AHA! I'm Updating! And thank you for the reviews (even though there weren't many... -_-). Anyways, this chapter is going to have the date! Yay!!! Now you get to find out why the hell Vincent and Cloud exactly asked Yuffie and Aeris on a date! And plus a phone call from a very unexpected person...And while all this happens, Tifa and her mom seem to be getting closer? O_O And what the hell will Tifa do when she finds out about the arranged marriage?! Read, review and find out!

~~~Chapter 6~~~ ~~~The Date~~~

"Hey Aeris...you look...absolutely...magnificent..." Cloud said as he got out of his car to help Aeris and Yuffie in.

He blushed knowing how beautiful both the girls looked and he opened the door like a gentleman. Vincent went and sat in the car waiting for Cloud to drive.

He also thought the girls looked absolutely beautiful tonight. He blushed as he pictured getting his first kiss from Yuffie...

Cloud hopped in the driver's seat and started the car...and not soon after they were backing out of the parking lot.

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'Man...This has got to be the worst weekend in my entire life!!' Tifa thought as she sat up on her bed.

Her eyes were big and red and her cheeks were stained with tears. She looked miserable as she wiped at her eyes, sniffling a little.

'I think I'm going to go downstairs now...get something to eat and watch some TV...and maybe talk to mom...maybe she can make me feel better...' Tifa thought to herself as she stood up and walked out of her room.

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"We're here! Here...I'll get that for you..." Cloud said as he parked in front of a large and very fancy Restaurant called "Le Château".

Cloud and Vincent walked out of the car and opened the door for Aeris and Yuffie as both girls gently stepped out.

'Man! This looks great! But I can't help but feel so guilty for what happened to Tifa...she looked really hurt...We should be with her tonight and we should be having a sleepover at her house like we do every Friday...Oh man...WE have to make it up to her!' Yuffie thought as she walked into the restaurant with Vincent, Aeris and Cloud.

And though she kept trying to push it away, Aeris was thinking the same thing...

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"Mommy...are you there?" Tifa asked, sniffling a bit, but trying not to show that she had been crying.

"Hmmm...Oh! Tifa Dear! What is it?" Tifa's mom shouted from the kitchen.

"Mommy...what's there to eat?" Tifa asked as she walked into the kitchen, her red eyes scanning it.

"Oh...Here, I'll get you something to eat and then we can both watch some TV together...How does that sound?" Her mom said with a very comforting smile...the same smile Tifa possessed...but she didn't remember that, seeing as how she hadn't been smiling for a long time. But still it comforted her...

"Okay mommy..." Tifa said quietly as she slowly stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room.

She looked for the remote and sat on one of the leather couches. She turned on the flat screen TV and began browsing through the channels. Soon her mother walked in and she had made some popcorn and she had 2 cans of Pepsi in her hand.

"So...why are you home on a Friday night? Don't you, Yuffie, and Aeris usually do something?" Her mother asked as she popped a piece of popcorn in her mouth.

Tifa felt her eyes begin to water at the words her mom had said and she bowed her head, looking at the beautiful carpeted floor.

"Oh, honey! I'm so sorry! Come here..." Her mother said as she remembered that both of her friends were on a date.

But she was thinking that Tifa was upset because she didn't have a date...

Her mother then wrapped her arms around her young daughter as Tifa placed her head on her mother's lap. Her mother gently rocked her as she held her in her arms. Tifa began to sob quietly in her mother's arms.

Mrs. Lockheart bent her head down to Tifa's and softly kissed her on her forehead.

"Now...why don't you tell me what exactly happened?" Mrs. Lockheart asked softly.

Tifa sat up straight and rubbed her ruby eyes. She then looked at her mother...She didn't know if she should tell her, but she had to get it off her chest...

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"So...erm...can I ask you guys something?" Aeris asked as they all took a seat at one of the fancy tables in the large nice restaurant.

"Sure...shoot..." Cloud said as he looked around for a waiter.

"Why did you guys exactly ask us out?" Aeris asked curiously.

"Well...you sure you wanna know?" Cloud said hesitantly.

"Yes..." Aeris responded.

Yuffie also sat there looking back and forth to Vincent and Cloud. Vincent looked at Cloud just in case he needed help in explaining.

"Well...you see...you know how our families are and how sensitive and old fashioned they are when it comes to love, dating and marriage..." Cloud started, trying his best to make sense out of it.

"Yeah..." Aeris and Yuffie both sighed...

They all knew this was true seeing as how their parents lectured them about it when they were 12 years old. Plus all their parents were very tight and everything one family would do, the others would accept too.

"Well...though they all want us to have the same rules when it comes to love, they have different styles of how they want us married..." Cloud continued having difficulty finding the correct words to use.

Aeris and Yuffie seemed to be paying very close attention to what Cloud was saying. Vincent was browsing for a waiter.

"For example...Take the Lockhearts...their family tradition is arranged marriage..." Cloud said coolly.

At that Aeris and Yuffie gasped and their faces quickly became pale as their eyes widened...Cloud seemed to notice this and he let out a small laugh.

"You didn't know that?" He merely laughed.

Aeris and Yuffie shook their heads, still in a state of shock.

"Hah! She's your friend and you didn't know that?!" Cloud continued to mock.

"Okay, enough Cloud! Do you have any idea what Tifa is going to do if she finds out about that?!" Yuffie shouted.

"Look...it's not like I care what happens to Tifa...you both know that...Anyways, are we here to talk about Tifa or why I asked you out?" Cloud simply said and Aeris thought him as a cold man. She merely let out a "humph!" and turned her head.

"My family's style is pretty normal though...I just go out with whatever girl I want and my parents either approve of her and I may have her as my girlfriend and maybe more or they tell me not to see her again." Cloud said, shrugging.

"Well then...why did you guys pick US out of all the prettier girls in school?" Yuffie shouted. "Well...we have to go out with girls that our family knows well so they can look up some back round information...you know, like....does she smoke, does she drink and all that other stuff." Vincent came in, obviously tired of trying to get a waiters attention.

"Well I think th-..." Aeris began but was interrupted by a ring coming from her mini purse...

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Mrs. Lockheart felt a surge of guilt flow through her body as she heard her daughter explain why she was upset. She now regretted ever accepting the arranged marriage proposal.

"Oh my...I'm so sorry honey...but there's something you should know...Friends may come and go...but family is forever..." her mother said softly...

"I know mom...but Aeris and Yuffie are my best friends and who will I hang out with now? Who will I go with to University?? Who will I get to be my bride's maid?" Tifa sobbed.

"You know what...they aren't the only people in the world that can be your friends...there are many more people out there that would love to be your best friends!" Mrs. Lockheart assured Tifa.

Tifa looked up at her mother...and, for once, she felt closer to her then ever...And she didn't have a single regret about telling her what happened.

"Mom..." Tifa smiled cutely and suspiciously.

"Did you get that line out of that book you've been reading?" Tifa laughed.

Her mother blushed and burst out laughing...

"How did you know that?! Did you sneak a look at it?" Mrs. Lockheart laughed.

Tifa laughed suspiciously and nodded, telling the truth.

"Why you!" Mrs. Lockheart said as she threw a piece of popcorn at Tifa playfully. Tifa giggled and almost fell off the couch when her mom began to tickle her...

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"Hello..." Aeris said as she answered her pink mini cell phone.

Yuffie, Vincent, and Cloud all looked at her, waiting for a familiar name to be mentioned.

"Oh! Sephirtoh! How are you?!" Aeris burst as a smile was placed on her lips.

Cloud felt his face go pale and the hair on his arms stick up. His eyes widened and he froze, sitting on the chair.

"Oh, well...no...Actually I'm with Yuffie, Vincent and Cloud right now...Yeah...Cloud..." Aeris said into the mini phone as a bunch of eyes looked at her.

Cloud felt himself sinking under the table and all he wanted to do was hide under the table.

"Oh...everything's going great! Yeah, I'm having fun...Oh and I got the books needed for the project. I also looked up some stuff on the internet...Yeah, I'll send you them..." Aeris continued.

Vincent tried to poke Cloud but he noticed he had disappeared. Vincent began to look everywhere for his friend.

"Oh...you wanna talk to Cloud? Sure...hang on..." Aeris said as she removed the cell phone from her ear.

"Vincent! Where's Cloud?!" Aeris asked him.

Vincent looked around the restaurant frantically but turned back to Aeris and shrugged. Yuffie looked at him worriedly, and then she looked at Aeris and made a pleading face. Aeris placed the cell phone back on her ear and signaled Vincent to look for Cloud.

"Er...Sephiroth...He's in the bathroom...but if you tell me what you wanted to say to him, I'll be more then happy to give him the message!" Aeris lied.

Vincent looked under the table and so did Yuffie. There they saw a trembling Cloud rocking back and forth, hugging his knees and it looked like all his blood had been drained from his face.

"Okay, then...See you later! Bye!" Aeris said into the phone and hung up...

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Well! What did you think?! Like it?! Please R&R!! And stay tuned for chapter 7!!! Ja Ne till then!

~~Kawaii_Tifa~~