The Thing With Hajimes
Keith: what did I sleep through last chapter? *tries to get on Fanction to check*
Me: You'll find out eventually
Keith: why is Fanfiction blocked from my viewing? *light bulb lights up over his head* Hey Hannah! Can you hack this so I can read last chapter?
Hannah: can't be too hard, I mean this is Ash we're talking about, I'm surprised she was able to use technology to block you
Me: hey! No need to pick on my love-hate problems with technology! Besides, it wasn't hard, I just used my writing powers. =P *realizes that Hannah could easily undo the website block* Oh! I just remembered! I think I saw Nick walking around with a plate of cookies!
Hannah: *face lights up* Really? Ahem, I mean that's nice. I'm going to check to make sure it's true with my own eyes, sorry Keith. *leaves the room*
Keith: that was my best shot at figuring it out!
Me: Exactly
Keith: Kiwi, can you tell me?
Kiwi: I could, but I think Ash is planning on getting you two together soon *takes a sneak peak at my plans* T.T how much do you like teasing with the fluff?
Me: but they'll be together, promise, and not all that fluff is for Keith and Karrie
Rhythmi: *reads over the plan* right, you still have to work on clearing up mysteries and tying loose knots as you get to the main climax. Ooh, a wedding
Me: *snatches back my plans* don't look that far ahead!
Rhythmi: but!
Kiwi: pokelover0ash does not own anything except for her OCs and ideas =D
Chapter 52: Moving Day
"KATE!" Karrie yelled the next morning. Laurie jumped up and banged her head on the bottom of the top bunk.
"Ow," Laurie replied as she rubbed her head.
"Any reason for being so energetic this morning?" Rhythmi asked.
"It's moving day!" Karrie replied.
"What?" Laurie asked. "But it's our day off!"
"Hitomis are moving into Chicole Village and some Hajimes are helping!" Karrie replied.
"Please, tell me those two pranksters aren't here," Laurie said. "They still owe me after they blew up my styler and Todd's robot during Keith's party." During Keith's birthday party, Gold and Jimmy decided to play a prank or two because of the attack that happened in the beginning of it. Unfortunately, Laurie and Todd had been one of their main targets and Laurie spent the next week fixing her styler and Todd's robot.
"I know my parents are there with Kiwi and Kellyn," Karrie replied as she tried to think about who was supposed to be there. Kate woke up and immediately sat up at the mention of her boyfriend's name.
"Kellyn?" Kate asked.
"Why didn't I think of saying his name earlier?" Karrie asked. "I'm supposed to be the genius."
"You're not the genius of social interactions, Kare," Rhythmi replied.
"Let's go!" Kate exclaimed.
"Get changed first," Rhythmi replied.
"I actually can't go," Laurie said as she blushed. "I'm supposed to be going on a date with Todd today."
"Congrats?" Karrie replied as she blinked. She was trying to think if she was saying the proper social thing. Laurie smiled and nodded. Karrie swelled with pride. She was getting so much better at the whole people thing since she first enrolled in the school. Kate went and got dressed quickly. She put on a purple blouse and a brown zip up hoody along with blue denim jeans and purple converse sneakers.
"Let's go!" Kate exclaimed as she grabbed hold of Rhythmi and Karrie's hands.
"Wait! I want to dress Laurie up for her date!" Rhythmi exclaimed.
"Keith wanted us to grab him before we go!" Karrie protested.
"Fine, hurry!" Kate said impatiently.
"It's like you haven't had ANY contact with him in months," Karrie replied as she rolled her eyes.
"You would act the same if it you hadn't seen Keith in a month or so," Rhythmi said and Karrie blushed hard.
"You have no proof that I would!" Karrie exclaimed.
"Just a hunch," Rhythmi replied as she winked at her short young friend. "Now Laurie..."
"I'm not putting on a dress!" Laurie exclaimed with her face painted red.
"Where are you guys going anyways?" Rhythmi asked.
"We're going to visit Altru Inc. and go on a tour in the afternoon," Laurie replied while smiling with a dreamy look on her face. "Before that we're going check out the new technology store and a few geeky stores in Pueltown! And we're going to have a lunch with Hannah and Nick, from Supreme Type-O! And then we're going to have a picnic on Nabiki Beach for dinner."
"I sure hope Todd has the money for all of that," Kate commented.
"Then a dress probably won't be appropriate," Rhythmi commented.
"Then why did you make me wear one when I went on a FRIENDLY OUTING with Keith?" Karrie asked.
"Because you were going to a festival," Rhythmi replied. "And you look absolutely fantastic in a dress."
"Speaking of dresses, do we have a prom this year?" Kate asked.
"OMG! YES!" Rhythmi exclaimed.
"What?!" Karrie exclaimed.
"So does that mean we're going to go dress shopping with Rhythmi in our future?" Laurie asked and they all shivered.
"Hey! I'm not that bad!" Rhythmi exclaimed. "Maybe I can see if we can get Hajime help for our dresses." Karrie pale and violently shook her head.
"Please no, I'd rather not have them help," Karrie replied.
"Why not?" Rhythmi asked as she looked through all the clothes. She tossed Laurie black leggings, a dress-like jade green shirt that had three-quarter sleeves, brown boots, and a red and black scarf.
"What's this?" Laurie asked.
"I got it thinking one of could wear it one day," Rhythmi replied. "Though after I bought it I realized that Karrie's too short and Kate's feet are too big."
"Hey!" Karrie and Kate exclaimed. Laurie changed and then Rhythmi started to fix Laurie's hair as Kate searched for a jacket or something that would work with Laurie's outfit and a purse for Laurie. Karrie was shooed out by Rhythmi and sent to get Isaac and Keith who were eating with Todd in the cafeteria. Keith was wearing a black leather jacket that the triplets had given him for his birthday (they also gave him a prank set), a red t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and worn out sneakers. He had a bad boy kind of look to him that morning. Isaac was wearing a gray sweatshirt and jeans along with brown dress shoes. It was almost as if he gave up looking nice by the time he got to the top half of him. Todd had brushed back his own black hair in an attempt to tame his unruly tangled hair. He was anxious even though he had been dating Laurie for a long while. He was dressed in black washed out jeans, nice sneakers that Karrie's mother gave him since Red accidentally electrocuted his old ones (Karrie had to stop herself from laughing at that one since it wasn't easy giving a cover story when all Red did was sneeze too hard after training and bumping in Yellow), a green t-shirt, and a black sports jacket.
Karrie could help but smile. Todd was going to match Laurie and she knew Rhythmi didn't plan it. She had to stop herself from frowning when she realized she might get separated from her friends she had come to love and cherish so much after graduation. Keith looked up and smiled his famous goof grin which caused her to blush. Their confession still was fresh in her mind even though she quickly realized that Keith had no memory of it whatsoever.
Keith stopped eating his pancakes when he saw Karrie approach him. Something had been off with her since they got stuck in a closet the day before. She acted more shy around him and her face kept turning red. He couldn't figure out what could have happened to make her act like that.
He blushed at the sight of her dressed in something other than her school uniform. You would think he had gotten used to it from the time they spent with at the dojo in Johto, but no. The girl still managed to take his breath away no matter what she wore. Karrie had her hair back in her signature braid like always. The short curvy teen was dressed in washed out skinny jeans, black combat boots (which was one of her birthday presents she got from Red and Garnet), a black t-shirt that was a little big on her, but was fitted around the chest area (she was starting to get why Teah started making clothes for all different body types for girls, it sucks when it is hard to find things that fit exactly right), and a red jacket she had gotten from Blue (something about wanting Karrie to be able to match Keith's hair).
"Kate's up so we're going to Chicole Village soon." Karrie said and Keith blinked. That was right, some of her family was helping Kate's family move today. "Rhythmi's helping Laurie get ready for her date with Todd." Todd blushed hard as there was no telling what Rhythmi would dress one of the girls in.
"And I'm done!" Rhythmi announced as she walked over with Laurie shyly following behind her. Kate had found a black dressy jacket for Laurie to wear out of some of Karrie's clothes (Karrie blames her family for making her wardrobe full of things Rhythmi would buy and get for them). She also found a stylish brown bag from Rhythmi's closet that Laurie was able to fit more than enough things into it. Todd stood up with a start as Keith let out a strangled screech as Kate grabbed hold of his collar and yanked it. Laurie's hair was naturally curly so Rhythmi just brushed out the knots and put it up in a bun while letting her bangs free.
"You're beautiful, I mean your always beautiful," Todd said with a bright red face. Laurie smiled and grabbed hold of his hand. She pecked his cheek with a sweet kiss before gently dragging him away from the others before Rhythmi could document the occasion with another photo.
"Kate! Are you trying to kill me?" Keith asked as Kate started to drag him across the floor. "I can walk on my own, you know?" He looked at Karrie for help who immediately started to blush.
"She's really excited to her family and my brother again," Karrie replied. Kate let Keith walk, but he had to almost run with Karrie to keep up with her.
"Are you going with them?" Isaac asked.
"Of course, and so are you," Rhythmi replied before dragging Isaac out the door to follow Kate and the others. There was a black jeep waiting for them.
"How are we all fitting in that?" Isaac asked as Red got out of the jeep.
"I can fit one person in the front, three in the back, and the rest can hang out in the trunk." Red said. The jeep was one of those rugged looking things that was open and was mostly just the frame showing. "Sorry, wasn't able to bring my truck."
"You drive?" Karrie asked. "Since when?"
"Since Blue made the pokedex holders take driver's ed." Red replied. "It took me a while to pass, to be honest. Sapphire was worse though."
"Is that supposed to make us feel better?" Keith asked.
"Hop in or walk!" Red replied with a smile. "Everyone's waiting for you guys!"
"Wait, who do you mean by everyone?" Karrie asked as she started to panic.
"Garnet, Uncle Dan, Aunt Becky, Kiwi, Kellyn, the Hitomis, Yellow, Gold, Kenny, and Crystal," Red replied. "Crystal wants to look into researching the pokemon in Almia while Yellow is here because Blue arranged it, something about it being good to have her around with it being a pokemon farm the Hitomis are moving to."
"And Gold is coming because?" Kate asked.
"Oh, right, Aunt Becky has been working him like a pack mule to have him make up for all the mischief he caused in the summer." Red replied. "Let's go." Kate climbed in the front seat next to Red as Rhythmi and Isaac took the back seat with Munchlax and Emolga. Karrie climbed in the trunk with a wild grin as Keith followed suit. "Hold on back there!"
"Huh?" Keith asked as he loosely held onto one of the bars. Red took off full speed and Keith latched onto the jeep like it was the only thing keeping him from seeing his life flash before his eyes. Karrie had her legs and arms wrapped around one of the bars with a panicked look on her face.
"Who in the world let YOU get a driver's license!" Karrie exclaimed. They made record time to Chicole Village with everyone still alive (barely). Kellyn looked over as he lifted a box out of one of the moving trucks. He turned to Kenny who was expecting him to gently hand over the box. Instead, Kellyn dropped the box on Kenny who had to catch it quick before it hit an excited running Kiwi. "Is it over?"
"Is it safe?" Keith asked as both of them were pale as a ghost. Red laughed as he got out of the jeep. Rhythmi and Isaac unbuckled themselves as Kate leapt out of the jeep to hug Kellyn who had run over.
"I think I just shaved a few years off of my lifespan," Isaac quietly complained as Rhythmi caught a leaping Kiwi into her arms.
"Sorry about that, we should have sent Gold to get you guys instead," Garnet said as he went to pry his cousin off of the jeep.
"How is he any better?" Karrie asked as she let go of the jeep.
"I'm not sure how, but Gold's one of the safest drivers in the group," Garnet replied. "Got his license first try."
"I think next time I'll just walk," Keith mumbled as he got out of the jeep.
"Keith, my man!" Gold exclaimed as he carried two boxes at once. "You survived Red's driving!"
"Barely," Keith replied as he grinned at the sight of his new best friend who was Keith's favorite as far Karrie's cousins went.
"KAT!" Kate's father exclaimed before Kate was able to give Kellyn a quick kiss. She had almost forgotten that her parents still aren't aware of the fact that she was now dating Kellyn. Kellyn stepped back before he almost got tackled as Kate's father gave her a bear hug. "Katherine Hitomi! I've missed you so much!"
"Katherine?" Rhythmi, Keith, and Isaac asked as their eyebrows rose.
"If any one of you guys call me Katherine, I will kill you," Kate replied as she shot glares at her best friends.
"Oh Katie! Aren't you surprised? We got Kellyn to come so you could see him again!" Kate's mother exclaimed as she joined in on the hug. Kate's best friends coughed awkwardly as Kellyn refused to look Kate's parents in the eye, or even his own parents for that matter.
"Big sis!" A little girl around Kiwi's age exclaimed as she ran towards the family group hug. The little girl resembled Kate except she had her hair back in a pony tail. Karrie blinked as she realized that the girl was actually older than Kiwi, much to Kiwi's dismay.
"Little sis!" Kate exclaimed as she went to hug the girl.
"Who's that?" Keith asked and Rhythmi, Isaac, and Karrie facepalmed themselves.
"Her little sister," they replied.
"Mom, Dad, little sis, I want you to meet some of my best friends from school," Kate said. "Two of them aren't here because they're on a date, but one day you'll meet those two for sure." Her family turned their eyes on the four students.
"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet Kate's family!" Rhythmi said cheerfully. "I'm Rhythmi Note! I'm studying to be an Operator! I'm also one of Kate's roommates!"
"And I'm Isaac Einstein," Isaac said politely. "I hope to work as a scientist after graduating who will help improve the world."
"Show off," Keith complained before coughing to clear his throat. "My name's Keith Dazzle and I'm going to be the best Top Ranger that ever lived." Kate's mother tried not to laugh at him, but Keith noticed she thought he was funny, causing him to blush.
"And I'm Karrie Hajime, the youngest of the group," Karrie said. "I skipped a year so now I get to graduate the same year as my brother."
"You do look like the shorter girl version of Kellyn," Kate's father commented and Karrie had to stop herself from snapping at the reference to her being short.
"Is the redhead your boyfriend?" Kate's mother asked and Keith started to choke on air as Kate's eyes widened and Kellyn's head snapped as he looked from Keith to Kate and Kate's family.
"No, Mom!" Kate exclaimed. Kellyn silently pleaded for permission to make it known that it was him dating Kate, not Keith.
"But he seems like a slightly shorter version of Kellyn except more loud and competitive," Kate's mother commented and Karrie almost gagged. Kate wanted to die from the embarrassment as Keith started searching for the quickest possible route to use for escape should Kellyn decide to come after him to murder him.
"Mom, I have a boyfriend and it's not him," Kate whispered loudly in her mother's ear. However, her father didn't hear her.
"No way the redhead is good enough for my Kat," Kate's father announced before protectively hugging his daughter. Rebecca, the mother of Kellyn, Karrie, and Kiwi, had to stop herself from laughing as Daniel, Rebecca's husband, rose his eyebrows.
"Yo Garnet and Red! Start helping us!" Gold exclaimed and the two black haired red eyed boys walked over, slightly distracting people from the discussion on hand.
"They don't know?" Rhythmi whispered to Isaac and Isaac shrugged as Kiwi frowned.
"Apparently not," Kiwi replied.
"I'm not sure if I should be insulted or if I should feel like I'm being complimented," Keith mumbled.
"This might be a good time to tell them," Kate's little sister said.
"Tell us what?" Kate's mother asked as Kate's father went over and punched Keith.
"What was that for?" Keith exclaimed as Kellyn looked over at him as if to tell him that he was sorry, sort of. Kate bit her lip as she let him an apologetic look.
"For getting my daughter pregnant," the father replied.
"I did what?" Keith asked.
"DAD!" Kate exclaimed. "I'm not pregnant!" Rhythmi and Isaac tried not to laugh as Karrie felt sorry for Kate and Keith. She didn't feel sorry for her brother. This is because he should have opened his mouth and said something to her parents already. This is why she was now currently shooting daggers at her brother by glaring at him. Kellyn coughed and shifted awkwardly.
"I should have ask for permission first," Kellyn said. "But-"
"It was you!" Kate's father exclaimed in surprise. "You're darn right you should have asked me first! I would have told you to get married to her first! How dare you steal her virginity!"
"I'M NOT PREGNANT!" Kate yelled with face painted red.
"The only thing I stole from her was her first kiss!" Kellyn exclaimed as he started to turn bright red.
"And my relationship with her is not anything romantic," Keith added so that Kate's father would stop thinking he was involved romantically in any way with Kate. "Just so we're clear on that. Oh, and she's more of a big sister to me, FYI."
"You kissed my daughter?!" Kate's father exclaimed.
"Dad! I wanted to tell you sooner, but you never listen," Kate exclaimed. "Kellyn's my boyfriend."
"Eh?" Kate's father exclaimed as Kellyn blushed hard and put his arm around Kate.
"About time!" Kate's mother exclaimed, surprising everyone.
"Mom?" Kate asked.
"You've only been writing about him in your diary since you were a little kid," her mother replied and Kate blushed hard.
"You kept a diary? And I was in it?" Kellyn asked. He was a bit surprised to find out that he had the honor of being in Kate's diary since they were little.
"Mom! You weren't supposed to read my diary!" Kate exclaimed.
"But I was curious!" Kate's mother replied. "Besides, I have always thought you two would make the perfect adorable couple. When we picked you up to send you off to Almia, I had a feeling something romantic happened between you two. Why do you think I gave you two time alone?"
"Well, now we know where Kate gets her brains from," Keith commented only to whacked by Kate's father. "OW!" Keith glared at Kate's father as Kate's mother's face turned from sweet lovely expression to a sweet yet terrifyingly deadly expression which scared Kellyn. Karrie and Keith shrunk back in fear as they recognized it from all the times Kate has looked at them similarly.
"But hurt my daughter and I don't care if you're a close family friend, you're as good as dead," Kate's mother said and Kellyn nodded quickly. Mrs. Hitomi seemed to turn back to normal. "Good."
"Now before you go back, I request that we have sometime in which Daniel and I can talk to you, Kellyn, in private," Mr. Hitomi added and Kellyn looked as if he was in pain.
"If we're going over what I think you want to go over with him, then I want Keith to come too," Daniel commented and Keith froze in a ninja-like defending position.
"Why do I have to go too?" Keith exclaimed and Daniel looked over at Karrie before nodding his head over to her direction. Keith's face became bright red as Karrie started to blush.
"Hey! Old man! Where do you want the couch?" Gold asked as he helped Red carry a couch to the house.
"Stop calling me old!" Mr. Hitomi exclaimed. "I'm coming!" Mr. Hitomi excused himself before running over to direct thing.
"We'll be done soon," Daniel commented. "The boxes still need to be unpacked."
"Hey Karrie, could you climb in and pull out the last boxes?" Garnet asked. "They got real creative with the space." Karrie ran over and sweatdropped as she saw that the back of the truck was tightly packed like a tetras puzzle. Little by little the truck was safely unpacked and everyone got to work unpacking the boxes.
"So what's your sister's name?" Rhythmi asked.
"Lucilla," Kate replied. "But you can just call her Lucy."
~with Keith~
"Why are we stuck setting up the farming equipment?" Keith complained as he put in another stake in the ground. "And not the fun part of it?"
"Neither of us can drive and both of us are known to be pranksters," Karrie replied as she tried to focus on the task at hand. Keith nodded and they worked in silence for the next ten minutes.
"Okay this is driving me crazy!" Keith exclaimed.
"Sorry, spending your day helping Kate's family like this probably wasn't how you wanted to spend one of your days off," Karrie replied.
"No, I like helping people," Keith said. "It's the silence between us that's driving me crazy! And ever since we got stuck in the closet yesterday, you've been acting weird." Karrie blushed and looked away. "You know you can tell me anything, right?"
"So you really don't remember saying anything past saying 'Then I'm not letting you go'?" Karrie asked and Keith shook his head. "Or hearing me say anything after that?" Keith shook his head.
"No, I don't remember," Keith replied. "Did I say something weird?" Karrie turned red. "Karrie, if I said anything that upset you and made you mad at me, I'm sorry."
"You didn't say anything that in that closet that upset me or made me mad," Karrie said quietly. "I, I was just a little annoyed that you didn't remember anything being said after that, but if someone should be apologizing, it's me. I'm sorry for acting weird."
"Then what did I say?" Keith asked and Karrie turned bright red. "What? What did I say? I'm curious!" Karrie turned even more red as she fumbled around trying to distract herself from the question. "Why does your face keep turning so red?" Keith put the back of his hand on her forehead. "It doesn't feel like you have a fever."
I don't remember saying anything beyond that. Keith thought as he frowned. I remember thinking that what I feel towards her isn't just some crush, that I loved her. His eyes widened as a concerned Karrie looked at him as if he had two heads. Please tell me I didn't say I loved her out loud! Gosh that would be one of the most embarrassing things that ever happened to me!
"Are you alright, Keith?" Karrie asked and Keith smiled at her.
"Just thinking, trying to see if I could remember what I supposed to have forgot," Keith replied before taking hold of her hand. "Come on, we finished our job over here." Karrie blushed hard as Keith led her over towards the house while holding her hand. Keith was blushing too, but he was trying to hide it from Karrie.
There has to be some other explanation, maybe I made a promise or something instead of confessing. Keith thought.
~with Kellyn~
Kellyn looked over at Kate who was helping her sister organize her plush animals. He smiled and leaned on a wall only to have Gold stick his face in front of Kellyn's.
"What the?" Kellyn asked as he refrained from swearing in front of Lucy and Kiwi (not like Kiwi hasn't overheard enough between her cousins and Sasha's fight with Summer).
"Yo lover boy, what's up with Ginger and Ray?" Gold asked and Kellyn sighed.
"How am I supposed to know?" Kellyn replied.
"Because you're the closest to her in the family," Gold said as he poked his cousin's chest. Kate walked over as Lucy ran out the door to find Kiwi.
"What about Keith and Karrie?" Kate asked as she took hold of Kellyn's hand.
"On a side note, you two totally should sell posters of you two as a couple," Gold commented, sort of wishing he had a girlfriend.
"Gold," Kellyn said as he warned his cousin.
"But Ray's been acting funny!" Gold complained. "And Ginger looks so lost thanks to the awkward drift that has formed between them! What happened?"
"Well, yesterday, Keith kind of confessed to her and she confessed to him," Kate started to explained.
"But?" Kellyn asked and Kate sighed.
"Keith was asleep during the whole confession," Kate replied. "He doesn't even remember confessing to her let alone her confessing to him."
"Oh so that's why," Gold said. "And of course that would make things awkward for anyone, but Ray has trouble getting things like romance and other social things, which just makes things worse."
"Maybe you should have a girl talk with her then," Kellyn replied, partially teasing his cousin.
"I will!" Gold replied with a smile, before he realized that Kellyn was teasing him by referring to him as a girl. "Hey! I'm not a girl!"
"Sorry, couldn't help myself," Kellyn commented with a huge grin. "It's just that you've always acted like a tomboyish girl since you were little." Gold blushed and stormed off before he got himself in a fight with his cousin.
"That was a little mean," Kate commented and Kellyn instantly felt guilty. "But maybe I should talk to her, Arceus knows someone does. Gold just might blurt the whole thing out in front of Keith as a way to solve the problem or somehow make it worse." Kellyn thought about it for a moment before taking off and grabbing Gold before he could do any damage.
"Why don't you guys enjoy the rest of the day off?" Mrs. Hitomi asked as she came up to check up on Kate and Kellyn.
"Before that happens, I want that talk!" Mr. Hitomi yelled from downstairs and Kellyn winced.
"I already had the talk though," Kellyn mumbled and Kate giggled.
"You'll do fine," Kate told him. "He loves you, always has." They all walked downstairs where the fathers were waiting. Keith walked in through the door while holding Karrie's hand. Karrie was frantically trying to slip her hand out to save herself from getting teased by her sister and Gold.
"Great, now everyone but Keith and Kellyn leave," Mr. Hitomi declared. "We men need to talk."
"Ha! I'm a man!" Keith exclaimed with a proud look on his face. Karrie took the opportunity to escape and try to slow down her racing heart rate. "Wait, talk?" Keith paled.
"Hey! I'm a man too!" Gold exclaimed and Crystal hit him in the head. "Ow!"
"Just go," Crystal replied as she shoed the gold-eyed teenager out of the house. Rhythmi, Isaac, Kiwi, Kenny, and Lucy went outside as well. (Red had left to check out the pokemon in the area with Yellow as Garnet went to check out Little Tim's farm) Karrie was about to leave, but Keith suddenly clung on to her. Karrie turned bright red as she tried to pry Keith off of her.
"Let go!" Karrie exclaimed.
"Don't leave me with them!" Keith exclaimed. "Take me with you!"
"It's not like I'm leaving you alone with my father," Karrie replied as she struggled to get free causing Keith's head to be practically on her butt if she didn't have one hand on his face, pushing him away.
"Just man up," Kate commented before she started to tickle Keith. "You have Kellyn with you and it's not like you're going to be murdered." Keith protested but soon wasn't able to contain his laughter. He let go and Kate quickly shoved Karrie out the door. "We'll be back, promise!" The mothers shook their heads at the sight of Keith before walking over him and out the door. Kellyn dragged Keith over to the table and made him take a seat.
"I didn't agree to this, I was just supposed to hang with friends and help move boxes, not this," Keith complained as he sunk into his seat.
"Tell me about it," Kellyn replied as he did the same.
"Why do we have to sit through this?" Keith asked.
"Because Kellyn is now dating my daughter," Mr. Hitomi replied and Keith glared at him as if to say that's not my fault or problem old man.
"And because of Keith's relationship with my daughter," Daniel added and Keith blushed as his eyes widened and jaw dropped. "The two of you may not be actually dating at the moment, but it was pretty clear to most of the family how you feel about her and how she feels about you." Keith felt heat rise to his cheeks and neck as well as his ears.
If there was ever a moment in time Keith and Kellyn could erase, it would be the hour spent alone with Mr. Hitomi and Daniel Hajime. They came out of the house pale as ghosts.
"That bad, huh?" Karrie asked.
"Sorry," Kate said and Kellyn shook his head.
"It had to be done," Kellyn replied. "If it makes him feel like he's doing his job as your father concerning this, then I'll go through it again if I have to, for you." He then looked at Keith. "Just next time I would rather not have Keith with me. Hearing my father talking about romantic stuff and whatnot concerning Karrie is something I'd rather have erased from my mind." Karrie's face contorted in horror.
"Just what did he say?" Karrie shrieked.
"Let's just say that now he knows more about girls than he ever cared to know," Kellyn replied. Karrie stared at her brother in horror. "Stop looking like someone just was murdered."
"When you are so vague the way you are being, you're hinting way too much and making it a whole lot worse," Keith said and Kate rose her eyebrows. "Still bad, but nothing to be concerned about, promise!" Keith was acting cheerful about it even though he wanted to shiver in fear. He got more than the talk, he got a death threat from a Hajime.
"Ahem, so who wants to go look at prom dresses?" Rhythmi asked and Karrie leapt into Keith's arms in surprise.
"Not the dresses!" Karrie exclaimed.
"Prom?" Kellyn asked. "My school doesn't have a prom."
"We have a prom, genius," Keith replied as he rolled his eyes.
"I would love to help Kate pick out her prom dress!" Mrs. Hitomi exclaimed.
"We could always have Teah make you a dress, Karrie," Rebecca suggested and Karrie clung to Keith in fear. Keith turned bright red from having the girl he REALLY liked in his arms.
"Anything but that!" Karrie exclaimed.
"Is Kate going to the prom without a date then?" Kiwi asked.
"Ooh! When is it?" Lucy asked.
"It's, uh, four, no, three months from now, I think," Rhythmi replied. Kellyn started to count on his fingers before a huge smile grew on his face as Karrie got down off of Keith.
"What? Did Kellyn finally learn how to count?" Karrie asked which earned a whack on the head from her mother. "Sorry, couldn't help it."
"I don't have as many days off as you guys so I should have graduated by the time your prom comes around," Kellyn exclaimed. "I won't be stationed until they put out the list which won't happen until after you guys graduate!" Kate hugged him.
"Sorry I won't be able to see your graduation, but I'm so happy you might be able to come to my prom." Kate said.
"Wait, a minute," Karrie said as she counted her fingers. "Don't we have that thing planned that day?"
"What thing?" Kellyn asked.
"The meeting with Grandpa Hajimes," Karrie replied.
"We'll figure something out," Rebecca said to reassure Kate.
"Yeah, I mean, we ARE Hajimes," Kenny added as he smirked.
"When you say it like that, I'm scared of what plan you could possibly be cooking in that head of yours," Keith commented as he sweat dropped.
"Let's go shopping!" Rhythmi exclaimed.
"Yes!" Kiwi and Lucy exclaimed.
"You two stay at the house," Mrs. Hitomi replied and the two young girls seemed to be disappointed before going into the house.
"I'm going to check on Garnet, we have a boat to catch soon," Kenny said before leaving.
"I'm staying with Chris!" Gold announced as he hugged his blue haired friend who became flustered. Rebecca shrugged and they went off to Pueltown in search of dresses.
~end of chapter~
Keith: why did Kate's dad hit me? And why did it take so long for it to become clear to them that I wasn't dating Kate?!
Kate: my dad's impulsive like that
Kellyn: well, meeting with her parents was awkward
Gold: don't worry Karrie! I will help you!
Karrie: help me with what? You abandoned me and let them take me dress shopping
Gold: *sweatdrops* I meant with Keith
Keith: why would she need help with me?
Gold: because you're *Crystal covers his mouth*
Me: Thanks Crystal! *Crystal nods before dragging Gold out of the room*
Rhythmi: Kate got a lot of her characteristics from her mother
Kellyn: oh trust me, there's a lot of her father's characteristics in her too
Kate: what's that supposed to mean?
Kellyn: nothing bad
Isaac: smooth
Kellyn: shut it, I'm starting to realize why Keith doesn't always get along with you and why Karrie doesn't like you very much
Keith: why's that?
Kellyn: the genius ends up saying and doing things that he thinks is smart that aren't so smart, kind of like Karrie
Isaac: but Keith likes Karrie
Kellyn: ah, but Karrie is almost absolutely clueless when it comes to romance
Rhythmi: and you, Isaac, are not
Karrie: was I just insulted?
Keith: who knows? don't think about it too hard
Kellyn: Isaac is just a smartmouth butt with a really high IQ
Isaac: T.T at least you acknowledge my IQ
Kellyn: at least Karrie is just a stubborn sarcastic genius who loves pranking way to much and is a royal pain in the butt
Karrie: T.T I'll take that as a compliment
Ben: I wasn't in the chapter D=
Summer: it's not all about you
Ben: D= it's not?
Summer: no
Kiwi: anyways, review!