Silence and anxiety reigned among the spies.
"We've been friends for the longest time… And I wanted to say…I love you" T.K finished with a smile.
Shock for everyone. A few 'I knew it!' whispers could be heard in the car.
"Oh, I love you too" Kari said and smiled. She leaned closer and placed her hand on T.K's shoulder, right on top of the camera, obstructing the view. It didn't matter anyways, because the minds of the spies had frozen over, and were still replaying the scene in their heads. Once and again and again. Mixed emotions went from person to person. Giddiness, hate, jealousy, happiness, anger, sadness… It varied from person to person.
"It cant be" Ken repeated three times. Cody sat in shock with an undiscoverable emotion twisting his features.
"NO" Willis exclaimed said. He was clearly not one of the people in the happy crowd. Davis just kept saying deadly threats and not-nice-at-all words. Not happy either.
"Awwww" Yolei squealed jumping with joy. She with the rest of the girls were the giddy ones.
"Way to go, bro" Matt said, already over his shock and proud that his little brother got the prettiest girl. He knew T.K was madly, completely, and stupidly head over heels in love with her. He HAD to be the most obvious person in the world. The only thing that troubled him was wondering in which painful way death will come to T.K from Tai, if not from Davis.
-We're here-Matt announced breaking the tension and emotions as he shooed everyone off. He went down himself too as they all went walking through the parking lot. When they reached the entrance, they saw a smiling T.K and Kari standing there.
-I'm going to kill him!-Davis muttered, but Matt held his arm.
-Don't you dare! I know you're mad, but if you kill him now, they'll know we were spying. Wait until they tell us to kill him. Same goes with everyone else. Don't show signs you know!-Matt finished.
-Hey, guys!-Sora said happily.
-Anything important to tell us, guys?-Mimi asked. T.K and Kari smiled at each other.
-Nope! I don't think so!-T.K said. Everyone stared at them.
*He just got the prettiest and most wanted girl and wants to keep it secret? What a dork!* Thought Matt.
-Sure nothing happened on the way here?-Mimi insisted.
-Except from you sending annoying text messages, nope….Nothing important!-Kari said.
-Really, really sure?-Matt asked.
-Well, unless you know something, no… You guys are acting suspicious.-T.K said.
-Yeah! You girls are acting as if you wanted us to admit something and you boys have the sourest expressions in your faces and for some reason, seem like you want to kill T.K.-Kari expressed.
-Hehe…No! No idea what are you talking about!-Matt said nervously.
-That's the last straw! They are tempting us! We saw you and all the ''I love you'' thing! Now, 'fess up!-Davis said, accompanied by Yolei, who added phrases her own. Suddenly, the pair in accusation started laughing madly.
-Uhm…Did we, like, miss something?-Matt said, very confused at that reaction.
-Told ya it'll work-T.K said between laughter. Everyone had questioning looks. When they could stop laughing, Kari started to explain.
-T.K knew you were spying on us! We wanted you guys to admit it, so he got the bestest of the ideas!-Kari said.
-Argh! I'm going to kill you!-And other phrases like that were the ones that came out of their mouths.
-You kill us? I think it's the other way around! You were spying on us!-T.K defended.
-What if we just forget this?-Sora said, wanting to enjoy the day and not to get into a fight.-I really want to go swimming!-Sora said.
-Sure! Let's go!-Kari said.
-You'll pay lots for this, T.K-Matt whispered menacingly at his brother. He gave a weak smile and ran up to Kari.
-Let's go change-Willis said, walking to the men's changing rooms somewhat relieved. The girls silently agreed walking to the girls' changing rooms.
-How could you, Kari!-Yolei said.
-Hey! Chill! It was a joke!-Kari said-Besides, you were the one spying in us….twice already-Kari said.
-Hey! All ready?-Sora asked.
-Yep!-Mimi said.
As everyone gathered near the pool, Mimi called a waiter who was walking around.
-Hi! Can we have ten alcohol-free margaritas?-Mimi waited for an answer and after getting a nod in approval, Mimi continued-Eight strawberry, two lemon- Mimi concluded. After the waiter was gone, Yolei couldn't help but ask.
-Who orders for lemon?-Yolei asked.
-T.K and Kari always do!-Matt answered.
-What are the drinks for?-Cody asked, question which was on everyone's minds.
-What a better way to get to know each other than a good game from I Never!-Mimi explained.
-Huh?-A very confused Davis asked.
-Look…If I say ''I never played guitar'', Matt will drink because he had played guitar. Got it?-Mimi asked, speaking carefully as if she was speaking to a five-year old.
-Who starts?-Willis asked.
-You!-T.K and Kari said at the same time, then shared a laugh.
-Tradition…Matt sighed. After the confused looks from everyone he just muttered –never mind…-
-Well…I never…was lead on a school play-Willis admitted. T.K and Kari took a short sip.
-I don't remember that…Care to refresh our memories?-Matt said, putting a very convincing act, yet smirking on the inside. Since none of the two would answer, Mimi took the lead.
-Was it…The Beauty and the Beast? No…The Princess and the Pea? No… The Sleeping Beauty! That was it!-Mimi said, feigning her forgetfulness.-I LOVED the kissing scene!-Mimi complimented.
-Kissing scene?-Davis asked raging.
-A tiny peck on the cheek, but still cute!-Sora said.-On with the game!-
-I never went with my best friend alone somewhere and been mistaken by a couple!-Matt said. T.K and Kari took each a sip. They kept playing for a short while and everyone seemed to be against T.K and Kari.
-I never danced with T.K-Mimi said. She got weird glances from a few of them, but they all quickly caught on. Kari took a little sip.
-Is there something you guys haven't done!-Davis murmured under his breath.
- I never was scared of worms!-Kari said as a comeback, making Mimi take a little sip.
-Okay! This is like a battlefield! Stop saying stuff that you KNOW the others have done!-Matt said, tired of this war game, mainly against T.K and Kari. Even though no one spoke, they knew the game had ended.
-Hey, Kari…Want to take a walk with me before swimming?-T.K asked, pointing to the small path the hotel had.
-Sure-Kari said as she grabbed the hand T.K had offered her to help her up.
T.K constantly thought he had to be the luckiest person alive. He was now able to be always around Kari. The truth was, as Matt had said, he was completely and stupidly head over heels in love with Kari. He was even more than that. He was a hopelessly lovesick kid, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Now on Kari's side, things were different but alike. Kari was so happy T.K would be moving back and she could have her best friend around. But on the different side, Kari loved him as a friend. A best friend. This had crossed Sora's mind, and also Mimi's, but they chose to ignore it and wave it off. They could never be sure, anyways.
The boys looked at him with a look the girls could interpret as the oh-no-you-didn't look. The girls, on the other side, just looked at each other with the they-will-sooo-end-up-together smile.
-Can I come with you?-Willis asked.
-Sure!- Kari smiled and ushered him along. T.K had always tried to keep it in check and in hiding, but he was definitely the jealous type. The over-protective type. He quickly changed the mad frown in his face at the thought of Willis tagging along before Kari could see it. When Kari did turn to look at T.K, all she saw was a smile.