A note to all who read this:
Damn...I said two weeks before the next chapter didn't I? I'm sorry guys...I've just been caught with so much work, especially with getting ready to choose which college I'm going to.
I thank you giving me the suggestions I've asked for; I may use some of your ideas.
Chapter 7 will include some of my own real life experiences (no, not in Hawaii, but here in New Jersey). In it, I associate myself with Davis's position and use his voice and thoughts as I have in my own situation. Sorry if you don't like it guys, but this is my therapy to release some of the tension I have right now.
Enough talk...I've been stalling too long...Here it is guys: Chapter 7!
P.S. – If you want to know what's really going on with me and "Yolei", I will put up some kind of personal story next chapter...only per request though.
r2k121
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Finding You
Chapter 7 – Down But Never OutThat night, I dreamt of Yolei and how great she looked last night. Damn Joe for waking me up from it.
"Davis?" Reliable Joe nudged me hard.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm up." I said quite annoyed.
"We have an hour and a half to get ready."
"For what?"
"We're going sightseeing today and I don't want to miss a single minute of it."
"What time is it?"
"About 7:30"
I didn't do a single thing except to fall back on my pillow.
"Davis, do I have to wake you up the hard way again?"
No answer from me.
"Or do you want Yolei to do it for me?"
At that moment, I shot up from my slumber, knowing the full effect of what Yolei could do. For starters, she'd come into your room and scream in your ear. If you tried putting the pillow over your head, she'd grab a cup of ice-cold water and pour it all over your body. And if that didn't get you up, she'd literally drag you out of your room, clothed or not. No, this was not that time for that.
"Joe, exactly what time are we supposed to go sightseeing?"
"11:00."
"And why so early? I normally wouldn't ask this question if we were back in Japan and you had school, but why now, on vacation nonetheless?"
"That's just me."
"Sure..."
"It's true!" Joe said starting to burn up with a tint of red.
"I know that part, but that's not the real reason now is it? You're just itching to spend time with Mimi again."
Joe's shoulders slumped, defeated. "Yeah...so?"
"Look, as much as all of us, minus Mimi, support you on this, can't you do this on your own time? Don't you wanna spend time with her...alone?" At that point, the light bulb flashed on above Joe's head. Yes! More sleep for me.
"Wait! Where do you think you're going?" Joe said as I tried to crawl back into my sleeping bag.
"Um...to sleep?"
"O no you don't..."
What the hell? Since when did Joe become the authority around here?
"And how exactly do you think you're gonna stop me?"
Joe started walking over to the girls' room door. Damnit...Yolei...
"You'll regret this later..." I threatened him waking the others up one by one.
15 minutes to 11:00 A.M....
We just finished our room service breakfast. I brought my soccer ball with me so I'd have something to do just in case. And good thing that the room was pretty big, so I was able to do some kick up drills. Sora just came into our room and was now chatting with Tai about what they were going to do that day. Tai said something that made Sora giggle. She then moved onto his lap and started whispering something in his ear. Tai just smiled and kissed her neck. They really need to get their own room. Anyway, as usual, Izzy was typing away furiously on his Pineapple laptop probably searching for Hawaiian maps of some sorts. Matt was reading one of his music magazines he bought at the airport before we left. T.K. was with none other than Kari...'nuff said. Joe was writing in some kind of book...probably doing some homework again. Ken and Cody were on the patio outside that featured a beautiful view of the ocean; they were taking some pictures with cameras. And Mimi and Yolie were probably giggling about guys again.
"Are we all ready now?" Mimi came into our room with papers in her hands.
"I'm game." I said kicking up my ball once more before catching it.
"Yeah! So let's go" Tai stood up after Sora moved off his lap.
"Okay everyone, gather around." Mimi said motioning us to come closer.
"I have in my hands our itineraries." I figured that everyone would want to do their own things, so I came up with this plan so that we could at least meet at some given point for lunch. Seeing that it's almost 12:00, and we just finished our breakfast, I pushed lunch to 1:30. The rest is on the paper. Questions?" We all looked at each other and shook our heads. "Great! Let's get outta here!"
Out and about in Honolulu...
We all took cabs that were set up for us and would be paid for by Mimi's parents. After reaching our destination at the boardwalk, our group basically split up into guys and girls. It went something like this: Me, Ken, and believe it or not, T.K. ended up going together, the four girls went on their own, Tai, Matt, and Izzy grouped up, and Cody went with Joe. My little group wandered in and out of stores on the boardwalk and we finally came into a little jewelry store. The owner was a heavy-set Hawaiian native guy who sat behind a counter on a plastic chair.
"Welcome!" he greeted us. "Come look for a while."
I went around admiring the fine pieces of golden artwork until I came to one particular necklace. It was a golden shell-shaped pendant, the kind you could make conches out of, with pink and green gems all around it.
"You like it? I'll sell it to you for a cheap price." the owner said.
"Hmm...I don't know..."
"This piece was actually one of several that went pretty quickly when I got them. I had a total of 21 of these pendants, and now only one remains."
My mind wandered as to why I would want this fine piece of metal...
"It would look great on that special someone." the owner said with a little twinkle in his eye.Yolei...I could give it to her.
"How much?" And the negotiating began.
1:30...lunch time!
Mimi told us to meet her by this seafood place that was off the boardwalk a little bit. We were all seated and ordered our food. Lucky me: to my right sat the object of my affection.
"So what'd you do Davis?"
"O just went here and there...nothing really...where'd you guys go?"
"Actually, I met this cute guy. His name is Travis, and he wanted to meet up with me at the big party on the beach tonight."
"O...I see."
"Yeah! He's sooooo hot! He's got deep blue eyes and a nice build..."
I pretended to hear Yolei blab on about this bum she just met. All the while though, my shoulders gradually slumped as I could feel my heart falling out of chest. I was fingering the small box I had in my left pocket the whole time. The food came, but I wasn't really that hungry. It wasn't because of the three orders of fries, the two ice creams, and the four sodas I had before lunch...no, I could eat that plus more if I wanted to...but I was just too depressed to stuff my face. Nonetheless, I ate so that no one would suspect anything.
Back at the hotel...
After lunch, we broke into our groups again and wandered around some more. Around 5:30, we all met up at the hotel and waited for that huge party on the beach to begin. I wasn't too happy and just sat outside on the patio with my soccer ball in hand just looking at the view. I was too deep in thought about Yolei to notice someone had slid open the door and come through.
"There you are!" came a high pitched cheery voice.
"Hi Mimi." I said giving her a weak smile.
"We were all looking for you so that we could get to the beach already."
"I think I'll hang back here."
"Why? You don't wanna come party with us."
"No, I'm not feeling that great right now."
"What? The infamous Davis Motomiya isn't happy? That's much different than what I heard from the others."
"What did you hear from these so called 'others'?"
"That you were an upbeat guy with tons of energy that's always looking for a good time."
"Yeah, that's me alright." I said sarcastically.
"Davis, what's wrong? Are you thinking of Kari? Because if this is about her and T.K...."
"No, it's not her."
"O...cuz I heard about that thing that happened about a month ago that happened between the three of you."
"It's really not about that...honest."
"So what's bothering you? C'mon Davis, you can tell me. You've been here only one day and I refuse to have any one of you down with a frown."
I smiled at the sincerity she had in cheering me up so I decided to give in.
"Okay, there's this other girl I like..."
"Not Kari?"
"Not Kari."
"Then who? Do I know her?"
"Yeah you do. It's..." I stopped short.
"WHO?" Mimi almost yelled out.
"Actually, I don't think I'll give you a name."
"Huh? Why not?"
"It might slip off your tongue."
Mimi laughed. "Okay, okay, I'll buy that...so what's the problem?"
"She keeps going around looking for other guys but she doesn't notice that I've been standing with her all along."
"Tell her how you feel then."
"This may sound unbelievable to you, being a holder of the Crest of Courage, but I'm scared...scared of her rejection. I doubt she'll see me the way I want her to."
"Davis, the only way you'll find out is if you ask her."
"That's the thing. If I tell her and she rejects, I could lose her friendship for good."
"O...that is a problem."
"Yes it is."
Mimi sat thinking for a little bit looking at the starry sky before breaking the silence.
"Have you been good to her?"
"Of course!" I said a bit too anxiously.
"And she's been good to you?"
"That's why we're good friends."
"Then there's no real reason why you shouldn't tell her how you feel."
"But what if she rejects me?"
"I don't know Davis, but it's better you say it now. That way, at least you give your heart some time to heal. Besides, I think Yolei would go for you."
"Yeah, I hope." I replayed that phrase in my head.
"Wait...what???" I said with my eyes wide open.
Mimi stood up from her seat laughing.
"But how did you know?"
"C'mon, Davis...it really wasn't that hard to figure out. I already narrowed it down to me and Yolei, but I doubt you would know me that well, and Yolei is the only other female friend that I know of that's not taken."
I smacked myself upside the head...something Yolei would do whenever I made some stupid mistake.
"Don't worry, Davis...I won't breathe a word of it to her. I think it's kinda cute actually. Just tell her."
"Tonight? But she's got a date."
"I didn't say that...whenever you feel the time is right Davis, just tell her. But make it quick. Now get up so we can go to that party!"
"Wait, Mimi?"
"Hmm?"
"Thanks."
"You're welcome."
The long awaited Chapter 7 Done! Please R&R!