Ch. 6 I Hate Them
"Kari…Wake up," Tai whispered in my ear.
"Tai? What? What time is it?" I asked confused.
"I got you up early, I wanted to talk to you," he said quietly.
"Oh…About what?" I questioned. I knew he was going to say about last night.
"About yesterday night, what you were saying…About Davis," he said calmly.
"I…I can't…I won't," I said weakly.
"Kari, what has been going on with you and Davis?" Tai asked.
"We're just hanging out, nothing else," I said stronger than before.
"Kari, what happened…To the good old days? Why don't you ever tell me anything, when you were little, you always did. Matt said that T.K. has been acting the same as you, not telling anything that he did that day, keeping it all locked up. Kari…What did T.K. tell you last night…What did Davis tell you last night…Also, what is this plan that you have?" Tai questioned.
"I can't tell you," I said softly.
"Kari, I'm your older brother, you can tell me anything," he said sweetly.
"T.K. told Davis in an e-mail that he wanted him to stay away from me, and T.K. told me that he was losing me, which it is the other way around, I'm losing him!" I blurted out.
"Kari, I, Um," Tai struggled.
"I'm scared; I don't want T.K. to hurt Davis over this stupid thing!" I yelled.
"Davis…T.K., I would have never guessed that," he said, he knew my secret.
"No! No one is suppose to know! My secret, I…I," I was crushed.
"Kari…Get up, get ready," he said nicely.
"Oh Tai!" I said bursting out in tears.
"Hush, there is no need for tears," he told me.
"I can't live like this, I can't!" I yelled.
"Kari, it will be ok," he said holding me.
"It won't, it won't!" I screamed as I hit him several times.
"What is going on in there?" my mom yelled to us.
"Nothing, we're fine!" Tai yelled back.
"I'm sorry Tai," I said, still crying a little.
"It's ok, wipe up those tears," he said calmly.
Out of all the people I knew, Tai was always calm in a tough situation. Most of the time he could even solve the problem. We always did say he was a born leader, even when he was little.
I got over the tears, for now. I got dressed, ate breakfast, and was on my way.
"Have a good day Kari," Tai said sweetly.
"Thank you Tai," I said in a weak voice.
I left the house. I had to meet T.K., and Davis had to talk to Yolei.
"Hey, T.K.!" I yelled when I saw him.
"Kari!" he said with a huge smile.
"We have to talk," I told him.
"Talk? About what?" he asked.
"About you," I said calmly.
"What about me?" he said slyly.
"I know about the e-mail you sent Davis!" I blurted.
"What, how, you weren't suppose to know about that," he said confused in a way.
"Why are you threatening Davis?" I questioned.
"I…I…I," T.K. stuttered.
"T.K.? What happened? What has been going on?" I was confused.
"Kari, I…I have to go," he said, walking faster.
"T.K.! Wait! If you hurt Davis I will never forgive you!" I yelled to him.
He stopped and turned around. He looked at me with a frown.
"I can't do this any more!" he yelled to me.
"What can't you do?" I screamed in confusement.
"I can't live around you anymore," he said as he walked towards me.
"Why, what is going on?" I was shocked at what he was saying.
"Why haven't you told him?" T.K. asked me.
"Told who what?" I asked puzzled.
"Told Davis," T.K. said calmly.
"No!" I screamed. He knew, Tai knew, who else was going to find out?
"Kari," he said quietly.
"Leave me alone!" I pushed him.
He took my hand and kissed me on the cheek. I slapped him across the face. I then saw Davis and Yolei staring at us. I fell to the ground crying.
"What did you do to her?" Davis yelled at T.K. as he ran over.
"I didn't do anything!" T.K. yelled back.
"Shut up!" I heard Yolei yell.
"Kari…Are you ok? What did T.K. do to you?" Davis questioned me.
"Nothing…Nothing at all," I said weakly.
"Come on Kari. Do you want to go home?" Yolei asked me.
"No, I'll be fine," I said with a sad face.
"We can walk the rest of the way to school together," Yolei said with smile.
"Where's Cody?" I asked, I hadn't seen him that day.
"He said not to wait up, that he'll make it to school on his own," Yolei told me.
"I'm going to go back and get him," I told them.
"Ok, we'll see you at school," Davis said.
I walked away from the group. I was worried that something might have happened to Cody. He always walked with someone, or at least tagged close behind.
"Cody!" I said. He was tying his shoe.
"Kari? Aren't you walking with T.K.?" he asked in puzzlement.
"I was, but he…He," I was stuttering.
"He tried to kiss you?" Cody asked me.
"He kissed me on the cheek, how did you know?" I was puzzled.
"I figured out that he was hanging out with Yolei to try to get closer to you," he informed me.
"We use to be so close, what happened?" I asked Cody, not that he would know.
"That was four years ago, things change," Cody told me.
"I hate them!" I yelled.
"Hate who?" he asked.
"Both Davis and T.K.," I said with sadness in my eyes.
"I understand what T.K. did, but why Davis…Oh, I understand," Cody said slyly.
"Don't tell him, I'm scared enough because T.K. knows, same with Tai," I said scared.
"Your secret is safe with me," he said softly.
"Thank you Cody, you're a good friend," I said nicely.
"We better hurry to school," Cody said, and started to run.
"Wait for me!" I yelled running after him.
Cody and I got to school breathing hard. We had plenty of time to get to class, a whole twenty minutes. I wonder why Cody was rushing. Better yet, why weren't T.K., Davis, and Yolei here yet?
"Why did we run the whole way here?" I asked Cody.
"To beat T.K., Yolei, and Davis," he said taking many breathes of air.
"Oh, why?" I said catching my breath.
"Tired?" he said slyly changing the subject.
"Don't change the subject!" I yelled at him.
"Come on, I told Izzy to meet me in the computer lab. Don't worry, I told him that you would most likely end up coming with me," Cody said with a smile.
We went upstairs to the second floor. When we got to the computer lab, Izzy flung open the door.
"About time you got here! I've been waiting for a half an hour!" Izzy explained.
"Sorry Izzy. It's my fault, I held back Cody with another one of my stupid problems," I told Izzy.
"Kari? You have problems? What kind?" Izzy questioned.
"Don't be asking her questions, Kari hasn't been feeling so good," Cody said sweetly.
"Kari, answer this question, have you been crying?" Izzy asked.
"Um…Yes," I said falling to the ground, starting to cry again.
"Kari, don't cry…Kari? Can you hear me?" Cody asked.
I could, but I didn't want to. I didn't want to be by anyone.
"Who made you feel this way?" Izzy questioned.
"I don't want to say!" I yelled.
"It was T.K., wasn't it?" Cody said, knowing my answer.
"What did T.K. do? I know he's been acting different, but he's never made you cry. Honestly, I've never seen you shed a single tear. Talk to me Kari," Izzy pressured.
"I…I…Can't…Tell…You," I was weak and scared.
The door flung open.
"Kari!" Yolei yelled, sliding next to me.
"She won't talk to us," Cody softly told her.
"Kari, this isn't the time to cry…Something worse is going on…T.K. hit Davis! You got to get up; you're the only one that can stop them!" Yolei announced, as she helped me up.
I got up and ran downstairs and out of the school.