Hi there. this is only my second fan fic, be nice. I do not own any of these ff characters, and this is based on bridget jones's diary. (the movie. I've read the book, but its easier to base it on the movie) I also do not own any of those characters either.

Hope you all like, please comment and give me ideas!

Arpazia

I had just woken up from the most splendid of dreams when the phone rang. I wish I had enough time for the lovelynes of the dream to sink into my head. It was about my boss, a storage room and. .."Hello?" I answered exasperated.

"yes dear this is your mother..." My mom said on the other end, as if she thought I was unable to reconize her voice.

"uh, hiya mom..." I cringed leaning over to flick my lamp light on.

"Darling, dad and I were just worried...you do remember Nadhala and Benzo's new years day party right?" she asked. There was some noise and I heard dad curse and say her name.

"Shera, give me the phone..." I could head my dad saying, and mom saying "Cid" in protest.

"Rikku, you were supposed to be here an hour and a half ago, where in the bloody hell are you?"

"an..an hour..." I squeaked

"and a half..." dad reminded me.

"oh shit..." I reached for my day planner which was beside my bed and flipped though it quickly, finding the space where I obviously wrote. 'Nadhala and Benzo New Year Pot luck...11am. 'I scrunched my nose wondering why I had to be there that early when dad piped in after the long silence.

"your mom wanted you to come early to help, now get your skinny butt out here" and then the line went dead.

Yeah, dad had a way with things. It usually worked to his advantage to sound really really pissed off at you to get you to actually do something...groan, actually, I knew he was really really pissed, and thats why I leapt out of bed and began digging in my drawers to find something to wear.

Knowing it would be very very hot on Bikanel, which is where I grew up, I threw on my favorite outfit, er..well some people wouldn't really call an outfit at all considering it was a bikini top and a really really short skirt. It was my favorite dress sphere actually, and I wore it all the time, well, when I wasnt in the office.

Grabbing my day planner, which really wasnt much use to my anyway, seeing that I wrote things down but would always forget to check it. I grabbed my purse, keys and things and left my apartment. I did this all in under twenty minutes, and was quite pleased with myself to say the least. Of course, I'm always late for everything, so rushing is really nothing new.

I ran out into the Luca streets, where I lived In a small apartment near the stadium, and began to make my way to the warf where the two o clock hover should be just preparing to leave. One thing I liked about Luca was that wherever you needed to be, it was only a short walk away. Another thing that I liked was while it was hot year round on Bikanel, Luca expeienced a slight temperature drop this time of the year, which meant that I could wear a light jacket and look oh so fashionably cool.

Still, Fashion really didnt cause the world to pause and because of that I nearly missed the hover craft! A nice young man escorted me on board and left me on the deck. I shruged and turned to look out at the ocean when a not so pleasent announcement was made by the captian.

"now that all our passengers are aboard we can be on our way to Bikanel Island"

A couple of people turned to stare at me, but I just turned around and tried to ignore them. Who cares what they think, eveyone is late some of the time, right? Still, I wasn't like too late either, just a...oh god...I looked at my watch and realised I had kept these people waiting for 10 minutes. I didnt know they waited that long for late passengers!!!

Groaning I leaned out over the railing, taking in the ocean sights, trying to think of something other than the angry people walking on the deck giving me dirty looks. I started to think about the days when I was fourteen and working out on the sea, diving for treasure. That had been my very first job, now I work for a excavation company. Same idea, diffrent working environment. WHen I forst started there I worked on commison digging in Bikanel and where ever else I was sent. But, now that I'm a tad older I applied for a secretary job at Djose Temple which is the head office of the operation.

I have my own desk, which is very nice, but I have to work next to an annoying woman called Donna, who has been in her position slightly longer than me, and likes to boss me around. If I could get away with it I would staple something to her forehead, but I'm a nice girl who wouldnt do that.

I also couldn't help but wonder what Yuna and Paine were doing, proably sleeping off their hangovers like normal people do new years day. We were at an awesome party last night. You see, one of my smug married friends, Wakka was a blitzball player and though him we were able to get into the Aurochs New Years eve party. Let me tell you, those guys may seem dull when you meet them, but just wait till they drink a couple of beer. It was crazy!

I didnt realise I was holding my breath while I thought, maybe I was thinking that if I didnt breath the other passengers wouldn't know I was there, or maybe it was because I really didnt want to walk in Nadala's place and see mom and dad disapointed in me. Taking clean, smooth breaths I held my head up high and looked ahead. Mom never stayed mad at me long, and dad, well, dad was just dad really. I hoped that this party wouldn;t last long, and I could soon be home under the blankets with two men, namely Ben & Jerry. (ice cream)