Love and Hate
(A/N: This story is going to resembles what happened in my life since September 2010. A lot of events have occurred and I thought I would document it so others who maybe or have been in this situation can relate! (:
Character information: The story is in Xion's POV for the most part! (I'll say if it changes)
P.S. I'm very choppy when it comes to story writing but I will try my best make it flow! Just warning you in advance (: Enjoy!)
Chapter One: A New Year;
The mid-afternoon sun was beating on my face as I lay out on my aqua blue and green striped beach chair. The smells of several different barbeques filled the air with this scent making my mouth water. I peaked over the latest editions of Seventeen Magazines watching my friend squeal and run from the ocean water complaining that it was too cold. I couldn't help but laugh at my best friend Namine as she embarrassed herself in front of multiple families. The next thing I knew Namine's blue eyes were glaring at me, giving me a look I know too well.
"It's not funny! The water is freezing!" She yelled towards me.
I gave her a smile and yelled, "What do you expect, Namine? It's the middle of June! The water around here doesn't heat up until the beginning of August."
Namine ignored my remark and grabbed her hot pink plastic beach bucket and shovel. Her goal was to make a giant sand castle at the end of the summer festival on Labor Day weekend, the last weekend of summer. She was too confident in herself, but that I admired about her. I am always shy around peers and I don't have many friends because of it. Namine was the exact opposite of me. If she was ever stranded on an island and it was just her and a rock, she'd more than most likely make friends with the rock.
"Hey Xion!"
I snapped out of my thoughts to see Namine towering over me with her bucket full of cold ocean water. She tilted the bucket…..
BEEP BEEP BUZZ!
My body snapped up getting scared out of a sound sleep by my, now buzzing, alarm on my cell phone. I reached for it on my night stand and pressed the 'dismiss' button to turn it off. When the alarm turned off the screen went back to my preset home screen. The clock said 5:30am and the date was September 8th. I let out a sigh of debrief.
"I can't believe summer is already over." With that I got up and headed for the bathroom across the hall. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, straightened my hair, and applied eyeliner and some mascara. I heard footsteps heading down the hallway when I reached for the door knob. "Are you excited for your first day back to school?" The voice was coming from my mom. She always would ask this question every year since the first day of kindergarten. What did she expect me to say? 'Oh yes mother…. I am sooo excited for the bullying and the stuck up bitches who think they are all that… OH! and don't forget the boy drama! Yes. I'm ecstatic…'
"It'll be great to see my friends again." I replied to her. She smiled at me and walked off knowing that I still have to get out of my black PJ pants with pink hearts on them and a white tang top.
The first few weeks of school for me were always nerve racking. I am never good at making new friends and I always think the other girls are prettier than me. Unlike my elementary and middle school years my high school experience has been much different. Back then I was loud and was friends with everybody and hardly anyone bullied me. I wasn't popular I just liked to talk but for some reason I have gotten quiet, had a lack of self confidence, and all the friends I had now have their own little clicks. Even most of my best friends turned into the snobby popular kids, the type of people that point out everyone's flaws (except theirs of course). It was my sophomore year at Destiny High School. I decided to wear a blue and black checkered buttoned up shirt with a plain white tang top underneath and some dark blue skinny jeans. I also wore a black purse with some metal locks that dangled off the zippers, and white flip flops with a metal peace sign on the strap near my pinky toe.
The halls were crowded with freshman franticly looking from door to door trying to find the right class room. I wasn't going to get bumped around trying to get to the stairs so I took a shortcut through the court yard. The, labeled by the popular kids, Scenes and Nerds were already gathered there talking to their friends they haven't seen all summer long. I pushed open the door, walked through the crowded intersection of the 400 and 500 hallways, and finally got up the stairs.
From then on the first month of school passed quickly. First block was World History II with Mrs. C, second block was Physical Education with Mrs. J, along with some of my friends Selphe, Kairi, Yuffie, and Tifa. The second half of the days felt like it dragged on forever, third period was Spanish 3 with Mr. R and fourth period was Chemistry with Mrs. B. (A/N: These are the first letters of my teachers names because all the KH and FF characters are in High School and also this is a recap of my past year (with a little twist).)
~October, 29th~
Ever since the beginning of October, Kairi and Namine were begging me to join this new club they found. It was a club where they made videos and were going to compete against each of the teams. They bugged me by saying they needed me and how much of a great movie editor I was. Sure I wanted to make it as a career when I get older, and sure I made fan videos and put them on YouTube but I still wanted to hide this geeky talent of mine at school. I finally gave in and decided to go. The final bell rang for the day and everyone rushed out of their classrooms. Dodging the juniors and seniors darting to their cars I walks out the doors on the east side of the school. Namine told me the club was in Portable 1 near the cafeteria, which was on the east side of the building. Feeling the butterflies start to fly around in my stomach I took a deep breath and started walking. I hated trying new things because I always got nervous. It was cloudy and the sky looked like rain but it was also a cool fall day and the different colored trees seemed to add enough color to the gray sky.
"Xion!" I was startled by the voice coming from behind me. "Happy birthday you're finally sixteen!" Of course… Namine had to announce it so the whole block could hear it. The kids that were walking home gave me looks but quickly resumed their conversations with their walking buddy. The platinum blonde reached my location with a hop, skip, and a jump. She gave me a big hug and shouted more happy birthdays. I pushed her away to catch my breath because she was squeezing me instead of hugging me. "Oh, sorry Xion. I didn't mean to give you a bear hug. I just haven't seen you ever since school started!"
I smiled at her, "its okay Namine and thank you for the one-hundred happy birthdays." We continued to walk and she told me how Kairi wasn't going to be there because she got a cold and her mom wanted her to come home right after school let out. We reached the portable and, as usual, Namine barged in still talking while I fought off the butterflies. We went to the back of the room and sat down. I looked around the room while Namine was talking about the cute boys that were at the meeting last time. One boy stood at the front of the room with brown spiky hair that seemed to go in all different directions. He was taller than me, about five foot eight inches, and wore a black jacket and baggy blue jeans with black Nike shoes. On the other side of the room were a few people in my grade, Demyx, Roger, and some guy named Axel. I saw why Namine and Kairi needed me. The teams were three on three and the leader of the club was the judge.
I turned back to Namine, figuring that she noticed I wasn't paying attention. She was giggling at me. I looked at her in confusion. "What?"
"You were checking him out weren't you?" she pointed at the boy with the brown spiky hair.
"I was not! I- I was just looking around the room!" That was true. I was looking around the room. Not just at him.
"Mhmm sure you were. Xion you can have him but don't think about touching Axel." She said starting to stare at him all googly eyed. All I could do was stare in disgust and try to stop myself from blushing.
"Pft. Don't worry about it."
I turned away from her and started staring at the spiky haired boy wondering so many things. How did he get his hair like that? Does he spend hours in the morning to get it like that or was it naturally that spiky? Also was Namine right? Was I starting to have feelings for a boy I haven't even met yet?
There you have it! The first chapter is done! I tried my best to make it flow!
Remember, this is my first fanfiction! Please go easy on the reviews! (:
Also I'm still thinking of a title!
Until Next Time!
R & R! Happy Reading (: