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7. No Reason To Be Nervous
Why am I so nervous? Yuna asked herself as she walked into her house and kicked off her shoes. Her parents weren't home; they were both at work so she had the house to herself. She looked at the grandfather clock that stood against the wall of the foyer and saw that it was only 2:45. Great, lots of time to work up my nerves before 8 o'clock…Yuna grabbed an apple off the counter and munched on it as she made her way upstairs into her room. She figured the best way to calm herself down would be to listen to some soothing music and do her homework for a little while. She unpacked the rest of her things from the move the previous night, so now there were only empty boxes folded up against her wall. She lied down on her bed and opened her Spiran History book so she could review what was going to be on the next test and teach Tidus the right material.
After a couple of hours of making a very detailed teaching plan, she decided to take a nice long jacuzzi bath. She walked into her bathroom and put a towel against the edge of her tub and turned on the water to a warm temperature. She walked over to her counter, grabbed some lavender scented bath salts, and poured a generous amount into the water. She knew that she wouldn't want to wash her hair in lavender scented water (not to mention that it was unhealthy for the jets to have soap in them) so she quickly washed her hair in her sink and left in the conditioner. She shed her clothing, wrapped a towel around her hair, turned on the jets, and sat in her tub. She closed her eyes in happiness that she was able to just relax, and then opened her eyes and sighed at herself.
"What am I doing?" She cried out loud in disbelief of her actions as she reached for her razor so she could shave her legs. "Why in Yevon's name am I doing this to myself!" She sighed and continued to shave, being careful not to cut herself. "Okay, I'm just going to use this as a way to relax. I haven't just sat in a jacuzzi and thought about random things in a long time. And I'm talking to myself. My Yevon, Yuna, you are losing it."
After about a hour of soaking in the lavender scented water, she was starting to get all prune-y, so she decided to get out of the tub to rinse the conditioner out of her hair. After her hair was clean, she blow dried it and brushed it until it was silky soft. She added a shining spray to her hair so it would be as shiny as it was silky. After carefully curling her hair so it flipped outward, she sprayed it with a light spritz of hair spray. She rarely used hairspray, but she felt it was needed to achieve the look she wanted. She had a vision in her head of what she wanted to look like for tonight, so she tried to stick to it as closely as she could. She looked at the clock and realized that it was almost 7:00. Just enough time to do my make up and get dressed…She thought as she generously applied lotion to her legs. She was shocked that she didn't even nick herself once from shaving.
She walked over to her vanity table and got out her makeup. She carefully applied the cover up, powder, eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, blush, lipstick, lip gloss...basically every thing that she owned. When she was done, she leaned in closer to the mirror to examine her work. She was proud of herself that she did a pretty good job and smiled at her reflection. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a white shirt and a pair of short jean shorts. She buttoned her pink hood around her neck and walked over to her full-length mirror. On her way, she grabbed her perfume off of her vanity and gently spritzed herself as she looked at her reflection again. Just as she was about ready to look for her boots, her cell phone rang. She grabbed it off the charger and saw 'sexy blitz star' come up on the display.
"Hello?" She said calmly into the receiver as she continued to look for her boots. The butterflies swarmed in her stomach as she slowly swallowed to help calm her nerves.
"Don't sound like you don't know who this is," Tidus said playfully on the other line. "What other 'sexy blitz star' do you know?"
"Ooh, wouldn't you like to know." She used the same playful tone of voice that he used as she grabbed her boots out of her closet. He was silent on the line, so she giggled. "I'm just kidding. So, are you lost?"
"No, I'm not lost," he replied as she sat on her bed to put on her boots. "I just wanted to let you know that I'm about a minute and a half away."
"Oh, okay." She tried to sound and remain as calm as she could although her pulse started to quicken. She realized she wouldn't have enough time to put on her boots, so she hopped off her bed and put them back in her closet and grabbed a pair of sandals instead. "I'll be here."
"Great." Yuna didn't have to see him to know that he was smiling, and that made her smile too. "So, I'll be at your door in like thirty seconds. Nope, just kidding, I'm at your house. At least I think it's your house. Where's the address—oh never mind, I found it. Yep! It's your house!"
Yuna raced to her window and moved aside the lacy pink curtain to see him pulling up her driveway. "I seeeee you!" She said as he laughed. "Okay, I'll grab my books and be right down."
"Books?" He asked her. She stopped walking as she frowned. "Oh! For the tutoring session. Riiiight..."
"Tidus, that's all this is." She more or less said that to reassure herself. Then why did I get all dolled up if I'm only going to teach him about Lord Ohalland?
"Yeah I know, I'm just playing with ya," he said with a laugh. Or not…she thought as she grabbed her books and raced down the stairs. She wasn't sure what to do, so she paced back and forth with him silent on the other line and exhaled when she heard a knock at the front door. "Oh, I think someone is at your door."
"Hm, who could that be?" She giggled softly as opened the door to see him standing there on his phone. There was a moment of silence between both of them as they saw each other. At the same time, they lowered their phones and closed them as they admired each other. Tidus was dressed in black shorts, a yellow shirt, sandals, and was wearing a really nice scent of cologne. It was a little strong for the scent reached Yuna's nose the second she opened the door, but she liked it anyway. His hair wash freshly dried, Yuna could tell, and it looked so soft. Yuna wanted to run her fingers through his hair like he always does to his own, but stopped herself. This is only a tutoring session...She reminded herself.
Tidus' jaw dropped when he saw her. He had to hold all his hormones inside to stop him from ripping all of her clothes off right then and there. If her hair, her makeup, and the minimal clothing that she was wearing wasn't enough to almost push him off the edge, the way she smelled was enough to. She smelled like a mixture of lavender and jasmine and it was amazing. It's almost like she wants me to get down her pants… He thought as he studied the way she dressed and smelled. She dressed more provocatively than usual, and Tidus couldn't help but ask himself if she had alternate plans for the evening besides studying like he did.
"Well, um...are we ready to go...study?" He asked her as she nodded.
"I just have to grab my purse," she informed him as she walked into the kitchen. Tidus carefully watched her every move, his gaze lingering at her rear end. Oh, this night is going to be torture…He thought to himself as he watched her bend over to grab her purse that was lying on the floor. He had to exhale to calm his hormones down as she walked closer to him and flashed him that amazing smile of hers. "We ready?"
"Ready we are," he said as he held the door open for her and watched as she locked it. "Your parents aren't home?"
"Nah, they probably ended up going out to dinner or something. They might've called and left a message on the house phone, but I didn't check it." Tidus nodded as he opened the car door for her. "Thanks."
"You're very welcome," he said as he walked to the driver's seat. He exhaled again before he opened the door to once again control himself. He sat down and put the key in the ignition to start the car. He rolled down the windows part way so it wouldn't ruin either of their hair. "You...um...you look great."
"Thanks, even though I didn't really do anything different than I usually do." Yeah, only about three hours of preparation more…Yuna thought to herself as Tidus smiled. He obviously didn't believe her, but wasn't complaining at all. "You look great as well."
"I just showered after blitz, that's all," he replied as he backed out of her driveway and headed toward his house. He was actually telling the truth about his appearance. The only thing differently that he did that he didn't normally do was blow dry his hair. He usually just let it air dry. He also put on some cologne that he had for years but never used before. Thankfully, he liked the smell of it.
"Wow," Yuna said in surprise as she faced him.
"What?" He questioned as he smiled at her.
"I was expecting an answer like, 'well, what do you expect?' or, 'yeah, I know.' You gave me a non-arrogant reply. I'm proud of you." Tidus smirked at her and she giggled. "I'm serious."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever," he said as he softly chuckled. "Ya know, you actually live quite close to me."
"Really?" She asked as she took her lip gloss out of her purse and carefully applied it so she wouldn't ruin her lipstick. Tidus hesitated as he watched her apply the gloss. His yearning for wanting to kiss those lips was growing stronger. How am I going to last the night? He asked himself as he exhaled. He looked forward again, completely forgetting that she even asked him a question, so she waved her hand in front of his face to grab his attention again. "Hello? Ya there?"
"Oh, yeah, sorry. Just concentrating on my...driving," he lied as he turned onto the next street. "Yeah, as I was saying, you only live like two miles away from me."
"Well, that's cool," she said as she watched the cool night breeze dance through Tidus' hair. She gasped when she realized the next song that came on the radio. "Oh, I like this song!"
"No way!" He exclaimed as he listened to what was playing on the radio. "I love this song! I didn't think any girls like this kind of music!"
"Well, I'm not your average girl," she said with a flirtatious smile as she turned up the volume a little bit.
Yuna, you have no idea how correct that statement is…Tidus thought with a smile as they drove the rest of the way to his house in silence, just listening to the radio.