Chapter Five

Once again, the vein in my dad's neck was throbbing and noticeable. "But daddy…"

"Don't 'but daddy' me. Ever since your mother died you've been acting out and now, finally I'm going to end it. You are not to see that boy again, no matter how nice he may seem, and you may visit your friend Kairi under my circumstances. You must be at home by six 'o'clock, non-negotiable. You must be in a regular place and no meeting with these boys. Got that?"

That may have seem like a questions but it wasn't, I could tell. "Yes daddy," I lowered my head and got up and exited. I was barely unable to hold the anger. I can't believe it! I was now stuck with a controller-like-dad! What happened to the dad who let me do anything? Ugh, why? I opened the door to my room and found Kairi on my balcony.

"Kairi, what are you doing here?" I walked out to where she was.

"I'm inviting you to a party. Come on get ready."

"I can't, my dad won't let me out of the house for a long time. I really want to go," I sat down onto a chair resting near the railing.

"Riku was hoping you'd come, and that Kita girl is coming…"

"What? Kita is coming? Who invited her?" I stared flabbergasted.

"This girl who thinks Kita's so cool. She's young and naive." Kairi stated.

"I really wish I could go now." I leaned back and stared at the stars.

"Come on, sneak out." Kairi pleaded.

"I really can't, probably by now my dad has stationed people around the house to make sure I don't get out," I explained.

"Someone's overprotective."

"Yeah, wait. How did you get in here anyway?" I'm surprised she didn't get caught.

She gave me a sly smile," I had some help. Now get dressed and let's go."

How could I argue with her. She found a dark blue baby doll dress in my closet. She flung it at me, "Hurry up."

We snuck down the side and found two bicycles waiting. "How did you get two of them here?"

"Like I said I had some help."

The party was held at a huge, and when I say huge I mean HUGE! Who could have a house like this? Well I could but it was back on the mainland.

I turned to Kairi, "Whose house is this?"

"This is…it's…I don't know. I just got an invitation and that's all."

"Oh," how could they not know whose house this is? It is nice, but mine is better. I mean was better.

"Hey, there are the guys. Uh-oh."

"What do you mean 'uh-oh'?" I looked at where the boys were and Riku was dancing with Kita. "Kairi, I'm leaving." Kairi grabbed my arm.

"Look," I looked at them again and Riku was pushing Kita away. "Come on." We pushed our way to through the crowd and finally stopped. "Hey guys, look who've I've got," and she pushed me at Riku.

"Hey," I smiled meekly.

"Hey, I didn't think you were coming," Riku smiled, a huge smile. That was really the first time I saw him smile. He grabbed my hand and led me out onto the dance floor. I looked up at his ice blue eyes and noticed they melted and I melted before them, I hadn't even notice my favorite song play. (Chemicals React by Aly and AJ) He leaned in towards my ear and whispered, "Now how bout' that reward?" He pulled me closer and the lights brightened, the music ended and a man appeared dressed in black. Many screamed out protests for pausing the party.

"Oh no," I muttered. Riku looked at me and let go. The man's crimson eyes scanned the room and finally landed on me. Oh God, why was he here. This man was fairly attractive, he had dark tanned skin with bright red hair and those horrifying eyes. He noticed me and walked down the winding stairs. The lights dimmed once again the music resumed. Riku had disappeared and I was left alone in this sea of people. I hastily looked for the nearest exit and ran. I stopped when I saw Riku standing there.

"Riku, hey. Where'd you go?"

"What's up with you? I think for one moment you like me then the next you're staring at some guy. What's up?" I let out a breath.

"It's not that, it's just that…" I noticed he was coming closer, "I'll explain tomorrow, okay. Got to go." I ran as fast as I could to where Kairi and I had left the bikes. I mounted and rode to my house. I hid the bicycle behind a bush and climbed back up to my balcony.

"Ah, Arisa Tanaka. So good to see you again." He was sitting on the bed holding a long stemmed red rose.

"What are you doing here, Kahn?"