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Chapter 6 might seem a little off key, but I promise to keep it on track as much as possible. And by the way, I'm only going to take a guesstimated approach as to how I should describe Hawaii so bear with me if I make a mistake.
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Finding You
Chapter 6 – Alohas and AweWe landed safe and sound at around 7:00 P.M. at the airport here in Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii. It feels good to be on solid ground again. It took us a while to by the security checks and as soon as we were done, we headed straight to baggage claim and picked up our luggage.
"So what's the plan, Tai?" I asked.
"I dunno. Ask Sora; she's the one running this thing."
Sora turned to me. "Well, Mimi said she was going to meet us here and help transport our stuff to the hotel we're staying at."
And as if on cue, guess who decided to grace us with her presence...
"Sora?"
Yep...that's right! None other than...
"Mimi? MIMI!"
Mimi came running over to Sora and pulled her into a big hug.
"It's great to see all of you guys again!" Mimi said turning to all of us. "Wait a minute, where's Joe?"
Good question. Where was he? We all looked around but Joe was nowhere to be seen. I went back to the baggage claim carousel with Mimi. Sure enough, there he was, waiting for his luggage to come.
"Wait, Davis. Let me hide behind you first."
Mimi ducked below me as I approached Joe.
"Hey, Joe. Still waiting?"
"Yeah. Hey, is that..."
Mimi lunged out from behind me and almost tackled Joe to the floor.
"Hey, Stranger. Still remember me?" Mimi said hugging Joe.
"Um...uh, no...wait, I mean yeah...I mean..." Poor Joe. The man was at a complete loss of words.
"It's good to see you too, Joe." Mimi said giggling and letting him out of her grip. Listen, I'll go get the shuttles ready and you and Davis can come join us at the reception area when you're all set, okay?" Mimi said smiling.
"I...uh...sure."
Mimi then turned around and giggled silently to herself walking back to the others. I looked at her, then back at Joe who was looking practically horrified like he'd seen a ghost.
"Joe?"
No response.
"Joe?" I said again with a little emphasis.
Nothing.
"JOE, snap out of it!" I yelled at him punching his arm a bit.
"Uh huh."
"Your luggage is coming around now."
"Uh huh."
"Aren't you gonna get it?"
"Uh huh."
"Joe, are you dead in there?"
"Uh huh."
All I could do was shake my head and laugh. I picked up that big suitcase and put it right in front of him.
"Are you okay?"
"No." Joe said his shoulders slumping a bit.
"So he does talk!"
"I totally messed that up Davis."
"Don't worry about it, man."
"I was a statue though. I should've said something better."
"Actions speak louder then words. She'll understand."
Joe picked up his luggage. "I hope you're right." He said walking towards the reception center.
Author's Note: Switching to 3rd person POV now!
At the reception center...
Mimi came into the reception area with a big smile on her face.
"Did you find Joe?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, and was all nervous and stuff."
Kari turned to Yolei, away from Sora and Mimi.
"Aww...I guess he couldn't handle the shock of seeing her in person again." Yolei said giggling.
"I know. It's so sweet though."
"Hi, guys. So what's up?" Mimi came up to them and asked.
"O nothing. Did you and Davis manage to find Joe?" Yolei asked while Kari smirked a little.
"We did, and Davis stayed with Joe and the baggage claim until Joe's luggage arrived. O look, here they come now."
Author's Note: Switching back to Davis's 1st person POV!
We all waited for at least 15 minutes for the shuttles. In the mean time, we started playing 20 Questions like children and asked Mimi questions about what Hawaii was like since she had been here before. Then the shuttles arrived and we split up into two groups. Tai, Matt, Sora, Mimi, Yolei, and Joe all went together while Ken, Izzy, T.K., Kari, Cody, and I piled into the other shuttle. It was about 7:56 when we arrived at the resort area. There was a chorus of 'oohs' and 'ahhs' in my van as we all marveled at the awesome structure before us. We all got out of the shuttles and were about to pick up our luggage when Mimi waved us off. "Don't worry, the bellhops can handle all of this." she said to us. And at that moment, four gentlemen in red uniforms walked out wheeling three luggage caddies with them. We all walked into the main hotel building and were met by Mimi's parents. We all exchanged our greetings and checked into our rooms on the fifth floor. Mimi's parents were staying in an executive suite at the end of our floor and our DD group had the rooms across the hallway from them. Our rooms were all connected, and we could open the doors on adjacent walls so we could walk into each other's room, as long as the other side was open of course. Tai, Matt, Ken, and I were in one room, Joe, Izzy, Cody, and T.K. were in the room to the right of us, and the girls had the one on the left of us. And then it happened and I held my stomach. I opened the door that separated us from the other guys' room and knocked on their door. T.K. answered.
"T.K."
"Lemme guess, you too, eh?"
"Yep. It's that time again."
Tai opened the door separating us from the girls' room on the opposite wall. Mimi opened the door on her side
"Mimi, we're all hungry. Can we eat something?"
"Sure. I'll go tell the others to get ready to go to dinner in one of the restaurants downstairs."
"Ready for what? It's not like a special event or anything. It's just us stuffing our faces." I said.
"I think you mean just you guys." Yolei said with authority from somewhere inside the room.
"O c'mon..."
"Just wait for us, okay? We won't be long. We'll knock on your door when we're set."
"What about your parents? Will they be joining us?" asked Ken.
"O they ate already. It's just us. Okay, we'll only be a sec now."
"But, but..." And the door closed on Tai and me.
"Aww man..." us guys said in unison.
Half an hour later...
"Hungry...need food." I say holding my stomach lying on one of the beds.
"What the hell is taking them so long..." Ken asked from the other room.
"I don't know, but I'm not waiting any more." Matt said heading for the door out of the room.
"Matt, wait a minute." Tai said sitting up from one of the other beds.
"What?"
"Do you even know where the restaurant is?"
"Er...no..." Matt said hanging is head.
Just then, the door to the girls' room opened. I sat upright and only noticed one thing.
"Hi guys! Ready to go?" Yolei said with a huge smile.
Yolei was wearing a white tank top with a yellow hooded sweater and a pair of blue jeans. She had opted for contacts tonight. She wore her hair in a half ponytail with two strands coming down, framing her delicate face. She had a little makeup on but it was barely noticeable. It was hard not to stare.
"What took you guys so long?" Tai asked.
"It's a girl thing, sweetie." Sora said rubbing his chin.
"Whatever...let's chow!"
My eyes were locked on Yolei as we walked out the door. I just couldn't believe how wonderful she looked. It wasn't until an arm grabbed me that I snapped out of me little daydream.
"Davis, is something wrong?" Matt asked.
"Um, no..."
"Really? So what were you staring at?"
"O, nothing important." I said quickly trying to cover up.
"Davis, I saw the look on your face."
"Aww...alright. Was it that noticeable?"
"To me it was. The others, I don't know."
"She just looked so...so, beautiful."
"I know what you mean, bro." Matt said with a sigh.
"What are you talking about?"
"Me and Sora."
"Oh...still hung up on her, huh?"
"Not as much as before. I've managed to move on."
"Hey you two! Get your butts moving!" Tai yelled back at the both of us who had fallen behind quite a distance.
"Hey Matt, I got a question. You think I got a chance with Yolei?"
"Just be yourself Davis. And just for the record, I think you do have a chance...but just a little, little one." Matt said peering through the small space his thumb and index finger made."
I just smiled.
Later at the restaurant...
We all ordered our food and were now waiting for it. The girls were catching up on events while we guys engaged in arguing about video games. I wasn't paying that much attention though since I kept stealing glances at Yolei who sat across from me.
"Davis, is there something wrong with me?" Yolei asked half annoyed.
"No, I'm just...uh...checking the time." I said pointing to the clock behind her.
"Are you in a rush or something?"
While I was thinking about my next excuse, the food arrived. Wow, excellent timing. I tried hard not to look up at Yolei and concentrated on my cheeseburger and fries in front of me. Good thing I was hungry.
"You didn't answer my question before." Yolei said taking a break from her chicken cutlets.
"O...uh...nothing really. Just trying to adjust my watch so that it matches Hawaiian time."
"But do you have to know like every single minute?"
"I just like it perfect."
"Whatever...when and if you decide to tell me, then do so, okay?"
After dinner, we walked around the resort area with Mimi as our guide showing us places of interest. But the only thing I was interested in was watching Yolei. Man, what's wrong with me these days...this is Yolei I'm talking about. Why was I getting so worked up over her? It was 11:00 P.M. when we decided to go back to the rooms and was 12:07 A.M. by the time we were ready to hit the sack. As I was closing the connecting door to the girls' room, Yolei was doing the same thing on her side. I couldn't help but compliment her on her looks tonight.
"Hey Yolei?"
"Hmm?"
"Wear your hair like that. It looks nice." I said running my hand through her hair which she hadn't de-styled just yet."
"O...sure."
"And Yolei."
"Yeah?"
"You looked great tonight."
"Are you saying that I don't look great every time?" Yolei said jokingly with her hands on her hips.
"Well no..." I heard snickers coming from both the girls' and the guys' rooms.
"...it's just that you really, really looked good on this particular night."
"Well thank you Davis. Goodnight now."
"G'nite." And I closed the door. As soon as I did that, laughter erupted from both boys' rooms.
"You looked great tonight." Tai said mocking me.
"Wear you hair like that." Izzy said as the laughter increased.
"Hey, hey! Can't I give my friend a compliment?"
"Sure...Davis..." Cody said chuckling.
"O shut up...you guys are impossible." I said taking my sleeping bag on the floor. "Go to sleep."
The laughter eventually died down as my comrades fell asleep one by one. I on the other hand just thought about Yolei.
"God, what are you doing to me?" I whispered to myself. That was the last thing I could remember before I myself fell asleep.
Chapter 6 Done! Hope you enjoyed it. Please R&R!