Ch. 9 Feeling Better
When we got inside, I felt worse. I didn't know what it was. I fell to the floor with a thump. Everyone must have heard it because everyone rushed out of the bedroom.
"Kari! What is it?" Tai asked.
I shook my head. I didn't know!
"Give her some air, let me give her a look," Izzy said, he sounded so smart.
"What are you doing?" Matt asked.
Izzy was getting something out of his backpack.
I was staring at him.
"Tell me what hurts," he told me.
I pointed to my stomach and my head.
"Ok, can you talk?" Izzy asked.
"Yes," I said weakly.
"Here…Take this," Izzy said, he was taking something out of a bottle.
"What is it?" I questioned.
"Something that will help, T.K., can you get some water for Kari?" he kept talking.
"Oh, sure!" T.K. quickly answered.
"It will be ok," Tai softly told me.
I was laying in Davis's lap. He put his hand on my forehead.
"She's hot!" Davis yelled.
"This isn't the time to joke around Davis!" Izzy yelled at him while I took the medicine.
"No her head, it's really hot, like fever hot!" Davis yelled, he was worried.
"Move! Let me see…Here stick this under your tongue!" Izzy was telling me.
I did this. After a couple of seconds, Izzy took it out. He looked shocked.
"She has a very high fever. We can't let her leave here. We'll need to bring her into T.K.'s room; she'll be able to rest there. Give her an hour or so and she'll be better than ever," Izzy instructed.
"Come on Kari, T.K. and I will help you," Davis said, mainly to T.K.
"Here, take my hands, I'll help you up," T.K. said calmly.
I got up, but I was a little weak.
"Here, we'll walk you there. Take my hand," Davis told me.
He took my hand, and put his arm around me. I was about to melt, or cry.
"Come on," T.K. said, looking at Davis.
"It will be ok Kari, don't worry," Davis said with a smile.
When we got to T.K.'s bedroom, the bed was all cleaned up. I sat down on it. Izzy sat next to me.
"You should lay down, you don't have to sleep, just lay down," he told me.
I nodded my head.
"Davis and I will stay here, and make sure nothing happens to her," T.K. told all of us.
"Ok, Cody and I are going to go get some medicine for Kari. Tai and Matt will be out in the living room, I told them what to do if Kari's fever gets worse. I'm going to leave these with you. Give her one if her fever gets worse. I'm trusting you guys! Cody went to get Yolei; she'll come here to make sure Tai and Matt don't do something stupid. You'll be fine Kari. I'll be back soon. If the fever gets really bad, call me, I have my cell phone and Tai and Matt know my number. If she passes out or faints, call me. Good luck guys. Now don't do any thing stupid. I'm leaving Kari's life in your hands," Izzy left.
"See Kari, you'll be fine," T.K reassured me.
I nodded my head.
"Do you need anything?" Davis asked sweetly.
"Tai," I weakly said.
"I'll get him." T.K. told us.
He left the room.
"Izzy will be back soon, wonder where he went," Davis was kind of talking to himself.
"I have to tell you something," I told Davis.
"What is it Kari?" Davis wondered.
"It's just-" I was about to tell Davis my secret, when Tai rushed through the door.
"What is it Kari?" Tai asked in a worried voice.
"I want you to get the phone and call someone for me," I told him.
"Who do you need me to call?" he asked scared.
"First call Sora and ask her to come over here, then call Mimi and do the same thing. Also, try to get Ken on the phone, let me talk to him," I instructed.
"Ok," he said running out the room.
"Are you hungry?" Davis asked puzzled.
"Not really. Is Yolei here yet?" I was scared.
"She should be here, I'll look," Davis said back.
He left the room. I was left with T.K.
"What's wrong T.K.?" I asked him.
"I'm scared," T.K. said back.
"You're not losing me, I told you that," I said laughing.
"I'm scared that you won't get better," he said in a scared voice.
"I was about to tell Davis, right when Tai came through the door, thank you," I said nicely.
"Thank you? For what?" T.K. was puzzled.
"I was about to make a big mistake, I'm never going to tell him, he shouldn't know," I said worried.
"Why? It would be better if he knew," he was confused.
"I don't want our team to be broken up any more than it is. If I told him…I don't know what would happen. I don't want anyone to get hurt, and…It scares me," I told him.
"The only thing that would be happening is that you would be happy, like you were 4 years ago. You won't hurt the team, not anymore than it is. Don't worry about Tai either; sure, he'll be sad to see his little sister growing up, but it's natural. I think I might even tell Yolei. How about this, I'll tell Yolei, if you tell Davis, deal? Don't worry, there's nothing to be scared of, love is natural. Everybody goes through it, and people get over it. Like I got over you, and Matt got over Sora. Or Joe getting over Mimi. We all have our crushes. I had my share. Have you like anybody else?" T.K. kept going.
"Yeah," I answered his last question.
"Who?" he asked puzzled.
"Well…At one point…I liked…I liked…When I first met him…Izzy," I slowly got out.
"He's a little old, don't you think?" T.K. laughed.
"Hey! Leave me alone!" I yelled.
"What about Ken…Cody?" he asked.
"I never really thought about Ken, he's so nice…Cody, he's adorable, but too young, but he is cute for a little guy!" I laughed. I must be feeling better.
"You seem better!" Davis said as he walked in with the phone and Yolei.
"Hey Kari! Feeling better?" Yolei asked.
"Yeah," I said as I took the phone from Davis.
"It's Ken," Davis told me.
"Hello?" I said over the phone.
"Hey Kari, I heard you aren't feeling good, what's wrong?" Ken asked.
"Oh, I'm feeling much better now, thanks for asking. I just had a little fever," I replied.
"So, what did you need?" he wondered.
"Can you come over to T.K.'s? I'm trying to get the whole gang together," I answered.
"Sure, give me around 15 minutes, I am coming from the other side of town," he laughed.
"You know where T.K. lives?" I asked.
"Yeah, I've been over there before," Ken replied.
"You have, I haven't, this is my first time!" I was laughing now.
"Ok, I'll be there soon," Ken hung up the phone.
"Ok," I said as I hung up the phone.
"He's coming over?" T.K. asked.
"Yes, call Joe, tell him to come over," I told them, throwing the phone to Davis.
"Ok," he said back, he took the phone and left the room.
"What are you planning Kari?" T.K. asked slyly.
"You'll see when everyone gets here," I said right back.
There was knocking at the door.
"Come in!" T.K. yelled.
Izzy opened the door. Cody was next to him.
"Why are you back so soon?" I asked.
"I got what I needed, nothing more," Izzy smiled.
"Feeling better Kari?" Cody questioned.
"Yeah, I wonder what was wrong, what did you get Izzy," I was smiling.
"I ran to Tai's house to get my laptop," he replied.
"You said you were getting medicine!" I yelled.
"About that, yeah…Sorry, I lied," Izzy admitted.
"That's ok, I understand, you should have just told me," I replied.
"I got it to show the others the pictures that we took a long time ago, 4 years ago, and then more resent ones, the ones that we took when we met the newer group, four years after the first pictures that were took, I also have other pictures, some are funny, some sad, and some are cute!" he laughed.
"Awesome!" I was happy and feeling good.
"Just to tell you, we have more people coming over, the rest of the gang, we should take more pictures. To know what we are like now," T.K. suggested.
"Perfect! Yolei, could you get my camera from my backpack?" Izzy decided.
"Sure," Yolei answered.
"Just like the good old days, when we were a team," I softly said to myself, T.K. heard me.
"You right Kari, like the good old days!" T.K. was happy.
"Hey Kari…Everyone's here, I mean everyone!" Tai yelled.
I got up and opened the door. "Come in here, we got pictures from four years ago!"