Chapter 3 - after school

By Selene SilverBell

" Come on Lita, we have to talk. Grab your stuff and wait out where we had lunch. I'll be back soon I just have to get Ryouga, otherwise he'll never find my house because he has an extremely bad sense of direction." said Mina laughing at Lita because she had just hit her head in the doorway of their last class.

" Ouch! Stupid door. Okay sure I'll tell Ranma I might be a little late." replied Lita chuckling at herself.

Mina and Lita parted and walked in opposite directions. Lita walked to her locker singing to herself. Lita grabs her books and finds Ranma and tells him that she will be late but to still wait for her. Lita meets up with Ryouga and Mina.

" Okay what do you want to talk to me about?" asked the quizzical Lita.

" Well it's about Ranma and Akane..." replied Mina

" Oh what about them..."

" Well Akane seems..." Mina was interrupted by hearing the voices of Akane and Amy.

" I can't believe Ranma did this to me. Kissing another girl while we're engaged. I mean just because I'm a lesbian it doesn't mean I don't have feelings." said Akane. After hearing about the engagement Lita went pale.

" N-n-no it can't be, Ryouga is it true?" asked stunned Lita

" Please Lita it can all be explained. Ranma has a good reason for all this, I just don't know why Akane is taking this so badly..." pleaded Ryouga

" Oh I see, well I guess your right... I'll see you guys later Ranma's making movements for me to hurry up. Be at my house at 6:00 okay and thanks for helping me." mumbled Lita as she got up and walked away towards Ranma.

" Okay Lita, see you then. Take care of yourself, and if you need me just call." Mina tried to sound cheery for her friend. Ryouga and Mina went on they're way to Mina's house.

At the gate,

" Hey Lita! Wait, what's the matter?" he asked as the two walked away from school and Akane.

" Ranma? Are you engaged to Akane? Please say it's not true... or is it?" asked Lita on the verge of tears.

" I'm afraid it's true but it's a family engagement,...I had nothing to do with it."

" You're still engaged though, I can't go out with a guy who's engaged..."

" Yes you can...I mean our families don't know about Akane's lesbianism or that I love you it will all be okay, things just have to be worked out though. I really don't know why she's taking this so bad, you I mean, after all she knows that we could Never marry, it just wouldn't work out."

" Okay I understand, it will all work out right...in time."

" Right, now let's get on to better things...Hmmm?" Ranma said with a smile.

" Right, come on into my apartment and sit on the couch and I'll start dinner." said Lita sounding playful.

" Sure, whatcha making?" asked Ranma sitting on the couch.

" Umm,... Ramen maybe or stir fry." called Lita looking at what she had in her kitchen.

Twenty minutes later,

" You know that Ryouga and Mina will be here soon." said Ranma hinting that he was bored and wanted to do something.

" I know. Are you bored or something?" asked Lita walking into the room. Lita sat down on the couch next to Ranma.

" Kind of." with that Ranma moves closer and kisses Lita.

" Oh okay, so that's what you want to do..." says Lita as she takes off her apron.

" Yep you got that right, um why don't we.." and Ranma began kissing the back of Lita's neck. Tiny little shivers run down her back and she giggles. Ranma kissed her ear and Lita let out a tiny moan.

" Ranma, what are we doing? I should be cooking dinner." Lita made no effort to get up though.

" We're doing what we want to do. Relax, you have plenty of time." Ranma places his hands on the first button of Lita's shirt. Checking how Lita would react. She didn't, so he undid the first two buttons and kissed her chest below her necklace. He kissed his way up her neck and along her jaw. She smiled and ran her fingers through his raven hair and stroked his face with the back of her hand. Ranma stopped and looked deeply into her eyes.

" You are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. I am very lucky to be with you." he whispered as he picked up her hand and kissed it, still looking in her eyes. Just then the door bell rang. Ranma stood up and pulled Lita up with him. He looks down at her shirt, laughs and says,

" Maybe I should answer the door?" he walks to the door after kissing her quickly and Lita hurries into the kitchen, fixing her shirt. Ranma opens the door and lets Mina and Ryouga in. They take off their coats and sit down on the couch. Ryouga smiles and smells the food in the air.

"Mmm... Smells great! What is it?" Ryouga glanced over at Mina beside him and put his hand on her leg gently.

" Well it's ready so you can see for yourself!" Lita put the last dish on the table and smiled over at the three of them. Ranma, Mina and Ryouga got up and walked to the table and sat down. The table was covered with bowls of rice, ramen, and lo mein. Lita sat down and lit the three black candles in the middle of the table and cut the lights with her clapper. Ryouga and Ranma looked at her as she cut the lights and she explained before they could ask.

" I...uh... like to eat in the dark. I've done it since I was a little girl. You don't mind do you?" Ryouga shook his head, Ranma grinned as Mina giggled. As they ate comments were made such as this:

" Wow, SO much better than Akane's cooking for sure!"

After they finished, Mina helped Lita put the dishes away and Ranma and Ryouga went into the living room to listen to music.

" The dinner was excellent as usual Lita. The pie was a little burnt but still good." Mina dumped the plates into the sink.

" Well...I kinda got...um...distracted." Lita giggles and blushes a pink colour.

" Distracted eh? Sure... we'll call it that for now. So what did you two get up to?" Mina asked with a sly smile playing on her lips.

" That's none of your business Mina Aino! And anyway, I could ask you the same thing." Lita grinned as she put the last of the dishes in the sink and ran some water over them to soak. They both take off the towels from their waists and head into the living room.

" Hey, Mina what do you want to hear? It seems she has everything!" Ryouga looked up and down Lita's cd collection and found the one he was looking for. He took it out and put it in her stereo. A couple seconds later, the sounds of The Flamingo's "I only have eyes for you", fill the air. This was Ranma's cue. He got up and walked to the light switch and dimmed it a bit and lit the various candles situated around her living room. Lita smiled and walked to Ranma and Ryouga walked to Mina grinning. The four of them danced together for the song and both couples ended up kissing by the end of it. As they kissed deeply, there was a knock at the door. No one made any attempt to answer it. They knocked again louder, finally Lita stammered,

" Who is it?"

"Come on you guys! Open the door, it's me Serena!" They heard Darien snickering at her from outside. Lita ran to the door, hitting the lights on the way so it was bright again. She whipped open the door and waved them in.

"Sorry about that Serena! Hi Darien! Come on in!" She takes their coats and shows them to the living room as she hangs them up. Darien was dressed in a dark blue silk shirt with white buttons, black pants and black boots which he pulled off upon entering. His girlfriend was wearing a long pink dress that reached her ankles and her hair was out of her usual meatballs. On her feet she had small pink platforms which she also took off when she got in.

"Oh Serena! Your hair looks great! You should wear it like this more often." cried Mina when Serena and Darien entered the living room.

"Well I figured if Lita could do it, so could I. Hey Ranma how's it going?"

"Very well thanks. Now, if you'd excuse me?" Ranma stands up walks to Lita, grabs her by the hand and walks towards her bedroom, stopping in the hallway. Mina and the others watched them quizzically wondering what the problem was.

" Lita, when is everyone going home? I don't want to be rude but I think we need to talk don't you? And spend some Quality time together, don't you think?" whispered Ranma leaning against her bedroom door.

" I had no idea Serena and Darien were coming! But, Mina and Ryouga said they were going around ten o'clock so Serena and Darien should go then as well. Yes we need to talk but we talk After our time alone okay?" Lita grinned playfully and leaned into Ranma, kissing him softly.

"Sounds good to me. Let's get back to the... party." They walked back and sat down on the couch. Darien and Serena were talking to each other while Mina and Ryouga were making out on the floor.

" Hey Mina! My guest room's that way. Why don't you use it for privacy?" Lita looked at them chuckling quietly.

" What a good idea Lita... Come on Mina." Ryouga gets off Mina and pulls her to the room, leaving the other four behind.

" Well, now that they're gone..." Darien bursts out laughing and sticks in another cd in the stereo. Ranma sits there completely stunned and shocked.

" I can't believe he's acting like this! I didn't think he had it in him. Mina must be special to him." Ranma stuttered as he stood up.

Lita and Serena laugh and wait to hear what Darien put in the stereo. They are surprised when they hear dance music coming out of the speakers instead of classical music. They smile and get up and dance. Serena glances at her watch and freaks.

"Ack! It's nine o'clock! If we want to go dancing we'd better get going Darien!" Serena rushes to the door, throws on her shoes grabs her coat and yells goodbye to Lita and Ranma, with Darien right behind her.







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