A/N: Yay, another chapter for the wonderful world of Dear Diary 2! Okay, I got asked this a few times in reviews... no, Dear Diary 2 isn't on it's last chapter. I want to surpass 27 chapters (that's how many chapters I had for Dear Diary) so this story is around the half way mark. There is a lot that needs to happen in this story to get to the end and possibly make a sequel to (that is if I get requests, like I say in my profile, I have ideas already if I do make one). Okay enough jibber-jabber, onto the story!
Axel- The reason why their lives seem so perfect is because this is what I wish my life was like (yes there is some bad things that happen, but life isn't and never will be perfect). However, like I said above, I'm not even near the last chapter, I still have a lot to write. There lives wont seem so 'perfect' in a few more chapters.
Flower Girl- no, no offensiveness taken. I realized I made that mistake but I have it spelt correctly on the paper I have this info on (see: Kirena). Glad you didn't forget about this fanfic! I was beginning to think you did, lol.
Chapter 14- Thanksgiving and The Promise Ring
Dear Diary,
It's been two weeks since Roxas came to Destiny High. Just like we assumed, he's quite popular. Especially with the ladies. Roxas is the good guy who's single while Shawn's the bad ass who's single. We now have our opposites so the single girls are liking one or the other. Three more weeks until Sora goes to visit his parents for a week. I wonder how this will work. Hopefully nothing bad happens. A few days after he leaves, Jenna, Casey, Kyle, and Chris are staying until a few days before Christmas. Sora will be able to meet them when he returns. It's going to be nice to have all my close friends together! Oh, I better go, my parents are calling me. It's Thanksgiving and we're going to Alexa's house.
Love Always, Kairi
I put my diary away and I ran downstairs to meet up with Roxas, Sora, and my parents. The five of us got into the car and went to pick Elizabeth up. After, we headed over to my relatives huge home. Alexa's pup, Fluffy, greeted us at the door.
"Hello! Welcome!" my aunt Juli smiled happily as we all walked in.
"Kairi! Guess what!" Alexa said running over to us.
"What?"I asked as the adults went to help with dinner and Roxas, Sora, Alexa, and I headed up the stairs.
"Riku, his parents, Cloud, Blake, their parents, Amanda, her sister and her parents, Namine and her parents are all coming tonight to celebrate Thanksgiving with us!" she grinned excitedly.
"How come no one told us!" Sora asked.
"No one tells teenagers anything," Roxas sounded convinced with his thoughts. Actually, I agreed. We all sat in Alexa's room as we waited for the others to come. Eventually, Riku, Amanda, Jennifer who is Amanda's older sister who's a senior as well, Cloud, Blake and Namine all showed with their parents. All the adults were downstairs helping out while we hung out in Alexa's room.
"Kids! Dinner is ready!" my mom's voice called. The ten of us headed downstairs to eat.
"Question!" Cloud raised his hand to get everyone's attention as we entered the kitchen. "How are 23 of us going to fit at one table?"
"Look in the dining room," Cloud's mom said pointing in the direction of the dining room. We all walked in to see two long tables that you'd see in movies set with hot golden turkey, fluffy stuffing, warm mashed potatoes, creamy gravy, cranberry sauce, green salad, big plump rolls, fruit salad, yams, and sparkling cider or apple cider on both of them. (A/N: This makes me want Thanksgiving dinner all over again! lol)
"Go on, sit," Amanda's dad smiled. All the teenagers sat at one table while the adults sat at the other. I sat at one side, next to me was Sora, Roxas, Alexa, and Blake. Across from me going down was Amanda, Riku, Jennifer, Namine, and Cloud. We started to eat after saying what we were thankful for.
"Hey Kai, check this out." Amanda was trying to balance her fork in her open palm, trying to keep the points in her hand steady so it'd stand straight up. It worked, but it didn't last long. The fork fell on her plate, landing in the gravy, splashing herself, Riku, and me. "Sorry!"
"Amanda!" I looked at my gravy-covered shirt.
"I'm so sorry!" She looked at Riku and me as we tried to clean our selves off. Everyone at the table was laughing. I glanced at my plate. I grinned evilly. I reached for the mashed potatoes. Amanda's eyes widened. "You wouldn't..."
"I would!" I laughed throwing the potatoes at her face. Riku must have had the same idea because he got her too. The adults were too busy talking to even notice what was going on. Everyone at our table was laughing even more except for Amanda. She reached for the fruit salad.
"Oh Kairi!" Amanda held it up in her hand tauntingly. I quickly got out of my seat and ducked behind Sora and Roxas. The fruit salad splattered both boys. Some still got on me though. Soon a food fight broke out at our table.
"Kids! What are you doing!" Namine's mom shrieked. Food from our table flew over to theirs.
"Kairi!" My mom was freaking out. I ended up getting her with mashed potatoes. I couldn't stop laughing. My dad threw food at us. We all became involved. Laughter along with odd splooshing noises from the food smacking against whatever it came in contact with was heard continuously. Eventually, we ran out of food we could throw. I looked over at my uncle and aunt.
"That was a blast!" Alexa grinned.
"I'm so sorry for this! I'll have Kairi and Sora clean up the room!" My mom was so worried. Aunt Juli started laughing.
"It's okay. This was fun. Don't worry about it. We'll all eat dessert, without a food fight involved." She looked at us as we smiled innocently. "Then, we'll all clean up." Juli smiled.
"Elizabeth, I'm sorry for my daughter's actions," my dad said to the elderly woman. I ran over to her. She was covered with food.
"I'm so sorry!" I said. She laughed slugging me with mashed potatoes in my face. I slowly wiped it off.
"It's okay," Elizabeth laughed while hugging me. "I haven't had a food fight since I was about your age." We all smiled. All of us had pumpkin pie or ice cream before we worked together to clean up. After the clean up, we started to leave.
"Thank you for coming!" Uncle John called to all of us.
"Thank you for having me over. I haven't had this much fun in forever," Elizabeth hugged everyone.
"We'll see you all again on New Years!" Juli smiled as we left. We dropped Mrs. Conley off before heading home. I took the first shower, followed by Sora then Roxas. It was definitely the best Thanksgiving ever.
The last day of November, we preformed for the school. We sang 'Somewhere I belong' and 'Breaking the Habit' by Linkin Park, 'Pieces' by Sum 41, and Sora sang 'I Do' by Better Than Ezra. It was great with our new set up on our band.
It was the first actual week of December. We were in History. Mr. Clark was telling us about a project that we had to work on. We were getting partnered up. Selphie and Irvine were actually paired together. Lucky them. Namine and Riku were paired. Amanda, Cloud, Lissa, Josh, Roxas and Sora were with people in group 'V'.
"Kairi, you're paired with..." Mr. Clark looked around the room, then at his clipboard. "Shawn." My small smile faded as I turned to look at my new History partner. 'Every project!' I yelled in my head. Shawn just looked at me without a specific look. After everyone was paired, we got to work. Shawn and I moved over to the back of the room.
"Okay, what's our assignment?" I asked him.
"We're supposed to do research on who founded these islands," Shawn answered me.
"You're not planning on kidnapping me or making a move on me this time?" I asked randomly.
"I won't try 'kidnaping' or 'making a move' on you," Shawn said with some sarcasm and annoyance in his voice.
"Good," I said slightly relived. A sophomore from group 'V' walked over to Shawn and me.
"Can I borrow your pencil real fast?" he asked with a congested sounding voice as he pointed to my pencil.
"Yeah, sure," I said handing him my pencil. Before he took it, he sneezed into his hand. The sophomore used my pencil then laid it back on the desk before thanking me and walking away. Shawn laughed as I stared at my pencil in disgust.
"That was great," Shawn laughed.
"That was sick." I took off my watch and ring before picking up the pencil and cleaning it off with a Kleenex and putting it in my bag. I got up and went to the front of the classroom and used the hand sanitizer on Mr. Clark's desk. As I was rubbing in the germ killing gel, I headed back over to Shawn.
"Better?" he asked casually leaning back in his chair.
"Yeah," I answered as I went to gather my jewelry I had recently taken off. I put my watch on and went to grab my promise ring. It wasn't next to where my watch was. I moved the papers, books, and binders around. I even looked on the floor around our table. My heart was racing uncontrollably as I began to panic. It was like losing a wedding ring.
"What are you doing?" Shawn asked eyeing me weird.
"I lost my ring!" I said in a hushed voice so no one would over hear.
"You mean this?" he held up the small ring just right, so that the light from outside made my ring glow. I sighed in relief.
"Oh thank heaven. Can I please have it back?" I asked politely holding out my hand. He looked at the ring from all angles. 'Oh no, please no!' I thought frantically in my head.
"I think I'll keep it for a while." He tossed it in the air. My eyes followed it. It was like slow motion as it fell back into his hand. Shawn put it in his pocket. I quickly leaned across the table and got wide eyed at him.
"Shawn, what are you doing with my pro-" Shawn stopped me as he pointed next to our table. I looked up to see Sora standing by us. I slowly fell back into my seat, hiding my left hand from his view.
"What's Shawn doing with your what?" Sora asked curiously. My insides turned.
"I was asking Shawn what he's doing with my pro... project papers!" I quickly reached over and grabbed a few pages of research papers that were in front of Shawn. I laughed hesitantly.
"Uh, all right," Sora said. He kissed the top of my head. "I'll talk to you after class." He walked to the other side of the room. I looked at Shawn, slightly glaring. I leaned forward.
"I need that ring back!" I said to him. Shawn leaned in toward me.
"What would you do to get it back?" he asked slyly.
"Anything," I said throwing my hands in the air. I really didn't realize what I had just said. I quickly dropped my hands down.
"Anything?" he smirked. That had to have sounded wrong. I sighed. I needed my ring back. If Sora knew I lost it, he'd be upset, but if he knew Shawn had it, truthfully, I didn't know what he was going to do.
"Anything," I sighed again. Shawn leaned in more.
"Then you have to go on a fancy date with me. We'd spend the whole day together," he told me.
"No," I said. "I will not go on a date with you."
"It's just a date."
"Well I don't want a date."
"Then I'll tell Sora that you lost the ring he gave you," Shawn said. "You know he'll be crushed that you're so careless with something he thought you treasured."
"You wouldn't."
"Try me."
"Damn you," I said. I sat back down crossing my arms. "When are we going on the date?"
"Winter break," he replied.
"Winter break! That's two weeks away! Sora might notice my ring missing," I said. Shawn raised an eyebrow.
"That's not my problem." He picked up his binder, papers and other belongs and stood up. "Later Kai."
"Wha..." I was dumbfounded by him. The bell rang. Everyone started to get up and leave the class, including Shawn. I clenched my left hand.
"Come on Kai, next class," Cloud said. I sighed angrily and gathered my things before heading with the group to our next class. I was in a hurry to leave.
"Kai!" Lissa said chasing after me as I headed out the door.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Why aren't you wearing-" She started before everyone else started to catch up. 'Please don't say ring. Please don't ask why I'm not wearing my ring!' I thought in my head. "Anyway, er, why aren't you wearing your necklace?"
"Huh?" I put my hand to where I normally wear my necklace. To my surprise, I forgot to wear it today. "Oh, I must have forgot."
"Oh," she laughed. I slightly did too. During our next two classes, I kind of avoided everyone. The likelihood of being caught was too great having most of my friends in my class. Finally at the end of fourth period, the bell rang for lunch. We all went to put our things away in our lockers. The guys decided to race to the lunchroom.
"Kai!" Namine said as I was getting ready to run with the guys. I stopped and turned to face her. Amanda, Lissa, and her were looking at me.
"Yes?"
"I didn't mean what I asked earlier," Lissa said.
"Huh?" I slightly tilted my head in confusion.
"What I meant to ask is why aren't you wearing your ring?" she asked. The three of them got closer to me. "I just didn't want to ask in front of the guys."
"We noticed you weren't wearing it," Amanda said.
"You always wear it. You even wore it after you and Sora broke up last year," Namine added. I bit my bottom lip and looked at each of them. I took a deep breath.
"You really want to know?" I asked. They nodded. We started to walk to the lunchroom as I told them what happened in History.
"Oh my gosh! What a jerk!" Namine said looking just as frustrated.
"You three can't say anything! Pinky promise and shake twice!" We all swore. "Especially to Sora."
"You should know we won't say anything," Lissa said.
"Have you guys noticed Shawn's getting worse each time Kairi really talks to him?" Amanda asked.
"Oh trust me, I've noticed," I said as we entered the cafeteria. The guys were already eating at the table.
"What took so long?" Roxas asked as we were walking by.
"We were just caught up," I said as we headed to the lunch line to get food. After, we sat at the table, enjoying out lunchtime as always. It seemed to take forever for school to end. I stuck my hands in my pockets and walked home with everyone. It was colder than normal and quite cloudy.
"I think it's going to rain," I said. Everyone agreed. Once Roxas, Sora, and I got home, the boys got ready for work. After they got ready, I said goodbye to them and they left. I did my homework before I started to write. I had grown a passion for writing and it was easy for me to clear my mind this way. (A/N: got to relate this to my reality -smiles-for those of you who've read about this story on my profile, you know this is becoming my reality in some ways.)
"Kairi!" my mom's voice called down stairs.
"Yeah?" I called back.
"Your friends are here!" She replied. I closed my notebook and headed downstairs to see Amanda, Lissa, and Namine.
"Hey guys," I said. My mom headed into the living room.
"Hey Kai," Nam said waving.
"Not to be rude, but what are you guys doing here?" I asked.
"We want to help with the Shawn situation," Amanda told me.
"How exactly?"
"Let's go into the kitchen." The four of us headed into my kitchen and got snacks before sitting in the dining room.
"Okay, you know how you have to go on a date with Shawn?" Lissa stated. I nodded in response. "Well, we want to be on the date with you two."
"Huh?" I asked confused.
"We'll follow you two around but we'll make sure Shawn doesn't spot us. We'll be there to protect you if he makes a move on you," Namine explained.
"We'll be incognito!" Amanda grinned. I laughed a little.
"You're really willing to do that?" I asked.
"Of course," Lissa said.
"You're our best friend Kai," Namine said. We all stood up and hugged.
"I'm really thankful for you guys," I told them.
"Same here," Amanda agreed. There was a knock at the door. We pulled away and headed towards the entry way. I opened the door to see Cloud.
"Hey, is Namine here?" He asked.
"I'm right here," Namine said walking from behind me. The two smiled at each other. "I'll see you later Kai."
"We better go too," Lissa said. Cloud, Namine, Lissa, and Amanda all left. I stood on my porch and watched them leave. I leaned on the railing and watched the rain start to fall. The rain pitter-pattered against the porch awning. It was a calming sound. I closed my eyes and just listened.
"Eh, hem," a voice just off to the side from me said. I slowly opened my eyes and looked at my porch steps. My eyes narrowed.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Can I come in?" Shawn asked. I stood up straight and walked to my door. Cindy and Sarah started to walk up my sidewalk. My body tensed as they reached the porch next to Shawn.
"Hey Shawn," Sarah said in a flirty voice tossing her red hair over her shoulder.
"Kairi," Cindy glared at me. I rolled my eyes. I turned and walked in my house, closing the door behind me and in front of them. As I was heading over to let Princess in from the rain, there was a knock at the front door. I ignored it knowing who it was.
"Aren't you going to get that?" my mom asked as I pulled Princess in from the back door.
"Nope."
"That's not nice Kairi," she said opening the door. The three morons were still there.
"Can we talk to Kairi?" Shawn asked.
"Yes, come in." My mom stepped aside. I held Princess by her collar. "Why don't you four go up stairs?"
"Thank you ma'am," Shawn said as the three headed towards me. I sighed angrily and walked up the stairs taking the lead. The rest followed. As soon as we got upstairs, Princess went into Sora's room where Precious was asleep on his bed.
"What do you want?" I asked closing the door to my room once we all walked in. I didn't want my mom to yell at me for being rude to our 'guests'.
"Just making sure you're not going to back down," Shawn answered.
"How can I if you have my ring?" I glared.
"I just wanted to have witnesses," he shrugged.
"Shawn," Cindy whined. We all looked at her. "Why do you want Kairi? It's clear she doesn't want you."
"Yeah, listen to her," I pointed to Cindy. I never thought I'd agree to anything she said.
"Because I see something in Kairi that I don't see in anyone else. Her own unique personality just makes me realize no one can ever be like her. I just want her to see me for me and not just some creep I perceive myself to be." Shawn looked at me the whole time. I sighed. There was a knock on my door before it opened. I stepped to the side so I wouldn't be hit by my door. My mom entered.
"Dinner will be ready soon. Would you three like to eat over?" she asked Shawn, Cindy, and Sarah.
"But- but mom," I started to say before Shawn walked up to me and my mother.
"That's very generous. Thank you; however, I better get home and finish my homework," Shawn said. "Bye." He waved as he left my room and headed down the stairs.
"What about you two?"
"We better get going too. Thanks though," Sarah smiled before walking past us and heading down the stairs. My mother looked at me with her motherly smile before leaving and tending to her cooking. Cindy walked toward me.
"Don't mess with him, or you'll have to deal with me," she said, venom pinned in every word. I just watched her walk away.
I rolled my eyes. "People these days," I said under my breath. I headed down to meet my parents for dinner. After supper, we wrapped up the left-over's and put them in the fridge for Sora and Roxas. I went up to my room and fell asleep.
I woke up to two pairs of feet coming up the stairs. My eyes slowly opened and averted from the wall to my doorway. I sat up and stretched. Sora walked in with Roxas.
"Hey guys," I said sleepily. "How was work?"
"Great!" Roxas smiled while stretching. "I think I'm going to bed though. Night guys."
"Night," Sora said as I waved. Sora looked at me. He put his hand on my forehead before moving my hair to the side. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm okay." I smiled faintly. He did too. Sora kissed my forehead.
"I'm really tired, so I'm going to bed. G'night Kai," Sora said. I waved as he left to his room. I looked at my alarm clock. It was only 9:30. I got out of my bed and closed my bedroom door. I opened my closet door and pulled out a jacket. Obviously my parents were still awake and I knew they wouldn't let me leave at this time of night on a school night.
I walked to my side window and opened it. I slowly climbed through and stood on the branch below my window. It was still raining some so I closed my window so there was only a crack. Cloud walked by his window causing my heart to jump. He thankfully didn't catch me. I continued my way down the tree and out of my side yard to my front yard.
I started to walk down the cold rainy sidewalk toward the beach. I just needed the fresh air to clear my mind. Shawn and his followers made me so stressed. I have to completely avoid Sora until after he returns from visiting his parents. I really didn't want to. I walked onto the wet dock. I stood at the very end and looked at the dark view ahead of me.
"Kairi?" a voice from the sidewalk across the dock and the beach had called. I turned around to see who it was before slipping on the wet, slippery dock.
"Ah!" I fell backwards into the cold winter water. Unfortunately for me, I didn't get a good breath of air before falling in. As I tried to swim up, I realized my shoelace was caught on a splintered piece of wood on the dock. I started to panic, losing more air by the second. There was a splash next to me, followed by another one. Due to all the bubbles of the splashes, I couldn't see who the two were. One of them grabbed me from around the waist while the other detached my shoelace from the dock.
The person who was holding me brought me to the surface. We coughed for air while the other person rose to the surface as well. The three of us swam to shore. Whoever was holding me helped me onto the sand.
"Kairi, are you all right?" a panicked voice asked next to me. I looked over at Sora. We both pulled into a tight hug.
"Thank you so much," I said almost in tears. He pulled away and put his hands on my cheeks, pulling me into a kiss. He was still wearing his now drenched work uniform.
"You scared me half to death. When you didn't pop up right after you fell in. You had me so worried," he said holding me tightly.
"How'd you know I left?" I asked still trying to catch my breath.
"I saw you walk past my house, so I called Sora and we followed you," Riku said. I stood up and hugged him. I went back over to Sora.
"Are you absolutely sure you're okay? I mean it's not like you to leave without warning. Is everything all right?" Sora asked me. I looked down. How could I explain it? I just didn't have the heart to even go down that road and tell him that I let that promise ring get in the hands of his worst enemy. I looked up and saw his magnificent blue eyes.
"Yeah. Everything's all right," I lied. He nodded still looking worried.
"Hey, why don't we go ice skating sometime this week? I know you've always wanted to go," he suggested. "Maybe it'll help clear your mind." I brightened up some.
"You mean it?" Sora nodded. I flung my arms around him.
"Sorry to break this moment, but we should be getting home," Riku said. Sora and I agreed.
"Thanks you guys," I said on our way home.
"You already thanked us," Riku said.
"I know, but I felt like I needed to say it again."
"I love you Kairi. Remember, I'll always protect you." Sora hugged me. (A/N: Sora said that to Kairi the day before they started dating last year.)
"I love you too, Sora," I replied feeling guilty. The three of us continued on our way home in silence.
A/N: Chapter 14, done. I wanted to thank Rockbeast212 for a blackmail idea that you gave me a few chapter reviews back! Well guys, the climax of the story is starting to grow. The next chapters will start to get VERY interesting lol. I'm 2 reviews short of the amount of reviews for Dear Diary (DD has 224 reviews, and this has 222 reviews) I'm looking forward to seeing how many I'll get at the end of this story (remember, past 27 chapters). Help me get over 400 reviews!