Chapter 40:

The group made it to the mall and started walking to a CD store that was across the mall from the Mr. Cool, where they had left Jacob. They made it just in time, because they had only been in the store for five minutes when they saw Jacob walking out of the tux shop.

"Hey Jacob." Sam said as if they hadn't ditched him for ice cream. "Did you get your tux?"

"Yes. And it will match your dress." Jacob replied.

"Good. Now let's get out of here." Sam said, doing her best annoyed impression. She went over to Koga's side and took his hand, and Koga held Sam's hand. They both walked to the doors together and Sam got a taxi van before everyone jumped in and they all went home.

Back at Home...

Everyone immediately went to doing their own thing before they all had to go to bed. Sam had gone outside with Koga to hang with him. Sarah and Hiten were upstairs, Sarah showing Hiten a few things in Sam's room. Sango was yelling at Miroku, calling him a Lecher because he had grabbed her again. Eric was offchecking his e-mail in the study downstairs.And Inuyasha and Kagome were both seated on the couch in the family room watching TV.

Sam's mom had to go back to the hospital to work, so the house was filled with kids. Well, sort of.

Inuyasha was sitting next to Kagome. There was a movie of the Sci-Fi channel called Creature that Sam had told them was good. Inuyasha thought it was pretty dumb. A great white shark with webbed feet eating people that were on vacation on an island really didn't seem to impressive to him. It did kind of scare Kagome though, and she kept wrapping her arms around him whenever something popped up in the movie. That was probably the one thing he liked about the movie. But there were demons in his world that looked scarier than that 'creature' did. Did that mean that those demons scared Kagome as well? This was something Inuyasha felt he should keep in mind if they ever got back to their own world.

"Inuyasha." Kagome said as she looked up at him. "Doesn't this scare you at all?"

"Feh! I could kill that thing easily." Inuyasha replied.

Kagome smiled at him. He made her feal so safe, just being around him. She loved sleeping in her own bed at home, but what she loved more was sleeping in her sleeping bag on the cold floor of the forest, looking up at the stars and knowing that Inuyasha was watching over her. But tonight, they were staying at Sam's house having a good night without a worry in the world, except for the one that was living under the same roof as them, Jacob.

Kagome relaxed though. She didn't want to think of Jacob. Tomorrow afternoon, Inuyasha would become a girl again. So Kagome was going to enjoy she had with Inuyasha while he as still his normal self.

With Sango and Miroku...

"Sango! I'm sorry! It's the hand!" Miroku exclaimed as they walked down the hallway.

"You lech! Get the hell away from me!" Sango yelled as she stomped up the stairs.

"Whoa!" One of Sam's brothers yelled. It wasBilly. "What's the racket about?" Billy asked.

"That Lech!" Sango yelled.

Billy still looked confused, but still knew that hy were fighting and need to sort things out probably. "OK. Look, there is a way to solve this th-"

"Yes, there is! He keeps his hands away from my butt!" Sango yelled.

Billy's eyebrows went up. "Wow. Umm... OK. Let's talk about this a little." Billy said as he nodded to his room for both of them to come in. What in the world was Billy doing?

"OK. You're a prevert and you're mad at him for touching you." Billy said to Miroku and Sango. "You!" Billy said as he pointed to Miroku. "Apologize to her."

"I have been doing that for the past half hour!" Miroku told Billy.

"Has he?" Billy asked Sango.

"Yes." Sango replied.

"And I let her hit me as much as she wanted for fifteen minutes before that!" Miroku inormed Billy. They were seriously acting like little kids.

"OK." Billy sighed. "I think that's enough to show that he's sorry." Then Billy nelt in from of Sango. Miroku watched him curiously. "Now, please don't yell in the house. It's very hard for me to concentrate on school work and I'm sure no one else in the house wants to hear it." He said calmly.

Sango couldn't speak. He really was hot, and he was so close to her. He seemed quite mature. But she nodded to him. She was surprised her face wasn't all red from blush when he stood up.

"And you, perve." Billy said as he pointed at Miroku. "If you touch her again, I will personally see that you are given a punishment worse than anything she could do to you." Billy threatened, causing Miroku to go white. Billy muscles were probably twice the size of Miroku's, and he probably looked a lot better in Sango's eyes.

She's probably secretly drooling over him. Miroku thought. "Fine." Miroku said, not willing to start a fight.

"Good. Now both of you can go." Billy told them, and they both quickly went out of the room.

With Sam and Koga...

Sam had taken Koga out into the backyard. "What are we doing out here?" Koga asked. "It's late and dark outside."

"So?" Sam asked. She loved the dark of the night. Especially when it was liketonight, with the moon so slim. She could tell that tomorrow was going to be a new moon. She looked up, the stars could be seen so clearly. She loved it. "Come on." She said as she grabbed Koga's hand.

"Where re we going?" He asked as Sam took him further away from the house.

"It's a surprise." Sam laughed.

Koga just went with her. He found that he likes being with her more than he had ever liked to be with Kagome. He always had to fight for Kagome's attention, but with Sam, he jst had it. She gave everyone almost the same amount of attention, and she was so kind to almost everyone. He would probably follow her anywhere she took him.

"Here." Sam told Koga as she jumped up on something. It was a trampoline. Sam jumped up and down on it. "Hurry up and get up here!" She told Koga.

"Umm... OK?" Koga replied as he jumped up and landed on the trampoline to find how unstable it was. "Whoa!" He exclaimed as he fell over to find that he didn't fall on a hard surface, it really didn't hurt at all.

"You OK?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, but what is this?" Koga asked.

"It's the trampie." Sam replied. "You jump on it and it makes you go higher in the air than if you just jumped off the ground. Here." Sam said as she reached a hand out to Koga. "I'll show you."

Koga took her hand as she pulled him up before helping him balance himself. "Now just jump." Sam said. "And don't worry if you fall."

Koga jumped a little, and found out that this really was a lot of fun. He laughed a little before he landed wrong and fell on his butt. "Jeez. This thing is hard to stand on." He stated.

"You just have to get used to one I guess." Sam replied as she sat down next to him. She lad down and looked up at the stars. "It really is beautiful out tonight. Don't you think?" She asked as she looked over at Koga.

"Yeah." Koga sigh.

Sam remembered that she owed Koga a kiss, but did he want it? She turned over so she was facing Koga. Koga turned over to face her. "What?" He asked.

"I owe you a kiss." Sam told him.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." Koga told her.

Sam was blushing, and now that Koga's eyes had focused to the dark, he could see itand he chuckled.

"What?" Sam asked.

"Nothing." Koga replied.

"You don't think I'll do it, do you?" Sam asked, sounding a bit offended.

"I didn't say that." Koga told her.

"Fine." Sam said before she surprised Koga by pressing her lips to his. But Koga soon comprehended what was happening and returned the kiss before she had a chance to pull away. Then he wrapped his arms around her lower, pulling her closer to him. Sam wrapped her arms his neck then, running her hands through his hair. Koganibbled at her lower lip a bit, asking her permission to let him explore her a bit. She let him and felt as he slipped his tongue into her mouth. His hand moved around her back, as she did with her own hands on her back, exploring each other.

But there trisk was soon ended for the need of air came over them. They both breathes heavily as they looked at each other. Neither knew what to say to each other. What do you say to each other after a kiss like that? Sam knew that he was a good kisser now. But what now? Do they just inside, will they ignore each other for the rest of Koga's time here? Or will they go on like it was no big deal?

"Umm..." Sam said, breaking the silence. That was a problem with her, every silence was a bad silence for her. She didn't like silence when she was with someone. "You're a good kisser." She said as she sat up.

"Hm." Was all Koga said as he sat up next to her. He stretched a little. But that was all.

Sam looked up to the sky. It was a beautiful night, and everything just felt right. Her, Koga, the kissing, te night, everything. So why did they not really know what to do next?

Koga was smiling while Sam was confused. He looked over at her as she looked up at the stars. "You look cute when you're like that." Koga comented.

"When I'm like what?" Sam asked.

"When you look like you're in a trance. You just look so at peace like that. Like you've just let this world behind and drifted away, going into your own world where you can be in peace." Koga explained.

"No one's ever said anything like that to me before." Sam said. "People always say I look cute in every way, but never when I've drifted off like that. They all laugh at it." Sam said, then she let out a chuckle before she went back to looking at the sky. "I just, I like the night. The moonless nights the most."

"Wolves like the night too." Koga said as he rolled over so he was overtop of Sam. She smiled.

"I guess this would be a good time to say that I have a bit of an obsession with wolves too. In case you didn't notice from my room." Sam replied.

"Pictures of me, wolves, and that mutt everywhere." Koga replied.

"Don't call him a mutt." Sam said, though she was still smiling at Koga while looking up at him.

"Why not? It's what he is." Koga said, his face moving a little closer to Sam's.

"Because it's mean." Sam said.

"Maybe." Koga said before he kissed Sam again, taking it deeper and deeper by the second.

Sam wrapped her arms around Koga's neck again, pulled him closer. Koga was running his hands through Sam's hair as he continued to deepen the kiss. He heard Sam let out a moan that brought a little of the demon outof him. His kiss became a it forceful before he quickly pulled away.

"I'm sorry." Was the first thing out of his mouth as he looked down at Sam. He was straddling her, an nether of the knew how they got in that position, but Koga quickly got off of Sam and jumped off the trampoline.

"It's OK Koga." Sam said. "Really. You didn't do anything, just kissed me, kissed me really, really well. But that's still all you did. So what's wrong with-"

She stomped when Koga put a finger over her mouth. "I did go too far. That was too much for one night." He said as he removed his finger.

"OK. I understand." Sam said as she jumped off of the trampoline, Kga catching her in his arms. "I feel like a princess. Jumping into your arms like that." Sam said with a smile.

"Hm?" Koga asked. He never recalled a princes jumping into a princes arms like that.

"Never mind." Sam said with laughter in her voice as she was ready fo Koga to put her down, but he didn't. Insted he carried her into the house to join everyone else. It was getting late, and they all had school tomorrow. Not that Sam minded being carried. She really liked it. It really did make her feel like a princess.

With Eric...

"Shippo! Can you please be quiet for five minutes!" Eric exclaimed. Her was trying to write an e-mail to Lia, though it was quute hard. And Shippo babbling on the way he was, there was no way for Eric to type the e-mail.

"But-" Shippo started, but stopped when he heard the door opening and he looked to the door.

It was Sam. She walked in, her eyes closed as she danced around the room, not knowing what was wrong with Sam. Then Sam, her eyes still clothes, went over to where the boom box was that was in the study and turned it on, playing Dancing in the Moonlight, a song from A Walk To Remember. Then she danced around a little before turning around to see Eric sitting at the computer staring at her with one eyebrow raised, looking very confused. Sam jumped when she saw him.

But before she started yelling at him, Eric spoke. "What in the Hell are you doing?" He asked.

"You weren't supposed to be in here! You were supposed to be somewhere else! Plus, no one ever comes into this room! Ever! So why are you in here? And you di not see a thing." Sam said.

"OK. Yes, I can be in here, because this is not a bedroom or some private room and your mom brought me in here because I had nowhere else to go if I wanted to check my e-mail because Sarah kicked me out of your room because she wanted to be alone with Hiten." Eric explained.

"Are you serious?" Sam asked. Then she grabbed Eric by the arm.

"What are you doing?" Eric asked, trying to stay where he was.

"Let go spy on..." The e-mail address on the e-mail had caught her eyes. "Them." She finished her sentence.

"Don't read!" Eric exclaimed as he covered the monitor.

"You know she won't be seeing that until summer. That's practically the only time she checks her e-mail." Sam said.

"Are you sure?" Eric asked.

"Positive." Sam said. "Now lets go see what Sarah and Hiten are up to." Sam said.

"Whatever." Eric said, knowing that Lia probably wouldn't get the e-mail before the prom. So he just exited out of his e-mail and followed Sam up to her room.

"Where are you going?" Shippo asked.

"We're going to my room to spy on Sarah and Hiten. Wanna come?" Sam asked Shippo. "Or Kagome and Inuyasha are watching a movie if you want to go with them?"

"I'll go join Kagome and Inuyasha." Shippo replied, his cheeks red with blush.

"OK." Sam said. "They're in the family room."

Then Shippo ran out and jumped onto Kagome's lap. Neither she nor Inuyasha looked away from the TV and the walking shark creature attacked a few tourists on the island. Though Shppo definitely was closing his eyes when he got to see what the creature looked like.

AN- I'm leavingit off there. K? This is a long chapter, and I've been working on it for the past two hours. Time to go work on a different story. Plz R&R. Thanx! TTFN!