Ordinarily

"Since when did you let life become so ordinary?"

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot line, all characters, stores, music, and whatever else is referenced belong to their respective owners.

Warnings: None

Pairings: Many referenced, no Yaoi or Yuri, Main pairing undecided.

Side notes: AU

Ordinarily she wouldn't be here, she wouldn't be here at all. If everything was ordinary, like it should've been, nothing would have changed, everything would have gone on exactly the same as it had since the day she was born.

It was her last day of actual High School, and for some reason or another she was sitting in the principal's office, getting yelled at over some prank she hadn't even done. Tidus had done it. So she blamed him for this.

"Miss Tilmitt, in all my days I've never seen a child with a more disruptive record make it through high school without being kicked out. Your lucky your even getting to graduate next week. What do you plan on doing after you've moved on from this place?" He paused a moment and sighed. "Do you want your life to keep going like this? You can't just live on pranks, and you can't just follow those two boys around. What are you going to do?" The principal with the strange glowing eyes looked down on her. Selphie had been sitting in his office for at least twenty minutes now.

"Principal Ansem, I do have plans, I've been getting ready for college, and I don't just follow them around!" She felt her voice gaining strength, knowing that before long the psychotic principal would no longer be a part of her life. "Those are my friends." She said, a little quieter, not wanting her shot at graduation to be ruined. The man glared at her with his strange eyes, she always hated his eyes, they looked so lifeless.

"Well, I'm glad you've planned for something." He sighed, his fingers on the bridge of his nose like he had a headache. "You may go now Miss Tilmitt."

"Thank you sir." She said and stood, picking up her tote bag with a smile. School had gotten out not ten minutes ago, maybe she'd be able to catch up with Tidus and Wakka before they left.

She nearly ran down the halls, waving goodbyes to all her friends and acquaintances. Selphie couldn't believe all this was ending. She felt a twinge of worry and fear as she walked out of the front entrance for what might be one of the last times. She took in a sharp breath, a million memories coming into her mind at once.

Going to her first dance with Tidus, her and Kairi going on their first dates, Riku, Sora, Wakka, there were so many friends here. So many memories. She couldn't believe that she was leaving all this. All of them. A little tear fell from her normally cheerful green eyes and drifted down her cheek. With a sad smile she wiped it away, that bright as sunlight smile coming back to her face.

"Tidus! Wakka!" She called and waved, the boy with the sandy blonde hair turned first and looked at her.

"Come on Selphie! We're going to the café to have a little celebration before we head home." Tidus called. Wakka smiled at her, he should've graduated last year, but thanks to being suspended so much from him and Tidus' antics he had missed quite a few classes.

"Coming!" She called and ran down the steps, her blue and white uniform clean and pressed. She always looked her best at school. Always believed that she should. Selphie was the social butterfly, she would talk to anyone and everyone. Sure that made her grades suffer just a little bit, and then she'd have to make up for it with tons of extra credit. But she loved all the people she had gotten a chance to know, all the ones she had gotten to see.

Selphie sprinted down the sidewalk to catch up with her two childhood friends. She walked in between them as they chatted and laughed together. It had been like this since they were old enough to walk. The three were inseparable. What was going to happen now that they all had to go their separate ways?

Wakka and Tidus were each heading to different colleges on Blitz Ball scholarships. Selphie was heading to medical school. Yuck. Her fathers choice of profession since everyone would always need doctors and she'd make a lot of money. That's not what she wanted to do at all, but her father didn't think her dream was anything worth pursuing. And with her grades it wasn't too hard to get in.

Selphie shook all these sad thoughts away as she and her friends made their way down the sidewalk. Warm Destiny Islands sunlight drifted down on them, Selphie always swore the light was magical, she loved magic. She loved fairytales and romance, and all those other things that girls loved. Her boys would tease her for it every now and again. But they still accepted her, still understood why she liked being that way.

"Man, I can't believe this ya, it seems like yesterday you and Tidus were in kindergarten fightin' over glue." Wakka smiled as he walked with his hands behind his head. He had always been the perfect islander, never wondering what was past his perfect home. Unlike their friend Riku. He was certainly a strange one, he had always questioned their little paradise. Maybe he didn't know how to accept it for what it was.

"Pssh, I won though. Selphie was way too much of a wimp to take me on." Tidus grinned proudly. Selphie shoved his shoulder playfully.

"Yeah right, I had you begging for mercy. Besides, your not as great an athlete as you think you are if I can outrun you." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Whatever." He pouted. He still acted like such a child.

The rest of the walk to the café was spent laughing and reminiscing about the 'good old days' as Wakka put it.

They walked into the little place, a café that had been run by the same woman for years. She and her less than friendly husband had moved to town when Selphie was ten and opened the place up. She and Tidus immediately dubbed it their hang out spot, along with Wakka, of course, and they had come here at least once a week since. What would it be like after they left?

They walked in and Tidus and Wakka grabbed seats at their usual booth while Selphie went to grab their usual. There was so much tradition here. How could she leave it all behind?

Selphie pushed her chocolaty hair back and walked up to the front counter. Aerith stood there with her usual gentle smile. Her husband Leon was probably in the back of the shop somewhere. He didn't do well with handling customers. Selphie smiled at the thought, he had nearly lost his mind during the lunch rush when he Aerith had been out sick.

"Good afternoon Selphie, you want the usual?"

"Yes, thank you." Selphie chirped happily. "We're celebrating our last day of high school!"

"Congratulations, got any plans before college starts up next year?" She asked as she started grabbing the order. Three milkshakes, one vanilla, for Tidus, chocolate for Wakka, and strawberry for Selphie.

"Not really, Wakka and Tidus are leaving for Twilight Town early since they don't want to live on campus. So it will just be me here for a while until my classes start in the spring." Selphie sighed.

"Your going to miss them, huh?"

"More than anything."

Aerith seen the sad look on the girl's normally smiling face. Poor thing, she remembered how hard this time had been on her when she was Selphie's age.

"What courses are you taking?" Aerith changed the subject, glad to see the light return to the girl's eyes.

"I'm going to medical school, but there's a writer's workshop near my college that I'm going to." Selphie grinned.

"I didn't know you liked writing. What do you write about?"

Selphie blushed a little and scuffed her shoe against the tile floor. She reluctantly looked up to meet Aerith's green eyes that were so much like her own.

"Um…Fantasy. That's my favorite to write."

"Well, good luck with everything Selphie. And don't worry about Tidus and Wakka. I've got a feeling your friendship can withstand anything." Selphie smiled, Aerith always did know the right thing to say. She handed the girl her order, while Selphie quickly paid. She walked over to the booth, that little bounce in her step back as she sat down with her two best friends.

"We should make a toast!" Tidus exclaimed, taking his milkshake from the tray.

"You've been watchin' too many movies." Wakka shook his head with a smile.

"No seriously, this is like, an important thing!"

"I agree with Tidus, we should make a toast." Selphie giggled and sat beside the sandy haired boy.

"Alright ya," Wakka awkwardly held up his cup. "To Blitz Ball!" He grinned. Selphie sighed and shook her head.

"To the end of high school drama!" Tidus exclaimed. Selphie grinned and then held her own cup forward.

"To the best of friends." She said with a grin.

"I'll drink to that."

"Same here. " They each took a drink, though Tidus and Wakka then made a contest out of who could finish chugging their milkshake first. Wakka smiled slyly as he watched Tidus chug his down in record time.

"Done!" He slammed his cup down on the table. Then a look of pain contorted his face. Wakka smiled and leisurely sipped on his milkshake, knowing what was coming.

"Brian freeze!" Tidus groaned and massaged his temples. Selphie started cracking up, even though it wasn't that funny, it was just another moment she would never forget.

"How can you get brain freeze without a brain, ya?" That sent Selphie into another fit of giggles as Wakka joined in.

After another twenty minutes of just talking and relaxing they decided it was finally tome to head home.

"I'll see you Saturday!" Selphie called over her shoulder as she walked down the sidewalk towards her house. Her boys smiled and waved at her as they made their way in the opposite direction. Each of them had bags to pack and preparations to make. They were leaving town on the Monday after graduation. Graduation was next Saturday, that only left one week where things would be normal. And then they'd be gone. She'd be moving to Radiant Garden in the spring, but that seemed like so long from now. She didn't just want to be stuck here without anyone.

Nearly everyone she knew was leaving early. Kairi and Sora were heading to Twilight Town together, Riku was heading off with his girlfriend Xion on a road trip that would probably last months. Selphie was the only one without any big plans.

With a sigh she unlocked the front door of her little house, her parents wouldn't be home for a while, they were going out to look for a graduation gift for her today. It was so quiet inside, like no one lived there at all.

Selphie went up to her room and laid on her bed, daydreaming and remembering all sorts of things. She wished she could call Kairi and tell her about how she felt, how it seemed like everyone was leaving. But she couldn't weigh Kairi down. It had taken all this time for her and Sora to finally realize they were in love with each other, after they got together she had never seen either of them sad in the least.

She didn't want to ruin Kairi's good mood with her worries.

Everything was changing, so quickly, so fast, but one thing struck her. Everything about this whole ordeal, at least her part of it, felt ordinary.

She hadn't met the guy of her dreams in high school, like she had always planned. And now she was going off to start a career in a profession she didn't even like.

Everyone else's lives seemed so…Extraordinary. Kairi had her prince, Tidus and Wakka were going to be professional athletes, Riku and his girlfriend were off to new adventures. And she was here.

How had a dreamers' life become so ordinary?