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Hikari's POV
"No!" I yelped and almost fell out of my chair.
"What Chihaya? What could I have possibly done this time?" Mai snapped.
"It is too sweet!"
"It's too sweet Mai!" Mai mimicked in baby talk "Oh well, very damn food can't be perfect except Chihaya's dishes because they all come out perfect!"
"Oh, well I don't burn toast! Do you know how stupid you are?"
"I try!"
"Apparently not! You can't even get a damn cake right! A cake Mai! Even I knew how when I was six, let me repeat, six years old! I knew how to make a cake when I was damn six years old!"
"Well then you are a God on earth Chihaya! You could beat every damn chef in the world!"
"Even five year olds would laugh at you when they see how bad your cooking is!"
BOOM!
This time I fell out of my chair and ran into the kitchen. Something blew up in the oven. There was burnt batter everywhere and in the middle was Mai and Chihaya in complete shock and covered by the batter. Mom came in, I was afraid to see the expression on her face.
"Um..." Mai managed to say.
Mom smiled "It was an accident."
I got wide eyed and scrambled out of her way.
"So...you aren't mad?" Chihaya asked.
"Crap..." I muttered.
"Oh course I am! Doyouhaveanyideahowmuchthiskitchenis?" (Translate: Do you have any idea how much this kitchen is? ^_^)
Everyone else just stared in shock, Kathy leaned over to me "Does she do that all the time?"
"Only when you do something bad in her kitchen...I warned you guys..." I muttered.
"Youbotharenogoodbratswhohavenoideahowtocook!" (Note: You both are no good brats who have no idea how to cook. ^_^)
The two of them stared in horror "You don't know crap about cooking! And you don't understand how much more cooking is than just taste and look!"
"Oh crap here comes the lecture..." I muttered.
"When I was a girl, we didn't have much money so what did we eat?" She asked them.
"Potatoes...every night...mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, raw potatoes...raw potatoes. Do you have any idea how bad I had it?" I muttered.
"Potatoes! Every night! Mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, raw potatoes! Raw potatoes! Do you have any idea how bad I had it?" She yelled at them.
"Part about kitchen's importance..." I muttered.
"This kitchen means more to me than anything! It is the thing that keeps me and my family alive!"
"Part about the cost of damage..."
"This kitchen costs hundreds of dollars! And even more if it gets damaged!"
"The threat..."
"If you ever do something as stupid again I will kick you out of this house! No money or anything like that! You guys are still here for two more days!"
"And the final message of understanding..."
"Now do you understand?"
They nodded frantically.
"Oh...and the clean up part...forgot that one..."
"Now clean this crap up!" Then she stormed out.
While Chihaya and Mai frantically grabbed cleaning supplies, the other stared at me in disbelief.
I shrugged "There are those moments where you epically fail at a dish, the moments where you are goofing around, and moments when you aren't paying attention." I thought for a second "Oh and depending on her mood she could probably not speak to them for the rest of the trip...either that or keep giving them glares."
"How many times did you get in trouble?" Gill asked.
"A few, mainly the first three years I lived here...I know the lecture by heart now."
"She repeated it to you all those times?" Kathy asked.
"Pretty much...sometimes she would put in an extra little part about how lucky I have it."
After they were done cleaning, Mai and Chihaya said nothing to each other. All of us decided to go outside for a while and just walk around while my mom relaxed a bit. While we were walking we bumped into Jill and Celia who, again, loved the fact that there was a few guys. A few of us were looking at some of the clothes from the windows while the guys were talking.
"Hikari!" I heard a guy voice shout. I looked toward where the voice was coming from.
The guy was Rock, he was a rich kid type but he has a really nice attitude and is very polite. He had dirty blond hair like Mark's and brown eyes. He was my friends but also my crush when I used to go to school here. I didn't have time to see what he was wearing because he was running full speed toward me.
"Wait, wait slowdow--" BAM! He slammed me on the ground. Then it felt awkward, his face was inches from mine.
"Get off please." I heard a stern voice say.
Will got off and Gill helped me up, he was holding my hand which pretty much meant "She's mine, back off!"
Will smiled "Sorry, Hikari, I guess I got a bit too excited. I just haven't seen you in such a long time."
I smiled "It's nice to see you too Rock, how have you been?"
"I'm doing great! Just got back from a trip in the Caribbean."
"I can tell, you got a tan." I smiled wider, though I'm sure Gill didn't find that good.
"Hi Rock!" Jill said.
Both of them started talking. I could tell Gill was still tense. I wrapped my arm around his, he looked down blushing and I grinned. He didn't smiled but he seemed to relax after that. Gill wasn't the type who did gushy stuff like hold out an arm for your girlfriend to take and escort her anywhere you two want. He still seemed to be okay with it, even though he didn't show it. We got some bento boxes from a stand while we were looking around.
"So, how have you Hikari?" Rock asked.
"I'm doing great! I finished up school pretty much at Castanet where I met these guys and I spent a while on a cruise to finish my studies."
"Why did you have to go on the cruise?"
"Well, some people asked me to go on the cruise, they said it would help me finish up school. So I decided to go."
"That sounds cool." His gaze moved to the ocean and he lost focus, Gill glared at him as if to say "Is this guy for real?"
Even though Rock was my friend throughout school he was a airhead, which was something that kept me from asking him out when I was in high school here.
I snapped my fingers "Honestly Rock, you need to focus."
He smiled "Sorry Hikari, force of habit."
"You might want to get rid of that though." I smiled slightly and he scratched his head.
"How have your parents been, I haven't stopped by to see them for a bit?"
"They are doing good, though my mom blew up today."
"At you?"
"No Mai and Chihaya." I pointed to them, they were busy talking with Owen and Jill "They were arguing and there was something in the oven that blew up."
"Sheesh, it's been a while since she has done that."
"How does Rock know about your mom's...temper tantrums?" Kathy asked.
"Oh, well when I still went to school here, Jill, Celia, and Rock would come to help me out once and a while. One time they ended up burning a kitchen knife set and my mom did the same lecture she always did to me."
"Burning a kitchen knife set?" Gill said slowly then looked at Rock and Celia "How did you manage that?"
They were both quiet for a second "Um...we don't even know that...we had our backs turned...and um...we turned back around and the knife set was on fire." Celia said.
"Huh." Was all he said.
"Hey, Hikari is there a trash can anywhere?" Chelsea asked.
"Oh yeah, I'll throw it away for you." I grinned and took her empty bento box. I looked around and found a trash bin about a block away. I ran over there and threw it away, when I turned around, a huge crowd of people was walking around. The disadvantage for being as short as I was, you couldn't see very easily. That meant I couldn't see the benches where everyone was sitting, which was an issue.
"Crap...my cell..." I mumbled, I had left it on the bench because...well...you don't need it when you are going a block away from the people and you can still see them. I decided to head back the way I came which made it worse, when I was able to get out of the crowd and look around the first thing I thought and said was "Crap, where am I?"
I knew where I was it was just the fact of how I got here confused me. I had moved even farther away from my group. I groaned and looked around for a pay phone. When I found one I got my money out. I thought for a second about who I should call, due to the fact that Gill was already in a bad mood didn't help so I decided to call Kathy's cell.
"Pick up please." I mumbled as the phone rung. I swore under my breath when it went to voice mail.
"Having a few issues there?" A voice asked. I froze and turned slowly, just as I feared, it was him. (Note: Yes I don't name her step dad because...well...he doesn't deserve a dang name!)
I tried to act calm "Did you get out of jail for good behavior or something? Because part of me thinks you had much more time then that."
He snickered "Aren't you being a smart ass. No, your mother broke me out. I find it amazing to believe that she still doesn't care about you."
"That's why I don't consider her my mom anymore, now go away! You picked the wrong time to come near me especially in the day time. I can scream--"
He clamped his hand over my mouth "You talk to much..."
I felt like I was going to vomit now, but I held it back, I wasn't going to let him do anything without a fight. I struggled but he grabbed my arms and held me still. Then, as hard as I could, I bit his hand with my mouth. He let out a yelp of agony and let go of me completely, I scrambled and ran as fast as I could. I ran back into a huge group of people and followed by them until I thought I was safe. I walked to a bench to try and catch my breath. It took me a few seconds to figure out what had just happened. I heard a noise come out of my lips then I covered them and held back tears. I shook it off, I had to be brave right now. I looked for another pay phone, this time I didn't even hesitate to call gill's cell. I picked up on the second ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi..."
"Hikari?" He snapped "Where the hell are you? We have been looking everywhere for you."
I was actually relieved to hear him snap at me "I kinda got lost, tell Jill that I'm by the flower shop, she will know where to go."
"Alright."
There was a silence over the phone as he told her, then he came back on "are you alright?" His voice sounded a bit more concerned now.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
"Do you want me to stay on the phone until we find you?"
"No, I'm good, I'm on a pay phone anyway so it will probably run out of minutes."
There was a slight pause "Alright, we will be there in a bit, make sure you stay there."
"Okay." I hung up and went into the flower shop for safety. I looked around when a little old lady came up "Is there something you need help finding?"
I smiled "No thanks I'm jut looking right now."
5 seconds later:
"Sheesh, tons of people just look around, that lady didn't have to randomly kick me out." I mumbled.
"Get off the property too!" She snapped.
"I am see!" I snapped back stomping my feet of the ground, I'm not anywhere near your damn shop anymore lady!"
"Is that anyway to treat you elders?"
"Oh yeah, well is that anyway to treat a kid? Kick them out of the store? What if I was looking then I changed my mind to by something huh? Well now that's too late so you just lost yourself a costumer!" I knew this looked pretty bad in everyone else's eyes due to the fact that an old lady and a almost eighteen year old are fighting.
"What are you talking about? You aren't a kid!"
"Yes I am I'm seventeen still you have to be eighteen to be considered an adult!"
"Get off my property!" She repeated.
"What the hell lady? I'm off the damn porch which means I'm not on your property, that is the rule!"
"That is for certain people!"
"Oh then please tell me what the rule is for you!"
"Twenty feet away!"
"What! That's stupid!"
"Get out of here or I'll call the cops!"
"Well my dad is a cop so hah! And what the flip, if I go into the store next to you I will still be considered on your property! That is messed up!"
I noticed that now I was in mid air and being carried away. I turned to Gill "Let me go I'm not done with this hag!"
"Yes you are!" He snapped back.
"Put your girlfriend on a leash boy!" The old lady yelled.
"Yeah and you should be ironed twice a day lady!" He snapped "And shouldn't you be in a coffin by now, I think you've expired!"
That shut her up and I stuck my tongue out at her as Gill carried me back to the group. Almost all of them were on the ground laughing from the fight.
LOL I couldn't help doing that fight! Gill and Hikari are also a lot more alike then they think ^_^! Anyway I hope you like it! Please comment!
-00Spirited Away00