Chapter 11: Sleep over
Yuna and I were dressed in our pyjamas, Yuna had a pair of short blue shorts on and a white strappy top with a moogle printed on it – she was on the phone to everyone telling them to bring a movie with them. We had pushed the screen away and had set up makeshift seats on the floor in front of the plasma screen. I was making bowls of popcorn and tapping my foot impatiently in front of the microwave. There was a knock at the door as Yuna put down the phone.
"First guest!" she clapped her hands excitedly and ran for the door
"Careful you don't trip!" I quickly added.
"Hey Wakka. Hi Lulu."
"Hope you like what we brought…"
"I know they ain't the greatest things but Lu and I don't watch a lot of movie's ya"
"Its okay, come on in. Did you bring you're sleeping bags?"
"Nah, me and Lu are just here for the movie, brought some popcorn with us – if ya need it, right Lu?"
"…I thought you we're bringing it Wakka"
"Sorry Yuna – I'll go get it!"
"It's okay"
"No really I'll go get it don't worry…hope you don't mind but I invited Tidus and Lenne as well, ya?"
"Oh……okay. As long as they don't cause trouble"
"Don't worry ya, I'll keep him in line – and there's always Lu"
The sound of the door told of Wakka's departure and Yuna showed Lulu into the room. Lu took a seat on the main couch and Yuna jumped onto her bed and rummaged through a cupboard above her bed – she pulled a movie and put it with the other two. Another knock came at the door – Yuna went to answer it.
"I thought you two were in this together?" Lu asked, I shrugged.
"Hiya Lulu!" Rikku cartwheels into the room with a yellow sleeping bag tied to her back a movie grasped in her right hand – Paine followed with a black sleeping bag tucked under her arm. The two were dressed in the same colour of pyjamas as their sleeping bags, Paine had a black pair of trousers and shirt, Rikku a pair of yellow trousers and a small yellow tank top.
"Hey look who I found in the corridor ya" Wakka came back in followed by Baralai, Nooj, Gippal, Hitomi, Lei Fang, Leblanc, Tidus, Lenne and Christie came in – all sported nightwear except Tidus and Lenne.
Paine dumped her sleeping bag on my bed, which everyone else followed – Gippal threw his at Rikku first, Wakka handed me the popcorn pack he'd promised.
"Sorry it took so long ya" Wakka panted, I patted him on the shoulder.
"No problem Wakka" I said cheerfully – Tidus repeated my words in an annoying fashion. "Hey!" Wakka pointed a finger at Tidus "You show some respect to Max and Yuna tonight, okay burruda? They could have turned you two away at the door" Lenne stopped sniggering Tidus put up his hands in mock surrender.
"Okay Wakka, cross my heart and hope to die!" Tidus did a cross over his heart and Wakka sat down next to Lu on the couch.
"No way!! I ain't watching that!" Gippal held up Baralai's tape
"Oh and Machina Mushier is more entertaining?" Baralai reached for his tape, Gippal held him off
"Yevons Tear is full of religious crap!" Gippal was reading the back
"And yours is full of blood and guts crap!!" Baralai snapped and grabbed Gippal's tape
"Blitzball season three!" Wakka pumped the air
"Death Seeker" Nooj sat peacefully on a cushion
"Another day in the sun" Lulu didn't make a big effort
"Fist of stone!" Lei Fang jumped on the spot in her brown nighty
"Mush Mush Puppies!!" everyone looked at Hitomi who got embarrassed and hugged the pillow she had harder – she buried her face into it and almost touched the leg of her sky blue set of pyjamas.
"Forgotten Love" Leblanc started of into space completely oblivious to the fact that she was blinding everyone with her bright pink nighty.
"My Hero!" Lenne snuggled into Tidus
"Blitzball King!" Lenne glared at Tidus
"Get you're freak on!" Rikku held her tape in front of her
"Samurai Trio!" Paine slammed her tape onto Rikku's head, Rikku started to mutter to herself in Al Bhed.
All eyes fell on Christie "Assassins Honour" she sighed not wanting the attention – was wearing only a black bra top and a black pair of pants with a little frilly bit on them, she shot Gippal a deathly glare when she noticed him eyeing her.
"Um…" Yuna began as eyes started to fall on her "That faithful day" she gave a nervous smile.
"That's a chick flick!!" Tidus nearly shot out of his seat on the couch.
"Well I like it" Yuna stuck her tongue out.
I was looking at two movie while Yuna and Tidus argued over her choice, Flame of rebirth or What lies sleeping…never seen either. Argument stopped when Lulu calmed both of them down
"You're choice?" Lulu asked taking her seat again on the couch.
"…What lies sleeping?" they all froze.
"No! NO! That's too scary!" Rikku and Hitomi shook their heads in unison.
"What's wrong with it?" I wasn't sure if I wanted the answer.
"Baralai can't even watch it without hiding behind a couch or running to the bathroom" Baralai nodded when Gippal pointed to him. Paine picked up the other movie I was looking at.
"You do know you were looking at two – extremely hard to watch horror movies…right?" I looked at Paine blankly.
"What makes them that scary?" Paine just sighed and returned to her seat on the floor.
"Okay votes" Yuna started to hold the movies up in turn, everyone put their hands up in turn for the movie they wanted. Yuna's face light up at one of the finalists.
"It's either 'That faithful day' or 'Samurai trio'" Yuna lifted 'That faithful day' and it won hands down. Yuna went to put the movie in and Wakka hit Gippal on the nose.
"Stop eyeing Yuna's butt ya!" Yuna shot up and pulled her shorts as much as she could over her cheeks – she turned with an embarrassed face and a bright pink blush.
Gippal just waved at her while nursing his nose. Rikku was stiffing her face with popcorn while Yuna found a seat near the TV. The screen flicked to life and the opening credits started – and the extra popcorn bowls were given out, as Rikku didn't want to share.
Soooo bored…must try to stay awake. The movie was putting me to sleep – Christie who was sitting slightly behind me gave a hard slap over the back of my head.
"I can't see!" she growled, I slouched lower.
Christie and Paine were the only two girls that hadn't broken into tears, but both were interested in the movie and didn't like anyone getting in the way.
"Hey" Paine tapped me on the shoulder – she'd come round from the other side of the couch. "Looks like you have a visitor" she pointed to Yuna who was asleep leaning against my arm.
Rikku and Hitomi's popcorn stuffed faces peered around the other side of the couch.
"Awe they look so cute together!" Hitomi went all soft. Rikku quickly returned to the movie – Hitomi only stopped looking over at us when Rikku started to chock on some popcorn.
"Move aside" Gippal gave Rikku a sharp kick to the backside.
"Gross dude!" Tidus pointed to the half-swallowed piece of popcorn now on the screen. Everyone gave a loud 'yuck' except for Gippal who was busy getting strangled by Rikku.
The last couple of minutes were passing in the movie and almost everyone was in tears – even Christie and Paine were crying slightly. To tell the truth I was the only one not crying…even with Yuna clinging onto me crying her eyes out. The credits start to roll and I gently ease Yuna off me so I can stop the film.
"Uh…I'll see you later Wakka" Lenne drags Tidus out the door – their shortly followed by Wakka and Lulu.
Things finally start calming down and everyone starts setting out their sleeping bags.
"Hey that was my spot!" Rikku stamps her foot angrily at Leblanc.
"You snooze you lose!" Leblanc slips into her ultra pink sleeping bag.
Baralai is jogging on the spot looking desperate for the toilet – Paine quickly grabs one of his hands and throws him in one of the toilets. She comes back and sits on her sleeping bag looking extremely annoyed. There's a flush and Baralai comes back out looking more relaxed, he fixes his green trousers and tucks in the matching shirt.
"Look what I found in the bathroom!" Before anyone can look Yuna sprints across the room and snatches whatever he had in his hand.
"Keep her hands to yourself!!" she stomps back into the bathroom.
"Rikku, what the hell are you doing?" Paine raises an eyebrow, Rikku has pulled both beds off and placed them on the floor.
"It's a sleep over right? So it's not fair on us if Yuna and Max sleep in their beds." Yuna seems okay about the mess on the floor that was previously her bed in till just a few seconds ago – she also has a red face and looks flustered.
"Can someone turn the lights off?" Hitomi is holding her pillow over her eyes trying to sleep.
I press the switch on the wall next to my bed that switches off all the lights on the left – Yuna does the same with hers. The silence that comes when the lights are turned out only lasts for a few seconds. Rikku starts counting sheep and we tell her to shut up…five seconds later.
"Never said goodbye before you left"
"Agh!! What IS wrong with you Rikku? You can't keep quiet for a couple of seconds!"
"You were the one singing through parts of the movie Lei Fang!!"
"Rikku shut up!!"
"You shut up Gippal!!"
"Someone shut her up or I will!"
"How do you plan to Christie?"
"A slit throat should shut her up"
"Christie that's horrible!!"
"Paine isn't complaining, is she Yuna?"
"All of you shut up, I need my beauty sleep!!!"
"Yeah…me too…"
"Nooj…even a thousand years of beauty sleep wouldn't help you"
"Don't listen to them Noojie!!"
"…Noojie?…bwahaha! That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard! GAH!!"
"What's wrong?"
"Rikku just hit me in the face with a fish…"
"You asked for it Gippal!"
"Wahh! Get away!!"
Yuna sits up and turns the light on.
"Hey! Stay out my bathroom!!" Rikku is tugging at the door with a fish draped over her shoulder.
"Sorry Yunie! He wouldn't open the door!" Yuna storms to the bathroom door fuming. Baralai lifts his head.
"Dead man walking" he collapses back onto the pillow.
"Gippal get out!! NOW!!!!!!" Yuna screams and a small whimper can be heard from the room – she sounded seriously spooky when she screamed.
As the door opens Yuna grabs the fish from Rikku and whacks Gippal with it. Yuna storms back into the room and goes back to bed – Rikku drags Gippal into the room…he's unconscious and has a huge red mark on his forehead.
"Wish I could do that…" Paine sighs and turns over, Yuna gets up and goes over to Christie she then whispers something to her. Christie turns over.
"Next person to talk, I kill" she says coldly as Yuna goes back to bed with a smirk on her face – not another word is spoken.