Chapter 3: What crush?

The next morning a little wolf stood in her older sister's bedroom door begging her to let her stay home.

"Come on, Sissy. Can't I just stay home for this one time? I promise not to ask any more."

"I'm sorry Chichi. I would let you stay home but you would bother the boys too much. Any ways don't you want to tell all of your friends about making the cheer squad?"

"Yea, but. Please."

Elena looked at her little sister as she sat in her wolf form giving Elena the "puppy dog pout." Elena then laughed and said. "Listen I know what you are up to, last year when I let you stay home before your birthday you found all your gifts and unwrapped them. Not this year little missy."

"I promise I won't. Hige will be here to watch me."

Elena raised her eyebrow and stared at her.

"No thats final; any ways, Hige and Toboe are leaving to go look around and Lord only knows what trouble you will cause Tsume and Kiba."

"I won't cause any trouble at all, I promise."

"You remember the last five babysitters we had? Those poor ladies, every one of them are still in therapy after whatever the hell you did to them."

"Well Tsume and Kiba are different they are wolves, I'm sure they will run away fast enough."

Elena stared at Chichi for a minute. "Get ready. It's only Friday it won't hurt to go to school for one last day."

Chichi sighed and gave up. "Yes ma'am."

"Come on, Sissy, it's only one day." Hige said, before reviling that he was standing outside of the door listening the whole time.

"Well, Hige, you see one time instead of a babysitter I hired a nanny. The lady walked in with dark black hair, when they put her in the ambulance her hair was white, and don't even ask me how she got up there, but the police found her hanging upside down from the ceiling.Also I had to leave work early that day because I got a call from the police telling me that there was screaming coming from my house, and something that sounded like a dog howling."

Hige laughed and said "Thats my Chichi. A trouble maker just like me."

"Hige, shut up. I'll be back at lunch. Be good and when you go out today be very careful. I'm leaving, Chichi!" Elena kissed her brother on the cheek, and her and Chichi left.

Later that day Hige and Toboe were out shopping for a birthday gift for Chichi.

"Wow, Hige, come here do you think she will like that dress?"

"One thing I learned about women, they don't like it when guys buy them clothes as a gift. They think we are either calling them fat or saying that they aren't dressing write."

"Oh, what about a stuff animal or some jewelry? Or a purse with some jewelry? Or a pure with a stuff animal and some jewelry?"

"You know something, Toboe?"

"What?"

"I wouldn't be nearly as freaked out about this, if Chichi wasn't my little sister."

Toboe laughed and said. "I'm sorry. Actually to tell you the truth when I told you I liked her I thought you were going to kill me."

"No, I think it's kind of cute. You know what?"

"What?"

"I think Chichi would like a purse and a stuff animal. You know what else she would like?"

"No what?"

"If that purse was filled with chocolate. She loves chocolate-covered cherries."

"I like that idea. That would be perfect." Toboe smiled. "Her present would be almost as sweet as she is."

"Ok, kid, you freaking me out again."

About this same time Elena was in her office cheerfully working on some paper work. When her secretary/best friend walked into the room.

"What is wrong with you?"

"Lin, whatever do you mean?"

"I have never seen you so cheery before. Don't get me wrong, you're a naturally cheery person but never this cheery."

"I'm just in a good mood today."

"Oh my gosh! You've met a guy?"

"No, yes, no, ye- wait what makes you think that?"

"Girl I know you and I know women. Hello I am a woman. Any ways I knew it had to be a guy, it couldn't be the fact your brother was in town. He seems to all ways cause so much trouble."

"How did you know that my brother was in town?"

"I tried calling you last night and he picked up and told me you were busy flirting with a guy in the kitchen. So who is he and what is he like?"

" His name is Tsume he's really stubborn, kind of arrogant, and he has this, I don't know, . . . rebellious spirt. For some reason I just can't help but love that about him.Actually, it kinda reminds me of someone but who?"

"You."

Elena rolled her eyes and said "I am nothing like him."

"It sounds like it to me, you are."

"Am not."

"Are to."

"Don't you have a job to do?"

"Yea, but this is just so much more fun."

It was lunch time and Elena went to take the boys some lunch. She got into the house and looked around, but she couldn't find anyone. She went down stairs to look and see if anyone was in the weight room, and sure enough Tsume was in there exercising. Elena didn't say a word, instead she just cracked the door and watched Tsume.

"What are you doing?" asked a voice behind Elena. She turned around and saw Kiba standing behind her.

"Oh nothing just came to tell you all that I've brought some lunch. I guess Toboe and Hige are still out shopping?"

"Yea they are."

Elena sighed and said "Well I got to get back to work see you guys later."

As she walked out of the house and got into her car, Tsume watched her. He soon turned around and asked "Was she spying on me?"

"Yea, I believe she was."

Tsume smiled as he reached into the bag and grabbed a hamburger. Kiba stared at Tsume trying to figure out what was going on in his head and then it hit him.

"You like her don't you?"

"No!"

Kiba smiled and said "Oh I think you do."

"Leave me the hell alone." Tsume picked up his hamburger and took it upstairs to his room.

"I don't like her." He told himself. "Why would she even care about me? We have nothing in common. I'm an outcast. I could never fit in her perfect life. It would never work."

"Well you don't know if you never try." Kiba said, standing in Tsume's doorway.

"What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing." Kiba smiled and gave Tsume a strange look.

"What is that all about?"

"You should try it. Something tells me you and her are more alike than you think. You maybe wrong, and you and her maybe the best thing that ever will happen to each other."

"What if your wrong?"

"You're afraid, aren't you?"

"Afraid of what?"

"Falling in love with her and being loved. You've never really, have been loved, have you?"

"Humph. Go away."

"Ok I'll go but I think you should go after her. If you don't, I will."

Tsume grew mad and screamed. "Leave her alone!"

Kiba smiled and walked out shutting the door behind him.