Hello, again! Sorry it's only one chapter...but I'm not sure how to work the next chapter. I started to write it...but I didn't like how it ended. So back to the drawing board for that one! Oh, and to answer a question...In my fic, Rikku and Yuna are NOT related. I thought about making them related, but then I thought against it. Anyway, read on!

18. An Unpleasant Surprise

Monday morning, Yuna woke up early to doll herself up for school. She hadn't spoken to Tidus since he dropped her off in the early afternoon of Saturday, so she wanted to look good. A shiver ran up her spine as she remembered how he lightly brushed his lips against hers as he said goodbye. The kind of kiss that made me like him more...she thought as she jumped out of bed. It proves that he does a hidden sweet side to him...very, very hidden, but it is there...

After her shower, she quickly dried her hair and walked to her closet in her towel. She grabbed her favorite blue skirt and matching blue top and put them on. She curled her hair, applied her make up and put on her high heels that made her about three and a half inches taller. She was much shorter than Tidus; the top of his head reached his nose, so now she would be just slightly shorter than he was. When she was happy with the way she looked, she grabbed her books and drove to school.

It was beautiful that morning in Zanarkand. The sun was shining, the sky was blue with a few wispy clouds, the birds were chirping in the trees...Driving to school with the top of her convertible down and the wind blowing through her hair made Yuna fell like her life couldn't get more perfect. She felt that she should stand on the top of Mt. Gagazet to proclaim how happy she was at the moment so everyone in Spira could identify with her. She stepped out of her car and walked to her locker to put her books away.

At her locker, she put in the combination as she slightly hummed her herself. She felt someone come up behind her and put their hands on her hips. She didn't need to turn around to see that it was Tidus, but she faced him anyway.

"You're looking fantastic this morning," he said as he turned her around for a hug. He held his arms around her for a minute as he closed his eyes. The scent of lavender was on her again and that only made him think of their first tutoring session. He smiled at the thought, and then realized that she was almost as tall as him. He put his hand on the top of her head and moved his hand to see how tall she was compared to him. "Am I shrinking?"

She giggled as she lifted up a foot to point at her shoes, "No, I'm wearing devil shoes."

"Devil shoes?" He asked with an amused smile as Yuna nodded. "Hm, okay, so if they're devil shoes, why did you wear them?"

"One must suffer to be beautiful." She jokingly batted her eyes at him as he looked at the shoes.

"You must suffer a lot then," he said sweetly as she smiled and rolled her eyes. "What?"

"That was a lame pick up line, Tidus." She moved a strand of hair out of her face as he chuckled. "I figure you would have some good ones too, but you just disappointed me."

"Yeah, well, usually I don't have to say anything to pick a girl up." Yuna frowned at him and he put his hand to his chest. "Sorry, that was the old Tidus."

"Old Tidus? What's that about?" He smiled at her and she attempted to return it, but his comment made her upset. Okay, was he acting on Saturday?

"Heh, never mind," he said as he ran his fingers through his hair. There was an awkward silence between the two of them, and as much as Yuna wanted to continue to ask him what he meant, she kept her mouth shut. "So yeah, history, huh?"

"Yeah, let's go." She shut her locker and Tidus put his arm around her and landed his hand on her waist. She felt quite self-conscious as they walked to class because everyone was looking at her. She felt like his 'girl of the week' and she wasn't sure how much she liked that feeling. She loved being in Tidus' arms, but outside of school. At school she realized that he had to uphold an image that he spent many years building, and she didn't like that Tidus. Maybe that's what he meant by the Old and New Tiduses...She thought as they entered their history class.

Yuna felt awkward throughout the rest of the day. Tidus walked with her to all of her classes and kissed her lightly on the cheek every time. She felt eyes piercing into her from other students as she walked through the halls, when she was in her classes, etc. Why did I have to fall for the most popular guy in the school? She asked herself that question repeatedly all day, and when she sat down in her last class of the day, she had to sigh at herself. It wasn't like Tidus was even her boyfriend, she just liked him, and she was pretty sure that he liked her back...but she wasn't positive. From the stories she heard about Tidus, she knew he was just a flirt...but she also knew that he wasn't one to latch onto something. But it sure seems like he is latching onto me! She felt like she gained some kind of popularity by association, and that was another thing that she wasn't sure if she was happy about or not. All the cheerleaders and blitz guys greeted her as she walked down the hall, and she couldn't do anything else but meekly wave and quietly say 'hi' back.

Probably the strangest thing out of everything was how Rikku was acting like Yuna has been her best friend for years. In their history class she sat next to Yuna and talked her ear off about Gippal and how they met. Yuna really didn't care, but she was respectful and listened anyway. The sad part about this…she thought to herself, I was so excited for today and it definitely hasn't turned out the way I expected it to... When she looked back, she realized that she wasn't sure what to expect out of it. Maybe some awkwardness, a little flirtatiousness, but she never would've guessed that Tidus wouldn't leave her side for two minutes.

I'm just so confused...She thought as she rested her elbow on her desk and placed her chin in her hand. Finally, it was the last hour of the day, and Yuna was looking incredibly forward to going home and getting away from her new popularity. A girl sat next to her and Yuna thought she oddly enough looked familiar. Then again everyone thinks that they know me and have said 'hi' now that Tidus and I are...whatever we are...

"Yuna, right?" The girl asked as Yuna nodded. A bright smile appeared on her face as she flipped her hair in a ditzy way. "I thought so. You were at Rikku's party on Saturday night."

"Yeah." Yuna didn't mean to be rude by replying with short answers, but she wasn't in 'talk' mode, she was in 'think' mode. She also was not in the mood for someone as cheery as the girl next to her right now. Where's Paine when I need her?

"I'm Naida," she said happily as Yuna recognized her.

"Oh, okay, I remember you now," she said as she lifted her head off of her hand. "You're Rikku's good friend right?"

"Yeah, we're cheerleaders together." Yuna wasn't sure how being cheerleaders together had to do anything with being friends, but she shrugged it off. The girl then started to stare off into space, and Yuna started to get uncomfortable. Awkward silence...Yuna said to herself as she tried to think of things that could make the conversation more interesting.

"So, um, you have fun at Rikku's party?" Yuna asked as a strange sparkle started in Naida's eyes.

"Yeah, I really did," she giggled and Yuna tried not to roll her eyes. Cheerleaders...she thought as she politely smiled. "Okay, this is going to sound very weird, but I have a strange question for you."

"Okay, shoot," Yuna said as she gave the girl her full attention.

"Are you and Tidus seeing each other? Or dating? Or having any kind of relationship whatsoever?" Naida asked, a little uncomfortably. Yuna was confused, and the look on her face said it all. It wasn't the fact that she asked Yuna if they were dating because the way Tidus was acting all day, it could've been misinterpreted. However, it was the way that she said it, and how she basically asked the same question three times.

"No, we're not dating. I'm tutoring him in history, but that's it," she said as Naida sighed a sigh of relief. Yuna narrowed her eyes at her out of confusion. "Why do you ask?"

"Okay, good," she said as she put her hand to her chest and giggled, completely ignoring Yuna's question. "Because I knew that you guys arrived at the party together."

"Yeah we went to the party together, but we just didn't go together," Yuna said as she thought about how that didn't make sense out loud, but it made sense in her own mind.

"Okay, I figured he wouldn't have had sex with me that night if you two were dating."

Yuna's jaw dropped when Naida said those words. She felt like she was having an out of body experience; like the world was moving around her while she sat in one spot. Her brain was sending her a million different messages at the same time; Cry! Faint! Slap her! Scream! Giggle idiotically! However, the only thing that could come out of Yuna's mouth was:

"WHAT!"

Sorry again for a short chapter! R & R and I'll update soon!