Chapter 5: Martin

Ten thirty that morning, Will is still fast asleep in her dreams.

Will had been sitting around having dinner with the girls but here, they are still teenagers here and they have gone to the Silver Dragon. While they ate, they talked to each other about their futures. They talked about who they would marry and so on. It had been the usual girl stuff for the thirty minutes that they sat there. Then it dark clouds formed outside and it had started raining. Then lightning and thunder started up and the lights went out. "That is just great, good thing Taranee is here. What do you say you light up our situation?" Hay Lin asked as she looked around. Taranee lit up the room and they are now the only ones there. "Weird much." Then Matt came into the building.

Matt is soaked and tired. "Will." Matt said trying to get her attention. "Will, Will, wake up Will."

Will opened her eyes and saw Matt staring down at her. "Matt, what's up?" Will asked trying to wake up.

"Will, its eleven o'clock and we need to get going remember. We have a train to catch by twelve so come on sleepy head." Matt said as he pulled the covers off of her.

"Ok mother, I'm up." Will said as she stretched and got up off the bed. "We should hurry, if we want to get our stuff packed." Will said pulling off her pajama top and putting on a shirt on while talking with Matt who is outside the door.

"That is already done Will; I packed while you slept the morning away." Matt shot playfully at Will.

"Ok, hey, that was a shot wasn't it?" Will said knowing very well Matt is playing with her. Quickly forgetting what he said, Will continued talking. "So are the guys coming?"

"Nope, they headed home a while ago so it will just be us and the girls."

"Ok, then let's get going, I am so ready to get home." Will said walking out of the room. She grabbed a few cereal bars from the kitchen and then headed to the car. The two zoomed off toward the train station. Once they got there, Matt let Will out and went to find a parking space. Will went to their train and saw the girls already there. "Hey Taranee, Irma, Cornelia, Hay Lin."

The girls turned around and waved Will over to them. "What took you two so long? We were beginning to wonder if you were going to come or not." Irma said relieved to have there friend there.

"Matt let me sleep in so I didn't wake up till Ten thirty." She looked at the clock and saw that it is now fifteen to twelve.

"Speaking of Matt, isn't he" Hay Lin started but then saw Matt coming up with their luggage on a cart. "Never mind, he's here."

"Hey Will, I got lucky and was able to find a cart. You know, the day before Christmas is extremely busy." Matt said running up to them.

Then the six heard a voice from behind them which they didn't really recognize and yet it sounded very familiar. The six turned around and found Martin running toward them. "Hey everyone." Martin said to everyone through breathes but focusing on one person specifically. "Irma, can we talk once we get on board." Martin asked through breathes still trying to catch his breath.

"Sure Martin but what are you doing here, not that you being here is a bad thing but I thought you were going to stay here for Christmas?" Irma asked stumbling over her words trying to find the right words to say.

"I figured that I would go home this year since there isn't anything left for me here. I graduated early but uh, never mind." Martin said afraid to say something wrong so he stopped.

Irma smiled and thought for a minute. 'Should have guessed he would have graduated early. He doesn't know about us though does he.' "Hey Martin, you're not the only one to get out early." Irma said happily. Martin gave a huge grin but not his goofy nerdy grin but one a normal person would give. Then the train driver called for everyone to get on. The seven people went to the door of the car after getting their luggage on board and handed the man their tickets. They stepped inside and found a place to sit. "So Martin, what was it you wanted to talk about?" Irma asked.

Martin stepped out of their little booth and told Irma to follow. They reached another empty booth luckily and sat down for some privacy. "First off Irma, I am sorry for all those times that I had done things to make you hate me." Martin said and was about to continue when Irma cut him off.

"I never hated you Martin. I never liked you exactly but you were and you still are a good friend. So in that way, yeah, I like you." Irma said trying to make Martin cheer up a bit.

"So you like me as a friend then and you never actually hated me?" Martin said trying to get it straight. Irma nodded and this made Martin smile. "I guess I always tried so hard to get you to like me that I pushed you away huh?" Irma closed the distance between her thumb and index figure. "I guess if I wouldn't have tried so hard, you would have liked me more." Irma nodded not really knowing what to say to any of this. "I'm truly sorry Irma. I guess that I really wanted you to really like me. I never meant to embarrass you. Anyway, I just wanted to apologize so now we can leave." Martin got up head down and started walking away.

Irma couldn't just let him go, he had just apologized to her when it should have been the other way around. Irma now felt guilty for all the times she ignored him. "Martin wait." Martin stopped and turned around wondering why she had asked him to stop. "You don't need to apologize Martin, I do. I've been the one to put you down the whole time when all you really wanted is for me to like you at all. I guess I just thought you were just being annoying but it turns out that I was wrong; I was right but I was wrong at the same time, I'm sorry Martin. I have been a terrible friend to you." Martin walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder. Irma grabbed his hand and gave a weak smile. "I can't believe that I practically ruined our friendship because I didn't have my facts straight. You know, you've grown up so much since then and I haven't and I don't mean height wise. It turns out that I am the one that needs to grow up Martin, not you. In a way Martin, you were always more mature then me. I always thought then that if you would have grown up that we could have been together but it turns out that it was me that needed to grow up. I know that I already said that but" Irma was immediately cut off. Martin had just kissed her, taking her by surprise. Irma blushed brighter then a tomatoe.

Martin pulled back and blushed along with Irma. "Sorry, but you wouldn't shut up and I couldn't say any" This time Martin was caught by surprise.

Irma pulled back still blushing. "It's ok Martin, besides, I like you." The two hugged and this time they both kissed and lasted like that until they had to break for air. "You really are a great guy Martin. The sat down and talked for who knows how long but they weren't really in a caring mood about time. They talked for hours when they realized that everyone is probably waiting for them back in the other booth. They walked back and walked into the booth. Everyone stared at them. "What?"

"You two have been gone for hours you know, what could you two have been talking about?" Will asked

"Stuff." Irma said. "Besides Will, it isn't really any of your business." Irma shot at her.

Will raised her hands up in defense. "We are almost there you two." Will said changing the subject.

Irma and Martin looked at each other in shock at the realization of how long they had actually been gone for and then shrugged it off and enjoyed the rest of the ride.

A/N: This chapter is one of my mushy chapters and may also be the only really mushy chapters. Anyway, please enjoy and thank you to those reading and thanks for those reviewing.