Ch. 7A Fight
"No, you can't do this!" I yelled. My eyes were still filled with tears.
Davis and T.K. looked at me, then someone tapped me on the shoulder. I turned to see Matt.
"I'm sorry about T.K., I don't know what is up with him," Matt said.
"I can't let them do this…They mean the world to me!" I yelled at him.
"Look," Matt said softly, turning me around.
I saw that both Davis and T.K. were staring at me. Both of them with fists up in the air. They saw the tears in my eyes and started to walk over to me.
"Jerks!" I yelled at them as they walked over to me.
"Take it lightly on them, they don't know what love is," Matt whispered in my ear.
"Sorry," they softly said at the same time.
I was still crying a little, but after what they said, I fell to the ground and busted out in tears.
"Give her some room!" Yolei yelled at them. They all stepped back.
"This is all your fault T.K.!" Davis yelled at T.K.
"What did I do?" T.K. asked right back.
"Nothing…Neither of you did," I weakly said.
"Here," Izzy said, taking a tissue out of his backpack, and handed it to me.
"Thank you Izzy," I whispered, I couldn't talk any louder.
"Please Kari, I…I've been a real jerk…I don't know what is wrong with me. I don't know what to do, I'm such a fool," Davis quietly said.
"Oh Davis, you don't understand, none of you do!" I yelled, and ran to the school. We had to get to class, and I was the one I knew they would follow.
When we arrived to class, I had the worse seat ever. I had to sit next to both Davis and T.K.!
"Kari," T.K. said.
"Be quiet! I'm trying to learn," I said in a mean voice.
All he did was stare at me, the same for Davis. I was scared, real scared.
I'm not going to tell you how the whole day went. I will tell you that I didn't talk to Davis or T.K. through out the whole day. Not even lunch! After school I met up with Matt and Cody, they were waiting.
"Hi Kari," Cody said nicely.
"Hey Cody!" I was cheerful.
"Kari, Cody and I want to talk to you," Matt told me.
"Talk to me, ok," I said puzzled.
"We're scared," Cody blurted.
"Scared? About what?" I questioned.
"We don't understand what is going on with you, T.K., and Davis. I would like you to tell me, I need to know why my younger brother is acting like this," Matt pointed out.
"I'm not that sure what is going on myself. I guess it all started at that picnic of ours, but we were all friends on that day. Maybe it was the day after?" I recalled.
"Good, what else?" Matt requested.
"Cody!" I yelled.
"What? I didn't do anything," he said surprised.
"No, you didn't, that's the point!" I winked.
"What are you talking about Kari?" Matt asked.
"The night of your concert, T.K. was waiting for me by my building! He said he was scared that he was going to lose me to Davis. Wait! That night I talked to Cody, when we were walking home. Cody said that T.K. was jealous, he's not scared…He said that, so I wouldn't find out that he was jealous, but I already knew he was. And…Today…He…He," I stopped there.
"He kissed you on the cheek," Cody finished for me.
I nodded in agreement.
"He liked you since the day you met; 4 years ago…He always kept it locked inside. I found out that he liked you when he was 10, 3 years ago," Matt hesitated.
"That's when I met Davis!" I shouted.
"He didn't know about Davis until he moved here, why was he scared then?" Cody asked.
"Because I told T.K. about Davis…Three years ago…I told myself not to call him, that if he wanted to talk, he had my number…But I wanted him to know of my new friend, a good friend," I was weak.
"When he moved here, Yolei and I were the first people he met," Cody was shocked.
"You live in the same building; he must have decided if he couldn't have Kari, he would take Yolei from you Cody! Now he wants Kari again!" Matt yelled.
"If I can't have one I'll take the other!" I screamed.
"What does that mean?" Cody asked.
"When ever T.K. didn't get his way he would say that…If he couldn't have me he'll take Yolei. I never knew he would use it that way, it makes him seem selfish," I replied.
"I told him that it didn't work for everything, he got that off a T.V. show, it was about a raise, not girls, or friends for that matter," Matt informed us.
I stared at the ground. I couldn't bear to look up at their faces. I was about to cry, but I couldn't.
"Kari…It's ok to cry," Cody slowly stated.
"It's all my fault!" I screamed as I fell to the ground, my eyes filling with tears.
"Kari, it's ok, it isn't your fault, if anything it's mine, I haven't been there for him for 4 years. I've been avoiding him it seems like. I dragged you into it," Matt pointed out.
"I'm sorry, I have to go," I mumbled as I got up and left.
When I got to my home, I slammed the door close. My mom wasn't home, so I was lucky. Tai was home, but he was talking, I don't know to whom. I had to go in my room, eyes filled with tears or not.
"Kari! What happened? Why are you crying?" Tai wondered.
"I'm fine Tai, please don't ask anymore questions," I pleaded.
The door opened to our room.
"Hey Kari, how did school go? I'm sorry about this morning," Izzy calmly said.
"School was ok, thank you for asking," I weakly announced.
"You'll answer Izzy's questions, but not mine," Tai protested.
"I'm sorry Tai, I haven't told you everything lately, I haven't been that honest with you. I told you I've been having problems. This is just another one of them," I reassured him.
"You mean you're having more problems with T.K.?" Tai asked expressionless.
"Yes," I simply answered.
"Kari, I think you should tell Tai what has been going on," Izzy told me.
"First, I have a question, when did you and Tai get over you fight?" I asked.
"At school…Now spill it Kari," Tai quickly answered.
"Ok…Today, T.K. and I walked to school. I thought I could find out was wrong with him. Davis walked with Yolei, to see what she knew. T.K. told me that he couldn't live around me anymore. Then he found out my secret. He took my hand and kissed me on the cheek. I slapped him. I know Davis and Yolei saw me slap him, but I don't know about the kiss. And! At school, Davis and T.K. got in a fight. Also, before this, Cody found out my secret," I confessed.
"T.K. doesn't know your secret," Izzy told me.
"How do you know?" I asked him.
"Because I asked him. He said that he didn't know why you didn't tell Davis that he likes you, meaning why didn't you tell Davis that T.K. likes you!" he was excited.
"That means you know my secret, how did you find out?" I asked weak and puzzled.
"It was easy, at school you fell to the ground, eyes full of tears, I knew it wasn't just friendship that was getting hurt…It was more," he replied.
"He... Doesn't know," I softly replied, as I fell to the ground.
"I wonder if Davis knows," Tai said.
"He doesn't," Izzy happily responded.
"I'm going to get something to eat, would you guys like anything while I'm in there?" I asked.
"Just bring anything," Tai said as I left the room.
"What did you bring back, Kari?" Tai asked.
"I made each of us a sandwich," I replied.
"Thanks Kari," Izzy said as the phone rang.
"Hello?" Tai answered the phone.
There was a moment of silence. Then Tai hung up the phone.
"Come on, we've got to go!" Tai rushed us.
"Who was that Tai?" I asked as we ran out the door.
"Matt," he replied shortly.
"What did Matt want?" Izzy questioned.
"I'm not that sure, I heard a lot of yelling though," Tai remarked.
When we got to Matt's, we were surprised at what we saw. It was horrible, worse then horrible! I don't know how to even start to describe it. It was a sight that no one would want to see. The worse part of all; even though I wasn't there the minute it started…It was all my fault!
"Matt," I was sick from what I was seeing.
"I'm ok…It's them I'm worried about," Matt softly said.
"Who started this?" Tai asked. I think he was scared to hear the answer.
"T.K.," he miserably said.
"Where did they go?" I wondered.
"I'm not that sure," Matt replied.
"I'm going to look for them, I can't let them do this any more," I announced.
"I'm coming with you, Izzy, you should stay here, just incase T.K. and Davis comes back. We better get going Kari. We'll come back here after a while," Tai decided.
"Fine!" Izzy, Matt, and I agreed.
Tai and I left. We left Izzy and Matt. I hope we can find Davis and T.K.