Ch. 31 The Accident
When we got to the door, we just stared at it.
"Is somebody going to knock?" Willis questioned.
"You just volunteered yourself," I smiled at him.
"Great," he said as he knocked on the door.
"Um…Come in?" I heard Matt.
"Are you sure?" I asked.
"Oh, Kari! Hold on, give me a second!" Matt yelled.
"Wonder what that was about," I said.
The door opened. "Hey Kari!"
"We need you and anyone else in there to meet us in the stage room. We need to talk about tomorrow night," I told him.
"Cody and I will be there in a couple of minutes," Matt smiled.
"Do you know where Mimi and Sidney are?" I questioned.
"They're in Sidney's dressing room," I heard Cody in the back.
"We better get going Kari," Ken told me.
"Right, thanks for the help Matt," I smiled as we started to walk away.
"Oh, Matt, make sure you tell Tai and Izzy that we sent you," Willis said.
"Will do!" he called to us.
"Sidney! It's Kari! Open up!" I yelled as I knocked on her door.
"What?" she asked as she opened the door.
"You and Mimi need to get to the stage room, now!" I told her.
"Ok! Don't have to yell. We're coming," Sidney smiled.
"Meet as in the stage room, you have five minutes," I decided.
"Wow, ok. Why do we need to meet?" she wondered.
"We need to talk about tomorrow night," Willis told her.
"Right, Mimi and I will be there in a minute," Sidney agreed.
"Thanks for your time!" Ken waved as we left.
"You guys are crazy!" she yelled at us.
"Probably are!" I laughed.
Ken, Willis, and I walked off.
"Let's give Sidney somtime to get to the stage room," I decided.
"Why?" Ken asked.
"Just because. Do I always have to have a reason?" I questioned.
"I guess not. I was just asking," he told me.
"Tonight, I'm spending the night at your house, right Kari?" Willis asked me.
"Tai told me that you were going to stay at my house for the weekend, so I would think yes. Tai will let you sleep on the top bunk, he'll sleep on the floor. Maybe we can order pizza tonight. I think Tai will be out most of the night, so it will be just you and me. He has to go to a soccer club meeting or something like that. Davis does too now that I think about it," I said.
"J-just you a-and m-me?" Willis asked.
"Yeah, my mom is going to be out too. She has some weird cooking class. You don't mine us being alone in my apartment, do you?" I questioned.
"N-no, I'll b-be fine…I th-think," he stuttered.
Ken's cell phone started to ring.
"Hello?" he answered his phone. Ken pulled the phone away from his ear, you could hear Tai yelling. "Ok, ok, we'll be there in a couple of minutes. Next time you don't have to yell."
Ken turned and looked at us.
"Tai sure does need to be a bit more calm," Ken told us.
"He's very calm…Seeming that he was a total hothead four years ago!" I laughed.
"We need to go, I don't want him to yell at me anymore," he told me.
"What did he say?" Willis questioned.
"Tai yelled that everyone was there, everyone but us. Then, he started to talk about us not being there. Yeah, then there was more yelling," Ken explained.
"Ok, so sometimes he can be bad tempered," I laughed.
"Let's get going," Willis smiled as he started to walk in the direction of the stage room.
Willis opened the door slowly. Someone else pulled the door guickly opened.
"Whoa!" Willis fell backwards onto me.
"Ah!" I fell back trying to catch him.
"About time you got here!" Tai yelled. He didn't know he made us fall.
"You could help Tai!" Ken yelled.
"What's with boys being on top of Kari?" is all Tai said.
Davis rushed over.
"Tai, Ken, get Willis off of Kari! He's crushing her!" Davis yelled.
"Right!" they agreed.
Ken grabbed Willis's right arm, Tai took his left.
"On the count of three, pull…1...2...3...Pull!" Ken yelled.
They lifted Willis off of me. Davis ran to my side.
"Could you help me up?" I asked him.
"Sure, let me just take your arms," Davis bent over and grabbed my arms. He pulled me up. When he pulled me up, he used too much strength; I fell on him.
"Sorry Davis!" I laughed.
"Good thing you're light, because you sure do like to fall on me," Davis pointed out.
"Great, now she's going ontop of boys," Tai smiled.
"Let me help you Kari," Willis told me.
"One second," I rolled off of Davis.
"That tickled!" Davis laughed.
"You're terrible," Willis said as he pulled me up.
"Do you need any help Davis?" I asked.
"No, I find it relaxing on the ground…I'm on it a lot," he snickered.
I sat next to Davis on the floor. "I'll give you something to laugh about." I smiled as I started to tickle him.
"Hey! No, stop! How did you know I was ticklish?" he couldn't stop laughing.
"I'm good at guessing," I stood up and helped Davis get up.
"Thanks Kari," he smiled.
"I'm sorry to burst your little moment, but we have to start talking about tomorrow night," Tai said.
"Right," I agreed.
"Ok, Sora is on the stage, we'll just go in there," Tai decied.
I saw Davis get tense
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Davis smiled.
Tai opened the door. I could hear music.
"I never told you how much I love you," we listened to Sora sing. "I can't believe Davis talked me into doing this!"
"They're good songs, you need to share them," Davis called to her.
"Davis!" Sora quickly looked and saw us. She was shocked.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you," Davis smiled.
"I didn't think you would be back so soon," she explained.
"We came to talk about tomorrow night, we couldn't do that without you," Tai smiled.
"Right…We better get started," Sora agreed.
Everyone gathered on the stage and sat on the ground.
"We need to know who goes when," Sidney said.
"And all we know is Izzy's going last," Joe said.
"Anyone going to volunteer to go first?" I asked.
"Well, we should know who's singing what," Matt deicded.
"T.K. and I got to talking about that," Yolei pointed out.
"I've been thinking of some songs too," I smiled.
"I have a song too," Davis blushed.
"Izzy got me to sing a song," Tai told us.
"I have my songs," Sora said.
"So do I," Sidney agreed.
"Ken and I have songs too," Willis blushed.
"I have my song, but I couldn't find the right song for Cody or Joe. What about you Mimi? Are you going to sing?" Matt questioned.
"No, I don't want to scare them off. You guys remember my voice from four years ago, it hasn't gotten better," Mimi lied.
"You voice wasn't that bad!" Joe smiled.
"I was singing 'Home on the Range'. You said you were avoiding my drone!" she yelled.
"It must be better now," T.K. decided.
"It's the same…You asked me if my singing lessons helped," Mimi whined.
"At least I didn't tell you that you should get a refund," T.K. looked at Izzy.
"I must have been in a bad mood that day," Izzy blushed.
"Well, I just don't want to sing," she decided.
"But-" Matt tried.
"No buts Matt, if she doesn't want to sing, don't pressure her into it!" I helped Mimi.
"Ok, how about we tell each other what song or songs we are singing," Sidney decided.
"Fine, I'm going to sing 'All the Way Down'," Matt told us.
"I'm going to sing a song that I wrote, 'Love You', Sidney smiled.
"Everyone knows I'm going to sing 'Jennifer Goodbye'," Izzy reminded us.
"I'm also singing songs that I wrote…I just don't know which one. I have 'I Never' and 'Forget It'. I'll decided which one tonight," Sora decided.
"Yolei and I are going to sing 'Oh, Oh…Yeah'. We just need Davis and Kari to be back up singers, if you would," T.K. smiled.
"Sure, we will. I have two songs I was thinking about, 'Love Just Is' and 'Come Clean'," I smiled.
"And I was thinking of a song T.K., Yolei, and Kari could sing with me. It's called 'Floorfiller'. I think it would be fun to sing," Davis had this evil smile.
"I don't like that smile! Anyways, I'll be singing 'The Reason', Tai told us.
"I was thinking about singing 'Hey You'," Willis shyly said.
"What about you Ken?" I asked.
"Can I just say that I don't want to go first?" Ken asked me.
"He's doing a secret song! Fine, you can go sometime in the middle," Sidney smiled.
"It's not secret…I just don't want to say the name," Ken started to turn red.
"Who wants to go first?" Tai smiled.
"You just volunteered yourself!" I laughed.
"Fine, who will go second!" Tai yelled.
"I'll go second," Sora was being brave.
"Then, we'll have Matt, then me," Sidney decided.
"Davis, T.K., Yolei, and I can go after that. Then, Yolei and T.K. can do their song. It will work easier this way," I said.
"Willis will go, then Ken, after that we'll be ready for Izzy," Yolei smiled.
"This was easier than I thought it would be!" Cody laughed.
"If Joe and Cody wants to go, they can go before me," Willis decided.
"Sounds like a plan!" Joe agreed.
"Ok, we'll meet here at 6PM. That's an hour before the show starts," Matt told us.
"Yeah, we better get going, I have to get ready for a soccer club meeting," Tai decided.
"That means I have to get ready too!" Davis jumped up.
"Willis will be staying with me for the weekend," I told everyone.
"And, I better get going myself, I have a sub to catch," Ken stood up.
"Davis still has stuff in our room…I'll bring it to soccer club," Tai decided.
"Thanks Tai," Davis smiled.
"Now, if everyone is ready to go, we'll go our separate ways," Sidney said.
Everyone left the room. Tai, Willis, and I walked with each other.
When we got to the apartment, Tai rushed into our room.
"Kari!" my mom called to me.
"Yes?" I opened the bedroom door.
"Let me in for a second," she smiled.
I opened the door, she walked into the bedroom.
"Now, Tai has a soccer club thing and I have a cooking class. You and…Um…Your friend will be here by yourself," she smiled.
"His name is Willis…And I already know," I told her.
"Ok, you can order pizza for you and Willis. Your father won't be home until late, so don't worry about saving pizza for him. Try to save some for Tai. No friends can come over," Mom said.
"Ok, order pizza, no friends can come over…Should I kick him out then?" I pointed at Willis.
"Kari, just, don't break anything. Tai will be home before me, unless he goes out for pizza again. So, don't stay up too late, I'll be home around 12AM," she explained.
"Kari will be fine! She's a good little girl," Tai laughed.
"I'm not little Tai!" I yelled.
"We should be fine Mrs. Kamiya. Thank you for letting me stay here," Willis smiled.
"No problem! I better get going. Tai, you have to be there in ten minutes," my mom walked off.
"Suck up!" Tai stood up and looked at Willis.
"I was being polite," Willis explained.
"Well, here are the real rules. Stay out of my stuff, don't doing anything stupid, and don't break any of my stuff. Oh, and stay off of my sister!" Tai yelled.
"Ok, I got it, go through all your stuff, do anything that is stupid, break everything that is yours, and mess around with Kari, I got it!" Willis laughed.
"I'm leaving, where's Davis's things?" Tai asked.
"Here," I handed him a blue bag.
"Order some pizza, I might go out after the meeting…Maybe I'll go get some pizza with Davis. Tell him that you are all alone with Willis," Tai joked.
"Oh, just, go!" I threw a pillow at him.
"At least that's softer than a water gun!" he yelled as he left.
"Is he always that stubborn?" Willis asked me.
"Of course, he wouldn't be Tai if he wasn't!" I laughed.
"So, when are we ordering the pizza?" Willis questioned.
"Let me go get the phone," I smiled.
I left the room and grabbed the phone.
"What do you like on your pizza?" I asked.
"Cheese, pepperoni, it doesn't matter," Willis smiled.
"Large pepperoni pizza, thank you," I hung up the phone.
"Let me guess, it will be here in two minutes or it's free?" he questioned.
"In America it only takes them two minutes! Wow, we have to wait at least 30," I said.
"It was a joke," Willis frowned.
"Well…What do you want to do while we wait?" I wondered.
"What do you guys do for fun?" he countered.
"We usually play soccer or talk with our friends," I said.
"Ok…What do you do when this happens?" he questioned.
"When I'm home alone? I…I'm not home alone. This doesn't happen often," I explained.
"Come on, let's do something. How about we-" Willis got cut off because the phone started to ring.
"Hello?" I answered the phone.
"Kari! Get down to the hospital right away! Leave a note for your mom. Just, hurry! Bring Willis. Something happened to Tai!" Davis was yelling on the other side.
"Hospital…We'll be right there!" I hung up the phone.
"Hospital?" Willis asked me.
"That was Davis, Tai's in the hospital!" I cried.
"We'll call your house and leave a message later, let's get going," Willis decided.
We ran all the way there.
"How can I help you?" a nurse asked when we ran in.
"My brother is in here," I cried.
"What's his name dear?" she questioned.
"Tai Kamiya," Willis said for me.
"Wait right here, I'll go see if you can go in," the nurse got up and left.
"I can't believe this! I don't want anything to happen to him!" I was crying.
"Shh…He'll make it through, I don't know what happened, but he'll make it," Willis whispered as he held me in his arms.
"Excuse me, please come this way," the nurse tapped me on the shoulder.
"Come on Kari, let's go see Tai," Willis held my hand.
We walked down several halls and we stopped at a door.
"He's in this room," the nurse told us.
Willis slowly opened the door.
I saw Davis sitting in a chair next to Tai, he was laying on the bed.
Davis stood up. "Kari, I'm glad you made it."
I was still holding Willis's hand. I stared at Tai.
"What happened?" Willis asked for me.
"We were playing soccer outside. Tai kicked the ball really hard, it went on the road. He said he was going to get it. The next thing I heard was a screech from a car's breaks and Tai screamed. The car hit Tai, it wasn't watching where it was going," Davis explained.
"He got hit by a car!" I cried.
"Tai is unconscious. He got some cuts, nothing major. He'll be ok," Davis told me.
"See Kari, Tai will be fine," Willis said.
"Oh Tai…You can be so stupid sometimes," I whispered.
The door opened. My mom walked in.
"Mrs. Kamiya!" Davis was shocked.
"The couch called me and told me what happened," she said.
"Mom, he'll be ok," I told her.
"It was only ten years ago that Tai was in the same position you are in. I almost lost you Kari. Now Tai might be the one leaving," my mom started to cry.
"We'll need to run some tests on Tai. You won't be able to see him for a couple of hours," the doctor told us.
"Kari, you go home with Willis. Davis, you can go with her," Mom told us.
"I'm going to go home Kari. I'll give you a call later on," Davis decided.
"Ok, I better get going," I agreed.
Davis walked Willis and I out.
"Willis, I'll catch up with you in a minute," I waved him off.
"I'll wait for you by that building," he said as he walked away.
"I'm sorry about all of this," Davis said to me.
"It isn't your fault Davis," I told him.
"But, I feel like it is," he frowned.
I looked in his eyes.
"Tai will be fine. He's strong," I smiled.
"You better get going, you don't want Willis to get worried," Davis smiled back.
I started to walk away, then I walked back over to Davis.
"Did you forget something?" Davis asked me.
"Yeah," I answered.
"What did you forget?" he questioned.
"This," I gave him a kiss on the lips. "Good night."
He started to turn red.
"What is it?" I wondered.
"I…Um…Nothing," he smiled.
"I, um, nothing you too," I blushed.
"I'll call you," Davis said as I walked away.
"I'll be waiting," I whispered.
"You ok now?" Willis asked me when I reached him.
"I've been better, but right now, I'm not feeling that bad," I smiled.
"Ready to go home?" Willis questioned.
"Yeah, I think I finally am," I said.
We slowly walked back to my apartment.
"This is the first time Tai has ever been in the hospital. It's kind of scary. He's not like me, I'm a very sick girl. I just hope he'll be the same," I told Willis when we got inside.
"So, this is all new to you?" Willis questioned.
"Yes," I said as I picked up the phone.
"Who are you calling?" he wondered.
"I need to tell Sora what happened. The pizza hasn't come yet. Can you pay for it when it comes? I really need to talk to Sora," I begged.
"You don't need to beg Kari," Willis smiled.
"Thanks Willis, you're a great friend!" I quickly hugged him.
"No problem," he started to blush.
I walked into my bedroom.
"Hello, may I please speak to Sora?" I asked over the phone.
"This is Sora…Who is this?" she questioned me.
"It's Kari," I told her.
"Hi Kari! What, you bored of Willis?" Sora joked.
"I have something to tell you," I sounded emotionless.
"I didn't like that tone."
"It's about Tai."
"Now I really don't like this!"
"He's in the hospital."
"The hospital! You mean…What happened?" Sora started to go crazy.
"When he was at his soccer club, Davis and him were playing soccer with the others outside. Tai kicked the ball too hard, it went onto the street. He went to get the ball. A car hit him. Tai's in the hospital getting tests done. He's unconscious, but not really hurt," I explained.
"Oh my gosh! I, oh, why!" Sora started to cry.
"Sora, he'll be ok. I just left there a couple of minutes ago. I'll call you when I know anything else. I don't know if Davis is still there, but my mom is," I told her.
"I'm so sorry! I'm j-just s-so scared!"
"I just thought you would want to know. I hope I don't get in trouble for telling you."
"I'm g-glad you did. I-I needed t-to know," she thanked me.
"I better go, I'll call you later," I said.
"Thank you Kari," Sora hung up her phone.
I walked out of my room. Willis was putting the pizza on the table.
"Good, the pizza is here, I'm starving," I smiled.
"You can be in the worst situation, yet, you always have a smile," Willis pointed out.
"I'm the master of hiding my feeling," I frowned.
"Come on, let's eat," he decided.
We both ate two pieces and decided we were full.
"That was-" the phone started to ring before Willis could finish.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey Kari," I heard Tai weakly say on the other line.
"Tai?" I questioned.
"The one and only," he said back.
"You sound so weak," I told him.
"That's because I am weak."
"I'm really sorry."
"It isn't your fault. Could you call Sora and tell her what happened?"
"I already did."
"Davis is still here. He'll call in an hour or two."
"Will you be ok?"
"I asked if I could still perform tomorrow night."
"What did the doctors say?"
"If I don't do a lot of walking around."
"Is anything broke?"
"No, the funny thing is, my arms and hands got hurt more!" Tai started to laugh.
"That's weird, but better that way."
"Why do you say that?"
"You don't need your arms to play soccer!" I smiled to myself.
"I'm sorry if I scared you. I'm glad Davis called you. He's a nice guy."
"That's why I picked him."
"I won't be home for four to five more hours. Mom is going to stay here."
"I miss you."
"I'm ok. I just have some cuts and minor injuries. Hey, I wonder if I hit my head hard enough to make me smart!"
"Just, next time, be careful!" I started to cry.
"Kari, calm down. I'll be fine, I'm talking to you aren't I? Don't worry. I have to go…They need to give me some shots, joy!" Tai told me.
"Ok Tai…Call me if you can later," I stopped crying.
"I'll be home soon Kari, I love you," Tai hung up his phone.
"I love you too Tai," I whispered.
I turned and walked over to Willis.