Homecoming
*Author's Note: this is for Child-of-the-Dawn, who requested that i hook up Lina and Gourry. i was planning on it anyway, and i got to thinking about Lina's personality and this is what came to mind. enjoy C-o-t-D! ^_^ *
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I wasn't there to see it, but I heard all about it. Elisa and I were in NYC on Homcoming weekend, with our cousin and Grandma. We went to the Metropolitan Museum of art, but that's another story. This one is about the dance.
Merry and Rini filled me in on what happened. I guess it was pretty bad.
Lina almost got kicked out.
Gourry was the candidate for Homecoming King from the Pep Club. No one had more spirit than that boy. You couldn't if you tried. And he, being blond-haired and blue-eyed -not to mention muscular- had quite the fanclub. Which made Lina extemely jealous.
Come the Thursday afternoon pep rally, almost every one was sure he had won for king. Guilia said he was going to win. She was the candidate for the newspaper, Cat Tails, along with a guy named Tomas, and she knew the voting was based on popularity. We all hoped he would win. It'd be nice to see some one who wasn't a prep win.
What we feared was Zahra winning as queen. She was the Student Government candidate and I'd overheard her in the hall several times saying she hoped that she and Gourry won because there'd be a big fuss over the two of them and she'd get to dance with him. Then, she assumed, he'd realize how beautiful she was and give up on "that flat-chested junior" (Lina). This would mean trouble. It would not set well with Lina if the guy she was in love with (although he was oblivious to the fact that she was in love with him) was crowned with the girl she couldn't stand.
The buzz around the school that afternoon was that almost every underclassman girl had voted for Gourry simply because he was gorgeous. The upperclassmen had voted for their friends. They weren't quite as shallow.
I'd voted for him, of course. He was my good friend after all. I'd voted for Guilia for queen. I figured Lina would have no objections to her friend's sister being queen. That she didn't.
We left after school to go to my grandma's. Elisa, Mom, Kristienne, Raeshell and Grandma were going on the trip together and we were staying at Gram's house the night before. Merry filled me in later on the evening.
The dance was that night and they were announcing the King and Queen at it. Gourry had taken Lina along as his date, which pleased her, but that didn't stop the girls from fawning over him. Which made Lina immensely jealous.
Merry went with Mike, of course. Valgaav had asked Filia and she'd shyly accepted. Xellos took Rini (I knew he'd never cheat on me but his taking Rini was a good way to insure that.) because they were friends. And, I found out from Guilia, Zelgadiss had asked, of all people, Amelia, the little Freshman who had a crush on him. And she'd made a little noise like "eep" before she said yes. That was something I would have liked to see. Brooding, angsty Zel with a hyper little freshie would have been an interesting site.
Anyway, all the candidates were there, dressed up nice and pretty (Zahra, as usual, had on a rather strange outfit, which she still managed to look good in.). I guess they had them line up with their escorts and then they announced and crowned the winners.
Guess who won. Go ahead; guess.
If you said Zahra and Gourry, you're right. Lina was not pleased. Not pleased at all. She liked it well enough that Gourry had won, she was proud of him. but Zahra...Merry told me the poor girl's face went as scarlet as her hair when they crowned her.
Poor Lina had to stand there and watch as Gourry danced with Zahra. The pretty blond senior seemed to be reveling in her victory as my friend beheld their glide across the gym floor.
The red-head waited patiently, even Zelgadiss told me so. She stood there off to the side, remaining solitary until the song was over and she could reclaim Gourry as her own.
This, however, did not happen.
Which meant trouble.
Lina tried to cut in on Gourry and Zahra, but the queen refused to let go of her king. Gourry -as usual- was at a loss for what to do or what to say to Zahra. He didn't know what to tell her, so he just kept swirling around the floor with her.
At first, Lina had just sort of moped around. Then she got angry. Enough was enough. She marched out across the dance floor and yanked Zahra away from Gourry.
"What the Hell do you think you're doing?" The surprised senior demanded.
"He brought ME as his date, not you. I think I should get to dance with him." Lina retorted.
"Well he's obviously having a good time with me, so get lost."
"I won't, you skank!"
"What did you say, you little bitch?"
"You heard me! And you are! You're a tramp! Leave Gourry alone!" Lina was screaming at this point, her face flushed red.
Zahra glared at her, her eyes burning with hatred. "Look, he doesn't want to dance with you. You look like a little boy in a dress, Lina Inverse. You're nothing but a flat-chested little bitch."
Zelgadiss told me Lina's face turned several shades of purple and red. Then she lunged at Zahra, knocking her to the floor. "Shut up!!!!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!!!"
Some one had ran and gotten a teacher when the fight first broke out. Now Miss C and Mr. Tombier were trying to drag Lina off of the older girl.
"I wanna kill her! I hate her! I can't stand her!!!"
"Lina! Lina, calm down!" Gourry looked kind of puzzled and shocked at the same time. "What the hell are you doing, Lina?" He stepped around her and offered a hand to Zahra to help her up.
Zahra was in tears because her dress was ruined, Lina because she was so angry and so jealous and so heartbroken over the turn out night's events. She ran from the gym, crying, and out into the parking lot before any one could say a word to her.
Zahra's friends immediately flocked to her and began talking at once. Snatches of "that girl is insane" and "who does she think she is?" drifted out from the small mob they formed on center court.
My friends, meanwhile, were all standing open-mouthed, in disbelief over what happened. The other bystanders whispered amongst themselves about the scuffle for a while, but eventually focused back on the dance and life resumed as normal in the gym.
But outside, Lina was sitting on the hood of Gourry's car, her face buried in her hands.
"Why? Why did I do that? I'm so stupid. I must've looked like the biggest idiot..."
"No, not the biggest." Came a teasing voice.
She raised her tear-stained face. "Gourry?" Her voice was no more than a whisper, "I'm sorry I ruined it."
He sat down beside her. "You didn't really ruin it. You just...added a little excitement."
"You must hate me."
"Why would I hate you? I could never hate you."
"Really?" She wiped her eyes.
"Really." He smiled. "But Lina, why'd you do it?"
"I...I was jealous."
"Jealous? Of Zahra?"
"Mm-hm."
"Why? You think I like her or somethin'?"
"It crossed my mind..."
"You've got to be kidding! I could never love her."
"Why not?"
"Because I love you, Lina."
"Really?"
"Really."
"I love you too. You were always my best friend, but I don't want to be just best friends any more."
He hugged her. "I'm glad."
She rested her head on his shoulder. "Can we go home?"
He was quiet for a moment. "Listen." The strains of Garth Brooks' "The Dance" were filtering out of the gym. "Would you like to dance, Lina?"
She giggled. "I thought you'd never ask." She held up her skirt and curtsied to him and he bowed. Then he swept her into his arms and they swirled around the parking lot together.
All I was told of the evening by Lina was how she felt when he kissed her and the thought that went through her mind was "I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance."
And I had missed it. Oh well. There was always next time...
*Author's Note: this is for Child-of-the-Dawn, who requested that i hook up Lina and Gourry. i was planning on it anyway, and i got to thinking about Lina's personality and this is what came to mind. enjoy C-o-t-D! ^_^ *
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I wasn't there to see it, but I heard all about it. Elisa and I were in NYC on Homcoming weekend, with our cousin and Grandma. We went to the Metropolitan Museum of art, but that's another story. This one is about the dance.
Merry and Rini filled me in on what happened. I guess it was pretty bad.
Lina almost got kicked out.
Gourry was the candidate for Homecoming King from the Pep Club. No one had more spirit than that boy. You couldn't if you tried. And he, being blond-haired and blue-eyed -not to mention muscular- had quite the fanclub. Which made Lina extemely jealous.
Come the Thursday afternoon pep rally, almost every one was sure he had won for king. Guilia said he was going to win. She was the candidate for the newspaper, Cat Tails, along with a guy named Tomas, and she knew the voting was based on popularity. We all hoped he would win. It'd be nice to see some one who wasn't a prep win.
What we feared was Zahra winning as queen. She was the Student Government candidate and I'd overheard her in the hall several times saying she hoped that she and Gourry won because there'd be a big fuss over the two of them and she'd get to dance with him. Then, she assumed, he'd realize how beautiful she was and give up on "that flat-chested junior" (Lina). This would mean trouble. It would not set well with Lina if the guy she was in love with (although he was oblivious to the fact that she was in love with him) was crowned with the girl she couldn't stand.
The buzz around the school that afternoon was that almost every underclassman girl had voted for Gourry simply because he was gorgeous. The upperclassmen had voted for their friends. They weren't quite as shallow.
I'd voted for him, of course. He was my good friend after all. I'd voted for Guilia for queen. I figured Lina would have no objections to her friend's sister being queen. That she didn't.
We left after school to go to my grandma's. Elisa, Mom, Kristienne, Raeshell and Grandma were going on the trip together and we were staying at Gram's house the night before. Merry filled me in later on the evening.
The dance was that night and they were announcing the King and Queen at it. Gourry had taken Lina along as his date, which pleased her, but that didn't stop the girls from fawning over him. Which made Lina immensely jealous.
Merry went with Mike, of course. Valgaav had asked Filia and she'd shyly accepted. Xellos took Rini (I knew he'd never cheat on me but his taking Rini was a good way to insure that.) because they were friends. And, I found out from Guilia, Zelgadiss had asked, of all people, Amelia, the little Freshman who had a crush on him. And she'd made a little noise like "eep" before she said yes. That was something I would have liked to see. Brooding, angsty Zel with a hyper little freshie would have been an interesting site.
Anyway, all the candidates were there, dressed up nice and pretty (Zahra, as usual, had on a rather strange outfit, which she still managed to look good in.). I guess they had them line up with their escorts and then they announced and crowned the winners.
Guess who won. Go ahead; guess.
If you said Zahra and Gourry, you're right. Lina was not pleased. Not pleased at all. She liked it well enough that Gourry had won, she was proud of him. but Zahra...Merry told me the poor girl's face went as scarlet as her hair when they crowned her.
Poor Lina had to stand there and watch as Gourry danced with Zahra. The pretty blond senior seemed to be reveling in her victory as my friend beheld their glide across the gym floor.
The red-head waited patiently, even Zelgadiss told me so. She stood there off to the side, remaining solitary until the song was over and she could reclaim Gourry as her own.
This, however, did not happen.
Which meant trouble.
Lina tried to cut in on Gourry and Zahra, but the queen refused to let go of her king. Gourry -as usual- was at a loss for what to do or what to say to Zahra. He didn't know what to tell her, so he just kept swirling around the floor with her.
At first, Lina had just sort of moped around. Then she got angry. Enough was enough. She marched out across the dance floor and yanked Zahra away from Gourry.
"What the Hell do you think you're doing?" The surprised senior demanded.
"He brought ME as his date, not you. I think I should get to dance with him." Lina retorted.
"Well he's obviously having a good time with me, so get lost."
"I won't, you skank!"
"What did you say, you little bitch?"
"You heard me! And you are! You're a tramp! Leave Gourry alone!" Lina was screaming at this point, her face flushed red.
Zahra glared at her, her eyes burning with hatred. "Look, he doesn't want to dance with you. You look like a little boy in a dress, Lina Inverse. You're nothing but a flat-chested little bitch."
Zelgadiss told me Lina's face turned several shades of purple and red. Then she lunged at Zahra, knocking her to the floor. "Shut up!!!!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!!!"
Some one had ran and gotten a teacher when the fight first broke out. Now Miss C and Mr. Tombier were trying to drag Lina off of the older girl.
"I wanna kill her! I hate her! I can't stand her!!!"
"Lina! Lina, calm down!" Gourry looked kind of puzzled and shocked at the same time. "What the hell are you doing, Lina?" He stepped around her and offered a hand to Zahra to help her up.
Zahra was in tears because her dress was ruined, Lina because she was so angry and so jealous and so heartbroken over the turn out night's events. She ran from the gym, crying, and out into the parking lot before any one could say a word to her.
Zahra's friends immediately flocked to her and began talking at once. Snatches of "that girl is insane" and "who does she think she is?" drifted out from the small mob they formed on center court.
My friends, meanwhile, were all standing open-mouthed, in disbelief over what happened. The other bystanders whispered amongst themselves about the scuffle for a while, but eventually focused back on the dance and life resumed as normal in the gym.
But outside, Lina was sitting on the hood of Gourry's car, her face buried in her hands.
"Why? Why did I do that? I'm so stupid. I must've looked like the biggest idiot..."
"No, not the biggest." Came a teasing voice.
She raised her tear-stained face. "Gourry?" Her voice was no more than a whisper, "I'm sorry I ruined it."
He sat down beside her. "You didn't really ruin it. You just...added a little excitement."
"You must hate me."
"Why would I hate you? I could never hate you."
"Really?" She wiped her eyes.
"Really." He smiled. "But Lina, why'd you do it?"
"I...I was jealous."
"Jealous? Of Zahra?"
"Mm-hm."
"Why? You think I like her or somethin'?"
"It crossed my mind..."
"You've got to be kidding! I could never love her."
"Why not?"
"Because I love you, Lina."
"Really?"
"Really."
"I love you too. You were always my best friend, but I don't want to be just best friends any more."
He hugged her. "I'm glad."
She rested her head on his shoulder. "Can we go home?"
He was quiet for a moment. "Listen." The strains of Garth Brooks' "The Dance" were filtering out of the gym. "Would you like to dance, Lina?"
She giggled. "I thought you'd never ask." She held up her skirt and curtsied to him and he bowed. Then he swept her into his arms and they swirled around the parking lot together.
All I was told of the evening by Lina was how she felt when he kissed her and the thought that went through her mind was "I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance."
And I had missed it. Oh well. There was always next time...