Hey guys! I decided to make this chapter twice the length of a normal chapter because a lot of stuff is gonna go down. I've also included a new character suggested by User 627. Sorry if characters seem OOC, but I'm trying to design their personalities myself. Enjoy! Also, the Aqua gate was chosen most, so I'll add it into the story.
The Geek And The Cheerleader - Chapter 7
Roxas and Terra one side, Aqua the next. I've been beaten up enough for a while, I might as well get this over with. No doubt that It'll be embarrassing, but I shouldn't delay the inevitable. I slowly trudged towards the gate. Maybe by some miracle, Aqua won't notice me. Of course the chances for that is low. She probably hates me now I got her boyfriend suspended. Whatever, if she hits me, at least the bruises will heal. Wow. I didn't realise how much of a depressive I just sounded like just then, sorry for that.
I was just about to walk up to Aqua, when someone grabbed my shoulder, and spun me around. A pink - haired woman with blue eyes was standing in front of me, smiling. Who is this woman? I've never seen her before. She looked around Aqua's age, so that's probably why. "Hi, I'm Lightning. I heard how you took Riku down to protect my friend Aqua, and I've got to say, I'm impressed. You don't look like the type to start a fight, but I guess looks can be deceiving." She said while staring into my eyes. Did this woman forget to buy a calendar on something? That happened ages ago, so why is she talking to me about it now?
"Anyway, I also heard that you got into a fight with Zack, Aqua's BF. I also heard that you punched him right in the face." Wherever she's getting her information from, it's unreliable. Unlike Wikipedia, that's always right (jokes).
"Well you heard wrong." I told her coldly. I had something I have to do, and this woman is wasting my time. If I just walk away from her, hopefully she'll get the hint that I don't want to take to her. I continued on, but my hand was grabbed. What the hell is her problem!? "Listen lady, I-" I was cut off by her lips being pressed to mine. That's right, she kissed me. The weirdo who I just met literally a minute ago, just kissed me. What a psychopath. I instantly pulled away, my eyes wide. Why did she do that!? That was my first kiss too...
I couldn't help but blush like an embarrassed little school girl. "Sora?" I heard a voice nearby calling my name. It was Aqua. She saw the whole thing. Well, I didn't think things could get more awkward between us, but they just did. She looked surprised, while Lightning had a mischievous smirk on her face. Everyone in the area was probably thinking 'WTF!?', I don't blame them.
"U-um Aqua...it's not what you think." I stuttered. She wouldn't listen though, she just walked off. Why is she so angry? I turned to Lightning with an annoyed expression. I could have worked things out with Aqua, but because of Lightning, she's gone. "WHY did you do that?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at the thief of my first kiss. Damn her. I wanted Aqua to be my first kiss.
"Because, I've been watching you for a while now, and it's safe to say that I'm in love with you." She replied sweetly. I've watched enough anime to know that if someone who stalks you says she loves you, it's bad news. Do not want. She probably didn't mean it anyway, she's just trying to annoy me I think. That's the only plausible explanation I can think of. I walked off quickly, trying to get away from this creep. Cold hearted, I know, but she's starting to creep me out. "Wait my love!" She called out, making me start to run, or more like limp away.
She caught me easy enough and latched her arm around mine like lovers do. We are NOT lovers. "Let go of my arm!" I commanded, trying to shake her off like she was some sort of wild animal, but she wouldn't budge. I had a plan B, but It was risky. What the hell, I might as well use it. I took in a deep breath, before shouting "STRANGER DANGER!" at the top of my lungs. I hoped to make her feel embarrassed so she would run away, but she didn't budge. Darn, I'm all out of plans. I guess I just gotta go with it for now I guess.
Limping along to class, with a psycho on my arm, everyone was staring in awe at me. I hate it when people stair at me! Its all her fault. If she wasn't such a weirdo, then none of this would've happened. When I reached my class I tried to pull away from Lightning, but she didn't let me go. "I've got class now, buzz off." I growled, trying to sound as scary as possible.
"Ok, I'll let you go for now. Oh, and I'm really excited about our date later on, see ya!" She waved, and ran off. WHAT DATE!? I never asked her out! Is she really that delusional? Oh well, I'll make it clear to her later that I'm not going on a date with her. A hand patted my shoulder, and turned to see Ventus with a look of pity on his face.
"Dude, what have you got yourself into?" He asked with a smirk, once again finding my problems funny.
"I don't want to talk about it." I muttered, feeling slightly annoyed. I'll forget about Lightning for now, I have bigger problems. Aqua is ignoring me, and Terra and Roxas are on the prowl. What if they rekindle Riku's hatred of me? If that happens, I'm so screwed.
I couldn't concentrate on my maths lesson. It doesn't really matter though, because I suck at math anyway. I spent the time thinking over how I would fix things with Aqua. We haven't talked properly since that time we got ice cream, and I miss spending time with her.
The rest of the school day flew by quickly. Nothing really eventful happened today. Unless you consider a girl kissing me, and then proceeding to say that she loves me in front of everyone, then today was pretty normal. I have a bad feeling that Lightning might try to make me go on a date with her, so I'm being extra careful when walking out of school, just in case she ambushes me. I saw Riku up ahead of me, so I decided to talk to him. Hopefully he doesn't hate me...
"Hey Riku, what's up?" I asked in a friendly way.
"Nothing much, but I heard that a lot happened to you today." He said, smirking. I guess he and Ventus are kinda alike in the way that they both like mocking me. Friendly mocking is okay though, right?
"Yeah, I'm just hoping that Lightning doesn't see me and force me to go out with her." I sighed, putting my hands behind my head.
"Speak of the devil." Riku replied, sending shivers down my spine. If he said that then that means...oh no! She found me! I turned around and saw Lighting running up behind me. Ugh, damn my sore legs, if only I could run. When she came up to me, she suddenly grabbed my hand, and kept running DRAGGING me along with her. When I say dragging, I literally mean dragging.
"Where are you taking me?" I demanded, hoping that she doesn't say on a date...
"On our date of course." She replied simply. As she dragged me along, I saw Aqua walking home, and our eyes connected for a few seconds. Her eyes looked really red like she'd been crying. What made her do that? She was quickly gone though because I was dragged away from her.
After a while, Lighting stopped, and grabbed my arm once again. "Here we are." She said happily, getting as close as she could to me. We were at a small café, one that I'd never see before. It looks quite nice, too bad I'm here with this woman and not Aqua. We walked inside and sat down. Thankfully, she let go of my arm and sat across from me, giving me some freedom.
Kill me now. Lightning has been going on about the most pointless things for five whole minutes not, and I'm getting really, really bored of it. A black - haired woman made her way over to our table, and began to speak, finally shutting her up. "Hello, my name is the great ninja - I mean waitress Yuffie." Did she just say ninja? With me being too busy ignoring Lighting's ramblings I forgot to look at the menu, so I had no idea what to order.
"We'll have two hot chocolates please." Lighting requested. Wait, how did she know that my favourite drink is hot chocolate? When the waitress left, Lightning began to dig around in her bag for something. It took her a little while, but eventually she pulled a photo out of her bag and handed it to me. It was a picture of me when I was younger playing with a girl with pink hair. Wait, pink hair? Please don't tell me that we used to be friends or something, that would be cliché.
"It's a picture of us when we were younger. We used to be best friends, until you moved away and we didn't see each other anymore. I've missed you so much, and I didn't know how to tell you who I am, so I waited to sum up enough courage to talk to you." She teared up as she said this, and smiled sweetly at me. It was definitely me in the photo, I just don't remember being friends with a 'Lightning' when I was younger.
"I'm sorry, but I don't remember you Lightning." I said apologetically, hoping not to offend her of hurt her feelings.
"That's because my real name is Claire Farron." Claire Farron? Claire Farron...I remember her now. We used to play when we were younger, and she used to always boss me around like I was her slave. This was the annoying girl from my childhood sitting across from me? I'm pretty shocked, she's changed so much I didn't even recognise her.
What now? What do I say? 'Oh hey' and leave it at that? Before I could speak, she leaned over the table and kissed me for the second time today. Why does she keep doing this!? I mean, I like Aqua...but she has a boyfriend. Agh! I don't know what to do! I need to think, that's for sure. "I'm sorry Lightning, but I need to think." And with that, I git up and left, leaving Lighting and my neglected hot chocolate.
Should I pursue a girl who already has a boyfriend? Or should I give my childhood friend a chance?
I'm really confused.
Ooh! Plot twist! Bet that was unexpected wasn't it? So, who should Sora choose? Aqua or Lightning? Also I'm sorry for the lack of Riku and Ventus in this chapter, I tried to include them but they only played very small roles. Please review, and I'll see you all in chapter 8! Peace out!
