Chapter 4
"Bye guys." Kira yelled over her shoulder at Conner and Ethan. When she was out of earshot, Ethan looked at Conner.
"What?"
"Okay Conner, what did you do now, yesterday Kira hated you and now she's all over you."
"Ethan, this is Kira we're talking about, she always hates me one minute and loves me the next."
'Well you got the love part right' Ethan muttered under his breath.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, I was talking to myself."
"Okay."
"So, are you coming tommorrow night?"
"Of course, I can't miss another one of her shows. For her sake or mine."
"So no plans with Anna?"
"No, Anna said she had some things to do, and wouldn't be able to make it."
"Well I got to go, but I'll see you later."
"Alright later, Ethan."
As Conner watched Ethan leave he was startled out of his thoughts when someone tapped him on the shoulder.
"Hey Conner."
"Anna. What can I do for you?"
"You can tell me where Kira is."
"She just left about five minutes ago."
"Do you know where she went?"
"To practice for tommorrow."
"Where does she go to practice?"
"Why are you asking me all these questions?"
"I need to talk to her."
"Okay, um, she usually goes to Hayley's or the lake. Normally during the week, she's at Hayley's but on Thursday's she goes to the lake to get everything fine tuned before the show, without any interuptions."
"Thanks Conner."
"Anytime." 'Why do I get the feeling something is going to happen between those two?' He thought as he watched Anna walk away.
"Shouldn't you be halfway home by now, Conner?" Tommy asked, coming out of his classroom.
"Not today Dr. O, I got more important places to be." Tommy smiled knowing what Conner meant.
"I'll see you tommorrow Conner."
At the lake, Kira sat quietly strumming her guitar. There was no noise whatsoever at the lake so it was easy to know when someone was walking around. She wasn't completely surprised when she heard the leaves rustling behind her.
"Come on Conner, you know better than to come here." She said not turning around.
"Sorry to dissapoint you, Kira but I'm not Conner."
Kira sighed. She knew that voice.
"Hello Anna. What are you doing here?"
"I needed to talk to you, so I asked Conner where I would most likely be able to find you."
"Well you found me, talk."
"I just want to know one thing. Why don't you like me?"
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am. I've never done anything to you. So why don't you like me?"
"You are taking Conner away from me. Before you got here, we did a lot of stuff together, Me, Him, and Ethan and ever since you showed up, it's just been me and Ethan. Now I love Ethan, but I can't connect to him on the level that I can with Conner and I can't connect with Conner anymore because he's always with you. You take my friends from me and you take my life. Everytime I see you leaving with him, it kills me."
"Kira, you have to understand that I didn't want to move out here. I liked it in Florida, my mom made me move out here. I was just the new kid in town with nobody to talk to, Conner came to me and offered me that chance to talk to someone and get to know someone out here. When I saw the three of you together, I said to myself, 'I would love to have a group of friends out here like that.' I never meant to take him out of your group, my intentions were to become a part of your group, not break it up or strain it."
"Do you really mean that?"
"Yes, I do. Let me ask you something, Kira. Would you act the same way if I had taken Ethan instead of Conner?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, you made a big deal about me taking Conner from you guys, would you have resented me the same, if I had taken Ethan?"
"I don't even know how to answer that."
"I think you just did because if it was a 'Yes' answer you would have said it. I want you to answer me honestly, Kira. Do you have feelings for Conner?"
"Yes." Kira said, barely above a whisper.
"I'm Sorry?"
"Yes. I have feelings for Conner."
"So that's the real root of our problems."
"Yeah."
"So why don't you tell him?"
"I can't."
"Yes you can, and I know the perfect way to do it."
"How?"
"Do it tommorrow night,onstage. Don't worry, he'll be there."
"I don't the type of song for it."
"Don't use one of your songs then, do a cover song."
"I can't think of any that would work."
"I can. Come on, I'll help you out."
"You would do that for me?"
"I'd do anything for my friends. Let's go."
With that, the two girls got up and went to Anna's house to start three things: The song, Kira's relationship with Conner, and their friendship.
TBC.