Summary – After one horrible night, Yuffie packs up and runs away to somewhere else. Will this somewhere else be the place she has been looking for?
Disclaimer – I don't own any of the characters, unfortunately. Just this story I put them into.
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Author's Note – Sorry for the lack of update. I've been really sick these past few weekends but I'm recovering, hopefully.
Somewhere Else
By: Her Tears Of Darkness
Chapter 3: To-Do List
After successfully empting my bladder, I went back into my room to start unpacking, since I was going to need an outfit for my date. I would shop for a new outfit, but I don't even have that half-snickers bar anymore.
I took out a piece of paper and started writing:
To-Do List
Finish unpacking
Get outfit for date
Call Roxas/cutie
Get a job (??)
Go back to school (??)
Find out who "crying girl" is
Where the hell did that come from? I couldn't believe my mind was still on this stupid girl. I mean, its obvious from the "position" she was in yesterday, that she's probably feeling a lot better now. So, why do I still care?
Ok. Go back to school. God, when was the last time I actually went a full day of school? It feels like all I've been doing is skipping to hang out in the lunchroom or the art room. (the teacher there, Mr. Leonhart, is really cool with me going to his class, as long as I draw something productive). And when I'm not skipping, I'm just dozing off in the back of class.
I don't get terrible grades. Last year, I was able to keep most of my grades above a C-. I might even be able to graduate this year, if I pass every single class. But that would require me actually trying, which I'm not. But, considering present circumstances, I might want to rethink that.
Maybe I'll go back next week. We'll see what happens.
Next. Get a job. I could probably ask Cloud where the best places are. I'll do that next week too.
Call Roxas. Great. Now, if only I could remember where I put that cellphone…
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I gave up looking for that damn phone. Knowing my luck, I probably dropped it around 46th street. Or it's still buried in one of my suitcases.
Surely Cloud must have a phone somewhere…
I went into the living room to search for the phone. Bad idea. Cloud and Areith were, ahem, making out on the couch, which made an image of "crying girl" and "mystery man" making out come into my head.
I hate my head.
I coughed (really loudly) to make my presence known.
They stopped, looked up at me (apparently remembering that they had another roommate), and quickly regained themselves.
They smiled oh so innocently.
I grinned back. "Cloud, where's the phone?"
"Um," he said breathlessly. "It's still on order."
"You can borrow my cell phone if you want." Areith offered, also breathlessly.
I took her cell, said a quick thank-you and scurried back into my room. They'd probably want to get back to whatever they were in the middle of.
I dialed the 7 numbers I'd already memorized. It rang once, twice, 3 times…no answer.
I pressed redial. Still no answer.
Disappointed, I went to get some more unpacking done.
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I was halfway done when I heard a strange, but familiar sound. No, it wasn't Cloud and Areith. It was, what do ya know, my cellphone. I dug through my piles of jeans when I finally found the pocket I was looking for.
"Hello? Yuffie here."
"Yuffie? It's me, Roxas."
I looked at my phone. Yep, it was him alright. He sounded different on the phone. Less…cute.
"Hey Roxas. I just called you ya know."
"Really? Oh, I was practicing. I guess I was a little too loud."
"Practicing for what?"
"My drums. I'm in a band."
"Oh." Everybody's in a band these days. "What's your band called?"
"Disoriented."
"Cool. Are you guys still a garage band or what?"
"Yeah, still in the garage phase." He signed.
"Can I come listen sometime?" Who knows, it might be fun.
"Yeah, of course. How about Saturday afternoon? We'll make it a date."
"Um…"
"With dinner afterwards of course."
Better. "That sounds great."
"I'll pick you up, ok?"
"Ok, see ya then."
"Till then." Click.
I put my phone down. I felt like I should be jumping up and down, all giddy and stuff. Maybe I've forgotten how to do that.
I heard a knock at my door while I was just finishing unpacking.
"Come in."
"Hey, you look all settled in." It was Cloud.
"Yeah." I put my suitcase on the floor to make room for him on the bed.
He sat down. "Hey, sorry about all that. Sometimes she just can't keep her hands off me. Which is understandable. I mean, look at me."
I looked. I gagged. He laughed.
"Hey… how about we take you out? Some friends of mine and I are going out to lunch. Wanna come?"
"Sure, I'd love to."
"They're all around my age (23), but you should be able to fit in ok."
"Ok. Just let me finish up in here."
"10 minutes." He held up 10 fingers, stood up and left the room.
I couldn't wait.
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Author's Note – I know, this chapter was kinda boring. It'll get better, though.