A/n Hello again, and welcome back to my story. Thanks to all the reviewers, you're the reason I write! Anyways thanks for reading and on with the story.
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Chapter 2Rikku's POV
As I sat in Yuna's kitchen picking out the last bits of my wedding decorations, my mind wandered back to Gippal. I couldn't get my mind off him. Him and his spiky hair, his fake eye patch (something he wears because he thinks it makes him look cool), His vibrant green eyes. His cocky attitude. So many things…about him.
"Rikku? Uhh Rikku?" Yuna's voice interrupts my thoughts.
"Hmm?" I ask turning my attention back to her.
"I was just wondering what color you like better for the napkins. Sky Blue or Cerulean Blue?"
"Cerulean." I answer without even thinking.
She writes it down on the paper and continues to look through the catalogue. She writes down a few more things and closes the large book.
"Okay only thing left to do is go to Luca and pick these things up." She says.
I just nod and watch as Tetsu and Tidus come walking through the door. Tetsu has long hair and it's usually spiked up but today he just tied it back. He looked nice nonetheless. His eyes were an odd color of green for an al-bhed. They were so deep that you could fall into them and get lost for days. Tetsu I must admit was very handsome, but still I just couldn't forget Gippal, even if Tetsu was the most handsome man in all of Spira. He looked in my direction and winked. I smiled and waved. I had only known Tetsu for a year but he was already very close to me. I guess in a way I loved him, but still my heart tells me he isn't the one you know? Tidus walks over to us and plants a kiss on Yuna's cheek.
"Hey Whatcha doing?" He asks her.
"Just some last minute preparations for the wedding." She replies.
Tetsu just stands in the corner and looks over at us.
"Oh, well what else do you have to do?" He asked standing up strait.
"Pick up the things on this list." She replied.
I just tuned the rest out and went back to my daydreams. Nothing else seemed as important right then.
It seemed the shopping took forever, but it didn't we were done by mid-day. Yuna wanted to go to a late lunch so she called Paine on her spear-phone and made plans for her to meet us at the new restaurant Ally's in an hour. When she showed up Yuna ran to hug her. Paine and Baralai were dating now, actually engaged for over a year now. I wondered when they would tie the knot. But oh well as long as she was happy. Yuna pulled away from Paine and she walked over to me.
"What no hello?" She asked.
I smiled.
"Hello." I said to her and gave her a quick hug.
"So how's the bride to be?" She asked.
"Nervous."
She nodded and we all walked inside to get lunch. Yuna did most of the talking but I would get in there a few times. I knew I wasn't acting as myself but maybe if I was lucky they wouldn't ask. I was. We went home shortly after that and when we got back everyone went to go watch the blitzball game on TV. Therefore, I walked down to the beach and sat by the water. I needed some time alone to think. Looking at the waves, I thought to how my life would be after marrying Tetsu. We would live in Bevelle, in his big house with two point five children and grow old together. Nah I knew I didn't want that. I wanted to live in Luca in an apartment with maybe one or two kids and dog. I wanted to always have fun, and laugh. Not be all proper and an aristocrat, that just wasn't the life for me, but it was life I was going to have to lead. For better or worse right? I imagined another life, one with Gippal. We would fight, yell, and then laugh and or kids one boy one girl…they would look at us oddly and shrug their shoulders then go off and play. You see I always knew I wanted to be with him ever since I first met him. I was twelve he was thirteen. It was a cold night and I was running to the oasis...Alone, my brother had done yet another thing that hurt my feelings so I ran off to be by myself. When I got there, I saw him. He hadn't started wearing that silly patch then and I could see the shock in his eyes when he saw me. You see it was late and I was a little girl by myself. I remember just staring at him as he swam by himself in the water.
Flashback
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"What does it look like Cid's girl?"
I was shocked that he knew who I was, but who didn't? I was Cid's daughter. I was in a word a Princess to my people. I loathed the thought of it though. I was no different then anyone else yet I was treated as if I was a crystal figurine that would break it touched in the wrong way.
"My name is Rikku." I replied and walked to the edge of the water.
I took a seat in the sand and pulled my knees up to my chest.
"Why are you swimming out here in the middle of night?" I asked.
"Because there's less people." He replied then went under.
He didn't come back up and it started to worry me so I jumped in to look if he was all right. I went under the water and didn't see anyone. When I came back up, he was sitting in the same spot I had been.
"Whacha doing Rikku?" He asked and laughed.
I frowned at him and got out of the water. He wasn't wearing much cloths and the moonlight glistened on his wet skin. Even at thirteen, he was handsome and nicely built. My guess was he was an ironworker's son.
"Don't your parent's worry about you being out so late?" I ask.
"Nope my mom is dead and my dad works real late."
"Oh."
I just kept glancing over at him, He was so freakin cute. I started to shiver and he laughed.
"Stop."
"You didn't need to jump in." He said.
"I thought you were hurt."
"You don't even know me. Why would you care?"
"Because I would never be able to live with myself knowing that you died when I could of saved you."
I think shocked him on that one because he just sat silent for a good ten minutes.
"My name is Gippal." He finally said.
He walked me back home that night and when he stood outside my door he just stared then unexpectedly he kissed me and ran off without another word. Yes, that was my first encounter with Gippal.
End
A childhood crush perhaps but no we actually did date when I was fourteen.
Flashback
"You know what Ri, I just don't understand what you see in that Rion guy he's just a big show off."
"Yeah but he's so hot!"
Gippal kicked the sand up around his feet and stopped dead in his tracks.
"I just don't get it. I try and I try but know it's Rion this and Rion that. What makes him so god damn special?"
I turned around to see him looking at his feet. He hadn't meant to say that I could tell because he wasn't looking at me.
"What?"
He looked up at me and took a deep breath.
"I said what makes him so special?"
"Why do you want to know?" I asked.
"Because whatever it is that you like so much about him must be the one thing that I don't have so tell me what it is so I can try to change that."
I stood that just shocked.
"Gippal?"
"Listen Rikku. I have tried my hardest to get you to notice me."
"I do notice you, you're my best friend."
"No I mean I want you to notice me the way I notice you, or how you notice Rion."
"What are you trying to say Gippal?" I asked.
I mean sure I knew what he was saying, but I wanted him to just out and say it.
"I'm saying…I'm saying that I want to date you Rikku. I want to be your boyfriend okay."
I smiled then and ran and embraced him. He kissed me then but this time he didn't run away after that.
End
Those were the best times I had ever had and now they would never happen again. I would never see that smile, the one he saved only for me to see. And he would never kiss me again or hold me in his arms. I knew I would miss those times. However, I needed to move on I needed to forget him. I got up and walked back to my room. The moon was full that night. When I got to my room I looked to the window to see someone sitting in the window seat looking out at the moon and I knew who it was, for this had happened many times before.
"Gippal?"
A/n Hey all another smashing chapter wouldn't you agree? Nah just kidding. Anyways do review and tell me what you think. I'll update soon. Love ya lots bye!
