It was Thursday, the day before the big farewell dance at Bevelle High. I was going over my cousin Yunie's house to pick out a dress to wear for the dance. It all started two days ago. Flashback
"Hey Yunie!"
"Hello Rikku. How's your first day of school going?" she asked.
"It's a lot of fun," she said "but I don't have a dress for the farewell dance. I really want to try to impress that Gippal guy."
"Why bother Rikku! He would probably just look right through you."
"I just wanted to see if he'd notice me Yunie, that's all."
"Ok Rikku. You can come over my house Thursday and we can pick dresses to wear to the dance!"
"Thanks Yunie! You are such a lifesaver!" said Rikku, "Oh yeah! Yunie I almost forgot. Do you need a date for the dance?"
"Yeah and so do you. We can both get dates at the dance. Alright Rikku?"
"Yeah. That's fine with me Yunie. See you tomorrow!"
"Bye Rikku!" Flashback ended
I walked over to Yunie's front door and knocked. I think Yunie was a bit surprised with my choice of clothing. I was wearing a red silk shirt that came just two inches above my belly button. It also had a black silk sash coming across the bottom, inscribed with red Chinese letters. I had a red hat that came just above my forehead and went down and covered most of my shoulder-length blonde locks. I also had black silk pants inscribed with more red Chinese letters.
Yunie led me straight to her room so we could pick dresses. Once I looked at all of her dresses, I knew she must have been rich.
"Yunie?"
"Yeah Rikku?"
"How'd you get all of these dresses? Are you rich or something like that?" Here I go again. I was using my street talk.
"Yeah Rikku, I'm rich. My dad gave me all of my inheritance money, bought me this house, everything I own, and then left. He comes back each month and pays all of my bills. I try to pay them myself, but he does it for me. I feel so spoiled."
"Yunie..."
"Yeah?"
"Just be thankful he does that much for you."
"Why Rikku?"
"My pops doesn't do anything like that for me. Instead, I live with my brother and struggle to survive."
"I didn't know that. Want to know something? I 'm not trying to make it seem like I feel sorry for you, ok?"
"Yeah..."
"You can stay here with me. I live here all alone with no one else to hang with. We would have tons of fun and you could have your own room here and everything!"
"I love that idea Yunie!! It rocks!" I said. "One more thing Yunie."
"Yeah Rikku?"
"Can we pick out our dresses?"
"Sure." A few hours later...
"Yunie!"
"Yeah!"
"I found the dress I want to wear! Can I try it on?"
"Sure thing Rikku! Go on!"
I was looking at the dress that just called 'wear me'. It was an all white dress. It was a bikini top that had braids of fabric, embedded with diamonds, connecting to a mini skirt that flowed when you turned. Then it had sheer white fabric, yet again embedded with diamonds covering the smaller dress beneath. When it met at the end of the mini-skirt, it stopped. It had a pair of sandals to go with it that had strings of fabric to tie around your legs like Roman sandals. It also had white fingerless gloves, a white braided necklace, and one arm sleeve. The arm sleeve was white silk with a white braided cuff to hold it in place. Then it had separate braids of fabric coming down the arm over the silk.
I put everything on and saw Yunie in her dress. I could tell she could catch a lot of guys. It was a red strapless dress that went down to her ankles. It was covered with gold glitter that shimmered in the light. It had one long slit up the right side just reaching her mid-thigh. She had elbow length red gloves, red Roman sandals, and a gold necklace with red pearls.
"Yunie! You look absolutely beautiful!"
"You do to Rikku!"
"How about we get out of these dresses. Then we can go to my place, get all my stuff, and bring it back here. We can then go and get Paine and have a party here by ourselves," I said.
"That's a terrific idea Rikku! Lets go!"
We got into Yunie's Porsche and drove to my house. When we got there, my brother and his girlfriend were watching a movie. I already had my stuff packed because I was going to run away. Yunie and I grabbed my stuff and walked out. I looked at the house once more, and then got in Yunie's car. We drove to Paine's house to see if she wanted to come over to our place. She agreed to come and we left. She decided to wear a dress for once to the farewell and had packed it in a dress case, so it wouldn't get ruined. We partied until eleven because Paine had to leave. Yunie showed me to my room, we said our good nights, and went to sleep.
In the morning Yunie and I got to go to school in a limo. We had oh- so-much fun. We got there and went our separate ways. 3 hours later... I was glad to hear it was finally lunchtime. Yunie, Paine, Nhadala, and I all sat at the same table. Then we all started talking about the dance.
"Nhadala?" I asked.
"Yeah Rikku?" she replied.
"Do you have a crush on anyone?" I asked.
"Yeah I do Rikku. I have a crush on Cibaneun." she replied.
"Did he ask you to go to the dance?" I shot the question to her so fast, no one else understood.
"No, he did not. OK Rikku?"
"Sure thing Nhadala."
"Paine?" I asked.
"Yes Rix?" she replied.
Everyone started calling me Rix. All because of Paine.
"Never mind. I am not going to ask." I replied.
"So Yunie... How do you feel about the dance?"
"I do not know Rikku. But I do think it will be tons of fun. Why?"
"I am just worried about it. That is all. Nothing to worry about."
"Rikku?"
"Yeah Yunie?"
"You are the best party girl in the world of Spira, so why are you worried?"
"I just feel awkward Yunie. This is my first and last year here. I feel like I'm an intruder."
"Rikku!"
"What?!"
"Watch Out!!"
"What!?"
"Watch...Out."
"Ow! Who threw what and what hit me!" I yelled.
Yunie rushed to my side because I fell off my chair. I had landed on my side and the back of my head was covered with yogurt.
"Rikku. How about we go to the lav and get you cleaned up?" she said slightly angered. I just did not know why.
"Sure Yunie." 15 minutes later...
"Do you know who threw that stuff at me Yunie?"
"No." she replied.
"OK. Looks like I have to go. See you after school Yunie." I said
After three more treacherous hours of school, I was waiting for Yunie when someone came up behind me.
"Sorry about what happened at lunch." Someone said.
"Huh?"
"Sorry." he said again
I looked behind me and found Gippal, most wanted guy in school.
"Oh. Thanks." I said. "Wait. What!"
"My friends were starting a food fight and hit you. You were the target. They always act dumb like that. I came to say sorry for them. And the name is Gippal." he said.
"I know your name, Gippal." I replied.
"How?" he said in a shocked tone.
"You're talked about so much by the girls. It's all I ever here. Gippal this and Gippal that." I said sarcastically.
"Oh. I was meaning to ask. Will I see you tonight?" he asked.
"Yeah. Bye."
I ran up to Yunie because she walked out of school. I told her everything that happened. I turned to show her who I was talking about. When I turned he winked. More like winked at me. I could not wait for tonight. Right before the dance. At Yunie's house.
"Yunie!"
"Yunie!"
"What Rikku?"
"Where are you Yunie?"
"Right here Rikku. Now you can stop yelling in my ear."
"Oh. Cunno."
"Are you ready to go Rikku?"
"Yeah."
We walked out of the house and into Yunie's limo. We both got out at the dance and got some stares from the guys. Good. We walked in and went straight towards our friends. Then my friend Tidus came and asked Yunie to dance. I made sure she did. Then Paine and Nhadala left, leaving me alone at the refreshment table. Gippal walked over, but my mortal enemy, LeBlanc beat him to me. He watched in amusement as I turned a bright red from something LeBlanc said. I started darting my eyes to find someone I could run to. I could see Yunie nearing me as well as Gippal.
"Rikku." LeBlanc said.
My thoughts and eyes darted back to her. All of my friends and Gippal were close enough to here our conversation.
"What?"
"Do you want your dress to match the color of your face, love?" LeBlanc asked.
"Why?!" Just as I realized what she meant she said.
"This is why, love!" I was about to move but then I felt something cold slide across my body onto Yunie's dress. I looked down to realize that LeBlanc poured punch all down Yunie's dress, staining it at the same time. I ran past Yunie to the door, but stopped in front of her with tears in my green swirled eyes and I whispered cunno to her. I heard a gasp from someone, but I ran past everyone. I was running away from everyone so I would not get embarrassed anymore. As I was running, I tripped over something and fell to the ground. I thought I heard a crack but I didn't pay attention to it. Then I cried my eyes out because of everything. Just before I passed out from the fall I saw all of my friends, and saw someone I didn't want to see again.
After three days, I finally woke up in a hospital bed. I opened my eyes slowly and found all of my friends smile at me because they were worried I wouldn't wake up. I saw Gippal staring at me and I started blushing. I was thinking about all that I went through just to impress him. Here I am thinking about him when I have to repay Yunie for the damage done to the dress.
"Yunie! How am I supposed to repay you for your dress!"
"Do not worry about it Rikku."
"Do not worry about it! I ruined your dress!"
"Rikku! Calm down. I got every stain out, even the blood."
"Blood? What do you mean by blood?"
"You cracked your head open. You would not be able to do anything with your head hurt."
"I just do not want you to get mad at me for it."
"Rikku, it was not your fault. It was LeBlanc's. Do not blame yourself."
"Fine, but I am still going to repay you somehow."