Ch. 12 A Plan and A Trick
We arrived at Yolei's house. We went into the bedroom; there is where we started to talk.
"I have the best thing to talk about…Cute boys!" Mimi was laughing.
"Do any of you girls have a crush on someone in our group of friends?" Sora asked.
We all nodded in agreement.
"Sora, who do like in the group?" I really wanted to know.
"I never said this before, but I still like Tai, I just wish he still liked me," Sora had a worried look.
"Don't worry Sora, I shouldn't say this, but Tai still likes you," I was telling something I shouldn't.
"That's ok Sora, I like Izzy, more than I liked Matt, and I had a huge crush on Matt. I never told anyone because I didn't want to go out with a computer wiz kid," Mimi confessed.
"T.K.," Yolei simply said.
"Oh, you like T.K.," I said, I wouldn't tell her that he liked her; I want T.K. to tell her for himself.
"Who do you like Kari?" Mimi directed the question on me.
"Well…I have a crush on…Well…Davis," I was being shy about it, there went my secret.
"Why don't you ask him out then? He has a major crush on you," Yolei was puzzled.
"I find it better if he doesn't know," I was blushing.
"Is that what has been bothering you?" Sora asked.
"I'm not that sure, either him or the team splitting apart," I explained.
"We'll help you through, don't worry," Yolei told me.
"Let's go spy on the guys, I want to know what they're talking about," I said slyly.
"Sounds like a plan," Mimi sounded as sly as I did.
"How will we do that?" Yolei asked.
"Easy, give me the phone please," I said with my hand out.
"Oh, I understand now," Yolei said, handing me the phone.
"May I please speak to T.K.?" I asked T.K.'s mom.
"Sure, just a second," she said back to me.
"Hello, this is T.K.," T.K sounded confused.
"Hello T.K., we wanted to know what you guys are talking about," I said calmly.
"Kari? Why do you want to know?" T.K. was puzzled.
"We just wanted to know if you were talking about what we were talking about," I was calm.
"We're just talking about…You know, um, our crushes," T.K. stuttered.
"Don't you dare think about telling him!" I yelled over the phone at him.
"I wasn't going to," T.K. was a little puzzled still.
"Who are you talking about?" I asked.
"Well, it's really funny, you," T.K. laughed.
"Whatever!" I hung up the phone.
"What did he say?" Mimi asked.
"The worse thing…There talking about me," I was about to cry.
"That's horrible, did you hear anything," Sora asked.
"Yeah, I don't know who it was, but someone said that I am a cute girl, different, not like you guys," it was hard to say this.
"I bet it was Davis!" Yolei laughed.
"No, it wasn't him, it wasn't T.K. either," I was thinking about what I heard.
"It could have been Cody," Yolei pointed out.
"I don't think so," I was positive it wasn't Cody.
"We know it won't be Tai," Sora said with a smile.
"I would hope not Sora!" I yelled.
"So, that leaves Matt, Joe, Izzy, and Ken," Sora was smiling still.
"Yolei! Do you have any walkie-talkies? If we put one down your vent, it will go down to T.K.'s room. We can just put tape over that button thing, we can hear them, but they can't here us! We'll know everything they say, maybe we'll find some good stuff," Mimi had a sly look on her face.
"Awesome! I'll go get the walkie-talkies," Yolei also got a sly look.
After five minutes, Yolei came back into the bedroom. With her, she had the walkie-talkies, some rope, and some tape.
"Ok, we'll put the tape over this button, and then we'll tie the rope around, I hope this doesn't make to much noise!" I did as I said.
"Perfect, Yolei, open the vent," Sora now had the sly look.
Yolei opened the vent. "Here, hand it to me."
I gave Yolei the walkie-talkie with the tape and rope.
"We need some cloth on the bottom, so it doesn't make a lot of sound," I suggested.
"Yeah, here, we'll use one of my bandanas, get one from my shelf, anyone," Yolei replied.
I went over to her shelf. "Here." I threw the bandana to Yolei. She rapped the bottom and a little of the back. It was perfect, I hope we'll be able to hear them.
"Ok, Sora, will you put it down the vent?" Yolei was getting shaky.
"Sure, move over," Sora said, she put the walkie-talkie down the vent. After she did that, we turned on ours. Let the spying began!
"I can't believe you said Kari was cute!" we heard Tai yell.
"It's working," Sora whispered.
"Well, she is cute for a 13 year old," it now was Matt talking.
"See, Matt agrees with me!" Izzy was the one who called me cute!
"That is so cute; Izzy has a crush on you!" Sora laughed.
"Shhh…let's see what else they say," I whispered.
"T.K., I have a good question for you," Cody said, there was laughter.
"What is it?" T.K. questioned.
"Who do you like more, Yolei or Kari?" Cody asked.
"They're both my equal friend," that was T.K.'s answer.
"Which one do you like more?" Tai was now asking.
"Oh…Um…Well…I'm trying to get over Kari…I thought I said that…I've been hanging out with Yolei…And, I didn't mean to…But I'm starting to like her, a lot!" T.K. replied.
"Yolei, did you hear that? T.K. likes you too," Mimi was smiling.
There was a sudden silent moment.
"Hey, that's ok, I've been trying to get over Mimi, but I can't," Izzy confessed.
"I don't think he would have wanted me to know," Mimi was being shy.
"What if Kari is telling everyone who we like? She knows all of our crushes!" Tai was stunned.
"You knew that T.K. likes me?" Yolei was puzzled.
"Yes, I know who everyone likes, most of them told me because they said that I could keep a secret. That I wouldn't tell, but I did tell Sora that Tai likes her, but I think you already knew that. I promised T.K. that I wouldn't tell anyone. He said once I tell Davis, he would tell you Yolei. All today I wanted to tell Davis, but every time I try to, I stop myself," I told them everything.
"Shh…They're talking again," Mimi said.
"Want to know something guys? I think Kari is keeping a secret from me…She acts so weird around me…Today she tried to tell me something, but Tai walked in before she did. Do any of you know what she wanted to tell me? I feel left out," Davis told them.
"Don't tell him, don't tell him," I wished.
"I hadn't notice, she acts normal around me," Tai lied.
"I agree with Tai, she would have told me if anything was up," T.K. also lied.
"Oh, thank you," I whispered.
"You really don't want him to know, do you?" Sora asked in puzzlement.
"I'll tell him when I'm ready," I said softly.
"I think she likes you," Ken said.
"He told your secret!" Yolei was shocked.
"He doesn't know, neither does Joe, only T.K., Tai, Izzy, Cody, and Matt," I had a sad smile on.
"Do you know this as a fact?" Davis sounded happy.
"I don't know as a fact, but the way she acts around you, she always seems happier," Ken replied.
"Maybe I should ask her out, I never did before because I didn't want her to reject me. I guess you could even say I was scared to ask," Davis sounded worried.
"If I know my sister, which most of the time I do, she'll say yes," Tai said, without giving it away.
"Then…I'll ask her tomorrow if she would like to go out with me!" Davis was excited.
"Are you going to say yes?" Sora asked nicely.
"I think I will say yes," I was still thinking about what the guys said.
"Kari, I think I'm going to help you a little, I'm going to ask Tai," Sora was smiling.
"Really? That will make it easier, I'll even tell him! I hope T.K. will be ready!" I was blushing.
"I just wish that Kari liked me more than a friend," I heard Davis say in a sad, lonely voice.
"If only he knew the truth, he wouldn't want me," I whispered, but they heard me.
"What truth?" Yolei questioned.
"Kari, you never told them?" Sora was shocked.
"I couldn't, I've hid it for four years, they should never know!" I yelled.
"You have to, if you don't…I will," Sora was calm.
"Fine…I'll tell them all tomorrow," I sounded sad.
"I never heard this story either," Mimi looked puzzled.
"Am I the only one you told!" Sora yelled.
"You…And Tai, no one else," I said slyly.
"Kari, you're keeping to much stuff locked inside, you need to tell everything tomorrow, all the secrets, the lies, the truth!" Sora was strong.
"I will," I was weak compared to her.
"I wonder how Kari is doing…Can I call?" Davis asked.
"Sure here's the phone," we heard T.K. say.
"Get the phone!" I yelled to Yolei.
We heard the phone ringing.
"Hello!" Yolei sounded nervous. She threw the phone to me.
"Hello?" I pretended to be confused.
"Hey Kari! It's Davis. I just wanted to make sure you were feeling ok. Are you having a good time? If not…You could always come down here," Davis was in a different room, the others couldn't hear him.
"I'm fine Davis, but I think I may come down there for a few minutes, is that ok with everyone else? I don't want them to yell at you for me being there," I was blushing.
"Let me ask…Yeah, it's fine," Davis sounded happy.
"Ok, I'll be down there in a minute or two," I was still blushing. I hung up the phone.
"We'll be listening to your every word," Yolei reminded me.
"I know, I'll try to get all I can," I said slyly.
"Good luck!" Mimi said as I left the room.
I walked down to T.K.'s home. I was in my pajamas, great, nothing like being in your pajamas and going to a room filled with guys! I wonder what I'll get out of them; if they say something I know they don't want to be told…I'll put a pillow over the vent!
"Hey Kari, come on in, T.K.'s mom went out, you have no longer than an hour here. Come on, we've been waiting for you," Izzy answered the door and said this with a sly look.
"Ok…I think," we walked to T.K.'s room.
Izzy opened the door to T.K.'s bedroom slowly.
"She has arrived," he said softly to the others.
He took my hand and we walked in.
"Kari, why are you in pajamas?" Tai asked.
"I borrowed some from Yolei," I calmly replied.
"Please have a seat, the others will be back shortly," Matt said with a sly look.
"Where is Davis? I want to talk to him," I was starting to get scared.
"He's not to be bothered, you are to stay here, and tell us everything," Izzy had a dark look.
"I don't want to stay, where is Davis?" I yelled.
"He'll be in later!" Matt yelled.
"I'm leaving, I don't know what is wrong, but you guys are crazy!" I screamed.
"No, you're staying here," Tai blocked the door.
I remembered about the walkie-talkie, I had to call for the girls.
"Help! Help me out of here!" I cried.
After a couple of minutes, I could hear knocking on the door.
"I'll get it," Izzy walked out of the room.
I heard yelling.
"Where's Kari? Why are you acting this way?" Sora was yelling.
"Kari is fine, go away!" Izzy yelled back.
I heard a thud on the floor, someone had fell. Did Izzy hit Sora, or did Sora hit Izzy?
The door opened fast.
"Come on Kari!" Sora yelled.
"What is going on?" I asked her.
"We need to find Davis," is what Sora answered.
"Why Davis?" I was confused.
"You will see…Davis! Where are you?" Sora wanted to know what was going on.
"Sora! In the bathroom! Hurry!" we heard Davis yell back to us.
We ran to the bathroom and broke open the door.
"Davis…What happened?" I was puzzled.
"Nothing! The guys just wanted to see what you would do if someone was in danger, or if something didn't go as planned. I want you guys to leave; I'll call you in 20 minutes. Go! Do you think I'm joking, they think if they freak you girls out that it would be fun, but it isn't!" Davis answered.
"We can play games to," I said slyly.
"Help! My arm, it must have been injured when Davis attacked us! Kari, what are we to do? We are weak, and the guys have gone crazy!" Sora said, loud enough for the guys to hear.
"I feel sick, I don't think I can go any further," I lied.
We heard footsteps.
"Sora…Kari! Are you ok? None of this is real!" Tai yelled.
"Don't move! We're coming!" Izzy yelled to us.
"How can we trust you? You're lying!" Sora yelled back.
"We wouldn't lie, even ask Davis!" Matt said as he got sight of us.
"Their not hurt!" Tai was mad.
"If you want to play around with us, we can play around with you!" I stormed off. Sora followed.
We walked back to Yolei's place. We were happy with what we did.
"What took you so long?" Yolei asked.
"We decided to mess with the guys," Sora told them.
"Let's go see what they're saying," I suggested.
"Yeah, I hope we didn't scare them too much," Sora looked worried.