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Chapter 4, Goodishly Bad Day

Entry Numero Qua…4

Okay, is it SERIOUSLY that bad I don't know the Spanish word for '4'…?

I cried out in surprise as the evil cold water assaulted me. Oh, and it doesn't help if you kick the wall in an attempt to make the pipes heat up faster.

"Ow-ow-ow-ow-I'm going to destroy you-ow-ow-ow-OW!" I threw in some cusses as I hopped around the shower.

I really don't think this is going to be a good day.

I screamed again as the stream rapidly heated up, "WHAT DID I EVER DO TO DESERVE THIS?"

…after my 'trouble' with the shower I headed downstairs to feast on some rice…

I stuffed my face while Fluffy watched me from afar; I slowly pulled my aerosol deodorant from my shirt pocket. Oh man, if that sucker tries to pull a fast one, I'll be ready!

Mom casually strolled into the room, wearing a lavender top, gray jacket, matching skirt, and interesting shoes.

Oh, and did I mention she actually wore makeup? That AND she put on perfume. Me senses a rat.

"Morning Mother-Dearest, may I ask why you look so fan-tabulous today?"

She pulled her blond hair back into a neat ponytail, "I have another job interview, if I get this job we can move out of this apartment."

I shrugged and took a sip of coffee (the real test about how sleepy you are, can you taste how bad it is?), "I really don't mind living here, it's close to Sora's house."

"Warm water every morning…"

"…but I'm totally for change of scene, what about you Mom, isn't that a fan-TABULOUS idea?"

That proved too much for my mom, she burst into tears and started hugging me.

"Oh Riku, why did you turn out gay, was I really THAT horrible a parent?"

I pushed her off of me, "I'm not gay you homophobic!"

"Straight men don't use the word 'fan-tabulous'."

I rolled my eyes, "I really enjoy the reactions you have, ya'know, the crying and stuff, it's entertaining on my part!"

She sighed pitifully and took another sip of coffee. I did the same thing in a perfect imitation.

"Ya'know, it WOULD be okay if you were gay, I'm not really a homophobic, just so you know…"

I took another sip of coffee (I'm beginning to wake up seeing as I taste it), "if it means so much to you I actually AM straight, but I'm screwed because I accidentally kissed the girl I like, on the cheek mind you, but she's really timid and stuff, so she probably doesn't like me anymore."

Mom squealed and covered her mouth, "OMIGOSH! You just opened up to me! Oh my gosh, that means we're finally connecting!"

I rolled my eyes, "I like to give you some credit sometimes."

She 'yay'ed and went upon her merry way, and I felt blood drip down my leg, I looked down to see the spawn of Satan with his claws half-way through my leg. I smiled and pulled out the deodorant and sprayed at him.

Aerosol deodorant plus open wound equals more pain than imaginable.

…I headed over to school after freaking out Sora (who happened to be waiting for me outside) with my howls of pain, to my surprise Cho didn't hate me, but she didn't mention anything from yesterday, she managed to stay away from that subject…

"Hey Riku, can you walk me to therapy later, Kairi and Sora are going out and Mom's insane about somebody walking with me to therapy."

I looked up from the schedules, Cho and I had English and Math together. "Yeah sure, so your Mom walked you to therapy where you used to live?"

She put a hand on my shoulder and attempted to peer at the papers, I passed them to her (she was WAY to short). "No, my brother did, but same difference, he was so much like Mom anyway."

Realization hit me four seconds later, "whoa, YOU have a BROTHER?"

She nodded as she looked from paper to paper, "HA! We have English, and where's your 'precious' sad excuse for a class, oh yeah, we had it YESTERDAY, and you got in a fight with the TEACHER!"

"Hey if you don't mind me asking, why do you have…?"

"Hemophilia, remember, Mom didn't want me doing anything active cause Dad died of internal bleeding when he got a bruise at the gym, so she wants me to stay as inactive as possible, so I go to physical therapy. Did I answer the right question?"

"No, I was going to ask why you have a different color paper; you have a gay shade of purple while mine's an even gayer shade of yellow, look at the difference!"

She smirked and hit me on the side, I mumbled a little 'ow' (it didn't hurt THAT bad, shut up!).

'DING-DING-DING!' Cho jumped again as the bell rang, and shut her locker. I laughed and grabbed her elbow, pulling her in the general direction of English.

"I didn't know you were so excited about English, I thought you hated it!" she said over the students, I shook my head and let go.

"You misunderstand; I hate this class so much I want to get it over with as fast as possible."

She slipped her hand into mine and flashed me a cute smile, "okay, let's go then!"

…maybe the language arts aren't so bad after all…

I sat down next to her and put my lunch tray down next to her lunch bag.

"Hooray, slightly edible pizza!" I cheered sarcastically; Kairi and Sora walked hand in hand and sat across from us.

"Hi Cho, Riku, what's new, did Riku get in a fight with the teacher again?"

I put my head down, "I didn't get in a fight with the teacher yesterday; I only threatened him a little bit."

I glanced up to see everyone around me (at our table of course) trying hard not to laugh, I nudged the bleeder.

"Traitor, I thought you were on my side!"

She looked down at me, and burst in a fit of giggles, "I can't help it; you're so funny!"

I shrugged and took a bite of pizza (at least they ordered in, I hope) Cho started on a salad.

Sora and Kairi got up 'to get a soda'. I snickered, "I just know they're behind a tree somewhere making out."

I froze as I felt Cho's warm lips press against my cheek, "so you don't feel jealous."

I chewed my pizza and watched her pull out an apple. She started smiling, "you look so weird, but seriously stop looking at me like that!"

I swallowed and blinked innocently, "like what?"

She shook her head, "nevermind, just pretend I never said anything."

She finished off half the apple and put it on the almost empty bag; she pulled out a cookie and unwrapped it.

I leaned close and whispered in her ear.

"Give Riku your cookie…"

She chuckled, "oh man, not that again."

"Give Riku your cookie…"

She broke off a piece and turned to pass it to me. I guess she wasn't expecting me to smother her lips with mine.

She leaned back slightly, and I just leaned forward, sliding my hands around her waist. She hesitantly kissed back, and I could hear the groans coming from the stupid fangirls.

I pulled away and took my half, "thanks, by the way, what time should I get you for therapy?"

She smiled and shook her head, "actually, I have to head over there after school, and today's session's only an hour."

I stuffed the cookie into my mouth as she finished off the apple, "Well that's good; maybe we can see a movie after, ne?"

She shrugged, "I don't know what they are playing."

I messed up her hair, tousling it all over the place, "that's not a problem; you just wait and see when you get there!"

She shrugged again "I don't know…"

"I'll have you back home by 4, at the latest."

She shook her head, "crap, I can't, I need to be home by 3, or else Kairi will go insane!"

"What'll I do?" we looked up at said couple, I took another bite of pizza.

"Simple, go insane if I take Cho to see a movie after her therapy and keep her until 4."

Sora cocked his head, "and you would take Cho out to a movie…because why?"

Cho rested her head in her hands, I grinned with mischief.

"Nothing big, I just 'kinda' made out with her while you were out 'getting a soda'."

"We did NOT make out; you just caught me off guard." Said person grumbled from behind her fingers, the couple sighed and sat down; Cho peeked out and flashed Kairi a look. The princess of god-knows-what mouthed something that looked like 'its ok', but it could've been something about me being gay.

"Hey, not everyone here is telekinetic, mind telling me why you're acting strange?"

Kairi suddenly became a little beam of sunshine, "I was just letting her know that you can take her to the movies later, just be back by 5! Oh, and don't worry, I'll tell Mom where you are, okay?"

She didn't say that, but she might've gotten away with it if it didn't surprise Cho so much…

"WHAT?" I laughed as the usually quiet person exploded. She shrunk into her seat and planted a little kiss on her head.

'DNG-DING-DING' she flinched again and we all began making fun of her…

…do you have ANY idea how boring school is when you have a date right afterwards…?

I enjoyed our little game (although I doubt Cho did), here's how it went. I put my arm around her shoulder, then as she concentrated on shrugging it off I'd keep it on, so when she pulled it off she'd turn accidentally, then I'd kiss her, temporarily immobilizing her, and then I'd put my arm around her again.

"Please stop doing that." She whispered behind her hair (she let it down to protect herself from me, she only unintentionally made herself look even sexier), I brushed the black curtain out of her face.

"So, how was therapy?"

She shrugged, "I just ran for 25 minutes and they gave me a check-up, nothing big."

I brushed my lips against hers gently, "stop it" I commanded.

"Stop what; you're the one who keeps kissing me randomly!"

"You're too cute, seriously, stop it!"

I kissed her again, holding two fingers up. She kissed me back, wrapping her arms around my neck.

Riku is the bomb, he's so awesome that he no longer thinks in third…damn.

She pulled away WAY too soon. "If we want to get to the movie in time, we've better skedaddle."

I groaned and leaned in for another kiss; she dodged me and pulled me in the general direction of the theater…

The movie sucked to the extreme, but it got out at 4, so we went to park…

I pressed her against the tree, ignoring the sudden rise in temperature as I kissed her frantically.

She pushed on me lightly, "Riku, we shouldn't be doing this…"

I planted my mouth over hers again, she pushed me away again and I growled in disappointment.

"No seriously Riku, just humor me!"

I sighed and leaned in, "explain it then."

She took a deep breath and I began trailing kissing on her neck, by then it was so hot I was beginning to sweat.

I stopped as she gasped, "Riku, you're sweating!"

I returned to her lips, "sooo….?"

She slipped out of my grasp, "I knew that was a bad idea!"

It got noticeably colder as Cho broke into a run out of the park, I sprinted after her.

"Cho, wait up!" She kept running, sheesh, she wasn't kidding when she said she was a good runner, or maybe she's on a sugar high.

"Dammit Cho, just tell me what happened, did I do something wrong?"

I was faster, and we both knew it, that's probably why she hopped a fence; I stopped and looked around, letting loose a sailor-worthy stream of extremities, trying to find a way around. I ran in the way I was originally heading.

After a few minutes I found myself completely lost. I walked home, pissed as HELL.

I slammed the door as hard as I could and stomped into the kitchen where my Mom lay with a box of tissues.

My mood softened a little as I collapsed in the chair next to her.

"Tell you what, let's go fish out the chocolate ice-cream, a few blankets, and go watch TV while complaining about our days, how about it?" I asked quietly, she nodded and looked up at me with teary eyes.

"You have lip-gloss on…"

Turns out Mom isn't getting the job she wanted, the boss made that perfectly clear…

"And she just ran off, like that?" Mom asked, handing me the carton, I took a huge spoonful.

"This is fun, maybe we should both take off tomorrow, and just hang out. I mean, we haven't done this since Dad left!" I commented as a sudden news bulletin interrupted our favorite show.

"Aww…come on!" Mom complained as she threw the left over spoon at the TV, I threw back my head and laughed.

"Recent reports have just stated that two local girls, Cho Hensley and Kairi Mueller have been kidnapped from their rooms at the mayor's house…"

I didn't stay to hear the rest; I just sprang up and ran out the door, stopping only to pull on my shoes and to grab my jacket and something lying by it.

"Riku…" I slammed the door, not even bothering to hear the rest of my Mom's speech. I stopped once I went down the stairs, pulling on my jacket and waiting for…

"SORA, GET YOUR BUTT BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!"

Said boy jogged up to me, "she's pissed" I observed, Sora shrugged.

"My loss, let's get out of here." He was about to start running when I grabbed his shoulder.

"If we run, they're going to catch up to us in four seconds."

Sora crossed his arms, "well, if you have a better idea, I'd like to hear it!"

I uncurled my fist, exposing the keys to my mom's BMW. Sora smirked and ran over to where it was parked.

I unlocked my door, slid in and unlocked Sora's too. After we buckled up I pulled out.

I put the petal to the medal and we were out of there in an instant.

The ride was pretty quiet until I had slowed down to where the cop was usually on duty.

"I'm so grounded, for, like, ever." I began, Sora nodded.

"That's why they invented cell phones."

I smoothly turned into the cul-de-sac, as usual we both tensed, living in shitty apartments it's only natural to react this way when you enter the neighborhood of rich peoples.

I parked across the house with billions of people swarming around it; we hopped out in time to see a light blue hybrid turn the corner.

"Shit, that's my mom's car, scatter dude, I'll meet you inside!" We scampered from the wrath of our mothers and split up in the crowd.

"Excuse me, pardon me, thank you, sorry, didn't mean for anything bad to happen, please don't take my picture, out of my way please!" I found myself using every excuse in the book while getting low and swimming through the horde.

I finally got to the police tape, I hopped over it in an instant, and Sora did the same.

"This is a crime scene; you have no right to be…hey!" I shoved the cop out of the way and we headed up to the clump of people that contained a crying Mrs. Mueller and some people I didn't recognize."

"Is it true?" we chorused as we got in earshot, I pushed off the officer who was attempting to tackle me. I can't believe we rely on these people to protect us!

A tall (taller than me, but only by a little bit) boy with messy black hair stood in front of me, "who the hell are you guys!"

I crossed my arms, trying to be equally badass while keeping the task-force-idiot off of me.

"Cho's boyfriend, Riku, and that's Kairi's boyfriend, Sora who the fuck are you?"

The boy's eyes narrowed, "Cho's brother, Shishi."

Oh…shit…

What kind of teacher gives children HOMEWORK on a FOUR-DAY-WEEKEND!

I hate school so much it hurts! R&R please!