Here's chapter seven for all of you! (By the way, thanks for the reviews! They mean so much to me!) Anyway, here it is, and I hope you enjoy! Chapter 8 may be a little late, (I like updating at least every other day or so!) but I'll try to get it out on time! Enjoy!

Chapter 7: The Things I'll Do For You

Yuna threw her hamburger's wrapper in the garbage after Tidus, and followed him to his car, still chewing on her hamburger.

"For a fast food place, it's not too shabby, huh?" Tidus asked Yuna, as he crawled into the driver's seat of his car.

"No, not at all!" Yuna bellowed, "It's not too often I get to have food like that! My father always hires a nutritionist to fix our meals."

"Sounds good to me," Tidus said, "You'd be amazed at how quickly fast food can get tiring."

"I find that so hard to believe," Yuna just said dreamily, leaning back in the leather seat of Tidus' car.

They were now speeding through the downtown of Bevelle, toward Yuna's house in what Tidus called a 'shortcut', being that Yuna had never been allowed downtown. She stared out the window, almost in awe at all of the lights and people out and about.

"There's always a party, or something going on downtown, every night," Tidus explained, just as they were leaving the downtown area, and narrowing in on Yuna's area of town. Suddenly he slowed down, a look of thoughtfulness in his eyes.

"Hey Yuna," he said then, smiling at the girl who sat on the other side of him, "How would you like to go partying tonight? You see, there's this guy named Bickson, who plays for the Luca Goers. He's a total jerk, and he's going to be there. Anyway, he stole something of mine, and I'd like to get it back."

"So you want to go to a party to get back what Bickson stole from you?" Yuna asked, feeling somewhat queasy. She couldn't go to a party in Bevelle's downtown! She just couldn't! Besides, it was a school night...

"I can't," Yuna said, "I have school tomorrow, and it's already nine. And I still have some homework, and..."

"And so what!" Tidus finished, "Come on Yuna! It's a lot of fun! And you'll get to see Bickson get his a–."

"I'm sorry Tidus," Yuna interrupted, "But I just can't." He looked incredibly unhappy at her answer, but Yuna knew he wouldn't press her any farther. To tell the truth, she was incredibly unhappy at her decision also. Her whole teenage life she'd dreamed of going to one of the parties that Rikku always raved on and on about. She turned back and stared out the window, just as Tidus pulled into her driveway.

Tidus was about to climb out, when Yuna said, "I don't have anything to wear."

"Wear to what?" Tidus asked her, wondering if she was simply musing to herself.

Yuna smiled at him, "Why to the party, of course."

"You want to go?"

"Sure. But I don't know what to wear."

"Why the change of mind?"

Yuna shrugged. "Maybe I feel like being a little more adventuress today?"

Tidus smiled, and said, "Great! Then, let's go and find you something to wear, since you're worried about it!"

Before Yuna could say anything, Tidus sprinted into her house as if he owned the place, and sighing, Yuna hurriedly followed him in.

"I know where your room is," Tidus said, smiling a strange smile.

"How much did you go through?" Yuna suddenly asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't go through your personal stuff," Tidus said, leading the way up the large staircase to Yuna's massive bedroom.

He entered, with her own his heels, and went toward the closet, opening it and sorting through her clothes.

"Hey!" Yuna said, walking in front of him, "I'll choose."

"Yeah right," Tidus said, looking her over, "With the way you dress, people will see right through you! You've got to blend in!"

"What's wrong with the way I dress?" Yuna asked her eyebrows narrowed.

"Nothing, if you're an old lady," Tidus said, rolling his eyes, and continuing to sort through the clothes.

"I don't dress like an old lady!" Yuna argued, as Tidus pulled a dress out of the closet. Yuna gasped, and grabbed it from him.

"I'm not wearing that!" Yuna protested, "It's not even mine! My cousin left it here a couple of days ago!"

Although Yuna had agreed it was a cute dress, it was black and strapless, and short with little wrinkles in the center, indicating that it was very tight fitting and would show her form, and was ruffled on the bottom. There was a rose pin attached to the left side of the dress.

"Why not? That's like what everybody wears," Tidus just said, "I'm just trying to help."

"It's so short," Yuna said, "I won't even be able to bend over."

"Oh, I'm sure no one would mind," Tidus said, causing Yuna again to narrow her eyebrows at him.

"And it's so tight! How will I be able to breathe!" Yuna, choosing to ignore Tidus' remark for the most part, continued to complain.

"You'll manage," Tidus just said, shrugging.

"But..." Yuna stopped, "Okay, but..." she lowered her voice to a whisper, "What about my bra? Won't the straps hang out?"

Tidus burst out laughing, causing Yuna to glare at him. He sank into her bed, laughing so hard that tears were rolling our of his closed eyes.

"You just don't wear one!" Tidus finally said after regaining himself.

"Don't wear one?" Yuna seemed shocked.

"Or tape them, or something. I don't know, ask your cousin." Tidus' eyes went down to Yuna's bust, causing her to cross her arms across her chest, in a sad attempt for her to be casual about it, which just caused Tidus to start laughing again, although this time his laugh was somewhat more to himself.

"I can't ask Rikku," Yuna said softly then.

"How come?" Tidus asked noting the seriousness in Yuna's voice and stopping his laughter.

"Because..." Yuna said, "She stole my boyfriend from me today."

"Oh..." Tidus said, allowing his voice to trail, "Well, uh...Wear what you please. I'll wait for you downstairs, okay?"

Yuna gave him a meek smile and nodded, and he left, obviously feeling bad that he'd made fun of her.

As soon as he was gone, Yuna took a breath, and not knowing what she was thinking, went ahead and slipped on her cousin's slinky dress.

"So...She needs someone to fill her boyfriend's shoes? That it? Hm...Naw...I'm Tidus. I can't just...No...Uh..." Tidus was sitting in a chair in the entry way, leaning his head in his arms, trying to sort out his messed up thoughts.

"Um...How do I look?" Yuna's voice interrupted the mixture of thoughts going through his head, and Tidus looked up, not expecting what he saw in front of him.

She had actually wore the dress, and looked...Tidus couldn't even put into words how she looked. She seemed a little self-conscience, and kept pulling on the skirt, as if trying to pull it down further, which would end up pulling the top half down, which she'd then pull up, which would result in the skirt being shorter, and she just continued pulling up, then down, up, then down.

She stopped pulling on the dress finally, and put her hands behind her back, chewing on her lip nervously, obviously awaiting to hear Tidus' opinion.

He hoped he didn't look as shocked as he felt, and said, "You look good."

"No, you look great! More beautiful than I could have ever imagined..." Thoughts such as these poured through Tidus' mind, as he just continued to stare at the self-conscience Yuna that was standing in front of him.

"Are you sure?" Yuna asked, and Tidus could tell by the tone of her voice that she wasn't fishing for a compliment, but honestly didn't think she looked very good.

With a sigh, Tidus decided to speak his mind for once.

"You look great."

Okay, so that wasn't exactly the full content of his thoughts, but Yuna seemed to buy it just the same, and with her meek smile returning to her lips, Yuna said, "Shall we go then?"

"Oh yeah," Tidus said, hoping she didn't realize that she practically had just had him in a trance.

He stood up then, leading the way to his car. He noticed Yuna looked over into her next door neighbor's yard, and he figured she was seeing if that Seymour guy was watching. She seemed content that he wasn't, and climbed into the car once again, and Tidus started out the driveway, toward downtown Bevelle.

The car was silent, besides the music Tidus had playing, but the volume was low on it, and again, an awkward kind of silence seemed to be passing between the two.

Finally, Tidus decided to break the silence, and said, "I was kind of surprised you wore that dress...Uh...You seemed so against it before."

"Yeah, I know," Yuna said, almost in a regretful tone, "But you said I'd fit in better, so..."

"You will," Tidus said, looking over at her, "You'll probably fit in even better. You're really...Uh...Pretty."

He thought she was pretty? Yuna's heart sped again, but she quickly shook her head, as to stop the beating. She'd had it with men. Tidus and her were just friends, and nothing but. That was all there was to it.

"Listen to yourself!" Tidus' head screamed at him, "Usually if you spotted a chick you kind of liked, you'd already have done everything in the book with her! Why act so shy around Yuna?"

The lights signified they were close to the downtown, and along with the lights, Yuna's eyes lit as well. The whole scene was definitely not something she was accustomed to.

"Here we are," Tidus said, his voice suddenly shaky. Why was he so nervous? He got out the car, with Yuna doing so also, although he noticed that Yuna seemed even more nervous than he was.

"Relax," Tidus told her, lending her his arm, "You're supposed to have fun at a party."

"Right," Yuna said, nodding, and following Tidus inside. Music was the first thing that greeted her, and it blared, hurting her ears slightly. It took a moment to get used to, and it so dim with flashing lights that she could hardly make out where she was going. She noticed there were tons of people everywhere, and this party was even more extravagant than the big after party that she had been at only a few days ago.

She found herself leaning on Tidus, for suddenly she felt overcome by everything, and Tidus looked down at her saying, "You okay?"

"Yeah," Yuna said, sounding surprised by everything, although she wasn't too sure of her answer. She was feeling dizzy with excitement, and at the same time, somewhat guilty. If her father knew what she was up to...Why, he'd never trust her with anything again.

"Hey Yuna," Tidus said then, "You stay right here, okay? I see a friend of mine, and I'm going to go ask him if he's seen Bickson, okay?"

"Okay," Yuna said with a nod. Until now, she had forgotten that they were there to find that Bickson guy.

Tidus started off, with Yuna watching him until he was out of sight. She stood there, leaning against a pole, hoping he returned soon.

While he was gone, which was somewhat longer than she had expected, Yuna watched the people, almost jealously, being that they all seemed to be enjoying themselves, having a good time. She wished to herself that she could be as carefree as they were.

After quite some time, Tidus still didn't return, and Yuna was beginning to grow bored, not to mention somewhat worried. After all, what if something had happened to him?

After some thought, which was hard to do with the loud music blaring, Yuna finally decided to go look for Tidus, who hadn't returned even after nearly a half hour.

Following the way she had seen him go, Yuna continued to look for her lost companion. The halls of the building they were in seemed to go on forever and ever, and were so dimly lit. The music was dying out, and she saw people here and there, making out or just talking, and eyeing her, making her feel somewhat nervous.

Finally she reached an opening away from the cluttered hallway and saw some people talking, on of them babying a bruised eye. The one suffering from the bruised eye had flaming red hair, and was sitting there wining to his group of friends. Curiously, Yuna passed them, continuing onwards.

After what had seemed like hours of aimless travels down dim hallways and open rooms, Yuna finally came across a small, very well lit room. And there, in the center of the well-lit room stood Tidus, his arms around a brunette girl, who's hands flirtatiously went up and down his chest, both who were obviously in an intense make-out session.

Feeling her heart fall, and break, Yuna turned around with tears making her vision blurry. "No wonder he just wanted to be friends," she thought sadly as she continued back toward where she had come from, "He already had a girlfriend."

She wasn't watching where she was going, and suddenly ran right into somebody. Excusing herself, she looked up and noticed that she had run into the red haired man with the bruised eye. The eye didn't look too swollen, and he stared back at Yuna with interest.

"Hey," he said to her, "Didn't you come with Tidus? Oh, lemme guess, he broke your heart, did he?"

Yuna wondered how this man knew, and she just gave a court little nod, not sure of what else to do.

"If it matters to you," the man said, "He stole my gal. So, wanna hang out with me?"

So it was this guy's girl that Tidus was smooching. Yuna again gave a court little nod, and the red-haired man, who Yuna guessed to be around nineteen, put his arm around her, leading her to the dance floor.

"Don't worry," he said soothingly, although for some reason Yuna didn't like his tone, "I'll take care of you." And with that, the two left the dim hallway, toward the dance floor. Or at least, that's where Yuna had supposed they were heading.

"I'll take care of you indeed," he said again, smiling to himself.

Sighing, all Yuna could do was follow.