Chapter 15- The New Her
My mouth dropped open. 'No Kairi. It can't be her. No. No. No.' I shook my head. "I thought you weren't supposed to be back until after Christmas." I said.
"My mom wanted me home early," Christy said. Her once long blonde hair was now dyed brown. Her fancy clothes were more casual. I was shocked at her new appearance. I crossed my arms.
"Why are you being nice to me?" I asked suspiciously. She put a smile on her face.
"I'm over being the queen bee of everything. Spending time with my uncle really taught me that I shouldn't need to please everyone," Christy explained. I still wasn't quite convinced. I just gave her a blank stare. "Look, I'm sorry for everything that happened. Especially with Namine's dress."
"I don't know if I can trust you."
"I know I won't be able to gain your trust easily after everything that's happened. I really made a mistake by cheating on Sora. I don't deserve him, you do. You two should really be together."
"We are." I continued to look at her with no expression.
"Oh, you two seem perfect for each other." There was silence between us. "Okay," she sighed, "I'll fill you in. I used to get drunk and do drugs to get away from my problems. Everyone expected me to be perfect. It really got to my head, so I threw that party at my cousins house. I got drunk, and things just got out of control. When I went to my uncle's, I was really taught a lesson. I'm not going to try to please anyone but myself."
I looked her in the eyes when she explained everything. I was starting to see past the prissy ruler of the school and began to see a real caring person. I sighed in defeat.
"Okay, I'll believe you," I said with a small smile. Sometimes I hated that I was easy trusting.
"Oh, thank you Kairi!" she said hugging me. When she let go she looked at Princess who was looking at people walking around us. "Aw, cute puppy you got there."
"Sora got her for me. Her name is Princess." Once she heard her name, she looked up at me and wagged her tail. "Well, I'm off to go walk her."
"Oh, all right. Bye. Thank you again, Kairi. I really mean it." I waved goodbye and headed towards town. It was weird to see this side of Christy. I mean she was always a retched person. Something was different this time though. She was sweet. So not like the Christy we all knew. I wondered how people would treat her at school now.
Christmas came and went. I got a lot of new things and loved them all. Precious and Princess played in all the left over wrapping paper and boxes. That's what they considered presents. School unfortunately started up again just as fast as break came, and none of us were looking forward to it. All we had reviews during all our classes. Finals were coming up next week which I was definitely not looking forward to.
We were all in Computers on our first week back. Mr. Lubo was talking about how we make PowerPoint's, again. I was really good at the subject, so I didn't bother to pay attention. I was talking with Namine and Selphie.
"Christy looks so different," Selphie said leaning into us.
"I don't know if I still trust her," Namine said crossing her arms.
"Oh, come on Nam, she's not as bad anymore. I think being sent to live with someone strict really knocked some sense in her," I explained. Nam raised an eyebrow.
"Kai, she's probably just putting on an act so she can be welcomed back with open arms. She's probably trying to steal Sora or Cloud," she replied. Selphie nodded.
"Selphie, Kairi, Namine," Mr. Lubo called from the front of the class. "Care to explain what you three are talking about?"
"No," We all replied.
"Okay then, please stop talking." He turned to face the whiteboard again but quickly turned back to face the class. "Actually, would any of you like to volunteer to tutor Christy for a week, so when second semester starts, she'll understand what to do?"
"I don't have to take the final right?" Christy asked.
"No, you don't Christy."
"Hey! That's not fair! We have to, how come she doesn't?" One of Christy's friends said. My mouth dropped open. I couldn't believe that her own friend would say that. Others nodded in agreement. Christy tried to ignore it. Usually no one would care if she didn't have to participate in something the rest of us did, no one would argue.
"Cindy, you have been here. Christy hasn't," Mr. Lubo said. I looked at Christy's friend Cindy who glared at me. I don't know what her problem was so I just ignored it. "Kairi," I looked back up.
"Yeah?"
"You're going to tutor Christy," He said going back to teaching. My eyes widened. I looked over at Christy who was smiling. Then I looked over at my friends. Sora, Cloud, Namine, Selphie and Riku had the same expression as me. I didn't know if tutoring Christy was going to be good or bad. All her friends seemed to have pushed her away now that she's different. I'm the only one who seems to see her good side. Sora and Riku seem to be more on my side. The others, however, didn't see it. Amanda doesn't really know Christy all too much, but she doesn't seem to like her after all the bad things we've said about her, but I was pretty sure she was kind of on my side too. I just couldn't believe Namine and Cloud, my best friends, didn't believe me. I sighed. The bell rang and we all stood up.
"Are you really going to tutor her?" Cloud asked me. I shrugged and went to talk to Mr. Lubo.
"I'll meet you outside," I told my friends, then nodded and left along with the rest of the class. I stood behind the teacher. "Mr. Lubo?" He turned around.
"Yes Kairi?" he asked.
"How am I exactly going to tutor Christy?"
"Just take all the notes that we've taken since she's been gone, and review them with her. Then when your done, ask her about a certain subject and quiz her," he explained.
"Why did you pick me?" I asked
"Because you are good in this class and plus, Christy wanted you to tutor her." I was confused. Why? Why does she want to hang out with me? I turned around to see Christy right behind me.
"Please Kairi. Say you'll do it," Christy begged. I looked back at Mr. Lubo who crossed his arms. I looked down and slowly nodded. "Oh thank you!" she said hugging me. I sighed for the hundredth time. She let go and I walked out into the hall without another word. I walked down the hall and outside where my friends were all waiting for me.
"Are you still tutoring her?" Namine asked as I started walking down the steps.
"Yeah…" I said looking down. I was on the last step, when I heard someone call my name from behind.
"Kairi! Wait up!" Christy called. I turned around once I reached my friends who were standing on the sidewalk.
"What are you doing here?" Nam asked.
"I'm walking home with Kairi since she's going to tutor me," Christy said with a smile. All my friends looked at Christy and then me.
"When did I say that?" I asked.
"You didn't have to," she said. I turned to face Sora. I was pleading for him to save me. Sora looked sorry for me. I laid my head on his chest and just leaned against him. He wrapped his arms around me. I let my arms to dangle at my sides. This was going to be a long week if you ask me.
"Well, let's go," Riku said. Sora let go of me but held my hand. Christy followed us the whole way home. We were all silent too, not wanting to invite Christy in our own private conversations. Riku turned down a street before our street, so he could walk Amanda home. I said bye to her and continued on. We finally reached the part of our street where we all lived.
"Bye Kairi, don't let her take you over," Namine whispered in my ear before leaving with Cloud to her house.
"Please Kai," Cloud added as he passed by. Sora, Christy, and me were left standing in front of my house.
"Do you want me to stay with you?" Sora asked pulling me close to him by my waist. I wrapped my arms around his neck and shook my head.
"No, thanks though. I have to do this by my self," I said to him.
He looked at Christy with a look that read 'I still cant fully trust you' before looking back at me. "Just call me if you need me okay?" he said hugging me. I nodded. We kissed and he let go. "Bye Kairi." I waved bye and looked at Christy.
"Let's go," I said and we walked into my house and up to my room. Precious and Princess were sleeping on my bed, until I entered. Princess jumped off the bed and ran over to me. "I'm sorry Princess, but I need to put you outside." I don't think she really cared, because she disappeared downstairs. I walked back downstairs and let her out before returning to my room. Christy was sitting on my bed looking around my room.
"I like your room," she said. I picked up Precious.
"Thanks," I replied sitting down in my chair with Precious laying in my lap.
Christy was looking down at the floor before looking back up at me. "Thanks Kairi."
"For what?" I asked.
Her eyes lowered to the floor slowly, "for seeing the new me," she said nearly in a whisper.