Ch. 24 T.K. Tells The Truth
"You're a great dancer," Davis told me as suddenly a light flashed on, a spot light.
"Ah! Sorry, I wasn't expecting that," I jumped back a little, but Davis pulled me back again.
"It is a bit bright," I could tell that Davis was annoyed.
"Then, let's get out of it!" I smiled.
"Huh? What do you mean?" he was confused.
"Dance to the edge of the stage, then jump down," I told him.
"Ok, sounds great," Davis said.
He started to walk to the edge. When we got to the end of the stage, Davis lost his balance and fell of the stage, pulling me with him.
"Oh boy, this is going to hurt in the morning!" Davis laughed.
"Are you ok Davis? I hope I didn't hurt you," I jumped off of him.
"I'll be fine, what about you?" he asked as he scanned me to make sure I was ok.
"I'm fine, I had a soft landing!" I joked.
"Where are the others?" Davis asked me.
Something was wrong; they didn't run over to make sure we were alright or anything. Davis and I decided to go onto the stage to make sure they were ok.
"There gone!" I gasped.
The stage door opened.
"Kari! Are…Are you ok? Did you get hurt? What happened?" Tai questioned as he saw me.
"I'm fine, I'm not hurt, and it was just a plan that went wrong," I explained.
"What did you do?" Tai yelled at Davis.
"Why do you always blame Davis? T.K. turned on the spotlight; I wanted to get out of it. I told Davis to go to the edge of the stage and jump down. Before he could get down, he lost his balance and fell off the stage, I fell with him. I landed on Davis, I had a soft landing. I'll be fine and so will Davis, I'm stronger than I look, and Davis, he's pretty strong," I gave more detail to what happened.
"Technically it is my fault, I did lose my balance, and I could have let go of Kari, but that wasn't my first action," Davis told us.
He was right, he did keep hold of my hand…But I could have let go, I was really holding onto him. I was trying to keep him from falling, making myself drop with him.
"I was holding him," I told myself, but the others heard.
"What was that?" Tai asked me.
"I could have let him go, I was trying to keep him from falling…I tried to let go, but I just couldn't, there was this voice in my head that said don't let go," I replied in a confused way.
Tai shifted his body so he could see what Davis's reaction was.
"What do you have to say?" Tai asked him after a second of silence.
"I don't know, I remember holding onto Kari, I could swear I held onto her," Davis was just as puzzled as I was.
"It's a chain reaction, Davis's first thought was to hold onto the first thing or person in this case, that he could, and Kari's first action was, hold onto Davis, don't let him fall," Cody explained.
"Sounds logical," Yolei told us.
"It's nothing to worry about, Tai, why don't you just go back to Sora or whomever you're hanging with? How is Izzy doing? Why am I worrying so much?" I asked in a concerned way.
"Izzy, he's not doing so well from what I've seen, he's been avoiding me. For the worrying part, it comes naturally to you I guess, you've always been that way," Tai told me.
"You messed up big time; Izzy might forgive you over time. Is Sora talking to you? I'll be amazed if she is! If Mimi ever forgives Izzy for something that happened three years ago when she wasn't here, Izzy will be back to normal. Tai, just don't talk about Jennifer, you shouldn't of said anything in the first place. I know Sora's little joke wasn't funny; she didn't think you would take it that way, I didn't either. Don't argue with her, it's for your own good! Don't worry, I'll be fine. Go on, you better get going, I don't want you to ruin my plans…Again," I instructed him.
"I hope Izzy will forgive me for the mistake I made; I should have known from the start that it was a joke. I also know I've been bad at letting you be, and I told you, I'll try to leave you alone. It's just when you get hurt, I'm your big brother, that is the one thing I'm aloud to do, care about you when you get hurt, when you're feeling down, when you have a problem, all of the stuff and more. I'm going to go, I don't want to ruin your plans, again, I've done that to many times today," Tai informed me.
"I understand," is all I could say.
"Thanks for getting me guys, it makes me know that I can trust Kari's life with you," Tai told Yolei, Cody, T.K., and Willis.
"We couldn't stand to see Kari get hurt, I know my first reaction was, get Tai," T.K. said.
"Oh, Davis, isn't Kari a great dancer? She's just too shy to show all of her talents, you should see some of her other skills," Tai started to walk away before Davis could reply.
"Is that some sort of tip or something?" Davis yelled to him.
"No, but this is, she can be a girl of many moods. Listen to what she has to say, be there when she needs a friend. When she tells you to go away, it's best to do as she says, let your shoulder be where she can cry, and last but the most important, never, I mean never break my younger sister's heart. If you do, know that I will hunt you down and kill you!" Tai warned Davis.
"I'll take your advise, mainly the last part," he was a little scared.
"You better," Tai pointed at Davis, quickly opened the door, and left the stage room.
"Will he really kill me?" Davis asked me.
"Will you really break my heart?" I countered.
"No," he simply answered.
"Then, Tai won't kill you," I smiled.
"He still scares me a little," Davis hesitated to smile.
"But for being a boy, he did give you some good advise," I hinted.
"I guess he did," he stared at his hands.
It finally hit me, Davis was scared. He's scared about what has been going on, scared about everything. He looked so helpless, like he wanted to do something to help someone, but he doesn't know how to.
"Are you scared? Because, if you are, I'm here to talk to," I informed him.
"Scared? A little, but I don't really know why," Davis told me.
"No one ever does, not until it hits them in the right spot," I smiled.
"You're going to hit me, aren't you?" he closed his eyes tight.
"Nope," I leaned over and kissed him, not on the cheek, but on the lips. T.K., Yolei, Willis, and Cody were in the room, but I didn't care.
"That sure did hit me, real hard," Davis said in this dazed voice.
I looked to the side of me, I saw T.K., he had this disappointed look, and it made me sad to look at him. I then saw Yolei, she was smiling, giving me this way to go look. When I saw Cody, he was stunned, Willis was too.
"They're all staring at us," I whispered to Davis.
"Act like you didn't see them," he told me.
"I can't, it's too hard to not stare back," I informed him.
"Give me your hand, I'll get us out of this," Davis decided.
I put my hands in his, and we stood up and walked down the stage. I turned around slightly so I could see the others faces. T.K. looked like he wanted it to be him who I kissed.
"Stop it!" I turned around and pointed at T.K.
He just stared at me with the same look.
I walked over to him, I knew we were going to end up getting in a fight, but I risked the chance, I couldn't see T.K. look like that, not when he liked Yolei. But, could he still have feelings for me? Isn't he over me? Or did I show my true feelings for Davis to T.K. too soon?
"Stop what?" T.K. asked me when I got to him.
"That face you have, how disappointed you look," I replied.
"I'm, I am not…Disappointed," he lied.
"You're lying!" Yolei snapped.
I jumped back, scared to see what she would do next.
"Admit it, you still have feelings for Kari, I know you do!" Yolei yelled.
T.K. hesitated to say anything.
I don't know why, but for some odd reason, my heart told me to slap him, and my brain agreed for once. So I did, I slapped T.K. across the face. He put his hand on his cheek. I hit him hard, my hand stung. I couldn't stand all of this fighting, so I decided to walk away.
"Wait! I'll confess, I still have feelings for Kari. It's hard to get over her, and I don't know why, I've tried everything. It's not my fault; my heart tells me to love her, when my mind tells me to let her go. It isn't easy to decided which one is right! It kills me to see her like someone else, almost as much as it hurt to hear her tell me that she never liked me. I'm trying to become Davis's friend, and I try and I try, but it doesn't seem to work. I guess it hurts too much to know that he likes the one that for some reason, I still have feelings for. You don't know how sorry I am, I'm sorry that I can't get over you, I'm sorry that I never told you, I'm sorry I never told Yolei, I'm sorry I never told Davis, I'm sorry I never told anyone, but the most important thing is that I'm sorry that sorry doesn't always help. Sometimes I just wish everything was back to normal, like it was before Kari ever told Davis, or back before we met them, in the good old days, not that they were very good. I hate it that we always have someone fighting in our group, that no one can ever be happy at the same time. I miss the days when I could just be around Kari and not get this feeling that tells me that Davis is going to hate me if I say this or Yolei will never like me if I do that. I don't think things will ever be like that ever again, but maybe if we are lucky enough, things will go back to normal, but that may never happen, but if it does, it will be the best thing that will ever happen. I'm sorry for all the pain my words put you guys through, but I go through it everyday of my life," T.K. explained in a sorry way.
"And this whole time I thought I knew you, but I never really met you," Yolei said, making us confused at her words.
"You don't know me?" he questioned.
"No, what I mean is that I never met all the sides of you. You have your caring, funny, sad, mad, and confused sides. This one is your feelings side; the way you act tells me a lot. Let me make this easier to understand…I never knew that you had that feeling still left, for Kari I mean," Yolei tried to explain.
"Really?" T.K. was still confused.
"I do have one question that I'm not that sure if I should bring up. It's about the day Davis and T.K. got in the fight at school. Davis, did you see T.K. kiss me on the cheek? I know you saw me slap him, but I'm not that sure what else you saw," I asked.
"I don't know if Davis saw it, but I did. That was the day I said to myself that T.K. had no feelings for me. I was wrong, he was just scared, worried maybe," Yolei told me.
"I saw him, I just didn't say anything. That's why I thought T.K. was lying about you liking me Kari. I should have known after you slapped him, but I thought he might have said something that might have hurt you," Davis explained.
"I almost forgot about that, it was real stupid of me," T.K. remarked.
"You had mixed emotions, I don't blame you. I should have told you that I didn't like you; instead, I slapped you across the face. I'm sorry if I hurt you," I tried to smile.
"I deserved the slap, I shouldn't have, ah, kissed you on the cheek…It was stupid and rude of me. I was being a real jerk that day, with fighting with Davis, and wasn't that the day you came over to my house? I wasn't such a good friend! I've been causing a whole lot of trouble in our group. I can't even believe things that I did, like when I got mad at you and I told Davis, sorry about that," T.K. frowned.
"It meant nothing T.K.," I told him. Then I whispered to myself. "Or did it?"
"I guess it didn't," he said in an unsure way.
"I think it meant something," Davis informed us.
"What?" T.K. and I were shocked at Davis's words.
"Davis is right, it meant something," Yolei was agreeing with him.
"I don't understand, why would you say that?" I questioned.
"T.K., what did you feel after you kissed Kari?" Davis counted my question.
"I felt like I betrayed a friend," he answered.
"Did you think you deserved the slap?" Davis asked.
"Yeah, I did deserve it," T.K. admitted.
"Why did you slap him Kari?" Davis was now questioning me.
"Because I thought he knew I liked you, and because I liked you…I didn't want to be kissed by any guy that wasn't you," I confessed.
Davis backed away from me, like he was scared of what I said.
"It told me that I really, truly liked you Davis, it made me sure that the feeling I had was for real. That kiss told me that I didn't want to be with anyone but you," I explained.
"Everything will be better from now on, now that we know everything, the whole truth," Davis walked over to me.
"Not really," Cody quickly said.
"What do you mean Cody?" Yolei asked slyly.
"We don't know much at all. Think about it, when was the last time we just sat down and told each other what we've been doing? We don't spend every second of every day together; we do have our own time. We each live two different lives, the lives we spend with our friends, and the lives we spend at our houses, or with other friends, when we aren't around each other," Cody let us know.
"That is with the exception for the last day or so," Yolei jumped in.
"I would say, let's talk now, but I'm getting real tired. What time is it?" I asked.
"It's midnight, we should get the others and get to bed," Willis told us.
"Is that in American time?" Davis questioned.
"No, I set my watch to your time," Willis answered.
"I'll go get the others," I offered.
"And I'll go with her!" Davis opened the door for me.
"If you're gone more than 30 minutes, I'll come looking for you. Even though I know what you would be doing," T.K. smiled.
"Ok T.K., that wasn't nice," I hit him on the shoulder and left, Davis followed me.
"Let's take our time, really get them worried," Davis laughed.
"You do know what T.K. was talking about, right?" I asked.
"Of course I do!" he exclaimed.
"What was he talking about?" I requested.
"He was saying if we weren't back in 30 minutes, he'll take it that we are kissing in the hallway. You knew that, right?" Davis told me.
"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you knew," I was concerned from T.K.'s words.
"What is it Kari? Are you worried that T.K.'s going to see us kissing in the hallway? I would only kiss you if you want me too," Davis was questioning.
"No, not really," I answered.
"You don't seem tired," he noticed.
"I'm not, I just didn't want to talk to them anymore," I replied.
"You didn't want me to come," Davis guessed.
"No, I wanted you to come, I love being around you. I love talking to you; it's just the others that I get bored of after awhile. For some reason, I never get bored when I'm talking to you. You always have something to say," I told him.
"Thanks Kari," he said.
Instead of saying something back, I took his hand and kissed him on the cheek.
"You always know how to make me feel good; you never seem to bother me. Davis, you are like the perfect guy for me, I could see myself with you forever," I randomly said.
"I could see myself with you forever to. I can see it now…You with a wonderful teaching career and me, with my noodle stand," Davis pictured our future.
"What about kids? Would we have children?" I asked.
"I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see," he smiled at me.
"We better get going, we already took 10 minutes just talking," I decided and started to walk.
Davis stopped me, he still held my hand. "Why not take 20 more minutes talking?"
"Ok," I couldn't say no to him.
"Cool," is all he said back to me.
"You do know that you are the one that needs to start the conversation, right?" I questioned.
"Oh, right…I haven't thought about something yet," Davis replied.
"I'll start then…Do you still have that cut?" I asked a question relating to something he showed me a long time ago it seemed.
"I haven't checked," Davis rolled up the sleeve of his shirt, there was the cut.
"It looks so hurtful," I commented.
"And what about yours?" he questioned.
"It's still there, it will always be there."
"May I see it?"
I took off the glove and revealed the cut on the palm of my hand.
"Looks beautiful," Davis commented.
"Was that sarcastic?" I asked.
"Yes, because it isn't beautiful, but your eyes are," he gazed into my eyes.
"I love the way your eyes glow so beautifully," I told him.
"I love the way you always comment about my eyes," Davis said back.
I didn't say anything else.
"Is it ok if I kiss you now?" he sweetly asked.
"Of course you can, you don't need to ask," I informed him.
There we were, out in the hall, right by the stage doors. Davis's kiss was soft and warm. I wasn't keeping track of the time, and the stage door opened.
"Kari!" T.K. was staring at us.
I pushed away from Davis. "T.K.!"
"I am really sorry, I didn't know you were, never mind, I'll go now…I'm really sorry," T.K. was going to leave, but something told me to stop him.
"No, I'm sorry, we should have gone to get the others, but we didn't," Davis stopped him before I could say anything.
"No, I'm really sorry, I really didn't need to see that, next time I'll knock," he decided.
"We shouldn't have been kissing in the hallway!" I blurted out.
"No, it's ok, you're girlfriend and boyfriend now, you're allowed to," T.K. explained.
"Boyfriend and girlfriend?" Davis questioned.
"Yeah, that's when a boy and a girl are going out," T.K. said.
"We've never really gone out. Only to get ice cream, and that was tonight," he told T.K.
"And then we went…Never mind, I won't get into detail," I smiled.
"Thanks, I really don't need to know the details! Anyways, I'm sorry about me walking out on you, I feel like I'm becoming Tai, with ruining it for you every time. I was just getting worried; it's been a half an hour, so I came to see if you were coming back. I didn't think you'd still be out here, you know? Just do me a favor and, go get the others, and don't tell anyone I saw you," T.K. explained.
"No problem!" Davis said.
"I bet you weren't even tired," T.K. mumbled as he opened the stage door.
"I wasn't, I just wanted a little time, understand T.K.?" I asked, he turned to look at me.
"Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I did end up with you," T.K. told me.
"You wouldn't be able to handle it," Davis blurted out.
"Why do you say that?" he questioned.
"Because Kari is different from other girls," Davis explained.
"What do you mean by that?" I asked him.
"What I meant by different was that cut," he smiled.
"Just because I've gone to this strange Dark World, doesn't mean I'm different! Anyways, T.K., you've got to get me out of your head! You're with Yolei, remember Yolei? Yeah, and we'll never be together, I don't have anything but friendship for you," I decided.
"Right, Yolei…I better get going. Kari, Davis, could you not mention this conversation to Yolei or anyone else?" T.K. asked.
"We promise we won't tell unless it is for the better," I said for both Davis and I.
"Thanks, I better get back to Yolei, I said I was only going to be a minute, and it's been ten! Don't be too long!" T.K. left us.
When we got to the room where Tai and the others were, Davis knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Tai yelled.
"Hey Tai," I said as I walked into the room, Davis followed me in.
"What do you need?" Tai asked.
"We decided we should get some rest, it's past midnight. Would you and the others like to join us in the stage room?" Davis asked.
"We'll be there in 10 minutes," Tai told us.
"Ok, don't take too long," I opened the door to leave.
"We won't," he decided.
Davis and I left the room. I didn't get a chance to look around, so I didn't know what was going on in there. I wonder how Mimi and Izzy are doing.