HeHe! I'm here once again to bring you yet another chappie of A Summer to Never Forget! Okay, I hope the wait wasn't too long. I've been feeling quite lazy with this story, but I understand that I need to hurry some more with it, so I'll tyr not to procrastinate so often. Anyway, life's been hectic lately, so I won't bother with a diary entry today, but still plaz enjoy this chappie:

-Chapter 11- An Awkward Morning

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any Inuyasha characters or whatever. This is getting old...

The sun's rays slowly broke through the thin barrier of the cabin window and chose to grace the inhabitants with its bright cheerful smile, signaling the end of night, and the beginning of a new day. However, Kagome didn't want to wake up, and she inevitably tried to block out the sun by burying her face in her pillow. Well... it wasn't exactly a pillow... more of a cushion. Or... a person! Gah! Where was her pillow?! She shot up in her bed and looked around her frantically. Hey... this wasn't her room! Where were her pink walls, and her pink desk, and her pink lamp, and her pink bed and her fluffy pink carpet, and her cute pink cuddly stuffed bunny Mr. Happy Smiles...? Then, slowly all of the activities of the previous day flooded back to Kagome's memories and she slowly remembered where she was and how she had gotten there. She was at stupid summer camp, forced by her mother! She groaned to herself. Well, at least Sango was with her. Wait a minute... where was Sango?! She looked around wildly, but she didn't see her missing roommate anywhere. She didn't see Rin either! Hmm... come to think of it... this wasn't even her cabin room! There was a serious lack of pink and purple... And... she wasn't even in her bed! She searched, terrified, for something, anything of familiarity in that cabin, but, finding none she started to freak out. I mean really freak out. Panic was visible in her eyes and as it built up in her chest she started hyperventilating. Where was she?!

Suddenly, she felt a small amount of pressure being applied to her abdomen. She looked down only to see two arms wrapped tightly around her waist securing her tightly in... someone's lap! Whose lap was she lying in?! Timidly and slowly, Kagome looked up to see the face of the culprit who was holding her in their lap. But, she never got to see his face, because the minute she looked up she found herself staring into two sexy, amber orbs that just took her breath away. They were so deep, so beautiful, she felt as if she were drowning in them. She couldn't help but feel compelled to stare into his eyes, and he stared back into hers. For a moment Kagome forgot to talk, and even breathe.

"Mornin'," he said, breaking her out of drowning state.

"Mornin'," she breathed.

"I'd tell you not to freak out, but I guess it's a little too late for that now."

Kagome's throat was too dry to laugh; all she could manage to get out was a raspy chuckle, and she quickly stopped out of embarrassment when she heard herself. He raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything.

"Inuyasha... what am I... why are you... when did I...?" Kagome mumbled incoherently. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion and worry. Inuyasha sighed.

"Okay, before you confuse yourself, let me just say that you're only in my cabin, so don't freak."

"I figured that much out. But why-"

"Sssh!" he cut her off sharply. "Let me finish!" Kagome made a zipping motion with her fingers to her lips. "Okay, you remember there was a party last night right?"

"Umm..." Kagome vaguely remembered being in the mess hall with lots of people... and there was food... and she was dancing with someone... was it Inuyasha?

"Sort of?" she offered. Inuyasha sighed again.

"Well, you kind of tired yourself out I guess. You, Sango and Rin dropped on the floor and fell asleep. You girls were pretty exhausted. Us guys had to lift you up and take you back to your cabins."

"Okay. So why aren't I there now then?!" She was still in shock and panic.

"I couldn't get you off of me."

"Huh?" Confusion clouded the raven-haired girl's chocolate brown eyes. Inuyasha didn't say anything. He just gestured with his eyes to Kagome's arms ensnarled around his neck. She flushed as she realized the position she was currently in with Inuyasha.

"Oh..."

"Yea..."

"Sorry," she mumbled. "So I slept here all night? In your... lap...?"

"Well it was either that or I stand up in the cold all night long and not get any sleep. The first option sounded better."

"True... well... thanks for carrying me I guess. Other guys would have probably been jerks and left us there. So... thanks. Even though this is kind of awkward."

"Yea, it is," Inuyasha agreed. "But you're welcome nonetheless. Hey Kagome, can I ask you a question?"

"Huh? Um, sure I guess..."

"Were you having a bad dream last night?

"Huh? Bad dream? Why do you ask?"

"'Cause every time Kouga tried to pick you up you would start screaming and kicking telling him to put you down. You even said you were afraid of heights. So... I was just wondering..."

"Really? He did?" Kagome asked surprised. "Why did he...?"

"Don't ask."

"Right... Anyway, I was actually having a bad dream. Really, it was a nightmare."

"Hmm? About?"

"Well, I was trapped in this tower by this cute but evil guy, and I was scared and screaming for help. Then, suddenly some handsome guy with long, flowing, silver hair rushes in and tries to rescue me. He started fighting his way up to my tower, and he reached for me, but before he could pick me up and take me away the evil dude comes and grabs me. Then I started screaming for him to put me down, but he didn't listen. Instead, he tried to jump out the window and I was scared 'cause I'm afraid of heights. But before he jumped from the tower with me the silver-haired guy took out his sword and held it to his head. So the evil guy let me go and then the silver-haired guy picked me up and whisked me away to happiness."

"Oh... well, that explains a lot."

"Yea. You know, come to think of it, that evil guy looked a lot like Kouga. And my handsome savior who swept me off my feet..."

"Yea?"

"Well... he looked a lot like you..." Kagome said shyly. She blushed as she said it, avoiding his eyes. Inuyasha himself was blushing, though he tried to hide it.

"Wow...what a coincidence huh?"

"Yea..." Kagome said awkwardly. She refused to look at him.

'So I was right! She was dreaming about me!' Inuyasha thought to himself. Somehow, he felt happy at that thought.

"So... what should I do now?" Kagome asked, finally looking up at him.

"Well, for starters you should probably get back to your cabin," Inuyasha replied.

"Why?"

"Well, first of all it's 11:30 in the morning. Second, Sesshomaru and the others will be waking up soon, and if they see you still here they'll make a big fuss about it. And third, your friends may go berserk if they wake up and don't see you in the cabin."

"So you don't want me to go 'cause you're in a hurry to get rid of me then?" she asked sheepishly. Inuyasha raised his eyebrow.

"Where'd you get such an idea like that?"

"Well... considering I was a burden to you all of last night..."

"Trust me Kagome. You weren't a burden at all. I mean, sure, you wouldn't loosen your damn arms from around my neck," Kagome turned red, "but... I thought it was kind of nice, ya know?"

"Nice?"

"Well... yea. You're sort of like a teddy bear. All huggable and stuff," Inuyasha said smiling. Kagome smiled back.

"Yea, I'm all soft and cuddly aren't I? You can sleep with me anytime, anywhere."

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow at that and Kagome buried her face in Inuyasha's shirt when she realized what she had just said.

"Omigosh! I so didn't mean it like that!" she cried. "I was referring to a teddy bear, not me! You can't sleep with me anytime anywhere! I mean, it's not like I'm some sort of slut or anything, so why would I even say that?! But I don't go around sleeping with other people! I sleep with myself! Wait a minute! That came out wrong too! What I meant was... Oh God, why am I so stupid?!" Kagome babbled on and on, stumbling over her words and blurting out stupidness. Inuyasha just watched her amused. Finally, he removed one of his arms from around her waist and gently placed a finger on her lips.

"Just shut up Kagome!" he commanded. Immediately she stopped talking. "I knew what you meant. You didn't have to go acting like an ass just now." Kagome looked away sheepishly. A smile crept onto Inuyasha's face. "It was pretty funny though," he continued. She looked at him again when she heard a low chuckle escape his lips. She glared at him feverishly.

"What's so funny?" she asked hotly.

"You dummy. You're so funny when you're embarrassed. It makes me laugh."

"You jerk! How could you be so insensitive?! Laughing at my embarrassment!" she yelled. He quieted her.

"Sssh! You'll wake the guys!" he said panicked. "I didn't mean it the way it came out. What I was trying to say is that you're fun to be around."

"Oh. Really?" she asked as some of her anger subsided.

"Yea. Watching your face is so damn fun!"

"Well! The nerve!" she said, her anger returning.

"You look pretty when you're angry," Inuyasha said suddenly. That melted the expression right off of Kagome's face.

"Eh?" she said, surprised. Inuyasha stared straight into her eyes, capturing her again.

"I'm serious," he said. "Your face gets all red and your mouth turns all pouty and your eyes turn a darker brown, and it makes you look cute."

Where was all of this coming from?!

"Erm... thanks?" Kagome said. She didn't quite know what to say. Inuyasha just smirked. He loved messing with her emotions. He bent his head down low to her head until his lips grazed her ear.

"You're welcome," he breathed into her ear. Immediately he could hear her heart racing fast in her chest. He smiled to himself and pulled his head up so that he could see her expression. Of course her face was as red as a tomato, and so were her ears. Her eyes were wide and her breathing pattern was irregular.

"Uh... I..." she tried to talk, but no words came. He shook his head to himself and smiled. He got her.

"Anyway, you'd better get going," Inuyasha said seriously. She looked up at him.

"Eh?" she said again. He rolled his eyes.

"Go back to your own cabin I mean."

"Oh... okay then..."

She started to move, then suddenly stopped and stared down sheepishly. Inuyasha looked at her confused.

"What?" he asked. She continued to stare down.

"Um... you kind of have to move your hands first," she said sheepishly. Now it was Inuyasha's turn to flush.

"Oh yea..." he mumbled. Slowly he removed his arms (that had gotten real comfortable) from around Kagome's waist.

"Thanks."

With that, Kagome proceeded to move out of Inuyasha's lap. She started to roll off of him when she noticed that he was moving with her (well, his head anyway). She stopped rolling and looked up at him with an eyebrow raised.

"Inuyasha, I'm going back to back to my cabin. Not you. Why are you coming with me?"

Inuyasha had an irritated expression on his face.

"Well, as much as I'd love to stay here and all, but in case you haven't noticed your arms are still locked around my neck, so where you go I go."

Kagome looked up to see that it was true. Her arms were still enclosed around his neck, and she had practically been dragging him around with her. Kind of like a dog on a leash (A/N: lol. leash, dog… tee hee ^w^). Her face turned red and she looked down. She didn't know what to say.

"Oh... sorry..." she mumbled sheepishly. She removed her arms, all the while avoiding Inuyasha's eyes. He observed her embarrassment, but didn't comment on it. He just watched her climb off of his lap and stand up on the ground. She looked a little wobbly.

"Well, guess I'll be going then..." she said. She took a step forward, when her legs suddenly buckled under her and she collapsed on the ground.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha cried in alarm. Immediately he jumped up and helped the raven-haired girl to her feet. "Are you alright?"

Kagome groaned. "Mmmm... yea... I think so...…" she said shakily. "Thanks." Inuyasha slowly let go of her arm and she took another step forward, resulting in the same thing. But this time Inuyasha caught her before she hit the floor. He held her upright and stared at her.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" he demanded. Kagome pouted.

"I don't know!" she whined. "My limbs feel like jello! I can't move!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Inuyasha asked confused.

"I mean that I'm not collapsing on the floor just for the fun of it Einstein!" Kagome said sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"I can drop you ya know," Inuyasha threatened.

"Okay sorry. Anyway, I don't know what's wrong with me! Why can't I move?"

"Hmmm... maybe it's because you slept in my lap all last night, your limbs are probably just super sore. Or maybe they're still asleep," Inuyasha mused.

"Well that's just great! How the hell am I supposed to get back to my cabin?!" Kagome groaned. Inuyasha looked thoughtful for a moment.

"Hey, are you really scared of heights?" he suddenly asked. Kagome blinked.

"Huh? No. Why?"

Inuyasha didn't answer. Instead, he placed his hands under Kagome's legs and lifted her up in his arms, as he had done the night before. He cradled her safely to his chest. Of course, she started screaming.

"Inuyasha! What are you doing?! Put me down!" she shrieked. He put one finger to her lips.

"Hush! Calm down!" he demanded. She stopped screaming.

"You want to get to your cabin don't you?" She nodded her head. "Well doesn't it make more sense for me to carry you than you for you to keep tripping and probably eventually kill yourself before you even get there?"

Kagome pondered this for a moment. Finally, she gave a defeated sigh.

"Okay, fine. I see your point. You can carry me. But... please don't drop me!"

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"Kagome, I lifted you up last night!" he said.

"So? That was then and this is now. You may drop me."

Was she for real?! Time to persuade her. Inuyasha bent his head down low to Kagome's face and stared straight into her eyes. Her body immediately tensed from the closeness of their bodies, and she could feel his breath tickling her face.

"Now look Kagome," he breathed softly, "this is me we're talking about. Do you actually think I'd drop you?"

Kagome swallowed hard. "Maybe..." she whispered. She didn't look at him.

"Look me in the eyes and honestly tell me if you believe that," he said. Slowly Kagome looked up into Inuyasha's eyes. Immediately she looked away. She couldn't bear it. The magnet pulling her in...

"I don't know..." she whispered. Inuyasha gave an exasperated sigh. They were wasting time! He moved closer to her.

"Kagome, trust me!" he pleaded. "I won't drop you! I carried you last night didn't I? I'm a freakin' hanyou for crying out loud! Quit being such a damn baby!"

Kagome looked up surprised at the forcefulness in his voice. He looked kind of annoyed. Still... Kagome bit her lip as she hesitated for a moment. Finally she gave in.

"Okay fine! Just do it quickly!" she said. She threw her arms around his neck once more, this time so that she wouldn't fall (though Inuyasha would never drop her) and she squeezed her eyes shut. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and began walking with her. He was very careful and gentle with her, and she wasn't even sure that they were moving until she opened one eye and saw the ground moving beneath her. She quickly shut it back.

"You okay?" Inuyasha asked concerned. She opened her eyes in surprise to look at him.

"Huh? Yea. Why?"

"You look scared."

"Oh. Don't worry about it. I'm fine; really." Even as she said that she clutched onto him tighter. He smirked.

"Doesn't look it to me."

"Oh, just shut up and walk!"

Inuyasha chuckled to himself at the sight of the raven-haired girl curled up against his chest, scared. At the sound of his laughter she opened one eye and peered at him feverishly.

"What's so funny?" she demanded. Inuyasha shook his head, smiling.

"You. You're such a big baby," he replied.

"Oh yea? Well, how would you like it if someone was carrying you in their arms?" she shot back, closing her eyes once more. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"Why would someone be carrying me in their arms? I'm a hanyou. I'm strong enough to carry myself! I don't need nobody!" he said.

"Anybody," Kagome corrected. Inuyasha rolled his eyes.

"Thank you Ms. Hormoshi," he said sarcastically.

"Ms. Hormoshi?"

"Yea. My English teacher."

"Oh..." Then, it suddenly clicked to Kagome what Inuyasha had said.

"Hey!" she cried as she realized that he was dissing her. He chuckled to himself.

"You are slow girl," he said. She pouted and turned her head away from him.

"Shut up."

"So are you going to open your eyes anytime soon?" Inuyasha asked.

"Why? What's there to see?" she replied.

"Baby," he said again. Kagome growled. Her eyes flew open and she looked around (the ground looked sooo far away!)

"There? Happy?"

"Actually, I am-" he started to say when he was suddenly cut off by a tiny yelp from the raven-haired girl. He looked down and saw her eyes squeezed shut and her face once again buried in his shirt and as red as a tomato.

"What's wrong now?" he asked.

"People...they're staring at us," she whispered back embarrassed. Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.

"So?"

"They're whispering about us too," she replied.

"So?" he repeated.

"Inuyasha, do you know how this looks? You're carrying me in your arms out of your cabin at this kind of time, and we're both still in our clothes from the party last night. Now what kind of impression would that give you?"

Inuyasha thought for a moment until he finally realized that what she was saying was true.

"Oh... I see your point..."

"Yea..."

Inuyasha glanced at her face. It was still red and she still hid it in his shirt.

"Ah well. Does it matter what others think?" he said.

"It's only the second day of camp! I want to make a good impression!" Kagome replied. He rolled his eyes.

"Are we to my cabin yet?" she asked.

"As a matter of fact, we are," Inuyasha responded. She looked up and saw that they were standing outside of her cabin. She blinked in surprise.

"Wow. That was fast," she said.

"Yea, no kidding," Inuyasha snorted. He opened the door with one hand while balancing Kagome in the next and entered the cabin. Relief washed over Kagome as soon as she saw semi-familiar surroundings. It was good to be... home?

Inuyasha carried her all the way to her bedroom door without hesitation. When he reached it he stopped outside and hesitated.

"Should I take you inside or put you down here?" he asked uncertainly. Kagome mused for a moment. Then she shook her head.

"Better to leave me out here. I think I can make it inside safely. Sango and Rin will probably help me. Besides, if they see you carrying me like this... well, let's just say that we'll never hear the end of it."

"True," Inuyasha agreed. Swiftly but gently he rested Kagome onto the ground and grabbed onto her arm to steady her.

"You okay? Can you walk enough to get inside without tripping?" he made sure.

"Yea, I think so," she answered. "Thanks."

"No problem. See you at breakfast."

"Yea. Save me a seat."

"Why?"

"So I don't have to go looking for you silly. Save me a seat right next to you."

Inuyasha blushed.

"Okay then. Right next to me. See ya."

"Yea, later."

He started to walk out of the cabin. Before he closed the door he turned around and looked her straight in her eye. His expression looked serious.

"Don't die before you get to breakfast," he told her. She swallowed hard when he said this. Was he worried about her?

"I want to be able to laugh at you while we're eating," he finished. Kagome's mouth dropped open in shock. That jerk! He smiled at her and shut the door quietly leaving Kagome standing there all alone. She shook her head to herself, but she couldn't help a smile from creeping up on to her face. What a weird guy.

Huggles!! Okay, so how was it?? Not bad for that long wait, eh? *nudge nudge wink wink* Lol, anyways, you know the drill. Plz review nd suscribe and try not to hurt urself in the pricess (ok... that was a joke...) LOL, anyway, I got a dat with some lit hw. so I'm out! Until next time:

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