Ch. 29 Jennifer's Plead And A Whole Lot More
"Thanks for bringing him over Kari," Jennifer told me.
"No problem," I said as I started to walk away.
"You better stay if you want me to," Izzy stared at the ground.
"Ok, I'll stay," I stopped walking.
"What do you want Jennifer?" Izzy rudely asked.
"I wanted to tell you that I'm sorry about what I did to you three years ago," Jennifer explained.
"And you want me to forgive you for what you did," he guessed.
"I was hoping you would," she looked at the ground.
"Well let me tell you this Jenny…You ruined my life! The girl that I thought would never like me did. Now she thinks I'm just as shallow as all those other jerks that went out with you! Something good was going to happen to me…But because of you, it will never happen. Mimi was everything I ever wanted and more! Now she's never going to want me back…I'm sorry too Jenny, sorry that I ever said yes to you. I can't forgive, you messed up a good thing…And I'm not going to ever get that back!" Izzy yelled.
"Mimi made you sound so sweet…But if she ever called you a jerk, she was right! I just met Mimi, and she told me how she feels for you. I could tell by the way she looked that she still liked you. You are a fool…Mimi shouldn't trust you. You should have told her what happened between us from the start. Mimi could still trust you. Have you ever wondered what Mimi feels? Hearing about you and me broke her heart! Right now, you're just being a selfish jerk. You're not thinking about anyone, but yourself. If you want to get back with Mimi, you have to think about her once in awhile," Jennifer explained.
Izzy started to back away.
"You get right back there Izzy! What Jennifer is saying is the truth. You better start listening to her…She's pretty smart," I said.
"Izzy, I do have one last question for you…And then I'll leave you alone," Jennifer smiled.
"What?" he asked.
"If I was like this, and I asked you out, would you still say yes?" she questioned.
"Of course, why do you ask?" Izzy wondered.
"Will you give me a second chance?" she smiled.
"Hold that thought…Kari and I will be right back," Izzy pulled me over to where the others were.
"How did it go with Jennifer?" Mimi asked us.
"She just asked me out…And Mimi, with your permission, I'll say yes. It's not that I want to go out with her…I just got a good way to get back at her," Izzy explained.
"Go ahead Izzy," she sweetly replied.
Izzy and I walked back over to Jennifer with smiles.
"So, what's your answer?" Jennifer questioned.
"Sure, but I get to pick the first place we get to go," Izzy decided.
"Fine, thanks for the second chance Izzy," she started to blush.
"I'll give you a call, but you better get going before I change my mind," he stared at the ground.
"Ok, don't forget to call!" she walked away.
Izzy and I walked back to the others.
"Ready to hear my plan?" Izzy questioned.
"Do tell," Tai smiled.
"Ok, what we do is…At Matt's next concert, I invite Jennifer. I was thinking about breaking up with her there…In front of all those people. I thought of the perfect way too. Of course Matt will have to agree with this…Do you guys know that song 'Jennifer Good Bye'…Well, don't you agree it was made for this? I could tell her I'm going to sing her a song. T.K., Davis, and Tai could be my back up singers…I'll be singing her good bye," he explained.
"Sounds great!" Matt laughed.
"I got even a better idea about the whole singing to her. We'll have a karaoke night at Matt's concert. We can mess around and that can be Ken and Jordan's date," I said.
"I like that even better!" Izzy had an evil smile.
"I'll set that up. This Saturday is when we'll do it," Matt decided.
"I'll call Jennifer," Izzy agreed.
"And I'll call Jordan," Ken smiled.
"Do that now…Then I'll call Sidney for those who didn't notice she's gone. We'll get to the concert place, if you guys help, the place will look perfect!" Matt was happy.
"Cody, you should invite K.C.," Yolei said.
"Joe should invite Lilly then," Mimi smiled.
"Terry will end up coming to, if she has a boyfriend, she should invite him…Will just have this big date thing," Izzy laughed.
"And I'll be left with my prince charming in the end," Mimi whispered in my ear.
"Everything will be back to normal," I agreed.
"We'll get calling, then Cody and Joe can use our phones…Then Matt," Ken decided.
"Right, let's do this!" Izzy picked up his cell phone.
The plan sounds good so far. I just hope nothing messes up.
"If you guys are ready, let's get to the concert place, Sidney will meet us there. She's going to bring some decorations," Matt explained.
"This will be perfect…Maybe I can win Mimi back," Izzy told me.
"If only you knew," I whispered soft enough so no one could hear.
We had a perfect plan. All we had to do was decorate. So, we ran to the concert place.
"You ready to decorate?" Sidney asked us when we met her at the door.
"This will be fun," Cody smiled.
"Then let's get decorating!" she smiled as she opened the doors.
We walked inside. Then we went to the stage room. From the doorway, the place looked so big.
"We have our work cut out for us," Willis laughed.
"Ok, we need to post every where that there is a karaoke night…I was thinking two or three people could make fliers…Just a couple different designs, and we'll copy a bunch…Then we'll post them every where," Sidney told us.
"Willis, Kari, Davis, and Ken will do that," Matt decided.
"Ok, but why am I always put with them?" I questioned.
"There should be paper in my dressing room…You can just do that there," Sidney handed me a set of keys. "You'll need to open the door…It's always locked, I don't want Matt looking through my things."
"We'll call you if we need anything," Ken smiled.
"And I'll call to check up on you guys…We picked Kari and three guys why?" Tai asked.
"It's only if we picked only Kari and Davis," Yolei smiled.
"Yeah, but Willis and Ken are cute for their ages," Sora pointed out.
"You picked me to go with them so something will get done," I explained.
"I still don't like the idea," Tai complained.
"Yeah, I wouldn't pick Kari and Davis…They went to get Tai and the older kids together…Then they stopped in the hall to talk…Of course they were taking forever and yeah…Do I have to go on? Everyone should know where this ends up," T.K. smiled.
"Did you have to tell the whole world!" Davis shouted.
"I did not need to know that! What's next? After I left with threatening Davis, did they kiss? Come on! Do they do it when ever I'm not around?" Tai yelled.
"Actually, they were!" Cody laughed.
"Cody!" Davis and I shouted.
"What? Ok, I can't trust them together, I'll just have to go with them," Tai decided.
"They'll be fine Tai…We can trust them," Sidney smiled.
"How would you know Sid?" Tai questioned.
"I was once a girl her age, I know…And I knew what you did when you were her age. Should I tell everyone what you would do during soccer to me?" she laughed.
"Ok, ok, fine, fine, fine, just go before I change my mind!" he was disappointed.
Davis, Ken, Willis, and I left to make the fliers.
"We better get started. We'll have to make a couple different styles of fliers. They don't have to be colorful, just creative," I told them.
"Kari's right, if we want everything to go right for tonight, we better get started," Davis agreed.
"So, we have paper and markers…We'll figure something out," Willis smiled.
I picked up a piece of paper and a marker. "Just get a piece of paper and a marker and write something like 'Karaoke Night', then write where it is."
"Right…That doesn't seem too hard," Ken said as he picked up paper.
We started to write on the paper. We created weird designs. Hopefully a lot of people will come. After ten minutes, everyone made one type of flier.
"We'll bring these to Sidney…She'll tell us where we can copy them," I decided.
"Right…How many copies will we need, and who's going to post these?" Willis asked.
"We'll need about 25 of each type…And we'll be posting them up…Unless someone else volunteers to do it," I told him.
"That means each of us will have to put up 25 of these things!" Davis was shocked.
"Maybe we can help decorate, and someone else can do it," Ken thought.
"Let's just get going," I opened the door. Ken, Willis, and Davis followed me out. I locked the door behind me.
"Sidney, we made the fliers, but where are getting them copied?" I asked.
"I'll do that, Tai, Matt, and Sora, along with me, will post them outside. You guys deserve a break…And you can finish decorating," Sidney said as she handed me streamer.
"Ok, sounds fine," I agreed as I handed her the fliers.
"We'll be back in an hour," she smiled.
"We'll finish this decorating," Davis told her.
Sidney, Tai, Sora, and Matt left the room. Everyone started to decorate the stage room again.
"The place looks nice…But I think it's missing something," Izzy said.
"I was thinking the same thing, but I just can't figure out what we need," I told him.
"I got it!" Willis smiled. "We need balloons…We have everything but balloons."
"We should have water balloons and throw them at Jennifer," Mimi whispered to me.
"That would be going too far," I decided.
"Yeah, but it would be funny," Mimi smiled.
"Are you going to help, or are you girls going to talk all day?" Cody asked.
"Do we have any balloons?" I asked.
"No, that's the only problem," he informed us.
"Then…What do we do about balloons?" T.K. questioned.
"We should have one of those piñatas," Davis smiled.
"Yeah, we can use your head, all we'll need is the candy," Yolei laughed.
"Hey!" he yelled at her.
"We'll just have to do with out balloons…Or piñatas," Willis decided.
"I think the place looks fine, let's take a break and wait for Tai, Sora, Matt, and Sidney," Ken said.
"I'm going to agree with Ken, I'm tired," Mimi winked.
"Yeah, I'm tired to," Yolei winked.
"Very tired, we better freshen up, we must look horrible," I slowly walked towards the door.
"That means they're going to the bathroom to talk about us," Davis smiled.
"Not all girls do that," Joe said.
"And you would know that how Joe?" Izzy asked.
"It's the truth, not every girl does that," I opened the door.
"If they take a long time, then they are talking about us," Cody pointed out.
"Just, go before they say anything else," Yolei pushed us out of the door.
We walked to Sidney's dressing room.
"If they ask, we got lost," Yolei smiled.
"I just need a little break from the guys," I said.
"I'm kind of scared about tomorrow, what if T.K. isn't a good singer?" Yolei questioned.
"We already heard him sing before, don't you remember, I dared T.K. to serenade you," Mimi said.
"Oh yeah! That was like two days ago!" she told us.
"It was yesterday!" I laughed.
"Oh, shut up!" Yolei frowned.
"But, let's not worry about that…I have something I need to talk to you about," Mimi looked at me.
"What is it Mimi?" I asked.
"You know how Izzy's going to do that whole song thing with Jennifer…Well…I was thinking I could sing a song…Asking Izzy to be with me again. Do you think you can help me? I was thinking, Izzy could do his song last. Then, after everyone thinks the show is over…I'll come out and start singing my song to Izzy," Mimi explained.
"That's sounds like a great plan…Think we can pull it off Yolei?" I smiled.
"That is so sweet, we'll have to pull it off…Mimi and Izzy…Their names are met for each other…I think I have the perfect song too," Yolei nodded her head.
"What song?" Mimi questioned.
"The song is 'Fall to Pieces' by Avril Lavigne," she told her.
"What's the song about?" Mimi asked.
"Ok, it talks about how you left the person, but you didn't really want to. Saying that you'd never get over this person. Saying you still want to be with this person. That you don't want to talk about what happened…That you just want him to know you love him. That you can't be with anyone else. It's about him being there for you…That you want to know who he is and how you can get him back…And what has happened, that you want to know everything about the whole thing," Yolei explained.
"I think it's the best song," I agreed.
"It sounds great!" Mimi was overjoyed.
"We have two hours…We'll have to do a lot of songs…I was think Yolei and I could sing another song…I have the greatest song!" I smiled.
"Sounds great!" she laughed.
"I wonder how good Izzy is," Mimi tilted her head.
"I wonder how good all of the guys sing!" I nodded.
"We should make everyone sing at least one song…But they can sing with another person…That's the only way you can get Cody to sing…He's shy," Yolei decided.
"This is going to be great! All we need is water balloons to throw at Jennifer!" Mimi laughed.
"I said no water balloons…Maybe silly string…I'll buy some silly string for us…Lots of it…This is going to be great!" I turned red.
"Silly string…That might work," Mimi got an evil look.
"We better get going…They guys might be thinking we're talking about them!" Yolei opened the door as we walked out.
"Look who finally showed up!" Matt laughed as we walked into the stage room.
"Thanks for your loving welcome Matt," I lied.
"We have everything set up…All we need to do is put the microphones up," Sidney told us.
"I just got a great idea! We should do this big group song!" Sora exclaimed.
"Yeah, we can make this our karaoke night…We'll just have everyone here to watch our messed up concert…This will be awesome!" I smiled.
"All we need to do is plan who sings what and when," Cody said.
"I was thinking everyone could sing…the shy can do a duet," Yolei told us.
"Sounds great! We should start planning this," Willis laughed.
"Who's house this time?" Sora asked.
"Izzy's!" Tai, Matt, Yolei, Cody, Willis, T.K., Davis, and I pointed.
"Ok…We better get going," Izzy hesitated to say.
"I would say my house, but…My mom might want us to try her cooking," Tai laughed.
We left the stage room.
When we arrived at Izzy's house, his mom greeted us.
"Hi Izzy!" his mom smiled.
"Hey Mom…Sorry about the last past days…Tonight I'll finally get to sleep in my own bed. We're going to go to my room," Izzy said.
"First, who's your new friend?" she asked.
"Oh, right…Her names Sidney," he rushed.
"Second…Terry called…She said something about her sister never getting an answer at Cody's house. I told her that you would call her back," she nodded.
"Ok…Will do!" Izzy rushed into his room.
"Here Cody…Call K.C.," Izzy handed him the phone and a piece of paper.
"Right," Cody started to dial the number.
"Tell her about tomorrow night…Invite Terry too," he said.
"Ok," Cody agreed.
"How did it go with Lilly?" Izzy asked Joe.
"It went good…She'll be coming…She'll see me make a fool out of myself trying to sing…But that's ok," Joe smiled.
"And what about you Ken?" Izzy questioned.
"I never got an answer," Ken told him.
"Call her back!" Davis yelled at him.
"Ok, just…Don't yell at me," Ken moved away from Davis.
"I don't think Davis should sing…He might scare everyone…Just him yelling scares Ken…Who knows what his singing will do!" Yolei laughed.
"You're just scared because I have major talent…Unlike you!" Davis smiled.
"Right…You're not the one who had to sing in front of hundreds of people that you don't even know without being able to practice!" she yelled.
"He didn't have to sing, but he did play the guitar," I reminded her.
"Kari is the one who is amazing…She's done two shows without warning and a duet with me in front of all you guys," Sora pointed out.
"You're ri-" Yolei stopped when Cody walked in the room.
"What is everyone staring at?" he asked.
"I'm guessing it went well…It's a dead give away with the huge smile…And you are blushing a little," Yolei said.
"K.C. will be coming…And so will Terry," Cody informed us.
"You don't seem so happy about Terry coming," Izzy smiled.
"She'll be bringing some of her friends," he frowned.
"Now I see what's so bad. I warned you about her," Izzy said.
"You're the one who told me to invite Terry!" Cody yelled.
"I wasn't thinking!" he shouted.
"This is a new one…Izzy and Cody fighting," Davis smiled.
"Davis!" I hit him in the back of the head.
"Oww…Ok…Break it up," Davis rubbed his head. After that he mumbled, "I don't want Kari to hit me again."
"Bye," Ken hung up his cell phone as he walked into the room.
"How did it go with Jordan?" T.K. asked.
"She said she can't wait to hear me sing," he looked at the ground.
"Is that a bad thing?" Yolei asked.
"I guess not," he said in a lonely voice.
"Dude, you don't sound like it will be ok," Davis pointed out.
"It's just…I…I don't…I don't really sing…Not in public…Not with that many people watching…I kind of get stage fright," Ken explained.
"Stage fright? We'll help you with that," I decided.
"Ok," he still seemed unsure.
"You still don't seem so sure," Cody said.
"I'll be fine…I hope," Ken smiled this time.
"You could always do a duet…Or a group song," I told him.
"That sounds much better than singing by myself," he agreed.
"This will be great…I'll get my revenge on Jenny…And we'll have fun…All in one night…What else could you ask for?" Izzy questioned.
"Oh! I know this one! A good-bye kiss from Kari," Davis smiled.
"Or Yolei in my case," T.K. agreed.
"I would rather a kiss from Sora!" Tai smiled.
"And I would like a kiss from Mimi…But that would never happen," Izzy whispered in my ear.
"Oh if only you knew," I whispered to myself.
"So Kari…What about that good-bye kiss?" Davis questioned.
"I don't see you leaving," I smiled.
"I'm leaving Kari," he started to open the door to Izzy's room.
"Bye!" I quickly kissed him on the lips. "You better get going before Tai gets up."
"Tai's not going to hurt Davis…If he did that will be hurting his sister's heart…And from what I've learned…That's the last thing Tai wants to happen," Sora smiled.
"That ruins all the fun!" Tai snapped his fingers.
"Yeah, you lose all the fun!" I smacked him in the back of his head.
"Hey! That wasn't very nice!" he frowned.
"That's what you get for liking the idea of hurting Davis," I smiled.
"You're being mean Kari," Tai told me.
"Tai, you're ruder than Yolei when it comes to Davis. Why are you guys always picking on him? What did he ever do to you?" I questioned.
"He-" Tai tried to say something, but Sora cut him off.
"Saying he made Kari grow-up doesn't count Tai. Everyone does that…Look at yourself…You were once her age," Sora smiled.
Tai folded his arms. He looked as if he was disappointed from what Sora said.
"I think he's deep in thought…If we all stay real quiet, you can hear him think…Though some don't want to hear what his thoughts are," Matt whispered.
"Shut up Matt!" Tai yelled.
"You don't have to be so harsh Tai…What did Matt ever do to you?" Mimi asked.
"Well he-" Tai tried to say something, but once again we cut him off.
"Don't say he tried to take Sora away from you…That was so four years ago!" Mimi smiled.
"Don't even say all those fights you got into…You started most of them," T.K. reminded him.
"Now everyone is ganging up on me!" Tai shouted.
"That's what you get for messing with Davis," I smiled.
"This must be why we aren't such a great team anymore," Izzy said.
"What are you talking about Izzy?" Joe asked.
"We always gang up on someone from our group…How can we be a team when we can't even get along?" he questioned.
"He has a point…Not everyone trusts each other…I can name at least two people who don't trust someone else," I agreed.
"Who are those two people Kari?" Yolei asked.
"Well, we have Tai, he doesn't trust Davis…And then there's Cody, from what I know so far, he still doesn't trust Ken," I replied.
"She's right…I don't trust Ken…I guess I haven't gotten over what he's done," Cody frowned.
"That's ok Cody…You do have a good reason…Though I have changed a lot from that time…But I don't blame you…If I was you, I wouldn't trust me either," Ken smiled.
"And everyone does know Tai doesn't trust Davis, not since Kari and him got together," Yolei said.
"Yeah, but at one point, he did trust him…Davis would have never gotten those goggles if he didn't," T.K. told us.
"That's right…So…Since I don't trust you anymore…I'll be taking those back!" Tai pulled off the goggles that Davis wore.
"That isn't fair!" Davis yelled, he was grabbing for the goggles.
"It is perfectly fair, now buzz off," Tai flicked Davis's nose.
"Give the goggles back now!" Davis jumped onto Tai.
"Get off of me!" Tai pushed him off.
"This isn't funny Tai," Davis said pushing him.
"I find it hilarious!" he laughed.
"Give them back!" Davis kicked Tai in the shin.
"You little…It's on now!" Tai pushed him hard enough that Davis fell across the floor and whacked his head on the table where Izzy's computer was.
I ran to Davis's side. "Are you ok?"
"I've definitely been better," he looked at me.
"Tai, what you did was terrible. Davis could have gotten seriously hurt. Give him the stupid goggles back!" I demanded.
Tai walked over and held out the goggles for Davis to grab. Davis snatched them out of his hand and gave Tai a dirty look. "Thanks Tai."
I just stared at Davis, I was rather confused.
"He'll be fine Kari…If he's a true leader that is," Tai quickly looked at me then at Davis.
"Right," I stood up.
"Yeah, I'm fine…Other then my head is throbbing from hitting the table…But we couldn't prevent that from happening…Not when Tai is so overprotective," Davis told me.
"You're totally right Davis…Tai needs to learn he has his own life," I walked over to where my brother was standing. Davis walked over to Sora.
"If he doesn't leave your life alone…We'll just have to show him that he does have his own, wonderful life," Davis told me as he walked Sora over to where Tai and I were.
"Seeming that Tai is too thickheaded, we'll have to show him what we mean," I smiled.
"And Sora is way too shy to show him what we mean, we'll need to help her," Davis agreed.
Davis took Sora's hand and I took Tai's. We put them hand in hand. Tai stared at the ground, Sora stared at me with a half smile. I turned Tai's head for him.
"This is how it should be…We shouldn't have to try to win each others love or trust for that matter. We shouldn't have to sing a song, or any of that stuff. We shouldn't have to hide how we feel…No one should hold back their feelings…I know what it's like, and it isn't the right decision. Don't fool around, not when the one you love is right here. You might think what you're doing is right…But that's only yourself faking the truth, trying to hide it…Hiding it when it's right by your side…When it's so close you can feel, but you think you're going crazy. You're just playing a game that you thought you could win. Doing jokes that you think they'll understand. Pretending like everything will be alright. In your heart you know that nothing will bring your spirit up unless you end up the way you want…Even if that's doing something you'll regret later on…Just because you want to win that one special person's heart. It just isn't right…Not when it was meant to be from the start…Not when destiny has brought you to where you stand…Call me crazy for think this way. I might just be…But don't joke around when it comes to what I say. You might think these words make no since, but I don't make since myself…Don't fool around, don't ever do things that you know are wrong…And don't play with the heart of the one you love. Sorry if these words are depressing, I haven't taken my medicine today…Don't drown in sorrow for just one mistake…You can make it up one day," I stared at Izzy the whole time.
Izzy looked away from me.
Willis stared at me. He started to smile a little. "Kari's right."
"You shouldn't have to fight for the hands of the one you love…Not when they're staring back at you the same way," Yolei also agreed.
I got up and opened the door to Izzy's room.
"Where are you going?" Tai asked.
"I'm taking a walk, you can come if you want," I told him.
"Ok, wait for me," Tai got up and walked over to me.
"Come back soon, we still have the karaoke night to sort out," Matt reminded us.
"Start without us, Davis and Yolei will stand for me," I decided.
"What about you Tai?" Sora asked.
"You'll speak for me of course," he told her as we walked out the door.
When we got outside, we got to talking.
"Where are we going?" Tai asked.
"We're going home, then we're coming back," I answered.
"Home? Why home?" he asked.
"I haven't taken my medicine today," I simply replied.
"Right…Here Kari," he pulled a pill bottle out of his bag.
"You keep them with you?" I questioned.
"I picked them up when we were at home…Before you left to get Willis. I took them with me…Ok…I didn't want to take them…Mom made me," Tai handed me the bottle.
"Why can't you just except the fact?" I wondered.
"Because I don't have to. I just don't understand the doctors reasoning. Just because I'm your big brother, doesn't mean I have to except what everyone says about you. If I think you're perfectly fine, then you are…In my eyes anyways," Tai explained.
"Fine, I won't argue with that," I decided.
"You're amazing Kari…You suffer from depression, yet you're still as happy as can be. Davis is your boyfriend, and I hate him for that, but you still put up with me. You have this strange place you go sometimes, and that never stops you from living a normal life…It's incredible!" he told me.
"No, it's just me being me," I said.
"Yeah, and that's how-" Tai stopped and looked off in the distance.
"There's two of them now!" we heard some girl yell as she ran up to us.
"Is that Terry?" I questioned.
"Hey! You're Kari and Tai, right?" she asked.
"Yeah, what do you want?" Tai asked.
"Where is Cody!" she yelled.
"Sister, be nice! We have nothing to yell about. Cody called from Izzy's house, did he leave already? I was hoping I could talk to him," K.C. told us.
"He's still here…I can take you to him," I smiled.
"That would be great, let me just get my friends…Hey Jessie, Reese, come on!" Terry called.
"Come on," I walked to where Izzy lived.
"Hi Kari, Tai. We thought you were going to be longer. Come in," Izzy opened the door.
"Where's Cody?" Terry yelled at him.
"Terry, be nicer! Hi Izzy, it's nice to see you again…Would Cody be here by any chance? I would like to talk to him. May I come in?" K.C. asked.
"He's in my room, come on in," Izzy smiled.
Izzy walked into his bedroom.
"You're having a party without us?" Terry questioned.
Cody walked up to me.
"Who invited her?" Cody asked me.
"I heard that! K.C., your boyfriend is pretty rude!" Terry shouted.
"Boyfriend?" I could tell that K.C. was confused. "We are friends…Right now anyways. I would have to go on several dates with him before he would be my boyfriend."
"That's not true!" Davis blurted.
"Really? Are you saying I'm lying?" K.C. questioned.
"Yes…Kari and I have only been on one date," he smiled.
"But we've known each other since we were 10," I explained.
"That makes the difference," K.C. said.
"Ok, I was just told of by a 12 year old!" Davis complained.
"Don't mind Davis, he isn't as smart as he should be," Izzy told her.
"Right…But I'm not here to argue with Davis…I'm here to talk to Cody," K.C. smiled.
"Hey K.C.," Cody walked from behind me.
"Come with me…Don't be a jerk while I'm gone Terry…It's not right to mess with people as nice as Cody's friend…We'll be back in a couple of minutes!" K.C. took Cody with her out of Izzy's room.
"Shouldn't you be going Terry?" Izzy asked.
"I wouldn't mess around with me Izzy…Not unless you want to mess with me and my group of friends!" she snapped her fingers and Jessie and Reese walked to Terry's side.
"Wow, you have friends," he said.
"Yeah, she does, you have a problem with that? Anyways, the name's Jessie," she introduced herself in a rather rude way.
"And I'm Reese…Got a problem with that? Good!" he was not being nice.
"Get out!" Izzy pointed to his door.
"I'm waiting for my sister!" Terry gave him an attitude.
"Wait for her outside!" Izzy yelled. "Go!"
"You're being a jerk! I'm going to tell my mom…She's going to yell at you, and then I'll laugh so much I'll cry!" she said in an evil voice.
"You just got told off by a 12 year old, you have got to say something back!" Tai smiled.
"I can't," Izzy mumbled.
"Why?" Sora questioned.
"If she tells her mom I was messing with her, my family can get kicked out," he explained.
"So you just have to do what she wants?" Matt asked.
"Yeah, he's at my command…That means no attitude!" Terry laughed.
"You're an evil, spoiled, little brat!" I blurted.
"Forget Izzy! I'll have you kicked out!" she told me.
"I don't live here little girl…You shouldn't be doing this. What has Izzy ever done to you? We're just trying to have some fun, and you come in here with your friends and act like you own the place. If Izzy says get out of his room, you better do that! You're just to selfish to realize it!" I shouted at her.
"Cody must not like you much, you're bossy…Not like he likes me," Terry smiled.
"My girlfriend isn't bossy, you are. Cody doesn't like you, he likes K.C. because she nice enough not to yell all the time. Why would anyone like you? You have a horrible attitude to older people. Don't you have any respect? And your friends…I'm amazed they like you…Maybe it's because they are just as rude as you. You should get out, and maybe you could consider getting an attitude adjustment because you need a major one," Davis backed me up.
"You don't even know me! How can you be talking to me like that?" Terry questioned.
"Because I know who you are, and that is you, a spoiled, little brat," Izzy agreed with me.
Terry put her fists in the air. "Want to fight?"
"What!" everyone questioned.
"You heard me, I'll tear you to pieces!" she yelled.
The door rushed open.
"What did I tell you about your temper!" K.C. shouted as she walked in.
"They started it," Terry pointed at Davis and me.
"I don't care who started it. Mom said no more getting into fights, that you had to be good. Do you want her to ground you again? I don't want to get in trouble for your actions, not again. You should have stayed home. I bet you were threatening Izzy about us being able to throw him out. When will you stop your lies? I think you should go home, take Jessie and Reese with you…I don't think you should go tomorrow, not after what you've done," K.C. told her sister.
"But, I was invited," Terry complained.
"And I'm uninviting you…I was trying to do something nice, but you turned it into something bad. You treated my friends as if you owned them, but you don't. I think we would all like you to leave…I'll think about letting you come, but both you and your friends have to change your attitude," Cody decided.
"Whatever!" Terry said as she left the room with her friends.
"I am very sorry for my sister's behavior," K.C. apologized.
"I'm just taking a guess, but are you guys like those twins, one of you is good, the other one is the evil, bad twin?" Tai asked
"Not that I know of!" she smiled.
"If anyone should be sorry, it should be me. I kind of yelled at Terry…A lot," I explained.
"No problem! Anyways, I better get going…See you tomorrow…Just give me a call an hour before the concert starts so I'll be ready," K.C. walked to the door.
"I'll do that," Cody decided.
K.C. opened the door and left.
Everyone got real quiet. I looked over at Willis. He was writing in the same notebook he was writing in at the restaurant.
"What are you writing?" I turned and asked.
"Who? Me?" Willis questioned.
"You're the only one who's writing," I smiled.
"Would you like to read it?" he offered me the notebook.
"You don't mind?" I wondered.
"No, go on, take it," he said as I took it.
"Ok," I looked at the pages.
The page I read said this:
It's only been one day since I came to Japan, and I'm feeling better than ever! Karaoke, sounds like fun…I'll give it a try. I never knew Kari could be so rough. When I met her in America, she was so nice and calm. She kind of looks even cuter when she's mad! Depression, Kari? If the doctors say so. I can't wait to hear Yolei and Kari sing again, their voices are beautiful…Sometimes I think they are angels. Everyone sure has changed…Even Davis…I still remember him telling me that Kari was his and that I couldn't kiss her, I guess I'm no good with rules. I'm glad I met the older kids too, even though I don't really know them, they seem really cool. I like Sora, she's nice with the polite comments about me…I wish American girls were that nice! Kari said I was cute…I wouldn't think she would say that, but I didn't know she liked Davis, so you never know. Sometimes I wish I lived in Japan…I wouldn't get so lonely…It's hard going to school without a friend to be there. The only friends I ever had live in Japan…To bad…Maybe they should come to America…Only because Japanese is a hard language! I will miss them when I go. Maybe in the summer, they can come to visit me, but only the ones that I first met. I wish I didn't have to go…But I do…Of course that isn't for another week…I can't wait to see what else we're going to do. Karaoke, break ups, make ups, secrets, lots of secrets, what else could I ask for…I know…Just to spend sometime with my friends, the best friends I ever had…The only friends I've ever had…Kari, Yolei, Davis, T.K., and Cody…I want to get to know Ken too. He's kind of mysterious, but Kari is kind of like that too now that I got to know her…I think I need to get to know her even more! Why is Kari staring at me like that?
"Do you write a lot?" I asked Willis.
"Sometimes, when I don't have anything to do…Or when a thought fills my mind," he explained.
I handed Willis his notebook. "You're sweet."
"Thank you?" Willis was puzzled. The picture of Hanna was in that notebook. It floated to the ground when he closed it.
Davis bent down and picked it up. "Who's this?"
"Um…Han…Hanna," Willis mumbled.
"She's kind of cute," Davis smiled. He quickly added, "But not as cute as Kari."
"She was pretty nice," Ken told us.
"You know this how?" Davis was confused.
"She once went to my school, a couple of years ago," he explained.
"I knew that…" Davis lied.
"She is nice, and funny! Hanna reminds me of Kari, pretty, nice, funny, sensitive, strong, brave, and smart…But she doesn't even notice me," Willis frowned.
"If she was smart, she'd notice you," Yolei smiled.
"You think so?" he questioned.
"We know so…You are nice, calm, funny, cute, smart…Like T.K.," I said.
"Like T.K.? What about me!" Davis questioned.
"You're not like Willis…You're annoying," Yolei laughed.
"What!" he yelled.
"And you're not that smart…Remember, you couldn't even spell T.K.," Cody reminded us.
"And you can be a jerk," Yolei added.
"Oh, don't be ganging up on Davis…I meant it as…Um…Davis isn't that calm?" I wasn't that sure.
"I think he's more like Cody, sensitive, nice, calm," T.K. decided.
"Cody's also sweet, and cute for a little guy," I agreed.
"I guess you're right," Willis slightly smiled.
"Look, you got him to smile," Yolei pointed out.
"We should be planning for tomorrow. We have…Um…A lot to do," Izzy told us.
"Right…You boys should decided that…Us girls will…Go…Um…Go…Somewhere else that isn't here," I decided.
"What are you up to Kari?" Tai asked me.
"Does it look like I'm up to something, because I'm not," I smiled.
"She's lying," Cody said.
"Brrriiinnngg, brrriinnnngggg…Ken, sounds like your cell phone is ringing, let's go out in the hall and answer it," I pushed him out the door.
"What was that about!" Ken questioned.
"Sorry, can I see your cell phone?" I asked.
"Why?" he wondered.
"I want to call Izzy's cell phone to talk to him," I explained.
"You can just talk to him in his room," he was puzzled.
"Please…It's really important…It's a matter of love or lie," I told him.
"Love or lie? What are you talking about? You're making less since than Davis," Ken smiled.
"Izzy and Mimi…Forget the cell phone…Just get Yolei, Mimi, and Sora…Sidney should come too…Get them out here," I whispered.
"I'll try," he looked unsure.
"I believe that you can do it…I know you can," I looked at the ground.
"Ok Kari…Thanks," Ken put his hand on my shoulder then opened the door to Izzy's rooms.