(This is the edited version of the last chapter i wrote. I realize there were quite a few errors and it drove me nuts. Call it a curse of a perfectionist!)

WOW! It took me only like, what...a week to update! I'm so sorry if any of you were dying of suspense...lol. I had issues though; like I would start to write, then be like, 'no, this can't happen yet...' and then have to start over. I did that about ten times, so I now have parts of about ten chapters started. I can't believe i'm on chater 31. I wonder how long this story will be!

Also, I need to thank AngelTashia because she was the person who gave me my 100th review. :) However, i want to thank all of you for your support, it means so much to me. Especially TheCalligrapher, Ying Ying 54, and AngelTashia...you girls are the best. TheCalligrapher created a website that rocks...the link is in my bio. Come join us! It's an awesome website!

Okay, enough of me blabbing on and on like I usually do...enjoy this chapter!

31. Here's Your Letter

The following Monday, Yuna walked out of cheerleading practice covered in sweat. I just want to go home, shower, and snuggle with my boyfriend for the night...She thought as she hopped into her car. Boyfriend...I have a boyfriend! She had to refrain from squealing in the middle of the vacant parking lot out of elation. Although it was a rather chilly autumn evening, she still put the convertible top down on her car as she drove home. She brushed a few damp tendrils of hair that escaped from her ponytail away from her face and neck as she switched through the radio stations, unable to find anything sufficient to listen to.

She pulled into her street, almost slamming on the brakes when she saw her parent's car in the driveway. Oh, not good…Yuna thought as she swallowed out of nervousness and lightly drummed her fingers on her steering wheel. They're home about five days early and I didn't pick up my room yet. There are rose petals still in my trash bins, half melted candles scattered everywhere, not to mention the copious amount of condoms and condom wrappers in the trash as well... Why did my boyfriend have to turn me into such a nympho!

Yuna tried to stay calm, but with the many thoughts that were running through her head, it was impossible. She pulled into the driveway, and let out a sigh of relief when she saw her father leaning into his car, reaching for a suitcase. Oh thank Yevon, they just came back home...

"Yuna!" Braska exclaimed as she put her car in park and stepped out. He over to her to wrap her in his arms and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too, daddy!" She said, still a little nervous, as she hugged her father back. She eased her way out of the hug and slightly bounced on her toes. "Wow, you're home...early."

"Yeah, there was some big to-do in Kilika and Besaid, so the conventions were cancelled in those cities." He picked his suitcase back up and motioned Yuna to follow him into the house. "Besides, your mother and I just miss you too much when you don't come with us."

"Did you bring me any souvenirs?" Yuna asked, trying to retain innocence and not give away any hints that she lost her virginity over the weekend to a boy she's known for barely two weeks. When she walked into the house, she nonchalantly looked around the house to see if there were any hints or clues to 'memories' that she and Tidus shared over the weekend. She didn't want her parents to know that she and Tidus had sex in just about every room in the house, and she was uneasy when she realized she wasn't able to give the house a once over to check before they came home.

"If you count the shampoos and soaps that the hotels leave, then yes we have some," Braska said with a chuckle as he threw down the suitcase in the kitchen. Yuna had to laugh along with him as she sat down on one of the stools by the island. He reached into the refrigerator and grabbed out a bottle of water. "Want one, sweetie?"

"Nah, it's okay," Yuna said as she clicked her nails against the top of the island. She nonchalantly looked around the kitchen as she moved a tendril of hair out of her face. "So, uh, where's mom?"

"Oh, she went to throw some stuff into our bedroom." He pointed in the general direction of the master bedroom as he took a sip from the bottle. Yuna nodded her head and continued to look around the house. "So what did you do this weekend, Yuna?"

"Not much," she said with a shrug as she adverted her attention back to her father. "Homework, watched a little tv, talked to some of the new friends I made. You know, the usual."

"I'm so glad that you're making a lot of friends here," he said with a huge smile. Yuna returned the smile and he leaned against the counter to face her. His gaze moved off of her for a second, and turned to a small puddle of a dark substance on the counter. Chocolate syrup! Yuna thought as she smacked her forehead with her hand. Oooh, Tidus and his kinky ideas! She slightly groaned as her father walked over to investigate it. "What's this?"

"I don't know, what is it?" She looked over at it and pretended that she didn't know what it was. She gave it a quizzical look and then acted like the light bulb suddenly lit up over her head and she snapped her fingers. "Oh, Rikku came over the other day so we could work on history together and we decided to make a girls night out of it. After we studied, we watched movies and made sundaes. I guess we just flunked on wiping up the mess." The sundae idea could also explain the half empty whipped cream bottle in the fridge as well...

"Oh, that's fine," Braska said as he went into one of the drawers, grabbed a washcloth and wiped up the mess. I could've sworn we wiped the counter down...Yuna thought as she started to blush.

"Okay, I think it's time for me to go take a shower," she exclaimed as she hopped down from the stool and smoothed out her shirt. And time for me to go clean up my room!

"Have fun," he said as he kissed her on the top of the head.

"You know me," she called over her shoulder as she started to walk toward the stairs. She stopped in the living room first so make sure that nothing was left in there. She was looking under one of the couches when her mother turned on the lights. Yuna jumped about a foot and a half and put her hand to her heart to make sure it was still beating. "Wow, mom, you scared me."

"I'm sorry, dear." Yuna's mother spread out her arms so Yuna would give her a hug. "Come here, you. I missed you so much."

"Awww, mom, I missed you too!" Yuna said as she gave her mother a hug, checking the study behind her. Oh, this is horrible! Yuna thought as she realized how she and Tidus had turned into well-oiled machina over the time span of three days. She jumped when she saw something shiny on the floor of the study. Uh oh...Yuna thought as she broke the embrace with her mother. Okay, I gotta get her away from here so I can go check that out! "Oh, daddy said he wanted to ask you something. He's in the kitchen."

"Really?" Her mother asked as she started to walk toward the kitchen. "Yes, Braska?"

Yuna booked it to the study to see a condom wrapper lying on the floor. She slightly whimpered as she picked it up and stuck it in the pocket of the sweatshirt she was wearing. She shook her head in amusement of her actions over the weekend and walked upstairs. The second she shut her door, she locked it, and looked at her room. All the candles were still all over her room; many leaving hardened pools of wax around them. She tried to pick a candle up, but the cooled wax made it rather difficult.

"Go team Yuna," she grumbled at herself as she struggled to get the candle off of her dresser. She pulled the candle up, and it left a circular mark where the wax pulled off some of the dresser finish. She sighed at how her mother would yell at her, and threw the candle away. She picked up the trash bin and walked around her room, throwing candles and abandoned rose petals away in the process. She and Tidus weren't separated all weekend so she didn't get a chance to pick everything up. She gasped when she had a thought. Oh! He thinks he's coming over to spend the night again! She ran to her phone and quickly dialed his number.

"Hey, beautiful," he said as he picked up his phone. Yuna hesitated due to the fact that she was so touched. He was lying on his bed actually reading the homework, but sat up straight when he didn't hear anyone on the other line. He moved his phone away from his head and looked at the display to make sure that he was still connected. "Yuna?"

"Yeah, I'm here, sorry," she said with a giggle as she sat down on her bed. She looked at the soiled sheets and again had to frown. Okay, I have to change these before I go to bed...

"How was practice?" He asked her as she stood up and walked to her bathroom. Massage oils and bubble bath bottles were place on her counter and she gently placed them into her drawer.

"Oh, practice was great," she started as she sat on the edge of her Jacuzzi tub. "We've almost got the routine for tomorrow perfected. That's why we had to stay so late tonight. Rikku's like a Crusader when she's on a mission."

"Oh wow, I didn't even realize that it was almost 6:30." He stretched as he looked over at his alarm clock. He lowered his voice slightly and added a flirtatious tone to it as he continued. "What time do you want me to come over?"

"Um, yeah, that's another reason why I called you," she started to explain as she took her hair out of the ponytail that it was in, grimacing at the fact that it was slightly damp with sweat.

"What?"

"My parents came home early," she said as he gasped.

"They what?"

"Yeah I know." She sighed as she grabbed her brush. "I freaked out. I had to casually check out the house to make sure that we didn't leave anything from this weekend for—"

"Yuna!" Yuna whipped her head up to the sound of her mother's voice. "Would you please come down here?"

"Oh Yevon," Yuna said quietly as she stood up. Please tell me they didn't find anything! She thought to herself as a silent prayer.

"What is it?" He asked her.

"My mom's calling me," she said with a sigh. "Hey, I'm gonna call you back after I find out what they wanna tell me."

"Hopefully it doesn't deal with them finding a random condom somewhere." He tried to make it a joke, but the worried tone in his voice showed that he was seriously concerned. "Which reminds me, I need to invest in some more. We only went through, like, all the ones you had."

"Not my fault I have a horny boyfriend," she said with a giggle as she held her hand on the door handle.

"Okay, I believe you are the hornier one, Yuna," he said as she giggled more. "Man, I really broke you in, didn't I?"

"I was just a baby chocobo that needed to come out of its shell, that's all." She unlocked her door and slightly opened it. "All right, I'll talk to you later."

"Call me back, okay?" He asked.

"Of course." She said with a smile. Even though she didn't see him, she knew that he was smiling too. "Bye."

"Bye."

She shut her phone and threw it on her bed as she flew down the stairs to see her parents leaning over something in the kitchen. Oh no, what did they find? She asked herself as she slowly walked toward the kitchen, hoping that she could overhear her parents' conversation without being noticed. They were talking quietly, so she could only hear bits and pieces of it.

"I can't believe this." Yuna's mother sighed as she looked at her husband. "I guess we always knew this was going to happen, but not so soon."

"Our little girl's growing up, Ari," Braska said as he put a hand on her back. Yuna tried not to cry in dread as she slowly walked into the kitchen. Are they talking about me having sex?

"You called me?" Yuna asked as she moved her hair out of her face, trying to act as cool and collected as possible, but her heart was racing at the speed of light.

"Yeah." The serious tone in Braska's voice frightened Yuna even more as he turned back to the counter. "I'm a little concerned about you. You didn't get the mail all weekend?"

"Oh, wow, I must've forgotten," Yuna said honestly with a shrug, genuinely astonished at herself. For about the last three weeks, Yuna ran to the mailbox every day, waiting for a specific letter.

"Well, I think you've been waiting for this," Yuna's mother said with a huge smile as she handed Yuna a thick beige colored envelope. Yuna let the envelope fall in her hands, feeling the weight of it. She slowly slid her finger under the flap, ripping it to take out the thick parchment paper letter that was enclosed.

She looked up at her parents—who had tears in their eyes—then looked back at the creamy colored paper that she held in her hands. She only read about the first ten words, let out a tiny shriek, then started to jump up and down.

"I was accepted!" She ran over to her parents and gave them each a huge hug, sharing her joy with them.

Oh, I am so excited that I was able to think of a transition! Writers' block be damned! Hopefully I will write more soon! (Once again, I'm sorry that you had to wait a week...when I usually wrote one or two chapters a DAY!) Please leave a comment...I always appreciate them!

Also, just a minor note, I got my belly button pierced today! I am really happy! I've wanted it done for like two years, and I finally grew some balls to get it done! Everyone be happy! Lol...anyway, enjoy the chapter!