Rikkus second chance

By shadows-of-flame

Hey everyone! Yes, this is finally the next chapter! Hope you like it! From now on I won't blabber on so much. Anyway, here goes! I have no idea how long I will write this story for - any ideas?

The morning was pretty uneventful for Rikku. She had woken up to the smell of pancakes being cooked. She really wanted some, coz they smelled delicious, so she poked her weary head out the door, but changed her mind when she saw Jecht making them. Her shoulder still hurt, but it was healing well, considering she had only had the wound for a few days.

"Where in Spira are we?" Rikku asked wearily to Tidus as she entered the pancake smelling room.

He shrugged.

"Somewhere off the coast of Besaid. We'd better leave soon coz we're running low on supplies. You know, food."
Rikku sat on the couch, absolutely loving the idea of seeing other humans again.
"You seem relieved." Jecht grinned as he handed her some food, aka the pancakes he was cooking earlier when she woke up, "We'll go in the afternoon.... if you can swim on that arm."

Rikku was about to reply when Tidus butted in.

"I don't think she should swim with a wound like that. The salt in the water could make it worse or infected..."
Jecht and Tidus had a heated and long argument over Rikkus condition while Rikku slipped away quietly down the creaky hallway to her room so she could have a shower and change out of her PJs.
"Where are my clothes..." she muttered angrily to herself, overturning everything in the bedroom she was allocated (the dirtiest in the whole place)

She marched out of the room, down the creaky hallway into the dining room where Tidus and Jecht were still fighting.
"Aqlica sa?" (excuse me) she asked quietly as father and son screamed bloody murder. She sighed.

"EXCUSE ME!" Rikku yelled, "HAVE YOU SEEN MY CLOTHES?"

The guys seemed a little hurt that Rikku was yelling at them, and Tidus whispered, "In the dryer."
Rikkus face softened, and she retrieved her clothes and proceeded to the bathroom, her original destination, to have a shower.

Jechts face cracked into a grin.
"You're in love with her, ain't you boy?"
Tidus' face immediately flushed beet red.
"N... no... yes... maybe."
"Ha! My son with a girl? You can't even catch a ball!"
Tidus glared evilly at him.
"OK so maybe you can catch a ball but... you still can't get with Rikku"
Tidus rolled his eyes.
"Watch me" he grinned, and started to stack the dishwasher.

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Rikku reached the bathroom and undressed quietly, turning on the hot water and stepping into the shower. She let the water pour over her petite figure, and her wound.

What would happen once they were in Besaid?
Would Tidus go back to Yuna, even though she was engaged to someone else?
Would she be left alone again, not even with Buddy or Brother?

Tears poured down her face and she cried silently, knowing no one was there to see her weakness.

Why was Tidus being so nice to her if he was just going to try and wreck Yunas wedding to get her back once they reached Besaid?
Would Yuna call off her wedding to be with Tidus?
What would happen to her?

She only realised that she had been thinking for 20 minutes when the water automatically turned itself off.

She got dressed into her clothes , wiped away her tears, and went into the lounge where the typical males were watching Neighbours on TV.
She silently walked past them, but didn't quite make it to the door.
Tidus grabbed her hand.

"Where are you going?" he asked in a cute voice.

'Like a 5 year old' Rikku thought quietly.
Rikku smiled.
"Out." she said simply, knowing a little 5 year old didn't need much explanation.

Jecht sighed.

"We were waiting for you so we could get going back into civilization."
Tidus scowled, obviously he had lost the fight and obviously he was appalled that Rikku was coming at all, and Rikku shifted her weight from foot to foot, obviously uncomfortable.

"Ah... ok"

Jecht ran outside like a slightly less mature 5 year old and pulled an old speedboat out from the garage.
"I thought we were swimming?" Tidus asked with an amused expression on his face.
Rikku looked around and saw the place that Tidus and Jecht lived was actually camoflaged.

"Rikku... can you fix this?" Jecht asked.
Rikku felt around in her pockets for the appropriate tools and took a closer look at the machina.
"This is going to need a bit of work. It'll take me about an hour to fix it."
Jecht beamed.

"We'll make lunch." Tidus grumbled, and pulled Jecht into the house after him. This was really not his day.

0-o why is Tidus in such a bad mood? Find out next chapter.

Iknow they didn't have to swim :-)