Ch. 8 Scared Sick
"Kari, do you have any clue where they could be?" Tai asked.
"Cody! We have to go get Cody," I replied.
"Cody? Why him?" Tai questioned.
"Because!" I started to run as I yelled this.
"Wait! We're suppose to look for Davis and T.K.!" Tai yelled back, he also started to run after me.
When Tai reached up with me…I was already at Cody's home! Tai never was that fast.
"Why…Didn't…You go…Slower?" Tai barely said.
"Because you needed a work out!" I laughed as I knocked on the door.
"Hi Kari! Hi Tai! I've been waiting," Cody calmly announced when he opened the door.
"How did you know we we're coming?" Tai asked slyly.
"Izzy called me about T.K. and Davis, I knew Kari would come here," Cody softly replied.
"Do you know where they are Cody?" I quietly asked.
"I saw them go up the elevator, they must be going to where either T.K. or Yolei live. I can take you there…That's if you want me to," Cody responded to my question.
"That would be great. To T.K. please," I said nicely.
Cody walked in his home. "Mom…I'm going over to T.K.'s, I'll be back soon!" I heard him tell his mom. He then came back. "Let's go!" he said, stepping out of the doorway.
I was scared to knock on the door. T.K.'s mom would be at work, so if T.K. and Davis was there…It may not be a pretty sight! Tai pushed me out of the way, and knocked on the door.
"Hello Tai, Kari, Cody," T.K. said with a smile. He had a black eye, and his lip was somewhat bleeding. I knew he didn't beat up himself; Davis must have been somewhere in there.
"Hey T.K., I want to talk to you," Tai said in a strong voice.
"Sure, come on in guys," he still was smiling.
We walked in. He motioned us to come with him into his bedroom. None of us have ever been in his house. It gave me this scared feeling, like something bad was going to happen.
"You can have a seat where ever, I'll be right back," T.K. said as he left the room.
I was right, Davis was in his house. Just like T.K., he had a black eye, but Davis looked worse.
"So…What did you need to talk to me about Tai?" T.K. asked with a clueless look.
"What happened?" Tai asked. I didn't want him to start like that.
"A lot happened, you need to be more specific," T.K. was smiling again, it was a scary smile.
"What happen to your eye, who gave you the black eye?" I questioned sweetly.
"Oh that…Um…Davis and I were just messing around, hurt ourselves, yep," he answered uneasily.
"Why do you guys have to be so stupid!" I yelled.
Everyone was shocked at what I said, Davis looked scared.
"Kari…I started this, it's all my fault…I wanted you to like me more…I never meant to hurt you, I care to much about you, and all I did was show you how much of a jerk I can be…Maybe I 'm not your type, if you know what I mean…I should just back off. You've known T.K. longer than me any ways, I should have never tried, I'm such a fool…I got to go!" Davis ran out the room.
"Wait! Davis!" I yelled running after him.
I found him outside crying. I never saw him cry. I knew something bad was going to happen.
"Davis…It's ok," I calmly said.
"Kari, I think it would be better for you and T.K. if we never see each other again," he replied.
"I don't even like T.K.! Not more than a friend," I sadly replied. Knowing that he could find out.
"You don't?" he asked puzzled.
"No, never have, and never will! Everybody always thought I did, and everyone thought we would make a perfect match. T.K. thought the same thing. I didn't," I replied with a smile.
"So…I have chance with you Kari?" Davis wondered.
"Sure," I laughed.
"Yeah!" he smiled, while laughing with me.
"Kari!" Cody said running towards me.
"What is it Cody?" I was puzzled.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok, I see you found Davis," Cody replied.
"You could say that," I slyly said.
"I have to go say sorry to T.K.," Davis told us.
"We'll come with, you should get some ice on your eye," I said concerned.
"Ok!" Davis said happily.
We went back to T.K.'s. I decided that I should call Matt and Izzy to tell them to come over.
"T.K., can I use your phone?" I questioned.
"Sure, it's in the living room, by the couch," he told me.
I left the room.
I dialed the number for Matt's cell phone.
"Hello, this is Matt," Matt answered his cell phone.
"Hi Matt, it's Kari, Tai and I found T.K. and Davis," I replied.
"Great! Hold on, Izzy wants to talk to you," Matt said back.
"Kari, how is it going?" Izzy asked.
"Great, better than ever!" I was happy.
"What about Davis and T.K.?" Izzy wondered.
"Davis is going to apologize to T.K.," I replied.
"That's great!" Izzy said excited.
"What's great?" I heard Matt ask in the background.
"Put Matt back on," I instructed Izzy.
"What is it Kari?" Matt asked puzzled.
"I want you guys to come over here," I told him.
"Sure Kari, is something wrong?" he was worried.
"I can't tell you over the phone, T.K. might hear, just hurry," I replied.
"I'm worried for you Kari," he said as he hung up the phone.
"I'm worried about me too," I said as I hung up the phone.
I got back to T.K.'s room. No fighting was going on.
"Could you wait to apologize?" I whispered to Davis.
"Sure," he whispered back with no questions.
All of a sudden, we heard someone knocking on the door.
"I'll get it," I said knowing it was Matt and Izzy.
I opened the door.
"Hi Matt, hi Izzy," I said softly.
"Kari…What couldn't you tell me over the phone?" Matt quickly asked.
"Let's go out in the hallway," I decided.
We went out in the hallway. I put my foot in between the door, so in wouldn't close all the way.
"Will you tell us now?" Izzy asked.
"I told Davis," I said, knowing it came out wrong.
"He knows that you -" I didn't let Izzy finish.
"He knows that I don't like T.K.," I said softly.
"I told you she didn't," Izzy said to Matt.
"You thought I liked T.K.?" I was shocked.
"Well, I didn't know about you liking him," Matt replied.
"Well I do!" I yelled, hoping no one else heard me.
"Kari, you're being too loud," Izzy said quietly.
"Sorry, as I said I don't like T.K., I never told him because I didn't want to hurt him," I slowly said.
"Kind of like Tai," Matt replied.
"What do you mean Matt?" I questioned him.
"Tai has liked Sora since summer camp 4 years ago. He never told her because he didn't want to hurt my feeling. I also at one point liked her, but I don't anymore. I tried to tell him, but he never did listen. He always hated me for that. I know something about Sora too. When I told her that I liked her 4 years ago…She told me that she only liked me as a friend, that even though Tai and her had some rough times…She would never like me like she liked him," Matt admitted.
"Tai never told Sora his true feeling, same goes for Sora. They kept them locked up inside. I think many of us did that at one point. I still keep my secret locked up," Izzy told us.
"What are you talking about Izzy?" I asked confused.
"I've been keeping my secret from Mimi, I've always liked her, I just never had enough courage to tell her. I wasn't as brave as the others," Izzy replied.
"Tai and Sora, Izzy and Mimi, Kari and Davis," Matt said.
The door opened. Cody came out.
"And Yolei and T.K.," Cody said shyly.
"I got it!" I yelled, running inside.
Everyone else outside followed me.
I pushed open T.K.'s bedrooms door.
"You don't like me!" I yelled pointing at T.K.
"What are you talking about?" T.K. was puzzled.
"You…You like Yolei! Admit it!" I was angry.
"I don't understand," T.K. was lying.
"That is why you've been acting so weird; you're avoiding me because you want to get over me! You decided if you hang out with Yolei, you wouldn't have to think about me. You've been hanging out with her long enough that she grew on you; you started to have a crush on her. Oh, but Davis had to get in your face about his crush on me, he thought I liked you, I never did! Never more than a friend, that is! I should have known. Why didn't you tell me? I would have had an easier time with this other thing. I could have used your help," I told him.
"You mean you need help with your little crush on Davis?" T.K. said slyly.
"I never said that!" I yelled that. Davis was in the room. Why did T.K. have to be a jerk when I needed a friend? I slapped him, and ran out of the room crying. Someone was following me.
"It will be ok Kari, I know it will," I heard someone said. I couldn't tell who it was.
"Who's there?" I yelled, turning around, my tears made it impossible to see.
"Are you ok Kari? It's Matt," he said confused.
"Oh Matt! Why does T.K. have to be such a jerk…Why did he choose to change at such a bad time…I really needed a friend, I needed him to be a friend," I sobbed.
"He's just going through a stage, he should be back to normal soon," Matt hoped this was true.
"Why did he have to say that?" I questioned, not looking for an answer.
"He's jealous, just like Cody said," he replied.
"My stuff, it's still in T.K.'s room!" I sadly yelled.
"I'll go back in and get it, wait here," Matt softly said.
I didn't get to say an answer, he had already left.
After a few minutes, I saw someone coming out of the building. It wasn't Matt, it wasn't Izzy, it wasn't anybody I wanted to talk to. I would have rather talked to T.K. then him!
"Hi Kari…Matt asked me to bring you your stuff," Davis said sweetly.
"Thanks," I said, I wouldn't look at him.
"What's wrong?" he asked as if nothing was said.
"Nothing," I said, still looking at the ground.
"The thing that T.K. said…I know he was lying. You would have told me if you liked me. You know my reasoning, right?" he was so wrong.
"Um…Sure," I said, unsure of myself.
"What is it Kari? Something still bothering you?" Davis questioned me.
"Uh…Thank you for bringing my stuff, I should get going," I said changing the subject.
"You didn't answer my question," he said right back to me.
"Oh, did you patch things up with T.K.?" I quickly asked.
"Yeah, I told him I was sorry, he didn't believe me," he sounded so sweet.
"Stupid T.K., Matt said it's just a stage, but I don't think it is," I said nicely.
"What is this 'other thing' you talked about?" Davis questioned.
"Oh that, nothing important," I lied.
"Ok, want me to get Tai for you?" he asked.
"Could you get T.K., after he comes back can you send out Cody, then Izzy?" I asked.
"Sure, then do you want Tai?" Davis wondered.
"I'll have Izzy get him, thanks Davis," I replied sweetly.
"I'll get them Kari," he said back.
He left me outside the building, all by myself.
After awhile, T.K. walked over to where I was. He was emotionless.
"What do you need?" T.K. asked quickly.
"I need to know who you are, and what you did with T.K.," I replied.
"I'm T.K. and I did nothing with T.K.!" he yelled.
"Why do you have to be such a jerk?" I slapped him once again.
His emotion changed, he now had a frown on his face. Nothing was going right.
"I know," he said softly.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"The exact thing you said in my room," he calmly announced.
"About you getting over me, or Yolei?" I questioned.
"Both," he answered.
"I haven't been helping, have I?" I felt sick.
"You're doing your best, what about Davis, does he know, I'm so sorry," T.K. admitted.
"He thinks you were lying, he thinks that I would tell him if I liked him," I said sadly.
"Then why are you still sad?" he questioned.
"I'm not that sure," I still felt sick.
"Are you ok?" I was holding myself.
"No!" I cried.
"Come on, you should get inside!" he said holding my hand.
I walked slowly inside.