Broken Hearts

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9- First day of suspension

Kagome rubbed the back of her sore head as she looked in the mirror at her reflection. How could she? What was wrong with her? Where had her brain been those past couple of days? She had gotten herself in a whole lot of trouble. Getting into fights, getting suspended, getting herself--and not to mention other people--injured. What was going to happen next? She knew. Her mom, whenever she got home, was going to yell and yell and yell some more because of her daughter's behavior.

She stood up from where she sat on her bed and walked downstairs, planning on getting something to drink. She had slept most of the day and just then, it was dark outside. And her mom and brother and grandpa still had not gotten back, leaving her all alone. She was halfway to the kitchen when the phone rang, screeching loudly. Kagome jumped, but then blushed at her own skittishness. She walked over to the crying telephone and picked it up, placing the receiver to her ear, "Hello?"

"Kagome? Oh, My God, are you ok?" It was Sango. Sango was calling. Maybe she was not angry after all…

"I'm fine," Kagome said truthfully, smiling lightly, "Just a little cut on the back of my head and a bloody lip."

"How's everyone else?" Sango inquired softly.

"Inuyasha and Miroku are fine. Miroku might have some cracked ribs and Inuyasha has a bruised larynx. Why are you so worried, anyway?" Kagome answered, grinning.

"I just am," Sango said shortly, "Your boyfriend is, after all, my friend's boyfriend, so I should learn to like him."

Kagome was suddenly fuming, "We are not going out. How many times do I have to repeat myself?"

She heard Sango sigh on the other end, "Kagome, if you are, you can just tell me."

I swear, Kagome thought, I will never understand friends and they will never understand me… "I am not going out with him, I promise."

"Ok."

Kagome was a little confused. Did Sango forgive her or not? And why was she so concerned about the boys? "You're not still mad, are you?"

"Of course not." Sango answered softly on the other line. "I was just a little annoyed at the fact that you would even think about going out with him."

Without thinking, Kagome suddenly got on the defensive and blurted out, "He's a really nice guy. He stood up for me in that fight. And plus, he really does seem sincere."

Sango groaned, "Here we go again. Look, he may be pretending…you know, acting? Remember, that's how it's been for the past several days; he has been pretending to like you in order to get you to date him so he could dump you, make fun of you, and embarrass you in front of everyone. And with the dance coming up, that's when he'll probably do it, too."

That's right. Kagome had forgotten all about the dance. It was next Friday, after she got off of suspension. Great, just great. Her luck was yet again going down hill. She was so confused on what to do. Should she date him or not? He seemed really nice and honest…

But maybe it was all another act. Maybe he was just pretending just so he could get her to think that he liked her for real. What if that really was the case? What was she going to do, then?

"I don't know…I just don't know, Sango."

Sango sucked in her breath on the other line, "What? Are you ok?"

"No…I don't know what I'm going to do. Should I give him a chance? I mean, he said he just wanted to go to the movies and that would be that. No dating and smooching after that unless I wanted to, but…" She broke off in her sentence, not wanting to say anymore. Then she asked, "Should I?"

"I really don't know, either, Kagome." Sango responded truthfully. Kagome pictured Sango in her situation with Miroku. She wouldn't have dated him at all. But Kagome was different…and so was Inuyasha.

"I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow after school, ok?" Kagome said softly.

"Ok, bye."

"Bye."

Kagome hung the phone up and continued toward the kitchen. She had dug some Oreo cookies out and was about to eat one when the phone began hollering yet again. She walked over to it and picked it up, "Hello?"

"Hey, Kagome?" It was Inuyasha. Inuyasha was calling her house. What for? To ask her if she had an answer to his question about going on a date with him?

"Hey." She said.

"How are you doing?" The two asked in unison. "Fine." They chorused again. Then, they both laughed. Laughed. It might not seem like a big deal to you, but the two of them, once bitter enemies, laughing together on the phone? Strange.

"I just wanted to call and see if you were ok." He said softly.

Called to see if she was ok? Kagome nearly wanted to pass out. He hadn't called to ask her about the answer. "I'm fine. But, what about you? Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm great." Inuyasha replied. "Um…It's not too late, you wanna meet each other at the park or something?"

Kagome gulped, but Inuyasha evidently did not hear it. What should she say? No did not seem like the correct answer. Yes on the other hand did. Kagome wiped sweat from her forehead as she struggled to decide.

Say yes, a cunning voice in the back of her head persuaded, you know you want to give him a chance. So go ahead. It wouldn't hurt. Your parents are gone and they would never know.

"Yes," She blurted out suddenly without thinking. "Yes, I'll meet you at the park. Maybe we could just walk around and talk? Get some fries and a big Mac?"

"Sure, we can do that." He replied.

"Ok, see you then. Bye." She said.

"Bye."

They both hung up the phone.

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Inuyasha laughed slyly as he hung up the phone. Here was his chance to snag her in, charm her and be all nice to her, then he would date her until the dance. Then he would dump her and that would be that. Another girl gone, off his list.

He quickly put on his coat for it had gotten quite chilly outside and hurried out the door to greet Kagome…

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