Ch. 26 The Conversations
"Where is Izzy?" T.K. whispered.
"Out in the hall, I just came to get his laptop," I smiled.
"I'll wait for her to come back, you can get some sleep T.K.," Davis decided.
"Don't worry about me, I'm a big girl. Just go to bed, Tai won't wake up until the morning, he'll never know," I quietly decided.
"Oh, Kari, don't worry about the thing that happened in the hall…I told Davis everything. If he's going to be your boyfriend, I have to be honest with him…Since I was…Am…Crushing on you. Truth is what Davis and I need to have, if we want to be friends," T.K. explained.
"See, T.K. is on step one of getting over you…Admitting it. The last step is over coming the problem, which is he has a crush on you. I'm such a good friend!" Davis quietly laughed.
"Good night Davis, good night T.K.," I kissed Davis and then T.K. on the cheek.
"Night Kari," they said at the same time.
"Night boys…Oh, don't fight over me anymore. That is a warning…If I hear or see any fighting, I'll be real mad. I might not like you guys anymore!" I giggled.
"Shouldn't you be going? Kari, don't go off and kiss any other guys. I don't even like the fact about T.K., but I understand," Davis told me.
"Right, I won't," I walked away, out the door, and back to Izzy.
"Took you long enough!" Izzy joked when I came out.
"Sorry, I stopped to talk to Davis and T.K., Davis knows everything…T.K. told him! Would you ever believe that T.K. told Davis about the kiss I gave him…Everything…But the funniest part is…Davis understood, he wasn't mad or anything!" I said shockingly.
"Why would he be…Davis knows he can trust T.K. now, maybe they can become true friends. Ok, none of the guys in our group can be friends without getting in fights," Izzy told me.
"Ken and Davis never fought before…I never really thought of that before. Tai had fights with you, T.K., Matt, Joe, and Davis. You and Matt never got in a fight before," I decided.
"You don't see us all the time, at school, we don't always get along. Also, when we were younger, after the summer we met…Matt and I got in this fight about Mimi. It was stupid…And he said he never liked Mimi…Why would he fight over her then?" Izzy ended with a question.
"Matt, he's a real mixed up kid…Guy…Tai once told me that Matt didn't really know what he wanted in life. Matt just wanted to be a good big brother for T.K., but that kind of ended after summer break four years ago. I guess he got into music to get over Sora, but while he did that, he lost his brother in the process. I guess Matt just didn't know that with music going on, he couldn't be there for T.K. when he was needed most," I said.
"You are right Kari; Matt doesn't know what he wants. Four years ago he just wanted to be a good big brother. Now, he just wants to work on his music," Izzy frowned.
"But, let's not worry about that! What did you want to show me?" I questioned.
"Oh, right, let me just get it open. What did you guys do when you left us older kids? I did notice you leaving…I wanted to follow you and find out where you were going. I thought you might be thinking I was becoming Tai, being over protected and wanting to know what you are doing and when. So, I decided, I'll meet up with her later, I'll ask her if she'll tell me what she did…Here we are, and now I'm asking you. Will you give me an answer?" he asked as he typed on his laptop.
"Let me remember…When we got to the stage room, it was just Willis, Davis, and I. I started to blame myself, about you and Mimi. Then when Yolei, T.K., and Cody got there, we started to talk about what we wanted in the future. I believe after that Davis and I were dancing, Tai came in, threatened Davis that if he ever broke my heart that Tai would kill Davis. Davis asked me if Tai would really kill him, I asked him if he would really break my heart. I kissed him, the others saw. T.K. looked very disappointed, I just couldn't see him like that, not when he was with Yolei. Yolei yelled at him. T.K. told us that he still had feelings for me, but that he didn't know why. Then, we got into talking about what happened a couple of days ago. When T.K. kissed me on the cheek, and I slapped him. I think after that Davis and I came to get you guys. Oh, before that, Cody mentioned that we didn't ever just sit down and talk, that we don't know anything about each other. He said that we don't spend every day together…Cody's right, we don't. Our team is a little spread out, we should have a day to just talk," I smiled.
"That's a lot of things you did. Right, we don't just talk anymore…If you're ready, you can see what I wanted to show you. It's ready," Izzy was looking around the hallway.
"Ok!" I stared at the computer screen. What I saw was amazing.
"Do you like it?" he questioned.
"Why did you make this Izzy? It's wonderful," I announced.
"I've had sometime to just think, and what I thought of was this. I've been working on this for a while to be honest. Here, let me show you my favorite page," he clicked on a link.
"Oh, that's the picture Davis and I took! He was so surprised; I really wanted to tell him. Then I decided to pretend it was a joke," I remembered.
"Why didn't you tell Davis that you liked him? You liked him for around three years," Izzy asked.
"For the same reason you didn't tell Mimi, and for the same reason Sora never told Tai. I didn't think I was strong enough, and I didn't want to hurt T.K., I just couldn't. I just thought of something, why didn't T.K. tell Yolei that he liked her, no one else like her, that isn't counting Cody," I said.
"He didn't say anything to Yolei because he still likes you Kari," he explained.
"Wait, what is that link? Ken and Kari? I don't remember taking pictures with Ken, well, only one. Can we go to that link?" I wondered.
"I thought you would never ask!" Izzy was overjoyed.
He opened a link. To my surprise, there were many pictures with me and Ken.
"Where did you get these pictures?" I demanded.
"I take pictures when I want; I always take my camera with me, just like you. Well, mine isn't as noticeable!" Izzy laughed.
"I remember that," I pointed at a picture with me and Ken talking.
"Really, what were you talking about?" Izzy questioned.
"We were talking about…I think we were talking about him," I smiled.
"Was this a picture when you guys were first getting to know each other?"
"Yeah…Oh no, I'm not liking this picture anymore."
"What's wrong Kari?"
"When I was talking to Ken, I noticed his eyes! His bright, tender eyes. I wasn't only getting to know him…I was flirting with him!" I exclaimed.
"Kari! Are you saying you like Ken?" Izzy was astonished.
"I don't know! I mean, ok, I don't know what I mean. How could I like Ken? I guess I did when we first met," I decided.
"Is your heart playing games again?" he asked.
"Huh?"
"Is your heart making you feel for another boy, when you don't really have feelings for him? Better yet, is your heart messing with your mind?" Izzy questioned.
"Yeah, I think so, but what do you mean again?" I looked puzzled.
"It did it once with T.K., out in the hall," he tried to find a smile.
"Why do all the guys in our group have to so nice and cute?" I shouted.
"Kari, I cannot truthfully answer that question," Izzy told me.
"I'm going crazy Izzy. Right now, I don't feel like it's safe to talk to anyone but you. I don't know why I'm having all these mixed emotions…I should only have eyes for one guy…And that's Davis! Something is wrong Izzy, and I can't find what it is. It scares me, almost as much as the Dark World scares me. Izzy, what should I do? You're smart, can you figure something out? Please Izzy; you can help me…Can't you?" I sounded as if I was going mad.
"You are not going crazy Kari! You can't always control your heart or mind. People get scared, it's natural. I told you, you'll need to watch out; your emotions can trick you. I'll always be here to talk to, but I'm not that sure how I can help you. Kari, maybe you should spend a day away from the guys, just be with the girls," Izzy thought.
"Davis and T.K. are in my classes, Tai is my brother, he'll always be around," I moaned.
"Spend the night at Sora's over the weekend, I would say Yolei, but Cody and T.K. live in the same building as her," Izzy decided.
"Willis is spending this weekend at my house," I complained.
"Ken and Davis could come over, I could to, Willis will be fine with us around. Kari, you need to relax…Maybe when Willis goes back to America, you should go with. You deserve a vacation, don't you think? To bad Mimi is moving back, if she still lived in America you could go visit her, get out of Japan for awhile, take a break," he smiled at me.
"I'm getting tired Izzy, I'm going to bed. You should get some sleep too," I started to open the door that led to the stage room.
"Hold on Kari! Will you wait for me?" Izzy questioned.
"Hurry up, I'm very sleepy," I yawned.
"I'm coming!" he laughed as he closed his laptop and got up. Izzy walked over to me.
"Thanks Izzy, thanks for everything," I whispered as we walked in the door.
When Izzy and I got into the stage room, I looked around. To my surprise, T.K. and Davis were still up. I decided to go over to them, I told Izzy to come with me.
"Why are you guys still up?" I asked.
"When you left, we got talking," T.K. told me.
"Did you come to go to bed?" Davis questioned.
"Yeah, I started to get tired…What about you guys, are you tired?" I smiled.
"Yes, Davis just wouldn't shut up; he kept on talking and talking!" T.K. laughed.
"I was not! It was T.K. doing all the talking. I was like, dude, do you ever shut up! All he did was talk and talk," Davis complained.
"What were you guys even talking about?" Izzy asked.
"We were talking about, well; you guys are going to get a laugh out of this! T.K. was telling me when he was younger, you know, four years ago…I was telling about before he moved, how Tai and I met. All of that good stuff," Davis smiled brightly.
"It was great, I got to know a lot about Davis," T.K. jumped in.
"Dude, Kari, it was awesome…T.K. told me some great stories about you!" Davis laughed.
"I am not a dude…You were telling stories about me? They have better of been the good ones! I'm glad you guys had a good time…Izzy and I had a great time!" I wasn't telling the whole truth. Sure, Izzy and I had some fun…But some things weren't so fun.
"Didn't you want to go to bed Kari?" Izzy asked me.
"Oh yeah, I can be forgetful!" I started to blush.
"Davis and I set up a place for us to sleep, Yolei is already over there and sleeping…Izzy, you can join us over there, if you want to," T.K. explained.
We got up and walk to where T.K. and Davis set up beds for us.
"Be quiet, Yolei is sleeping," T.K. warned us.
T.K. saw that Yolei was uncovered; he walked over to her and put the blanket back over her.
"T.K.?" I heard Yolei faintly say.
"Oh, did I wake you up? Sorry about that, why don't you go back to sleep?" T.K. sweetly said.
"They were talking about you Kari," Yolei said as she started to sit up.
"Really? Thanks for telling me," I gave T.K. and Davis a dirty look.
"Why are you guys still up? Is it morning already?" Yolei questioned.
"We haven't gone to bed yet, well, Kari and Izzy haven't. T.K. and myself have gone to bed for a few minutes, but we got back up," Davis explained.
"Really? You must be tired," Yolei guessed.
"You could say that," I told her.
"Remember that picnic we had? We should have another one sometime, but with less fighting…This team fights to much," Yolei said.
"That we should," Izzy agreed with her.
"Oh, T.K. before I forget, I wanted to tell you something…Before I met you, I once had a crush on Davis…Don't you find that funny?" Yolei smiled.
"Are you feeling ok Yolei? You seem, um, different," Davis pointed out.
"She's just tired, right Yolei?" T.K. asked her.
"Yeah, I'm really tired…Can I see your hat?" Yolei took T.K.'s hat and kissed him on the cheek.
"And I thought I was the one going crazy!" I laughed.
"I think Yolei needs to go back to bed," Davis pointed at Yolei, she had T.K.'s hat on and her eyes closed, but she was still sitting.
"Come on Sweetie, let's get you back in bed," T.K. told Yolei.
"Sweetie?" she questioned.
"I said Yolei," T.K. lied.
"You said Sweetie, admit it," I said.
"It slipped?" he questioned himself.
"You're terrible!" I smiled.
"Kari? Is that you talking? I really need to talk to you," I heard Mimi from where she was.
"Meet me out in the hall," I told her.
"Ok," her voice drifted away.
"I guess Mimi wants to talk," Izzy said.
"I'll be back in awhile…You guys should get some sleep, just save me some room," I decided.
"Ok Kari, just don't take too long," Davis smiled.
"Good night Kari," Izzy told me.
"Night Izzy, night T.K., night Davis," I gave them each a hug. I got up.
"What, no good night kiss?" Davis joked.
"Good night Davis," I bent down and gave him a little kiss on the lips.
"Night Kari," he was dazed.
I walked away. What would Mimi want?
"Kari, I'm glad you were up," Mimi told me.
"What did you need to talk about?" I asked.
"I want to talk to you about Izzy, but you must promise not to tell a single soul what I'm to say…Unless it is for the better," Mimi decided.
"Deal," I nodded.
"I've been thinking about the whole thing between me and Izzy. I had this dream; Izzy was there…He kept on telling me over and over that he likes me for more than how pretty I am. Then this girl came, Izzy called her Jenny. She told me that he was hers now, that I can't ever have him back. Kari, I want Izzy back, I don't want to lose him, I just don't feel like I can trust him right now…I really like Izzy, I just don't know why he likes me. I'm scared; I don't know what I want anymore. The only thing I know is that I want Izzy back in my life!" she explained.
"Your heart is playing games, just like mine does," I said.
"I have another thing, right now I really want to kill Sidney…Does that mean I still have feelings for Matt? This is messed up," Mimi frowned.
"First thing, who do you like more, Matt or Izzy?" I asked.
"Izzy, because he is so truthful and smart," Mimi replied.
"Mimi, here's a real tough question…How do you feel about moving back to Japan?" I questioned.
"Happy, I guess…I'll finally be able to spend time with Izzy…If we ever get back together…I want him back so badly, but I just don't know!" she started to cry.
"I'm going to tell you something now. I'm going to talk to Jennifer tomorrow, I think it would be good if you come with me," I smiled.
"Why do you want me to come with?" she questioned.
"I want Jennifer to know who you are," I answered.
"Is Izzy in the stage room now?" Mimi asked.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" I replied.
"No reason, just wondering," she smiled at me.
"Izzy is starting to give up on you; he doesn't think you'll ever want him back in your life. Izzy doesn't want to give up everything just for you…He doesn't think you ever really liked him, he told me that you never change!" I blurted.
"I never liked Izzy…I loved him from the first time I saw him!" Mimi started to cry again.
"Don't cry Mimi, you have no reason to. I think Izzy likes you a lot, he's just real confused right now…To think, I could have made this never happen," I told her.
"What do you mean you could have made this not happen?" she was puzzled.
"If I never went out with Davis to get ice cream, we would have never gotten locked in…If I didn't bring Izzy, Sora, Yolei, Davis, T.K., and Cody to that place, that stupid joke would have never taken place! Oh, going even farther back…If I never told Davis…None of this would have happened, nothing…No ice cream, no kisses, no concert, no stupid joke, nothing…It's all my fault, it always is…I could have stopped this from happening…I started this!" I was now starting to cry.
"Blaming yourself doesn't help…It is never your fault, I should have trusted Izzy, I should have known he liked me for more that how cute I am…But I didn't, I didn't trust him, I let my selfishness take the best of me…I could have stopped this, but I didn't," Mimi explained.
I didn't say anything; I didn't know what to say. I just stared across the hall.
"I got everything I needed to said, let's get to bed," Mimi decided.
"But it is my fault!" I couldn't stop blaming myself.
"Come on Kari," Mimi grabbed my hand and dragged me in the door.
Mimi took me to where Davis, T.K., and Izzy were. I saw that Davis was still up.
"Hey Mimi…Oh Kari…Why are you crying?" Davis jumped up and walked over to me.
"I can't get her to stop…She keeps on blaming herself for the whole thing between Izzy and me. I tried to tell her that it was my fault, that I should have known that Izzy liked me for more than how cute I am, but Kari doesn't seem to believe me," Mimi explained.
"Come here Kari, none of this is your fault," Davis took me in his arms…I started to feel safe.
"I'm sorry about all of this," she tried to apologize.
"Don't blame yourself Mimi…I'll take care of Kari, you can go back to bed," he decided.
"Ok, take care Kari, I'm sorry I dragged you into this," I could tell that Mimi started to walk away.
"Don't worry Kari, everything will be ok, I know it will," Davis tried to calm me down, but I couldn't stop the tears from falling. Davis just held me, he didn't say anything else.
"Why did I have to tell you?" I whispered.
"If you didn't Kari, you would be so weak and scared from keeping all those things locked inside, and all those lies, there would have been more," Davis told me in a sweet, mellow voice.
I didn't say anything; I just stared at the ground.
Davis softly touched my cheek with his hand. "It's ok to cry."
"I guess," I said as I wiped the tears from my eyes.
"Come on, let's get some sleep," Davis decided.
We walked over Izzy, into the middle of the blankets. I sat by Izzy, while Davis sat by T.K sat on the other side of me. Davis put his arm around me and gave me a kiss on the cheek.
"Your shoes are still on," Davis whispered in my ear.
I looked down, they were. I leaned over and took off my shoes. I looked at Davis and smiled.
"Ready for bed now?" he questioned.
Instead of answering him, I just put my head on his shoulder. I closed my eyes; his arms were rapped around me. Davis then put his head on top of mine. I felt safe, safer than I've ever felt before.
"Good night Kari, sweet dreams," I heard Davis whisper.
"Night Davis," my words faded away as I fell asleep.
"Ah! Get away from me!" I heard T.K. and Davis yell, that is what woke me up.
"What's going on?" I looked around; Davis and T.K. were standing up next me.
"Bright one T.K., you woke up Kari. Did you get enough sleep?" Davis smiled at me.
"I guess, why were you yelling?" I questioned.
"When Davis and I woke up…Yeah, go ahead and tell her Davis," T.K. was uncomfortable with telling me what happened.
"We were lying right next to each other," Davis told me.
"So, you were lying next to each other last night," I was confused.
"His arm was around me," T.K. whispered.
"Well, T.K. was saying things in his sleep!" Davis laughed.
"That's nice!" I looked at them.
"Your eyes are still red," Davis pointed out.
I didn't say anything; I started to look at the ground.
"Kari was having a rough night," Davis told T.K. as he made me look at them.
"Wouldn't her eyes be normal?" T.K. asked.
"Yes, unless Kari was crying in her sleep," Davis explained.
"You talk as if I'm not here," I told them.
"Sorry," they told me.
"Where is Yolei? Is she awake?" I requested.
"She went for a walk. She left a note for you," T.K. handed me a piece of paper.
"Thanks," I unfolded the paper.
It read as follow:
Kari,
I went for a walk. I want to talk to you when I get back. Tell T.K. that I took his hat with me.
Be Back Soon,
Yolei
"What did she want?" T.K. questioned.
"She's has your hat, that is all I can say," I replied.
"Kari! Hey Kari! Come over here!" I heard Sidney yelling for me.
"Got to run!" I started to walk away from T.K. and Davis.
"What do you need?" I asked when I met up with Sidney.
"How did you sleep?" she countered.
"Fine," I told Sidney.
"I heard your conversation with Mimi," Sidney quickly said.
"What?"
"I was sleeping by the door if you didn't notice. I woke up when you opened the door," she said.
"Oh, we were being that loud," I guessed.
"Well, you were being the loud one. I only heard Mimi yell that she didn't like Izzy, but that she loved him from the moment she saw him. That's real sweet, but you…You sounded like you wanted to wake all of Japan! But, that isn't what I called you over here for…Tai wanted to talk to you…He's waiting in the hall…He looked pretty angry," Sidney pointed at the door.
"Why would Tai be angry?" I asked as I started to open the door.
"I don't know, maybe he had a bad night," she guessed as I walked out to the hall.
"Kari, I've been waiting for you," Tai said when I walked into the hall.
I didn't say anything back, I just stared.
"So, how was your night?" he asked me.
I still didn't answer; it was if I lost my voice.
"It would help if you answer Kari," Tai smiled.
"I, um, I, it…It was…Fine, yeah…It was fine," I stuttered.
"You don't seem so sure of yourself," Tai pointed out.
"Yeah, I, I'm…Not…I'm not…sure…I, I, I don't know. I feel…I feel real confused…Confused…I'm so, so, so, confused," I was having a hard time talking.
"Come here Kari," he told me.
I walked over to him. Tai gave me a hug.
"How are you feeling? I heard you…" Tai's voice started to drift away.
"Where, where am I?" I looked around the room. I had no clue where I was. The room was bright.
I couldn't see anything, there was too much light. All I could see was white; I couldn't even find the walls. It scared me, did I black out…Maybe I had a white out seeming that the room was white.
"Tai? Davis? Yolei? Somebody? Help me!" I was yelling.
I started to walk around, but I didn't appear to be going anywhere.
"Where are you Tai? I could really use my big brother right now!" I was crying.
Where was I, was I in a dream? What was going on?
"Hello?" I heard Izzy's voice…Was he talking to me?
"Izzy? Get me out of this place!" I fell to the ground.
"Ken…I would let you talk to her, but she passed out," Izzy must have been on the phone.
I was pounding on the floor.
"Kari…If you can hear me…Snap out of it! Wake up…Please…I really need to talk to you. It's Ken if you're wondering. Just, please, just wake up. Kari!" Ken was saying.
"I'm here Ken! I can't wake up! I need your help…Help me Ken!" I was yelling.
"I don't know how to help you Kari," it was as if he heard what I said.
"Ken!" I screamed as I jumped up.
"Oh thank heavens!" Tai said as I stared around the room.
"Ken," was all I could say.
"She woke up; would you like to talk to her?" Izzy was on his cell phone.
Izzy gave me the phone.
"Hello?" I said.
"Kari, you're ok…That's good," Ken's voice was so sweet.
"Ken!" I sobbed. I was crying, it wasn't only in that dream.
"When can we get together?" he asked.
"Don't you have school?" I countered.
"You were out for along time…School is over, I'm on the subway," Ken informed me.
"Jennifer!" I remembered that I had to meet her after school…Right now!
"Who's Jennifer?" he was puzzled.
"I'll call you back…I have to go…Um…Talk to Izzy!" I threw the phone to him.
"Wait, I don't want you going any where unless you have a way for us to contact you," Tai said.
"Kari, take my cell phone!" Sidney tossed me her phone.
"Thanks! Where's Mimi?" I questioned.
"Out in the hall with Davis," Willis said.
"Great, see you!" I ran out the door.
"Hey Davis!" I quickly kissed him on the cheek.
"Kari, you're all better," he told me.
"I don't have time to chat…Mimi, you ready to go?" I questioned.
"I've been waiting for you," she smiled.
"I'll be back soon…Tell Tai that Mimi is with me, just don't let Izzy know," I warned him.
"Ok, see you later," Davis walked inside.
Mimi and I ran all the way to where I was to meet Jennifer.
"I think that's her," I pointed at a girl that was Mimi's age. She wore glasses and her hair was up in pigtails. Her hair was a lavender color. She wore a long sleeve, yellow shirt and blue jean shorts.
"Are you Jennifer?" I asked.
"Yeah, are you the girl I'm to meet today? You never gave me your name," she smiled.
"Oh, yes, my name is Kari…This is a friend I brought along, her name is Mimi," I said.
"Ok, why do you want to talk to me about Izzy?" Jennifer questioned.
"Well, first thing is, you don't look like the Jennifer Izzy was talking about," I pointed out.
"I've changed," she stopped smiling.
"Why?" Mimi requested.
"The year after I went out with Izzy, I thought about what I did. I found out what I did was wrong. I decided to raise my grades on my own, I changed my act. I quit the cheerleading squad, joined a study group, and started to wear glasses instead of contacts," Jennifer explained.
"You didn't even bother to say sorry to Izzy?" I asked.
"I never could find him," she started to frown.
"Would you like to know something Jennifer?" I questioned.
"Sure," she replied.
"Izzy is one of my best friends, I called you yesterday on his cell phone…And, Izzy is in your math class…You just didn't know. Don't worry, he didn't know you were the same Jennifer," I said.
"My teacher calls us by our full names," Jennifer told me.
"I don't remember his full first name. He's the one with brown hair…He always carries his laptop around with him. Any of this ring a bell?" I tried to describe him.
"He's in the front seat…Three seats in front of me, next to Sora. I knew that laptop was familiar. How could I be so stupid?" I could tell that Jennifer was mad at herself.
"Now I need to tell you a story, a true story. There's this girl named Mimi and a boy named Izzy. They liked each other a lot. Their friend Tai told Mimi about this girl name Jennifer…How her and Izzy once went out, and that Izzy didn't even know this girl. Now, Mimi thought that Izzy only liked her for her looks. Mimi was heart broken because she felt as if she couldn't trust him. The problem is, her love for him still burns, and she never really liked Izzy…She loved him from first sight. She just couldn't be with him, not when the pain from this Jennifer girl hurts her too much. She found out that Izzy isn't sure if she really ever liked him, but she did, she really, really liked him, and she still does! Izzy is starting to give up on Mimi, he doesn't think that she will ever want him back, but she does, she didn't want to leave him from the start, but she made a mistake, and she left," Mimi told Jennifer what has been happening.
"I ruined this for you, but it happened three years ago, can't you forgive him for something that was my fault…I don't want Izzy to get hurt again, not because of me, not again," Jennifer was shaking her head.
"Jennifer, you can make a difference…I just got an idea of how you can," I pulled out Sidney's cell phone from my backpack and dialed Izzy's number.
"Hello, this is Izzy," he answered his cell phone.
"Hey Izzy, it's Kari!" I was looking at Jennifer the whole time.
"How did it go with Jenny?" Izzy questioned.
"I'm still talking with her," I replied.
"Then why are you on the phone with me?" he yelled.
"Cool it Izzy, I just got a great idea. You're going to meet Jennifer though," I said.
"If Mimi sees me with her, she might think I fell shallow again. Which, if I may add, I never meant to in the first place," Izzy told me.
"Just to tell you, Mimi's here with me, and there hasn't been a fight yet," I smiled at Mimi.
"Oh come on! This day can't get any worse!"
"Hold on Izzy…Ok, just give me a second," I was talking to Jennifer.
"Who are you talking to?" he was puzzled.
"Someone wants to talk to you!" I threw the phone to Jennifer.
"Um…Izzy?"
I couldn't hear what Izzy said.
"Don't talk, just listen. Mimi told me about you two. I can't believe I hurt you when I wasn't even there. After I went out with you Izzy…I found something out…I was a terrible person…I…I took advantage of boys because I was pretty…I'm not like that Izzy…Not anymore. I mean I really changed, I'm not who you think I am at all…Kari told me how you're in my math class…I sit three seats behind you, you're the one who always has the laptop…The laptop I took from you…The one I stole. I'm really sorry; I guess I ruined it for you and Mimi. She seems real sweet. I'm not that sure who broke up with who, but if it was you Izzy…You should really giver he another chance. I hope we can be friends Izzy…I made a mistake…I hope you and Mimi can forgive me," Jennifer dropped the phone.
"Jenny, Mimi wasn't even here when you did this! If anything, I made a mistake for saying yes to you. I lost Mimi; she's the best thing that has ever happened to me! I threw it away, threw it away when I agree to do that stupid joke with Sora!" I heard Izzy yelling, Mimi heard it too.
Mimi picked up the cell phone off the ground. "What joke?"
I saw the surprised look on her face.
"That girl has some nerves for kissing my man!" Mimi yelled into the phone and handed it to me.
"We'll talk later, bye," I hung up the phone before Izzy could even answer.
I looked at Jennifer; she was sitting on a bench. Mimi was sitting next to her.
"We should be going Mimi. Um…Jennifer…I'm sorry…I thought this would help…I was wrong…It made everything worse…Izzy's going to be mad at me…Um…Can I, um…Repay you some how…for the trouble I put you through?" it was hard finding the words.
"Call me tomorrow, I should have my thoughts figured out by then," Jennifer smiled.
"I'll do that," I started to walk away, but I remembered that Mimi was with me. "You coming?"
"Oh, right, thanks Jennifer," Mimi got up and walked next to me.
It seemed like a long walk. We didn't walk slow; we didn't walk fast, just normal. Maybe it seemed long because we weren't talking to each other…I was afraid to talk.
"Should we go in?" Mimi asked me when we got to the door.
"I guess," I wasn't sure.
She opened the door. We walked slowly in.
"Kari? Mimi? That you?" I could hear Tai asking as he walked down the hall.
"Yeah!" I yelled back to him.
"Call Ken, Izzy said that he really wanted to talk to you," he threw me Izzy's phone.
"Give this to Sidney, will you?" I held out her cell phone.
"Sure," Tai took the phone from my hand.
"I'll go with you Tai…I'd like to talk to you," Mimi thought I didn't hear the last part.
"I'm guessing Ken's going to want to meet with you, just come tell me before you leave. Maybe Sidney will let you take her cell phone," Tai walked away before I could say ok.
I dialed the number for Ken's cell phone.
"Hello?" he answered.
"Hey Ken, it's Kari…Sorry about having to run off before I could talk," I apologized.
"No problem…So, I'll ask you now…When can we meet?" Ken asked.
"Where are you? Where do you want to meet?" I questioned.
"I'm still at the subway station…I was eating. How about we meet by your school? By that tree we always meet at?" he told me.
"Sounds perfect, I'll be there in 10 to 15 minutes," I was smiling, not that he knew.
"Great…Oh, I'm glad you're not crying anymore…We'll talk later, when we meet…I have a lot I need to tell you," Ken said.
"Ok, I just need to talk to Tai and I'll be right there," I was about to hang up.
"Kari! Do me a favor, don't bring anyone with you…Just yourself," he sounded mysterious.
"Ok Ken, I'll be there…Bye," I started to hang up Izzy's cell phone.
"Bye Kari," I lifted the phone back up. "I'll see you there." Then I heard a click, Ken hung up.
I walked down the hall and into the stage room.
"When will you be leaving?" Tai asked when I opened the door.
"I just came to tell you I'm leaving," I smiled.
"Kari, take my phone this time," Izzy told me.
"Ok…I have to get going, I have to meet Ken at the meeting tree," I was about to walk off.
"Be careful Kari…I would ask you if you wanted me to come along, but I know Ken…He'll want to talk to you alone," Davis looked at me with sadness in his eyes.
"I know you want to come, but you're right, I must go alone…Gosh, is Yolei in here? I can't wait for her, tell her to give me a call…Sorry, bye," I opened the door.
"I'll tell her Kari. You better get going," T.K. said.
"Thanks T.K., you're a true friend!" I left before he could say anything else.
I rushed to get to where I was to meet Ken. When I saw the tree, I also saw someone standing by it. I couldn't make out who it was.