A Single Candle
"What do you see in me? In you, I see all these wonderful things, but I have nothing to give you in return. I'm not pretty or popular, and heaven knows I don't have the money or the smarts."
--Yolie, A Single Candle
Chapter One: Science Class Goes Up In a Cloud of Smoke
Yolie walked into the classroom with a renewed spirit. There would be a dance this Friday, and the most popular boy had asked her to go with him! She swooned over him day and night, but she never imagined that he'd notice her. She wasn't exactly popular, like Kristen, or pretty like Andrea. Actually, she was sort of a geek. She was really good with computers. Not normally the type you'd imagine getting asked on a date with the most popular boy in school. Especially a jock like Devon. But he did ask her. And she said yes. That was the most amazing part of it all. She had the courage to say yes! She sat down in her usual chair next to her best friend, flashing the most amazing smile.
Her friend, Miranda looked at her weird. Yolie hadn't been that happy in years. She grinned. She knew when something was going on, and something was most definitely going on. Why else would Yolie be glowing like a tree with 100,000 watts worth of Christmas lights shining? She laughed. "So?" she inquired, turning in her to look at her best friend closely. "What's up? Why are you so cheerful today? It's a Monday for crying out loud! It must be something really amazing!" she concluded. Yolie nodded. "So, are you going to tell me or what?" she asked. The excitement was killing her. She couldn't wait to find out what good news Yolie was hiding from her. Yolie smiled, coyly, putting her books underneath her chair.
"Well..." she pretended to think about it for a second, a smirk on her face. "Are you sure you want to know? Because, if you don't, then I guess I don't have to tell you." Miranda looked at her with horror. She simply had to know! "Alright, alright! You got me! I'll tell you!" she smiled. Suddenly, Mr. Yamasaki came in the room, and everyone went silent. "I'll tell you later." She whispered to Miranda, who nodded. The two girls pulled out their notebooks and pencils. Today was another one of Mr. Yamasaki's experiment days. They had to take a chemistry lab test once a marking period. And this was it. It made up fifty percent of their grade! Too bad it was Yolie's worst subject in science.
He put the instructions up on the blackboard. "Now, take out your things, children." Everyone moaned, taking out their things and preparing for the test. "Now, now! You knew that the test was today! So don't whine!" he smiled at them with a crazed look in his eye. He always looked like that. Some people actually thought that he enjoyed flunking kids. Yolie was one of them. She was pretty close to failing herself in this class. Maybe it was the class, or maybe it was the teacher. She didn't know, but something about this class just didn't agree with her. She had never understood why they had to take something so stupid! I mean, she would never use it in the future! She'd probably hurt someone if she tried!
She took out her stuff, trying to keep a smile of her face, reminding herself of the good news. She couldn't help smiling every time she thought of Devon. So she thought of him. They way he walked, and the way he talked. His voice was like velvet, and his touch was like satin. She smiled, thinking of his dreamy smile. Miranda snapped her out of it, when she started talking about the assignment. "Yolie? Earth to Yolie!" she laughed. "Come back! We have to have this done by the end of the class!" she smiled. You can tell me about your big secret while we set up." She said, turning on the Bunsen burner. "So, what's your big secret? This'll be interesting!" she grinned, looking at the chemicals set out on the table.
"Well, you know the dance on Friday?" Miranda nodded. "Oh, that's right!" Yolie laughed. "You're going with Marc!" she smiled. Miranda blushed. "Well, today, I was walking to school with Cody as usual, and then Devon comes up to me..." she said, pausing for dramatic effect. Miranda stopped. She stared at Yolie like it was unheard of. Her blue eyes went wide. "Yup. And he asked me to go to the dance!" Miranda continued to look at her like she was lying. Nothing like this ever happened before! None of the popular kids ever even looked at them before, and now, out of the blue, Devon, the most popular boy in school asked Yolie to the biggest dance in the history of the school? That just sounded so unreal!
"Don't be hurt if I tell you that it seems... hard to believe." She said, measuring out the first chemical and pouring it into the mixture. Yolie pretended to look hurt, but inside she was laughing. Everyone would be looking up at her like she was the luckiest girl in the world, and she was! Not only was Devon dreamy and handsome, but he was also the sweetest boy in her school. He wasn't like most of the popular boys. He wasn't a jerk. He was really kind. But still, he usually didn't talk to anyone outside of the circle. That's what made it all the more special to her. It made her feel really special, cause she knew that he was sincere when he asked her. That meant he was actually interested in her!
And every time she thought about him, her heart fluttered. She knew she liked him too. All the signs of love were there. He was kind and gentle. The fact that he was cool and popular was a plus, but that wasn't why she liked him. Devon was something special. He wasn't like the other snobs. She wrote down the directions from the board and transferred them to her paper. "Well, believe it! Because come Friday, we're going to be dancing, and laughing! We'll be having a great time! Meanwhile, you and Marc will still be sipping punch and talking about 'smart-people' things! You never have any fun!" Yolie laughed. Miranda just smiled. But something about the way she smiled read that she was hiding something.
"Oh, well, we'll just see about that! Won't we?" she laughed. "Add the next ingredient, Yolie." She told her. She dropped her pencil. "Oops!" she laughed, bending over to pick it up. It had rolled underneath the table. Meanwhile, Yolie measured out the next ingredient, except, it wasn't the next ingredient! She skipped two ingredients by accident. But by the time Miranda got up, it was too late! Yolie had already added the wrong ingredient. The green liquid started to bubble uncontrollably. "Uhhh, Yolie? Is it supposed to be doing that?" Miranda frowned, nervously. Yolie's eyes went wide with fear and shock at the same time. "Yolie?" But it was too late. Yolie had reached over to turn off the burner, but it was too late.
The green liquid exploded in her face, all over her hair, her glasses, her lab coat, and her notes, books, and supplies. Mr. Yamasaki jumped, shocked by the sudden explosion. The green stuff was all over his classroom. "Miss Miyako!" He shouted. His face was red with anger. "This is the fifth accident this week!" His eyes were wide with shock and anger, and a mix of other things. She shrunk back into the shadows, afraid that he would flip. She hated chemistry. Leave it up to that stupid class to ruin her whole day! Not even thinking about Devon could cheer her up when she found out about the detention she was in for. She was really in trouble this time! There was no escape, and no excuse.
"Ugh!" Miranda growled. "Leave it to me to drop my pencil just when you're about to cause a chemical catastrophe!" she laughed. "Oh, well. We're both in for it this time!" she laughed. "What did you do?" she smirked. Yolie just groaned. "Oh, stop being such a twit! It's not like it's the end of the world!" Miranda said, cleaning up the spilt mess. "Wanna do something unexpected? Like help me!" she shouted. Yolie grunted, dropping down to the floor to help Miranda mop up the green goo. "That's more like it!" she smiled. "Just think. In less than 48 hours, you'll be with Devon at the dance!" she grinned.
"I wouldn't say that if I were you, Miss Yasuhiko. You two will be spending that Friday with me in the lab, studying." Yolie stared at him with an open mouth. She couldn't miss the dance... No way! She finally got asked out by a cute boy, and now Chemistry was trying to ruin it for her! "I'm sorry that you'll have to miss the dance, but I'm sure you'd rather pass than go to a silly dance, anyway." He laughed, playfully. Yolie growled in her throat. He just couldn't do this to her! It was all just so unfair! It wasn't her fault she was bad at Chemistry!
"Please! Mr. Yamasaki! You've got to let us go to the dance! We'll do anything!" Yolie begged. "You know this means a lot to us!" She looked at him with pleading eyes. "Can't you think of something? Anything? I'll do it!" he looked thoughtful for a second. Then, it was like a light bulb went off over his head. He smiled wickedly. "Mr. Yamasaki? I don't like that look. What exactly do you have in mind?" she asked. He motioned for her to continue cleaning, and then he started to explain his big plan.
"Well, you made five mistakes with five different solutions. If you can come in tomorrow and mix all five solutions for me by yourselves, I'll let you go to the dance on Friday." He smirked. Yolie looked up at him in disbelief. That was almost impossible for her. Even Miranda would have trouble with that! And to make things worse, he wasn't finished. "Without the directions. All I will give you is the chemical symbols, and you will use the new rules of solution we are learning in class to find out what the directions are and how to mix the ingredients. Will you be taking my challenge, or will you be staying on Friday?"
"No way am I staying on Friday!" Miranda shouted. "You bet I'm gonna take your challenge! And I'm gonna solve it and win!" she said. "I don't know about you, Yolie, but I am not gonna miss that cool dance. And if I know you as well as I think I do, than you will too. Expecially since Devon asked you." She said. Yolie frowned. Sure she wanted to go, but how? There was no way she could do it! She was the single worst chemist. But if it meant that she could go to the dance, she would give it a shot. She couldn't afford to miss this dance!
"You bet. I'm in." she frowned. "I better do some praying tonight." She said. "Or else I'm doomed." She said to Miranda on the way out. "We better hurry. Or else we'll miss lunch!" so the two girls took off. They dumped their books at their table and ran to the line. Luckily, they were just in time. They got their food, paid for it from their accounts, and sat down. They pushed their books aside so they could sit. "So how are we going to do this? You know I can't! What can I do?" she pleaded. Miranda laughed.
"The answer is way simple. I should make you pay a quarter for it!" she joked. "What do all the other students do when they need help in a subject? They get a tutor to teach them. You just need to get one who knows Chemistry well." She put her raven hair up into a ponytail. "All you have to do is get some sucker in collage to tutor you and teach you everything before Friday. That's what I'm going to do! I'm gonna ask Allan. We used to be best friends in middle school! I'm sure he'll help me. Even if I have to give him something in return!" she smiled.
"Yeah? I guess I could do that. But I don't know if I could do it. Even with the smartest genius in the world tutoring me, it would be hard, nearly impossible! I can't do chemistry worth crap! And I don't even know who I could ask." Miranda laughed. She looked at her like she was crazy. "What? You have that look on your face that says, 'Oh my god, Yolie! The answer is so obvious!' So what is it? What is running through that brain of yours?" she asked. She took a bite, chewing thoroughly. "And why is it so obvious?"
"You do know the smartest genius. Two words for you. A name: Ken Ichijouji." She smiled. Yolie slapped her forehead. It was obvious. How come she didn't think about it before? He was a genius! And guess what? His major- is chemistry! It was fate! Yolie jumped up, emptying her tray. She grabbed her books. "Isn't that convenient! How did you of all people come to be friends with the boy genius, Ken Inchijuji? Especially a guy with a chemistry major! You have nothing in common!" she laughed. "What's up with that?"
"It's a long story!" she laughed. Even if it was short, she couldn't tell Miranda about the digimon or their adventure. So, it just had be left at that. "We just... hit it off." She smiled. "He's not always like that. Sometimes he actually gets his head out of his books, too!" she smiled. Miranda laughed. "What do you think about him anyway? You always ask me about him. Why?" Miranda giggled. Her cheeks turned pink. She tried to wave her off, but Yolie pushed her on, on their way upstairs to their Pre- algebra class.
"Well... He may be smart, but he's also really hot! Everybody knows it! But he doesn't seem to notice that EVERY girl in the school dreams about him! He is just so oblivious. He's too caught up in his work! You know, I wouldn't mind being his girlfriend!" she giggled. "Don't tell me you never thought about it!" she said, looking at her. Yolie looked away, blushing. "Oh, come on! You can tell me. I won't tell him." She smirked devilishly. She crossed her fingers behind her back. "You know, I'm just a 'curious' person!" she laughed. "So?" she said, as they stopped at their lockers.
"Not really. Sure, before I knew him, I thought he was just another cute guy. But now that I know him better, I guess I just never thought about him that way again." She said, throwing her book in the locker and pulling out her pre algebra book. "I guess you think I'm weird, but... I like him. He's my friend." She said, walking into Mrs. Yuma's room. "And that's all." She said, sitting down at her desk. Then, Mrs. Yuma walked in and the two girls were forced to stop their conversation there. Miranda rolled her eyes and pulled out her notes. Yolie smiled at her, and grabbed her notebook out and her pencil.
"Hello kids! Now, last time we were working on..." that's how the whole class went. It was all droning. Yolie found herself daydreaming again. Once again, Devon was the subject of her dream. But this time, someone else invaded her mind. She and Devon were dancing at the dance. It was beautiful. The lights were turned low, and there were light blue lights shining down on us. They were alone on the dance floor, twirling gracefully with the soft, gentle music. Suddenly, the music stops and it gets darker. And through the dark, comes two figures.
One is Mr. Yamasaki, and the other one, is Ken. Mr. Yamasaki hands her a paper that makes her blood run cold. It's the paper he asked her to do with the five former solutions. And on it, is a large, red F. She shrieks, as everything around her fades. Ken comes up to her and whispers in her ear. He speaks to her seven words which would haunt her forever. "I guess it wasn't meant to be." And then he smirks and walks away. She starts to cry, and then, everything fades away. She snaps back to reality, where Mrs. Yuma is asking her something.
"Yolie?" She asks, irritated. Her brown hair was pulled up into a bun. She shakes her head, making the clump of hair wiggle. "You mind telling us what that was about?" she said. "Was it really more important than what I had to say?" she scolded. Suddenly, the bell rang, and the period ended. Everyone filed out. "No more sleeping OR daydreaming in my class, Yolie!" she said firmly. "Sleeping is for at home!" she said. "Math class is not for sleeping!" Yolie nodded, grabbing her books and following Miranda outside to their lockers again.
"So? What was it about?" Miranda asked. "Was it bad? You don't look so well." She said. Yolie threw her pre algebra book back into her locker. She knew she shouldn't have listened to Miranda! Now Ken was invading her thoughts. "Come on! You can tell me!" Yolie grabbed her health book out. She put her binder in, removing her notes and sticking them in her book. She didn't want to have to carry it around. It was last period, anyway. She threw the books she needed to take home, into her backpack. She had it all ready for the end of the day. Then, they walked towards the Health room.
"I'll tell you. Wait for me after school. I'll meet you at the water fountain outside." Yolie said. Miranda nodded, as they went to their seats. They always sat next to each other, in nearly every class! That's how close they were. She knew she had to tell her. She needed to tell somebody, or she would explode. That's why she was glad to have such a great friend. She could tell Miranda anything and everything. They had been friends ever since they met in first grade. Since then, they had been inseparable. She smiled. She knew that Miranda would always be there for her. She only wished that she could tell her about the Digital world and the others.
The class passed quickly, and they were let out for the day. Yolie practically ran back upstairs to her locker. She threw her health book back into her locker and pulled her backpack out. She threw on her coat and headed back downstairs towards the fountain. When she got there, Miranda was already waiting for her. Yolie smiled and ran up to her friend. "So? Are you going to tell me now, or do I have to pry it out of you?" Miranda laughed, tickling Yolie. Yolie burst into a fit of laughter and nodded.
"Yeah. I'm going to tell you. But let's go to my house. My mom is a really good cook. You could stay for supper again." Yolie grinned. Miranda patted her stomach and smiled. "That's what I thought. I could almost hear your stomach rumbling. They just don't give us enough food in school. Or at least not the kind you can digest." Yolie and Miranda both laughed. "Let's go!" She shouted. Yolie took off running. "I'll race you!" She said. But she was already way ahead of Miranda.
When they reached Yolie's house, they immediately went upstairs to Yolie's room. Miranda sat down on Yolie's bed. She threw her backpack down at her feet. "So? What happened in Mrs. Yuma's class?" She asked.
"Well, I had this dream. It was really weird, because Devon and I were dancing. It was wonderful. But then, Mr. Yamasaki came in with my paper! It had an F on it and Ken said that "I guess it wasn't meant to be." And then I woke up. It was so scary!" Yolie said, shivering. "What do you think it means?" Miranda shrugged.
"I heard that when you are interpreting your dreams, to never take them literally. There's always a hidden meaning. But I'm no expert. I don't know. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Tomorrow you should talk to Ken. That is, unless you want to call him tonight." Miranda grinned, making Yolie laugh. She picked up her phone and held it tauntingly in front of Miranda's face.
"I should. And I should tell him that his biggest fan is at my house, drooling over him." She laughed, making Miranda blush.
"I am not his biggest fan! Everyone is looking at him!" She said, playing on her innocence.
"Yeah right. Don't use the word everybody, because not 'everybody' stares at him like you do." Yolie said. "But you're right. I should call him. And I will, as long as you promise not to interfere. The sooner I can get my learning started, the better!" She laughed. "I'm going to need it... and prayers, too! Don't forget to pray for me. I'm going to tell Ken to, too." Yolie laughed.
She punched in Ken's phone number and held the phone to her ear, anxiously waiting for someone to pick it up. On the last ring, Ken finally picked it up. "Hello?" It was Ken's voice. And it made her shiver, when she remembered what he said... 'I guess it wasn't meant to be.' She sighed and smiled. She knew there had to be some explanation to this. Ken would never try to get in the way of her happiness. He was her friend, right?
TBC
I hope you like it. This is going to be good, I hope. I have everything planned out. But who knows... ideas for me change very easily. Whatever happens to this story, I'm going to make it be the best one yet... but I'm counting on you, my wonderful reviewers! Don't let me down, now! I need to hear it from you!
Christine Lennoire
"What do you see in me? In you, I see all these wonderful things, but I have nothing to give you in return. I'm not pretty or popular, and heaven knows I don't have the money or the smarts."
--Yolie, A Single Candle
Chapter One: Science Class Goes Up In a Cloud of Smoke
Yolie walked into the classroom with a renewed spirit. There would be a dance this Friday, and the most popular boy had asked her to go with him! She swooned over him day and night, but she never imagined that he'd notice her. She wasn't exactly popular, like Kristen, or pretty like Andrea. Actually, she was sort of a geek. She was really good with computers. Not normally the type you'd imagine getting asked on a date with the most popular boy in school. Especially a jock like Devon. But he did ask her. And she said yes. That was the most amazing part of it all. She had the courage to say yes! She sat down in her usual chair next to her best friend, flashing the most amazing smile.
Her friend, Miranda looked at her weird. Yolie hadn't been that happy in years. She grinned. She knew when something was going on, and something was most definitely going on. Why else would Yolie be glowing like a tree with 100,000 watts worth of Christmas lights shining? She laughed. "So?" she inquired, turning in her to look at her best friend closely. "What's up? Why are you so cheerful today? It's a Monday for crying out loud! It must be something really amazing!" she concluded. Yolie nodded. "So, are you going to tell me or what?" she asked. The excitement was killing her. She couldn't wait to find out what good news Yolie was hiding from her. Yolie smiled, coyly, putting her books underneath her chair.
"Well..." she pretended to think about it for a second, a smirk on her face. "Are you sure you want to know? Because, if you don't, then I guess I don't have to tell you." Miranda looked at her with horror. She simply had to know! "Alright, alright! You got me! I'll tell you!" she smiled. Suddenly, Mr. Yamasaki came in the room, and everyone went silent. "I'll tell you later." She whispered to Miranda, who nodded. The two girls pulled out their notebooks and pencils. Today was another one of Mr. Yamasaki's experiment days. They had to take a chemistry lab test once a marking period. And this was it. It made up fifty percent of their grade! Too bad it was Yolie's worst subject in science.
He put the instructions up on the blackboard. "Now, take out your things, children." Everyone moaned, taking out their things and preparing for the test. "Now, now! You knew that the test was today! So don't whine!" he smiled at them with a crazed look in his eye. He always looked like that. Some people actually thought that he enjoyed flunking kids. Yolie was one of them. She was pretty close to failing herself in this class. Maybe it was the class, or maybe it was the teacher. She didn't know, but something about this class just didn't agree with her. She had never understood why they had to take something so stupid! I mean, she would never use it in the future! She'd probably hurt someone if she tried!
She took out her stuff, trying to keep a smile of her face, reminding herself of the good news. She couldn't help smiling every time she thought of Devon. So she thought of him. They way he walked, and the way he talked. His voice was like velvet, and his touch was like satin. She smiled, thinking of his dreamy smile. Miranda snapped her out of it, when she started talking about the assignment. "Yolie? Earth to Yolie!" she laughed. "Come back! We have to have this done by the end of the class!" she smiled. You can tell me about your big secret while we set up." She said, turning on the Bunsen burner. "So, what's your big secret? This'll be interesting!" she grinned, looking at the chemicals set out on the table.
"Well, you know the dance on Friday?" Miranda nodded. "Oh, that's right!" Yolie laughed. "You're going with Marc!" she smiled. Miranda blushed. "Well, today, I was walking to school with Cody as usual, and then Devon comes up to me..." she said, pausing for dramatic effect. Miranda stopped. She stared at Yolie like it was unheard of. Her blue eyes went wide. "Yup. And he asked me to go to the dance!" Miranda continued to look at her like she was lying. Nothing like this ever happened before! None of the popular kids ever even looked at them before, and now, out of the blue, Devon, the most popular boy in school asked Yolie to the biggest dance in the history of the school? That just sounded so unreal!
"Don't be hurt if I tell you that it seems... hard to believe." She said, measuring out the first chemical and pouring it into the mixture. Yolie pretended to look hurt, but inside she was laughing. Everyone would be looking up at her like she was the luckiest girl in the world, and she was! Not only was Devon dreamy and handsome, but he was also the sweetest boy in her school. He wasn't like most of the popular boys. He wasn't a jerk. He was really kind. But still, he usually didn't talk to anyone outside of the circle. That's what made it all the more special to her. It made her feel really special, cause she knew that he was sincere when he asked her. That meant he was actually interested in her!
And every time she thought about him, her heart fluttered. She knew she liked him too. All the signs of love were there. He was kind and gentle. The fact that he was cool and popular was a plus, but that wasn't why she liked him. Devon was something special. He wasn't like the other snobs. She wrote down the directions from the board and transferred them to her paper. "Well, believe it! Because come Friday, we're going to be dancing, and laughing! We'll be having a great time! Meanwhile, you and Marc will still be sipping punch and talking about 'smart-people' things! You never have any fun!" Yolie laughed. Miranda just smiled. But something about the way she smiled read that she was hiding something.
"Oh, well, we'll just see about that! Won't we?" she laughed. "Add the next ingredient, Yolie." She told her. She dropped her pencil. "Oops!" she laughed, bending over to pick it up. It had rolled underneath the table. Meanwhile, Yolie measured out the next ingredient, except, it wasn't the next ingredient! She skipped two ingredients by accident. But by the time Miranda got up, it was too late! Yolie had already added the wrong ingredient. The green liquid started to bubble uncontrollably. "Uhhh, Yolie? Is it supposed to be doing that?" Miranda frowned, nervously. Yolie's eyes went wide with fear and shock at the same time. "Yolie?" But it was too late. Yolie had reached over to turn off the burner, but it was too late.
The green liquid exploded in her face, all over her hair, her glasses, her lab coat, and her notes, books, and supplies. Mr. Yamasaki jumped, shocked by the sudden explosion. The green stuff was all over his classroom. "Miss Miyako!" He shouted. His face was red with anger. "This is the fifth accident this week!" His eyes were wide with shock and anger, and a mix of other things. She shrunk back into the shadows, afraid that he would flip. She hated chemistry. Leave it up to that stupid class to ruin her whole day! Not even thinking about Devon could cheer her up when she found out about the detention she was in for. She was really in trouble this time! There was no escape, and no excuse.
"Ugh!" Miranda growled. "Leave it to me to drop my pencil just when you're about to cause a chemical catastrophe!" she laughed. "Oh, well. We're both in for it this time!" she laughed. "What did you do?" she smirked. Yolie just groaned. "Oh, stop being such a twit! It's not like it's the end of the world!" Miranda said, cleaning up the spilt mess. "Wanna do something unexpected? Like help me!" she shouted. Yolie grunted, dropping down to the floor to help Miranda mop up the green goo. "That's more like it!" she smiled. "Just think. In less than 48 hours, you'll be with Devon at the dance!" she grinned.
"I wouldn't say that if I were you, Miss Yasuhiko. You two will be spending that Friday with me in the lab, studying." Yolie stared at him with an open mouth. She couldn't miss the dance... No way! She finally got asked out by a cute boy, and now Chemistry was trying to ruin it for her! "I'm sorry that you'll have to miss the dance, but I'm sure you'd rather pass than go to a silly dance, anyway." He laughed, playfully. Yolie growled in her throat. He just couldn't do this to her! It was all just so unfair! It wasn't her fault she was bad at Chemistry!
"Please! Mr. Yamasaki! You've got to let us go to the dance! We'll do anything!" Yolie begged. "You know this means a lot to us!" She looked at him with pleading eyes. "Can't you think of something? Anything? I'll do it!" he looked thoughtful for a second. Then, it was like a light bulb went off over his head. He smiled wickedly. "Mr. Yamasaki? I don't like that look. What exactly do you have in mind?" she asked. He motioned for her to continue cleaning, and then he started to explain his big plan.
"Well, you made five mistakes with five different solutions. If you can come in tomorrow and mix all five solutions for me by yourselves, I'll let you go to the dance on Friday." He smirked. Yolie looked up at him in disbelief. That was almost impossible for her. Even Miranda would have trouble with that! And to make things worse, he wasn't finished. "Without the directions. All I will give you is the chemical symbols, and you will use the new rules of solution we are learning in class to find out what the directions are and how to mix the ingredients. Will you be taking my challenge, or will you be staying on Friday?"
"No way am I staying on Friday!" Miranda shouted. "You bet I'm gonna take your challenge! And I'm gonna solve it and win!" she said. "I don't know about you, Yolie, but I am not gonna miss that cool dance. And if I know you as well as I think I do, than you will too. Expecially since Devon asked you." She said. Yolie frowned. Sure she wanted to go, but how? There was no way she could do it! She was the single worst chemist. But if it meant that she could go to the dance, she would give it a shot. She couldn't afford to miss this dance!
"You bet. I'm in." she frowned. "I better do some praying tonight." She said. "Or else I'm doomed." She said to Miranda on the way out. "We better hurry. Or else we'll miss lunch!" so the two girls took off. They dumped their books at their table and ran to the line. Luckily, they were just in time. They got their food, paid for it from their accounts, and sat down. They pushed their books aside so they could sit. "So how are we going to do this? You know I can't! What can I do?" she pleaded. Miranda laughed.
"The answer is way simple. I should make you pay a quarter for it!" she joked. "What do all the other students do when they need help in a subject? They get a tutor to teach them. You just need to get one who knows Chemistry well." She put her raven hair up into a ponytail. "All you have to do is get some sucker in collage to tutor you and teach you everything before Friday. That's what I'm going to do! I'm gonna ask Allan. We used to be best friends in middle school! I'm sure he'll help me. Even if I have to give him something in return!" she smiled.
"Yeah? I guess I could do that. But I don't know if I could do it. Even with the smartest genius in the world tutoring me, it would be hard, nearly impossible! I can't do chemistry worth crap! And I don't even know who I could ask." Miranda laughed. She looked at her like she was crazy. "What? You have that look on your face that says, 'Oh my god, Yolie! The answer is so obvious!' So what is it? What is running through that brain of yours?" she asked. She took a bite, chewing thoroughly. "And why is it so obvious?"
"You do know the smartest genius. Two words for you. A name: Ken Ichijouji." She smiled. Yolie slapped her forehead. It was obvious. How come she didn't think about it before? He was a genius! And guess what? His major- is chemistry! It was fate! Yolie jumped up, emptying her tray. She grabbed her books. "Isn't that convenient! How did you of all people come to be friends with the boy genius, Ken Inchijuji? Especially a guy with a chemistry major! You have nothing in common!" she laughed. "What's up with that?"
"It's a long story!" she laughed. Even if it was short, she couldn't tell Miranda about the digimon or their adventure. So, it just had be left at that. "We just... hit it off." She smiled. "He's not always like that. Sometimes he actually gets his head out of his books, too!" she smiled. Miranda laughed. "What do you think about him anyway? You always ask me about him. Why?" Miranda giggled. Her cheeks turned pink. She tried to wave her off, but Yolie pushed her on, on their way upstairs to their Pre- algebra class.
"Well... He may be smart, but he's also really hot! Everybody knows it! But he doesn't seem to notice that EVERY girl in the school dreams about him! He is just so oblivious. He's too caught up in his work! You know, I wouldn't mind being his girlfriend!" she giggled. "Don't tell me you never thought about it!" she said, looking at her. Yolie looked away, blushing. "Oh, come on! You can tell me. I won't tell him." She smirked devilishly. She crossed her fingers behind her back. "You know, I'm just a 'curious' person!" she laughed. "So?" she said, as they stopped at their lockers.
"Not really. Sure, before I knew him, I thought he was just another cute guy. But now that I know him better, I guess I just never thought about him that way again." She said, throwing her book in the locker and pulling out her pre algebra book. "I guess you think I'm weird, but... I like him. He's my friend." She said, walking into Mrs. Yuma's room. "And that's all." She said, sitting down at her desk. Then, Mrs. Yuma walked in and the two girls were forced to stop their conversation there. Miranda rolled her eyes and pulled out her notes. Yolie smiled at her, and grabbed her notebook out and her pencil.
"Hello kids! Now, last time we were working on..." that's how the whole class went. It was all droning. Yolie found herself daydreaming again. Once again, Devon was the subject of her dream. But this time, someone else invaded her mind. She and Devon were dancing at the dance. It was beautiful. The lights were turned low, and there were light blue lights shining down on us. They were alone on the dance floor, twirling gracefully with the soft, gentle music. Suddenly, the music stops and it gets darker. And through the dark, comes two figures.
One is Mr. Yamasaki, and the other one, is Ken. Mr. Yamasaki hands her a paper that makes her blood run cold. It's the paper he asked her to do with the five former solutions. And on it, is a large, red F. She shrieks, as everything around her fades. Ken comes up to her and whispers in her ear. He speaks to her seven words which would haunt her forever. "I guess it wasn't meant to be." And then he smirks and walks away. She starts to cry, and then, everything fades away. She snaps back to reality, where Mrs. Yuma is asking her something.
"Yolie?" She asks, irritated. Her brown hair was pulled up into a bun. She shakes her head, making the clump of hair wiggle. "You mind telling us what that was about?" she said. "Was it really more important than what I had to say?" she scolded. Suddenly, the bell rang, and the period ended. Everyone filed out. "No more sleeping OR daydreaming in my class, Yolie!" she said firmly. "Sleeping is for at home!" she said. "Math class is not for sleeping!" Yolie nodded, grabbing her books and following Miranda outside to their lockers again.
"So? What was it about?" Miranda asked. "Was it bad? You don't look so well." She said. Yolie threw her pre algebra book back into her locker. She knew she shouldn't have listened to Miranda! Now Ken was invading her thoughts. "Come on! You can tell me!" Yolie grabbed her health book out. She put her binder in, removing her notes and sticking them in her book. She didn't want to have to carry it around. It was last period, anyway. She threw the books she needed to take home, into her backpack. She had it all ready for the end of the day. Then, they walked towards the Health room.
"I'll tell you. Wait for me after school. I'll meet you at the water fountain outside." Yolie said. Miranda nodded, as they went to their seats. They always sat next to each other, in nearly every class! That's how close they were. She knew she had to tell her. She needed to tell somebody, or she would explode. That's why she was glad to have such a great friend. She could tell Miranda anything and everything. They had been friends ever since they met in first grade. Since then, they had been inseparable. She smiled. She knew that Miranda would always be there for her. She only wished that she could tell her about the Digital world and the others.
The class passed quickly, and they were let out for the day. Yolie practically ran back upstairs to her locker. She threw her health book back into her locker and pulled her backpack out. She threw on her coat and headed back downstairs towards the fountain. When she got there, Miranda was already waiting for her. Yolie smiled and ran up to her friend. "So? Are you going to tell me now, or do I have to pry it out of you?" Miranda laughed, tickling Yolie. Yolie burst into a fit of laughter and nodded.
"Yeah. I'm going to tell you. But let's go to my house. My mom is a really good cook. You could stay for supper again." Yolie grinned. Miranda patted her stomach and smiled. "That's what I thought. I could almost hear your stomach rumbling. They just don't give us enough food in school. Or at least not the kind you can digest." Yolie and Miranda both laughed. "Let's go!" She shouted. Yolie took off running. "I'll race you!" She said. But she was already way ahead of Miranda.
When they reached Yolie's house, they immediately went upstairs to Yolie's room. Miranda sat down on Yolie's bed. She threw her backpack down at her feet. "So? What happened in Mrs. Yuma's class?" She asked.
"Well, I had this dream. It was really weird, because Devon and I were dancing. It was wonderful. But then, Mr. Yamasaki came in with my paper! It had an F on it and Ken said that "I guess it wasn't meant to be." And then I woke up. It was so scary!" Yolie said, shivering. "What do you think it means?" Miranda shrugged.
"I heard that when you are interpreting your dreams, to never take them literally. There's always a hidden meaning. But I'm no expert. I don't know. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Tomorrow you should talk to Ken. That is, unless you want to call him tonight." Miranda grinned, making Yolie laugh. She picked up her phone and held it tauntingly in front of Miranda's face.
"I should. And I should tell him that his biggest fan is at my house, drooling over him." She laughed, making Miranda blush.
"I am not his biggest fan! Everyone is looking at him!" She said, playing on her innocence.
"Yeah right. Don't use the word everybody, because not 'everybody' stares at him like you do." Yolie said. "But you're right. I should call him. And I will, as long as you promise not to interfere. The sooner I can get my learning started, the better!" She laughed. "I'm going to need it... and prayers, too! Don't forget to pray for me. I'm going to tell Ken to, too." Yolie laughed.
She punched in Ken's phone number and held the phone to her ear, anxiously waiting for someone to pick it up. On the last ring, Ken finally picked it up. "Hello?" It was Ken's voice. And it made her shiver, when she remembered what he said... 'I guess it wasn't meant to be.' She sighed and smiled. She knew there had to be some explanation to this. Ken would never try to get in the way of her happiness. He was her friend, right?
TBC
I hope you like it. This is going to be good, I hope. I have everything planned out. But who knows... ideas for me change very easily. Whatever happens to this story, I'm going to make it be the best one yet... but I'm counting on you, my wonderful reviewers! Don't let me down, now! I need to hear it from you!
Christine Lennoire
