Yeah! I've got one week to work on I am Your Life...I've got work to do. Hope ya enjoy the chapter!!!
Zoe realized she'd never played her guitar when she went out with Takuya; she smiled crookedly to herself, a peculiar expression in her eyes. The Teacher's were out and the students are making some noise I their classes while Zoe ditched her class. She went to the music room. She opened the door to the music room, pulled out her pick to the guitar, she took a seat as she grabbed the acoustic guitar, and settled it.
And her fingers started strumming, and the room was filled with her sweet voice.
I've been waiting for my dreams
To turn into something
I could believe in
and looking for that magic rainbow
On the horizon
I couldn't see it
Until I let go
Gave in to love
Watched all the bitterness burn
Now I'm coming alive
Body and soul
Feelin' my world start to turn
While Takuya was walking down the hall, he heard someone singing.
"Zoe?" he raised an eyebrow.
He examined the voice, walking in the music room and hiding behind the walls so he wouldn't disturb Zoe.
And I'll taste every moment
And live it out loud
I know this is the time
This is the time to be
More than a name or a face in the crowd
I know this is the time
This is the time of my life
Time of my life…
Takuya showed up behind Zoe and cleared his throat. Zoe stopped and turned around and met Takuya.
"Did you hear me singing?" Zoe asked shyly, embarrassed.
"Yep," Takuya smiled. "I gotta say, you're pretty good."
"Thanks," Zoe muttered.
"Where did you learn to play like that?" Takuya wondered.
"I got it from my Mom. I always watched her play her guitar," she explained.
Zoe continued playing her song. While she's playing, Takuya questioned her relentlessly about every insignificant detail of her existence. Movies she'd liked and hated, the few places she'd been and he many places she wanted to go, and books—endlessly books.
"There you are!" Koji surprised Takuya and Zoe. Zoe put down the acoustic guitar to stretch her fingers.
"We've been looking all over for you two!" JP followed.
"You've got a pretty nice voice, Zoe," Koichi commented.
"Thanks," Zoe grinned widely. "How are you feeling?"
"I feel way better than last night," Koichi replied.
"Yeah, he's been puking all night in our bed room!" Koji blurted without thinking.
"It's your fought anyway, if you let me explain before you pulled me at the Ferris Wheel, I wouldn't be sick," Koichi snapped.
"Okay, break it up," JP went between Koji and Koichi.
Takuya and Zoe laughed.
"May I ask you a question, Koji?" Zoe said.
"Why not?" Koji agreed.
"As the leader of JP and Koichi, why were you following us?" Zoe eyed him.
"Following?" Koji gulped.
Koichi pushed Koji a little closer to Zoe. "He's all yours, Zoe."
"Can't we ever get some privacy, here?" Zoe's eyes sharpened.
Takuya smirked.
"We weren't following you," Koji snorted.
"Then how come you're talking nervously?"
"Uhm…because I didn't slept well last night," Koji gulped.
"Oh, really?" Zoe stood quickly and took Koji's cell phone from his hand.
"Hey! Give that back!" Koji yelled.
"If…" Zoe stepped a lot of steps away from Koji.
"No way!" Koji stepped forward but Zoe backed away.
"You promise to not follow Takuya and me anymore?"
"Fine," Koji lied.
"Could you two please do this outside the music room?" Takuya asked.
"There are a lot of sharp and pointy things here," JP scanned the room. The sharp edges of the shelves, the cymbals.
"Oh c'mon, don't be a party pooper, Takuya. Besides, I don't like to be followed," Zoe said. "I knew that you're going to agree but doesn't mean you're going to agree," Zoe continued.
Koji tried to reach his cell phone from Zoe but he missed.
"Too slow," she teased. "I've got a better idea…" Zoe smiled as she read Koji's messages in his cell phone's inbox.
"Oh no she didn't!" Koji doesn't know what to do. Some of his secrets are in his inbox.
"Popcorn?" JP offered to Takuya and Koichi.
"Whoa, JP, you got us some snack in seconds!" Koichi took a handful and sat in front of the scene with JP and Koichi.
"I especially don't wanna miss the show," JP chuckled.
"Seriously, Koji, Zoe!" Takuya called over his seat. "How long is this going to last?"
"Ah…there it is!" Zoe snapped. "Blah. Blah. Blah…so you were following us, weren't you?!"
"So what?!" Koji pointed. He didn't care anymore. "Can I have my phone now?"
Zoe continued reading his messages. "Let me think…no!" Zoe didn't think at all.
"If I get my hands on your girlfriend, I swear—"
"Oh. My. Gosh!" Zoe interrupted Koji. "I can't believe you asked out the nerd in English Class!" Zoe blurted which gave Takuya, JP and Koichi a roar of laughter.
Koji's face was tomato red. "You better hide!" Koji threatened.
"You have no taste!" Zoe hissed. "Shame on you!" Zoe scolded. "'I love you with my whole heart, baby!'" Zoe didn't read silently the sent messages.
"Yikes!" JP clapped his hands.
"You need some help brother!" Koichi laughed like a choking bear.
Zoe can see that Koji is shaking in anger.
"I'm sure you and your nerd girl are having one hell of a time!" Zoe raised her hands proudly.
Koji had enough. He ran after Zoe, they were running in circle in the small room. Koji and Zoe were in speed even though they're curving, and Zoe was still wearing her laugh.
"Careful!" Takuya ordered. "Watch the shelves!"
Then seconds later, Zoe's head was slammed by the sharp-edged of the shelves.
"That's what you get for reading my messages," Koji muttered but didn't take his phone form Zoe's hand.
Zoe was landing on the floor, "OW! OUCH!" she roared quietly, pulling herself up but she can't. She thought she hit something stationary. She couldn't see. Her face was mashed into the floor. She tried to lift her head, but there was something in the way.
She was dizzy and confused. It sounded like there were three things snarling—the thing where head was hit, the voices in the music room, and something in her head…pain.
"Okay, Zoe," Takuya said, and she heard the boys standing up from their seats.
All the growling went silent.
"Wow," Zoe muttered. She was laughing.
"Zoe," Koichi said anxiously. "Zoe, are you crazy?"
"I'm alive!" Zoe enthused. She flexed her arms and legs. It seemed like the pain walked away. "That was awesome!
"I don't think so." JP sounded worried. "I think you'd better go to the clinic."
Zoe clapped her hand over her head and. There was wet and sticky. She could smell the saltiness and iron of her blood, and that she felt dizzier. She took a look at her hand to make sure.
"Um, Zoe? You've got a cut on your head, and its gushing blood," Takuya informed her.
"You can have this Koji," Zoe tossed him the phone. Koji almost dropped it. Zoe pushed hard against the gash, as if she could force the blood inside her head.
"You should've listen to me," Takuya scolded as he wrapped a long arm around her waist and pulled her to her feet. "Let's go to the clinic."
"Huh?" Zoe asked, dumbfounded.
"I wonder if she could have amnesia so she couldn't remember what she read," Koji wondered, JP smacked his head.
Takuya thought for a second. "Do you still know your name?" Takuya pulled of his handkerchief; Zoe's wound in her head; she breathed deeply through her mouth.
"I have no amnesia!" Zoe yelled to Koji. Zoe's head stung a little when she yelled loudly, and her stomach was uneasy, but the cut wasn't serious. Head wounds just bled more than most.
"I'm not used to seeing blood," JP covered his mouth.
"Okay, now can we hurry to the clinic?" Takuya said.
"I'm honestly fine," Zoe assured him. "Don't get worked up. It's just a little blood."
"Just a little of blood?" Zoe heard him. "You're collar if filled with blood!"
"Now, let's think about this for second," Zoe began. "If you take me to the clinic like this, Dad is sure to hear about it." Zoe glanced down at the floor and blood caked into her sleeves.
"Zoe, I think you need stitches. We're not going to let you to bleed to death." Koichi took Zoe a seat.
"I won't," Zoe promised. "Just take me home so I can dispose of the evidence, besides, no teachers."
"For a 'wounded girl in the head' you're still a genius," Koji folded his arms.
Zoe tried to remember the messages she read. "Ah!" She groaned.
"What? Does it hurt?!" Takuya asked, almost panicked.
"No!" Zoe answered. "I can't remember the messages that I read from Koji's phone!" Zoe stood but fall quickly on the chair, feeling dizzy.
"Yes!" Koji jumped for joy. "That's called k-a-r-m-a." Koji spelled the word.
Takuya rolled his eyes. "What about Nathan?"
"He said he had to work today." Zoe replied.
"Are you really sure?"
"Trust me. I'm an easy bleeder. It's not nearly as dire as it looks."
The boys weren't happy except for Koji, Takuya's full mouth turned in an uncharacteristic frown—but he didn't want to get Zoe in trouble. Zoe sat very still, holding Takuya's ruined handkerchief to her head, while Takuya checking the hall.
"You still okay?" Koji checked.
"Yeah." Zoe tried to sound as convincing before. Her head down on the desk of the chair.
"By the way," JP added. "What else can't you remember?"
"Of all the memories, why couldn't I forget before the read the inbox?!" Zoe whined.
"You're safe, bro," Koichi patted Koji's back.
"Okay, people! We have a mission!" Koji pointed his finger in the air. "Get Zoe Orimoto safe and sound to her home sweet home."
Zoe rolled her eyes. "This is going to be a long day," Zoe muttered to herself.