Ch. 3 Please Help
"Kari! Davis is on the phone, he wants to talk to you!" my mother yelled to me.
"Coming, one second!" I shouted back.
What did Davis want? He never called, not this late anyways.
"Hello?" I asked him over the phone.
"Hi Kari, it's Davis," he said happily.
"What is it? You never call this late," I said confused.
"I have a problem," he said shyly.
"What kind of problem?" I questioned him.
"My parents…They aren't here, no one is…They aren't answering their cell phones either!" He blurted out in a scared and worried voice.
"Do you want to come over? You can wait here for them…I'll meet you half way," I said fast.
"Who's coming over?" my mother was now asking questions.
"Davis…Is that ok…His parents aren't home," I blurted out.
"Fine," she said back to me.
"Ok, I'll meet you half way, got it?" I replied to Davis.
"Yeah…Sounds fine," he sounded shy.
"Davis! Over here!" I yelled when I found him in my sight.
"Hey Kari…I'm sorry I dragged you out here," he said in a sad voice.
"No worries, you have your pajamas, clothes, and school stuff?" I asked.
"Yes," he said shortly.
We walked to my house. We didn't really talk or anything, just walked. Every so often, he would look at me with this sad look. I wonder what was wrong.
"Hey Davis…Come in," Tai greeted us.
"Hi…Tai," he sounded short of breathe.
"We're having dinner, you should eat," Tai said, and pointed him to the kitchen.
"Hello Davis," my mom looked at Davis with a smile.
"Hello ma'am," Davis said back to her.
"Here…You can sit here," I pulled out a chair for him to sit at. I sat next to him.
After dinner, we called Davis's house and his mom's cell phone. We got no answer. I felt so sorry for Davis. I didn't know what was going on in his family. I don't think he did either!
"Still no answer?" Tai asked us.
"No," I said fast.
"Where are they!" Davis yelled.
"Don't worry, you can stay here tonight. If they call we will tell you in the morning," Tai told him.
"You left a note saying you were here, right?" I asked quickly.
"Yeah, of course I did!" Davis sounded a little happier.
"Good, we should be getting to bed, you can have the top bunk, I can sleep on the floor," Tai said.
"I will sleep on the floor," Davis insisted.
"Fine," Tai agreed.
We walked into our bedroom.
"I'm going to change in the bathroom, you guys can change in here," I said walking out the room.
When I came back, they had a sleeping bag for Davis to sleep in already. They were quick!
"Hey, ready for bed?" I asked looking at Davis.
"If you are," Davis said back in a sweet voice.
"I'll get the lights," I said, then turned off the lights.
I walked over to the bottom bunk. It was pitch black in the room. Not being able to see, I stepped on Davis's hand. I felt so sorry.
"I am so sorry Davis!" I said kneeling down by him.
"I'm fine Kari, I didn't even feel it! You are as light as a feather!" Davis said joyfully.
"Let's get to bed," Tai insisted on.
We went to bed. It was a nice sleep we had, it was peaceful.
"Time to get up!" My mom yelled from the doorway.
"I'm up! What?" Tai yelled in shock. He always yelled that when he was fast asleep and got woken up in the morning.
"Did my mom call?" Davis asked.
"Yes, she said she will talk to you after school," she said to him.
"I'm going to get ready, don't kill each other while I'm gone!" I joked around.
I took a light pink dress that went to my knees and was spaghetti strapped from the closet. In a cabinet of mine I took out a long pair of gloves, the fingers were cut out and they went up to my shoulders, they are also pink. In a jewelry box, I took out a pink clip, to put my hair back with. I looked at Tai, then at Davis, then I left.
When I got back into the room, they were dress too.
"I'm still tired," Tai complained.
"Hey, Kari, we can walk to school today, if that is ok," Davis said sweetly.
"Of course!" I said with a big smile.
"I won't be able to come with you, I'm meeting up with Sora," Tai said with an even bigger smile.
"That's ok, we will be fine," I insured Tai.
"Where are those goggles?" Davis said looking in his bag.
"These?" Tai said with a laugh.
"Hey! Give those back!" Davis yelled.
"Hold on, I want to see what they looked like on me…Yep, they still look good on me!" Tai laughed. He took off the goggles and threw them to Davis.
"Come on Davis, you can leave your clothes here, I'll bring them over after school," I said smiling.
"Ok, sounds fine, bye Tai," Davis was laughing; I don't know what it was that was funny.
"Wait, Kari, I shouldn't let you outside where freaks are," Tai laughed.
"I'll be fine, I have Davis with me," I insured him.
"That was the freak I was talking about!" Tai fell to the ground.
"I'll see you after school," I told Tai.
We left the room. Tai followed us shortly after.
"Look, it's Cody," Davis said pointing at Cody.
"Hey Cody! Where are T.K. and Yolei?" I asked.
"I left before they were ready, I didn't feel like waiting," he said softly.
Cody is a year younger than Davis and I. He is also shorter than we are. He had dark brown hair. He wore a purple, long sleeved shirt and brown colored pants. He was a shy, sensitive little guy.
"Well, you can walk with us then!" Davis said with smile.
"So, you guys don't usually walk together, why today?" Cody asked in his calm voice.
"Davis had to sleep at my house last night because his parents weren't home," I blurted out.
"Oh, I see," Cody said slyly.
"What are you thinking Cody," Davis said with a dark voice.
"Nothing, nothing at all!" he said laughing.
"What did you do when you got home Cody?" I asked him sweetly.
"Yolei came over to fix my computer, then T.K. came over to have dinner with us," Cody replied.
"T.K. and Yolei have been hanging around each other lately," Davis told us.
"Yeah, I notice that too," Cody said sadly.
"Yesterday and the day before were the first time I got to have nice conversation with Yolei and T.K., it makes me sad to see them avoid us," I said with a sad smile.
"It could be worse; we could all be avoiding each other, making us have no friends at all. At least they aren't always avoiding us, right?" Cody looked at Davis and me with worried eyes.
"Of course I would never split from our group! I have to live with one of the members. Don't worry Cody, we will never split up. Friends forever!" I said happily to Cody.
"Right, I have other people I can play soccer with, like you and Kari!" Davis said.
"Of course," Cody said shortly.
"Oh, there they come now!" I yelled pointing at T.K. and Yolei in the distance.
They walked up to us, and greeted us with friendly hellos.
"Hey Kari!" T.K said in a happy voice. He didn't say hi to anyone else, just me.
"Why didn't you wait for us Cody?" Yolei asked puzzled.
"I saw Davis and Kari, so I decided to walk with them," Cody lied. He wasn't known to lie.
I pulled Cody away from the group to ask.
"Cody why did you lie back there?" I asked.
"I didn't…I did see you, and I decided to walk with you," he said in a sly way.
"We saw you Cody, why did you lie?" I insisted to know.
"I didn't want them to know why I truly left!" he blurted.
"What was the true reason?" I really wanted to know.
"They make me feel unwanted when they hang around each other. T.K. made me lose my best friend. I never did like him to start with . . . You know how it was," He said in a shy voice.
"Yeah, I remember," I said, motioning him to walk faster.
"Kari, who is your better friend, me or Yolei?" Davis asked me.
"That is a hard one, I think it would be both of you," I answered with a smile.
We came up to the school. We had a great weekend, but we had to get back to school. Back to work. Back to all the things we didn't ever want to do again.
"School, sweet, school," Davis joked.
"Come on, we need to get to class!" I announced.
"See you later Kari!" Yolei said as she walked upstairs.
After she left, Cody pulled me to the side. I told T.K. and Davis to go on without me.
"Kari, I want you meet me here after school, ok?" Cody told me in a mysterious voice.
"Sure, I'll be here," I said puzzled.
"Don't bring any one with you," he said in a sly and deep voice.
I nodded in agreement. We went in opposite directions. Leaving each other alone. I wondered what he wanted after school. Better yet, why me?
I got to class right on time. If I had talked to Cody any longer, we would have been late for class. I hope he got to his class on time. I didn't want him to get in trouble.
"What took you so long?" T.K. asked me quietly.
"I was talking to Cody," I said softly.
"I was getting worried that you wouldn't get here on time. I wouldn't let myself see you get in trouble for being late," Davis said in a soft, quiet voice.
"I'm sorry to make you worry, I didn't mean to," I said quieter than ever.
I was happy when lunchtime came around. It was the best time. We got to talk to our friends with no teachers watching over us. Davis, T.K., and I decided to go to the computer lab to see Yolei and Izzy.