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Chapter Three: Over You
"Hello? Eri? Oh good it's you. Listen, up for a night out tonight?" said Kagome in to her mobile phone as she got in to a taxi.
"Yeah! Totally!" said Eri excitedly
"Great! Ill picks you up in a few minutes Kay?"
"Kay" Kagome hung up and told the driver the address. They picked up Eri and all her other friends and continued to "The Broken Glass" again. All Kagome's friends got out of the car wearing matching pink skirts and white glittery tee-shirts. Kagome stepped out of the cab looking entirely different. She was wearing an impossibly tight black plastic dress which only just hid her underwear from the rest of the world and had a zip going straight down the back of it. Her hair was tied up with a long red ribbon. She pulled some money out of her handbag that was made out of the same material as her dress and handed it to the taxi driver.
"Thanks" she said and the taxi drove off. She turned back to her friends.
"Ready for some real fun tonight Kagome?" asked one of her friends.
"You bet" said Kagome. Inside the club they were all dancing with a guy each. All except Kagome; she had four guys hanging around her as she danced wildly in the center of them. Every now and then she would turn her back on one of them and rub up against him seductively. Her friends shot her jealous glances every time that she did this. It finally became too much when Eri's current boy-toy said
"Sorry, I'm going to go dance with that chick" and went to join Kagome's man harem too. Eri watched him walk over and be instantly be accepted by Kagome with a playful bite on the neck. That night Kagome had snagged about four guys and pashed them in a corner much to the annoyance of her friends. Eventually Kagome got away from her groupies taking just one guy with her to the bar for a drink.
"So, what's your name then?" Kagome asked the guy sitting next to her as she took a sip of her pina colada (I don't know- it was the only drink I could think of).
"I'm Matt- what about you?" he said in a thick English accent. He wasn't too bad looking either Kagome noted. Sandy coloured hair, dark grayish eyes, fairly muscular chest and arms too- not hideously so, but enough to get Kagome interested.
"Kagome" she replied noticing his accent "you're not from around here are you?"
"Nah I'm not" he said shrugging "I'm from London- oh and did I mention you're rather beautiful?" Kagome blushed.
"Um… London! Wow, cool" she stammered lost for words.
"Yeah, loads of people say that about London- It's really not!- but I like it better here, very… romantic" he paused his eyes shining "What with all the cherry blossoms and such"
"Yeah, I love cherry blossoms" said Kagome softly. It was getting close to midnight when Kagome's friends told her they were leaving. She had been talking and dancing with Matt all night- and no-one else. The club closed at 1:00am, Matt and Kagome were forced to leave.
"So" said Matt as they stood outside "live far from here?" Kagome shook her head
"Nope- I was going to walk home" she said
"I'll walk with you" volunteered Matt. So they both walked to Kagome's house together.
"Want to come in?" Kagome asked politely as they reached the front door. Matt nodded shyly and stepped over the threshold.
"Are you're parents home?" he questioned as Kagome pulled a glass of wine from a cabinet and moved to the kitchen. There was a pop of the cork as she opened it.
"Nope" she said returning with two glasses. Matt accepted one and she filled it with crimson liquid. Then she sat down on the sofa
"Why?" he asked sitting down on the sofa next to her.
"Died, a while ago" she said taking a swig of her wine. Matt did the same. He seemed accustomed to drinking, Kagome noted. He was also quite nice looking. Boy would I like a piece of that! Kagome thought drunkenly. It was at least 4:00am when they had just a tiny drop of wine left in the last of 3 bottles and were giggling stupidly.
"…An' then hic 'e said, 'e said I'm no moron- I know itsh really milk!" laughed Matt telling a joke that made no sense what-so-ever. Still Kagome laughed deliriously and began to tell her own un-funny joke before falling over in hilarity.
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Kagome awoke the next morning groggily. She opened one eye, then the other and groaned.
"Oh… my head…." She whispered rubbing her bleary eyes. She rolled over to get out of bed and found she wasn't in bed, but sprawled on the sofa in her lounge room. So instead of rolling to the other side of her bed, she fell off the sofa.
"Ouch…" she said and turned towards the other sofa. Matt was lying there, head propped up on one elbow and looking at her. He was also not wearing a lot of clothes, apart from a pillow, he was completely naked.
"Morning" he said half smiling "Best thing for that headache is some cold water- and pain killers" She smiled in amusement when she realized his nakedness and nodded slowly.
"Thanks for the advice…" Kagome said seizing a towel from the cupboard. Matt got up, as Kagome went to the shower. When she got out and was dressed, Matt, wearing his black jeans from last night and nothing else, seized her around the waist and pulled her close to him.
"Feeling a bit better?" he asked sounding genuinely concerned
"Yes, thanks" she said. Matt kissed her softly and picked her up- wedding style. She gasped as he carried her downstairs to the kitchen where pancakes were waiting for them.
"Made them myself" he said setting her down again.
"Looks great" she said taking a seat in front of a plate and seizing a fork "tastes even better!" she exclaimed swallowing a mouthful.
"Thanks!" said Matt beginning to eat as well "Glad someone appreciates my fine cooking" Kagome giggled.
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Three happy Matt-filled days later; the nagging voice inside Kagome's head began to die slowly. You still love InuYasha- choke splutter Kagome went an entire day with out thinking about InuYasha for a second; she had been with Matt- again. Her friends said she spent WAY too much time with him,
"…almost as much time as you used to spend sick Kagome!" protested Eri after hearing news of Kagome's hot date with him that night. They were sitting opposite each other at WacDonald's.
"Eri, you're just jealous that I have someone and you don't" teased Kagome folding her arms. Eri's face tinged slightly pink. She shook her head furiously telling the poking tongue of Kagome's,
"Of course not Kagome, I could get any guy I want… I just don't want to!"
"Yeah, sure, then why haven't you taken over Hojo?" Kagome said raising an eyebrow. Eri rolled her eyes.
"Bah! He is SUCH a geek Kagome, it's the reason why we set you up with him- so you wouldn't sway in on our guys" said Eri making it obvious that she wasn't happy with Kagome's banter. Saying this, she had crossed the line.
"Bitch!" gasped Kagome standing up quickly.
"Me?" Eri half shouted still sitting down "what about YOU? 'You're just jealous because I have a date and you don't'" she said contemptuously. Kagome glared at her for a moment then slapped her across the face.
"You're a bitch and you know it. Leave me and Matt out of this" Kagome shouted then threw lemonade at her and stormed out of the restaurant with everyone's eyes upon her.
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Kagome forgot all about Eri quickly. She had a date to get ready for! She hailed a cab just outside and stepped in.
"Higurashi Shrine please!" she told the driver
"You got it" he nodded and started driving. As soon as Kagome reached her house, she jumped out of the cab just before it stopped. She thrust a wad of money at the driver.
"Keep the change" she said then dashed in to her house. She ran up the stairs as quickly as she could to get ready, she had barely two hours. Matt was picking her up at seven thirty and it was already ten to five. She pushed the answering machine button as she ran inside and it began to play any calls Kagome had missed. There was one about her mother's dentist appointment and then,
"Message two received at 4:16pm… Hi Kagome, it's Matt- listen, I was wondering if I could pick you up a little earlier? I hope you get this in time; I'm going to come round at 5:30 instead of 7:00. See you later!"
Kagome froze.
"Oh shit…" she whispered to herself. She bounded up the stairs to the shower. She washed as fast as she could as well as shaving her legs quickly. Then it was straight out of the shower in to her room. She threw open her wardrobe doors.
"What to wear… what to wear… what to…" Kagome stopped muttering to herself as she seized the red dress she discovered the other day "…wear" She put it on and looked at her clock. It read 5:24. She cursed and seized her makeup box. She took out a red lipstick matching her dress, black eyeliner, black mascara, black eye shadow and some silver glitter dust. After putting on all the other make up she gently tipped some of the glitter dust in to her hand and sprinkled it over herself.
ding dong!
The doorbell. Kagome threw the contents of her make up box back in and put it away
"Just a minute!" she called down the stairs as she grabbed a pair of black silk gloves. She put them on hurriedly her fingers catching on the lace edge as she ran down the stairs in black platforms. Opening the door she gasped. It was Matt- of course but he looked…
"Amazing…" Matt whispered. Kagome blushed.
"You look great" she said softly. He was wearing a loose black cotton shirt that had 'effekt' splashed across it in silver shimmering graffiti style writing. His pants were long and gray, but were just short enough for Kagome to resister he was wearing black Converse All Stars.
"Thanks" said Matt. He offered his arm to her "come, I shall take you to our trusty steed, which shall carry us to our oh so romantic destination"
She let him lead her to the curb then she burst in to a fit of giggles.
"Trusty steed?" laughed Kagome. Parked two feet in front of them was a black Kawasaki motorbike. Matt looked at the ground embarrassed.
"When I said trusty steed-" he started.
"I love it!" said Kagome cutting across him and dashing over to get a better look at the silver graffiti style artwork on the side.
"Oh good- I thought you might freak when you saw it" he said grabbing two helmets and passing one to Kagome. Kagome took the black helmet and snapped the clips together under her chin. Then she opened the visor.
"Whatever, ready to go?" she asked
"Yep, just wait a second" he said putting on his own helmet and opening a box on the side of his bike. He drew from it an almost ankle length black jacket that suited him perfectly.
"Ready now?" teased Kagome
"Yup" said Matt as he climbed astride his bike. Kagome got on behind him "Hold on now 'gome!" and they drove off. As they waited for the lights to change Kagome closed her eyes and hugged Matt tightly. InuYasha, I think I'm finally over you.