Authors Note: Thanks to all you guys who enjoy reading this story!
Chapter 6- Some Ranch and Old Memories
Our first week was coming to an end it- was already Friday. Cloud and I felt as if we had been apart of the newest group our whole lives. It was lunch, and we were sitting at our usual table. Riku, Sora, Selphie and Tidus were on one side of the table, while Cloud, me, Namine and Wakka were opposite of them talking to each other about nothing in particular.
We heard someone clear their throat behind me. Riku, Sora, Selphie, and Tidus looked up in horror. Christy was standing behind us. She looked at all of us with an evil smirk on her 'perfect' face.
"Oh, excuse me," Christy said rudely as she sat down in between Cloud and me, causing me, Namine and Wakka to scoot down. She looked at Sora with a sad, playful look. "Sora," she cooed. My stomach turned in disgust. "You never introduced me to your new friend here," she said looking at Cloud with a flirty smile. I looked over at Namine. I seriously thought she was going to go ballistic with a shock and angered look. I looked back at Sora, who was slightly glaring.
"Christy, this is Cloud," Sora said coldly. Christy smiled at Cloud; he gave a faint smile back.
"So, I take it that Billy wasn't good enough for you?" Namine said out of nowhere. Christy whipped her head toward us and shot a glare at her. Nam just smiled successfully.
"Oh, so that's the guy you went out with and the reason why you decided to cheat on Sora?" Tidus asked. "Really? That's disgusting."
"What's wrong with you?" Wakka asked. She was looking appalled by everyone's remarks.
"Christy, can you come here for a minute?" One of Christy's friends called to her. She looked at us then back to her friend.
"Be there in a second!" Christy got up and walked over to her friends but made sure we saw her death stare before she left.
"What in the world made you like her?" Selphie asked shaking her head.
"Love is blind sometimes," Sora responded. Love?
"Here!" Riku said handing me his ranch for his pizza.
I slowly took it from him. "Uh, what's this for?" I asked confused.
"Pour some in between us," Cloud said obviously knowing Riku's intentions. I did what I was told and poured the ranch in between Cloud and myself on the cream colored bench. I handed the empty ranch cup back to Riku who placed it at the end of his tray.
"Act natural," Sora said going back to eating. I looked behind my shoulder and saw Christy coming back. I looked at Namine who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Okay, sorry about that," Christy said as she went to sit down. "Anywa-" But before she could finish, she sat down in the ranch which made a squishy sound. She jumped up with a scream. Christy turned around to look at what she had just sat in. Ranch covered the back of her black mini-skirt. She let out an aggravated scream and glared at all of us. We all busted out laughing.
"You'll be sorry you did that!" Christy said through her teeth at Namine and me as if it was our idea in the first place. We just waved bye as she ran out of the cafeteria with her friends close behind. Namine and I gave each other high fives and received satisfied looks from everyone else.
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It had been a few weeks into school, and it was already homecoming night. Sora offered to take me. I graciously, or more like excitedly, took up the offer. I was thrilled to go with him of all people; this would give us the perfect opportunity to really get to know each other one on one. He really was the old Sora I truly admired. Namine took Cloud's offer about the dance. Riku was taking a girl from our 6th period class named Destiny. Tidus was taking Selphie and Wakka was taking a girl he had been crushing on for a while now, Lulu.
I was hanging out with Cloud at his house after school. Namine was supposed to come over to my house later so we could get ready together. Cloud was lounging in his big lazy boy in his room. He had a huge room compared to mine, so he actually had room to fit a lazy boy in it. I was looking through random papers on his desk just being my nosey self as we listened to his 'Better Than Ezra' CD.
"So, how should I wear my hair?" I asked walking into his very own bathroom and looking in the mirror. I started to fiddle with my auburn hair.
"Does it matter?" Cloud asked from his room. I peaked out of the bathroom and looked at him.
"Of course it matters!" I said back. I shook my head and rolled my eyes. "Which dress should I wear?" I looked at myself in the mirror. He didn't answer. "Cloud!" I yelled. I looked at him again. He had his eyes closed, but when I called him, one eye opened to look at me before closing it again.
"You're interrupting my daydreams," he replied. I glared at him walking out of the bathroom to sit on the edge of his queen size bed.
"I'm trying to impress someone tonight!" I said a little aggravated. He knew I still liked Sora- a lot. "You could at least show some interest."
"It's not like you're trying to impress me," Cloud said almost monotone. He was making me frustrated. I gave a small growl. "Stop being such a drama queen, Kairi." That was it. I got pissed off. All I wanted was someone's opinion but I clearly couldn't even get that of my best friends. I grabbed my things and stood up.
"Later," I said walking out. When I got home and I went straight to my room. I let myself fall back onto my bed. I stared at my wall that had all the pictures on it from when I was younger up until now. The time passed me by quickly as I got lost in the memories of the pictures. I glanced at my clock. It was already 5. There was a knock at my door almost instantly. "Come in," I said as I sat up.
Namine came in with a dress in her hand. She held it up excitedly. It was a spaghetti strap baby blue dress that gradually became a natural blue color at the bottom. It ended just above her knees. She turned it around, showing it was low cut in the back. It was a gorgeous dress.
"I love that dress!" I said smiling.
"Thank you," Namine replied. "What are you going to wear?" I got up and went to my closet. I pulled out my dress and held it up. It was bright pink, short and strapless. It went from my mid-leg in the front, to my mid-calves in the back. It sparkled in the light. "That's so pretty!"
"We're going to look awesome tonight!" I said excitedly. We took our time to get ready since we were girls after all. It was 7:30 by the time we were completely finished. We had time to spare; the guys weren't going to pick us up until 8. I heard little taps on my window. I stood in the middle of my room. I tried to figure out which window it was coming from. I looked out the window facing the street and Sora's house. Nothing. Then I heard it again, but it was from my side window facing Cloud's house. I walked over to it to get a good look. Cloud was in his bedroom window facing mine.
"Who is it?" Namine asked walking into my room.
"Cloud. Here, stay against the wall so he can't see you. It'll ruin the surprise of when he comes to pick you up," I said pushing her towards the wall.
"Why, it's not like we're getting married," she laughed. I leaned out the window after opening it.
"What?" I yelled. I was still mad from earlier.
"I just wanted to say sorry about earlier. I guess I was just nervous. I just don't want to look like a fool tonight," he replied. "I know your date is just as important to you. I guess we both just have different ways of showing it." I sighed and took a deep breath of the cool night air.
"I guess I was selfish too," I admitted. He was going through the same problems as me. He cared for Namine, just as much as I did for Sora.
"By the way. You look nice. Sora will be impressed," I smiled at the comment.
"Thanks Cloud. You look good too," I replied. He was wearing a black dress shirt and black dress pants. "Well, we'll see you at 8." We both waved as we closed our windows. I looked at Namine was who putting on her heals. I still needed to get mine out of the closet. I walked over and opened it up. I looked towards the back. My shoes were there, on top of a small box, labeled 'Memories.' I pulled them both out. I sat on my bed next to Namine. I opened the box and looked inside. A soda can tab was on top, along with other random things. I pulled out the tab.
flashback
It was the fourth grade. Sora, Riku, Namine and I were all eating lunch together which we did every once in a while but not too often. We all had our unopened soda cans. We always would open our cans together when we ate lunch because we heard that after you open a can, keep bending the tab back and forth and say the next letter in the alphabet starting from A. Whatever letter you're on when it breaks, is supposedly the first letter of your future boyfriend or girlfriend's name. Of course it was just a myth and we knew it. We just did it for fun.
"Ready?" Sora asked placing his hand over the tab of his can. We all got ready by placing our thumbs and forefingers on the small metal tab. We nodded and opened out cans at the same time. Riku's broke immediately. It was strange.
"I guess I got 'A'. That was weak," he said. Namine's broke not to long after.
"I got 'C'," she replied. Sora was next.
"I got 'K'," he said. I was last. I hoped I got an 'S', if anything. Mine broke off. I was shocked at the letter.
End of flashback.
A/N: I decide to leave a cliffhanger. Who knows what Kairi got… did she get a letter she completely regrets getting? Or will she get that 'S' she was hoping for? Hope to hear reviews soon!