16. Happy Endings

Kairi POV

I peered inside. Sydney was still asleep. This was weird because I could have sworn I heard screaming. I stepped inside and saw Joe still sitting beside Sydney. I had been in here a while ago and Joe and I had discussed the prophecy. We figured most of it out. Sydney was the new evil and the kiss would have been the kiss of darkness. We figured the rest of it would work itself out.

"You should get some rest too," I said.

"I'm fine." He spoke without even looking up at me.

"Joe, if you don't, you'll be too sick to even see Syd when she wakes up."

"She was awake. I convinced her to go back to sleep like the doctors wanted." What? Sydney was insanely rebellious. No one could ever get her to do anything. Unless… oh now that is cute!

I smiled. "Fine, fine."

Sydney mumbled something in her sleep and rolled over. Joe sat up, slightly worried.

"You should calm down. She's just dreaming."

"She's had some pretty bad dreams before." He sat back. He looked like he was remembering something. The bad dream thing I could understand. Being a goddess she probably had bad dreams all the time. Being an extremely powerful goddess those dreams were probably vivid. She mumbled again. Did she talk in her sleep a lot or something? I looked back at Joe. He was staring at Sydney. I felt bad for him. First, his friend turns evil, now she's passed out, and in the hospital. Poor kid.

"You really care about her, don't you?"

Joe looked up at me, then back at Sydney. "Well… I guess."

I smiled. They would look cute together, but what about Cody? I mean, when I was following Sydney around, I always thought she and him were an adorable couple, but… Joe and Sydney would look so much better. Hehehe. Goodbye, Codney. Hello Jodney.

"You know she's gonna have to leave with me. I have to take her to the Spirit Realm to unShadow her."

He looked back up at me. "Yeah. It's just-"

"I know, but the sooner we leave, the better."

"Yeah." He stared at Sydney.

"I'm sorry. I have to wake her up. You should leave. If you're here when we go, well, things could happen to you."

Joe sighed and stood up. "Ok." He took one last look at Sydney, then, even though I knew he hated it, left.

Joe POV

I slowly walked home. I had something I needed to do. Granted, I should have done it a while ago, but I was acting stupid. I stepped into my house. "Mom?"

My mom poked her head around the corner and smiled. She ran up to me. "Joe! Thank goodness you're alright!" She stepped back. "But I guess you're still mad at me."

I shook my head. "No, I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry."

She looked up at me. "No, I'm sorry. I should have told you sooner."

I smiled at her and she smiled back. I put my good arm around her and she hugged me back. Finally, we were happy.