Chapter Thirty: Put up or shut up!

It was a pleasure, every single time. It has always been a talent and during the past years it was only getting closer to perfection with all the perfect opportunities people offered. They didn't do it on purpose of course, just like her. She never did it on purpose but it seemed like she was just the perfect victim for his little scares and taunts and he could see that every time he did something like this it drove her more annoyed. Of him or of herself, Kai wasn't sure yet.

He was leaning against the locker next to hers and Bonnie was standing just a few feet away from him, pressing her hand onto her chest and breathing heavily from the near heart attack he had just caused her by stepping behind her and puffing in her neck when she was busy paying attention to the content of her locker. Kai had to repress the triumphant grin that was trying to spread across his face because she had sent him a death glare. Bonnie wasn't enjoying this anything close to the way he did. Stepping on her toes was always the most fun but because he didn't want to screw the day up for them he tried to played nice.

"Oh, Bon you just scare so easily."

"Yeah, but that doesn't give you the right to play on it every chance you get." Bonnie sounded pissed but it didn't bother him too much because he had become pretty good at reading the undertones that always swung with what she said and right now the undertone was playful. Lucky for him because he wouldn't have wanted to have her pissed at him the entire day. He didn't come to this stupid field trip to not have the opportunity to spend some time with his favorite victim.

"Come on, you secretly like it." Kai kept on and Bonnie raised an eyebrow.

"No, I most definitely don't." Bonnie smashed her locker shut. She almost sounded believable. Kai stepped closer to her, entering her personal space with the sole purpose of making her mind spin.

"Are you sure about that?" Kai whispered and leaned in so that his nose was brushing her hair and he heard her inhale sharply from his closeness. Just the reaction he had anticipated. With a winning smile he took a step back again, giving her room to breathe properly and react in an appropriate way. To everyone in this hallway they were just friends. None of these stupid losers knew about what had happened between them yesterday and Kai wasn't too keen on letting them in on it just yet.

"So," Bonnie cleared her throat to get the shakiness out of her voice. "You decided to come to the field trip after all. How nice."

"Yeah, someone kind of threatened to kick my ass if I didn't show." He shot her a quick glance and Bonnie smiled shyly, which made his heart skip a beat. It was always this look of innocence with a touch of affection on Bonnie's face that made his feelings go haywire.

Bonnie started walking towards the parking lot where a lot of the students that were coming along on the trip were already waiting for the busses to arrive. Kai followed her a second later, after he had gotten back his grip and caught up with her near the entrance door. In the far he could see Connor, talking to some guy Kai had no name to. He was about to roll his eyes when he remembered that Bonnie was right next to him. Having to have to deal with Connor the entire day wasn't something he was looking forward to. For some miraculous reason Bonnie wasn't aware of the feelings the guy had for her but Kai was certainly not going to let him corner her at any point. Lucky for him he would only have to deal with the guy when they arrived at the museum. The teachers had decided that it was better to separate the students into their history classes for the journey and Connor was in a different class then him and Bonnie.

Kai hadn't realized how deep in thought he had been until they stopped and he turned to look to Bonnie and she wore a concerned look on her face.

"What?" Kai asked.

"I could ask you the same. Where did your mind trail off to?" she chuckled.

"Wouldn't you like to know, little Ms Sherlock." He taped the tip of her nose with his index finger and Bonnie shook her head, a smile on her face.

"You just can't be serious for a second, can you?"

"Depends on the situation, but mostly no." Kai answered honestly. Bonnie was about to reply something to that when they heard Ms. Gibbens call out for her class to gather around. It felt like they were in kindergarten, the way that the teachers tried to keep the overview over the students and he was already considering taking Bonnie's hand and leading her far away from this, bailing on the whole trip but she was already walking towards the class gathered around Ms. Gibbens and he knew he had missed his chance. So he walked behind Bonnie to join the group, stopping to stand right behind her.

"So, listen everybody, our class is going to get into the second bus. The class of Mr. Jermain will be joining us. Please remember, right after we get off the bus we're going to gather again so I can make sure everyone is there." Ms. Gibbens shouted over the background noises and it didn't escape Kai that she threw him a quick glance.

"Why, does she think someone is going to fall out the window during the trip?" Kai whispered into Bonnie's ear from behind. He didn't intent on lowering his voice, so it sounded more seductive than he anticipated but whispering in someone else's ear would do that. Bonnie tried her best to contain her reaction to it. No one else around them noticed but because she was basically pressed into his front he felt her lean in a little more and catch her breath.

The crowd spread across the parking lot once more, rejoining their friends from other classes before they would be separated for a few hours. The two of them stayed where they were, only with Bonnie now facing Kai and stepping an inch away from him to make this whole scene look a little less loaded with longing. While they waited for the bus to arrive, Bonnie seemed to calm down a little. Kai was relieved. As much as he liked making her feel lightheaded, he also liked talking to her with her complete focus on. It gave him the hope that after yesterday, not everything between them had changed. Even though he pretty much liked the changes that had happened- so far.

As the busses approached the students gathered around. Bonnie didn't seem to want to get into the bus too fast and because Kai couldn't care less about this stupid field trip they stayed in the back, avoiding the struggling as everyone tried to push themselves into bus, catching the 'best' seats. Suddenly, Kai had lost Bonnie in the crowd. She had probably just slipped in the bus already and when he stepped in he spotted her, sitting in the back of the bus, gesturing to him to come sit with her.

Everyone settled in and the last people to join them were Ms Gibbens, Mr. Jermain and, to Kai's annoyance, Mr. Bright. The teachers settled down in the very front- only Ms Gibbens took a walk through the bus checking one last time if everyone was on board and then the bus left the school parking lot.

"Let's bet on how many more times the teachers are going to behave like paranoid freaks and treat us like kindergarten kids by checking in on us! I'll say at least 7 more times. What do you say?" Kai asked Bonnie when Ms. Gibbens joined Bright and Jermain in the front.

"Oh, just shut up." Bonnie chuckled. "They are only doing their job. Plus, you are probably the sole reason they need to check up on us. You could have planned a mass escape."

Kai had to laugh. "You clearly watch too much Prison Break." But he liked the idea and if he had had more time on his hand, he might have convinced a few of the students to follow his lead and run away from the field trip. But of course he wouldn't have gone through with it when that meant missing out on spending some time with Bonnie. If this strange attachment to this girl continued, she was going to turn him into a poster-boy for good behavior. Kai shook his head. Bonnie was going to be his undoing. But right now he didn't care, he couldn't imagine anything better than being reformed by her.

"Penny for your thoughts." Bonnie's soft voice reached his ear and when he turned his head to her he found her sitting sideways on the seat, head leaned against the headrest, eyes full of warmth and Kai felt that warmth cross over to his chest, where it made itself a home and continued to spread through his entire body.

He was leaning in closer to her and to his surprise she didn't draw back from him. Their noses nearly touched and his gaze dropped to her mouth, inhaling deep. "Do you have any idea how much I want to kiss you right now?"

Bonnie bit her lower lip but when their eyes met again, it wasn't lust looking back at him but something else, something resembling the way she had looked at him in her patio the night when he helped her build the bench for her mom. At that moment, just like now, the world around him seemed to quiet down and all he could see was Bonnie. For as long as they thought no one else would notice they kept staring at each other. After a while Bonnie, with a shaky voice, said "Yeah, I kind of get that feeling." She swallowed and with a steadier voice she continued. "You know, I am actually happy you admitted of wanting to kiss me and nothing else that might be inappropriate."

"Oh no, don't understand this the wrong way. I was just being polite! I thought you might like to hear that rather than the blunt truth."

She turned her head, a dark smile surrounding her lips. "I don't believe you."

"You don't?"

"No. I believe that it was exactly like you said it, that you wanted to kiss me and nothing more." She turned her head back to him and the certainty in her eyes nearly knocked him off his socks.

There was a silence between them. The other students kept on cheering and laughing but Bonnie and Kai only looked at each other, with an unfulfilled desire to be closer to the other. Bonnie's eyes wandered around their immediate surroundings, checking if anyone was watching. When she looked back to him, her eyes were encouraging, demanding even.

"Don't tempt me, little Bennett." Kai warned her but she only bit her lower lip, this time fully aware of her motions. Kai inhaled heavily. She was trying to toy with him, but what she forgot was that he was way better at this game than she was. Turning around and leaning into the backrest, he left her wishes unfulfilled.

Bonnie groaned. "You are such an ass."

Kai smiled, not looking at her. "I know."

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"It was a very risky mission and not everyone was convinced they should actually go through with it, but in the end it turned out to be the government's best decision to…"

"Gosh, this is even more boring than I pictured it to be." Kai leaned to his left and whispered into Bonnie's ear, shutting out the energetic mid 40 year old woman giving the group of students an insight on the outcome of the Second World War. The moment she had heard his voice it was like everything else quieted down to a sole humming in the background. She secretly hated Kai for having such an impact on her because he was certainly going to find out about it- if he didn't already know- and make her lose focus in school on purpose. For the first time she was actually not happy that Mr. Bright had partnered them up in so many classes. Well, she was but not for professional reasons.

"Can you shut up? I'd like to listen." She whispered back and to her own surprise her voice even had a little spite in it but it had no effect on him because she could hear him chuckle beside her. They were standing in a half circle. All students surrounding the guide that gave them the tour through the museum and now the memorial that was build in the huge public park surrounding the museum. It was really nice in the park and Bonnie guessed that a lot of the people spending their time here didn't even know about the memorial.

Kai stepped just an inch closer to her and she had to try and focus her attention somewhere else, or otherwise she would grab his hand or something pathetic like that. She looked straight ahead and only after she had dramatically stared into nothing for a few seconds she realized she was actually looking into Connor's face. He was standing right across from them on the other end of the half circle and instead of watching the guide he was darkly staring back at Bonnie. But his gaze wasn't stuck on her eyes but somewhere in the general direction of her shoulder- where hers and Kai's body nearly touched. Suddenly, Connor's eyes found hers and she tried to smile at him. There was no reaction in his face and Bonnie thought he hadn't seen her attempt at making friendly contact, so she waved at him. Now his gaze only turned darker, more hateful and Bonnie was confused. Did she do something wrong?

There was not even a chance given by her brain to think more about Connor and his weird behavior because Kai next to her was claiming all her attention again when the guide said they now had time to explore the area on their own and Kai quickly took the initiative and dragged Bonnie by the arm away from the others.

"Hey, who said I was going to explore the area with you? This is kidnapping." She laughed but he only tried to shush her, guiding them further away into privacy.

"Don't you dare deny me this, Bonnie! The only reason I am here is that I could spend time with you and you know that."

Bonnie managed to get her arm out of his grip- granted, it hadn't been a tight grip, more like a soft tug- and let her fingers trace down his arm until she reached his hand and interlaced their fingers. She knew there was a 50/50 chance he might not let her hold his hand but apparently being next to Bonnie all day and not really being able to touch her took its toll on him and he squeezed her hand when she grabbed his.

In one smooth swing Kai turned her around so she was facing him directly and without another peak at the rest of the group of students he grabbed her neck and kissed her. The short surprise that Bonnie felt was gone as fast as it had approached her, giving way for the bliss that streamed through her veins now that she finally felt his lips on hers again. She could taste the desperation in his kiss from wanting to kiss her the entire day and now that he finally could he put all his emotions in it so she would never forget how good it felt to be kissed by him. And it did feel good.

After that the time seemed to stand still. They wandered around the beautiful park and ran into a bunch of fellow students here and there but they didn't join them. They stayed separate from them and no one seemed to find that strange. At some point they sat down into the grass, Kai leaning against a tree and playing with straits of Bonnie's hair, while her head rested in his lap. This soothing touch made Bonnie sleepy, but it was the best kind of sleepy one could want to be. When she felt her eyes getting too heavy she sat up and placed her legs over his lap, looking directly into the grey of his eyes. Her hands found the side of his head and she let it slide through his hair. He was leaning into her touch and closing his eyes, visibly enjoying the moment. He left small pecks all over her mouth until they stayed connected for a longer, more intense kiss.

Lucky for them Bonnie had to check her phone because of a text she had received and panicky realized that they only had 5 minutes to get back to the bus. Bonnie was swearing, Kai was laughing, taking the news too lightly for Bonnie's taste and trying everything in his power to slow them down further by kissing her or grabbing her arm and swinging her around. He earned death glares and punches from her for that but also one or two giggles of joy. Of course they arrived 10 minutes late to the bus and Ms. Gibbens and Mr. Bright already waited in front of the bus door so welcome the last of the students with a mildly unfriendly gaze but the two only went to their seat without a word of apology.

They immediately started going. It was already late afternoon when they left for Portland and Bonnie had to pay the tribute to the trip by falling asleep on Kai's shoulder right after they had settled in. When they arrived in Portland it was already dark. Within minutes the parking lot cleared out, only some students stayed behind to wait for someone to pick them up. Kai had to wait for Jo to join him so they could leave together. Jo had been out of Bonnie's sight the entire trip but that wasn't that surprising because she only had eyes for Kai. Bonnie had driven to school with her mother's car this morning and was now keeping Kai company while he waited for Jo to get out of one of the busses. Secretly Bonnie was thanking Jo for taking her time, so now she had more time she could spent with Kai.

When Jo finally emerged from behind one of the busses Bonnie was nearly disappointed.

"Oh, there you are." Jo happily greeted them. "Hey Bon!" Jo quickly hugged her before turning back to her brother her voice suddenly turned wary. "Don't be mad because I didn't tell you earlier but I'll be catching a ride with a friend. We want to grab something to eat before I get home. Sorry you had to wait."

Kai sighed. "Okay."

Jo only watched him, startled by his calm reaction. She had probably anticipated a more angry reaction. "Okay? That's it?"

"Yeah? You need something else?"

"No." Jo said, gave him a peck on the cheek and was gone before Bonnie could notice.

"Well, that was awkward." Bonnie admitted and Kai chuckled.

"That's Jo."

Now the parking lot was nearly cleared out and the busses were leaving. Bonnie stepped closer to Kai and he wrapped his arms around her back, looking into her eyes. He smiled but only for a moment, because the busses had given way for something that caught his attention in the far and his facial expression turned cold within a second and he let go of her.

"Kai?" Bonnie tried to reach him, suddenly worried. She turned around to see what made his mood change so drastically and saw Jo in the far, walking to a car and holding hands with someone Bonnie had seen before. A guy form school but his name wasn't coming back to mind. And then it hit her. Timothy Laughlin. Jo's bad excuse of an ex and the father of her unborn child she had lost a few weeks ago.

Jo gave Laughlin a quick kiss before she got into- what Bonnie assumed was his car. She turned to Kai, his features were ice cold.

"Kai? Hey!" She touched his shoulder. "It's okay, Jo will be fine."

"Jo will be fine?" He repeated angrily. "She is with this douche bag Laughlin and apparently she has lost her memory or her intelligence or both of it the last minute because she just kissed the freak that left her the second she told him she was pregnant. Who in their right mind would go back to person that would leave you right when you needed him the most?" He was raging now.

"Kai, you don't know what's really going on-" Bonnie tried to sooth him.

"Well, I kind of got a good picture. But if he thinks he can get away with this he is wrong. He should really learn how to hide well, because I will find him tomorrow and then he is going to learn what I think about this new chapter in their relationship." Kai said darkly.

"Don't do anything stupid." Bonnie tried to warn him but she knew it wouldn't have any effect on him now. The determination in his expression told her he had already made up his mind and Bonnie could only guess that Kai wasn't going to shake his hand and congratulate him in the hallway tomorrow. No, he was probably going to state his opinion on the two lovebirds in more violent ways.

"Oh, will promise I will do something stupid. I will freaking break his nose if that is what it's going to take him to leave my sister alone. The bastard will wish he had never even met her, that's for sure."

"Kai-" Bonnie tried to take his hand but Kai was already moving and so he slit out of her reach.

"Don't Bonnie!" He said in her direction while he walked to his car leaving her behind. Panic spiked up in Bonnie. She was certain Kai would beat up that Timothy Laughlin guy no matter what. Her brain searched for ways to prevent that from happening but no matter what scenario she played through- in her head it always ended with him beating up Timothy Laughlin. There was nothing she could do. At least not on her own. And she needed to do something, she needed to protect Kai from himself. An idea formed in her head and she turned around to the school and was relieved when she saw the light in one particular room was still on.

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On the one hand it had been a surprise to see him show up today and behave like he had never done before. On the other hand it came to no surprise to him that he was now waiting for this kid to show up so that the busses could leave and get the students back to Portland in time.

Mr. Bright was standing in front of the bus with his colleague Ms. Gibbens. She nervously looked at her watch every five seconds. Of course Mr. Bright was angry that he had to wait for Kai Parker and Bonnie Bennett but he was way calmer than their history teacher. It had only been 5 minutes and for Malachai Parker, especially a Malachai Parker that had behaved so well this entire trip, it was like he was still 5 minutes early. If that was going to be his only riot today, Mr. Bright was gladly going to take it.

Another five minutes later he could make out the silhouettes of the two students. Bonnie tugging at his arm and Kai doing anything in his power to slow them down. One might think something like that would make Bonnie furious but she kept on giggling. The two had really become close the past few months and Mr. Bright secretly was glad for that. No matter if their arrangement still stood or not, Bonnie Bennett's influence on Kai Parker had been enormous and he expected it to grow further. His plan had worked out well.

The two students arrived at the bus and Ms Gibbens greeted them with a death glare. Bonnie had the decency to look down while she rushed into the bus but Malachai only arrogantly smiled at Mr. Bright before he too disappeared into the bus. After Ms Gibbens and Mr. Bright shared a sigh they stepped into the bus and Ms. Gibbens settled down. Mr. Bright gave the bus driver the okay to get going and before he would sit down himself he went through the entire bus, counting the students again and making sure they really got everybody.

On his way he took his chance and asked a few students how they liked the trip and so it took him more than 10 minutes to get to the back of the bus. He was eager to ask Malachai Parker about his thoughts of the trip because it seemed like it had been the first one he had attended in years but when he reached the back seats he startled over the view that presented itself to him.

There Kai was, sitting by the window on the right side of the bus and leaning his head against it. His eyes were closed and on his shoulder a sleeping Bonnie Bennett rested her head. An arm was wrapped around her waist and her legs were spread out on her seat. The closeness of the two made Mr. Bright fight back a grin. Maybe the two were even closer than he had expected.

With a shaking head and a small smile he went back to the front and settled down in the seat next to Mr. Jermain and Ms Gibbens.

"Everyone alive and well?" Mr. Jermain joked as he sat down.

"Well, everyone is there, that's what I can say. If they are all well I'm not quite sure." Mr. Bright replied.

"What do you mean?" Ms. Gibbens asked worriedly.

"Well, at least two of them are already passed out in the back. But at least they seem to be enjoying each other." He grinned.

"Who?" she wanted to know and Mr. Bright knew what he was about to tell her was going to amuse her just as much as it did him.

"Ms. Bennett and Mr. Parker."

"What? No way?" Ms. Gibbens turned around so she could peek into the aisle, trying to catch a glimpse of the entwined bodies of Malachai Parker and Bonnie Bennett. She couldn't see them and that was why she turned back to Mr. Bright to satisfy her curiosity. "But I thought they were only friends. Doesn't Ms Bennett have a boyfriend over in Virginia? I mean, do you think they are… together?" The last word was a mere whisper because she didn't want any student to hear her gossiping about one of them.

"Well, I am not sure but I think it is possible. They grew pretty close over the past weeks, maybe they grew closer than I originally thought."

"Ha, who would have guessed? Out of any possible pairing the two of them would have never come to my mind… but I, yeah, I like that thought." Ms Gibbens admitted and the three teachers laughed. It was a secret passion of every teacher to speculate and gossip about the private lives of their students and Mr. Bright was no exception.

The rest of the drive went by smoothly. A lot of students followed Kai's and Bonnie's example and so the bus grew quieter and quieter up until the time they nearly reached Portland. It was like magic how they all seemed to feel they nearly reached home and all woke up within minutes.

The teachers surveyed the arrival at the school parking lot and within minutes most of the students were gone. Mr. Bright spoke with the bus drivers and thanked them for the day before he made a quick detour to his office. He needed to write a quick report on the trip for the board before he too would head home. He said his goodbye to the other teachers and settled behind his desk. It was only going to take a few minutes to write the report and still he hated to do this kind of work.

He was right in the middle of packing his bag and heading out when he heard a knock on the door and Bonnie Bennett entered his office.

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Coming to school felt different today. Today Kai had nearly been eager to get to school as soon as possible to give the dumb face of Timothy Laughlin a new shine. He had confronted Jo about what he had seen the other night at the parking lot and all she had to say in her defense was that 'he was being really nice to her and that Kai should quit it'. And he would have quit it, he was really trying to respect his sisters wished but when he heard her talking on the phone this morning he changed his mind.

Jo seemed to think that she could hide her tear-swollen eyes from him when she got out of her room after they hung up. Kai had no idea what exactly Laughlin had said to make her cry but he actually didn't care.

So now he was walking towards the entrance of the school, ready find the bastard and give him the punch of the century. That would be it, just one fast, hard punch in his perfect white set of teeth and that would be it, without warning, without explanation. He would get what this was about.

The second Kai entered the school hallway his eyes searched the busy corridor for any sign of Laughlin. Though Kai couldn't spot him directly he was still positive he would find him within the next 5 minutes because the guy was so predictable. He always hung around in the same spots and Kai knew these spots because he used to find Jo there. With determined steps he chose to check his locker first but he was stopped at the level of his own locker.

"Mr. Parker, I need you to come with me." Mr. Bright's wary voice reached his ear.

Kai turned to see his headmaster standing right in front of his locker, seemingly waiting for him to show up.

"Sorry boss, I gotta go do something. Maybe later?" he arrogantly replied. What the hell was this guy thinking? That he could show up no matter when and demand to speak to him? Kai had done nothing wrong to deserve this kind of failed attempt at intervention, at least not yet. So without a bad conscience he started moving towards Laughlin's locker once more but Mr. Bright stepped directly in front of him, blocking his way.

"This was not a request, Mr. Parker." Bright raised his arm to lead Kai the way back to his office and Kai rolled his eyes and reluctantly turned around to get to the office. Arriving in the one room he had probably spent most of his high school time in Kai let himself drop to his usual chair, not caring about an upright posture and just slouched on the chair.

Even before Bright could sit down Kai looked up at him and asked. "So are you going to enlighten me on what this is all about?"

"This, my dear Malachai, is about your behavior. I was under the impression that you were on a path of improvement but I think I was wrong about that."

Kai only snorted, turning his head away from Mr. Bright as he kept on talking. Kai only heard the usual stuff he always told him when he had been sent to his office. Nothing that would actually make him rethink his actions and nothing that indicated to him why exactly he needed to tell him this right now.

"What kind of bullshit is this? I have done nothing wrong, Mr. Bright. There is no need to lecture me on anything right now and as far as I know I have done nothing but show up to school for two days in the row, so what more do you want from me?" Kai barked out after he couldn't take Bright's stupid monologue any longer.

"You want to know why you are here? Because I know what you were about to do and I don't care if you did or did not punch Timothy Laughlin today, I will not accept this kind of behavior in my school. So yes, you are hearing me right, I am punishing you for something you haven't done yet in order to prevent you from doing it at all. I know in the recent times it hadn't been easy for you but lashing out on your sister's ex-boyfriend is not a solution, no matter what he has done in the past to maybe deserve it." Mr. Bright yelled at him, losing all patience with him. Kai shook his head and blended his ongoing rant out, like he always did with the babbling of his siblings. Instead he focused on the complexion of his principle turning redder with every ongoing second he kept yelling at him. He heard not a single thing he said until a seemingly subsidiary comment was made by Mr. Bright.

"-I know the past time has been hard for you with everything that happened and I know it might upset you seeing your sister get back with the guy who left her right after she told him she was pregnant but –"

Kai looked up at him in shock. Mr. Bright didn't even realize what he had said and kept on ranting, stuck in his rage mode, but Kai was staring at him, trying to wrap his mind around the fact that he knew about Jo's pregnancy. How could he?

After a few more moments Kai finally cut into Mr. Bright's rant and asked with a dry, emotionless voice. "How do you know about that?"

Mr. Bright abruptly turned silent, looking questioningly at Kai. "How do I know about what?"

"How do you know that Jo was pregnant?"

Silence spread between the two of them. Bright's eyes barely noticeable widened for a second, realizing what he had said in his rage. Kai's brain worked fast. The fury inside him boiling to life. Josette would have never told Mr. Bright about this herself and he was 100% sure that he had never mentioned anything to Mr. Bright because usually when he went to see him Bright was the one talking and Kai was the one ignoring. That only left three more people that knew about this whole thing. This granny, an old woman living in England that had no business calling her granddaughter's principle to inform him about the loss of her child, especially when said granny was trying to help hide that pregnancy from the world. And then was his mother, who promised to not tell his dad and Kai believed her. So she wouldn't tell Bright either because that was the safest way of informing his father as well. Besides, she hadn't really been in the state of contacting anyone the past days. That only left…

"It was Bonnie." Kai concluded out loud and the guilt rushing over Mr. Bright's face was all confirmation he needed. She had probably also informed him about Kai's behavior yesterday when he spotted Jo and Timothy. That was how Bright knew about his plan. The longer he thought about it the more furious he got. Why would she do something like this? How did he not see this coming? And why had he been so foolish to trust her?

"Kai, listen, Bonnie was only concerned about you. She wanted to help you and that is why I made her tell me. I promise I won't tell your parents. I know that your mom can't use stress like that right now."

"You know about my mom, too? Wow!" Kai chuckled angrily. "Bonnie was really talkative, wasn't she? What else did she tell you?" He all but barked at him.

"She never said anything, really. I always had to push her to share, especially when the two of you grew closer. And then she finally backed out of the arrangement to prevent…"

"Hold on. What kind of arrangement?" Kai cut in. He was staring down Mr. Bright who was now getting backed further and further into a corner. He realized he had said too much again. But Kai wouldn't let him off the hook this easily. Not when it seemed like Bonnie had been betraying his trust this entire time. He needed to know the whole story. "Tell me!" he demanded.

Mr. Bright sighed and started talking in a calm voice. Without any detail and really trying to not shine bad light on Bonnie he told him about his approach on Bonnie about her help with him. That he tried to make her his little spy, which he succeeded in for at least a few weeks. He elaborated about Bonnie's visit the other day when he blew up the lap and finally cleared up why Kai's schedule had been changed so much in the new semester, only to make sure Bonnie would be around him more often. It was the perfect plan to trap Kai in a soft prison that was called Bonnie Bennett.

Kai laughed a contemptuous laugh. He couldn't believe what he was hearing right now. And more importantly he couldn't believe he hadn't noticed any of this before. He had run into Bonnie numerous times at Bright's office, never questioning her explanation for her being there. But know he knew she had been lying this entire time.

Suddenly Kai saw red. The wrath flooding his veins made him jump up from his seat and practically run towards the door. He ignored the desperate cries of Mr. Bright that told him to stay put. Right now nothing was important, nothing but finding Bonnie Bennett.

Author's note: Hello everyone. I tried putting this chapter out there as fast as possible because I needed to announce that in the next 3 month I am more than unsure when I will update again. I'm telling you this because I don't want you to think that I abandon this story, I won't. I promise. I would never leave this story at this horrible place. I know that school is going to keep me busy for the next months because I am going to write my bachelor thesis and have to do a lot of exercises until that point. I can't even promise to use every free second I have for this fiction because I will need every free second I can get to relax and calm down a little. I am sure a lot of you guys know what I am talking about and I am so sorry to leave you hanging like this but school is more important at this point. I hope I can but up some updates within the next month so that you won't die from withdrawal or unfollow this fic. I am so grateful that you stuck with me until this point. The next chapters aren't going to be too much fun to write because I reached the point in this story that I hate the most but trust me I know what I am doing and there is going to be light at the end of the tunnel. So, until next time (hopefully) and much love to you awesome people, LiLaAir.