[ If Evan knew, she didn't know what she could do.] The next day, Kari was driven to school by Evan. He had gotten up early in the morning. Kari couldn't remember much but Evan jumping on her to wake her up after she hit the snooze button three times. Kari was pissed at him. Evan tried his hardest to cheer her up. "Kari, what do you get when you cross a Goth and a prep?" "One pissed of Goth and a dead prep," she said. Evan laughed. That got Kari to smile. "See, I got you to smile." "Yeah, and that is how close you are going to get," she said as he parked the car. "Come on, Kar. Is it that hard to be happy?" "Yes," she replied getting out. Evan had to run to catch up with her. He jumped in front of her and smiled with his eyes closed. This made Kari laugh. "See, I got you to laugh!" "Evan, you are an idiot." "Thank you." Kari laughed more. "What's so funny?" asked Kat, comming up to them. "Nothing," Kari replied. "And I'm serious." "Awe! You're no fun!" Evan yelled. Kari hit him. Kat began to laugh. Evan was laughing too. "You two are immature," Kari said. "Uh, look who you are talking to," said Evan. "Hey, that doesn't apply to me," Kat said. "Are you sure?" Kari said under her breath. The taunting continued down the hall. Kari didn't laugh once. So, Evan picked her up and carried her to her locker. "Evan! Put me down!" Kari yelled. "Alright." Kari hit the ground on her knees. A sharp pain went up her leg with BLEED carved in it. She stood slowly, trying not to open the scars. Evan's smile disappeared. Kat didn't know what was going on. "You okay?" he asked. "What do you think?" Kari asked shitty. "I'm sorry. I really am." "Don't be. I'm fine," she replied getting into her locker. The bell rang. Kat looked at Kari. "Got to go. Have fun first period. I'll see you at lunch." "Alright." Kari closed her locker as Kat went the other direction from the one she was heading. Evan still stood beside her. "Where are you going?" "I have Artistic Chior next." "Are you joking me?" "No, why? You have it too?" "Yeah." "This should be interesting." Kari rolled her eyes. She entered the classroom first. Mr. Thomas looked at Kari. "Hello, Hikari. Welcome to your first day of this chior." Kari smiled. Evan came in. "Hey, Mr. Thomas. I can't believe you let Kari be in the same class as me!" "I did? I'm so sorry, Hikari." "That's alright. I just beat him upside the head anyway. And it's Kari," she said. The bell rang. Mr. Thomas called the class into session. "Alright. This is Kari. You will all welcome her into our chior or suffer an eternal death." Some of the class laughed. Evan booed. Kari rolled her eyes. "Evan, shut up. Now, today we will pick our groups. I need all of the drummers over there. All of the bassist, there and the guitars, there. All of the singers here next to me." Kari stood where she was at. Evan walked over to the guitar area. Kari smiled. She hoped that she could be with Evan. "Alright. We will have the drummers go first. Then the bassists. The guitars then the singers. Now, get in an order." Kari had to sit through tons of bad drummers until she found the one good enough to play for her. His name was Daniel. He was Goth, like Kari. Next came the bassists. Kari swore that her eardrums had both busted. There were three good ones. Their names were Tyler, Hannah, and Jason. Kari nearly cringed when she saw Jason. He winked at her. Evan nearly killed him. The guitars went next. Evan was first. He blasted all of the others away. Kari cheered for him. "Thank you, thank you," he said bowing. "That's enough, Evan," Mr. Thomas said. Evan sat down next to Kari. "Do you think that he will put us together?" "I thought we picked out groups." "No, he puts the best with the best. Daniel and most likely Jason and I will be together. You just better blow them away." Kari cringed at Jason's name. She hated the fact that they were in a class together. She just plain hated him. Finally, the singers got to go. Kari went last. She became nervous when the girl in front of her, Lindsay, just blew the band away. Kari hesitated. She had to figure out what song to sing. "Kari, it's your turn. You got a song?" "Um, yeah," she lied. "Well, hurry up and give it to me," Mr. Thomas said. Kari knew that he wanted her to just blow the others hopes away. She didn't know what to sing. So, she decided to sing "Breathe No More". "Not this one, Kari. I know you can sing it." "Please. This is the only one that I can think of." "Here, how about another one on this CD?" "Alright. Number 7. It is called Farther Away." "Fine," Mr. Thomas said turning to the song. Kari felt the music in her body. She let it surround her soul. Then, she sang. "I took their smiles and made them mine I sold my soul just to hide the light Now, I see what I really am A theif, a whore, and a liar I run to you Call out your name I see you there Farther Away I'm numb to you Numb and deaf and blind You give me all but the reason why I reach but I feel only air and night Not you, not love, just nothing I run to you Call out your name I see you there Farther away Try to forget you But without you I feel nothing Don't leave me here By myself I can't breathe I run to you Call out your name I see you there Farther away Farther away Farther away Farther away Farther away Farther away" The whole chior began to clap. Kari blushed. "That was excellent, Kari. You are in out main group!" Kari blushed more. Evan came up to her and hugged her. "Tomorrow, you will see who you are going to be paired with." Kari looked at Mr. Thomas. She walked over to him. "I have a favor." "What is it?" "Could you not put Jason and I in the same group." "Why?" "Let's just say that I don't like him for personal reasons." "Alright. I won't. I wasn't going to anyway." "Thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me." "It's alright, Kari. There's the bell. Go to second." Kari nodded and walked out of the classroom. She heard Jason call after her. Evan was waiting for her. He turned to Jason. "Fuck off. She hates you, dumb ass." Jason stopped. Kari looked at Evan. "Thank you...so much." "I know how much you hate him, but I don't know why." "I'm not ready to tell," Kari said speeding up. Evan paused. "She has so many secrets inside. I hope they don't come down and crush her. I can't live without her." ------- AWE! HOW SWEET! Help me find my sweet suicide...Kari