In beginning this chapter, as those who read my fic have noticed (last chapter) I started dedicating my chapters to reviewers! I just wanted to let you know that I will be doing this every chapter! That being said, I'd like to dedicate this chapter to kai I'd also like to apologize to this person in saying I'm a major hypocrite! Last chapter I talked about getting back to reviewers to let them know I appreciate them. My e-mailing service had something wrong with it, and wouldn't allow me to get back to them! So sorry! I really appreciated your review! Anyways! On with Chapter Eleven!

Kagome watched as Sesshoumaru drove away from the door of her apartment. So many things had gone wrong today, and it had been her and her stupid minds fault.

'You don't know if you were wrong or not. No use crying over spilt milk.'

Kagome shook her head sadly sending her raven locks twirling around her. She stepped in to her apartment and closed, and locked the door. She glanced around the messy room and sighed.

'You've been doing that a lot lately… sighing.'

Yeah, she had. It was always because of Sesshoumaru too. Stupid Sesshoumaru with his stupid pretty looks. Stupid, stupid, stupid. She didn't deserve him anyways! She was being so superficial.

'You'd like him… even if… even if he looked like a toad! Yeah right…'

Kagome grabbed the phone and sat down on the comfy seats of her couch. She needed to be comforted and Sango was really good at that sort of thing. Kagome quickly dialed her number and listened to it ring for it seemed forever. Kagome heard the machine pick up, and once again felt that lump rise in the back of her throat, cutting off all air causing her to gulp. The tears blurred her vision and made this enormous pressure build behind her eyes.

"Moshimoshi! This is Sango! I'm not here right now so if you'll leave your name and number, I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Except you Houshi…"

Kagome heard Miroku whine in the background and couldn't help but give a watery smile at her friend. Er, her friend's machine. She heard the beep and felt the dam break.

"Sango," Kagome sniffled, wiping tears away with the side of her hand, "I ruined it. You know, about what we were talking about earlier? I think I might need to return that dress, because it's not for little sisters!" Kagome felt fresh tears carve their way in her eyes and rapidly fall down her think long lashes, and plopped on her pale creamy cheeks, that were reddening from her lack of air. "Get back to me as soon as possible ok? Bai."

Kagome clicked off the phone and pulled her knees to her chest. She bit the bottom of her lip and looked around. Her apartment was really lonely. She sighed, wiped away the last of her tears, and dragged herself off the comfy cushions. She padded her way to her bedroom and slipped into her pajamas, which consisted of a large t-shirt and some shorts. She turned on the TV on her way to the kitchen. She opened her cabinets and took out all the things she needed for a sundae. She grabbed the bowl and got the vanilla ice cream out of the freezer. She got out her ice-cream scoop and looked at it, then at the carton of ice cream. She smiled and put away the bowl and scoop. She got a big spoon and brought the chocolate syrup, cherries, whipped cream, and sprinkles over to the couch. She sat down and pulled her coffee table close to the couch and sat everything down. She put in her favorite tear-jerker and plopped down on the couch. She sprayed the whipped cream in her mouth, some chocolate syrup, took a huge bite of ice cream and plopped a cherry in there. Now THAT, was heaven. Except that she was lonely, and sad. Yeah… she was like one of those girls on TV that ate and ate, and it didn't do anything to make them feel better. They ended up getting fat, and becoming anorexic or bulimic. Well… this wasn't TV and she wasn't one of those girls, she was just likethem by eating the ice cream.

'So screw them…' Kagome thought grumpily.

Kagome felt her eyelids beginning to droop and fought tooth and nail to stay awake. She ended up curled up in the fetal position on her couch, drooling on her favorite pillow as the ice cream melted in the container. And the TV gave off white snow when the movie quit rolling.

It would appear that Ice-cream heals a woman's sorrows…

Sesshoumaru pulled away from her apartment building complex and felt her eyes on him. He willed himself not to look back and keep driving. He pulled out into the road and decided to do what always got his mind off of things that caused him inner pain. It's what he did when his mother died, in a way, and it's what he did when Kagura died, its what he did whenever he remembered any of those people. And now, because of Kagome he was going to do it.

Work

Work always calmed his nerves and took his mind off of things that caused him distress. It was like his oasis in the desert.

Walking up to the building he nodded at the security guards that were on night duty and made his way inside the building. He walked up to the elevator and waited as it came up to his floor. He stepped out onto the cream tiled floors and headed to his office. He stepped inside the white oak doors, and headed to his desk. This desk had been there for him when nobody else had, when nobody else could! Of course, to the out side eye, he looked like regular Sesshoumaru, emotionless face, and hard eyes. That night was spent on research and going over files, for hours upon multiple hours.

Sorrow for the workaholic, is drowned out by cups of coffee and drooping eyelids.

Kagome woke up the next morning early. She blinked her eyes and sat up groggily. She looked around at the mess of the liquidized ice cream sitting in the container, and the snowy TV making an awful noise, which she guessed is what woke her up. She sighed and got up and stretched her muscles, and painfully found she had a crick in her neck.

'Damn.'

She slowly made her way to the kitchen where she pulled out the coffee, and the eggs. While her eggs were frying and her coffee brewing, she walked back into the den and turned the TV to the news, or… where the news usually was. Saturday morning cartoons were on. She smiled as she remembered the particular 'toon on right now was one of her favorites when she was a kid.

'Wait a minute…'

Kagome's eyes widened when she realized it was Saturday.

"Oh shit!"

God! Why did it have to be Saturday? Why did she have to have that fight with Sesshoumaru? Why did she have to forget they were supposed to leave last night?

"Shit, shit, shit!"

Kagome ran into the kitchen and turned off the stove and snatched the coffee out of the machine and hurriedly ate her eggs and drank her coffee. She then ran into her room and packed all of her clothes that had been previously laid out on her bed, ready to be packed neatly in her suitcase.

'How did I miss this?'

Kagome smiled some as she found the situation kind of humorous. That really came to bite her in the ass. Asking Sesshoumaru of course. She really didn't know a thing about the man, and now… she wasn't sure if she wanted to. But it'd be rude not to call to see if he didn't want to go anyways. Kagome sighed and dropped her head. Why did she always have to be so kind? Kagome looked at her bedside table and picked up her phone. She dialed the first few numbers, but paused before she hit the last button.

'What if he hangs up on me?'

Well… then he doesn't want to go and you have to go alone. Again…

The word echoed around in her head and played with her emotions. She felt the, oh so common, tears well up in her tired eyes.

'Why me?'

She frowned and finally hit the last button and listened as it rang twice and then, and slightly sleepy, yet still deep voice came on the phone.

"Taisho speaking."

Kagome's breath became lodged in her throat. He sounded so… innocent in the mornings. She quickly realized she needed to respond and she took a deep breath and finally…

"H-h-hey Sesshoumaru. It's me, um… Kagome. I know this might not be the best time, because of yesterday. But, I was wondering if you still wanted to go to my family reunion with me, or not. Because I completely understand if you don't want to."

Kagome crossed her fingers and waited for his reply.

"Kagome…"

Kagome couldn't help but smile at the way he said Kagome. He said it as if he were tired, just like a friend would. Kagome scrounged up her face and stuck her tongue out. That was the kind of thinking that got them into a 'fight' in the first place!

"Yes Sesshoumaru?"

She said it with so much feeling, hoping he'd catch it. She knew he would…

"Yes Sesshoumaru?"

Damn her. Damn her to hell! He caught the feeling in her voice. He couldn't refuse now! He'd feel so guilty. He almost smiled as he could only picture her now, sitting in a large t-shirt with the phone squashed to her ear, with her tired eyes and messy hair splayed all around.

'Cute.'

Sesshoumaru sighed and shook his head. They were 'friends' and that was that. He couldn't refuse a friend.

"Yes… I will come. Were we not supposed to leave yesterday night?"

He heard her soft laughter and allowed a small smile to settle awkwardly upon his lips. Maybe… maybe things would get better?

"Yes, we were. But… things, came up and I had to very importantly fall asleep on my couch and drool into my pillow while my ice cream melted. Besides, last night was really just to talk to the family. No big deal! I'll be there in about 10 minutes…"

He stared at the phone and smiled a little wider. She really was a strange girl.

"Kagome…"

"Uh-huh?"

"Do you know where I live?"

Kagome blushed, even over the phone. How could she be so forgetful?

"Heh, I guess that would be good huh?"

She heard a small sigh on the other end, and could practically see Sesshoumaru shake his head, a small smile playing at his lips. She pouted, looking quite silly with her messed hair and disheveled appearance.

"Hey! I was just excited!"

She heard the sigh again and started laughing.

"Well… where do you live?"

She listened carefully as Sesshoumaru gave her directions. She quickly packed her clothes, brushed her hair and teeth and ran out of the door. She left the reminders of yesterday on the table. Not yet knowing if she wanted to throw them away just yet.

Sesshoumaru sighed and quickly got out of his bed, and winced at the protesting muscles. So what if he'd stayed up till 4 doing work. It was only… 5 now. Sesshoumaru felt the groan tear through his throat and shuffled his way to his closet where he threw clothes, somehow still neatly, into a bag and quickly brushed his teeth and hair, and began to leave his room when he realized something.

'I don't have on any clothes.'

Ok, well… that wasn't entirely true. He had on his boxers. And that was it.

'I guess only one hour of sleep is beginning to take it's toll on my mind.'

He would have probably blushed, if he had done that sort of thing. But he didn't so, he didn't. He put on a pair of black pants and a white button down shirt and then walked down the stairs when he heard the doorbell ring. He opened the door and took in the appearance of Kagome. She was standing there in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that was a little bit big according to today's skin-tight standards. It hung loose around her stomach and bagged slightly at her jeans. Her hair was down and she had it still slightly mussed, he could tell she quickly ran the brush through it. Her eyes were tired and her skin was pale. She had no make-up on, and Sesshoumaru swore that he'd never seen a more beautiful creature in his life. She was standing there, the sun barely peaking its head over the clouds. The sky was littered red with dawn, and an angel was on his doorstep. And if the moment wasn't perfect already, the lovely creature smiled at him.

It seemed as though he forgot how to breathe.

"Hello Sesshoumaru…"

'The angel speaks…'

Did ya'll like it? Sorry for the delay, I was at the lake all weekend! Remember to R&R !