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Chapter 2

Choices

by animeang3l7

Kim's POV

"Hello?" I said. But no answer.

"Rai."

I crept up to him quietly. He can't just blank me, can he? Its just not right, no one ignores moi, Kimiko Tohomiko! No one. I approached Rai tip toeing, he probably was to busy admiring his ceiling lover to have a conversation with one of his friends. Arg. Well, I'm just gonna give him something to admire. I took out my cell and went to my ring tones and clicked onto Crazy Frog. But before it started to make its annoying noise I paused it. This is gonna be good. Hehe. Suddenly he turned over.

"Kim?"

"Ah." I screamed and accidentally pressing the 'ok' button on my cell to make crazy frog go off. Ah-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!

"Hehe." laughed Rai, while I tried to find the stop button. Then it stopped and all that could've been heard was his laughter which quietly died down.

"Man, you scared the crap out of me." I said.

"Lol." he replied. That was all he could say, no 'sorry', no 'its ight'?Hmm... "That was really funny."

"Shut up!"

"Okay okay, don't have a cow man. Or should I say a frog?"

"That's so not funny?"

"Whatever, so what were you saying?" he asked.

"Oh yeah. Um, never mind." I said, I just wasn't bothered any more.

"Come on, you devised a plan to make me deaf with crazy frog just so you could get my attention, so what?" he sadly joked.

"Well," I started to drift off. I really didn't need the hassle, I just wanted to go to sleep now. But he had a point, I went through all that trouble for just to get him to pay attention to me. "I can't get to sleep?"

"Is that all?" he answered.

"Yeah?"

"You went through all that, just to get me to listen to you say you're not - actually me too. I'm not really sleepy either."

"So you wanna just stay up. Chatting?" I asked.

"Why not." he replied.

Rai's POV

This is so gonna be fun. Lets see how far I can get to crack her.

"So,"

"So," I repeated.

I was absolutely speechless. Great going, Mr. Conversationist. Is that even a word? But who cares, I just blew it. Great, great great. I was too busy thinking about kicking myself mentally, to notice she had taken a pink little satin book out. She started writing so fast that you could see smoke coming from her pencil. Curiosity got the better of me and I tip-toed around Kim until I got in a good viewing position behind her. And I began to read the neat joint handwriting.

♥

Dear Journal,

Guess what...Im stuck here. Wherever here is anyways, with the one and only Mr. Raimundo Pedrosa!

Isn't it good!

Ah!

Excuse me?

Its a nightmare! Well it kinda was a nightmare. Hinting the was.

Is it? Was it?

You know what I wrote before about him, like him being such a bully to Omi.

That's so not true.

And him acting so mean, and how he acts like an idiot...

Oh, I don't act like one though, do I?

Well, I don't really think of him in that way now,

YEAH! And you did judge me wrong. Im not like that entirely.

its like I really judged him based on well, just on appearances I was wrong, I admit it. I shouldn't judge exactly just by first impressions or whatever.

♥

Then the writing kind of got smaller so I moved in closer and closer and even more closer until I lost balance and...

"Ah." I bellowed. She turned around and I fell right onto Kim. I landed on her lap.

"Whoa! Ow!" she shrieked right into my ear. Which is now probably my deaf ear. And her book went flying.

"Sorry!" I apologised.

"You should be!" again with the screaming. I twisted around and laid on her lap.

I started to laugh and she started to giggle. I was laughing so much that I closed my eyes and started to even cry. She laughed on but not madly, it was almost sweet and cheerful. I tried to regain my sanity and calm down, but my eyes were still so watery. My chuckling quietly died down and I could see again, while she kept on laughing. I listened to her. It was like a beautiful melody. (an. sounds too fluffy n maybe it doesn't even make sense but just keep with me here) She moved gently, while her hair swayed. It was like poetry in motion, well at least it was to me. (an. again with the fluffiness and stupidness) I didn't want to move even the slightest bit, I didn't even want to breath but I had to. Well I had to live don't I, so I could watch. But I didn't want anything to ruin this moment.

The laughter died down and she opened her eyes to reveal what looked like the ocean captured in her iris. I was trapped in the colour of her eyes.

"What?" she said. "Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on me or something weird going on?" I couldn't answer I was still caught up.

"Oh, yeah um. Sorry. All cool." I stood up followed by her.

"Okay then." she smiled at me and I felt as if I could just melt.

"So, what were you doing there behind me? I hope you weren't spying on me." she asked giving me the eye.

"Um. No of course not." I turned around. And she swiftly came into my focus when she moved in front of me.

"If you say so then," she said while eyeing me. "Since its kinda getting boring and we cant get to sleep. Shall we play something then."

"Okay. What do you have in mind?"

"How about truth or dare" she decided while giving a little emphasise on the words truth or dare, I wonder what she's up to.

Wait a second, if we play truth or dare then she might get me to do something - bad. Like confess that I like her. No I can't think like that, no she wouldn't, she couldn't. Can she? What happens if she does? I can't really lie to her. I can't lie to her at all, because she is my best friend. If I do it will all come out wrong and she ends up not suspecting something. Oh. This is bad, very bad. Oh frikkin god. And if she does find out, what if she doesn't like me? What if? What if? What if? AH! No remain calm. Remain calm. OH GOD, I really am freaking out, I sound like a bloody teacher calming a student down in the middle of GCSE'S or SATS! Whatever you call them! No. I so can't play this game, its too risky. But then again, I'm pretty risky myself.

"Im Raimundo Lopez (an. made it up, but keep with me on this) Pedrosa! Yeh, Im Raimundo Lopez Pedrosa. I'm so bad. Hehe. I'll do it." A slight pause. "After all I am Raimundo Lopez Pedrosa."

"I get the point." a voice called out.

"Hey, who said that?"

"Duh, me. Who else?" I turned to face her.

"You heard that?"

"How can I not hear that?"

"Damn me, saying things out loud!"

"You're real stupid aren't you?" said another voice, only then did I realize it was one of those voices in my head.

"Huh, why am I telling myself off? I am so going crazy."

"Yeh, you would think that. Wouldn't you?"

"Yeah, anyways, you still up for it?" Kim said in the background, but I kind of wasn't listening and said, "Okay, then."

"Yay!" she cheered.

Uh! What? I thought...that was sarcasm. Why did I say yes. Why? Why did I choose to play? No! I'm doomed... No I'm not. I can take advantage of this too. This is going to be fun.

Kim's POV

A big grin appeared on his face. I wonder why he's grinning? Whets he up to? Oh well, I'll just have to find out later. This is so going to be fun. As I went over to my satchel I took hold of my diary and grabbed my bag so I could put it back in. It wouldn't fit properly, so I tried shoving it in, when I noticed I had my MP3 player in there. No wonder it wouldn't fit!

"Duh!"

"Who said that?"

"Idiot!"

"What the hell? Who said that?"

"Who else, you, or me as I should say?"

"I am so going crazy."

"So true..."

♥

"Guess what Rai!" I almost screamed. "Guess what?"

"Calm down dear its only a commercial!"

"What did I tell you about saying that line? Fine then be like that, be annoying. I just wont tell you."

"Okay. Okay then...Jesus Christ please have mercy on me for what I did to make Miss Toho angry" he prayed. "Please tell me Kim..." He looked at me with those green-emerald puppy dog eyes - you know, the ones that you just can't resist. Lord have mercy on me for giving into this idiot...

"Fine, whatever..."

"So," he persisted.

"Oh um, I just discovered that I have my MP3 player with me. Nothing much."

"What? Did I just - hear - the - words - M - P - 3 - PLAYER?" he stuttered, still in disbelief. He stared at my bag.

"Yeah!" I said, finally pushing my rage out of the way and giving into the excitement.

"Oh my gawd!"

"YEAH. I know!"

"Well get it started!"

"Yes Sir!" I shouted and sarcastically doing a salute to him. I dug my hand into my satchel and fished out the MP3 player.

"Here!" I said raising it up, when I felt a whoosh and a snatch from my hand. He took it. Damn you Raimundo.

He increased the volume and he played his favourite song immediately, 50 Cents 'Candy Shop'. How the heck did he find that song so quickly? I practically shouted it out, well I shouted it out in my head...as far as i knew, because it was the song was so loud and right next to me I couldn't help but be drowned in the rhythm and forget my thoughts. I stopped thinking all together and the lyrics filled the air, and the air in my head.

I take you to the candy shop
I'll let you lick the lollypop
Go 'head girl, don't you stop
Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)

I'll take you to the candy shop
Boy one taste of what I got
I'll have you spending all you got
Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)

I listened to 50 Cent rap into the verse - and Rai try it to, you would laugh by just the thought of him rapping but actually, Rai was pretty… good. I gazed at him, his eyes were shut, as he rapped and made those funny gestures just for fun not taking anything seriously.

"You can have it your way, how do you want it
You gon' back that thing up or should i push up on it
Temperature rising, okay lets go to the next level
Dance floor jam packed, hot as a teakettle
I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple
If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho"

He opened his eyes and saw me staring at him, I felt my cheeks burn. Why was I blushing? All he did was open his eyes. His deep emerald green eyes that I could stare at for days. The eyes that could make me blush for no apparent reason. The eyes that could blind me as they shone. The eyes that... What am I saying? What am I doing? Talking about his eyes? I've seen them before so what's so amazing about a close up they're green and pretty full stop. God, we need to go back to civilization before I loose my sanity.

I looked away then slowly tried to look back. He had stopped rapping. He was now turned slightly to the left, but he probably caught my eyes wonder to him and he grinned. I looked away. I heard footsteps coming towards me. He bent down, well I think he did, that's what I could see from the corner of my eye and poked his face in front of mine. I felt hands lift my head up. Warm, soft, hands against my chin. I felt shivers down my spine, but tried not to flinch or move a single muscle. He whispered, sort of not like himself, more in a seductive tone than his usual playful tone…

"I take you to the candy shop
I'll let you lick the lollypop"

I felt him come closer and sway. When he uttered the last line, he pulled me a bit closer. Close enough that I could feel something Id rather not say seeing as my hands where kind of at the front of me... His other hand slid down my back not too far though at least. I felt really uncomfortable in this situation so I did the first thing which came to mind. I slapped him.

Rai's POV

"God what was that for?" My cheek pained. The blood rushed to my face and I could feel it puff a bit as I put my other hand against my face.

"For well everything!" she seemed really mad. I switched of the MP3 and threw it gently onto the couch.

"That's why you stopped?" I said astonished but very calm and cool, and then from out of nowhere..."You know you wanted me, so why did you stop baby?" I said while stepping forward and touching her backside.

Then... bam! Another slap. On the same cheek. Ow.

"Ow!"

"Fucking hell? Why did you do that? Again?" I couldn't believe I just swore like that.

"That's what you get for trying it on." I could see for just a second how upset and hurt she was, before she turned around, folding her arms. I guess I really offended her. I flipped over her and landed in front of her. She shed a tear as I flipped through the air. She wiped it though. Stupid hormones...Why did they have to act up like that all of a sudden? Such an idiot. Now she doesn't even want to talk to me.

"Kim," I stepped forward, but she took a step back. And her head dropped slightly and her hair covered her blue eyes. Making a shadow. I really didn't expect her to react like that, I definitely thought she would murder me, but instead I got something worse. I had upset one of my best friends. Which was way worse.

I retried to step close enough to her and not make her back down. And it worked. I lifted her head up and saw her eyes water just a bit. Just enough to make one little stream run down her face onto my hand.

"I don't know what came over me seriously. Hormones I guess? But whatever it was Kimiko, Im sorry."

"Yeah sure." she said cold and distant.

"I'm really sorry. Please Kim...I mean it...please forgive me." I leaned in and fusion with our lips began. I kissed her...

♥

an.

To be continued...what will Kim do? slap him? continue? die? please don't think Im dirty, Im not really. Its just part of the chapter. Just drama! Well that's what I tell myself to get to sleep. And please forgive me people for making Kimiko so emotional. Its just the way erm, things have to go.