Chapter 4- Phone Numbers
I slowly sat up feeling the back of my very aching head. I noticed I was on my bed under the covers. Cloud was in the chair next to me playing on my PlayStation 2. He was playing some racing game until he saw my reflection in the mirror and that's when he paused it.
"I said watch out for the skateboard," Cloud joked, referring to when I asked what he said before falling. I gave a weak laugh and sank into my pillow.
"What time is it?" I asked quietly.
"6:30," he said stretching back in the chair. My bedroom door opened to reveal my mom with an ice pack in one hand and a rag in the other.
"Oh, good," she sighed placing the ice behind my head gently. "Are you all right, Kairi?"
"Yeah. I'm okay," I replied feeling the ice make my head go numb.
"Okay, if you need anything, ask. Blake will be coming up to bring you soup in a little bit," she said before leaving. I let out a sigh looking back at Cloud.
"So, what exactly happened anyway?" I asked. Cloud got up off of the chair and sat on my bed to next to me.
"Well, you fell on Blake's skateboard and landed back down. Sora and Riku were across the street at Sora's house when they saw you fall. Sora yelled your name when you took the hit. They rushed over here and we all huddled around you before you passed out. I ran into my house to tell my mom because your mom wasn't home yet. When we came out, Sora had you in his arms. My mom got the key to your house and opened it for us. We all brought you to your room. Riku called your mom and my mom told us all to stay here, and for Blake to be your slave until you get better," Cloud explained, clearly exaggerating on the last part.
I asked quietly to myself, "Sora brought me in?" I looked at Cloud, "wait, he lives across the street?"
"Both Riku and Sora. Namine lives two houses down from you," Cloud said looking at some pictures on my wall. There was a knock on the door before Blake came in my room. He looked exactly like Cloud, except younger… obviously. He was only twelve after all.
"Sorry Kairi," he said placing a tray with hot soup on it on my lap and not looking at me.
"It's okay, Blake," I replied looking down at the steam rising from my chicken noodle soup.
"Let me know if you need something," Blake said leaving my room somberly.
"How long ago did Sora leave anyway?" I asked as I blew the steam away from my bowl.
"About half an hour ago. He left his and Riku's numbers on your beside table," Cloud said, as he picked up the paper to hand it to me.
"Namine's number is on here too," I noticed looking at it. Cloud looked at me and leaned over my bed, snatching the paper right out of my hand. "Hey!"
"Do you have a pen?" he asked.
"Yeah, top left drawer on my desk." He opened it up and picked out my blue pen and copied Namine's number onto his hand. Then he handed the paper back to me.
"Thanks!" Cloud said, "well I better go. Hope you get better."
"Thanks," I said smiling. Cloud smiled back before he left. I looked at my T.V. realizing his game was still on pause. So I reached over and started to play to keep my mind off of what had just happened. About five minutes passed when there was a knock at my door. I paused the game. "Come in!" Namine came in with a smile and walked over to hug me before she sat down at the edge of my bed.
"I heard what happened," Namine said.
"Who told you?" I wondered.
"Well, Riku called Wakka after they brought you up to your room. Wakka called Tidus. Tidus called Selphie, and Selphie called me," Namine explained.
"Are you kidding me?" I asked with my mouth gapping open. Nam shook her head.
"Sheesh, news sure does travel fast in high school."
"Yeah it does," she agreed. "Oh, and to answer your question about Riku, no I don't like him. Not in that way at least."
"Cloud, huh?" I asked with a devilish smile. I saw her face become brighter with shades of pink. I laughed. Namine and I were defiantly the same old best friends we had been.
"Well, I just wanted to come over to see if you were okay," Namine said standing up. "If you need to contact me for something, my number is…"
"Got it," I said interrupting her, holding up the numbers. "Sora wrote them down."
"Oh! So did you figure out that he's–" but before Nam could finish, my cell phone rang.
"Sorry, hold on," I said answering my phone. "Hello?"
"Kai? Could you bring my jacket tomorrow, I left it on your chair," Cloud said. I looked over at my chair and sure enough, his sweater jacket was there.
"Yeah, no problem," I said. He thanked me before hanging up. I put the soup tray on the table next to me and reached for the jacket. "Now, what were you saying?"
"Oh, never mind," she smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow, 'Kay?"
"Wait, here!" I said throwing Cloud's jacket at her. She looked at me, holding the sweater jacket with one hand. "It's Cloud's," I told her. "I'm supposed to bring it tomorrow. Wear it to school. See if he notices."
"Won't he care?"
"Trust me, he wont," I said winking. She blushed even more.
"Bye Kai."
"Bye Nam," I sighed as she closed the door behind her.