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Disclaimer: I only own Theresa and Amelia and Kitori and Simon (Kai's older brother...My Fic...my Charries deal with it)....please ask if you want to use any of them in your stories, my email is on my profile page, if you wanna ask me. I repeat, I do not own anyone else!!!!

Ch. 2 The Mind Plays Tricks

Max was sitting on Tyson's livingroom rug. "Hey Tys, have you heard form Kai or Rei lately?"

"Not since I had that fight with Rei." Tyson was sitting down opposite Max. "Maybe Mariah has, I'll call her." picking up the phone.

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"Yeah what, you havn't heard?" the girl's voice said.

"Heard what?" Tyson asked.

"Rei and Kai are engaged." Mariah said excitedly. "Opps gotta go Tys, Lee's getting covered in baby food." she giggled as she hung up the phone.

Tyson's mouth was wide open. "What's wrong?" Max asked.

"Rei and Kai are engaged."

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"Kai come back to bed." Rei said sleepily.

"Rei it's 2:00pm...I gotta teach an Art class in two hours."

"That's a long time away."

"Not really, I still have to prepare my lesson and go have coffee with Kitori." Kai said putting on his pants.

"Does she know?" Rei asked.

"Yeah I told her yesterday on MSN. She was as excited as Mariah."

Rei pulled Kai back onto the bed. "Rei, I have to go."

Rei pulled the sheet over their heads. "Please stay...for me?"

"Sorry Rei, I would if I could."

"Call in sick or something." Rei begged.

Kai put his coat on. "I can't"

Rei moved to kiss Kai's neck, but Kai pulled away before Rei got close enough. "I'll be home soon..." He blew a kiss to Rei and left the apartment.

Rei caught the kiss, held it close and dosed off into a dreamy sleep. "Kai..." he muttered.

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Kai stood waiting for the bus to pull up. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure. The man was dressed in black. He blinked and the figure was gone. "Where'd he go?"

"Heya Kai!" a boy with blonde hair strolled up. "So I just heard...when's the big day?"

"Sometime in Spring..." Kai knew that Mariah had probably told them....or it had been Amelia, who heard from Mariah...but he knew he couldn't keep it secret for long.

They stepped onto the bus. They sat in silence for a while. "So how'd you find out?"

"Mariah."

"Oh...this is my stop....see you later Max."

Kai stepped off and walked into the building.

A/N: Ok so my second chapter is done....see everyone again.