Disclaimer: This story is fiction and none of the Final Fantasy characters used are owned by me.
Author's Notes: My first fanfiction story on my own. Any quotes in italics are thoughts if you didn't know...
Destination Fantasy: Valentine Awaits
Chapter 1
"Ms. Alissa Everest, would you like to come to the board and answer the following equation?" A middle-aged woman asked the young student. Closing her manga book and looking up at the instructor for the class, Alissa sighed and got up. "Math is so boring," the girl thought as she looked at the problem. "Didn't this lady go over this problem like 20 minutes ago?"
As the clock shown 2:54 pm on the wall, 20 year old, Alissa quickly started to solve the intermediate problem in her head and stepped up to the front of the white board. She was pretty good in her other classes and even better in her computer and math classes, but on this particular day she wanted to get out of class. "Now, whether or not you all will get homework for the weekend is up to Ms. Everest." the instructor stated. Instantly, the class groaned and cheered for Alissa to correctly solve the problem. "Come on girl!" one student shouted. "Don't make Mrs. Davids give us any homework!"
"Whatever." Alissa thought as she wrote all the work needed to solve the equation. After putting down her final answer she turned around and stepped to the side to show the class and the Mrs. Davids what she had done. "Thank you Alissa, you can be seated again." Mrs. Davids said as she regained her marker from the girl. "Class, thanks to Alissa, you all can have a good weekend with no homework!"
Relief and happiness filled the room as the bell ended class. Students gathered their books and left out of the classroom rushing to get out and enjoy the weekend. "Good job Lissa." a handsome boy said from behind her. Turning around she noticed his smile and couldn't help but produce small one. This handsome boy, Kenneth Gibson, was one of the guys that was not only attractive but was labeled as a 'Triple S Boy'. Being a Triple S Boy meant having 3 special abilities that made guys envy you and girls wanting to be with you. These traits: sporty, sexy, and smart gained you instant popularity with the student body and school staff but Alissa on the other hand was one of the girls that was attracted but not really interested. "Thanks Kenneth." Alissa said as she walked away from him toward the exit.
"Hey Lissa, was that Kenneth talking to you?" Alissa's best friend Clara Jenkins asked coming from the side. "Did you put in a good word for me?"
"I barely said anything to him." Alissa snickered as she placed her books in her bag. "I know you like him and all, but wouldn't it be best if you talked to him yourself?"
"Girl you know how shy I am."
"You… shy?" Alissa asked as if she was shocked and started to laugh. Although her best friend played hard-to-get with the boys, she was very outgoing unlike herself. Alissa didn't talk as much and daydreamed a lot especially about the things in her favorite manga books. But they shared similar interest in many things and worked together at the local clothing store at the mall. "Of course I'm not shy." Clara said as she nudged her friend and laughed with her. "But I don't mind a little help."
"Alright, I'll talk to him next time." Alissa stated as the two women walked into the warm spring weather. "Anyway, you still want to go to the mall?"
"Yeah girl, they gave us the day off and this weather is nice!" Clara said with excitement. "We have to make the most of this day. Plus the mall is holding some special event there too."
"Oh really? What kind of event?"
"Something like a convention. You know they've been advertising that everywhere since March. It's almost June and you forget this? Girl, you need to get your head out of the clouds."
"Hey! You know I don't really pay attention to that stuff." Alissa said as they got on the student bus toward the mall. "If this convention is like those anime/manga ones, it should be really fun."
At the mall, the two girls see half the parking lot blocked off with decorations and signs saying, "Kura-con", teenagers dressed up as their favorite anime characters, and all other visitors passing by. "In a way they make it look so cheesy." Clara giggled as they walked toward the area.
"Well it's not like they have it in a big place." Alissa joked as she looked at all the vendors and guest walking around. "Let's go see what's going on."
Grabbing a program, the two women looked at what was listed and planned out what they were going to do for the hour. "I heard that illusionist magician guy is really good." Alissa stated. "Wasn't he at the college not to long ago?"
"I think he was." Clara nodded.
"Then we can look at those manga books afterwards."
"No more manga books for you!" Clara exclaimed with a smile. She knew her friend had tons of those books already. Alissa's addiction to manga books was like Clara's addiction to purses; they both had no control when it came to their favorite things to buy. "Let's take our seats." Alissa said to her friend with a glow of excitement in her eyes. "He's about to start."