Chapter 13: Preparing For Christmas
It finally rolled around to December on Destiny Islands, and everyone was loving it.
"Hey, Kai." Namine said walking into Kairi's room.
"Hey, Namine. What's up?" Kairi replied.
"Not much. Hey, have you noticed RG and Riku lately? I think something's going on between those two."
"Yeah. There definitely is." Kairi said. Kairi knew Rikku didn't want anyone to know until they told the group, so Kairi just had to keep quiet for now. She got off her bed and walked over to her balcony. The skies were a smoky gray, and there wasn't much sun due to all the clouds. Namine walked over and joined her.
"I can't believe it's almost Christmas!" Namine squealed happily.
"I know. I love this weather." Kairi said looking up at the sky. It was so peaceful. Kairi loved this time of year. It reminded her of Ryan. God, why was he in her thoughts lately. She liked Sora. Ryan was just a jerk. 'But, winter was the time when we officially started dating. It was the best time of my life. Then in the spring, when I found out I was moving, everything changed. And when I told Ryan everything just got worse. He would ignore me in school, and would find ways to get out of hanging with me on weekends. He seemed to never want to see me. Then about a week before I'm supposed to move, he starts talking to me again. Of course, it was only to tell me that long distance relationships never worked out. Then he shows up unannounced and tries to take me back, but no way. But still, no matter how hard I tried, he was always in my thoughts lately. He'd been trying to win me over the entire month. Sora was getting mad. Hell, I was getting mad. He'd send me flowers, chocolates, poems, and part of me thought it was kinda sweet. Of course, I'd never tell anyone that.'
"Kai?" Namine asked sending Kairi out of her daze.
"Wh-what?" Kairi asked.
"Hello? I've been asking you for the past ten minutes if you wanted to go to the pier with everyone. Where were you?"
"Sorry. Just lost in my own thoughts, I guess."
"Well, anyways, do you wanna?"
"Umm, sure. Yeah. That's cool."
"Ok. So do you wanna go now or-"
"Umm, I'm gonna get changed and I'll meet you at your house in a half hour." Kairi said.
"Ookay, is everything ok?"
"Yeah. Everything's perfect." Namine nodded and headed out. "Why wouldn't it be?" Kairi murmured walking into her closet. She looked for about ten minutes and finally decided on an outfit. Kairi emerged from her closet in light wash jeans, a white fitted tee, a black hoodie, and black Converse. She went to her bathroom and put on some eyeliner and mascara. She walked back to her bedroom and flopped onto her bed. She still had fifteen minutes till she had to meet Nami, so she was gonna use them wisely. She turned over on her stomach and hugged her pillow to her face. 'What was Rikku talking about with me coming clean with Sora? Sora and I were just friends. Besides, Sora wouldn't like me anyways. No matter how much I wanna believe he could, I know he just couldn't. And I mean, Ryan did actually like me. And he is being really sweet. Of course, if I said that to any of my friends, they'd flip out and say he's just trying to steal me away from them. Plus, Ryan never cheated on me. Wait! What am I saying? Sora never cheated on me. Sarah was his girlfriend before I even showed up! Maybe I should just let her have him. I mean, Rikku did tell me he was happy with her. Maybe that would be best then.' Kairi thought. She looked at her clock and saw it was time for her to head out. She got up and walked out of her room, but checked herself in the mirror first. Once she was good, she headed downstairs. Her mom was making a sandwich for herself.
"Hi mom." Kairi said.
"Hi, sweetie. Where are you going?" she asked.
"I'm gonna head to the pier with everyone." Kairi said.
"Well ok. Just be home for dinner."
"Ok, will do." Kairi smiled before walking out of her house. She walked down the street to Namine's. She was about to knock on the door when she saw a note.
Kai,
I headed off to the beach bc Roxas called. Hope you're not mad. Just come meet us at the beach.
Love,
Nami :)
Kairi read over the note and turned around. She started heading down the sidewalk towards the beach when she heard someone calling her name. She turned around and Ryan was running towards her.
"Hey." He said.
"Hi." Kairi replied.
"Whoa."
"What?"
"You're not completely ignoring me, or calling me a stalker, or something."
"Well, I guess I'm just not as mad at you anymore."
"Oh. Did you get the stuff I sent you?"
"Yeah. That was really sweet of you. You really shouldn't have."
"Well, I had to make it up to you." I smiled. Maybe he really did care. "So, what are you doing for Christmas?"
"Umm, I don't really know."
"Maybe you could have a party. You know, invite some people, and have it in a banquet hall or something. That would be so killer." Ryan suggested.
"Oh my God! That's a really good idea. I'm sure my parents would be ok with it."
"Cool."
"Look, Ryan. I gotta meet up with my friends, so I should really get going."
"Ok, I guess I'll see you at school?"
"Definitely." Kairi said turning around. She started walking then quickly turned around. "Ryan!" she yelled back. He turned around. She ran up to him and hugged him. Little did she know that the group came to look for her and showed up right as she was hugging him. "Thanks." Kairi whispered in his ear.
"No problem. I felt bad about the way I lied when I first got back. I shouldn't have." Ryan said as they pulled back. Kairi gave him a quick peck on the cheek before turning around. But when she did she gasped. Staring back at her with wide eyes were her friends. She freaked. What was she supposed to do? She started to run across the street when a pick-up truck blasted its horn. She froze. This was it. She was only 14 and her life was coming to an end. She closed her eyes and was waiting for the impact. And she got one. Just, not necessarily the one she was expecting. When Sora noticed that she wasn't gonna move, he bolted into the street and grabbed her right as the truck zoomed by. They landed on the other side of the street.
"Oh my God, Kairi!" Rikku screamed.
"Holy crap!" Namine shouted running across the street. Roxas and Riku followed shortly behind.
"Kairi, what were you thinking?" Riku yelled. Kairi looked up and saw Ryan stalking off into the distance.
"Kairi? Kairi! Oh my God! She's deaf! She can't hear us!" Namine shouted.
"I'm not deaf!" Kairi shouted.
"Holy crap, Kai! What were you thinking?" Roxas asked.
"I don't know!" Kairi yelled getting up and brushing herself off. "Let's just go to the pier." Kairi said. Namine and Rikku nodded and they started towards the beach.
"Oh, yeah. Just saved your life, Kairi. But no need to thank me." Sora muttered to Roxas.
"Chill, man. She's probably just flustered." Roxas replied. They got to the beach and sat on the sand. Kairi kept picking it up and letting it sift back to the ground.
"Kairi, what's going on?" Sora asked.
"Nothing." Kairi replied.
"Then why were you hanging out with Ryan?" Sora demanded.
"I can still talk to the guy." Kairi defended.
"I thought you hated him. But I guess not since you're hugging and kissing him now." Sora growled. There was and horrible silence surrounding us. "Oh and no need to thank me. I just saved your life. But I guess that must have been something that happened a lot where you used to live." Sora said.
"You try almost getting hit by a car and then think. God, Sora! I couldn't think after that!" I yelled with tears welling up in my eyes.
"That still doesn't answer why you were talking to that scum." Sora said.
"Shut up!" I yelled. Everyone kept looking back and forth to see who would talk next. "Did you ever think that maybe he changed? Or, were you too busy lost in your own life? Every time he did something nice or sweet for me, all of you just said he was faking and was a jerk. You don't even know him, ok? People change. I mean, Sora, look at Sarah. She was your something special. The sweet girl you loved. But she changed. Hell, she cheated on you!" I yelled with tears streaming down my face.
"How do you know that?" Sora yelled. Nobody talked. "So one of you told her? I thought you guys were my friends." he said looking at everyone.
"I thought I was your friend too, but you never told me." Kairi said.
"It was in my past. I was trying to let it go." He said calming down some.
"But then she came back and you still didn't tell me." Kairi pointed out.
"Well, I just, I didn't think-"
"Yeah, you didn't think." Kairi said before heading back up the beach. She walked back down the street crying.
"We really screwed up this time." Sora said.
"We?" Rikku asked with a mad expression.
"What did we do?" Roxas yelled.
"Well, we're all in this together so-"
"No. Not anymore." Namine said.
"Come on, Rikku." Namine said grabbing her arm, the two girls walked up the beach, soon followed by Roxas.
"Let me guess, you're gonna storm off next." Sora said looking at Riku.
"Sora, I'm your best friend. I have been since we were two." Riku said.
"So you're not gonna leave?" Sora asked.
"No. But you really need to apologize to her." Riku said.
"I know. But she'll never talk to me now." Sora said.
"Just, go to her house and try." Sora nodded.
"I guess, but maybe I should give her some time." Sora said. Riku nodded and sat down. Sora sat down next to him.
"So, what about you and Rikku?" Sora asked. Riku chuckled.
Kairi went back to her house. She grabbed her cell phone and started punching in numbers.
"Hello?" a voice answered on the other line.
Oooooh, cliffy! Who do you think she called?? Keep reviewing and I promise to let you know!! luv ya! 333333