Don't own anything, this is my longest chapter, just to make up for my last one being so short. Thanks for the support guys. By the way I'm a non fashion orientated guy so I have no idea if the dress I put Light in works, so please can a fashionable person tell me if the dress would work.
Lightning Strikes
While Serah was getting Lightning ready for the date, Lucifer and Snow were going over the details. "Snow, I know you want to do your own thing with this date, but if you don't follow my instructions you will not get a second date let alone fulfill the deal."
"Why not? You never explained that." Snow asked while putting on a dress shirt.
"Lightning is going into this halfheartedly. She wants to use this date as an excuse to get you to stop asking her out. You're going to have to make her want another date. Just go by my plan and you'll get that second date."
"Alright, alright, what do you want me to do?" Our hero in slacks asked.
Lucifer sighed, "Just go to a relatively nice restaurant, then take her to the forest right outside of Bodhum. I'll guide you to the location you need for this but try not to let her know you're following something. Besides that just be you, the more we fake it the harder it will be to pull off."
"Alright," Snow said, "what time is it?"
"About 6:20."
"OK, I'm gonna head over there then, they live about 20 minutes away, but I'd better be early, Light would kill me if I was late."
So our hellbound hero got to the Feron house a little early. Meanwhile, Serah and Lightning were arguing over whether or not Light should wear a dress or not.
"For the last time Serah, I don't want to get a dress. I'll just go as I normally would." Light said.
Unfortunately Serah was having none of that. "This is the first date you've had in six years Claire, you are going to wear the dress that I pick out, you are going to wear the make-up I put on you, and you are going to enjoy it." She said, "Do I make myself clear."
Light was understandably stunned by both her sisters use of her old name, and her tone of voice, her sweet sister suddenly turned into a drill sergeant. "Yes ma'am."
Serah proceeded with her mission without further complaint until there was a knock at the door. Just before she could put on the make-up to. "I'll go see who it is."
Serah went to the other side of the small apartment, and opened the front door. She then looked up, and up, and up. There was a young man with blonde hair and wearing a dress shirt and slacks, and he also happened to be a veritable giant. "Hi, name's Snow." He reached his hand out, to which she eeped.
"Sorry, " she cringed, "I'm Light's little sister, Serah. She told me about you, but I didn't know that you were so um,"
"Big, yeah I get that allot, don't worry." He said, kind of shocked as well, was she always so doll like. He thought it was weird how his heart didn't do anything when he saw her. He still felt affection for her, but not the passion he remembered.
"I'll tell Light you're early." She went back to Light's room but turned around before she entered, "I hope to see you again, Light needs some joy in her life."
Snow nodded at Serah as she closed the door. "Who was it," Lightning asked.
"Looks like your date is here early." She said, "I don't have time to do your make-up, but you look great without it anyway. I love you sis, have fun OK."
"I won't make any promises," Light said, relived that the make-up was not going to cake her face, "but I'll try." As she walks through the door.
Snow looked up as the door opened and couldn't believe his eyes. Light looked beautiful in the dress she wore to his palace, but now she was beyond breathtaking. She looked every bit the goddess she had been. The blood red top slowly bled to black around her legs. Her pale hair was let loose and fell to her shoulders. the overall effect was beyond stunning. And his first thought was, Divine. Then he remembered the roses he had bought earlier today and pulled them from behind his back. "Roses, kinda cliché don't you think."
Snow said "Nah, fit perfectly in my opinion."
Lightning raised a brow at this, "You think I'm delicate?"
"No, beautiful and dangerous."
"Never heard of a dangerous rose."
"You've obviously never picked the things, they'll tear your hand to dress if your not careful."
Light had to chuckle, a man as big and clumsy as Snow trying to pick roses was funny. "I'll give you that one. Anyway, let's get going. Serah will put the flowers in a vase or something later." She walks out of the door with Snow quickly following.
After they got in Snow's hovercar Light asked where they were going. "Ever heard of Sileen?"
"No."
"Well, it has great food, and the owner owed me a favor so I managed to squeeze out some last minute reservations." He said.
"Hn."
"Well, here we are." Snow said as he parked.
Lightning was quite impressed with the diner. Snow still made his jokes, but he did tone it down. They had a discussion about politics, and Snow even told her he didn't believe that Pulse was the hell everyone made it out to be. "I just don't buy all the Pulse hysteria, hell, I doubt there's any reason to be scared of Pulse armies anyway."
"Oh," she asked, "and why is that?"
"Sanctum policy. Why leave an enemy standing? I'd put money on every city on Pulse to be a wreck and all survivors would have been reduced to nomads if there were any." He said.
"Oh, then why wouldn't they brag about that?"
"To keep us on Cocoon."
"Why?"
Snow shrugged in response, unable to answer that question for now. "Listen."
"Him." She looked at him.
"I found a spot it the forest to the south. You wanna come?" He asked.
Well, she had nothing better to do. She shrugged, the I guess so was implied.
They got back in Snow's car and he flew them to the edge of the forest until he saw Lucifer. He pulled over and locked the car as they left. Popping the trunk revealed a simple blanket. After they set off, Lightning had a feeling this place was familiar but shrugged it off. At least until they entered the clearing. She was assaulted by memories. Years of camping trips with her parents and Serah came rushing back in a tidal wave of emotions. Snow, noticing Lightning's sudden change quickly went to her side. "Hey, you OK Light?"
"I, I know this place. Mom and dad would take us camping here, every year. My god, how did you find this place?" Sudden fear in her that maybe Snow was stalking her or something.
"A few weeks ago I was hunting a thexteron that went rouge. Chased it a bit past here before I got it. Found it on the way back. I took one look and I knew I wanted to take you here." He said. "Come here, let me show you what I saw."
He laid out the blanket in the center of the clearing and then laid down on it. She looked confused, but shrugged and layed beside him. Then she saw what he did. Pulse was below them surrounded by stars. It was amazing. "Wow, I never noticed that before."
"Yeah well, sometimes when we're kids we miss things, so us adults should always go back to our playgrounds, just in case." He said.
Lightning laughed, "Snow, you sounded so serious, but playgrounds, really."
"Hey," he whined in jest, "that was the best word I could come up with."
They layer there, gazing at the lower world surrounded by stars for what seemed like eternity. After that they packed up, still enjoying a companionable silence until Snow dropped her off.
"Well, guess this is your stop."
"Yeah," then she kissed him. Just a peck but Snow was stunned. She left the car before he could say another word and walked into her home, only to be ambushed by her little sister's bombardment of questions over the date.
