Great Expectations and the Perfectionist Chapter 12: Kai's and Emily's Life of Dignity, a beyblade fanfic

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Chapter 12: Kai and Emily's Life of Dignity

Emily's Viewpoint

2 years later (Age: 20)

Well we just graduated from O'daylawn Academy and Kai and I graduated magna cume laude, honors 4.0, and valedictorian. I'm surprised with all the accidents that happened in our first year.

"Miss. Dennison and Mr. Hiwatari would you like some intern jobs this summer?" The councilor looked at us after our graduation ceremony. "Jobs as high as yours are at a young age are hard to come by, what do you think?"

I looked at Kai and he shrugged. "We'll have to talk to our previous summer intern job supervisor first. We were getting an offer from back in America from the BBA but that's not until September so maybe."

"Very well Miss. Dennison. See you around. Here's my card if you're interested in the jobs." I nodded and took the card.

"Good Bye Mrs. Lardia. We'll be sure to check with the jobs. Right Kai." I looked at him and elbowed him in the rib.

"Ya, whatever Emily said. I don't care I'm already out of money from everything." I forgot that when he moved in he had barely enough money to cover him for 2 years and the apartment was 20 of from the BBA. The All Stars had paid for everything and not to mention my hospitalization.

We returned to the apartment center. Kai was about to go into his house. "Kai here, take it. You need it more than I do. I owe you it." I handed him an envelope with a check in it for 1,000.

"Emily…" I was already in my room calling up Mr. Dickinson. Kai was upset that I took pity on him and gave him 1000 but honestly he and I knew he needed. Would he ask for it? No. Would he survive without it? No. Was he going to suffer without money and be kicked out without it? Yes. With my help would he? No.

"Mr. Dickinson, it's Emily. Hello." I responded quietly to his question.

"Hello Emily. So what can I do for you?" What could you do for me well a lot but I don't want to ask a lot.

"I was wondering that since we are off the scholarship program. Can we get normal summer intern jobs? We can still do tutoring after our jobs but we can't get paid to go to school if we're not going and we need to be paid to tutor." I was worried if he wouldn't and we had to keep working for free then we were in for it, I hope not. I could make it on own, but Kai couldn't.

"Sure Emily, you and Kai are free of the scholarship and we'll pay you to come from 5-8 and tutor the kids on beyblading. The duo of Samantha and Kaelan are really good. I'm sure they'd want you to return."

"Thanks Mr. Dickinson. We'll run a shift until 4:30 and be there at 5 on the dot, thanks so much, really." I was so happy.

"Okay Emily, good luck on the job search though." I thanked him again and hanged up.

Kai came into my apartment and was very upset because I gave him the 1,000 dollars. "Kai why is so bad that I gave you 1,000 dollars? I mean you needed it but… you annoy me so much." I sighed and threw the pillow I was holding onto, onto the ground.

"Would you like it if I gave you 1,000 dollars? Do you know how far that much money will hold me for?" I nodded.

"One year, more than enough time to get a job setup for yourself and get everything you need in order. I gave you time, a chance but will you be smart enough to except it? Let me answer that. No." He sighed and walked over to lean against a wall.

"Answer my first question before you go saying that I acted irrationally. I'm sure you would have done the same thing." He's right, dignity is one thing that's very snappy on our attitudes.

"So yes if you gave me money I probably wouldn't accept it because your having financial problems like me. If you haven't noticed, I'm living off of beyblading, my team and my parents. You're living off of beyblading alone and you need it so take it." I exhaled very hard and finally relaxed. "Dignity is something we both hold dear to us. We don't need help, we don't need pity, we don't need anyone to be there for us but isn't our dignity just a false lie."

"I guess they are but doesn't mean we shouldn't be pathetic and beg is it?" I raised my hands from my sides to face and wanted to scream. He had to be difficult, he had to make this hard.

"No, we just need to have dignity; Admit when we're wrong, admit when we need help. Answer this honestly. Would you rather fall into debt, get kicked out of the apartment complex and live life from day to day then take the money from me? Would you have is a better question? Would you have let that happen to you than ask for money?" Kai laughed. He walked up to me and kissed me on the cheek.

"I really can't answer the first question because you wouldn't let me. I most likely would have lived a horrible life and live from day to day than ask you for money. It's not like I hate you but… Do you even know what dignity is?" I rolled my eyes.

"Ya, it's admitting when you're wrong and when you need help. Duh." Kai laughed he shook his head.

"We both have dignity when it comes to by the book definition. Dignity is the quality of being worth self-respect. If your choices lead you to have self-respect and honorable." I started laughing.

"Answer me this actually no don't. I would have no respect for you and neither would anyone if you chose to live a horrible life everyday if you could have just asked. It would be your choice. Maybe your dignity means to live by your own rules, do everything yourself and rely on yourself but mine doesn't and I don't think that gives you dignity because it doesn't give others respect of you. It doesn't for me." Ew. Was I mad at Kai.

Kai's Viewpoint

It hurt, something inside of me was hurting me. It wasn't physical but her words upset me and hurt me. I know this is pretty stupid but, what does what you're saying effect me so? "Emily, that is hurting me." I said as if I was asking why it did and still saying it as a statement. "Why?"

Emily clearly didn't understand at first but she looked at me and she smiled. "Because I got through to the Kai that knows I'm right. That's good news. You still don't get it, do you?" I shook my head.

"I must be wrong then, aren't I?" She smiled but didn't nod, didn't shake her head. She could be confusing.

"You have just too much… let's see… um… …Pride. I guess that's the word. You take everything you do and say to the highest extent. If you need something done you do it yourself. You rely only on yourself and if you don't see it I do. You can't do it on your own. No one can rely only on themselves. You need others." She looked like she was crying and it just kept hurting something inside of me. Was it her crying or what she was saying or both?

"So what should I do because you seem to know exactly what to do?" She looked up from being sad and smiled.

"Just don't rely only on yourself. If you are dying you just like everyone else will go to the hospital even when you're hurt. Do the same thing with everything else. That would made everything a bit easier for you. Just take it a step at a time. Keep the money and so it's not just giving it to you. If anyone asked that's your birthday money. $50 dollars a birthday times 20 birthdays I've missed will equal $1000 dollars trust me." I smiled, Emily always wins and some things never changes when it's an argument involving feelings she'd win every time.

"Thanks Emily, trust me I'd much rather be here than on the streets but I'd much rather live on the street than ask you for money. I just prefer to do things the hard way." She nodded and laughed. I left and went back to my room.

Emily and I were going back to our old school to see about those jobs and I was glad that Emily had talked with Mr. Dickinson about getting paid to work in beyblading and still being allowed to have jobs. Sam and Kaelan weren't exactly ecstatic about us not teaching them all day during the summer but they calmed down when they heard that if all things go well that we can still come after school. I wonder what kind of job I would start out with since I had my PHD in Doctoring.

We walked into the office and two people we knew well were standing there. One was my Anatomy teacher and the other was Emily's Honor's Chemistry 3 teacher. "Hello Miss. Dennison and Mr. Hiwatari; I am glad to see you are allowed to take these positions. Here are two letters from the people who would like to interview. That tells the pay, the hours, the place, and it will answer any questions you might have." I grabbed the packet and so did Emily and we walked off into the hall to read them.

Dear Mr. Kai Hiwatari,

I am glad to see you are interested in a job as a Doctor in the HCBDB (Hospitals Curing Beyblade Damaged Beybladers). We cure beybladers around the world that are damaged during any beyblade accident. We got to beyblading tournaments around the world incase someone gets hurt.

We have one problem with your resume. It says you have worked with doctoring humans, worked with beybladers, you beyblade but it doesn't say anything about working with scientists that study bit-beasts. Most of today's hurt bladers are either cut with peaces of their blade which we don't usually cure or are bit-beast cuts from the battle. We would need you to go to college for 2 years and work on that prior to beginning with us unless you have someone who could teach you.

We're sorry that we can't take you but that is the main purpose of working with the HCBDB.

Mr. Ludington of the HCBDB

I sighed and read Emily's letter over her shoulder. I was a bit disappointed in myself that I hadn't of caught that before now. I mean after all the damages I've had from battling people like Tyson, Ray, Max and lately Emily. I'm sure I would have called them a few hundred times. I never did I just stuck it out and hoped it would heal but I now realize that these damages never did heal, they are still there. The bones and sprains may have been healed but not the scratches from the blade.

Dear Miss. Emily Dennison,

You're application has been accepted my many places but I am glad to see that you have returned to the BBA with your scientific knowledge. We would be glad to have you work with us in America with your old team and part time with the HCBDB. Or the Hospitals Curing Beyblade Damaged Beybladers. Your cures and specialty in building, designing and skills could be used anywhere but we think it would be for your convience if you return to America and work with the All Stars. The pay is 20 dollars an hour and 20 of the amount paid to the HCBDB. We will give you the hours of whatever you need after you return.

Mr. Hankins of the BBA with Partnership with the BCBDB

I was kind of upset that Emily would be going back to America. I would miss her but she was getting paid a lot of money and would be doing what she wanted. I was glad she would be out of financial debt and would have more than enough money to pay for anything she could ever need.

Emily saw me reading her letter and looked at me. She snatched my letter out of my hand surprising me and catching me off guard then she read it. I tried to take it back but she walked away and locked herself in another room.

She came out and asked her teacher for a pen and paper to write a letter. She didn't say anything else but she went into the room leaving the door open. She saw me coming and walked over and closed the door.

She wrote down a letter and then came out and gave it to her teacher. It was probably and acceptance letter for the position and she didn't want me to read it for whatever reason.

We went home and either she knows me o too well or she knew how I would feel because of the letter and she looked at me and smirked. "You do know I didn't take the job." My jaw dropped and I was surprised.

"Are you crazy Emily? You would have been rich and retired in a few years. Are you sure you're okay?" She laughed and that was it. "Tell me why you didn't accept the job."

She looked at me and smart mouth-like smirked at me and laughed. What she did next was just so… well ignorant of her. She examined me and with a girlish flare walked off laughing. She left her door open and I followed her in. She was just testing me but she was so tempting my patience but after waiting for everything I wasn't left with any for her.

I followed her in and leaned against the wall and crossed my arms. "I'm not going to tell you because you're being stupid Kai. Think, I mean we got the same scores, same grades and are at the same level. You aren't better than me at anything and neither am I over you. It's so simple." What was she talking about? I don't get it but I'll play along with her little escapade.

"Ow Emily, you're not as smart as you think. You are ignorant to a few things you are much better than me at." She looked surprised and now we were on even ground. I walked over to the couch and with a finger pushed her into a sitting spot and sat next to her.

"Okay, write down what you know on this paper and I will on this sheet we will exchange the papers and finally be on the same step. If you haven't realized it but we are never on the same step." I nodded and took the paper and wrote down what she a few things that she didn't know. I like her wanted to be on the same step in our lives. We were on the same level in so many things but now we weren't.

My note to Emily:

Emily you are better than me when it comes to emotions. You've felt love, been properly cared for. You use your heart and mind when ever you do something. You try to only use some feeling but you unlike me have feelings and can't hide them. You've given me something that I've never thought possible to have. Feelings and Love. I love you, Emily. You are so complicated and so delicate. You have feelings that I only dream to have and you are just so tempting to me. You constantly challenge me and for that I love you.

I Love You Emily- From: Kai

I looked up from the note trying to hide the feeling I felt. Emily had given me feelings. I had long ago blocked them from my mind and thank Emily that she had brought them back to me. I realized that when you block you memories you block feelings and you will though they are horrible and you'd wish you'd forget but you will forever wish you didn't.

I will forever regret sealing away the horrible memories of my childhood. Yes they were horrible. No I wouldn't want to remember them. But I would give anything within reason to be able to remember feelings that I just now remember. I love Emily and I'd do anything to have those many levels that Emily holds above me. To be on her level is an honor above all others.

I looked and she had stopped writing and we switched notes. I opened hers.

Kai, I would never leave you. It's as simple as I said. I love you Kai. I could never leave you. It has nothing to do with money, a job, or my stupidity. It is a simple as this Kai. You've stayed my side and I you. I'm don't want to leave you Kai. If I had it my way I'd never leave your side. I don't know how you feel about me but that's how I feel about you. I don't care about how you act, your money, your job or anything like people think a good fancy American girl would but they are wrong.

I love you Kai- Emily.

I was literally speechless and I we both looked up from the letter smiled and blushed. Usually I would have hid it but there was no reason to. It was perfect. We were on the same step finally. We both loved each other. She was always a step in front of me but now I think she brought me up to her level.

"Kai." That's all her voice could voice without cracking. I smiled and she crawled on top of my chest. She had pushed me down and she was on top of me much like I did to her so many years ago. It was only 3 but 3 is a long time. We haven't done this in 3 years and I did quite miss this. Being this close to Emily made me fall in love with her all the more. Then she just gently let her wait down on top of me and leaned her body on top of mine and we kissed.

After a few minutes we broke; both of us out of breath and as happy as any two people could be. I smiled as I saw her face it was so pale and so gentle on top of mine. Wow, I never realized it but it was really late and we were really close. I'm glad that neither of us had anywhere to go until about noon tomorrow because we were a mess. If anyone came in they would be very suspicious.

I opened my eyes and looked at Emily and realized what she said was exactly what I felt. She knew me o too well and I her. "Emily." She lifted her head of my chest and pushed her hands up so she could see me.

Emily's Viewpoint

"Will you get off of me for a moment?" Are you crazy Kai? I didn't actually say that but I crawled off of him and sat back on the couch and he got up and bent down on one knee and looked at me. "Emily, will you marry me?" I was utterly and seriously speechless. It was like a mute had switched with me. I tried but I couldn't.

He started laughing. I was talking and babbling on but nothing came out. I tried to do anything that would say yes but I couldn't make myself. It was like someone took over myself who hated Kai. I didn't know what to do. I realized I could faint and give myself time to relax from the shock. So I fainted right onto Kai but before I did I screamed.

The scream was so loud that anyone in the building woke up and rushed into the room. I'm just glad that they didn't come in a few minutes ago. I didn't really faint I was pretending but I had no control of my body so whoever was controlling me maid me scream then faint.

"Emily, Emily, are you okay?" I couldn't move and I couldn't say yes and I really wanted desperately to say this I tried with all my strength and I kicked whoever was controlling me's butt.

"Yes, I'm fine and Yes Kai, I will marry you." Everyone who was in the room which was the whole building was like aw. Then I fell asleep right there in Kai's arms and I was the happiest, most tired, engaged fiancé ever.

I awoke. I looked around. Where am I? I thought I was at Kai's last I remember. This is my room. He must have brought me back. I looked at the clock. 2:36. Was that am or pm. I tried to make out the little lettering my the numbers and it was…pm. I am two and a half hours late for tutoring the kids at the BBA center. Kai is so going to kill me. Kai. Last night. I'm engaged. I looked at my bed-side table. It was a box with a note on it.

Dear Emily,

I don't know what was going on with you last night but the doctor said you were having a seizure. I don't know but you had no control of your body but it seems your fine now. I'm glad you're awake. Open the box I left for you and then read the back of this.

Kai

I picked up the tiny box and looked inside of it. It was a diamond ring. I quickly remember last night.

Flashback:

"Emily, Emily, are you okay?" I couldn't move and I couldn't say yes and I really wanted desperately to say this I tried with all my strength and I kicked whoever was controlling me's butt.

Flashback Over

I'm engaged to Kai, I'm engaged to Kai. Yeah me. Yeah me. I stood up and looked at the diamond and turned over the note.

Emily, if you choose to accept. I would like to have your hand in marriage. This would make me forever happy. Kai.

I got dressed in a new skirt and pants and ran across the street and into the training office without stopping and I tackled Kai in the room. He was so surprised.

"Of course I will Kai, how could you ever doubt me and yourself? That would make me the happiest girl on the planet. Yes I will. I Emily Dennison will marry you, Kai." Kai smiled and the kids in our class just smiled at us.

The kids clapped and we smiled I being held in Kai's arms and we finished training and then we were left with my two favorite students; Kaelan and Sam.

"I hope I don't end up marrying Sam. I mean she's a girl and look at her." Kaelan mentioned and Sam smartly smiled.

"I think you just don't want to tell me how you really feel." I started laughing and Kai looked at me as did the kids.

"A girl who over analyzes everything, a boy who doesn't understand his own feeling and others. This seems like a very farmiliar story doesn't it Kai." He nodded and laughed. They two kids had questioning looks on their face.

I walked up to the chalk board and wrote an equation on the board. It was Emily is Equal to Sam and Kaelan is equal to Kai. Kai plus Emily is equal to Sam plus Kaelan. Kai and I laughed uncontrollably.

Not End.