Disclaimer: Let's do this quick. The only characters that are mine are Connie, her family, her friends, and her family's friends. All the other characters are from FFX, FFX-2, FFVII, and Yu Yu Hackusho. Unless you count the dog and cat's names which are from Kingdom Hearts, the animals are mine, but the names are from Kingdom Hearts. Okay, now chapter 11. Almost done!

"Close Encounters of the FFX Kind!": Chapter 11

Grandma Jill had lemonade by the bucked full down there. Everyone had some sort of baked good in their hand, when Silly and I walked in. It was mass chaos! There were a total of 15 people crammed into one basement. "Wow! Talk about sardines!" I said. I thought it was funny, but no one seemed to get it. "Never mind, Max, Grandma Jill, can I talk to you guys a second?"

"Sure!" they replied in unison.

"Upstairs?" They nodded and followed me up. Silly sat down and started watching Shuyin and Tidus play games.

"Yuna, you look pretty on TV!" said Tidus

"Thank you," she said. "What about in real life."

"Not now, I'm trying to defeat this dude." That made me laugh. Tidus was gonna be in big trouble now. When Grandma Jill, Max, and I had reached the top of the stairs we went into the kitchen.

"So, what's up, Con?" Max asked. "One of 'em ask to marry you?"

"No, but it's just about as big of a commitment."

"What?!" said Grandma Jill a little shocked. "Connie, be careful. We know these people, but we don't really know these people, you know?"

"I understood like 0 of that sentence," said Max.

"Guys, focus, please. Silly just gave me this," I said handing the brochure to Grandma Jill. Max leaned over her shoulder to see better. "They want me to go with them and study. I wouldn't even have to put up with my parents, or my sister until Christmas and summer vacation. But, also it means I won't be at home anymore."

"But that means I would hardly ever see you," said Grandma Jill.

"I know. I can't decide what to do." Just then the doorbell rang.

"More characters?" asked Max.

"Silly said they had all come already. It couldn't be. Unless it's Brother, or Buddy, but Silly said they weren't coming." I went over and opened the door.

"Hi, Connie!" It was my parents!

I could feel my eyes grow wide, and I shut the door. "Not a word of this to my parents, promise? Keep them quiet, Max. Grandma Jill, you stay here." They nodded, and Max ran down stairs.

"BE QUIET! WE'RE GONNA BLOW CONNIE'S COVER!"I heard Max scream from down stairs. It grew immediately quiet. The TV muted, and the conversations hushed.

I just then realized that I had just shut the door in my parent's faces. I opened the door. "Mom! Dad! What the heck are you doing back so dang early?!?!" I asked trying to contain my... excitement? no, nervousness? no, well what ever this emotion was I was trying to contain it.

"Well, we decided that we didn't want to be there anymore, and we missed you and Hannah, so we came home. Hannah told us you were here, so we came to say that we were back," said my mom.

"Well, you told me so I guess you can go now, k? Bye!" I started to close the door but they stopped me.

"Wait, we want to know what you did when we were gone."

"Oh, not much, video games, hung with Grandma Jill, you know, stuff."

"Anything exciting happen?" my dad asked. "Anyone drop by for a visit?"

"NO!" Grandma Jill and I said in unison.

"Nope! Just me and Max. We came here to play games, and hang with Grandma Jill and eat all the spare cookies and brownies, and other random baked goods she had left over from a bake sale! That's all!"

"Okay," said my mom. "Well, we'll see you at home, k?"

"Okay! We'll see ya later bye!" I said closing the door fast. It wasn't until 10 seconds later, when I was sure they were gone I said. "It's safe, I'm sure they're gone."

"OKAY GUYS, YOU CAN TALK AGAIN!" Max yelled, and came back upstairs. "That was eventful."

"Wasn't it? But, I still don't know if I want to go. I mean, it would be fun, but..."

"You would miss your parents and your sister more than you would like to admit, right?"

"Yeah, I guess you're right," I said. "What should I do?"

"I think you should think about it some more. Maybe sleep on it, and decide later," said Grandma Jill. That's why I liked her so much. She was so smart.

"That sounds good," I said. "So for the rest of the day I should..."

"Relax, have fun, play some games, and eat a cookie," Max said shoving one in my mouth before running down stairs. I took a bite out of it and followed him. I liked Grandma Jill's logic.

"Silly," I said.

"Yeah?" she replied.

"I will have an answer for you in the morning."

"Sounds good!"

"Good."