Ch. 10 A Picture Full Of Lies
We looked through pictures, there were a lot!
"Here, let's get new pictures," Izzy decided.
"Here, get one with Davis, Kari, and me," T.K. said.
I was standing in the middle of Davis and T.K., Davis and T.K. put their arms around me, with their other hands they made peace sings, I decided to put my arms around their backs. With smiles on and a flash from Izzy's camera, the picture was taken.
"Here, it's on the computer, take a look!" Izzy said to us.
We gathered around the computer. It looked funny to me.
"It looks nice," Sora told us.
"I think we should get one with T.K. and Davis," I laughed.
"Sounds great," Izzy responded to what I said.
T.K. and Davis went to where they were before. They made funny faces.
"Great!" I laughed.
"Looks good!" Davis laughed.
"How about Matt and Tai? That would look nice," Sora said nicely.
Matt and Tai faced back-to-back, leaning on each other. Their arms were folded. They tried to look cool. They didn't smile; they just stared at the camera. There was another priceless picture.
"I have a great idea! We should take pictures with the first person, in this room, that we had a crush on. It's a priceless idea!" T.K. said, looking at me.
"Sure, why not?" Izzy said.
"We'll start with, how about Joe?" Tai decided.
"Me? Fine!" Joe said pointing at Mimi.
"As you can tell, I'm loved by all!" Mimi said, everyone laughed.
They just did a normal pose, nothing special.
"Matt, you're up now," Izzy said, typing on the computer.
"Come on Sora," Matt said looking at Izzy, but talking to Sora.
Sora decided to have Matt put his arm around her. This made Tai jealous!
"How about you Izzy? I can take the picture," I wanted to see who his first crush was.
He pointed at Mimi with sadness in his eyes.
They did one of those normal, boring poses, never anything special with Mimi.
"We should have Kari go next," Izzy decide, he wanted to get back at me.
"Do I have to?" I asked, I didn't want everyone to know I once liked Izzy.
"Come on Kari, as long as it isn't Izzy, you have nothing to worry about!" Tai said.
"What's wrong with Izzy?" I questioned.
"He was such a Computer Wiz way back when," Tai answered.
"Then I shouldn't go," I was blushing.
"Your first crush was Izzy!" Tai was shocked and puzzled.
All I did was smile.
"Come on Kari, Yolei, take the picture," Izzy was smiling.
He was giving me a hug in the picture, why couldn't he do that when I liked him?
"Who will be next…Davis!" Izzy was making all the decisions.
"Oh, ok…We all know who my first and only crush for some odd years is," Davis was laughing.
"Come on Davis, I was your first crush?" I asked.
"Yeah, just you," he was still laughing.
"I'll give you a shock of a picture," I said, and winked.
I decided to do something no one would think I would do.
Before I left where I was sitting, next to Izzy, I told him to take the picture when I made a peace sign. It was a great plan I had. Perfect!
When we got to where the picture was going to be taken, Davis and I decided to hold each other's hands, and that's it. I thought that was boring. Before the picture was taken, I decided to kiss Davis on the cheek. Therefore, the picture was us holding hands both of us made peace signs, and me kissing Davis. Everyone was shocked, everyone but Izzy, I told him my plan. I went to sit down, and Davis was still standing up there. He was shocked, surprised, stunned, and more, he might know now.
"Kari, you can't go off and kiss random guys that have crushes one you!" Sora laughed.
"You can do it that way too," T.K. said, knowing what I was trying to tell Davis.
"I didn't think you would really do it Kari!" Izzy told me.
Yolei walked up to Davis.
"I think you damaged him!" she laughed.
"Kari? Am I dreaming?" Davis asked.
"Nope, you're awake, I promise you that!" I was laughing now.
"What just happened?" he asked.
"It was just a secret being told, a crush found," T.K. pointed out.
"Kari?" Davis was puzzle.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Can I see that picture?" he questioned.
"Come over here Davis, I have it on the computer," Izzy told him.
"I wasn't dreaming…My dream finally came true," Davis was blushing.
I didn't know if I was about to laugh or cry.
"I told you," Yolei said to Davis.
"Kari, you mean what T.K. said, wasn't a lie, what's the catch? Is this a joke or something? You've got to be joking! Kari would never lie, or would you?" Davis was puzzled.
"We all can lie, if we didn't bad things could happen," Cody said calmly.
"It was a joke! I thought it would look cute!" I yelled trying to keep my cool.
"What are you talking about Kari?" Matt whispered in my ear.
"I don't want him to know, not yet," I whispered back to him, I looked at T.K.
"I told Kari to do it, I wanted to see what your reaction would be," T.K. lied for me.
"I should have known, but what about what Yolei said?" Davis wondered.
"What about what I said? I can lie too, I wanted you to think it was for real, the true thing, what I said was to add to the effect, I'm sorry," Yolei said helping me out.
"Oh, ok, at least I got a kiss, now I don't have to be jealous of Willis!" Davis laughed.
Willis was a kid Davis, Yolei, Cody, T.K., and I met in America. We never really talked about him after the day we left New York. T.K. and I were the first of the gang to meet Willis face to face. Izzy had talked to him online four years ago. Davis, Yolei, and Cody met Willis in Colorado. Willis was a cute guy, blonde hair, blue eyes, every girls dream. He found Yolei and myself real cute. When we left America and Willis, he kissed me, then Yolei on the cheek. Davis had been jealous of Willis since then. Well, that really started when Willis told Davis that I was cute from what Yolei told me. After Willis kissed us, he started to run off. Davis yelled after him that he said to stay away from me, that I was his girl. I wasn't very happy about that, and asked him what he meant by his girl, even though I knew what he meant.
"Willis! We should call him!" I yelled changing the subject.
"That sounds great; we haven't talked to him in forever!" Yolei agreed, it was almost a year ago.
"Here's the phone, do you know his phone number?" T.K. said throwing me the phone.
"Yeah, what about long distance?" I asked him catching the phone.
"Don't worry about long distance!" T.K. said with a smile.
I dialed the number. "Hello, may I please speak to Willis?"
"This is Willis, who's this?" Willis's voice was sweet.
"Oh, hi Willis! It's Kari," I said back.
"Kari? Oh, Kari, I'm sorry, I haven't talked to you in forever, I was just thinking about you guys! How has it been? Who else is there? Is Tai and Izzy there?" he questioned.
"I've been great, so has everyone else. Davis, Yolei, and Cody are here. There is also the gang that you didn't meet, yes that includes Tai and Izzy!" I was laughing.
"I never really got to thank them, could I?" Willis asked calmly.
"Sure, one second…Tai, Izzy, Willis would like to talk to you!" I said to them
"Hello…Yes this is Izzy…That was no problem, it was our job, now Kari and the others that you met in Colorado have that job!" Izzy was smiling.
"Let me talk to him!" Tai yelled.
"Hold on, Tai wants to talk to you," Izzy said to him.
"Hey Willis, this is Tai, the true hero!" Tai was proud of himself.
Everyone laughed at him.
"I saved you and everyone else!" Tai was now laughing.
"I helped too!" Izzy yelled.
Matt grabbed the phone from Tai's hand. "This is Matt, and I did just as much as Tai did. We need no thank you, it is, was our job," Matt said nicely.
I grabbed the phone from Matt.
"You guys are crazy! Put Kari back on the phone!" I heard Willis yell.
"Sorry about that Willis," I said politely.
"It's ok Kari, I really miss you guys, and being part of a team," Willis sounded sad.
"You should really come to Japan, it would be fun," I told him sweetly.
"I was planning on it, it was going to be a surprise, but I think it's better if you know. I already have the plane ticket, I'm leaving tomorrow!" Willis sounded happy now.
"Really? That's great! You'll need your rest then, you're going to have so much fun!" I smiled.
"Meet me at the airport, I'll wait," he said hanging up the phone.
"Sounds like a plan," I said and hung up the phone.
"What's going on Kari?" Yolei asked happily.
"He's coming!" I yelled.
"Who's coming where?" Sora was puzzled.
Sora never really knew about Willis. She would have known if Tai and she weren't fighting at the time. Joe and Mimi don't know Willis either. Just Davis, Yolei, T.K., Cody, Tai, Matt, Izzy, and myself.
"Willis, he's coming here, to Japan," I said overjoyed.
"Who Willis?" Mimi asked.
"He's a guy from America, we met him before we met Ken, before we knew who he was," I told her.
"We knew who Ken was; we just weren't friends with him, right after we knew who he was. Only a couple of us know who Willis is, he's really nice, you'll like him!" Yolei corrected me.
"He's a little know it all!" Tai yelled.
"Just because he was in elementary school and taking classes at Colorado State, doesn't me he's a know it all," Izzy told him the facts.
"When we met him he wasn't acting smart, just a nice, normal guy," I told them.
"I didn't like him so much," Davis laughed.
"That's because Davis didn't get his way," Yolei told everyone.
"He sounds great; I can't wait to meet him!" Sora smiled.
"He just better not go off and kiss Kari again," Davis said in a deep, dark voice.
"I won't let him, ok Davis? I'll make you happy," I told him.
"I wouldn't mind getting kissed by him again!" Yolei was blushing.
"We never finished our pictures. We still have Tai, Sora, Mimi, and Yolei!" Izzy announced.
"Don't forget Cody," I pointed out.
"Yolei, you should go first," T.K. said.
"My first crush from this group was Ken," Yolei shyly told us.
They did a funny pose, nothing like the other pairs.
"Ok, Mimi, you're up," Izzy said.
"Matt was my first crush," Mimi was blushing.
"Cool, let's go," Matt smiled.
Their pose was cute. Mimi was gazing up at Matt while he looked down at her. Mimi was sitting on the floor, so they had height differences.
"Now let's do Sora!" Mimi said, she was laughing.
"Ok, Tai," Sora was blushing and smiling.
They were face-to-face, holding hands. They looked at the camera for the picture.
"Tai, go ahead," I said.
"We already took mine, Sora was my first crush," Tai was now blushing, he still liked her.
"Fine, Cody, all eyes are on you," T.K. said.
"Do I have too? Fine…Yolei was my first crush," Cody was being shy.
Yolei put her arm around Cody and made a peace sign. Cody put one arm down by Yolei, and the other one made a peace sign.
"Wait! We still have Ken!" I yelled.
"Me…Fine my first crush out of this group was…I think it was you Kari," he was smiling.
That is so cute! I never knew. We did a pose like Tai and Sora.
"I think that is everyone, we'll get Willis with the group when he comes tomorrow," Izzy told us.
"I already know who his first crush was, either Kari or Yolei," Cody smiled.
"It better not be Kari!" Davis yelled.
"I kind of hope it is," I joked around with him.
"Oh, so you like Willis?" Yolei asked me.
"No," I said laughing.
"Ok, now you're just being mean!" Davis yelled.
"It's ok Davis, maybe he's butt ugly now!" T.K. laughed.
"I don't know, he sounded pretty cute on the phone, his voice made me want to melt, ask anyone who talked to him," I said, even though only guys and myself talked to him.
"Was it make you want to melt cute?" Davis looked around the room.
"Sure was!" Izzy smiled.
"Yeah, I felt like I could die!" Matt was joking around.
"What did you think about his voice Tai?" Davis asked.
"It made me speechless," he said, trying to make it sound like he was shocked, and speechless.
"Told you!" I winked.
"Really?" Davis asked.
We all started to laugh. This was going to be a good day.
"He did have a sweet voice, just like he did when we met him," I told Davis.
"I'm just glad that he is coming to visit us!" Yolei was blushing.
"I'm glad that everything is back to normal," I smiled.
"What are you talking about Kari?" Sora asked.
"We're not normal!" Tai laughed.
"I'm happy to see Tai and Izzy friends, same with Izzy and Mimi, and T.K.; he's back to his normal self. And Cody, he's being himself again too," I told them, something's shouldn't have been told.
"What are you talking about, what has T.K. and Cody been hiding from us. Kari, do you know something that we don't know?" Yolei asked me.
"Nothing…It's nothing," I said.
T.K. and Cody gave me evil looks, like when someone is really mad at you.
Saying something I shouldn't have said made me feel sick. I was standing, I was so weak, again, that I fell to the floor, I didn't faint or pass out, I just fell. Everyone ran over.
"Kari!" Tai yelled, he was scared.
"Move, get out of my way!" I heard T.K. yell from the back.
Everyone moved, T.K. was the only one by me. He told everyone else to leave the room, they did.
"Kari, I know what is going on," T.K. said looking at me scared.
"Could you tell me because I don't know what it is!" I yelled weakly.
"Kari, every time you say something you shouldn't, or you get scared, or when your secret might come out, you feel sick, you fall to the ground, but it only seems to happen when Davis or myself is involved with it. What has been bothering you?" T.K. told me.
"When you and Davis fought, when you told me what was wrong with you, when you and Cody gave me those evil looks, when Tai found out! The night you were outside my building, I was really weak before I went to bed, and in the morning Tai found out," I said sadly.
"You were right, this was my fault," T.K. said slowly.
"No, don't say that, it really isn't," I said calmly.
"Then who is it…Davis?" T.K. wondered.
"T.K., I'm not that sure, but I think you might be right," I said shocked.
"You think Davis might be doing this?" T.K. was confused.
"No, the stress of keeping my little secret, a secret, is doing this to me," I didn't know what to do.
"Why were you running a fever back then?" T.K. was puzzled.
"I think that was me working myself to much, sickening myself," I explained.
"I need to talk to Davis," T.K. told me.
"If you tell him I will never forgive you, I did once, but not a second time!" I warned him.
"I won't, who do you want to talk to? I'll only send who you want," T.K. said nicely.
"I really want to talk to Izzy," I said calmly.
"Ok, I'll tell him that you want to see him…Did you really have a crush on him?" T.K. told me.
"Thank you, and yes I did, what is wrong with that?" I didn't want an answer.
"Ok Kari," T.K. was blushing, I didn't know why.
He left the room. I heard talking come from the living room.
Izzy walked in the room. He was frowning. He stared at me, and sat next to me on the floor.
"Why are you so sad Izzy?" I asked in puzzlement.
"I'm don't like seeing you get these weak feeling, you always were like that. When I first met you, well, Tai told me that you were a very sick child, never really felt good," he told me.
"I didn't go to camp that summer, four years ago, because I was really sick," I remembered.
"I just don't understand what is happening to you. You'll be up and jumping, and then the next minute, you'll be weak on the ground," Izzy said sadly.
"I think it might be Davis, well, the secret I keep from Davis, all the presser, the stress, the hurt. I never really did this before. You understand now?" I explained.
"I don't think it is Davis," Izzy thoughtfully said.
"Then what is it?" I asked in a loud voice.
"I think it's that the team is breaking up, we're not like the good old days," Izzy said.
"Izzy, you're right!" I exclaimed.
"Kari, you've got to get over it! We're not the team we use to be. I'm sorry, but we can't change that! At least you have the newer team, us older kids don't!" Izzy said in a scared voice.
I started to cry.
"Oh…Kari…I didn't mean…To make you…Cry," Izzy stuttered.
He gave me a hug, and held me in his arms.
"I know I have to get over it," I whispered in his ear. I was looking at the ground.
"Kari, look at me," he told me.
I looked up at him.
"I know this is going to be hard, just know this, no matter how far apart we may be, we'll always be a team, if you need help, we'll always be here," Izzy reassured me.
"I guess so," I looked at the door.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked me.
"Davis," I whispered.
"Oh Kari!" Izzy yelled.
"No, not like that, I don't know if I should tell him, I've tried to twice. Something always happens, either someone stops me, or I try to tell him, but stop myself," I confessed.
"Follow your heart," he said getting up.
"Izzy, I want to talk to Matt," I said as he started to open the door.
He nodded his head in agreement, and left the room.