"Yeah! Who'd the man? Who'd the man?" Davis said. Davis and his friends decided to hit the arcade for some fun and games. It's been hectic week and this is helping them keep their mind off things.

"That would be me you overexcited dope." Ken said. "We're playing air hockey and you only managed to score one point to my six."

"Yeah, but you're a tough opponent. It's not easy to score a point against you." Davis said and Ken figured he had a bit of a point. Things were turning to be a fun and great day.

"Davis!" Yolei called as she came running in and she seemed frantic about something.

"What's wrong?" Ken asked.

"This better be important. I'm about to beat Ken." Davis said as he tried to boast as they started another round.

"Kari and T.K. broke up!" Yolei said. The minute she said that, Davis froze and Ken got a clear shot and won the game.

"I win." Ken said.

"Are you serious? They broke up? How? When? Why?" Davis said. "Why am I even asking?"

"Yes, I'm serious. Yes, they broke up. They say it was a neutral parting. It happened a couple days ago. They say that the spark they had just wasn't there anymore. I'm guessing you're asking because you still have a spark for Kari."

"Impressive." Ken said as he thought it was good she answered all his questions. "So do you? Do you still hold a spark for Kari?"

"I don't know. Maybe." Davis said. "Ashely may have been the first girl I went out with, but Kari was my first crush."

"Kari's probably better for you than Ashely anyway." Yolei said. "After going out with Ashely, you must now have the courage to ask her out." She had a look around and spotted Kari. "Here's your chance. There she is." Davis spotted Kari and saw Yolei was right.

"Yeah. You're right. Now that I'm not with Ashely anymore, there's no reason I can't ask Kari out." Davis said as he went over to her. Ken and Yolei were a little impressed. They didn't he do it before, but he seems more confident in himself. Davis went right over to her. "Hey, Kari."

"Davis. Hey." Kari said.

"A little surprised to see you here." Davis said.

"Why not? Aren't I allowed to play some games?" Kari said.

"Uh…yeah. It's just…." Davis wasn't really sure what to say and Kari laughed.

"No reason to be nervous. It's just me." Kari said.

"Right. Listen….I heard you and T.K. broke up." Davis said.

"Huh? Oh… Right. Yeah. It was nice for a while, but the feeling just went away." Kari said. "It just happens."

"I know. Listen, if you would like, I thought that maybe we could…." "Kari!" Davis was about to ask Kari out, but he was interrupted when he saw another guy come over. He looked a little older with some wild hair.

"Everything okay?" The guy asked.

"I'm fine. Davis, you remember my older brother? Tai?" Kari said.

"Tai? Tai, how's it going?" Davis said as he held up his hand.

"Pretty good." Tai said as he slapped that hand. "It's good to see you again, Davis. It's been a long time since we last saw each other."

"So you're back from college?" Davis asked.

"Only for a few days." Tai said.

"So while he's home, we're hanging out together." Kari said.

"I see. I wanted to ask if you wanted to hang out, but I see you would rather hang with your brother." Davis said as he felt the old times.

"Hang on. There's no reason, Kari can't. I'll be in town for a while." Tai said. Davis thought he was in the clear again.

"No. How about all three of us go together?" Kari said. "Davis, you always looked up to my big brother. He won't be around for very long. So I don't see a reason why all three of us can't do something together."

"Oh… Uh…. I don't really have a problem with it." Davis said, but he felt like kicking himself for that.

"Great. We'll see you tomorrow." Kari said as she and her brother walked away. Davis thought he had his chance. Now he's wondering what to do about this scenario.

…

The Penthouse

"Let me get this straight." Miley said. "You were about to ask out your first crush, but instead you asked her and her brother to hang out together? All three of you?"

"Yep." Davis said. As soon as he got home, he told Miley what was going on. Miley was thinking that Davis is a real dope now. "I feel like the universe is against me or something because whenever I try to get close to Kari, something gets in the way."

"Maybe it's one of those things that you really need to earn it." Miley said. "Why didn't you just tell Kari you wanted it to be just the two of you?"

"I didn't want to come between her and her brother." Davis said. "Those two are pretty close."

"Ooh. You better be on your best behavior then." Miley said. "That brother of hers might be overprotective of who his sister gets near with the boys."

"Relax. Tai and I are cool." Davis said.

"Do you think he's going to put a friendship over the feelings of his sister?" Miley asked and Davis thought about it.

"Oh man. I might need a suit of armor or something." Davis said.

…

The Next Day

Davis was meeting up with Tai and Kari. They decided to start out the day with a game of miniature golf. Davis was waiting outside the place for the two of them to show up.

"Davis!" Davis looked through the parking lot and saw both of them arrived.

"Hey. Glad to see you both made it." Davis said.

"Of course. This was a great idea. So should we go in?" Tai said. Davis allowed them to go ahead, but Kari went in first as Tai hanged back with Davis for a moment. "Just be careful with what you do with my sister. I'll be watching." Davis got nervous as he felt Tai was actually intimidating him, but Tai laughed a little. "I'm just messing with you." He ruffled up Davis' hair and went in with Davis taking a sigh of relief. Davis went in and started playing the game.

"So how is college, Tai?" Davis asked.

"It's fine." Tai said. "Keeping my grades good, made some friends, even met a couple cute girls. Just remember that college is not all party and fun. You do have your studies to think about." Tai took his turn and it almost went in the hole.

"Yeah. Kari told me you wanted to be a diplomat." Davis said. "I'm guessing it's not easy to study for that and have fun at the same time."

"You could say something like that." Tai said. "What about you, Davis? Kari's aiming to be a teacher. What do you want to be?"

"Oh… I haven't really thought about it." Davis said. When you're living the life of a successful celebrity, it's hard to think what you want to do when you're done with school.

"Come on, Davis. You have to start thinking about your future." Kari said.

"Thanks, Mom." Davis joked.

"It's fine. There are some people in college that still don't know what to do with their lives." Tai said. Kari stepped up to take her turn. She it and it was almost a hole in one, but it went around.

"Dang it." Kari said.

"Here. Let me show you a little something." Davis said as he placed his arms around her. "Keep your back straight, feet firmly planted, and add just the right amount of force on it."

"Uh….thanks." Kari said as she felt a little strange being in Davis' arms. Tai cleared his throat as a warning to Davis. Davis realized what he was doing and backed off.

"Sorry! I guess that was a little too close of a demonstration." Davis said.

"It's fine." Kari said as he face was starting to blush.

"Shouldn't we keep playing?" Tai said as he glared at the two of them. Both of them did their best to act innocent. They kept going on with the game and they soon arrived at the final hole and Tai just missed.

"Man. The final one is always the toughest." Tai said. Kari stepped up and took her turn. She decided to take Davis' advice. She kept her back straight, planted her feet, and added just the right amount of force and it seemed to have paid off as she got a hole in one.

"Aw! Hole in one! Hole in one!" Kari cheered and the boys couldn't really believe it.

"No fair!" Tai complained.

"I think it was completely fair." Davis said.

"Thanks for the tip, Davis. It just got me the win." Kari said with a laugh. Even though Davis was hoping it would just be her and him, he still glad that it was the three of them. He was having a lot of fun. When they were done with their golf game, the three of them decided to grab some lunch and ate outside.

"I still call cheating." Tai said.

"You're just sore that you lost to your little sister." Kari mocked.

"Hey. You wouldn't have won if I hadn't given you that advice in the first place." Davis said.

"I guess you're right." Kari said. "For that, I'll get you another soda on me." Kari got up and went to get Davis another drink.

"It's nice to see you two haven't changed." Tai said.

"Yeah. This actually turned out better than I thought." Davis said.

"So I hear you're living pretty big with Miley Stewart." Tai said.

"Yeah. It's nice, but sometimes it can be a bit of a drag." Davis said. "Living with a celebrity isn't as fun as you think." Tai might be a little intimidating when it comes to his sister, but he's a cool guy all the same. "Can I ask you something?"

"If it's about the hair, not really. People are always asking about it." Tai said.

"No. How come you're so protective of Kari?" Davis said. "Don't you trust her or anything?"

"It's not that I don't trust her." Tai said. "It's just that it's my job as her big brother to take care of her. No matter how old she gets, she's always going to be my little sister and I don't want her to get hurt or anything."

"So what about when she's dating? You know she recently broke up with her boyfriend." Davis said.

"T.K.? He's fine." Tai said. "Kari broke up with him and he was a nice kid. I even knew his brother. That's how I knew she would be in good hands. That doesn't mean I still wouldn't be protective of her."

"So what are you saying?" Davis asked.

"I'm saying that I trust Kari. She's one of the nicest people around." Tai said. "She always puts other before herself. That's why she invited me to this. She probably thought I would be upset that my own sister wouldn't want to spend time with me or something."

"Really?" Davis said. He thought she would have been afraid to be alone with him or that she just wanted her brother to stay close. He didn't think it was because she was thinking of his feelings.

"Yeah. That's great, but I'm a little worried that could get her in trouble." Tai said.

"How so?" Davis said.

"Someone could take advantage of her." Tai said. "There are some jerks out there that would ask her out right now. Hello! She just broke up with her boyfriend. If she's ready to date, she'll know, but she might not say no as an answer. She deserves better than some jerk asking her out because he wants to." That had Davis rethinking this whole thing. If he asks Kari out when she recently broke up with her boyfriend, does that make him some sort of jerk that's only thinking about himself?

"Here you go." Kari said as she Davis his soda.

"Well, I'm hitting the bathroom." Tai said and left the two of them alone for the first time.

"Great having your brother back, huh?" Davis asked.

"Yeah." Kari said. "Tai's always been there when I really needed it." Davis felt bad after what Tai said, but he needed to hear some things from Kari.

"So how are you holding up since you broke up with T.K.?" Davis said. "Do you think you're ready to date any time soon?"

"I'm not really sure." Kari said. "Being with T.K. was great, but i think he and I are meant to be nothing more than friends. As for dating someone else, I don't know."

"Tai told me he's a little worried you would say yes just because you don't want to hurt that person's feelings. You always put others before yourself." Davis said.

"I probably would." Kari said. "I guess there are some people out there like that, but I guess there are some out there who seem perfectly fine if I would say that I'm not ready to date."

"Is that a bad thing?" Davis said.

"Some might think that's considerate and they probably are, but there are probably some out there that just wanted to go out with the girl." Kari said. "I suppose it's not really easy to decide if you're ready to date or not. It's hard to tell the jerks from the nice ones. Plus, there's that whole post-traumatic-break-up or whatever a friend of mine called it. Some people would only say yes to a date after they just recently broke up. I don't think you can build a real relationship" Davis was rethinking this whole thing with Kari. Perhaps now is not his time.

"Listen, Kari. I had a lot of fun, but I need to get going." Davis said. "I'll see you later. Okay?"

"Sure. I had fun myself." Kari said and Davis took off. Kari grabbed the scraps and tossed them in the trash.

"Why didn't you just admit to him that you might like him?" Tai asked as he came out of hiding.

"As if you would actually allow that." Kari said.

"True." Davis said.

"Besides, I'm not exactly sure how I feel about Davis at the moment." Kari said. "Maybe there is more to him than I think. I did want to hang out with you, Tai, but I guess I was also afraid to be alone with him."

"I get it. You just went through a break up. There's no reason to jump back in the saddle." Tai said. "You know, I think Davis thinks the same thing. I bet that's really why he left. I think he was thinking of your feelings." Kari stared at the direction Davis ran off to and was thinking there was more to Davis than she thought and she was liking it.

….

The Penthouse

"So you didn't ask her out?" Miley asked as Davis told her everything that went on through the day. "Why?"

"Because I don't want to come off as some jerk." Davis said. "She just went through a break up. I don't want to seem like a selfish guy that takes advantage a moment of weakness or doesn't think about her feelings. Besides, I want what Kari and I could have to be real. I'll just give her some time and try again later."

"You know, I think that's really great of you Davis." Miley said. "Not many guys would do what you just did. Any girl really would be lucky to go out with you." Davis appreciated hearing that. Little do they know that Kari and Davis are coming closer and closer together, but these take time. Everything just happens at its own pace.