Ch. 37 The Good Bye

After quickly changing, I knocked on the bedroom door.

"Come in!" Yolei yelled.

"Did you find anything?" I asked as I looked at her.

"That is why I'm changed," she smiled.

"You ready?" I questioned.

"The question is, are you ready Kari?" Yolei countered.

"Yeah, I am," I said as I walked out of the room.

Yolei and I left the apartment and headed for the meeting tree.

I couldn't believe Willis was leaving. It had only been a few days. I was going to miss him, but maybe with him gone, I would be less confused. Though, I did enjoy that kiss, I really don't think it meant anything. Willis and I are friends. Anyways, I live in Japan and he lives on the other side of the world in America. That would never work. I love Davis…I do like Willis, but I am with Davis. Davis and Kari…That is what it will be. I just hope I know that myself. Who am I kidding? I have no clue what I want! No, I do know what I want; I want protection and love, a friendly smile and a warm touch…I want Davis and no one else. He is the only one that makes me feel safe, he is my boyfriend. He is my true love.

"Hey Kari!" Willis waved as Yolei and I got there.

"Hi Willis, why didn't you tell me you were leaving today?" I asked.

"Last night I called my mom, she bought a ticket for me for today because there weren't any more until a month later. I have to leave, but I don't want to," Willis explained.

"How long do you have?" Yolei questioned.

"I have to leave for the airport in two hours," he said.

"I wish you could stay, we haven't gotten to show you everything," I smiled.

"I found out what I needed. I saw who I wanted, I even have new friends. I will miss you guys. Don't worry, I'll be fine," Willis told me.

"We'll miss you too," Yolei said.

"Come on guys, we're taking pictures!" Davis called us over.

We took many pictures. Ones with Willis and Davis, Davis and me, Willis and me, I took a picture with each person. We did a whole combination of pictures.

"Ok Willis, all of the pictures are on this disk," Izzy handed Willis a floppy disk.

"Cool, thanks a lot. Now I'll have pictures," Willis smiled.

"You better get going Willis," Ken said.

"It's been two hours already?" Willis questioned.

"You need to be at the airport in two hours. You have 20 minutes to get there," T.K. explained.

"Wow, I have to leave already," he frowned.

"I'll come with you to the airport," I told him.

"Thanks Kari," Willis smiled lightly.

"I'll come after you leave and meet you there afterwards," Davis whispered in my ear.

"Ok," I agreed.

"Go guys!" Yolei told us.

"I'm going to miss you guys, I'll visit again," Willis waved as we started to walk off.

"One day we'll come visit you!" Cody yelled to him.

We quickly walked to the airport. We looked at the plane before he boarded.

"I'll miss you Kari. Thank you for everything," Willis told me.

"No, thank you Willis," I smiled.

"I better go, bye Kari."

"This isn't good-bye. We'll meet again one day. Give me a call."

"I'll see you again."

"I'll miss you Willis," I gave him a hug and started to cry.

"I'll miss you too Kari. This isn't good-bye. I'll call you when I can. Keep in touch," Willis looked at me. I could see the tears flowing down his face.

"You better go," I decided.

"I'll miss you," Willis walked away and boarded the plane.

The plane took off, I watched. After it left, I walked out of the airport and saw Davis waiting for me. I walked up to him in tears.

"It will be ok. We'll see him again," Davis said as he held me.

"Something tells me it's better with him gone, but I didn't want to see him go," I admitted.

"Why?"

"With him gone, I won't be confused about our love."

"You were confused?"

"It was that kiss I gave him."

"It meant nothing."

"You're right Davis, it meant nothing. I was scared, I needed to know I had someone to love me."

"Are you going to be ok?"

"Can you do me a favor?" I asked.

"Name it," Davis smiled.

I looked him in the eyes, his glowed.

"Oh," Davis held my head in his hands and kissed me on the lips. It was soft and tender. I felt like I was going to melt. It was then that I knew that this was love, that I wanted to be with only him. Davis and Kari. We were meant to be.

That was it. My story. That is how Davis found out that I liked him. He is my first and only love. Will we stay together forever? We're still young, we don't know. Everything worked out with us. I told the truth, and everyone knows. Davis is my life now, I love him to death.