Ch. 21The Stars Are Covered
As we waited for the door to open, we heard a lot of yelling. "Why won't this open?"
"Matt, the inside lock, it's still locked," I informed him.
"Oh, yeah, that might help her!" Matt hurried to open the lock. Sidney was pushing the door on the other side, she didn't know about Matt on the other side. When the door rushed open, it wacked Matt in the face, he fell to the ground.
"Matt! I am so sorry!" Sidney yelled as she ran to his side.
"I'm fine, wow, you're a triplet?" Matt was dizzy, he saw three of everything.
"There's only one of me, the one in the middle…I can't believe I did that," Sidney was worried.
"He'll be fine, he has a hard head, the funny thing is, Tai and Davis are the ones usually get hit with things, this is a good change!" I explained to her.
"Hey!" Tai and Davis yelled.
"That reminds me, Kari, we have to talk later…Alone," Sidney stared at me.
"Right!" I agreed.
"Oh, my head…Please don't do that again," Matt looked at me, then at Sidney.
"Do you have an ice pack any wheres?" I asked.
"Freezer," Matt pointed to the fridge.
"Davis, get the ice pack," I instructed.
Davis walked over to me with the ice pack, he handed it to me.
"That is going to be too cold," Sidney looked scared.
"I know that. Davis, can you bring me my backpack?" I questioned.
"Sure," Davis went and came back just like that.
"I should have something in here…This should do," I said pulling a bandana from my bag.
"Ok, let me have that," Matt put out his hand to grab the ice pack.
"You can be so demanding," I rapped the cloth around the ice pack, then I handed it to Matt.
"You can be so demanding," Matt mumbled in a mocking way as he put the ice pack on his head.
"You should go lie down, Sidney and I are going to go talk," I decided.
"Anything you want to say to Sidney can be told to me," Matt told me.
"Matt, I want to talk to Kari," Sidney had a confused look.
"Anything you want to tell Kari can be told to me!" he smiled.
"Matt!" I laughed as Sidney and I walked into her dressing room.
"So, how did it go?" Sidney closed the door and quickly asked.
"How did what go?" I questioned slyly.
"You know what I'm talking about, with Davis," she hinted.
"Oh! That…Yeah that, it went…Why should I be telling you?" I quickly asked.
She jumped back at what I said.
"You know, we just met, how do I know that I can trust you with my secrets? How do I know that you won't go off and tell the others?" I requested.
"Kari, cool down, I just want to get to know you better, you know? I want to be your friend! I would be-friend Sora, but we're already friends," Sidney explained.
"Why not Mimi, or Yolei?" I stared at her.
"Mimi, yeah, well, I'm not ever going to be that girly, ok I never want to be that girly! Oh, and Yolei, she's well, not someone I can talk to about everything, sports, music, the newest style, anything! Yolei isn't that kind of person, not to me anyways," she said.
"You do know I was just joking with all of those questions, right? I know we just met, but hey, we clicked like that!" I snapped my fingers.
"Does that mean you'll tell me?" she smiled.
"It was great, beautiful, perfect, almost hard to believe, until Tai showed up, then it was normal, like we were just hanging out, like we were just friends. I want more than friendship! Tai ruined it, he's always doing that if I think about the fact," I told her.
"Tai…He's the one with the big hair?" Sidney asked me.
"Yeah, he's my brother," I explained.
Sidney lightly smiled.
"What is that smile about?" I questioned her.
"I knew him when I was your age…I once had a crush on him," her smile grew bigger.
"Really? Why?" I was puzzled.
"I was young, all I knew was if the guy's cute, take him, I was stupid," she laughed a little.
"Did you ever talk to him?" I asked.
"Yeah, we were on the same soccer team, he would always talk about his little sister, I'm guessing that's you, he said that you always hung around him," Sidney explained.
"I didn't have any friends; I would hang around him because I didn't have any friends. I was lonely, he was the only person I really knew," I remembered.
"Then, he left for summer camp, when he came back, he was such a jerk! I stayed home, I was sick; he came back not wanting to spend one second with me. I joined the soccer team, he did too, it wasn't a pretty sight. Do you remember a day when Tai came home with a black eye?" she made him sound mean.
"Yeah, he said that he got in a fight with Matt," I told her.
"Nope, that was me; I got really mad at him at soccer practice. I decided, hey, why not beat him up? Big mistake! We were practicing, he was right next to me, we were on oppisite teams, I tripped him before he made a goal. Here's where the ugly part starts; after I tripped him, Tai got real mad, he started to yell at me. I pushed him down on the ground and punched him in the face. Yeah, Tai got up and pushed me down, I, being really mad at him, chucked the soccer ball at him. Here's the worse part, the couch saw me do this; he was steamed! I got kicked off the team, I never saw Tai ever since," Sidney explained.
"Sora! He didn't want to hang around you because of Sora!" my eyes grew larger.
All she did was give me this confused look.
"Tai had a crush on her, ever since summer camp. He didn't want to be around you because Tai wanted to spend as much time with her as he could," I informed Sidney.
"I wonder if he knows it's me," she laughed.
"Why don't we figure out? Tai, come here!" I yelled.
"No don't do-" Sidney stopped when the door opened.
"What do you need Kari?" Tai asked me.
"Remember that day you came home from soccer practice with a black eye? Who was it that did that to you?" I questioned him.
"I told you, Matt and I got in a fight," he replied.
"But, you came right home, Matt was at his house, it had to been somebody else," I pressured.
"I got in an argument with this person on my soccer team," Tai told me.
"What was the person's name?" I asked.
"Ah! Sidney!" Tai jumped fright.
"Sidney, that name sounds familiar," I slyly said.
"Are you the same Sidney?" he pointed at her.
"I don't know, should I chuck another soccer ball at you to make you remember?" Sidney laughed.
"Did you know this whole time!" Tai yelled.
"No, just noticed when Kari was telling me how you ruined her perfect moment," she smiled.
"I should have known," he mumbled.
"Why did we stop being friends Tai?" Sidney asked.
"Sora," he muttered.
"Want to know something funny Tai? I use to have a crush on you, boy am I glad I don't anymore! I hope Sora is happy with you, I think it was for the better that we didn't stay friends; I might have gotten a bigger crush on you. I'm much better off with Matt!" Sidney's eyes grew larger.
"Really! If I knew that, I might have not liked Sora. I liked you Sidney, but when I met Sora it was like, Sidney who? Wow, if we told each other, Matt might have ended up with Sora," Tai admitted.
"I couldn't see them together," I was really talking to myself, but they heard me.
"Really, neither could I! Sora isn't the kind I could see with Matt, she's not the rock star kind, she goes well with Tai. See, Sora and Tai likes to play sports. Matt and I like to sing, be in the limelight. I know Sora is a good singer, but I couldn't see her doing it for a living. Just like I couldn't see myself playing tennis for a living," Sidney informed us.
"Could you see me singing for a living?" Tai asked.
Both Sidney and I started to burst out in laughter.
"I'll take that as a no," he frowned.
"Let us hear you sing, I know you can play the guitar, but you need to sing too," Sidney smiled.
"Never mind," Tai never liked to sing.
"I wonder if Davis can sing," I said what I thought.
"I don't think he can," Tai said opening the door.
"How would you know? Kari, maybe we should make them do a duet!" she laughed.
"Sounds great!" I laughed along with her.
We walked out the door, and we went back to where the others were.
"What's so funny guys?" Matt asked as we came by the group.
"I was reminding Tai how we use to be friends, that is until he met Sora," Sidney smiled.
"You guys were friends before?" Sora questioned.
"Sure were! We played soccer together, it was great. Then Tai left for summer camp, the day he came back, he didn't even notice me. We were both on the soccer team again; I got real mad at him one practice. I puched him and chucked a soccer ball at him, not very smart of me! I got kicked off the team, I never saw him again, not until today," she explained.
"Yeah, she even had a crush on me," Tai was smiling.
"And Tai had a crush on you," Matt guessed.
"How did you know?" he asked.
"I'm not that stupid," Matt said.
"I think it works out better this way, I couldn't see Sora with Matt," Sidney told us.
"I never liked Matt, so I would have never ended up with Matt," Sora informed us.
"You didn't? Sorry I said that then," Sidney started to blush embarrassment.
"No, I liked her four years ago, but when she told me she liked me only as a friend, I decided that I should let Tai have her, but that was because Sora liked him," Matt let us know.
"I can't believe you thought I liked him," Sora looked at the ground.
"I know how you feel Sora, almost everyone thought I liked T.K., I think he even thought I did. Don't you just hate when people come to conclusions before they know the facts?" I smiled.
"I know this is off the subject, but Kari, I thought you'd like to hear this," Willis handed me a tape recorder, there was a tape inside.
"What's on it?" I asked.
"The microphone was still on when you were done performing the first time, Willis and I decided to record it," Cody told me.
"I've got to hear this," I turned on the tape player.
"Oh, we started to record when you were talking to Davis," Cody informed me.
"If only we could have some time alone, you know, just you and me, I really want to talk about this whole thing," I heard myself on the tape, my eyes grew larger.
"Yeah, but someone always pops up, I mean, come on, hasn't anyone heard of privacy?" Davis said on the tape.
"Ok, I think that was enough of that! Now that the whole world basically knows what I told Davis, I don't think the rest needs to know," I turned the tape off.
"There went all my big brother points," I heard Tai tell Sora.
"Who said there were big brother points?" I asked him as I walked over.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have done what I did," he frowned.
"You saw me kissing Davis, you didn't want to see that, better yet, you didn't want to see your little sister grow up into a young lady which she already was," I informed him.
"Next time I'll just walk away, leave you be, I swear, next time I won't ruin it for you," Tai promised me.
"Thanks Tai, I'm going to go talk to Davis, now I don't want to catch you guys kissing," I joked.
"Have fun Kari!" Sora yelled as I walked away.
"To bad Ken had to miss all the fun," I told Davis.
"Yeah, it would have been fun, that's what that guy needs, some fun," he smiled.
"When Willis sleeps at your house, you should invite Ken over, that would be fun for you guys. Just don't be talking bad about me," I laughed.
"I don't know, we might end up fighting about you. I know Ken has a crush on you, I bet Willis does too! I know he said he liked that Hanna person, but people can like more than one person," Davis said.
"Unlike you which has only had a crush on one person since you were ten," I was still laughing.
"Yeah, but in the end, I ended up winning her heart," Davis started to walk away from me.
"Where are you going?" I asked him.
"Follow me if you want to know," he slyly said.
"But, oh fine!" I ran after him.
We walked down a hall.
"Do you even know where you're going?" I asked Davis.
"Of course, T.K. told me of this one stair case that brings you up to the roof," he told me.
"Really? You and T.K. talk more than I thought you did," I said as we reached a staircase.
"I didn't really like him at first; I didn't want him to take you away from me. I remember the day he came to our class, the thought that filled my mind was, what does that guy think he's doing? Then, we became good friends, and that thought filled my head again, why is this guy trying to take Kari away from me? I really got to know T.K. before we started to fight; I must have been a real jerk. I'm sorry for all the trouble I caused you, but if I didn't do what I did, who know how long it would have been until you told me your true feelings," Davis admitted.
"I guess you're right, I don't think I would have told you," I smiled.
"It's going to be windy, give me your hand," Davis said as he opened the door to the outside.
"Oh, ok," I said as he took my hand. As the door opened, a strong wind pulled through the stairway, trying to take me with it.
"Kari! Don't worry, I got you," Davis took my other hand and pulled me next to him.
"Thanks Davis, if it wasn't for you, that wind would have taken me with it!" I smiled.
"No problem, but I have a question for you," he said to me in a nervous way.
"Um, what is it?" I asked.
"Why do you like me?" Davis asked.
"When I first met you, you were very nice to me; I also thought you were pretty cute. Then, when I got to know you even better, I felt safer with you around. I'm not that sure, but when I'm with you, I feel this protection that I can't get any where else," I explained.
"Well, I like to protect you, keep you out of danger, I don't want to see the only person that I like get hurt," he smiled as he closed the door back up.
"Why did you do that?" I questioned.
"The clouds are covering the stars," Davis answered.
"The stars? Oh Davis!" I said and gave him a kiss on the cheek. I started to go down the stairs.
"Thank you?" he questioned as he followed me.
"No problem," I turned and looked at him.
I walked back to the main room that we were in, but the others were gone.
"Kari! Over here, we're on the stage, come on over!" I heard Izzy's voice.
"Ok, we'll be there in a second!" I yelled back.
"Hey Kari, I didn't know you could run that fast," Davis smiled when he finally caught up with me.
"Maybe you're just slow," I joked around with him.
"No, you're just really fast," he laughed.
"Everyone is on the stage, come on, let's go meet up with them," I started to walk away, but Davis took my hand and stopped me.
"Wait for me," he said letting go.
"Ready? Good, let's get going," I took his hand and started to walk again.
"Hey Kari, Davis, the others are this way," Izzy met us at the door.
"Oh, ok, are they on the stage?" I asked.
"Just follow me," Izzy turned quickly and scanned us. He quickly turned back around and started to walk away, motioning us to follow.
Izzy opened another door, which led to the stage.
"In here," he told us, we walked in.
"Kari! Hold on, I have a quick question for you and Davis," Cody walked up to the door right when it opened.
"Sure, what is it?" I asked him.
"Um, why did you have a crush on Izzy?" he quickly questioned.
"Oh, I was young, I didn't know any better," I winked.
"Thanks Kari, you're so nice," Izzy said sarcastically.
"Fine, you were kind of cute, but not as cute as Davis," I smiled.
"Two points for me!" Davis laughed.
"Who said there were points?" I requested.
"There aren't, that makes it even easier to win your heart," he smiled.
"Who said you didn't?" I whispered to myself.
"I think you already won it," Cody pointed at me, I was blushing.
"Come on, the others might be worrying about us," Izzy told us, and walked into the room.