I sat up abruptly, sweat dripping down the side of my face. The memories of my and Ashe's engagement party burned bright in my dreams. I couldn't fall asleep without thinking about the different time periods of the whole party. They came to me in parts, my waking up interrupting them like commercials interrupting a television show. I rubbed my eyes and slowly slid out of bed, careful not to wake Riley. He slightly stirred, mumbled something, then went back to sleep. I smiled and carefully inched past the door that connected our room to the two other boys'. I peered in as I crept past, happy at the satisfied look they each had. At least Gideon wouldn't be in a bad mood from a night on a stiff cot. This inn had the courtesy to give the guys a room with two twin-sized beds. I snuck out the door, down the hall, and to the front desk. Al Bhed advertisement posters loosely hung off the walls.
"Unyhka Ziella, bmayca." I tapped the counter while she filled a clear plastic glass with the thick orange liquid.
"Dryd femm pa dfu Kem." She smiled and put my glass on the counter. I mumbled about having to pay for a glass of orange juice as I reached into my pocket for two Gil and tossed it on the counter. She smiled. "Dryhg oui, ryja y hela cdyo." Now what I forgot to tell everyone in our group was my father was Al Bhed, but believed in Yevon. He hid it well, but taught me everything he could. My mother didn't try and stop him. She knew he believed in Yevon just as much as she did, so she didn't protest. I tiptoed back to my room with my glass of orange juice and sat quietly on a chair by my bed, watching Riley peacefully sleep as I slipped my drink. I smiled at him as I finished up, climbing back into bed again, careful not to disturb his slumber. I glanced at the clock, the numbers '4:30' blazing brightly in the dark room. I feel asleep quickly after, my dreams returning to memories.
I opened my eyes, blinking slightly at the bright sunlight. It was 11:00 in the morning. I cursed at myself and looked around, expecting not to see anyone. To my surprise, I still felt Riley next to me, heard Gideon snoring, and saw Jordan toss around in his bed trying to escape the noise. I nudged Riley in the chest softly. "What?" he mumbled tiredly.
"Baby, we were supposed to leave an hour ago." His eyes popped open and glanced at the clock.
"Damnit, why didn't you wake me up?" He yawned and put his arms around me to show he was playing.
"We could always leave at 1. I'm hungry anyways."
"Whatever you want baby, let's go wake the boys." An evil smile curved itself onto his lips. He grabbed the vase of flowers from the bedside table, pointing at the other vase on the opposite side and mouthing for me to grab that one. We both snuck into the next room. He slightly tipped his vase so just a drop of water fell on Gideon's nose. I did the same for Jordan. They both stirred, but fell back asleep. "NOW!" He yelled so both of the boys opened their eyes tiredly. At the same time, me and Riley poured the remaining water on them. Jordan yelled out in surprise, while Gideon grabbed the vase from Riley and threw it at him, yelling something that sounded like "Die, mofo!" Jordan grabbed my hips and pulled me down onto his bed, tickling me while Gideon continued to throw objects at Riley, yelling at him.
"Get up you to, were getting something to eat." Riley ducked from one of the pillow mints that flew towards him. They jumped up when the work 'eat' was said, both apparently dressed as if they had been waiting for us to come and get them.
"You are both pitiful," I laughed as we walked to the small café type lobby. Finding a table, we sat and beckoned the waitress. She came over, notepad ready.
"Lyh E kad oui yhodrehk du tnehg?" The boys stared at her for a moment in silence. I spoke up. "E'mm ryja y tead euty." She wrote down on the paper. "What do you guys want to drink?"
They turned their stares at me, blinking.
"I'll have a regular soda," Jordan said slowly, still staring.
"I'll have orange juice, same with Gideon….."
I smiled and looked at the very confused looking waitress. She obviously didn't speak much English. "Dfu unyhkac, uha euty." She smiled at me like I was a Yevon-send and wrote on her paper again, walking away.
"Okay, what the hell was that?" Riley smiled as he asked, to show he wasn't seriously yelling at me or anything. I blinked at him.
"I was ordering?"
"Duh," Gideon added, "he meant where did you learn to speak Al Bhed."
"Oh! My father," I said, smiling happily as each one of them stared at me again. Our waitress returned with our drinks, ready to take our food orders. I listened as each of them decided what they wanted, then translated for the waitress. She nodded and walked away to a kitchen. Gideon and Jordan got into a discussion/argument about which worked more effectively, a Curaga spell or an Al Bhed potion when a girl, looking about our age, walked giggly up behind Riley.
"Aqlica sa, lyh E ryja ouin yiduknybr, Summoner Riley?"
"She wants your autograph, Rie," I said, laughing. "You have a fan club."
"Oh, he doesn't speak Al Bhed?" The girl went slightly pink in the cheeks. "I though, because I heard you,"
"It's okay, it's okay." I smiled. "Do you have paper for him?"
"Oh, right!" She handed him a piece of paper and a pen, smiling.
"Of course, who do I make it out to?" Riley smiled up at her.
"Mercy, please." She giggled again. What was so shocking about her was how her cat-like blue eyes clashed with her blood red hair, which was done in a sort of bun that spiked itself out all over and let hair hang loose in front of her face. (A/N: Okay people, imagine Rikku's style ^^) She was literally bouncing with joy as he handed the paper back.
"Fryd ypuid sa?" The girl she was sitting with called out, looking like she felt forgotten.
"Ur, cinno Pecahezy!" She looked over at the girl with the rest of us. She was the exact copy of Mercy, except she had almond shaped eyes instead of the cat ones, plus her hair was resting on her shoulders instead of above her neck. "Make one out to Bisenija too, please?"
"Sure thing. How is that spelled?"
"B-i-s-e-n-i-j-a."
"Alright." He handed back the second piece of paper, Mercy squealing in delight as she sat back down. The two girls started talking fastly in Al Bhed, giggling every five seconds. I caught the phrase "girl with raven hair" and the word "girlfriend", but didn't bother too much with it. Our food came, and we all ate in our usual way, talking most of the time and barely touching our food.
Yay, another chapter finished! Sorry it took me so long, softball season has been really cramming my time. But don't worry, I'm going to have a free calendar from July 20th until whenever school starts, unless my dad decides to kidnap me x.X Oh, by the way, thank you to Lin and Megan for all of the support! I got your charries in! Anyone else that's left reviews and wants to be in one chapter (sorry guys, Lin and Megan have been supporting me even before the fic was up, they get to stay), email me at nny_is_jthm@yahoo.com, IM me @ Babygal1441, or message me on MSN @ ColdBlackFlames. See you in the next chapter!