Chapter 9- Perfect Timing
As soon as we walked into the party house, we saw beer bottles, trash, and even some articles of clothing all over the place. Next thing that happened to us was bizarre. Everyone got separated nearly instantly. One of our friends got picked off one at a time by someone who was already at the party and was dragged off into the house. Sora, Riku, Cloud and Selphie were pulled away, trying to fight back, but were unsuccessful. I latched on to Namine before we got separated. Two people who we didn't know tried to tug us apart. We refused to let each other go.
"Get lost!" Namine screamed at them. With out another struggle, they moved onto the next victims coming in. "Come on, let's go find the others!" We started to run through the house, looking for our friends. Everyone looked so drunk and out of it.. Nam and I hurried toward the stairs.
"Let's try up there. Tidus and Wakka were there last time we saw them," I said dragging her up the stairs, still in a tight grip. We pushed through the people on our way up. I swear this house seemed to become bigger and bigger every time I tired to look around for any trace of our friends. "Tidus, Wakka!" I called out hoping for a response.
"Kairi!" I heard someone call out to me from with in the group of people. Namine and I ran towards the voice. We ended up in a room where a few people were making out here and there. Tidus and Wakka were looking at us. "I'm glad you guys made it!" Tidus said.
"Where are the rest of them?" Wakka asked looking behind us, expecting to see the rest of the group behind us, but they never showed.
"They got pulled away from us when we walked in," Namine said. I looked out the door as if they'd be passing by any second.
"I sure hope they're okay," I said letting go of my grip from Namine.
"Let's go look for them." Wakka began to walk passed me. I looked up at him. We all latched onto each other and walked out into the busy hallway. We headed downstairs and to the backyard. People were passed out in the bushes and on the lawn. I saw people jumping into the pool and splashing everyone. It was loud and crazy, I couldn't believe people could be such animals. I noticed Sora, Cloud, Riku and Selphie walking close to each other, looking around.
"Hey! Over here!" We all called out waving our arms in the air, and jumping up and down. The four of them noticed and ran toward us.
"What happened to you guys?" I asked latching onto Sora.
"Some random girl pulled me off into a room," Riku said as he shook in near disgust. "I managed to get away when some guys started to make out with her."
"I don't know, I just got pulled away from you guys, but once you were out of view, the person let me go," Selphie said kind of confused. We all looked at Sora and Cloud waiting to hear what happened to them.
"Well?" Riku asked.
"Christy had her friends come and get us. They brought us out here, and she 'tried' to apologize," Cloud explained.
"She was drunk, however," Sora said. "We just walked out in the middle of her apology."
"Well, let's go before we get separated again," Namine said, as we all started to walk into the house again. More and more people just kept arriving. We were almost out when we heard someone yelling. There was a girl pinned to the wall by a guy, who looked drunker than anyone else.
"Move! Leave me alone!" She cried out to him as she struggled to free herself. The guy was holding her arms back so she couldn't move.
"Come on, just give me a kiss, then I'll leave you alone," the guy said, leaning into her. She looked scared and pissed off.
"No!" She was fighting tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes. Riku stepped forward with a look that was nearly frightening.
"Riku, what are you doing?" I asked him. He didn't look back. Riku walked up to the girl and the guy.
"She said leave her alone," Riku said firmly. The drunken guy stood straight up and looked at him. The girl was shaking and seemed a little frightened.
"Butt out of this," he said, turning to the girl again. We were all watching, waiting, to find out what was going to happen. Out of nowhere, Riku punched the guy and he fell back into some people, holding his face in agony.
"Leave. Her. Alone," Riku said again. The drunken guy looked at us before storming upstairs angrily. Riku turned to face the girl. "Are you okay?"
"I am now, thanks," she said quietly, "you really didn't need to do that for me." Riku smiled at her. We walked up to see what happened.
"I can't believe you did that!" Sora said, giving Riku a high five. He laughed.
"Hi, I'm Riku. And this is Sora, Kairi, Namine, Cloud and Selphie," Riku said introducing us to the girl. We all waved when our names were said. The girl smiled at us.
"I'm Amanda," she announced. She looked happier now. Amanda had light brown hair and brown eyes. She stood up straight to reveal her height. She was just a little taller than me.
"So, who was that guy?" Namine asked.
"I don't know," Amanda replied. "I just arrived to the party, and then he just started to hit on me."
"What school do you go to?" I decided to ask.
"Destiny High. I'm a sophomore," she said.
"We go there too! Except we're juniors,." Riku smiled casually, trying to act cool and collected. She smiled back. I could already see what was going on. "Do you want me to walk you home?" She took up his offer.
"It was good to meet you guys, hope to see you at school," Amanda said before Riku wrapped his arm around her shoulders and guided her through the house.
"Aw! I think Riku found himself a girl!" I said with a smile. We all laughed, as we walked out of the house. "I better get home you guys."
"We'll walk you, we all live on the same street anyways," Selphie said. It was true. Selphie lived on the corner of our street. We started to walk in the cool autumn air. It was actually kind of cold. I put my arms together, trying to keep myself warm. Sora looked at me.
"Cold?" he asked. I shivered in reply. Sora laughed as he took off his red and black sweater jacket. He handed it to me. I smiled gratefully and put it on. We all huddled close to each other. I noticed Cloud had his arm around Namine to keep her warm too. They looked so cute together. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a black car drive by. I could recognize that car anywhere. It was my parents…
"Oh my gosh…" I said. My heart was racing. They drove down a different street: they were going somewhere else. I knew it wouldn't be long until they got home though.
"Kai, wasn't that your parents?" Cloud asked. I nodded slowly. "Let's get you home then!" We all started to run down the streets as fast as we could. It was so cold out, but we couldn't stop, we had to beat my parents home. After what seemed like forever, we got to my house. I ran to the front door and tugged at the handle. It was locked.
"What am I going to do!" I yelled and turned to my friends.
"I have an idea," Sora said taking us into the side yard of my house and through the gate.
"See that tree, one of it's branches is right under your window, if you stand on that, then you can get into your room."
"I'm not going to ask how you know that," Namine said shaking her head.
"Well, let's lift her up," Selphie said. They lifted me up towards the tree. I stretched to reach the branch. I ended up grabbing onto the one under it. I pulled myself up and climbed to the next one. "Be careful Kairi!" I looked down. I got dizzy seeing my friend below me.
"Don't look down at us!" Cloud yelled. I looked back up quickly. I lost my balance, but luckily caught myself with my hands against the house. "CAREFUL!" I reached my window and tugged at it. It was unlocked. I bent my knees and jumped. My upper body was on the windowsill, while my lower half was dangling out the window. I tried to reach the tree branch to keep me balanced, but I couldn't reach.
"Kairi, your parents are driving into the driveway!" I heard Namine call. I looked at my room. I was panicked. I used the windowsill to pull me all the way in. I fell into my room with a loud clunk and a small scream. The door to the front was opening downstairs.
"We're home!" I heard my mom call. I looked out the window at my friends.
"Thanks guys!" I yelled in a whisper. They waved as I closed my window. I heard my parents walking up the stairs. I quickly jumped on my bed and turned on the TV. My door opened and I looked up. My mom and dad walked in.
"Sorry we left you Kairi," my dad said kissing my forehead. "Did you do okay by yourself?"
"Dad, I'm 16," I laughed; my birthday was 2 weeks ago after all. "Yeah, I'm okay." He laughed too.
"Well I'm glad you didn't sneak out to that party, I heard from a parent that the police were on their way to stop it," my mom said. I had a guilty feeling, I couldn't tell them, just not yet at least. I gave a weak smile. "Well goodnight," she said kissing my cheek before her and my dad walked out of my room. She stopped at the door and looked back at me. "When did you get that jacket?" I looked at Sora's jacket, noticing I still had it on.
"Oh, Sora gave it to me last week. I keep forgetting to return it. It was cold, and this was the closest one I could find," I lied. My mom nodded and closed the door. I let out a heavy sigh. "That was close." I closed my eyes, I could smell Sora, his scent lingered around me from his jacket. I rolled over and continued to be mesmerized by the smell. It felt like he was close to me. I soon drifted off to sleep.
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