Is it true that authors have 'writing cycles'? I usually write about every other week, but then sometimes I have an inkling to write. I'm surprised I'm writing to today at all since my school had the MCAS Long composition today. My hand hurt so badly when I finished. Any way I'll stop my bitching and get back to the story.
Point of No Return
Kyra's POV
The wounds on my hands were healing quickly, but I didn't know what to think about it. The urge to reopen them is always strong especially when I am alone. The bell rang and my class stood to leave. I was not enjoying the thought of going to gym class but I entered the locker room reluctantly. Jackie and a few other girls were already there and they all went silent when I entered. Their silence told me I had been the topic of their gossip but I discarded the thought.
"Hi Kyra. How are you today?" Jackie was trying to make nice again. The more she tried to befriend me the more I hated her. Instead of answering her I continued into the changing area and put on my gym shorts and shirt.
"Hurry up ladies we are starting a game of Doctor Dodge ball," the gym teacher called in. I pictured myself pummeling Jackie with a dodge ball repeatedly and my day brightened slightly.
There were new faces in our gym class today. There must have been a lot of absent people from the other class to have so many making up a gym class with us. Haru was already on the other team, as was Jackie. She was clinging to him and acting like a fool which served only to fuel my fury. (A/N I actually had a gym class like this and I was really irritable today)
"Is everyone ready?" The teacher asked when he was out of the way. Everyone nodded. A sharp whistle was heard and I dashed to one of the balls. Aiming I pelted Jackie in the stomach so hard she doubled over before she sat down. (A/N for anyone who doesn't know how to play Doctor dodge ball I'll explain the rules that were taught to me. First there are two teams. Each team chooses a person for their 'doctor' so this person can 'heal' people when they are hit with the ball because if you are hit you have to sit down on the spot. If a person is hit in the head with a ball then it doesn't count or if they catch it (no bounces) the person who threw it would be out. The doctor's identity is usually kept a secret or else the other team will aim for the doctor specifically and once the doctor is hit they can no longer play or 'heal' people. There are also two spies. One per team. The spy can cross over the mid-line that separates the two teams so they can hit people more easily. If the spy is hit while over the line the doctor of the team they were on can either reach across the line or abandon them.) Jackie glared at me and I noticed Haru laughing. Jumping up and down I avoided balls thrown at me and I waited for Jackie to be 'healed'. The doctor came over and she was up. Mischief tingled in my finger tips as I grabbed another ball. As soon as Jackie was back on the field of play I smacked her in the face with a ball. Of course she didn't go down because a head shot doesn't count, but I didn't mind.
Over the next forty-five minutes I continuously pummeled Jackie and her little friends with balls only to have Haru hit me. I slide to the ground and tried to catch my breath. The feeling of hitting those girls was exhilarating and I wanted to get back in the game.
The end of the gym period came quickly for the first time. I cheerfully strode to the locker room. Jackie was waiting for me. There were the beginnings of a black eye and her lip was split slightly down the middle.
"Nice shiner," I smirked at her and crossed my arms leaning against one of the lockers.
"You bitch! You threw the ball at my face on purpose!" Fury was apparent on her face but I ignored the warning tingle I felt along the base of my neck.
"So what if I did? It is a contact sport." Her fists clenched and I felt a challenge. "Do you have something to say Jackie?" A vein was pulsating at the base of her neck and I laughed softly. "I knew you were a wimp. I guess I wasted my time." With that I grabbed my bad and left the locker room. They didn't follow me.
The light shown threw the windows as I walked down the hallway. I still yearned to beat the shit out of Jackie, but the reason why was lost to me. Why did I want to hurt Jackie? Oh well, if it was important I would have remembered. I thought to myself. Stopping at my locker I threw my books in and then slammed the door.
"Is there something wrong?" I jumped when I saw Haru standing right next to me. Glancing around, I felt disoriented but soon snapped out of it.
"No, nothing is wrong. Why?" He looked at me skeptically.
"Since you nearly took Jackie's head of during gym class. If I hadn't hit you, you probably would have."
"It's not like anyone would miss her." Mumbling to myself I turned away and continued down the hall.
"Kyra you shouldn't say that." I raised a brow at him after I turned back.
"Why shouldn't I say that? I have the right to and what would you care if I meant it?"
"What happened to you? You're acting so... aggressive." He didn't sound angry but I was on a tangent so I continued.
"Well Haru? Are you going to tell me how you feel about the Great and Wonderful Jackie? Or about how she is just going out with you to better herself?"
"Who ever said we were going out?"
"Oh come on Sohma! It is all over the school. If you blow your nose or got a splinter it would be all over the school before your brain even had the time to process the information."
"Are you calling me slow or gossip fast?"
"Right now I'm thinking I'm giving both options a boot and calling you out right clueless." I swung away and hurried out of the school. Haru was calling after me but I ignored him and took off into the woods. My body was full of energy and I had to get rid of it some how. Branches slapped me in the face but only the feel of the breeze and my legs pumping got through.
"Kyra!" Haru pursued me into the woods and a race began. To nowhere in particular, it was more of a cop and robber game. Of course I was the robber and Haru the copper. I had the sudden urge to scream random sayings into the air around me.
"You'll never catch me alive copper!"
"What are you talking about Kyra?" Haru panted as the chase continued.
"You won't fine me loot either!" I exhilarated and bounded through the trees. Haru and I were laughingly by the time we reached the Sohma estate. Instead of opening the door I climbed a tree and swung myself over the wall. Haru did the same and we just kept running. Through the main house, across the property and back again.
"What are you doing?" Hatori came out of his office as Haru and I passed.
"I would rather die then spend a day behind bars!" I yelled back to him. Haru and I laughed harder until neither of us could breathe. I flopped down on the grass and Haru collapsed beside me. We panted heavily and our stomachs protested to all the action. "I feel like my stomach is going to explode with the pressure."
"I feel like I have been beaten to a pulp and left to die," Haru shot back.
"No. Don't. Make. Me. Laugh." I clutched my sides and curled into a ball trying to stop my sides from splitting. Twenty minutes later we were still lying side by side but rain started to fall. "I don't want to move."
"Me either." Slowly I turned onto my side to face Haru.
"Do you like Jackie?"
"Why?"
"I'm just curious is all. And I guess I already told you why it wouldn't be a good idea." Haru was silent. He just searched my face as if looking for the key to the universe. Swiftly he kissed me and I was to shocked to react. Just as sudden as the kiss had initiated it ended.
"I don't."
"Wha?" I felt dizzy and the world was spinning. The amazement of what had happened crawled into my slow moving brain so it wasn't surprising to hear myself mumble incoherently.
"Jackie, I don't like her." That was a sobering thought. If he didn't like Jackie and just kissed me, did that me I was the one he liked? Do I want to go through all of that drama again?
"Haru…I…I have to go." Jumping to my feet I raced off yet again. Hatori stopped me before I reached the main house.
"Hi there Kyra, did the cops catch you?" After a quick survey of my face he grabbed my arm and pulled me into his office. "What happened?" I just shook my head in response.
"I don't want to talk about it." With that I left. Not just Hatori's office but the Sohma Estate as well.
How did y'all like this chapter? I made it a cliffie, but who knows when I'll write the next chapter? Ha ha ha ha ha! I am so evil it isn't even funny, oh wait yes it is!
