"Kari! What's wrong dear?" the nurse wondered.

"I had a little fall out of my desk. Mrs. Shing just wanted to make sure I was ok," I lied.

"Oh, ok, then, why is T.K. here?"

"Um…Mrs. Shing just wanted me to make sure Kari got here ok…I would like to stay if that's ok. I don't want Kari to be hurt," T.K. smiled.

"Tell me what hurts Kari," the nurse said.

"Well, I think I might have a couple of bruises, but other than that I feel fine," I explained.

"Would you like some ice?"

"No, they don't hurt that badly."

"Well, if you don't want to lie down, you can go back to class."

"I feel fine."

"Ok, T.K., you make sure she gets back in one piece. Take care guys."

"Right!" we left the office.

"Kari! The nurse, she didn't want you to go home?" Mrs. Shing demanded.

"The nurse said that there wasn't anything wrong…She wanted me to stop falling out of my desk. I guess I could work on that," I smiled as I looked at the three empty desks where T.K., Davis, and I always sat nexted to each other. I was always in the middle.

"Oh, I should inform you guys that we have the school searching for Davis. If he isn't in the school, we're going to have a search team look for him. The last thing I want is one of my students to run away!" she yelled as she motioned us to our desks.

I slowly sat back in my desk as I let Mrs. Shings words sink into my head. They were searching for Davis. It made it seem like he was wanted for a crime.

"Don't worry Kari, they're going to find Davis," T.K. whispered.

"But I want to find him. I want to ask him to forgive me. I want him to know that I really do love him, but just need a few days to think," I explained.

Mrs. Shing started to write on the board. "Get everything in your notes. This will be on your test Monday. I don't want to see a failing grade!"

I began to write the notes down, but I wasn't soaking any of it in. I turned my head and looked at T.K. carefully jotting the notes down. My mind drifted off and I began to wonder where Davis was. He could be anywhere, and it was all my fault. For all I knew, he could be dead and gone. I started to stab my paper with my pencil. I wanted to find Davis, but I couldn't. Time seemed to move by slow.

"Kari," T.K. tapped me on the shoulder. "It's time to go to lunch."

"Lunch! Maybe Davis will be in the lunch room! He always said that was his favorite place durning the school day," I said.

T.K. and I quickly walked to the lunch room with our lunches. We sat at the table that we always did, but Davis wasn't there.

"Davis isn't here! Where could he be?" I wondered.

"I don't know Kari. I'll call him after school to tell him about my party. I'll make sure he comes. We'll figure all of this; I'll help you," T.K. decided.

"But that means I'll have to wait until tomorrow and I want to see him now!" I whined.

"If you seem him now, you're just going to break down in tears…And he'll just run even farther."

"I know T.K., I know."

"Good! Now, you better eat up…I don't want you to faint because you're weak."

"I am T.K.! Don't worry about me!" I giggled.

"Ok! I'm sorry Kari…I'm just trying to be a good friend!"

"Well…Don't try so hard!"

T.K. looked away from me and down the rows of kids. He slightly jumped out of his seat and turned back to me with a nervous looking smile.

"What's wrong?" I wondered.

"N-nothing!" he stuttered.

I looked in the direction he was once looking at, but I didn't notice anything.

"Sit!" I heard Yolei's voice yell.

I quickly turned the other was to see Yolei standing by me. She was yelling at someone. I edged myself to the next seat to see who it was. A boy with brown, spiky hair frowned as he looked away from her. He wore his goggles around his neck. I knew it was Davis, but I wouldn't let myself believe that that sad face was the same boy I love. I looked back at T.K.

There was a few seconds of silence, but all of a sudden, I heard a hand hit a face. Yolei slapped Davis, but I didn't know the reason. I knew I had to give him more time, so I closed my eyes and thought about T.K.'s pool party. It was going to be fun. Fun…

"You don't understand! You're just being a jerk!" Davis's voice howled.

"Davis, if you walk out of this school again, you're going to walk away from everything you ever believed in. Do you really want to do that?" Yolei questioned.

"It doesn't matter…She already walked away from me," he softly said. I could hear his footsteps drifting off in the distance. At that point, I knew I broke him in a way I never thought I could. I told him I would never break his heart, but my promise was broken.

A hand lightly brushed my shoulder. "I'm sorry about that."

I was hoping I wasn't going to break down, but I couldn't hold it any longer. I put my head down and let myself cry. My heart ached and I knew what happened was wrong and a mistake. I could feel Yolei's hands on my shoulders, and T.K. had reached out and held my hands tight, but I felt distant from them. I couldn't let them know what happened, not yet. I wasn't even ready to face the truth.

"Kari, we're going to wait right here beside you until you're ready to go," T.K. told me.

"I don't feel like talking. I just want to go home and get ready for your party tomorrow," I mumbled to him as I heard the lunchroom doors open. We had been here for longer than I thought. The 7th graders were coming into the room.

"Kari, T.K., Yolei! What are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you guys be in class? And Yolei, shouldn't you be at the high school?" Cody asked us.

"Cody, be quiet! We're trying to calm Kari down," Yolei snapped.

"Sorry, is there anything I can do to help?"

"No."

"Where's Davis? He's always here when something's wrong with Kari."

I looked up. I stared straight into Cody's eyes as tears fell from mine. Slowly, I turned away and closed my eyes. "Davis won't be coming any time soon. I had to…" Before I could finish telling him what happened, I had a hard time breathing. I gasped for air and I cried even more.

"We have to get her home…She can't be here anymore. If anything, it's being here that's hurting her. Want to go home Kari?" T.K. questioned me.

I reached over the table and tried to hug him, but I was to weak to reach over so far. I fell off of my seat and onto the floor.

"Kari!" Yolei called. She quickly helped me back onto my feet. "Lets get you home."

T.K. walked over to me and grabbed my arm tight. He smiled at me and turned to Cody. "Yolei and I will come over when you get out of school to tell you what's going on. Ok Cody?"

"Right! Kari, take it easy…I don't want anything to happen to you," Cody calmly said as he turned and left the table. I knew he was going to sit by Liz.

"Come on, lets get going. We're going to help you get through this Kari…We're your friends and we're a team. We'll always be here for you. You understand?" Yolei told me.

"Yeah…I understand," I weakly said.

Yolei and T.K. struggled to get me home. I was weak and let them hold most of my weight.

After walking 30 minutes to my apartment, which is usually a 10 to 15 minute walk, we slowly made our way up the stairs. We stared at the door.

"Is anyone home?" T.K. asked.

"No," I frowned.

"T.K., you should get back to school…I'll stay here with Kari," Yolei decided.

"I'll stay with you," T.K. insisted.

"No, get to school."

"But-"

"Kari and I need to do some talking. We need to get deep down into this problem. Right now I think it would be better for just me to be talking to her right now."

"Ok, I'll call you after school's over," T.K. kissed both of us on the cheek and walked away.

I pulled out a key and opened the door. Yolei and I slowly walked in and went to my room.

Yolei sat on the bed and motioned me to join her. "Tell me what's on your mind."

I slowly sat down and shook my head.

"Fine, tell me anything."

"I hurt."

"Ok, good, we're getting somewhere. Now, why did you break up with Davis?"

"I can't tell you that."

"Right. Why do you hurt?"

"Because I want Davis with me."

"But you broke up with him."

"It was a mistake!"

"Explain to me how you're going to get him back."

"I don't know…"

Yolei got off the bed. Staring into my eyes, she spoke again, "Tell me why you broke up with Davis. Tell me what he did."

"He didn't do anything," I looked away.

"What's going on?"

"I-I…I cheated on him!"

"What?"

"Well…It wasn't really cheating. I kissed another boy. I think it was about two times in less than ten minutes."

"You should of told him. Davis would of understood. He always does."

"No! It's too late!"

"Kari…Who was it with? Do I know this other boy?"

I broke down in tears. I began to shake and got scared. I closed my eyes and pulled my self off the bed. I paced back and forth.

"Kari?" Yolei wondered.

I turned to her. "It was Ken!"

I fell to the ground. It was my first confession. Everyone always said that the first step to getting over a problem was confessing.

"Kari," she rubbed my back as I rocked myself back and forth.

"We were in the Dark World. Ken came over the day we decided what we were going to do to get T.K. back. You already know how Davis and I got in that fight. It was all too much for me to handle. While in the Dark World, I wanted to be taken away with the darkness, and my wish almost came true. It slowly took over me. Ken tried to help me, but nothing he said would have an effect. Finally, I was able to find some light, and I thought of the only way to beat the darkness. Without warning, I pulled Ken towards me and kissed him on the lips. Once we got back, Ken asked me if it was ok if he liked the kiss. I told him it was fine. It didn't feel like a kiss to save me, it felt like more. Then, the darkness took over my heart again. This time, Ken quickly kissed me. I broke the darkness and pulled away. Ken left me in tears and I made him promise to not tell a soul about any of it," I soflty explained.

"You need to tell Davis. Tell him at the pool party tomorrow. Tell him the real reason you broke up with him. I'll be with you the whole time. You won't be doing any of it alone. Kari, you need to do this. I can't stand seeing you this way. It not only breaking your heart, it's breaking everyone else's hearts too."

"You'll be there beside me?"

"Yes."

"I'll do it tomorrow…But not right away. I have to feel comfortable first."

"Are you going to be ok?"

"Yeah…You better get back to school. Or home. I don't know…"

Yolei hugged me. "My friends come before my schooling."

"Thanks," I got off the floor and we walked to the front door.

"I'll see you tomorrow. Also, do you want me to talk to Davis? I can see what happened and tell you. That's if you want me to."

"That would be nice."

She smiled and walked out the door. I closed the door and sat on the couch. Turning on the TV, I slightly smiled.

It seemed like hours until another person walked through the door. Tai greeted me with a smile and asked why I was home so early.

"I wasn't feeling good."

"Why didn't you get me? I would have came to see you. You know…Bring you home?" Tai said.

"Yolei brought me home, and we had a very helping coversation. Tommorrow T.K. is having a little pool party…Everyone is invited. My day went from terrible to pretty good. Oh, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. I hope I never treat you that way again…I just needed to be by myself."

"You deserve your own room," he mumbled.

"Never! Who would I keep up all night when I'm sick? Who would comfort me when I feel sad? Better yet…Who would be there for me when I need someone to talk to, but I can't get myself to leave the room? You're the only one that can do those things! Tai, I like sharing the room with you…But if you need your privacy…You can kick me out anytime…You're the oldest," I tried to smile.

"Why was Yolei at your school?"

I smiled and even let out a little giggle. "She brought Davis back to school. I had a little break down and he ran out of the classroom. He couldn't handle seeing me sad. I guess he went to the high school. During lunch Yolei sat Davis beind me and tried to smack some sense into him. It didn't really work seeming he left again. I don't know where he is now. Yolei's going to call him when she gets home. Then she's going to tell me what happened."

"Homework?"

"Me? I don't know! I wasn't paying attention during class…I was having an off day."

"Well, I'm going to do my homework because I have plans with Sora this weekend," Tai smiled. "It makes me sad…I was going to invite you and Davis to come with us. I guess that won't happen." Tai began to walk into the bedroom.

"Hey Tai! You never know…It might still be possible!" I called.

He popped his head out. "Huh?"

"You'll see tomorrow at the party," I began to flip through the TV channels again.