Chapter Eleven – Crazy Frenchness
February seemed to just fly by. Kairi still thought it was October of last year. However, her birthday was in two weeks. Drama Club had started a week ago, and Kairi didn't have a really big part in it, which she was thankful for because she didn't have to memorize as many lines or get stage fright. Rehearsal was every day after school.
Kairi's friend Jenna, a pretty girl with short blonde hair and an extraordinary acting talent, was trying to get everyone in their places and settle them down. She was very serious about this play… especially with what happened with last semester's play. They did a Christmas play, and it was terrible. People forgot their lines, there were silent parts, and the audience was confused. Overall, it was boring.
"Now you guys know what happened with the last play… and it will not happen this time." She said, holding out a clipboard to call roll. Kairi and Namine stood next to each other.
"Michael!" Jenna yelled. "Listen!" Michael was very popular. He joked around a lot and loved to dance. He even created his own dance. Sometimes he didn't know when to be serious… which was a problem for the entire Drama Club.
Bryan, a guy with longish red hair and blue eyes calmed everyone down, making Jenna feel a little better. He started to speak.
"Everyone has to memorize their lines by March 18th…" He pulled out a paper. "Mrs. P wants us to do a lot better this time, and so do I. Please you guys… please, memorize your lines and let's be serious about this…" Everyone nodded and went backstage.
"So Kairi, who are you in the play?" Kairi rolled her eyes. Kazuya always flirted with her. Actually… he flirted with everyone. He came up and put his arm around her.
"What do you want?" She asked.
"I wanted to know who you were in the play."
"I'm Kelly, okay?" Kairi went over to Namine, who just sat and watched. Namine had a huge part in the play, but not as big as Jenna's part.
"Bothering you again?" Namine whispered. Kairi nodded and sat down. They had a couch backstage. Namine held up the script and tried to recite her lines from memory. Kairi only had four lines that she had memorized already.
After rehearsal, Namine dropped Kairi off at her house. She went into the kitchen and searched for some food. The house was dark and she was all by herself. Who knew where her brothers were, or even her mom. Kairi got a glass of water and walked into the TV room. There was usually nothing on. She checked the caller ID to see if anyone had called.
"Yuffie called…" Kairi picked up the phone and dialed Yuffie's number.
"Hey Kairi!" Yuffie greeted. "I tried calling earlier."
"I know. How are you?"
"Good. I was wondering if you wanted to go to my chorus concert tomorrow…" Yuffie asked. "Sure." Kairi said happily. She liked how Yuffie sang.
"Well, that's all I wanted to ask… my little sister is bugging me, I've gotta go. Ja!" They hung up. Kairi went upstairs, got online for a while, and then went to bed.
Ms. Martinez was absent the next day, and there wasn't any sub, so a different teacher split them all up into different classrooms on that hallway. Kairi and Selphie went to the French class.
The French teacher, Mr. Boivert, was explaining something in French when they walked in with a few other students. Sora had to go to the German class across the hallway. He told them to sit down and resumed what he was talking about. Kairi sat behind Yuffie and Selphie sat next to her.
"Bonjour," he wrote something on the board that Kairi didn't understand. She could never get the French accent right no matter how hard she tried. Selphie took out a notebook and starting writing random things on it.
"I'm an assassin." She showed it to Kairi, who raised an eyebrow. Selphie took it back and wrote something else. "Blood!" Kairi wanted to laugh.
Selphie scared her. She wrote, "There are skeletons prancing around the room kissing all the guys on their cheeks…" Yuffie saw this and said, "What the…?" They laughed.
"Is something funny?" Mr. Boivert turned around. They all shook their heads. Mr. Boivert saw a boy sleeping on the other side of the room. He walked over to him. The rest of the class watched.
"I know when you're sleeping…" Mr. Boivert said, "I know when you're awake… I will haunt you in your dreams…" The class was confused. "Just like Freddie!" Yuffie blurted out happily.
"Yeah!" Agreed another boy. "Mr. Boivert, you do look like Freddie!"
"We're going to get you a red and black striped sweater for Christmas!" Yelled another girl. The class laughed. "With a matching hat!" Yuffie was close to tears.
"Do you have a friend named Jason?" Selphie asked randomly.
"HOW MEAN!" Mr. Boivert yelled, stomping to his desk. Everyone laughed. "French is crazy…" Kairi said, trying to hold back laughter.
"I think he spent too much time in France…" Selphie giggled.
In gym, Kairi was so glad it was Friday. Sora and Wakka offered her and Namine to play some soccer with them. Riku wasn't at school today. Kairi hadn't played soccer for about a year, but still knew how to play. Namine was in goal, which was a surprise, considering she was scared to death of the ball.
"Don't kick too hard!" Namine panicked as Wakka tried to score, but Kairi stole it and kicked it in the goal past Namine. "Whoa!" Namine said, picking it up and throwing it out. It was Kairi and Sora against Wakka, since Wakka thought he could beat anybody and everybody. She passed it to Sora, but Wakka took the ball.
It was almost time for class to end. They were winning, and Wakka was one point behind. He was pretty angry when he lost, but Kairi figured he'd get over it.
"How long have you been playing soccer?" Sora asked as they went back inside. "I played when I was younger… and then I played for a year on the school soccer team."
"The one that never won? No offense…" Kairi shrugged. "Yeah. But it's just fun to play. I don't care too much about winning."
"That's cool." Sora said, waving to her to go and get changed.
At lunch, Namine actually didn't have anything to study for once. Selphie was messing with her iPod, and Kairi just ate a cheeseburger quietly.
"Could I have one of your fries?" Selphie asked. Kairi nodded and she took it. But Selphie didn't eat it, instead she tried to make it stand up straight. Kairi raised an eyebrow and started sipping some chocolate milk. The French fry fell over. Selphie whined and put it back up again.
"It's gay." She said randomly.
Kairi busted out laughing. She covered her mouth just in time so that she didn't spit all over Namine. She didn't know why it was so funny, but Namine and Selphie were cracking up too. Milk came out of her nose. After she was able to breathe again, she asked one of them to get her a napkin. Namine gladly did so.
"What was so funny?" Selphie asked. "I don't know…" Kairi blew her nose. She had laughed until she was in tears, and people thought she was crying.
"Namine, you're lucky I didn't spit it all over you." Namine moved back some and they laughed.
"ANYWAY," Namine started, trying to change the subject, "Are you guys going to Yuffie's concert tonight?" Kairi nodded. "Yeah. I am."
"I am too!" Selphie exclaimed. There was a pause. She looked at Kairi mischievously. "Hey Kairi… you should invite Sora…" Kairi blushed. "What? No way!" She refused.
"I thought you two were friends now." Namine said.
"Yeah… but… I think it'd be a little… weird…"
Selphie laughed. "No it wouldn't!" She covered her mouth. "I mean… I just think you should. Heh…" She drank her soda. Kairi eyed her suspiciously. "Um…" She shrugged. "Nah. I'm too shy."
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A/N: -chants- Selphie knows something she doesn't… Selphie knows something she doesn't… w00!
