Author's Note: I wrote this awhile ago, with no Kingdom Hearts people in it, but then I thought about it and realized that this could totally work with them as the characters! And tada! Here it is! I can probably write this one much better than the other story I posted. I got this one planned out ;) Do I need a disclaimer...? (Still don't know how this whole thing works ;|)
The final bell rang, signaling that the day was over and kids began to rush out of classes, wanting to get out of this hell hole that people call "school". But to Xion, school was practically her safe haven. As she slowly put her stuff in her backpack, she made small talk with the teacher until she was packed and ready to go. But soon, it got silent because she still hadn't left the room.
"You know you can't stay here forever, Xion," Ms. Lockhart said, putting down the paper she was grading.
Xion gulped, "I-I know."
"Is there any reason you don't feel like going home?" Her teacher asked, taking off her glasses, as if it made things more intimidating.
"N-no! I just," Xion said, stuttering. She then shrugged, trying her best to look casual, "I just, ya know, it gets pretty boring at home."
"Mhmm…," Ms. Lockart said, putting her glasses back on. She sighed and picked up the test she was grading. "Well, in that case, maybe you'd like to help me."
Xion's face lit up by the thought of having a reason to stay as far away as possible from home and her drunken dad. "Yeah, sure! I'd be happy to help! What do you want me to do?" She asked with a little too much excitement.
"Well," the young teacher said, putting a strand of hair behind her ear, "Mr. Hikari isn't doing that well in my class." She slid the test over to Xion and watched her eyes grow big as she looked at the 32 written in permanent ink on the packet. "He really needs some help, and you're an excellent student in my class. So, would you like to tutor him?" she asked with hopefulness in her voice.
Xion froze by her words. Tutoring the cutest jock in the school? When she was...Xion? The little nerd that everyone liked to pick on? Something bad was bound to happen.
"Uhm..." she said, not sure of how to answer. This would be the perfect way to stay away from her dad, but she didn't want to get embarrassed and picked on if she was around Mr. Hikari. Or, actually, Riku, his first name.
"It would help me immensely! I'm already so busy and I'd never have the time to tutor him," Ms. Lockart said, almost begging.
"I uh...sure. I'll do it," she said, mumbling.
"Really? Oh thank you Xion! Here," she said, getting out a sticky note and a pen from her drawer in her desk. She wrote something down and handed it to her. "This is his number, I've already notified his parents that he needs a tutor a few days ago, so you can just call him whenever you like."
Xion stared at the digits, still afraid about this entire thing. "O-okay..." she said, getting up from her chair. "I'll call him as soon as I can," she said, putting on a fake smile. "See you tomorrow Ms. Lockhart!"
"Okay, hun. Thank you again!" she yelled as Xion began to walk out of the class and down the hallway.
She reached her locker and slammed her head against it. "This is going to be embarrassing, I can just see it now," she said, mumbling to herself.
Xion walked out to the practically empty parking lot, a few cars owned by teachers scattered throughout. She searched through her bag until she felt her cold metal keys. As she pulled them out, all of a sudden she heard, "Watch out!" And she looked up to see a football flying straight towards her face. She screamed, but it was too late, she got hit. She fell to the ground, her books falling out of her bag, sprawled out around her.
She groaned and pushed herself up, touching the swelling spot on her forehead. "Great, more bruises. Exactly what I need," she mumbled to herself.
Footsteps pounded on the pavement, getting louder as they reached her. "Whoa, oh my gosh, are you okay?" A guy asked, touching Xion's arm.
"I uh..." she said, as she looked at the boy's hand touching her and then looked up at who this guy was. And of course, it was Riku Hikari.
"Oh look, it's just that stupid nerd, Xine. Or whatever the fuck her name is. Who cares bro, lets go," a guy with blazing red hair said, scoffing as he turned around and began walking back towards the rest of the football players.
Riku sighed, and pulled Xion up to her feet. "Sorry about him, he can be a jerk. But really, are you okay?"
"I uh, yeah, I'm okay..." she said, touching the bruise again and wincing.
"Axel just had to try and act all cool and tough and show how far he can throw a football. I swear, my friends can be so annoying sometimes," he said, letting out a chuckle.
"Heh, yeah. Pretty damn annoying," she said, mumbling the last part to her self.
"What was that?" he asked.
"Oh-uh, nothing," she said, blushing a little. She had almost forgotten about the tutoring thing until she saw the bright green sticky note on her arm. She ripped it off and looked at it and glanced back at him. "Well uh, while you're here-"
"Hikari! Stop messing with girls and get your butt back on the field!" The football coach, Mr. Leonhart, yelled, interrupting Xion.
He started to walk backwards and he made a face, clearly showing that he was sorry. "Hey uh, you can just call me or whatever. Seeing how you somehow have my number..." he said, glancing at the sticky note and then he turned around and began jogging back towards the team.
Xion's face was as red as a tomato by then and she groaned. "That wasn't embarrassing at all! I mean, having a guy's number who I've never talked to before isn't weird at all," she said, sarcasm coating every word.
She unlocked her bright red Volkswagen and got inside, starting the car. As she pulled out of the parking space and began driving out to the main road, she looked at her rearview mirror, seeing Riku standing and staring right at her car. Her eyes got wide and she sped off, not even realizing that she didn't stop at the corner stop sign.
She began to hear sirens behind her and she looked in the rearview mirror once again, seeing a fat, sweaty, police man on a small motorcycle. "Oh no…are you serious? This day is just getting better and better…" she said with sarcasm, slowing down and pulling over on the side of the road.
