Blue
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Background: Umm… well, about a week has passed since Ryo asked for Rika's help. A formal dance is coming up in 3 weeks. Now on to the story. [] = thoughts # = Author's notes found at the bottom.
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Ryo looked up at the teacher who was spouting out useless information to the class and expecting them to understand it. What bothered Ryo was that he did all that with a straight face. [Three times the square root of eighteen plus x to the third my butt.]
He let his mind wander to the upcoming dance. He wanted to ask Helen really badly but he had no idea how. That is where Rika entered the plan. She was trying to become friends with Helen to get inside info on what she liked and other such things. In Ryo's opinion everything was going just fine. They seemed to be getting along. No one ever said the Ryo had good judgment.
Rika {#1}
Rika looked around Helen's room. {#2} She hated it as much as she hated the owner. Helen had gone to get drinks leaving Rika free time to despise her and her stupid room. The room was…Pink. Pink and Fuzzy. A bed, a mirror, a closet (which was too full of cloths to ever shut), and so much makeup and beauty supplies that it should be illegal.
As if the entire world wanted to spoil her day more than it already was Helen came in and said the worst words Rika had ever heard.
"Hey, let's do a Makeover. We could do you're hair and everything."
Rika could practically hear the Jaws music in the background. She franticly looked around the room to see if there was anything that could end her misery, the beauty supplies were flammable but where to get a match? Then another thought occurred to her. There was a "we" in that sentence. Could there be more of them?
"Oh…umm…look at the time!" said Rika backing away towards the door.
"Sorry, but I think I'm going to go home and umm…eat something or…watch the clouds. Bye!" Rika was ready to leave, but there was still that dance. There was still that little thing for Ryo as well.
"Umm…by the way who were you going to ask to the dance?" It had to have been the hardest thing to say in the history of all the things Rika could think of.
"I dunno, that one boy probably."
Rika wanted to choke the idiot standing before her. Idiot was an understatement in her mind.
"Which boy?" she mumbled through gritted teeth. She loosened her jaw after she thought a tooth cracked under the pressure.
"Oh… that Ryo guy. He's cute. Or maybe Jessie, Alex is cool, Tommy…ect"
"I know." Rika's teeth were screaming out in pain. This time she kept them together, if she didn't they might be used to BITE OFF HELEN'S HEAD!
Rika let herself out of the house and walked down the street aimlessly. Not only was she angry at Helen but she was mad at Ryo too. She didn't know why or what Ryo had done to anger her, oh wait, he'd been the one to suggest hanging out with the slug that dared to call herself human. In her rage she didn't see the only other person in the street and ran directly into it.
"OW" whatever it was could be identified as a male according to its voice. Rika looked up to see Ryo looking down at her.
"Sorry…I didn't see you." She muttered.
"Well…Can I ask her to the dance?"
Was he insane? He didn't even say "Hi" and had the nerve to ask if she had any info on the stupid dance!?
When Ryo looked up he thought he saw storm clouds form above Rika's head. [No, that's impossible. She's not mad at me. Rough day maybe.]
Rika didn't know how much more of this he could take. [The nerve… What an idiot… when I get my hands on him…] the threats were empty. Rika was not the type of person who shouted often.
"Should I ask her or what?"
The final string of restraint snapped. There was on thought on Rika's mind. [DIE!].
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?! YOU DON'T EVEN SAY HI AND NOW YOU COULDN'T EVEN SEE IF YOU WANTED TO. HELEN IS A…" Her momentum was lost. She didn't have the heart to tell him what she knew about Helen. In her mind she'd completed the sentence but it didn't all come out. How could he be so dumb? She flirts with every thing in sight. How could Ryo not notice?
The meeting ended there. Ryo left and Rika went home. They both were confused. Ryo thought his original idea was correct and Rika was jut in a bad mood. Rika was just… mad.
The next day Ryo did ask Helen to the dance, despite the anonymous tip he found in his locker. The writing looked a lot like Rika's but why would she have left the note.
Rika was asking herself a similar question to herself. Why did she leave the note? Because she cared weather or not his heart got ripped out and put into a blender at high speed even though he did the same thing to her? She kicked herself and walked to the rest of her classes.
Something about the way Helen accepted the invitation was weird. It was like she knew that she was going to get what she wanted. Not like Rika at all. She would have been different. She wouldn't have jumped all over him but there would have been something else there that Helen just didn't have. [Why am I comparing them to each other? Why is she talking to that other guy?] Ryo walked over to the Helen and the mystery person and listened in on their conversation, pretending to take a drink at the fountain.
"Hi Helen."
"Hello."
"Want to go to the dance?"
Ryo held his breath, he silently laughed at the poor fool.
"Yeah, Okay."
Ryo's head felt like it would explode, and not from drinking too much water. Why did she say yes?
The two people left. Ryo felt someone tap his shoulder.
"I would say I told you so but you already look pretty crushed."
What was Rika doing here, of all places?!
Ryo stopped and moved away from the fountain. The many people in line sighed with relief and moved to get a drink. He thought about his next move very carefully, and decided that maybe he'd been beaten by the Digi-Queen just this once. She might have been right. He took a deep breath and spoke up.
"Do you want to go to the dance with me? I don't think Helen will notice that I'm not with her."
Rika was shocked. Not only was this the best thing in the world but she knew he'd asked Helen to the dance. Her biggest question was why?
Ryo was uneasy. His next words would require a lot of thought and tact.
"Umm…Please?"
Way to go Ryo that was perfect.
"…Yes."
Rika was shocked at her answer. She had no idea how to act at a dance and, she'd have to…DRESS UP!
Helen had been eavesdropping and became very angry. She would have to plot REVENGE!
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Umm… that was kind of empty I know but, the next chapter is the dance. Which will be better than this. I think Ryo is acting stupid in this chapter. I'll have to fix his attitude.
#1 I was switching places. Please do not be confused.
#2 Ryo is getting tutored, so not everyone is in school at this time.
Please review; I will answer any questions ASAP.
Also, I apologize for any mistakes. I have no spelling skills.
If you find any I missed sorry. Really sorry.
Thanks Again to all reviewers.
