A/N: Hey guys! Okay, this chapter is going to be short. I've been busy lately (trying to rekindle an old relationship), so I'm just putting this up so you all know that I'm still here and didn't take a really long vacation again. So, thank you all so very much for the reviews, and here is the next chapter!

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Chapter 21: Charades

"So what's on the agenda for today?" Everyone was up, dressed, and ready for some excitement.

Rikku, sitting on the couch, shrugged her shoulders. She was afraid to say anything for the fear of blurting out Tidus' secret. Why had Auron even told her if she couldn't tell anybody?

"How about seeing a movie?" Tidus suggested from his spot on the floor.

"We can see a movie anyday, ya?"

"We could go shopping," Yuna chirped. Her response was a bunch of moans, from the men, at least. "Guess that's a no."

"I heard on the television that there's a blitz tournament going on for rookies down at the beach," Tidus announced. He hopped up from the floor. "It sounds interesting."

Lulu turned to face Tidus with a perplexed look. "I thought Luca was the only place equipped with a blitz sphere?"

"It is," Wakka informed her. "It's going to be on top of the water, not under it. I saw that on the T.V. earlier, too."

"So, it's going to be like volleyball, only in the water?"

Wakka nodded his head. "Yep."

"Might as well go check it out," Tidus said, already heading towards the door.

"Sounds like the only interesting thing to do," Yune agreed, following Tidus.

Oh, I know something a bit more interesting...Rikku thought, following the couple out of the door.

Her thought must have been written on her face, because Auron came up beside her and whispered, "Remember, Yuna cannot know."

Rikku turned to face the older man, awe an evident expression on her face. How did he do that? How did he know what she was thinking?

Auron chuckled at Rikku's expression. She seemed shocked. Well, she was pretty easy to read. Just like a familiar book. He took her small hand in his and added, "You promised."

Rikku leaned into his shoulder. "I know." She wasn't sure why she did, but she had. And now she had to stick with that promise. She looked ahead and saw her cousin, hanging on Tidus's arm happily. This was going to be a long day...

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"Get it, Wakka!" Lulu shouted. She, Rikku, and Yuna were sitting under a shade tree, on one of Bevelle's beaches, watching the blitz game. Somehow they had managed to find a spot away from the crowd, but were still able to see the game.

Yuna clapped her hands as Wakka made a goal. Somehow each woman's boyfriend had been dragged into the game that supposed to be for rookies. Yuna wasn't sure how it had happened, but she did know that it was obvious that the men were having fun.

"Good job, Honey!" Lulu yelled. She wasn't sure if Wakka could even hear her over the cheers of the crowd, but she yelled anyways. That was her man out there, and she was proud of him.

"Getting into the game, arent you, Lulu?" Rikku teased. It was a nice change to watch her usually quite, proper friend open up and have a good time. She then watched as Auron intercepted a pass and threw the ball to Tidus. "That's how you do it, Auron!"

Lulu arched one eyebrow. "Yes. I'm getting into it." She leaned back onto the tree trunk and began sifting the sand through her fingers. "Oh, I got sand on my ring," Lulu fretted, blowing on her engagement ring and then placing her hands in her lap. There was no way she was going to get her ring dirty.

Yuna glanced over at Lulu's eighteen karat white gold ring, with a good-sized diamond in the middle and two sapphires on the side. "I absolutely love your ring."

Lulu smiled and admired her ring finger. "So do I."

"I can't wait to wear a engagement ring of my own," Yuna sighed, wiggling her bare ring finger.

"You won't have to wait long," Rikku mumbled.

Lulu shot her a shut-up-or-I-will-kill-you look, avoiding Yuna's gaze as best as possible. Honestly, she could barely keep the secret herself, but she still had to pretend that she didn't want Rikku to spill the beans.

Rikku must have been able to see though her fake glare, because the Al Bhed woman started laughing.

"Rikku, are you okay?" Yuna questioned. "You know," she added after a brief pause, "you've been acting perculiar all day. Is something wrong?"

Rikku shook her head. "Nope."

"Then what's the matter with you? You're not nearly as talkitive as you usually are."

I can't talk because if I do, I'll end up telling you that Tidus is going to propose to you, and I promised Auron I wouldn't say anything, Rikku thought, wishing with all her might that she could just tell her cousin the truth. What was so horrible about knowing about your proposal before it even happened? She'd want to know if she was going to be proposed to. That way, she could already be prepared, know what to say, and how to act.

"Rikku?"

Rikku jerked her head in Yuna's direction. She'd let herself get lost in her thoughts again. "Nothing's wrong with me, Yunie."

Yuna propped herself up on her elbow and gave Rikku that look that said she didn't believe her and that she wasn't going to stop hassling her until she knew the truth.

"I'm fine," Rikku insisted, knowing that everytime her cousin got that look she always got her way.

"Did I do something to upset you?"

"No. Of course not."

"Then why can't you tell me what's wrong?" Yuna demanded, sitting up folding her legs.

Rikku sighed. "It's secret."

"Since when have we kept secrets from each other?"

Rikku sighed again. "Never. But, I promised I wouldn't say anything."

Yuna looked flabergasted. "Lulu, can you believe Rikku's keping a secret from us?"

"She's keeping it from you, too!" Rikku pointed a finger at Lulu. "We promised that we wouldn't tell, so stop trying to make us."

Yuna looked from one woman to the other. "Fine."

"Yunie," Rikku dragged out the word, "Don't be upset."

Yuna turned her attention the the blitzball game. She hated to act like such a child, but she really wanted to know what the secret was, and this was the only way to do it.

Rikku sighed. Now what was she supposed to do? She sat for a few moments, racking her brain, and then a slow smile began to form across her lips. She had promised Auron that she wouldn't say anything. He never said anything about showing Yuna.

"Yunie, let's play a game of charades."

Yuna turned to face Rikku. "Charades?"

"Yeah, charades."

Lulu let out a low groan, figuring out what Rikku was getting at. "I am out of this." She would have no part in going against Tidus' wishes. Besides, she had promised Wakka that she wouldn't say anything, and she didn't plan on going against his wishes either.

Yuna also figured out Rikku's plan. She smiled happily. "All right." She felt rather guilty for making Rikku break her promise. But, technically they weren't breaking the promise, and she really wanted to know what the secret was.

Rikku stood up, and demonstarted that it was three words, and that she was going to start on the second word first. She bent down on one knee, trying to indicate 'propose'.

"Injury! You hurt your knee!" Yuna cried. She wasn't sure how hurting your knee was a secret, but hey, it looked that way to her.

Rikku shook her head, and pretended to pull out a ring.

"You hurt your knee and you're paying th bill! Oh no, Rikku, are you broke? Is that the secret?"

Rikku stood up shook her head. Well, that wasn't working. She decided to skip the second word and go to the first.

"Water!" Yuna cried, watching her cousin point towards the water.

Rikku tried to point to a more specific thing. Mainly Tidus.

"Auron?"

Rikku made her hair spike up.

"Tidus!"

Rikku shook her head happily. One down, two more to go. She moved back to the second word, and once again bent down on one knee.

"Tidus hurt his knee? Did my poor Tidus hurt his knee?" It didn't really make sense- why Tidus hurting his knee would be a secret was beyond Yuna- but that was still what it looked like to her.

Rikku put her face in her hands. She wanted to scream, 'it has nothing to do with hurting your knee' but refrained from doing so. Instead she moved on to the third word.

"Ring!" Yuna shouted as Rikku pointed to Lulu's ring finger. "Engagement ring!"

Rikku moved her in a rotating motion, telling Yuna to move on. She tried to avoid Lulu's harsh glare. Rikku knew she had clearly said that she wanted nothing to with this, but how else was she supposed to explain marriage?

"Marriage! Tidus is going to marry Lulu?" Yuna guessed. Wait a minute, that couldn't be right.

Rikku shook her head, sighing mentally because she had to go back to the second word. She had figured that Yuna would have guessed correctly by now. She once again got down on a bended knee.

Suddenly everything made complete since to Yuna. She became quiet for a few moments and then whispered, "Tidus is going to propose to me?"

Rikku shook her head a jumped up and and down. Finally! She thought she was going to have to come right out and say it.

Yuna sat quietly for a moment, and then cried happily, "Oh my Yevon, Tidus is going to propose to me!"

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A/N: Okay, I finished chapter twenty-one! Sorry it was short! But, I won't be home for a few days, and I had to get something up. Thank you all for the reviews! I'm so glad you all like it! Keep 'em coming! Well, it is 12: 25, and I am sleepy. Don't forget to leave me a review, and I shall return with the next chapter soon!