Love Alia!
Chapter 11
"Good Times"
By MEGAMANX411
"So..." X began, trying to incite some conversation between himself and his companions, "what do we do now?"
The group had spent so much time delving into their feelings and solving their own personal problems that they now had no idea what they wanted to do now. Of course though, they didn't know how much time they had left of their vacation. Signas had never really specified any certain date for them to return, so they were all a bit worried. They weren't sure when they would be called back, and they were especially worried because they were just now able to enjoy their vacation together.
"I don't know...do you guys have any ideas?" Axl replied, scratching his head.
Most of the group had been involved in their own separate things, so they had never really done anything as a whole group. They had gone in pairs to places before, but nothing had really brought them all together. X and Alia especially spent a lot of time at the resort, usually busy with their own work. They did spend one day at the carnival, but for some reasons, it wasn't quite as enjoyable as they would've hoped it would be.
"Well, how about we all go out together? We haven't really done anything as a group yet," Alia offered.
"Yeah, but what are we gonna do?" Axl asked.
"Well...how about we each offer one suggestion, and we go from there? In that case I would suggest going to the mall," suggested Layer.
"Sure, that sounds reasonable. I guess my vote would go to seeing a movie," X answered.
"Alright, I guess I can go with this. My choice is going to a concert," declared Zero.
"I say we go to a fair!" Pallette announced.
"Well, I think we should check out some video games, so I guess I would also pick the mall," Axl offered.
"Alright then, my pick is to watch fireworks tonight," Alia stated.
"Ok, so altogether, we have a movie, the beach, the mall, a concert, a fair, and then we watch fireworks," X stated, retelling all of the events. "I guess if we want to getthrough all of this, we better get started right away!"
The first thing the group decided to do was check out the mall. The one they went to had an enormous selection of stores, so the group was fascinated to check out all of the various items. Alia and X were qutie interested in checking out the bookstore, for one. They went through a couple of them to check out a various selection of novels. However, X did takea peak at some of their mangas and such, which caused a little commotion between himself and the rest of the group. Luckily for them though, they didn't get kicked out of the store despite the noise that ensued. Following that, they checked out some other stores. Next up was a clothing store, and the group all tried on a variety of different outfits.
Zero was the one to pick out a lot of different band t-shirts, of course. X did pick up some of his own clothes too, but the clothing articles he bought were actually picked out by everyone else. They said he needed to really catch up on his sense of style. Of course he didn't understand at first, but after being forced in the dressing room by Alia, he didn't really see a need to complain. Or at least, he didn't want to. Immediately following the clothes store was an entertainment store, complete wtih movies, video games, music, and more. Zero and Layer went straight for the music section, and began listening to samples of whatever music was on display. However, Zero's need to start doing air guitar to any music started to creep out some people in the store. X browsed around the store, trying to find something that attracted his interest, all the while holding Alia's hand...of course, he didn't really notice though.
Axl remained fascinated with certain video games that were on display. His eyes were immediately glued to the screen when he saw some of his most anticipated games come on the screen. That came to be a bit of a problem when the group decided to leave the store, but thanks to Pallette quite literally pulling him from the screen, they managed to get away for a bit. Still though, Axl bought a handheld video game to keep himself busy for the time being. Afterwards, they just all stopped by a drink stand to get something before they headed off to the fair. Instead of splitting up in a group, they all decided to stick together again, and they hoped to get on the rides together. Deciding on what rides to go on was the difficult part though.
After a bit of time and arguing, they finally decided to go on one of the park's lesser roller coasters first, just to see what they were dealing with here. X, unfortunately, had to sit behind Zero and had to deal with a lot of long blonde hair in his face...so he didn't really see much else. Alia sat beside X, still holding hands of course. Zero was beside Axl, but they were too busy throwing their arms up in the air and screaming whenever the roller coaster was about to descend; they were in the front. Layer and Pallette sat in the back, mostly because Pallette was a bit scared of the ride. Still though, she got through it ok. After that, they proceeded to whatever ride came next, and kept going on through the park. Roller coasters, ferris wheels, whatever they could find. The "Giant Drop" was especially one ride the group enjoyed...that, and the satisfaction of seeing themselves get all dizzy after getting off. Normally, this would've taken all day, but thanks to the members of the group being somewhat famous, they didn't have to wait for lines. Everything went pretty smoothly.
Following right after that was a concert. The girls opted to stay back, not wanting to get sucked into the crowd. X stayed back with Alia, but Axl and Zero jumped right into the front of the crowds of people, and apparently were trying to crowd surf. X, Alia, Layer, and Pallette could clearly see Zero's blonde hair flying all over the place as he jumped around, moshed, and started riding on top of the crowd. Axl, of course, was trying to follow Zero's lead. Just when X thought he was safe though, Zero grabbed his arm and pulled him to the front, and X was then involved in the moshing. Unlike Zero though, he waasn't exactly skilled at the art of "crowd surfing" and unfortnately he was mowed over by lots of crazy fans. He got picked up by Alia when everything was over and done with though...thankfully.
The next event on their list was checking out a movie. However, they never really agreed on what one to watch beforehand. They did take some time in front of the movie theater discussing (to put it nicely) what movie would be best suited. Amidst Axl's pleas for an action movie, the group finally decided to watch a comedy. But when the group decided to pick who would get the snacks, X's inability to say "not it" quickly made him the one to get everything. After the previews were over and done with, the movie finally came on...of course, Axl had a wonderful time reiterating any of the funny pieces of dialogue that came on. Everyone did enjoy the opportunity to finally sit down after all of the events that happened earlier that day. After this though, there was only one event left...and that was just to kick back and enjoy some fireworks. There was a planned display in a park pretty close to the resot, and it would end really early in the morning.
As the group laid out on the grass, they all took some time to lay back. They all just looked at each other and smiled, thinking about how much fun the day was, and how much they were missing out before. This vacation was turning out to be something really awesome. They all laid out beside each other and began to recount the events of the day.
"I really had fun today guys, thanks!" X shouted, a big smile appearing on his face.
Alia clasped his hand tightly, looked over, and smile back at X.
"Well, I'm glad you had a good day. We all did!" she replied.
"Yeah, I had a really good time too," Zero added, stretching.
At that point, the fireworks show just started. There was a series of violent booms and a huge array of beautiful colors filling the night sky, with each detonation resulting in a different burst of light. The group remained in awe of the show, but Zero then got an idea to make the evening a little more memorable. He leaned over and whispered something in X's ear. The blue hunter was a bit apprehensive, but this time, he actually dispalyed signs of initiative.He leaned over and got a bit closer to Alia, and then whispered something in her ear.
"I thought this would help commemorate our wonderful day together," X whispered.
He then took her hand, looked into her eyes, and kissed her. This entire act obviously took Alia completely by surprise. She had no idea it was coming at all. The others looked at X in complete awe, and Zero was clapping to congratulate his friend.
"It's about time you took the initiative X!" Zero shouted, patting his friend on the back.
"Wow...X, I didn't expect that..." Alia replied, her voice really quiet.
X just smiled back at her.
"I know," he replied.
After enjoying the rest of the fireworks show, and after discussing the events that happened during the fireworks show, the group decided to head back to the resort. They were a bit fatigued from all the events of the day, but really, they all felt great. After all, their friendships were strengthened, and X and Alia managed to find a form of romance from the trip. It seemed like things would last forever, and their newfound respect for one another made them realize the true value of their friendship. They just wished that this would last forever. They all stayed up, retelling events of their pasts with one another, and they all enjoyed sharing their own funny stories. They would treasure these moments for the rest of their lives, and it seemed like it could go on for an eternity...
