Chapter 3 – An Unrecognized Warning.
I'M GOING TO BE SO LATE!
Kagome ran out of Kouga's house the next morning and rushed to her house to get a clean change of clothes and hopefully get a shower in. After their steamy night, the two of them had accidently fallen asleep in each other's arms. Of course Kagome's alarm wasn't set, so she had woken up at five to eight. That was barely enough time to get ready if she had already been home. The worst part is, Kagome could barely walk from the pounding she had received last night.
Kagome felt bad for rushing out while Kouga was still asleep, but she had sent him a text message explaining that she had to rush to class. Once Kagome got home, she let her dog out for a pee (poor dog…) and ran straight into the shower, completely ignoring the pain in her lower body. At this point Kagome didn't care about having her hair and makeup done, she just doesn't want to smell like sex at school.
Once she was out of the shower, she only had twenty minutes to make it to class without being late. Kagome quickly dried her hair, although was left a bit wet when she brushed it. She then threw on her clothes and was able to at least apply some cover up. She bounded up the stairs and filled her dogs bowls full of food and water, let him back in, and went straight to school.
As if you let yourself fall asleep at his place Kagome! You're better than this!
Kagome was luckily able to find a spot to park on the side of the street that was just big enough for the half tonne truck to part in. Kagome then ran in the school and the music had just started playing, signalling they only had five minutes left to get to class. Kagome sighed in relief, she could easily make it to her locker and to class with ease and able to keep her pain to a minimal. Although, she was slightly limping.
As she walked in the class, no one noticed her sloppy appearance and the pain in her face, well except for Inuyasha of course. "Why the hell isn't your makeup or hair done?" he questioned her as she took a seat in front of him. It's not that Inuyasha expected woman to look their best at all times, it's just extremely unusual for Kagome to go out in public looking like this. And he was wondering why she was having a hard time walking.
"I over slept and my father is gone so he can't write me a note." Kagome answered him. Inuyasha decided not to ask any further questions, but once again this is very unlike Kagome. No matter how little sleep she gets, she's always on time for school, usually with more than enough time to spare. Inuyasha is starting to get worried.
Lunch time soon came and Kagome headed over to her mother's house to eat. Today, Inuyasha decided to join her. Kagome's mother's house is only a 5 minute walk from the school so it's where she's found every day. Kagome didn't like being at the school for lunch. The lunch room is always packed with rowdy, annoying teenagers who are always nosing into what other people are doing. Once you were done eating you either had the choice to walk around the halls a million times, like the rest of the school, or sit in the library at the computers. Kagome much preferred to eat while watching TV without gaining a headache, especially since her mother is at work during her lunch break.
"So," Inuyasha began and Kagome cringed as she unlocked the door. "Wanna tell me why you over slept?"
"Why are you so concerned?" Kagome snapped, her over tiredness taking over. Inuyasha knew not to take that as offence as he knows how crabby Kagome can get when she's tired.
"Well, it's unlike you Kagome. And yesterday, this random guy named Kouga messaged you saying you're sexy."
"Maybe I met a nice guy…" Kagome replied.
"Yea sure, but that's not my point. My point is you were over tired yesterday, and today you barely made it to class on time. I'm happy if you found a good guy, but I don't want him to become the focus of your life right now."
As irritating as Inuyasha was being for nosing into her business, she couldn't help but smile. All he is doing is being a protective brother. He's the brother Kagome could have had. "Don't worry Inuyasha, I'll kick my ass back into routine by tomorrow."
"Good." Inuyasha said as he starting sniffing around in the fridge. "You're a smart girl, don't throw away your senior year for some dude you don't even know you'll end up with. This is the year that counts, we're sending out our post-secondary school applications in a few months."
Kagome decided to make some Kraft Dinner as there was nothing else to cook. Of course, Kagome's cell phone was laying on the counter, unattended, and it went off. Inuyasha noticed the buzzing so he picked it up.
"No problem babe, you were fucken amazing last night. Winky face…" Inuyasha read the text out loud and Kagome's face turned bright red. "KAGOME!"
"WOULD YOU QUIT DOING THAT!" Kagome yelled as she swiped the phone out of his hand.
"So that's why you look like you're in pain when you walk!" Inuyasha laughed.
"Oh shut up…" Kagome said, obviously embarrassed. "Or no KD for you."
"Oh I don't know how I'll survive!" Inuyasha joked as Kagome threw a cloth at his face. "But in all seriousness, if you're going to jump into sex so quick just do me a favour and don't get an STD or have a baby. I'm not ready to be Uncle Inu yet."
Kagome snorted. "Don't worry, I won't have sex without a condom." Kagome is on birth control, but both her and Inuyasha know that she isn't consistent with taking the pill. Plus, they don't protect from STD's.
"Good." Inuyasha replied in approval.
School ended a few hours later, the day went by quick, and tonight she had to work. Kagome had gotten the dreadful 6 pm shift, which meant only three hours of work. Kagome, along with the rest of the students, feel like this shift is such a waste of time. Why not schedule a 4pm shift where they'd at least get five hours out of it. But no…
Kagome and Kouga had been texting all afternoon. Turns out today Kouga didn't have to work, lucky guy. Unfortunately Kagome cannot text while she's working so she said her goodbyes. She put on her corduroy pants on and the cotton black smock then headed to work. When she got there, she was pleased to see that Eri, her best friend, is working.
Kagome used to be really close with this girl Ayumi back in grade ten and eleven. But halfway through grade eleven, she had let her boyfriend treat Kagome like utter crap. At first she was putting up with it because Kagome knew the two of them wouldn't last but one day Kagome decided to get her nose pierced and chose a hoop for jewelry. Most people said it suited her well but apparently Ayumi and her boyfriend disapproved. Now, if they had simply said they didn't like it, that would have been fine, but the two of them bashed her on Facebook, saying that she looked stupid and no guy would look at her twice with that ugly thing on her face. Kagome then decided to tell them off on Facebook, and since then they hadn't talked. From that day on, Eri and Kagome had gotten close. As coworkers Kagome vented to her and that's how their friendship started.
"KA-GO-MEEEE!" a familiar voice yelled from the fitting rooms. Kagome smiled and said hi to Eri as she rushed to the back to punch in for her shift. On her way to the cash, she stopped by the fitting rooms to talk to her best friend as she had five minutes to spare.
Eri is a year older than Kagome, but had decided to take an extra year of high school to boost her marks up before applying to college. She's only a part time student at school so Kagome and Eri rarely cross paths. They mostly see each other at work since Eri spends a lot of her extra time with her boyfriend.
Speaking of that, Kagome almost decided to tell her about Kouga, but she figured now wasn't the time. Kagome is a very personal person, and likes to keep things private until she's 100% sure about it, even when it comes to her best friend.
It was unfortunately time for Kagome to head to cash for her long shift. Well sure it was only 3 hours long, but at this time of the year the store is pretty dead, and it only gets worse through the winter, except for holidays.
"So how's school going?" Isabelle, Kagome's favourite supervisor, asked as Kagome opened her cash.
"It's alright, nothing special yet. School only started a month ago."
"Only a month ago?" Isabelle laughed. "Shouldn't you have at least one assignment yet?"
"So far nothing has been assigned." Kagome smiled, thankful for social sciences.
Nothing too much had happened throughout the past couple of hours. There was only 45 minutes left until closing came and Kagome had only cashed out about ten people. Well, it's better than doing nothing. Since it's almost time to close, Kagome decided it would be a good time to start doing the nightly clean.
From the corner of her eye, Kagome noticed someone had entered the store. Thinking it was just a regular customer, she continued with her cleaning.
"Izzy, how are you?" a familiar male voice said. He must know Isabelle as he called her by her nickname.
"Hi Kouga!" Isabelle replied in her usual cheery voice and Kagome stood up stiff.
"Kouga?" Kagome said as she turned around, and that familiar sexy smirk crossed his face.
"Hey Kagome," he said after he gave Isabelle a hug. Isabelle loves hugs. "I noticed your truck so I thought I'd come by and say hi."
"My dad's truck." Kagome corrected him.
"Ah," Kouga said. "I was wondering how a grade 12 student was able to afford that. It's worth more than my little Ranger." Kouga laughed. Isabelle had to go to her cash to serve a customer, but still keept an eye on Kouga and Kagome, knowing this might not be a good thing.
"Well you gotta get something that's not a ford to start with." Kagome joked. It seemed that every time they saw each other, they got along better and better.
"So, this weekend, what are you up to?" Kouga asked as Kagome continued to clean. She needed to finish her job before she got in trouble.
Kagome thought for a second. "Nothing yet."
"Wanna go for a quad ride this weekend? I know you're into that stuff." He smiled.
"Uh oh…" Isabelle said to herself once the customer had left.
"Sure! That would be awesome!" Kagome smiled. She hadn't gone quadding in ages.
"Okay, it's a date." He winked and soon left. Kagome couldn't help but feel happy and let a smile cross her face.
"A date?" Isabelle asked.
"Yea, I guess we're going on a date." Kagome smiled, happy that this sexy guy had asked her out, and to do something she enjoyed too! "How do you know Kouga?" Kagome couldn't help but ask.
"He dated my daughter when they were fifteen. They didn't get along too well, but he is a sweet boy." Isabelle said, unable to say the truth.
Kagome smiled even more. "That's great to hear! I'm really excited to go quadding with him now!"
"That's good, I'm happy for you." Isabelle smiled. Although Kagome failed to notice the smile wasn't genuine, it was more of a concerned reaction.
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Dafuq? I decided to get a head start on the third chapter and I ended up finishing it… Well I guess that's what happens when you're stuck at school from 10am-10pm -.- (yes, University can suck like that sometimes, but it has its upsides, no class on Fridays :D) But anyways, yea so I think this chapter came along much better than the last two. I really hope you guys enjoyed it :) Please review, PLEASE! I LOVE hearing what you guys think about it!