Kagome threw the tray down onto the table, a breadstick falling off the tray and onto the floor. "What the hell?" Kagome asked in her mind, blinking. She had to register this. She was gone for twenty minutes. Twenty frickin' minutes, and look what had happened. Miroku had wandered away from the table and was chatting up a group of teenage aged girls that were sitting around a table with smoothies. Sango was glaring from her seat at some teenage boy that was eye-flirting with her from the table across from them and Inuyasha was screaming at the guy mopping the floors.
"STOP!" Kagome yelled. Miroku winced and slinked back to his spot at the table, waving one last time to the girls. Sango flicked her attention from the boy back to Kagome and Inuyasha flinched, sitting down. The cleaning boy popped up his collar again and taking his mop and bucket ran from the spot. Kagome blushed, people's eyes were on them. It was like a mother struggling with her kids, for pete's sake!
Kagome bowed her head in embarassment. "We're leaving," She muttered. She looked down at the plate of food and left it there, watching as a silent Miroku, Inuyasha and Sango followed Kagome out to the car. Kagome was gripping the Abercrombie shopping bag that held their original clothing so tight that her knuckles were turning white. Once they reached the car, Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango raced each other to see who got to sit in the back seat, and not the front seat. The best way to avoid Kagome's wrath.
The whole ride home was silent. Once they pulled into Kagome's drive way, Kagome turned off the car, and stormed out, opening the door and slamming it before Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku could enter. "Kagome! You're back." Kagome's mother, Sota, Shippo and Kagome's grandfather were gathered at the kitchen table. A gameboy in Sota's hands with Shippo anxiously watching over his shoulder, a novel held up to her Grandfather's face and a checkbook in front of Kagome's mother. Kagome shook her head, tears streaming down her face. She had trusted them. She had trusted them to be on their best behavior, and now they had embarrassed her in front of people of her own time.
"What's up with her?" Kagome heard her mother ask her grandfather as Kagome slammed her bedroom door. Kagome grumbled, walking over to her stereo and popping in the Screamo-est CD she could find, Flyleaf, and changing it to "I'm So Sick." She couldn't help but think, had she over reacted? She kicked off her black Mary Janes and flopped onto her bed, stomach first. She buried her head into the oasis of stuffed animals and pillows that blanketed her bed. Okay, she realized that maybe she had over reacted just a little bit…It was just her friends' fault that they embarassed her. They didn't know how to act. They were just confused.
Kagome had no sooner wiped her eyes free of tears and swung her legs over then her friends had gathered in the doorway. Their heads were bowed and red with shame. "We're…we're sorry, Kagome." Sango spoke for the group. Kagome smiled, rubbing her lips together. "I'm sorry too, guys. I didn't mean to over-react so much. I guess, I don't know…" She sighed and looked to the stereo, then at her friends grimacing at the noise. She smiled gently and walked over to the stereo, turning it off. "I guess I was just embarrassed. But, I realize that I shouldn't be embarrassed of you guys. You're my friends, and friends don't get embarrassed by friends, right?" She asked.
Her friends nodded and Kagome smiled. "Alright, now let's go out. I'm starving." Kagome mused and the group made their way into the Living Room. "Alright, Kagome will be over in a half hour." Kagome's mother was speaking to a woman on the phone as they entered the kitchen and took seats around the table. Kagome's mother returned the phone to the charger. "Kagome, that was our neighbor, Mrs. Outani." Kagome's mother stated. Kagome frowned, taking an apple from the fruits basket and wiping it on her skirt gently.
"And?" Kagome asked, taking a bite out of the apple and pushing the fruits basket in her friends' direction so they could make a selection. "And…what?" Kagome's mother asked, frowning gently and went to the counter, beginning to peel potatoes. "And, what did she say?!" Kagome asked, getting frustrated. What did her mother think was 'what'? Kagome's mother set down the potato and the peeler, aghast. "Oh no, Kagome. Please tell me you didn't forget." She closed her eyes gently.
Kagome wrinkled up her nose. "What are you talking about?" She asked, crossing her arms over her chest. "Kagome! You promised! You promise Mrs. Outani that you'd watch their 5 kids tonight while they went out. It's Mr. Outani's movie premiere tonight!" Kagome's mother groaned. "You have to go, you can't back out. I've warned you about this at least 3 weeks ago. You promised you could go."
Kagome frowned. She didn't exactly recall agreeing to watch 5 kids alone. "Well, I'm not going to leave Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango home alone." The last time Kagome left them unattended, well, bad things had happened. "I know!" Miroku spoke up. "We'll go with Kagome. All of us. Inuyasha, Sango, Sota, Shippo and I. We'll help her, we owe her, don't we?" Miroku offered.
"Hmph!" Inuyasha spat. "I'm not going to go off babysitting for some mortal kids!" Kagome rolled her eyes. They did owe her, big time, and it might be nice to have some help. "We'll help!" Sota and Shippo shouted from their perch on the couch. Kagome smiled, looking at Inuyasha. "Fine." He turned his back. "But only because…because…everyone else is going!"
Kagome laughed. What an interesting night this was going to be.