Disclaimer: I don't own KND.
Chapter One: For Every Season There is a Time
December 1, Saturday afternoon
"Mom?" Wally asked, looking up from his little brother Jackie.
"Yes?" Wally's mother answered. She turned her head with difficulty, as she was standing on a ladder, putting a wreath above the porch of their house.
"Is..." Wally looked back down at Jackie who had grabbed his finger and was pulling quite hard. For a four year old, Jackie is amused by the strangest things, Wally thought as he wiggled his finger in Jackie's grip. "Is Christmas a good time to tell a girl that..." Wally let the sentence hang.
"You love a girl, Wally?!" his mother said exictedly as she climbed down the ladder. "Ooo! My baby boy is growing up!"
"No! Mom! You don't underst-!" Wally was cut off as his face was pushed painfully into his mother's shoulder. She hugged him tightly and said, "Who is it?" Wally sighed with exasperation.
"Just a girl."
His mother stepped back and stared at Wally for a long time.
"Well to answer your question, Christmas is a good time to tell a girl you love her"
Wally nodded gratefully.
"But remember what our good old Bible says," reminded his mother, "'For every season there is a time.'" Wally stared at her.
"What's that got to do with anything?!" he asked incredulously.
"Just make sure this season is your time." Without another word, Wally's mom turned to the front door and went inside.
"Isn't our mother crazy?" Wally asked playfully to Jackie. Jackie smiled and laughed, the ran out onto the grass and did a half-summersault. "And apparently so are you..." Wally muttered but smiled anyway.
December 2, Sunday evening
"Hello?" Wally answered into the phone.
"Hello Wally." came Nigel Uno's voice, Wally's best friend.
"Hey Nig, what's up?" Nigel groaned on the other line.
"Lizzie, that's what's up." He sounded so pathetically desperate that Wally had to smile.
"What'd she do this time?" Wally asked knowing full-well that it was something ridiculous. Lizzie had been butting into Nigel's life for as long as Wally could remember. Now fourteen years old, Lizzie was officially naming herself Nigel's wife-to-be.
"I was on a date with Abby Lincoln, right?" Nigel began, "And suddenly Lizzie comes in, grabs me by the collar, and kisses me. Right in front of Abby! Of course the date was ruined." Nigel sighed dramatically, "I hate that girl."
"Abby?"
"No! Lizzie!"
"Sorry man." Wally said sympathetically.
"Aaack!"
"Huh?"
"My dog just bit me in the ass. For no apparent reason. Stupid animal. I hate them all." Nigel snarled.
"Oh."
"Hey," Nigel suddenly said, "Abby told me something about Kuki Sanban."
It was her name that caught Wally's attention.
"What?!" Wally yelled. "And you didn't tell me this before because..."
"I forgot." Nigel said simply.
"Forgot?! Forgot about the only girl I've ever looked at and actually didn't think she was a cruddy girl?! I don't believe it." Wally shouted.
"Do you want to know or not?" Nigel asked calmly after a moment of silence.
"Hell yeah I want to know!"
"She's been talking about you a lot. Abby thinks Kuki likes you but every time she brings up, Kuki'll deny it."
Wally's heart skipped about a dozen beats as he pictured Kuki Sanban.
Her long black hair, always in some funky style. Her brown, almond-shaped eyes. She was tall and slender with small curves that were still filling out. She was flirty and cute, a lot of guys liked her and girls couldn't hate her, she was so nice to everyone. Wally had had a crush on her since he was ten.
"Why would she like me?" Wally asked.
"I don't know. Why don't you ask her yourself? I've got her phone number."
"How'd you get that?" Wally asked suspiciously.
"Abby. I told her I needed to call Kuki for some math homework. We're in the same math class." Nigel answered.
"Duh. I'm in your math class. Dumbass."
"You want the number?" Nigel said, ignoring the comment Wally had made.
"Sure...Give it to me."
A/N: So there's chapter one. It's a bit slow but it'll definitely get better. I got big plans. Please please please review!
