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Chapter 3
"Darn it, Kairi, get down here!" Kairi bolted up from her bed and started throwing on a pair of jeans and her favorites sweatshirt. She tied on her black sneakers. She looked in the mirror and tried to fight the battle with her hair. She only had time to brush it today, because her face needed attention. Kairi grabbed foundation and powders and started slopping them on. After she was done, she looked dead, or sick. But oh well, at least you couldn't see the bruises. She ran down the stairs this time to find Amanda in her usual attire, a black tank top and a skimpy jean mini skirt that was definitely not a skort. Amanda was putting on mascara and eyeliner. Kairi noticed she had so much eye shadow on her eyes were being weared down. No wonder she didn't have a boyfriend, Kairi thought in her head while she silently laughed in her head. She went to the stove and started to make waffles in their waffle maker and scrambled eggs. That was all they were getting too. When Krista walked in wearing a very tight black business skirt, Kairi knew there was going to be a new boss again today. Krista always tried to impress the new boss by wearing very skimpy clothes. Like her daughter for, instance. That's probably where Amanda gets it from, Kairi said in her head. Then she thought it would be very funny if the new boss was a woman. She giggled to herself. Amanda noticed this. " What are you laughing about? I bet the site of your face in that pan. You're looking very white today. You think nobody is going to notice those bruises on your face. Well, think again." She said as she grabbed her pink bag and went out the door. Kairi glared at her, or well, her presence that was still in the room. Krista finished her food and got up. " We're going clubbing tonight and won't be back until tomorrow morning so you can have the whole house to your self. Just don't touch any thing in my room." And she walked out.
As she heard the sound of Krista's car starting up, she did a victory dance. She ignored the pain in her stomach. " Yes!! I have the whole house to myself. No getting beat up!!!" And she ran out of the house after doing the dishes with her bag. She then felt a little sick after her stomach and side ached a little bit. She sat down on the ground and waited for Sora instead of standing. She really needed food, but she didn't have time to go get some in the house. Wait, Kairi thought as she dug in her backpack, I have a cookie from yesterday's lunch. She got the cookie and ate it. She felt a little better. " Kairi, what are you doing?" She heard Sora ask behind her. Kairi quickly got up and stared up at Sora. " I was waiting for you, and I waited for so long that I had to sit down, cause I was tired. You took a long time." She told him while putting her hands on her hips, pretending to be mad. " Well, I'm sorry Kairi for taking so long." He told her in a fake apology. " By the way, you look pale, are you sick?" He put his hand on her forehead and Kairi blushed. " Are you okay, Kairi? You don't feel warm." Kairi started to move her arms around, just like the anime people did when they panicked. "I'm fine, Sora. Don't worry. I just didn't get that much sleep last night and I'm tired." She hated having to lie to him, but she just couldn't tell him the truth.
They began walking and Sora couldn't help but notice how pretty Kairi looked. Her hair was down and it went down her back. And finally there was some color in her cheeks. " What?" Kairi asked. " Nothing" Sora said blushing while he looked at the sky.
Finally the school was in front of them, and Sora groaned. He hated school. He only liked to see his friends. Speaking of friends, Riku was walking toward them. " Hey Sora!!! Guess what!! Wakka got sent to Juvi! He did something to somebody's garage." He told him with an excited look on his face. Then he noticed Kairi. " Why Kairi, are you shrinking? I hardly noticed you. You're so short." Sora laughed. But Kairi gave him a glare and told Riku to shut up and comb his hair. That caused Sora to laugh even harder. Kairi finally hit him on the back and he stopped. " Sorry Kairi, but it was funny." He told her with a smile that could make her faint. Kairi smiled back and said good-bye to Riku and Sora and walked toward Selphie and Yuffie. Selphie was this time twirling around to get her energy out. She had her backpack and Yuffie and Kairi had to keep on dogging it to keep from getting hit. " I saw you with Sora" Yuffie teased. " You gave him a lovey dovey smile. Why don't you just tell him your feelings"? Kairi blushed and said, " I'm afraid of rejection. I bet he likes somebody else. Anyways, I wouldn't be talking. You won't even tell your feelings to Leon." This time Yuffie blushed and looked over at Leon with his dark hair and long legs. He was so cute, laughing with his friends. " He already has a girlfriend," she whispered. " No he doesn't. He dumped her last week, remember?" Kairi told her. But Yuffie didn't have time to say anything back, because the school bell rang and Selphie had pushed her through the crowd of kids. Kairi met up with Sora and they went to Algebra.
Kairi sat at her desk in Geography, her last class. She glanced over at Sora who was drawing in his notebook. He was a wonderful artist. Riku was test messaging someone on his phone, probably flirting with Sheila, one of the hottest girls in school. She tapped her pencil and looked at the clock. Fifteen minutes to 3:30, then school would be over for the day. She couldn't wait until she and Sora would go on their job escapade. Sora was such a wonderful person to be with. As she was thinking about Sora in dreamland, she didn't hear Mr. Montoya say, " Kairi, could you please read page 65." He had to tap her desk to get her attention. " Ms. Kairi." " Huh!" Kairi snapped out of her daydream and looked up at Mr. Montoya. " I said " Could you please read page 65." He told her. " Oh yes" Kairi told him while ignoring the giggles. She really hated Mr. Montoya. He always seemed to pick the people who weren't paying attention to embarrass them. She started to read without another word.
After the bell rang, Kairi became very happy. (Which is very rare for her) She hadn't felt this great in a long time. She even ran down the halls to her locker, ignoring Mrs. Kikiwam yelling at her. When she grabbed her bag, she saw Sora walking toward her. She smiled sweetly and walked toward him. " So are you ready?" He asked her. " Yup" Kairi answered. " I was thinking we could go to Stop and Go, TCBY, and Kroll's. I think they all have HELP WANTED signs." Sora shrugged and they walked out. There was an uncomfortable silence as they walked to town. Kairi didn't know why, but this year they had become distant. Maybe he knows I like him, but he doesn't like me, she said to herself in her head. The thought made her sad so she shook it away. The sun came out from behind the clouds and it got very hot. Kairi even had to take off her sweatshirt. She breathed in the air, smiling, at the thought of being able to go swimming in the ocean soon and going to the beach with her friends. But she remembered she hated summer because she had to stay in the house with Krista and Amanda, which meant more beating up. She would be devastated if she had so much bruises she couldn't even wear her pink bikini. Her face became sad, and she suddenly didn't want summer to come. After a little bit, Sora noticed her sad face. " Kairi, what's wrong?" He asked her, his face concerned. Kairi immediately looked up at him, a fake smile plastered on her face. " Nothing is wrong, Sora. I'm just thinking. Would you want to get ice cream first instead of going looking for jobs? We can afterwards. I'm sort of tired from school." Sora nodded, but he had that feeling again that she was lying to him.
When they came to the ice cream shop, Kairi got chocolate chip cookie dough and Sora selected mint chocolate chip. They both really liked their chocolate chips. When they were little, they could eat a whole bag together. Sora and Kairi made their way to the beach, where they sat at a picnic table and ate their ice cream and talked. " It's a beautiful day. I wouldn't even mind going swimming. It's so hot." Kairi said as she fanned herself with her hand. It had to be at least 85 degrees out. Sora suddenly got an idea. After they finished their ice cream, he got a mischievous smile on his face. He went over to Kairi and while she was looking for something in her bag, he picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. She winced because it hurt her bruise. " Sora, what are you doing?" She yelled while she kicked and banged on his back. " Put me down!" But Sora didn't listen; he just walked toward the water where he threw Kairi's screaming body in. Kairi landed with a splash in the water and she popped up with a mad but amusing look on her face. " Sora " she yelled at him and stood up. Then she splashed him. He started to laugh. " Well, you said you wouldn't mind going swimming." He told her between laughs. " How are we supposed go around town now?? I'm all wet." Kairi whined. " We can tomorrow!!" he said and he jumped into the water after he had taken off his shoes. Kairi screamed. He jumped up and they had a splashing fest. Kairi finally started to have fun. She dunked him and he dunked her and they had contests and everything. Sora was glad to see Kairi smiling, she didn't seem sad anymore. Plus, she looked sort of good wet. Argh, he thought. Shut up brain, shut up. As he was having a fight inside his head, he didn't notice Kairi come up behind him and dunk him under the water. He finally grabbed Kairi and he picked her up again. Then on a count of three, he threw her into the water even farther this time. As he was laughing, he noticed it took her along time to come up. He started to panic. He waited for another 10 seconds, but she didn't come up.
Sora went under water and opened his eyes. He couldn't really see, but he tried. Oh no, he thought, where was she? He quickly got up for breath and went back down. Then he felt something tug on his leg. He quickly turned around under water and saw Kairi's smiling face right in his. They both went up to the surface. Kairi was laughing, but she didn't notice Sora's face. He was so worried about her. While she was laughing and saying, " I really got you that time" he grabbed her and hugged her to him. Kairi stopped laughing, she was so surprised. A blush rose to her face. " Kairi, please don't do that again." Sora whispered to her. " I was so worried. I thought you had drowned." Kairi felt bad then. She knew she should not have done it. " I'm sorry Sora." She said as she pulled away. " We should get going." Sora nodded while a light blush appeared on his cheeks. She had fit perfectly into his arms. Kairi and Sora got up and started to put on their shoes. Then Kairi picked up the bottom of her shirt, totally forgetting that her bruise on her stomach was exposed, and started to squeeze the water out. Sora noticed the purple and blue blob on her stomach, and said to Kairi. " Where did you get that bruise? It looks like it hurts." Kairi looked down, and noticed her bruise. Oh no, he saw, she thought as she quickly thought up an excuse. " Um…uh… Yuffie accidentally hit me with a ball in gym, really hard. She is really strong, you know," she told him quickly and went over to her bag. Sora shrugged it off, but while they were walking home. It kept bugging him. He said good-bye to Kairi as they parted to go to their houses. When he was about to open the door, he thought of something suddenly. Wait a minute, he thought, Kairi doesn't even have gym this year!!! That was when Sora finally decided that Kairi was lying to him.
End of Chap.3
Uh oh. Looks like Sora is going to find something out. This was sort of a happy chapter, with some minor sad parts. Kairi got to have some fun swimming, at least. I sort of need help though. I don't know how to have Sora find out about Krista and Amanda abusing Kairi. Got any ideas? Please review!!