Phone from base

Phone from other house

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"Chapter Two:
Studying, and Pain"

I opened my eyes to see the dimness of my room, trying to remember what happened. I gasped as my body shot itself up, remembering the night before, but I soon regretted it, as the pain returned in one crushing collision. I screamed of pain, trying to fight it.

I soon heard footsteps come up the stairs. I turned to the doorway, and saw everyone standing there, including Lee. Ray ran towards me, and placed a hand on my shoulder. "It's okay! Kai, you're alright! Just lie back down!" He told me, calmly.

I didn't feel like lying down all day, but the way I was feeling right now, I didn't argue. I lied back down, like Ray told me.

"What are you guys still doing here?" I asked, my voice croaked up. They chuckled.

"You really did get a concussion." Tala said. I glared.

"Super attendent's meeting, Kai, remember? We have school off, today." Brian told me.

I groaned. The one day we had off from school, and I have to spend it lying down,... not good. "What about you, Lee?" I questioned.

"Called work, told them you were sick with the flu, and that I had to take care of you." He answered.

"Won't you get in trouble?" I asked.

"If my boss finds out,...yeah." Lee shrugged. I put a hand on my head, but only flinched at the contact. It hurt, ok? "Best stop that. It was a hard hit to the cranium, Kai. It'll take a while to heal." Lee told me. Just perfect. That wasn't going to help my cover. Neither were my other injuries.

"Kai, didn't you tell Kali that you'd help her in Ancient History, today?" Tala asked.

My eyes widened, in horror. I would've slapped myself on the forehead, if not for the fact, it would hurt like hell. "Aw, dammit!" I yelled.

"Yep, he did." Tyson said, dully.

Kali Fealnix was my best friend/rival. Don't ask me why about the whole rival deal,...it's complicated to explain. Anyway, I promised to help her study in Ancient Russian History, however, I've canceled several times because of our 'clients,' and our assignments, which I'll explain later. Anyway, each time I did, the day I came back from school, she had nearly embarressed me in front of the whole school, making me swear on russian law to not to again.

I had to do it today, or I was screwed. "You want me to call her?" Lee asked.

"It won't help the situation, it'll only give her reason of suspicion." I said, slightly sitting up.

"Well, what will you do?" Ray asked me.

"Hand me my cell phone." I said. Brian handed me my cell, as Ray assorted pillows to help me sit up. I took my cell as I lied back. It was the afternoon, so Kali was awake. I dialed her number, and waited for her to answer.

"Hi, Kai! If you've called to cancel again, I'll get you tomorrow." I heard her threaten.

"Relax, Kali,...I'm not talking to cancel. I just have a small snag about today." I told her.

"What do you mean?" I heard her ask in a concerned voice.

"Lee put me on bed rest after an accident, and now, I can't leave the house." I answered.

"Seriously?!"

"Seriously! Thankfully, it's not all that bad, so,...if he says it's okay, why don't you come over here, and I can help with what you don't understand?" I suggested.

"What does Lee think?" She asked.

I looked at Lee, waiting for an answer. "I don't know." He said. I glared directly into his eyes, which is the only time he's intimidated by me. "All right! She can come." He finally said.

"It's okay! When will you be here?" I asked her.

"Give me thirty minutes, and I'll be on my way!"

"Okay! Bye, Kali!"

"Bye, Kai!"

I waited for her to hang up, before I did. "You better start hiding all the high tech stuff." I told them. Give it a minute. Three, two, one, and... everyone ran downstairs to hide the equipment. I would've laughed, if not for the fact my ribs were killing me.

I lied back, putting my cell on my night stand, and closed my eyes, tired still, and fell asleep.

--

I felt someone shaking my shoulder, softly,...the guys aren't complete idiots. I slowly, opened my eyes, once more. I turned to my left, and saw Ray standing with Kali.

Kali had hair of a very dark purple, almost black. Her eyes were crystaline blue, and her skin was slightly darker than my own. She was wearing her red, spagetti strapped top, and a black miniskirt, with light blue pants underneathe. She was holding her favorite jean jacket in her arms, and her black bag was hanging over one shoulder.

She was staring at me, rather worried. "Hey, Kali." I said. She smiled, slightly, concern was still in her eyes.

"Hey, Kai!" She said, trying to hide the care in her voice. She was slowly losing her touch.

Something crashed, and now I'm hearing Lee, and Tala. "Ray, could you shut the door?" I asked. Ray nodded, and left shutting the door behind him.

Kali walked forward, placing her jacket on the chair that was at my computer desk, and her bag on the floor, near my bed. She, then sat next to me, on my bed, starting stroke some of my hair behind my ear. She was a good friend, but she was acting like a girlfriend. I guess it's how girls react to visible injury. "So, are you, like, okay? How did...this happen?" She asked. I knew she'd ask that question, first.

I sighed, and answered with the best lie I could think of. "Remember how Tala, and I like to arm wrestle?" I asked. This is very true; we arm wrestled one time, and when Tala won, he broke my arm, and since it was in the past, it wasn't a complete lie. It was over vacation, when she went to Venice, to visit her grandparents; half italian, half russian, she always had vacations running back, and forth between the two countries. Kali nodded at me. "Well, we arm wrestled, yesterday afternoon, and he slammed my arm down, so hard, we heard a bone or two crack. We called Lee, and I was already being dragged to the car. However, the idiots still didn't move the pipe, so just as they were rushing me, I hit my head, and fell. Next thing I know, I wake up in my bed." I finished.

She looked down, and stared at me chest, the one part that revealed the guaze across it. She bent down, and touched it, making me let out a light yell. "And what about this?" She yelled.

Now, of course, since I can still lie, easily, I just needed to pull a good enough act. I looked down at the guaze, acting confused, then turned to her. "I don't remember. I think it might have happened earlier, but Lee said it was a pretty bad concussion, so somethings might be blocked out. I'll tell you as soon as I can, though." I said, wearily.

She shook her head. "You don't have to! Just, promise me you'll take it easy, okay?" She said, placing a hand on mine. I nodded.

"No worries." I said in the same tone. I was mad tired, still. My were trying to close, but I forced them open.

"Okay!...Are you sure you're well enough for this, Kai?" She asked. I chuckled, weakly.

"It's just studying! It's not like wear running the mile, or anything, right?" I said. She nodded.

"Okay!" She said. Kali opened her bag, got out a textbook, and notepad, and opened them. She reached back in, a pen in hand, and we got started.

-- One Hour Later

"Okay! So, the Mongols were originally...?" I quized her.

"The huns." She answered.

"And they formed...?" I asked.

"Mongolia." She said confidentilly.

"And then, took over...?" I asked.

"Russia!" She said.

"After a whole hour of review, I am proud to say you are ready for that test." I said, smiling. I only do it around her. The whole nice thing, but around everyone else, forget it!

I heard rushed feet coming coming up the rooms, and a door soon bursted open. I turned my head, and saw Tyson. "Kali, you may wanna leave." He warned, exhausted. That couldn't mean good news.

"Why?" She asked.

"Hillary accidentily overheard that Kali was here, and she's coming with Ming Ming, and Mariah to 'congradulate,' you two." He warned.

Though I looked calm, inside, I panicked. Them visiting was bad enough, but if Kali was here, surviving was at minimum of less than 1%. And injured? Even less.

Kali, quickly packed up her things. "Thanks Kai!" She said, rushing out of my room. Tyson didn't do anything until we heard the back door slam.

He let out a held breath. "What's with you?" I asked.

"I was put on Hillary watch, today, so that way, they didn't know you were hurt." Tyson explained.

It made sense. Still I had to be ready for the joyride that was coming to our doorstep. Rest, was now completely out of the question.

sry it took so long! hope ya liked it!