don't need anymore fighting among us."
"Anyone know where Ray is?" Tala spoke up, "I need to ask him something about our basketball game."
"Last time I saw him, he was kissing Willow," Cassandra commented.
Tala rolled his eyes, "Well, that's going to help us win our next game, isn't it?"
"Oh look, there's the new student now!" Kailee cried, pointing to the middle of the cafeteria, "BRANDON!!!! OVER HERE!!!"
"Kailee," Max winced, "Do you have to call him over??"
"Come on Maxie," Kailee said, bouncing up and down excitedly, "It's not everyday you meet new people, it's a good experience!"
"I heard he's mighty stuck up," Cassandra commented, taking big bites of her sandwich.
"Guess we'll find out, huh?" Hru remarked as the guy headed over.
Even though the new guy was dressed normally, there was an aura of evident superiority around him. He looked like a rock star, to say the least, he had black hair and dark eyes and perfectly straight teeth that gleamed when he smiled.
Tala winced when he saw him, "Great…I'm leaving."
"Oh stay," Kailee begged, "I want to introduce you."
"Good afternoon Kailee," the boy said, nodding politely at her.
"Hi Brandon!" Kailee blabbed, "There are my friends. Guys, this is Brandon, he was in my morning classes. Why don't you sit down Brandon!"
"Why not?" Brandon said, smiling silkily and sitting gracefully down in the seat beside Carly. Tala scowled, picking up his books, he left abruptly.
"What the hell is wrong with him?" Hru muttered.
"Soo…" Kailee said, trying make conversation, "Brandon, why don't you just tell my friends about yourself?"
"That's easy," Brandon started, looking as if he had enough to tell to last everyone a lifetime, "I was –"
Carly finally looked up, "You – move."
Brandon looked flabbergasted, "Me?"
"Carly!" Kailee cried, "Be nice!"
"You're in Michael's seat," Carly said shortly, "Get out."
Brandon quickly rose, "Well, excuse me. I didn't realize that the seat was taken."
"Don't worry about it," Holly said, "Carly's a bit angry right now, but she'll loosen up."
Brandon's eyes lit up when his eyes fell on her, "And your name is?"
"Holly," Holly replied in a friendly tone. She sweatdropped when Brandon immediately sat down beside her, "Umm…"
Brandon took her hand in his, looking into her eyes, "That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl."
"Umm…" Holly sweatdropped again, too stunned to said anything else.
Hru and Kailee exchanged looks and shrugged as Kai, Johnny, and Michael came back with their pop cans.
"Since when have you found a boyfriend Holly?" Johnny asked, looking from her to her hand with a raised eyebrow, "And one that you just met as well."
"Don't be ridiculous Johnny!" Holly snapped, yanking her hand away and flushing bright red.
"Excuse me," Kai said icily, looking at Brandon with intense dislike, "Am I interrupting something here?"
"I think I better be off now," Brandon said smoothly, ignoring the glares from Kai, "It was a pleasure meeting you Holly. I'll talk with you later Kailee."
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"We'll come with you," Holly told Carly, "She'll need some moral support."
"What she needs is reality," Carly shot back, "Honestly, she needs a little more of a backbone, no offense."
"Carly, please don't send everything crashing on her at once," Willow pleaded, "She's already heartbroken."
"And I'm already impatient!!!" Carly snapped, "Where is McGregor?"
"Johnny's gone home," Holly told her, "He left right after school."
"And what the hell is wrong with him???" Carly said in exasperation, "As if I don't have enough problems already. He's been avoiding me all afternoon and every time we talk, he never looks at me and he starts to blush. Oh gosh, screw him, I'm not in the mood. I'll phone him later."
"I've never been the Aquana's place," Kailee remarked.
"It's nice and pretty sorta thing. She's rich," Carly said, "She does fashion modeling in her spare time and her family moves a whole hell of a lot. It's tough for her, especially since she's a bit shy. I'm not sure Enrique is good for her, he'll only break her heart."
"Are we gonna go?" Cassandra asked.
"Yeah, let's," Hru said, "We can meet the guys in the park tonight to go back."
"Hey, have you all picked a country yet, for Socials?" Willow asked, "Holly's doing Germany, I'm doing France, what else?"
"Kenny and I finally decided on China," Cassandra replied, "There's tons of info on it and it has great food too."
"Aquana and I are doing Mexico," Carly added.
"Tala and I decided on Russia and that's about all we've done," Hru said glumly, "He never talks much, it's driving me crazy. Every time I ask him, 'what do you think?' He's like, 'whatever.' Ughhh...It's annoying!!!"
"Strange, he talks to me fine," Carly said.
"He talks to me," Hru said, "But nothing I want to hear, whenever he opens his mouth, it's to tease me or embarrass me."
"Maybe he likes you," Willow giggled.
Hru turned red, "Get a life! No way!!!!!"
"Well, Kai's mad at me," Kailee said with pout, "He says that I shouldn't be friends with Brandon because he's bad influence, but he's just jealous because he saw Brandon with Holly today in the café."
"And why would your brother be jealous?" Holly said, rolling her eyes, trying to fend off the blush that was rising on her cheeks, "It wasn't that I asked him to take my hand, it was just embarrassing!"
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"Hey guys," Aquana said, opening the door and wiping her eyes. Her face was streaked with tears, but she still looked beautiful, "Come in if you want."
"Are you okay???" Holly asked in concern.
"Yeah, you look awful," Carly remarked.
The girls shot Carly a disapproving look, Carly, in return, tossed her hair.
"I've been crying, guess you can tell, huh?" Aquana asked softly, sniffling, "It's just...it hurts so much!" She burst into tears again.
Willow and Holly made her sit down and they sat on either side of her, trying to comfort her. Kailee did too while Hru and Cassandra sat nearby.
"It's okay," Willow told her, "Let it out, it helps, trust me. I've cried over something similar."
Aquana took a deep shuddery breath, "I didn't want to believe what Courtney said about Enrique is true. Carly? Is she right? Was he just using me?"
Carly gave her a long look, "Hey, don't quote her on it, it's just her opinion. I mean, she said that Johnny liked me, and is that true? NO! What she said about Enrique isn't true until Enrique proves it to us."
"He was so nice to me though," Aquana whispered, tears spilling down her face, "I thought he really cared. I feel...awful!!!!" She started to cry again.
"I hate to say this," Cassandra said, "But he might've just been nice because you were a pretty face."
Carly punched the table, "Screw him!"
Holly winced, "Um...Carly? That table looks mighty expensive."
Carly clenched her fists angrily, "Aquana? Has he called you or anything?"
Aquana wiped her eyes, "The phone rang a few times, but I didn't pick up, it was him though, I'm sure. I don't want to talk to him, he's probably going to dump me."
Hru patted her, "Don't worry, guys can be real jerks sometimes. I can name countless ones."
"Like Tala, huh?" Carly said, snickering.
Hru glared at her, "Lay off, it's not funny."
"I'm not the jealous type, but Courtney really hates me," Aquana said, "It's like it's my fault Enrique dumped her."
"I made Enrique dump her," Carly told her, "Courtney wasn't the type of girl I wanted to see Enrique with so I made him dump her."
"And he listened to you?" Aquana asked.
Carly gave a bitter laugh, "He has no choice, he doesn't dare not listen to me when I get serious. I'm not talking to him, but I'm going to yell at him some more."
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So after the girls had dinner at Aquana's house, they met the guys in the park and headed off to the Dream Realm.
"Welcome back," the Guardian said with a friendly smile, "My, Carly, don't you look mad today?"
"I am mad," Carly told her, "At a certain blond jerk."
"Oh Tala, I thought of a idea for our project," Hru said, "I thought that we could find pictures of the Russian landscape and make a sort of photo book for different sites of view."
Tala shrugged, "Yeah sure, whatever."
Hru fumed and shot the other girls a look that plainly said, "See what I mean???"
"Willow, inhabitants have also migrated back to your kingdom," the Guardian told her, "You will have to get there and fix it up, Ray can help you out. Ray, your subjects have completed all the buildings."
"Wow, that's fast," Ray said, "Awesome, now I've gotta get some heavy work done."
"I wish..." Carly said quietly.
"What?" Johnny asked, putting his hand on her shoulder.
Carly smiled at him, "I wish that Aquana could've come with us, that way she wouldn't feel all alone back there."
"It is not safe to bring others here," the Guardian said, "Holly, the Dark Kingdom has stopped assault on the Light Kingdom, your Kingdom has stabilized."
"Thank you," Holly sighed in relief.
The Guardian gave Willow an amulet with the Dark symbol on it, "Here you go Willow, to indicate royalty, you and Ray should go ahead now."
"Kai and Holly are coming with us," Willow said, "They're going to help us out."
"Can I come too?" Hru demanded, "I don't wanna -" "Be stuck with Tala," she finished silently in her mind.
"Me too!" Kailee squealed.
"All right, all right,' Ray said, "Let's go."
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"See guys?" Carly clicked the mouse a few more times, "Doesn't that look good???"
Tala and Johnny exchanged glances, they were supposed to be evaluating Carly's newly designed graphics, but every time they mentioned a flaw, Carly threw it back in their faces with a fresh insult.
"It's kinda of dark," Johnny said finally, "Maybe you should change the lighting."
"Well, it can't be perfect," Carly said airily.
"That's it!" Johnny groaned, grabbing Carly's arms and pulling her on the
ground, "You are completely impossible, you know that? I'm going to keep you away from that
computer. You're the one asking us to
give our opinions and then you just insult us back!!!"
Carly fell on the floor with a squeal, "Ow!
Sorry, I didn't realize that, no wonder you're so quiet Tala."
"I'm always quiet," Tala reminded her.
"Then that means I'm not hyper enough," Carly spun around, "Honestly Tala, you're quieter than usual!"
"Oh no," Johnny moaned, "Now she's all excited again."
Tala shrugged, not quite meeting Carly's eyes, "Well, it's just…"
There was hesitant knock on the door.
"Come in!!!!!" Carly called, getting up and closing her graphics. Her eyes flashed, "Oh, it's you."
"Carly, can we please talk?" Enrique pleaded, "Please please please?"
"I have nothing to say to you," Carly spat, "Actually I have so much I want to say that it's choking me!"
"I'm sorry I-" Enrique started.
"You're sorry????" Carly said in disbelief, "Man, I don't believe you! I'm not the one you should be apologizing to!!! Do you know how hurt Aquana is??? She was crying all afternoon and you couldn't even be bothered to come over to her house and see her! You'd rather let Aquana suffer than lose face! I don't believe you, you are the most stupidest guy I have ever met."
"I..." Enrique said helplessly.
"Now Carly's on a rampage," Johnny whispered to Tala.
"I don't get you, I just don't get you!!!!" Carly yelled, "You are SO insensitive!!!! You know what everyone thinks of you now???? That you're just some flirter who never goes steady!!! Do you like that label, or do you just like the fact that you're 'cool'? You're shallow Enrique, so shallow. After what happened today, I'm ashamed to call you my friend! How do I know that you won't turn your back on me someday like you did to Aquana today???"
"I would never..." Enrique gasped, "Carly!"
"You're going to have to prove that to me," Carly said grimly, "And Aquana too,
if you still care, that is. Until then,
don't bother talking to me, unless you're in the mood for fresh insults. Get outta my room, NOW!"
Enrique looked hurt and he walked out miserably.
"You're a bit rough on him," Johnny told her, "Don't you think?"
"Enrique's not like that," Carly shot back, her emerald eyes flashing, "I just know he isn't, and I'm going to prove it to you all. He needs to learn his lesson, otherwise he'll never learn."
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Wow, I never realized that it was time to update, so fast this time. I was so busy finished the story of Kai's life for my site that I almost forgot about updating this fic. :P Whaddya think of Brandon? ^_^U He reminds me someone I know, I won't say who though. Okay, read and review as always! I love all your reviews!! *hugz reviews* I'm soooo sad about V-Force though, *sobz* Kane…*sobz*…shattered blade…*bursts into floods of tears and starts wailing* KANE!!!!!! That's all for now, lol, review!
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