A/N: Here's Chapter 4! Sorry it's been a few days. I've been really busy lately. I was home sick all day, so I finished this chapter, and my other stories should be updated soon. This chapter is focused mainly on the ZackxRikku relationship. It's from first Rikku's POV, then Zack's. If you can, try listening to First Time by Lifehouse while you read this.
Chapter 4
For The First Time
Rikku's POV
"Hey Zack!" I yelled from the deep end of the pool. Tape, Max, Ru, Zack, Cody, Patrick, Noah, Syd, Julius, and I were all hanging out at the pool after dinner. It was around 10:30, and all of our yelling and play-fighting must have gotten annoying, because all of the other guests had left the pool, even our parents.
"Yeah?" Zack turned around and ducked, the beach ball I'd thrown at him narrowly missing his head. "Hey!" He dove after me. I laughed and jumped out of the pool.
We're both looking for something,
We've been afraid to find.
It's easier to be broken,
Easier to hide.
Looking at you,
Holding my breath.
For once in my life,
I'm scared to death.
I'm taking a chance, letting you inside . . .
He climbed out too and began racing after me. Finally, he caught me by my wrist and I couldn't get away. Like I was as light as the beach ball, he picked me up and tossed me into the water. I resurfaced a few seconds later, coughing and glaring at him like hell. He gulped, jumped back into the water, and began swimming away. I just shook my head and nodded to Cody.
Cody held up his blue, glowing hands, and Zack was immediately launched into the air by a torrent of water. "No fair! You can't use elements! That's cheating!" He cried as we all laughed at him.
"Well, you must have been cheating if you caught me, Martin!" I called back, still laughing. Finally, Cody let him go, and he hit the water hard. When his head popped back up over the foaming water he grinned at me.
I'm feeling alive,
All over again.
As deep as a scar
Under my skin.
"So you wanna play hard ball?" Zack asked, his blue eyes glowing at the challenge. They flickered to a deep red, and steam began rising from the water around him. Cody hurled an icy ball of water at him.
Zack dodged the attack by firing a ball of flames back at Cody, and the two elements collided in a burst of steam.
Like being in love,
She says for the first time.
Maybe I'm wrong,
But I'm feeling right.
Whenever I'm alone,
With you tonight.
"You guys! Stop, someone's going to see us!" Rumiku laughed, and Zack and Cody gave up and began wrestling. When Cody began to win, Zack squirmed out of his tight hold and disappeared under water.
A few seconds later, he popped back up behind me and yelled, "Boo!" I spun around intending to dunk his head under water, but my fiery red eyes locked with his cool blue ones. A fraction of a second became an eternity, and I was caught off balance. When the spell passed, Zack swiftly flipped me over.
The world that I see inside you,
Waiting to come to life.
Waking me up to dreaming,
Reality in your eyes.
Looking at you,
Holding my breath.
For once in my life,
I'm scared to death.
I'm taking a chance, letting you inside . . .
Rikku resurfaced a second later, and Rumiku shot her a questioning look, "How did you not dodge that?" Rikku shrugged and turned away.
With a small smile, she thought to herself, "Okay, maybe I do like Zack. A little"
I'm feeling alive,
All over again.
As deep as a scar,
Under my skin.
Like being in love,
She says for the first time.
Maybe I'm wrong,
But I'm feeling right.
Whenever I'm alone,
With you tonight.
Like being in love
With you for the first time.
Zack's POV
I popped up behind Rikku and yelled, "Boo!" She spun around like she was going to do something, but we both froze for what seemed like hours. Her red eyes were piercing, and I felt like they were searching mine for . . . something. But that was Rikku Hiroshima, and as quickly as we'd been caught in the spell, it ended.
I noticed in the fraction of a second that Rikku's left leg was off balance, and I took advantage of that and flipped her. When she came back up, Rumiku whispered something to her, too low for me to hear. Rikku shrugged and turned away.
We're crashing
Into the unknown
We're lost in this
But it feels like home
I'm feeling alive all over again
As deep as a scar that's under my skin
Like being in love, she says, for the first time
(For the first time)
A soft smile played across my lips as I watched Rikku sneak up on Sydney, who was playing pool-basketball with Noah, Patrick, and Julius. She held a fist-sized foam pool-ball in her hand, soaked in ice water. She suddenly threw the ball at the back of Syd's head. Somehow, he knew to duck, and the ball whizzed over him and smacked into the side of Julius's head.
"Rikku!" Julius yelled, shaking his head, even though he was grinning. He dove after her, and they began racing around the pool. Suddenly, she disappeared under the water's surface and didn't pop back up immediately. "Where's Rikku?" I looked around, but there was no sign of the black/red haired teenager I had fallen so hard for.
I'm feeling right.
Whenever I'm alone,
With you tonight.
Like being in love
With you for the first time.
(For the first time)
I froze as I felt another icy pool-ball thump against my bare back. Chills ran up my spine and my face flushed red as I felt lips graze my ear and a familiar voice whisper, "I'd be watching your back, Zack." And then Rikku was gone.
When I spun around, she was standing behind me again. Her red eyes shone in the moonlight, a smile passing between us, meaningfully. Before I was forced to duck, as she sent another ball my way. And that was when I realized I was in love with Rikku Hiroshima.
Like being in love she says for the first time
Like being in love with you the first time
For the first time . . .