Warning! This chapter is a short one. By the way, I know some of you are pissed because Chad isn't much of an antagonist but I did that on purpose. It adds more conflict to the story. Oh well, that's all. Please R&R. )

Nothing Ever Does

I walked through the side of Nigel's house furiously. No one knew I was there but I didn't care. My mind was focused on doing only one thing. I entered the backyard and I was going to go to the clubhouse but I realized I didn't need to. What I was looking for was there in the yard itself.

"Wally?" Kuki said when she saw me. I didn't say a word to her. I just approached her and by the way she looked at me, it seems that she was threatened by how I approached her. She backed off a bit but I didn't let her escape. I cornered her by slamming my hands upon the wooden wall of the clubhouse, trapping her between my arms.

"How dare you put me through all this?" I asked her in a low but furious tone.

"All what?" She trembled before me.

"It's your fault too, Kuki. You have no right to leave me suffering!"

Before she could answer the door of the clubhouse opened and Nigel, Abby and Hoagie came out. They heard my hands slam on the wall.

"What's going on here?" Hoagie said, alarmed at what he saw me doing.

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" I screamed and pointed at him. Then I turned back to Kuki and continued screaming at her. "You don't have the right to make me go through hell and just leave me there! You deserve to suffer too!"

"Wally, stop that!" Nigel tried to pull me away from her. I saw Kuki cry and run into Abby's arms but I still wasn't satisfied. The anger I had let out wasn't enough. In no time I was able to get free from Nigel's grip and I grabbed Kuki and pushed her against the wall.

"HEY!" I heard someone call. I looked far behind me and saw Chad running towards us. "What are you doing to her!" He demanded. Before he could even reach any of us, I walked up to him and pushed him.

"What's your problem!" He said bewilderedly.

"YOU!" I screamed at him, "You ruined my life, you asshole! You and Kuki did!" I continued to push him away angrily.

"What the hell are you talking about!" He pushed back.

I didn't bother to explain. He knows what he has done. All I did was attack him and next thing I knew we were wrestling each other on the ground. I've always knew that Chad was stronger than me. After all, he was bigger and older. But this time my strength was just as powerful as his. The anger was providing me all the energy I needed. As I wrestled with him, I heard calls from the others telling us to stop but I didn't stop struggling against Chad. It came to the point when we both accidentally got free of each other and we ended up on our feet at the very same time. Before I could attack him again, Kuki stood in front of him.

"WALLY, STOP IT!" She screamed at me. What she did not only alarmed me, it angered me some more. I continued to come closer but I didn't aim for Chad. I aimed for Kuki. No one was able to stop me when I grabbed her wrists and threatened her again. I didn't know what I attempted to do to her but whatever it was, I wasn't able to do it. Because the moment I grabbed her, I took a second to look at her. The moment I looked into her eyes, I blocked myself from the rest of the universe. Silence surrounded me as I looked into her eyes. Suddenly, I found myself trying to scream at her. I couldn't do it. I couldn't tighten my grip on her either. I couldn't hurt her. I found myself restrained from all that because I saw the fear in her tearful eyes. When things went back to normal and I started hearing everything else again, I found everyone trying to get me away from her. But then she did something that shocked everyone, including me.

"You guys, stop it" She gently said to everyone. I kept staring into her eyes and realized that she saw tears appearing in my eyes too. She understood right away.

"We need some time alone…" She said to the others without taking her eyes off mine.

"What are you talking about Kuki?" Chad asked her.

"Chad…" She looked at him, "Please…leave us…"

Everyone hesitantly entered the clubhouse. As for Kuki and me, we were left standing there silently, staring at each other. Finally, I gently let go of her wrists. And I weakly walked towards a tree near by and dropped myself on the ground underneath it, where its shadow was cast. Hiding in that dark spot made me appear as nothing more but a black figure of a boy crying underneath a tree. Leaning back on the tree bark, I ran my hands through my hair and to my face while I tried to get a hold of myself. Kuki slowly walked towards me and kneeled in front of me. I did my best to avoid looking into her eyes.

"Wally" She called softly.

I didn't answer her.

"I'm sorry that things have to be this way…"

I still didn't answer.

"But you have to understand, I can't just throw away everything I have…Things can't just go the way you want them to…"

Still avoiding her stare, I stood up and whispered, "Nothing ever does…" And I walked away.