Wow, I guess I'll get my goal which is 100 reviews by the time I'm finished with my story. When I am finished with it, I'll put a list of all the people who have reviewed, for a grand thanks. I would have updated earlier today, but I walked down to my mom's work. I'm trying to let me go to the mall tomorrow, so I've been lying saying my knee doesn't hurt anymore. Yes I know I'm pretty pitiful but oh well, that's me! Okay well here is the chapter.

Chapter 18: Hurting ones feelings

Kagome just stood there in awe. What was going on? She hadn't done anything, it wasn't her birthday. So exactly what was going on? As she started to walk in there were plenty of people inside. Family members and school mates. Even there were some people that she had never seen before in her life. As she looked around there were presents on the kitchen table. There were cute little decorations around the house. Was this the reason why her mother had cooked up so much food?

She looked around for her mother. She definitely needed an explanation for all of this. Then she saw her mother in the kitchen catering. She walked over to her mother, and her mother had the biggest grin on her face.

"Mom exactly what in the world is going on?" Kagome asked while taking all of the things out of her mom's hands and sitting the items on the counter.

"I knew this day would finally come. I'm so happy that it was Inuyasha." She said while giving Kagome a hug. Kagome just pushed her back and gave her a distressed look. Her mother gave her a look as well.

"What's wrong honey?" Emma said. Now she was confused on what was going on.

"You are confusing. Mom what is going on?"

"You and Inuyasha are engaged. Aren't you excited?"

"What?" Kagome's voice echoed through out the house. Who said that the two were engaged? Was this why Inuyasha was asking all those strange questions?

"Inuyasha didn't propose to me. Who said that he did?" Kagome said in a softer tone.

"He didn't? Then why was it that everybody was calling the house saying congratulations? I could have swore that you two were. Just by the way you have been acting with him."

"Mom, were just going back out. That is all. I don't know why people would even think I was engaged to him. I think this is pretty strange, because he was asking me questions about marriage when we were walking home. What am I supposed to tell everybody now? Since they all think that him and I are getting married?"

"He wants to marry you. It's pretty obvious. He even asked me if it was okay if he asked you. The reason for that is because he thought I disliked him. I believe that you two should just act like it, so people don't get angry or anything. You better go off and tell him before he says something wrong."

Kagome just nodded and left the kitchen, and started to search for her pretend fiancé. She searched through the living room, the family room and then she decided that she could just go to her room. There was Inuyasha sitting there with a small little box in his hands. She just stood there in the door way watching him keep on opening and closing the box. Kagome got a small glimpse of what was inside. It was a beautiful diamond ring.

"I wonder if I should just ask her now. Maybe it's too early." Inuyasha said towards himself out loud. He looked at the ring one last time.

"I really want to ask her, but what if she denies. I'll feel like the biggest idiot in the world. I believe that she would say yes, but I just don't know. I love her more then anything; more then I could ever say or show. Life without her would be pointless."

Kagome felt as if she was just invading his privacy so then she walked into the bedroom. Acting as if she had heard or seen nothing at all. He saw her walking towards him out of the corner of his eye. So he quickly closed the box and hid it inside of the pocket of his coat.

"Now I've finally found you, I was looking every where for you. So I thought you were up here, and I guess I was right." Kagome said.

"Well I was just contemplating about a couple of things. So was there something you needed to talk to me about?"

"Yes, do you know everybody is here yet?"

"No, I asked a couple of people, but some people just laughed and asked me if I was kidding. Then I felt like a stupid head and left."

"Well it's because they all think we're engaged."

Kagome giggled, while Inuyasha kept a straight face. He was wondering if she was laughing about the whole concept of them being engaged. So maybe it was stupid and hopeless about him asking. Or maybe she was laughing because everybody thought of such an outrageous thing.

"So, then what exactly are we going to do? Break the news and tell everybody that we're not engaged?" Inuyasha asked.

"Well before I tell you anything. I want to know if the reason why you were asking me all those questions earlier was because you were truly thinking about proposing to me."

Inuyasha just gave her a dumbfounded face. What was he supposed to do? Tell her the truth and then propose. Tell her the truth and just don't think anything of it. Or lie to her, and he didn't really want to lie, because in the end she would know the truth. Then she probably wouldn't forgive him.

"I've been thinking about it. I was thinking about proposing to you, and then having a wedding during the summer. Now that I think of it, it was a stupid thing to even consider."

"Oh," Kagome said in a sad tone. She was getting all excited about him asking her. Then he dreams and hopes and even desire had just died as he said those words to her.

"Well my mom said that the best thing for us to do was to pretend that we are engaged and get the night over with. I'll go down stairs and greet our guests." Kagome said while leaving the bedroom.

Inuyasha could really tell that he had hurt her feelings by saying what he did. He didn't even know where that came from. They were still a couple right? Probably not anymore, he knew that he wouldn't want to go out with somebody that could say that without a different change in tone, or emotion.

Inuyasha got up and then went downstairs to greet the guest as well. Soon later on they opened the gifts that they had gotten. They had gotten money, checks, house appliances, and even a couple of baby things, for in the future. Kagome seemed happy with all the things she had gotten, but every time she opened a present she would look over at Inuyasha, and then frown.

She wanted to marry Inuyasha, have kids, and have a family. Now that would never happen, that was what stayed in her head the whole time she opened all the presents.

Everybody left early, and Inuyasha and Kagome were the ones whom had to clean up the mess from every one. Silence stayed inside the house from the two. Other then when they were picking something up and it made a crumble sounds, or a crash sound.

"Are you going to be quiet all night?" Inuyasha finally broke the silence looking over at the angry looking Kagome.

"What do you want me to tell you? You say that you considered marrying me and then you say it's stupid. So what am I a stupid girlfriend? Am I not worthy of being your wife?"

"I never meant any of that."

"Sure you didn't. Then don't say things that you don't mean."

"Do you really want to know what is going inside my head?"

"Yes!"

"I want to marry you so bad. I have had the ring for the past week. I've been waiting for the right time. Every time I try to ask you something else happens. I love you so much. I am afraid that you will deny me. I'm afraid something bad is going to happen to you, because of me. What is somebody like me supposed to do, when there in love so deep they can't get out, even if they wanted to."

Kagome just stood there. As if somebody just struck her upside the head with a baseball bat.

"Are you going to say something? I just told you the entire truth about everything, and you're just standing there." Inuyasha asked.

"I don't know what to say."

Kagome and Inuyasha stood there, while he waited for her to say something else.

Okay well that is kind of a cliffy, but oh well. Please review. And don't forget to check out my other story lines!