A/N: Here's chapter 13!

Chapter 13:
…Mondays…

It was another cold Monday morning, and Kai was making his way to school. It was the first day back from vacation, and he was kind of glad to be back. Maybe a little school would make everyone act normally again.

Kitty had been acting strangely since New Year's. The ride home was the longest he'd ever had with her. It was filled with awkward silence. Even though she was sitting next to him, Kitty seemed miles away. She wouldn't even look at him when he kissed her goodbye. 'Something was definitely up that night.' Kai thought to himself. When he asked Tala about her weird behavior, he simply shrugged and remained quiet.

'Come to think of it…Tala was not like himself that night either.' Kai sighed and pulled in to the school parking lot, and spotted his girlfriend sitting out on the front steps despite the frigid weather. She was rubbing her legs with her gloved hands, trying to keep warm. Kai smirked, figuring she was freezing her ass off waiting for him.

"Hey there." He greeted, walking up beside her. "Waiting for someone?"

She looked up at him, a small smile on her face. "Yeah, you." Kitty stood up and hugged him tightly.

"C'mon, let's go inside, it's freezing out here."

While the two made their way inside the school hand in hand, Kai noticed Kitty staring over her shoulder at the closing door. So she was waiting for someone…The question was: who?

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When the two arrived at Kitty's locker they found all the usual suspects. Ray and Starr were leaning on her locker, engrossed in a conversation with Tyson, Rena and Max. When they spotted Kai and Kitty approaching, they all quieted down and directed their attention to them.

The blue haired teen rolled his eyes, giving his girlfriend a quick peck on the lips. "I'll see you later." He mumbled, walking off.

Kitty strode over to her locker in silence, ignoring her friends' stares. Kai wasn't the only one to notice her odd behavior in the past couple of days. She certainly wasn't as talkative as before, and no one knew why. Not even Starr, although she was Kitty's best friend.

"So, err, yeah." Max said uncomfortably, trying to continue with normal conversation. "So…School."

Ray snorted, "Nice change of subject there, Max."

"Kitty, what's up?" Starr asked, ignoring the two boys. She put a hand on her friend's shoulder. "You've been acting…different lately."

The girl looked her friend in the eye. "Nothing's up." She replied curtly while shoving her books into her bag. "I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" Rena asked, staring at her skeptically.

Kitty shut her locker loudly, letting out a sigh. "You guys just trust me. Everything's fine."

Her friends looked at her doubtfully, but nodded and shrugged nonetheless. With that said, Kitty put on her bag and walked off, leaving the other five at the locker.

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Kitty was in Human Studies. Alone. The seat beside her, usually filled by Tala, was empty. Nothing could be worse than this. Enduring her boyfriend's mother's lectures was hard enough when Tala was around, but now she was alone. The fifty five minute class seemed to stretch into hours.

She took this time to replay the last night she was with Tala in her head. Kitty remembered every detail so clearly, as if it had happened yesterday. She sighed, raking her fingers through her long hair in frustration. Why did he have to say that? His little confession had left her world upside down. As far as Kitty was concerned, she was fine without knowing. Ever since then she couldn't take her mind off of the subject. Even when she was with Kai, she had the redhead on her mind.

'Speaking of Tala, where is he?' It was the first day back, and he was hiding from her. She had tried to call, tried to arrange a meeting, but he wouldn't answer. She wished he would pick up for once, so they could talk/

"Miss. Ryouku!" Mrs. Hiwatari yelled, rapping a ruler on her desk. "Is my lecture interrupting your little daydream session?"

"No ma'am, I think I'm sick or something." Kitty replied, thinking quickly.

Her teacher's glare softened, "Well, you may go to the nurse's room then if you don't feel well."

Kitty thanked her, gathered her things and left. She figured she might as well pass by the nurse, just in case Mrs. H decided to check up on her.

When she rounded the corner to the nurse's office, she saw someone waiting outside. "Lan?"

"Hey Kitty." Lan replied weakly. She didn't look well. Her jet black hair made her light face seem even paler. "Why are you here?"

"I got bored…" She explained. "More importantly why are you here?"

"I got a migraine in the middle of gym class."

Kitty nodded in understanding. Ever since her little outburst at the mall, Lan had been getting frequent headaches. It looked as if all the strains in her life were getting to be too much for her.

"I guess I'd be stressed out too if the guy I loved was in love with someone else…" Kitty muttered, taking the empty seat next to Lan.

"Excuse me? I'm not still in love with Max!"

"How'd you know I was talking about him?"

Lan opened her mouth about to say something, but snapped it shut. She leaned forward and held her head in her hands. The pain had come back.

"I'm sorry Lan! I didn't mean to-" Kitty started, but her friend held up a hand.

"It's ok."

The nurse came out of the room and gestured for Lan to walk in. Kitty helped her up and walked her to the office. While she was shutting the door, something caught her eye.

She turned and saw the very boy she had been looking for all morning. Tala was putting on his jacket and walking with his back to her. He didn't seem to notice her while he headed out the side door of the school.

Kitty realized what she had to do. She got up from her chair, grabbing her bag and ran towards her locker. 'Screw the rules,' she thought 'this is important.'

She got to her locker, and was busy fumbling with her lock when someone tapped her on the shoulder. Kitty gasped in surprise and turned to see who it was.

Thankfully for her, it was just a smirking Kai. "What are you doing here? You scared me!"

"I should ask you the same question." He held up a detention slip. "I got detention."

"Oh, I just came to the nurse's office. I'm going home." Kitty got her coat and shut her locker. "Have fun in detention!"

Kitty made a move to leave, but he caught the back of her backpack. "Let me drive you then. School's crap, c'mon let me come with you?"

She winced. 'This is sooo not the time Kai!' she thought. "Uh…well…No thanks. I wouldn't want you to get in more trouble…"

"Kitty…Look at who you're talking to." He said. "But all right, you can go outside in the below freezing weather and take public transportation if you really want to."

She looked at the floor, like she was thinking hard. "Okay then!" She smiled, kissing him on the cheek. "Bye!"

He watched her walk off, wide eyed and confused. Wait…What!

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Tala was unlocking the door to his car. "Fucking security guards…" He mumbled, jamming the keys in the lock. So what if it was 11:30? As far as he was concerned, school was over for him.

However, while he opened the driver's side door, a hand came up and slammed it. He turned to the culprit, glaring and prepared to shout obscenities.

"What's your-" Tala recognized the girl standing next to him. "Kitty."

She hadn't bothered to wear a coat, and was glaring at him angrily. Kitty had her bag in one hand and her coat in the other. Tala thought she looked as if she was going to slap him. Instead she dropped her stuff on the ground, grasping the fabric of his jacket and pulling his face down to hers.

Tala was surprised, but gained his composure quickly. He pressed her against the side of the car, and pulled her close to him. Kitty reached up and tangled her fingers in his hair. When she finally pulled away, her eyes were closed and a small smile was on her lips.

"Wow." Tala murmured, nuzzling her neck. "Just…wow."

"Playing hooky?" she asked, gesturing to the car, receiving a nod in reply. "I'm coming with."

"Where to?" Tala asked, as they got into the car.

"Anywhere," Kitty replied dazedly, staring out the window. "Just drive."

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