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"speaking"
'thinking'
Chapter 2
The bed groaned in protest when Lightning threw herself on it in exhaustion. Lightning rested an arm over her eyes and sighed. She hadn't slept in days. Believe it or not, Serah's wedding was a pain to prepare for. There were a mountain of things to be done and when those were finished, more still await.
'If i had known it'll be such an pain, i would have kept my mouth shut.' She thought angrily. Serah was a closet slave-driver. Even Snow was exhausted! '...ugh. I should have refused the bloody marriage thing.' Lightning instantly felt ashamed when Serah's smiling face came to her mind. No. She couldn't think that way. This was Serah's happiness she was working for! 'Besides, i was the one who wanted to do something for her...' She reminded herself.
Lightning stretched her aching muscles and picked up her clock. 'Maybe i could get a few hours of sleep...wait... is that the date today?! The wedding's in a week?!' Lightning stared at the clock in total shock. She sat up slowly, feeling more confused than ever. How could she have not known? She'd been working for the wedding herself! Lightning mentally slapped herself. '...one week. Serah's getting married in one week.'
Suddenly, sleep was the last thing on Lightning's mind. No. She couldn't waste time on something as trival as that. Her eyes flicked over to the photo of her parents again. Serah... she was so young... and she was getting married? Was she going to finish school as a married woman? or was she just going to rely on Snow? That unemployed idiot?
'...argh! So many bloody questions!' Lightning held her head in her hands and let out a slow breath. She had to talk to Serah! Ask her what her plans were! What she'll be doing after the wedding! Lightning nodded firmly and made her decision.
"Serah? Can i speak to you for a minute?" Lightning asked. Serah looked confused but nodded, getting up from the couch and following her sister to the balcony.
"...Serah, what are you going to do after the wedding?" Lightning asked, straight to the point as always.
"...um, go on my honeymoon?"
"I meant, are you going to continue your studies?"
Serah made a frown, "No."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"What all married couples do i guess? Get a house, a job and build a family together... something like that."
Now Lightning was really worried. "...build a family? Serah, you're eighteen."
"So?" Serah's eyes had narrowed.
"...you are not going to have kids at the age of eighteen, Serah!", Lightning was fighting the urge to shake her sister. 'Control, Lightning. Control.'
"Yes, I am." Serah's voice was firm. "Where exactly are you going with this?"
"...I don't want you to get married." Lightning blurted out. 'wait what?'
Serah gasped. "What? W-what are you saying?"
Lightning didn't quite know herself. '...i don't want her to get married? why did i say that? I helped prepare for the wedding....Yet, it's true...i don't. Not if she doesn't even know what on earth ''building a family'' means!'
"I said i don't want you to get married." Lightning was sure this time. She had to wake her sister up. This was Serah's future at stake here!
Serah's face turn from shock to anger.
"You can't tell me that now! You agreed! You helped!" Serah hissed.
"That was before i knew you had a plan to make babies at the age of eighteen!" Lightning retorted.
"what?! Forget it! All this is about Snow isn't it?! You don't like him so i can't marry him! Is that it?" Serah was shouting now.
Lightning wanted to smash her own head into the wall. Why couldn't Serah see that all she doing was just looking out for her? And why did all their arguments turn towards that idiot? 'she's not ready for this!' Lightning forced herself to calm down.
"...listen Serah. This isn't about Snow. This is about you-"
Lightning's mask of coldness wasn't helping. Serah's rage only increased when she saw it. 'You can't keep your dislike of Snow behind that mask! I've seen it in your eyes!',she thought angrily.
"No. You aren't." Serah cut her off.
'Wha-'
"You're just being selfish." Serah accused. "You just don't like Snow because he's unemployed. And you think he doesn't deserve me. But what you don't get is that i love Snow! And he loves me! HE FOUGHT AGAINST THE WHOLE WORLD FOR ME FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!"
"So di-" Lightning tried to defend herself.
"NO! I don't want to hear it! Stop being so stubborn!" Serah glared at her, spun on her heel and stomped away.
Lightning stared after her. '...what? I'm stubborn? and selfish? All i was doing was looking out for her! She's my sister who is getting married and plans on making babies at eighteen and i get screamed at for being concerned?!'
"Ugh!" Lightning slammed her fist into the rails, all the control in the world leaving her.
This talking thing was such a bad idea...
