Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, any movies, songs, TV shows etc. that I might use. I own my OC's which include Amé, Talitha, Arixia, Kaiyo, Emi, and Kitai.
Author's Note: Thanks to all who reviewed! Like I said before I'm skipping straight to Christmas so they've already been back to school and they're off again. hehe. Enjoy…
Chapter 11: The Best Christmas
"I can't believe its already Christmas Eve and I still haven't found a present for Riku!" I told Naminé and Arixia as we were walking in the mall together.
"You're the one that put it off." Naminé stated.
"Yeah to get presents for you guys. What am I gonna do? I have to find something for him. Knowing him he's gonna get me something really good!"
"Okay. Just calm down. What stores does he like?" Arixia asked me.
"Well… he's at Hot Topic a lot and he seems to like the stuff there."
"There you go. Go in there and find something for him."
"Do you know how many different things are in that store?"
"Uh… yeah it's a store. It's gonna have a lot of things in it." she laughed.
"You know that's not what I meant." I replied as I laughed. "I mean how would I know what to get him in there?"
"Well you could just pay attention to what he's looking at and get that for him." She answered as she pointed at Riku and Sora in the store looking around.
"Oh my gosh!" I panicked. I turned around to run away but I was too late.
"Selphie!" he called to me. I turned around and pretended to smile.
"Riku, hey. Didn't expect to see you here." I replied as he walked up to me and hugged me. "Help me" I mouthed to my Naminé and Arixia. "I thought I wasn't going to see you until tonight." I said as we pulled away.
"Yeah. Well I'm just here getting last minute presents. I still need to get one for my sister." He replied.
"You're looking in here for your sister?"
"Yeah. It's pretty much the only thing Amé and I have in common. We both love this store."
"Oh really? What do you like in here?" I asked curiously.
"I like lots of stuff. Mostly the T-shirts and wristbands of the different bands and some of the anime stuff." He replied.
"I see. That's what I like about it too, except I can never find the key chain I'm looking for. I'm collecting them to put on my backpack and I can't seem to find the ones I want. Most of them are the chibi ones. I don't like them as much so I don't get those. The character has to look normal." I told him.
"I know what you mean. I've been looking for one of Sasuke from Naruto and I always see the chibis. It's annoying. That and I've been looking for a good wristband for a while now. Anyway, I suppose you're in the mall getting your last minute shopping done too right?"
"Yeah. I'm shopping with Rixi and Nami. I still got to get my mom and my brother a present."
"Well I gotta go. Apparently I'm supposed to take Amé and Talitha to the movies today."
"I'm sorry." I laughed. "See you."
"See you tomorrow." He replied as he kissed me and left with Sora. I turned to Arixia and Naminé.
"Did you see what he was looking at?" I asked.
"Well yeah, but we found something better." Arixia replied. I looked at her confused. She showed me a Sasuke key chain and a wristband with Riku's favorite band name on it.
"Thank you guys!" I squealed as I hugged them. I paid for them and we left. "I'm almost scared to guess what Riku's getting me. He's just so sweet."
"Yeah, same with Axel. I never figured he could be so romantic. I can't wait until tomorrow when we all get together for our Christmas." she replied as we walked into a restaurant in the mall.
"I know. Can you believe how perfect our freshman year has turned out?" Naminé replied as I ordered our drinks.
"What are you talking about Naminé?" Arixia asked. "This year has been far from perfect. Remember the cheerleader revenge?"
"And don't forget about the Fall Carnival. That was a disaster." I added.
"Well we can't have everything perfect. But I mean look at all the good things that have happened to us. I moved to NDIHS, we all made the dance team, we're all in choir and ended up with our crushes being our duet partners and then they ended up being our boyfriends! How much better can this year get?!" she exclaimed.
"You're right Naminé." I replied as our drinks were put on the table. I raised my glass to the air. "To our freshman year. The year we'll always remember!"
"To the best of friends!" Arixia raised hers.
"To life. May it be happy for all of us!" Naminé exclaimed as we hit our classes together and drank our sodas.
We paid for our drinks and left to meet Yuffie outside. We saw her waiting for us in her green Lexus. We all got in the backseat. She dropped off Naminé first and then dropped me off.
"See you tomorrow, Rixi!" I waved as I got out of the car and went into the house. As I walked in my brother was on the couch with a girl. They weren't just sitting either. I cleared my throat and Jamie looked up at me in surprise. "And you got onto me for that?" I teased.
"Uh… okay. Fine. You caught me doing it too. There's not much I can say to that."
"You mean I win this time?"
"Yeah you win. I can't argue." He smiled. "By the way, this is my girlfriend, Emily." He introduced the girl and turned to her. "Emily, this is—"
"Selphie. I'm his sister." I introduced myself.
"Hello." She replied. "May I ask what you guys are talking about? What can't Jamie argue about? I'm confused."
I laughed. "Well you see around Thanksgiving he 'caught' me and my boyfriend making out in the front yard. He was in charge at the time and tried to punish me for it. Now I've caught him." I laughed again. Emily started to laugh as well. "Are you staying for Christmas?" I asked when I had stopped laughing. Emily just nodded. "Not to be rude, but don't you want to spend Christmas with your family?" I asked.
"I don't exactly have a family anymore. I mean I do but I only have my aunt and she lives in Traverse Town. I lost my parents and my brother when I was six. My aunt raised me until I turned eighteen and kicked me out. Now I go to Destiny Isle University. It's like my only home." She answered.
Oh my gosh! I'm sorry I asked! Poor Emily. "I'm sorry. I bet Jamie told you about our dad."
"Yeah he did. I'm sorry."
"It's fine. I really miss him but I've found someone to help me get over it."
"You're boyfriend?" she asked. I nodded.
"You'll see him tomorrow along with my friends Arixia and Naminé as well as their boyfriends. We're having a family Christmas tonight at midnight and then a Christmas party tomorrow."
"That sounds like fun." She replied.
I stayed and talked for a while then went up to my room to wrap presents. By the time I was done it was five, which means dinnertime. I went downstairs to eat. After dinner my mom announced game time. We all sat around the kitchen table playing Monopoly. After hours of playing Talitha, Jamie, and I were the only ones left. My mom went bankrupt and gave everything to Talitha and Emily gave everything to Jamie. I owned all the railroads, Water Works and Electric Company, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana Avenue, Pacific Avenue and the other greens, as well as Boardwalk and Park Place. Talitha landed on Park Place with a hotel on it and couldn't pay so she gave all her stuff to me. Only Jamie and I are left. We took turns going around the board and paying each other rent. I landed on Go to Jail and he kept missing all my properties. I kept rolling hoping not to get doubles so I could collect money if he did land on my stuff. I rolled doubles on my third turn and landed on chance. I got the Go to Jail card. When I finally got out I rolled doubles three times and went back to Jail. Jamie kept landing on all my properties with hotels. Finally he landed on Pennsylvania Avenue and he couldn't pay it so I won. (A/N: That actually did happen to me in a monopoly game once. It was pretty funny.) We looked at the clock to see it was 11:45. We went to the living room and sat on the couch. My mom brought in cokes and we had a toast at Midnight.
"Time for presents!" She announced.
I ran to the tree and grabbed my pile and took it to the couch. I tore open the wrapping paper on a present labeled from Mom first. It was a pink DS with Brain Age and Mario Kart! The next present, from Jamie, was Brain Age 2 and an iTunes gift card. There was another present from my aunt in Radiant Garden. It was the complete box set of Inuyasha movies! The last present I had was from Talitha. I opened it and found two Tinkerbell T-shirts, and number sixteen of Fruits Basket manga book. I thanked everyone and went upstairs. I changed into my pajamas, laid down, and went to sleep.
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Around two the next day Arixia, Axel, Naminé and Roxas showed up. Talitha had gone to Amé's and we all played games until Riku came around dinnertime. We ate as soon as he showed up. We've all become really good friends since school started. The weekend after Thanksgiving we all went on a triple date. It was fun.
"Why were you so late, Riku?" Arixia teased him.
"Emi was making do a bunch of things before she let me leave." He answered.
"What are you her slave or something?" Axel joked.
"Pretty much." Riku replied.
"You mean you're serious?" Naminé asked.
"Yeah, she acts like I'm just a piece of shit that came along with marrying my dad."
"That doesn't seem right. She was so nice at Thanksgiving." I stated.
"She doesn't show it around other people. She's nice to me around my dad too, but as soon as my dad leaves…"
"What about Amé?" Roxas asked.
"She adores Amé. It's just me she hates." He replied.
"And your dad? Does he know?" I asked.
"He's so happy with her so I don't bother telling him."
"Maybe you should tell him. It wouldn't hurt if she doesn't treat you like she does Amé."
"Yeah, I guess." he replied.
"Anyone else want to open presents?!" Arixia randomly piped up.
We all laughed and went into the living room. We decided to open friends presents first and our couples' presents last. From Arixia I got an outfit that I'd wanted for a while. From Naminé I got number seventeen Fruits Basket manga. I looked around to see that Naminé and Arixia had opened there's and we thanked each other. Now it was time for the couples' presents. Riku opened his and was surprised to see the Sasuke key chain and the wristband.
"I've been looking everywhere for a wristband with this band on it." he replied. I looked up and smiled as I held his present in my hands. "Are you going to open mine?" he asked.
"Huh? … Oh! Yeah." I tore off the wrapping paper and stared down at it in shock. I nearly fell off the couch. There in my hands was a gold heart shaped necklace with diamonds in it. (A/N: Riku's rich. lol. ) This is… no… is this real? I couldn't believe my eyes. I finally looked up at him. He was smiling. "Is this…?"
"Real? Yeah." he replied as he took it from the box and put it around my neck.
"Are you serious?!" I exclaimed as I looked down at it. He nodded. "Riku! How did you…?" I was in shock.
"It doesn't matter how." He replied. "What matters is that you like it."
"I love it but I just… oh my gosh…it's had to have been expensive."
"Don't worry about that." He laughed.
"Do I really mean that much to you?" I asked as I started to tear.
"Yeah. I know it might be a little soon to say this but I've never felt like this about anyone. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. There's just something about you that I… well ever since you ran into me on the first day of school I couldn't stop thinking about you. You're my one and only. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you."
I blushed as tears of joy ran down my face. I threw myself into his arms and he embraced me. The others looked at us questioningly. We laughed and I showed them what Riku got me. Arixia and Naminé's eyes widened when they found out it was real. After our shock attack we played board games and had a DDR tournament. Axel took Arixia home around nine and Naminé and Roxas left right after them. It was just me and Riku left. We watched the first DVD of the Inuyasha movies and then Riku left around ten. I went back up to my room and flung myself on my bed. I looked down at my necklace and smiled.
This has been the best Christmas. My freshman year has been the best!
Author's Note: Kind of boring at first I think but at least there's fluff! Next chapter is New Year's! Please don't forget to review!