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700 Days of Summer CH 10

A/N: Yep I am back from finals and chapter 10 is here.  I am probably going to get this story done this summer and I am going to work quicker than during the weeks I had school.  Special thanks to Scooby82101 for looking over this and let's get this going.

Mikage's pov:

If I thought school had gone by fast than summer was going even quicker.  We mainly used it to relax or have fun which is nothing really new for teens.  Not that I was really complaining as it was refreshing to have all this free time, but I always feel like we should do something a little bit more than just sleep. All of these thoughts came to mind again when I saw my calendar, and saw it was the first of August. I was quite frankly surprised, since I didn't expect time to fly by that fast.  While getting dressed I started to worry about if I should use the rest of the break to continue sleeping or do something more. Not only did I want to do something for myself, wanted Jack to do more than just sleep. Same goes for our other friends.

So naturally I called up Jack, Aki and Yusei to come over. While waiting for them I took out a notepad and jotted down some ideas. We did need a starting point, so why not? When they came to my place, we sat on the couch where we used a bit of the day to talk about what to do with our remaining time off. Out of nowhere the subject changed to our favorite songs of all time.  I am quite frankly still amazed at how conversations can change topics in an instant.  But still we did have fun discussing music and how different our tastes could be.  Yusei went up first, standing up as if to give a speech. Jack rolled his eyes with Aki and I smiling in support.

"Well for me, my favorite song is "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. Whenever I want to get energized and fired up, that's the song I put on."  I could tell why he would pick that, it is indeed a very powerful song.  Plus with Eminem's harsh background in the streets, I can see how Yusei could relate.  Aki patted her boyfriend on the back complimenting on his good taste.

It was then her turn with Aki brushed a stray lock from her eyes before she started.

"For me I have to go with "Kiss Me Deadly" by Lita Ford, I just love me some 80s metal!"  Aki's choice defined her energy and charisma plus being a tough girl, naturally it seemed she would pick a tough song.  Jack then cleared his throat for what he had to say.

""Back in Black" by AC/DC is just pure rock at some of its best."  Jack said putting a lot of emphasis on how much he loved the song. It makes sense considering it is an energetic song.  Now everyone was looking at me.

I felt my stomach twist into knots from the looks while my hands clawed at the hem of my skirt. "Umm for me...I think my favorite is TLC's "Waterfalls".  I just love the message behind the song and music too, it's just amazing."  I like songs with very positive messages to follow life by and out of a lot of songs I heard, Waterfalls came off the strongest to me...plus I love 90s hip hop.

Yusei nodded his head with a thoughtful look on his face while Aki smiled at me with encouragement in her eyes. I gave her a tiny smile back before glancing over at my boyfriend; Jack was quiet for a moment before he suddenly started speaking.

"Actually, I heard some of the rest of the group's favorite songs, Crow's is "Like a Rolling Stone", for Kiryu it's "I Walk the Line", Sherry's is "Lady Marmalade", Misty's is "Digital Love" and Bruno's is "One Week"...Don't know what's Carly's though."  Jack sighed as he shut his eyes with him leaning back into the couch, arms crossed. I exchanged glances with Aki and Yusei before looking back at Jack. He let out an awkward cough as he then said, "Hers is Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend"." He trained his eyes onto our friends who raised their brows. "Carly had a crush on me for a long time. She sang that song to me a few years back...as well as in front of Mika."

I patted Jack's arm as he let out a sigh at the memory. "We were minding our own business when she did it. Reason she did it is because she thought Mikage and I were dating at the time. You can imagine what her reaction was when she found out. But she's over the crush now." Before our friends could add their thoughts then suddenly we heard footsteps come in the room. We turned around to see it was my little sister Kaoru, holding a plushy of a red dragon with three horns on its head coming inside.

"Oh, Mikage, so is this your little sister?"  Jack asked me in a rather uncharacteristically good mood, I guess he wanted to be happy in front of the little girl.  I wasn't sure what to say at my sister's interruption so I nodded yes.  He stood up then and walked over to her where he held his arm out, offering a handshake.  However, Kaoru looked at Jack and then to me before turning back to Jack and to me again.  "Please Mika-chan, don't let him eat me or you at you guys' wedding."  Jack gained an "oh god that was humiliating, I must act like it was nothing" type of smile while the rest of us laughed...before I realized what her last words were to which I blushed.  Jack chuckled nervously before trying to talk to Kaoru again.

Jack knelt down before Kaoru who was still giving him strange looks. "Well umm Kaoru, I am not marrying your sister right now."  Kaoru suddenly looked angry and huffed, which when a 6 year old did it, it was actually pretty cute.

"What?  Is she not good enough for you?"  Suddenly it stopped being cute and just awkward.  No one knew if they should laugh or not.  Suddenly our mother came in and started dragging Kaoru upstairs with Kaoru growling and struggling to break the grip. Thank you mother.

"OK!  Mommy is never watching her TV shows while you are in the room ever again!  Come on, go play with your dolls."  Mom chirped happily with Kaoru still growling. Jack sighed in relief when Mom managed to get her to her room upstairs.  Jack sat down on the arm chair next to me when we all heard Mom's voice again. "OH!  By the way, Mikage!  I forgot to tell you, today your advisory teacher is coming to meet you!"  My mother shouted from the top of the stairs before we heard a door upstairs shut.

I gasped in shock while grabbing the sides of my head.  I had completely forgotten about the teacher coming! Normally I am very responsible with meetings, jobs and other work in that regard.  That day however, I was focused more on how to use the rest of the summer.  Though I calmed down quickly knowing that he probably wouldn't arrive for a while...before the doorbell rang.  My friends apologized for coming at such a time though I forgave them because it was my mistake. I got up from my spot where I worried that if my teacher was strict, he would not like that I forgot something like this.  I walked over to the door and opened it slowly.  The slow opening however made me realize that he was looking more and more familiar.

"Why hello Mikage, didn't expect me to be your advisory teacher twice now did you?"  Mr. Divine said in a humorous tone.  My eyes were widened along with the smile on my face in this revelation.  I moved back so he could enter and the group welcomed him in as well.  He smiled with a bit embarrassment prevalent.  He sat down on the couch and I sat down along beside him.  He pulled out various books and papers and looked at them carefully, we all then watched in amazement as our advisory teacher tossed the things to the side.  I was a bit surprised by his actions needless to say.

"I already know you from last year unless somehow you changed your personality, history and medical conditions during this summer."  I smiled at his joke and he looked at the rest of the group and they began to look at him nervously.

"Luckily it seems I'll be able to finish a lot of my meetings today as you three are also in my advisory."  They looked at each other excitedly then as Divine delivered the news.  I have to admit I was excited too, just being with my friends in the same advisory was something to look forward to when school started back up again.

"Thank you very much Mr. Divine, would you like to stay for a little while?"  I asked him.

"Oh well, thank you very much, but I am afraid I can't..."  Divine tried to say but he stopped midway as his expression changed from a smile to an expression of quite surprise.  I was bit curious by his change and looked to the direction of his eyes and became confused by what he saw.  Not that what he saw was strange but the thing he was reacting to was actually normal.  It was my own mother.

"Mis..Misako?  I guess I should have known considering the blue hair but...wow."  My mother smiled at his realization. She chuckled. "Well sorry I missed meeting you last year at parent teacher night...two years in a row; sorry my job keeps me busy.  But it's amazing to see you again."  I was looking at the two of them surprised. How did Mr. Divine know my mother when they never even met?

"So wait...you guys know each other?"  Aki asked confused with a brow perked.  Divine, smiling, looked over towards her and Yusei.  He nodded lightly.

"Actually I have known her since I was a child.  You see we used to be friends during elementary school and we used to have fun together.  We were still friends even during high school, but we had to separate during college. Her to medical school and myself to becoming a teacher."  My mother walked towards the couch and sat down next to him.  Divine looked at her and sighed gently.

"You are just as beautiful as you were in high school."  My mother blushed a little at his comment, smiling in embarrassment he smiled at her.

"Well you have not changed much either, not even that hair of yours."  Divine covered up his hair, blushing as well.  "Hey so I failed to do the Fonz look, I can't get it change it, I grew up with it."  My mother laughed at his defense.

"Not just that, you kept your nickname, instead of your real name."  We all looked at her confused and my mother sighed knowing that she would have to explain things.

"A while ago we picked names out of the dictionary that we thought were cool to have as our nicknames.  Divine's used to be Alexander Sayer but he thought Divine was his real name, he thought it was cooler so he called himself that.  Meanwhile he called me Harmony because he thought it fit me." Mother smiled softly at I and the group.

Suddenly, Aki's cat eyes expanded to levels I never thought they could before.  She seemed so shocked but I just looked at her dumbfounded.  Why was she amazed at my mother's nickname?  I looked back at the two, was there something more that I was not getting?  Before I could analyze further, Divine stood up and stretched a little.

"Well I have to leave, I have to talk to a couple more kids, but before I do, Mikage I must say you are beginning to look so much like your mother."  I smile at his compliment while a faint blush appeared on my face. I then showed him the way out and he waved goodbye to my mother, saying that he was glad to see her again.  But all the while I kept looking back to Aki who seemed really excited about something, why was she so excited?  After Divine left, Aki ran over to me with great speed.

"We need to talk about something privately, let's all go to your room!"  Before I could protest, Aki linked her arm with mine and dragged me towards the stairs.  Aki gathered all of us and took us upstairs.

I made a "shhhh" motion telling them to be quiet so we would not alert Kaoru which is the last thing we wanted to do while she was in bed.  We entered my room two rooms down from Kaoru's and Aki locked the door, needless to say we were a bit confused by her actions.  Aki looked towards us and sighed as she sat down on the chair by my desk and we all sat down on my bed.  It was a very strange atmosphere, why was she doing all of this?

"Umm Aki, what is this all about?"   Yusei asked his girlfriend, a faint awkward laugh coming from his mouth.

Taking in a deep breath, Aki began to pace back and forth as she began to talk. "Ok, so...A long time ago when I was really young.  I went exploring through Divine's house at a dinner party because you know, we all go exploring in other people's houses whenever..." Aki said awkwardly before Jack interrupted telling her to get on with it with annoyance showing in his voice.

"Alright, well I found a box in Divine's office which I opened.  Inside was a letter written by him, but not just any letter, it was one with a heart sticker sealing it."  Suddenly we were all interested in the story.  Who was the letter for?  Why would he keep it in a box in his room?  Yusei made a "Go on" gesture telling her to keep going.

"Well when I read it...ok the details are sketchy so…but here is what I remember." Aki then to speak in a soft voice as if she was reading one of our romance novels.  "To Harmony, I know it's near the end of our high school years, where we make our way into the adult and stop acting like children. But there is something I wanted to-- must tell you something. I love you, I know this may come as a surprise, but I really believe I do. Even if we have to separate, I wanted to tell you this before you go. I don't care if you reject me or we separate, I just want you to know that I do love you and I will always be there for you. No matter where our paths may lead, I will still try to help you however I can. Love Divine."

Aki looked around briefly before continuing. "I did not ask him about it because I did not want to get in trouble, but I always wondered who Harmony was; now we know."  Aki said aloud.

We all looked at Aki shocked, especially me and soon the two boys were looking at me surprised too.  I could not believe what I just heard; our advisory teacher had a crush on my own mother.  This was something that I could not just ignore, this was something big.  A bit of blush appeared on my face from hearing it.

"I just don't know what I'm going to do now.  I can't look at Divine the same way again."  I then noticed Aki rubbing her chin with her eyes closed, no doubt coming up with an idea.  I then noticed she snapped her fingers, what was going through her head?

"Why don't we set Ms. Sagiri and Divine up for a date?"  We all looked Aki like she said that she wanted create an atom bomb.  Where did that come from?  Why would she bring that up?  What was the thought process behind that?  Blush dyed my face completely red and I had no idea what to say to his idea.  Aki obviously noticed this and chuckled at our dumbfounded faces.

"Divine obviously loved her and there is chance he still loves her.  So I think because your mom has gone through a lot of bad times I think it would be nice to give her someone who cares about her like this."  I looked at Aki eagerly, though I looked away nervous.  Aki asked me what was wrong

"Well...it would be a bit awkward having my teacher date my mother."  Aki looked at me worried; she had completely neglected how I felt about it.  Though I looked towards her and sighed. "But she does deserve someone as nice as Divine and I want to see her happy.  So I think it's a good idea."  I looked at Jack and Yusei who nodded along in agreement.  Aki stood up and pointed her finger towards the ceiling energetically.

"Then it's settled!  Operation get Mika's mom and Divine together is in motion!"  Aki proclaimed and we all laughed a little at her motion.  We all huddled together to work out the plan so that we know what to do.  While in that huddle I kept thinking about what it would be like to have Divine as my mom's boyfriend.  I could imagine Kaoru being happy that she has a new playmate and Divine could be a really helpful person for me and the rest of my family.  I'd imagine he would always be there for us.  He would be just like a father.

Father....

In all of this I completely neglected that fact.  If they got married, that would make Divine my stepfather.  Don't get me wrong, having Divine as my step-dad could be fun but I can't just ignore my father.  While he did lose control, before that he was a nice man and we had fun together.  He was not as smart as Divine, but he still loved to play with me and taught me some rules in life I still follow to this day.  While I wanted Divine to be with my mother and possibly be my stepfather, I swore to myself I would not forget about my father still.

A/N:  Please leave reviews or comments below and I will get the next chapter done soon.

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700 Days of Summer CH 10

A/N: Yep I am back from finals and chapter 10 is here.  I am probably going to get this story done this summer and I am going to work quicker than during the weeks I had school.  Special thanks to Scooby82101 for looking over this and let's get this going.

Mikage's pov:

If I thought school had gone by fast than summer was going even quicker.  We mainly used it to relax or have fun which is nothing really new for teens.  Not that I was really complaining as it was refreshing to have all this free time, but I always feel like we should do something a little bit more than just sleep. All of these thoughts came to mind again when I saw my calendar, and saw it was the first of August. I was quite frankly surprised, since I didn't expect time to fly by that fast.  While getting dressed I started to worry about if I should use the rest of the break to continue sleeping or do something more. Not only did I want to do something for myself, wanted Jack to do more than just sleep. Same goes for our other friends.

So naturally I called up Jack, Aki and Yusei to come over. While waiting for them I took out a notepad and jotted down some ideas. We did need a starting point, so why not? When they came to my place, we sat on the couch where we used a bit of the day to talk about what to do with our remaining time off. Out of nowhere the subject changed to our favorite songs of all time.  I am quite frankly still amazed at how conversations can change topics in an instant.  But still we did have fun discussing music and how different our tastes could be.  Yusei went up first, standing up as if to give a speech. Jack rolled his eyes with Aki and I smiling in support.

"Well for me, my favorite song is "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. Whenever I want to get energized and fired up, that's the song I put on."  I could tell why he would pick that, it is indeed a very powerful song.  Plus with Eminem's harsh background in the streets, I can see how Yusei could relate.  Aki patted her boyfriend on the back complimenting on his good taste.

It was then her turn with Aki brushed a stray lock from her eyes before she started.

"For me I have to go with "Kiss Me Deadly" by Lita Ford, I just love me some 80s metal!"  Aki's choice defined her energy and charisma plus being a tough girl, naturally it seemed she would pick a tough song.  Jack then cleared his throat for what he had to say.

""Back in Black" by AC/DC is just pure rock at some of its best."  Jack said putting a lot of emphasis on how much he loved the song. It makes sense considering it is an energetic song.  Now everyone was looking at me.

I felt my stomach twist into knots from the looks while my hands clawed at the hem of my skirt. "Umm for me...I think my favorite is TLC's "Waterfalls".  I just love the message behind the song and music too, it's just amazing."  I like songs with very positive messages to follow life by and out of a lot of songs I heard, Waterfalls came off the strongest to me...plus I love 90s hip hop.

Yusei nodded his head with a thoughtful look on his face while Aki smiled at me with encouragement in her eyes. I gave her a tiny smile back before glancing over at my boyfriend; Jack was quiet for a moment before he suddenly started speaking.

"Actually, I heard some of the rest of the group's favorite songs, Crow's is "Like a Rolling Stone", for Kiryu it's "I Walk the Line", Sherry's is "Lady Marmalade", Misty's is "Digital Love" and Bruno's is "One Week"...Don't know what's Carly's though."  Jack sighed as he shut his eyes with him leaning back into the couch, arms crossed. I exchanged glances with Aki and Yusei before looking back at Jack. He let out an awkward cough as he then said, "Hers is Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend"." He trained his eyes onto our friends who raised their brows. "Carly had a crush on me for a long time. She sang that song to me a few years back...as well as in front of Mika."

I patted Jack's arm as he let out a sigh at the memory. "We were minding our own business when she did it. Reason she did it is because she thought Mikage and I were dating at the time. You can imagine what her reaction was when she found out. But she's over the crush now." Before our friends could add their thoughts then suddenly we heard footsteps come in the room. We turned around to see it was my little sister Kaoru, holding a plushy of a red dragon with three horns on its head coming inside.

"Oh, Mikage, so is this your little sister?"  Jack asked me in a rather uncharacteristically good mood, I guess he wanted to be happy in front of the little girl.  I wasn't sure what to say at my sister's interruption so I nodded yes.  He stood up then and walked over to her where he held his arm out, offering a handshake.  However, Kaoru looked at Jack and then to me before turning back to Jack and to me again.  "Please Mika-chan, don't let him eat me or you at you guys' wedding."  Jack gained an "oh god that was humiliating, I must act like it was nothing" type of smile while the rest of us laughed...before I realized what her last words were to which I blushed.  Jack chuckled nervously before trying to talk to Kaoru again.

Jack knelt down before Kaoru who was still giving him strange looks. "Well umm Kaoru, I am not marrying your sister right now."  Kaoru suddenly looked angry and huffed, which when a 6 year old did it, it was actually pretty cute.

"What?  Is she not good enough for you?"  Suddenly it stopped being cute and just awkward.  No one knew if they should laugh or not.  Suddenly our mother came in and started dragging Kaoru upstairs with Kaoru growling and struggling to break the grip. Thank you mother.

"OK!  Mommy is never watching her TV shows while you are in the room ever again!  Come on, go play with your dolls."  Mom chirped happily with Kaoru still growling. Jack sighed in relief when Mom managed to get her to her room upstairs.  Jack sat down on the arm chair next to me when we all heard Mom's voice again. "OH!  By the way, Mikage!  I forgot to tell you, today your advisory teacher is coming to meet you!"  My mother shouted from the top of the stairs before we heard a door upstairs shut.

I gasped in shock while grabbing the sides of my head.  I had completely forgotten about the teacher coming! Normally I am very responsible with meetings, jobs and other work in that regard.  That day however, I was focused more on how to use the rest of the summer.  Though I calmed down quickly knowing that he probably wouldn't arrive for a while...before the doorbell rang.  My friends apologized for coming at such a time though I forgave them because it was my mistake. I got up from my spot where I worried that if my teacher was strict, he would not like that I forgot something like this.  I walked over to the door and opened it slowly.  The slow opening however made me realize that he was looking more and more familiar.

"Why hello Mikage, didn't expect me to be your advisory teacher twice now did you?"  Mr. Divine said in a humorous tone.  My eyes were widened along with the smile on my face in this revelation.  I moved back so he could enter and the group welcomed him in as well.  He smiled with a bit embarrassment prevalent.  He sat down on the couch and I sat down along beside him.  He pulled out various books and papers and looked at them carefully, we all then watched in amazement as our advisory teacher tossed the things to the side.  I was a bit surprised by his actions needless to say.

"I already know you from last year unless somehow you changed your personality, history and medical conditions during this summer."  I smiled at his joke and he looked at the rest of the group and they began to look at him nervously.

"Luckily it seems I'll be able to finish a lot of my meetings today as you three are also in my advisory."  They looked at each other excitedly then as Divine delivered the news.  I have to admit I was excited too, just being with my friends in the same advisory was something to look forward to when school started back up again.

"Thank you very much Mr. Divine, would you like to stay for a little while?"  I asked him.

"Oh well, thank you very much, but I am afraid I can't..."  Divine tried to say but he stopped midway as his expression changed from a smile to an expression of quite surprise.  I was bit curious by his change and looked to the direction of his eyes and became confused by what he saw.  Not that what he saw was strange but the thing he was reacting to was actually normal.  It was my own mother.

"Mis..Misako?  I guess I should have known considering the blue hair but...wow."  My mother smiled at his realization. She chuckled. "Well sorry I missed meeting you last year at parent teacher night...two years in a row; sorry my job keeps me busy.  But it's amazing to see you again."  I was looking at the two of them surprised. How did Mr. Divine know my mother when they never even met?

"So wait...you guys know each other?"  Aki asked confused with a brow perked.  Divine, smiling, looked over towards her and Yusei.  He nodded lightly.

"Actually I have known her since I was a child.  You see we used to be friends during elementary school and we used to have fun together.  We were still friends even during high school, but we had to separate during college. Her to medical school and myself to becoming a teacher."  My mother walked towards the couch and sat down next to him.  Divine looked at her and sighed gently.

"You are just as beautiful as you were in high school."  My mother blushed a little at his comment, smiling in embarrassment he smiled at her.

"Well you have not changed much either, not even that hair of yours."  Divine covered up his hair, blushing as well.  "Hey so I failed to do the Fonz look, I can't get it change it, I grew up with it."  My mother laughed at his defense.

"Not just that, you kept your nickname, instead of your real name."  We all looked at her confused and my mother sighed knowing that she would have to explain things.

"A while ago we picked names out of the dictionary that we thought were cool to have as our nicknames.  Divine's used to be Alexander Sayer but he thought Divine was his real name, he thought it was cooler so he called himself that.  Meanwhile he called me Harmony because he thought it fit me." Mother smiled softly at I and the group.

Suddenly, Aki's cat eyes expanded to levels I never thought they could before.  She seemed so shocked but I just looked at her dumbfounded.  Why was she amazed at my mother's nickname?  I looked back at the two, was there something more that I was not getting?  Before I could analyze further, Divine stood up and stretched a little.

"Well I have to leave, I have to talk to a couple more kids, but before I do, Mikage I must say you are beginning to look so much like your mother."  I smile at his compliment while a faint blush appeared on my face. I then showed him the way out and he waved goodbye to my mother, saying that he was glad to see her again.  But all the while I kept looking back to Aki who seemed really excited about something, why was she so excited?  After Divine left, Aki ran over to me with great speed.

"We need to talk about something privately, let's all go to your room!"  Before I could protest, Aki linked her arm with mine and dragged me towards the stairs.  Aki gathered all of us and took us upstairs.

I made a "shhhh" motion telling them to be quiet so we would not alert Kaoru which is the last thing we wanted to do while she was in bed.  We entered my room two rooms down from Kaoru's and Aki locked the door, needless to say we were a bit confused by her actions.  Aki looked towards us and sighed as she sat down on the chair by my desk and we all sat down on my bed.  It was a very strange atmosphere, why was she doing all of this?

"Umm Aki, what is this all about?"   Yusei asked his girlfriend, a faint awkward laugh coming from his mouth.

Taking in a deep breath, Aki began to pace back and forth as she began to talk. "Ok, so...A long time ago when I was really young.  I went exploring through Divine's house at a dinner party because you know, we all go exploring in other people's houses whenever..." Aki said awkwardly before Jack interrupted telling her to get on with it with annoyance showing in his voice.

"Alright, well I found a box in Divine's office which I opened.  Inside was a letter written by him, but not just any letter, it was one with a heart sticker sealing it."  Suddenly we were all interested in the story.  Who was the letter for?  Why would he keep it in a box in his room?  Yusei made a "Go on" gesture telling her to keep going.

"Well when I read it...ok the details are sketchy so…but here is what I remember." Aki then to speak in a soft voice as if she was reading one of our romance novels.  "To Harmony, I know it's near the end of our high school years, where we make our way into the adult and stop acting like children. But there is something I wanted to-- must tell you something. I love you, I know this may come as a surprise, but I really believe I do. Even if we have to separate, I wanted to tell you this before you go. I don't care if you reject me or we separate, I just want you to know that I do love you and I will always be there for you. No matter where our paths may lead, I will still try to help you however I can. Love Divine."

Aki looked around briefly before continuing. "I did not ask him about it because I did not want to get in trouble, but I always wondered who Harmony was; now we know."  Aki said aloud.

We all looked at Aki shocked, especially me and soon the two boys were looking at me surprised too.  I could not believe what I just heard; our advisory teacher had a crush on my own mother.  This was something that I could not just ignore, this was something big.  A bit of blush appeared on my face from hearing it.

"I just don't know what I'm going to do now.  I can't look at Divine the same way again."  I then noticed Aki rubbing her chin with her eyes closed, no doubt coming up with an idea.  I then noticed she snapped her fingers, what was going through her head?

"Why don't we set Ms. Sagiri and Divine up for a date?"  We all looked Aki like she said that she wanted create an atom bomb.  Where did that come from?  Why would she bring that up?  What was the thought process behind that?  Blush dyed my face completely red and I had no idea what to say to his idea.  Aki obviously noticed this and chuckled at our dumbfounded faces.

"Divine obviously loved her and there is chance he still loves her.  So I think because your mom has gone through a lot of bad times I think it would be nice to give her someone who cares about her like this."  I looked at Aki eagerly, though I looked away nervous.  Aki asked me what was wrong

"Well...it would be a bit awkward having my teacher date my mother."  Aki looked at me worried; she had completely neglected how I felt about it.  Though I looked towards her and sighed. "But she does deserve someone as nice as Divine and I want to see her happy.  So I think it's a good idea."  I looked at Jack and Yusei who nodded along in agreement.  Aki stood up and pointed her finger towards the ceiling energetically.

"Then it's settled!  Operation get Mika's mom and Divine together is in motion!"  Aki proclaimed and we all laughed a little at her motion.  We all huddled together to work out the plan so that we know what to do.  While in that huddle I kept thinking about what it would be like to have Divine as my mom's boyfriend.  I could imagine Kaoru being happy that she has a new playmate and Divine could be a really helpful person for me and the rest of my family.  I'd imagine he would always be there for us.  He would be just like a father.

Father....

In all of this I completely neglected that fact.  If they got married, that would make Divine my stepfather.  Don't get me wrong, having Divine as my step-dad could be fun but I can't just ignore my father.  While he did lose control, before that he was a nice man and we had fun together.  He was not as smart as Divine, but he still loved to play with me and taught me some rules in life I still follow to this day.  While I wanted Divine to be with my mother and possibly be my stepfather, I swore to myself I would not forget about my father still.

A/N:  Please leave reviews or comments below and I will get the next chapter done soon.