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Chapter 4- A Lot To Handle
Sora had his hands behind his soaking wet hair with his eyes closed and a big grin shining upon his face.
"Gosh, you scared me!" I said wrapping him into a big hug. He laughed.
"Sorry Kai." He said hugging me back. "So were you expecting to see me?"
"I wasn't expecting to see guys here."
"I didn't want to spoil the surprise."
"Ok, I'm ready." Namine said walking into the kitchen.
"Okay, let's go." I said latching my arm around Namine's and grabbing a hold of Sora's hand with my other hand. We all walked out to the beach. Cloud ran up to meet us. He picked up Namine as if he had just married her and walked into the water until the water reached his waist and he set her down kissing her.
"Aw…" I said quietly to myself watching what just happened with Sora standing by me.
"Lets go." He said pulling me to the water. Once we got about half way there, he let go of my hand and ran towards everyone. When they noticed, they all swam out of splashing zone. Sora jumped into the water, splashing everyone anyway. I laughed from the shore. I took my chances and ran into the water as well. We swam around for a while longer.
About nine thirty we got hungry, so Wakka, Tidus and Kelly went with Selphie's dad to get us pizza. The rest of us stayed behind setting up tons of blankets on the beach for when we go to bed. Cloud, Leon and Sora were setting up a fire while Lori, Selphie, Namine and I relaxed in the hot tub.
"Well, have you talked to Leon or hinted that you've liked him?" I asked Lori.
"I can't. I get nervous." Lori replied looking behind her at the guys who were laughing as they tried to get the fire going. I looked at her weird.
"That doesn't sound like you Lor." Selphie said.
"So Kai, you're helping her out?" Namine whispered in my ear. I nodded.
"So when should I talk to him?" I asked.
"Sometime tonight." Lori answered still gazing out at the guys. Selphie turned a little and watched them too while Nam and me used each other's backs to lean on. Not too long after, the guys got the fire going and the others returned with the pizza. We all changed into our pajamas and ate by the fire. After a couple of slices of pizza, I noticed Leon get up and walk to the waters edge, a little away from the rest of us. I looked at Lori, who was talking to Selphie; she kind of hinted that I should go. I got up and walked over to him.
"Hey Leon." I said standing next to him. He didn't say anything but he continued to look blankly at the ocean. I did the same. "So, how do you like it here so far?"
"It's alright."
"Do you like anyone?" He just shrugged. "Well, um, Lori likes you…" He looked at me.
"Really?"
"Uh, yeah, she wants to go out with you."
"Alright." He said plainly.
"Um, just letting you know, she's not the most trust worthy person." I explained a little nervously.
"I'll give her a chance." I shrugged. 'His choice.'
"Hey Lori!" I called over to the group. "Come here!" She got up and walked over to Leon and me. "He said yeah." She looked at me happily and screamed in delight. Lori turned to face Leon. She jumped into his arms. He actually looked kind of happy. We walked back to the group.
"Hey guys, guess what." Lori said as we sat down. "Me and Leon are a couple!" she said kissing Leon. He returned her kiss.
"Same with Wakka and me!" Kelly said with a smile. I smiled back at them. (A/N: yeah I know kind of a random thing going on.)
"Aw, congrats!" Selphie said hugging Lori. We all began to talk again, with of course more cheer in the air. People eventually started to fall asleep. It looked like I was the only one still awake. I looked at everyone once I sat up. Everyone was with their boyfriend or girlfriend, then I got to Sora, who looked like he was in a deep sleep. I then looked into the dimming fire. 'How did everyone manage to become a couple?' I thought to myself. Quietly, I got up and crept past my friends. I stood by the water.
Yeah, I'll admit it I was lonely. How could I not be? I let out a deep sigh. I felt someone slightly lean against me and wrap their arms around my waist. I wasn't scared, I knew who it was. I turned around and looked Sora in his beautiful eyes. I hugged him tightly.
"Sorry it took me so long to ask. Kairi I really like you. So would you do me the favor and be my girlfriend?" He looked so calm. A huge smile consumed my face. I pulled him into a long passionate kiss. After the kiss, he gave a small laugh. "So I take it as a yes?"
"Duh!" I laughed kissing him again.
"Well, I guess we can tell everyone tomorrow." He said as we walked towards everyone.
"Actually, later today." I said looking at my watch. It was one in the morning. He smiled at me. We laid back down with everyone. 'Talk about a perfect night.' I looked at Sora before I fell asleep.
The sun was shining brightly over the blue shimmering ocean when I woke up. Namine and me seemed to have woken up at the same time. She rubbed her eyes and sat up while I stretched and yawned.
"Good morning." She said sleepily.
"Morning." I said sitting up. I looked at my watch. It was three after eight. "Gosh, why are we up this early?" She shrugged.
"Let's get something to eat." Nam said helping me up. We walked quietly past our sleeping friends up into Selphie's house. Her mom greeted us.
"How was your night?" She asked while making us some waffles.
"Good." I said through another yawn. Namine and me sat down at the table. She crossed her arms on the table and rested her head on them. I gazed outside the sliding glass door at everyone. They all looked deep asleep. I spotted Sora's chestnut brown hair. "Hey Nam." She looked up.
"Hum?"
"Sora and me are finally going out." I said with a smile.
"OH YAY!" She got up and hugged me. "When did he ask you out?"
"At one o'clock this morning." I told her. We both laughed. She sat back down with a grin on her face.
"Okay girls, here you go." Selphie's mom said placing two plates of waffles in front of us. We ate in silence, do to the fact we were still sleepy. After breakfast, we changed out of our PJ's and into our clothes and brushed our teeth. By the time we were all done, it was eight-thirty five. We walked back outside where everyone was still asleep.
I sat down next to Sora while Namine sat by Cloud. I gazed at Sora with a half smile. 'He looks so cute looking while he sleeps.' I ran my fingers gently through his hair. I looked over at Namine. She kissed Cloud lightly on the lips. I saw him move slightly, then get up. She moved his hair out of his face. He placed his hand behind her head and kissed her.
"I'm hungry." I heard him say after the kiss.
"Kai and me already ate, but I'll come with you to get something." Nam said pointing my way. I saw him look past Namine towards me.
"Oh, hey Kairi." He said quietly so not to wake anyone. I gave a small wave. They got up and went into the house. I looked back down at Sora and placed my hand on his soft cheek. His eyes started to open. He blinked a couple of times before sitting up. I hugged him. He felt so warm, probably because he was under his covers up until a couple of seconds ago.
"Come on let's get something to eat." I said standing up. He got up too and grabbed a hold of my hand as we walked towards the house.
"It was nice to be able to see you as the first thing I see when I wake up." He said. I gave him a kiss on his cheek. When we entered Selphie's kitchen, we sat down next to Namine and Cloud. Eventually everyone came in to eat. Around 9:45 I decided to go home. Namine, Cloud, and Sora left too. Sora walked me home while Cloud and Namine left a different way. I washed up when I got home and worked on my homework.
A couple of weeks passed. Leon and I did our presentation and got an A. It was actually pretty fun to get to know him. After class, Sora had to talk to Mr. Lou about something, so I told him I would meet him in class. On my way to P.E., I saw Lori.
"Hey Kairi." She said stopping me. "I never got to thank you for helping me out a while back."
"Uh, your welcome…?"
"Truths?" She said holding out her hand. I hesitated a little. Maybe there was some good in her. I pulled my hand up and shook hers.
"Truths." Lori pulled me into a hug before we went out separate ways. 'Okay, maybe she wasn't so bad after all.' I thought when I got into to roll call. We played Blitz Ball, lucky Wakka, just his specialty. Luckily, Sora and me were on his team, that way we didn't get clobbered by his hard throwing skills. In choir we were told by Mrs. Stephlin we were going to have a sing off in about a month.
"You have time to practice, if you want to compete. Only two from each school will be picked. CHS and the three other islands will pick two from their school. On October 8th, at seven, the ten competitors will have the sing off. The first place winner will win two hundred dollars. Second place winner get one hundred dollars and third is fifty." Mrs. Stephlin explained. 'Hum, do I want to try out?' I thought. 'Well, I do have time to think about it.'
"Kairi, are you going to the sing off?" Megan, a sophomore in the soprano section asked after class.
"Why?"
"Because my brother said you were a good singer."
"Huh, who's your brother?"
"Greg, he's a senior now. He told me about your performance that you did for your friends last year."
"Oh, heh, um I don't know. Maybe. I have to think of a song to sing first."
"Well, I hope you do. Bye Kairi!" She said walking out as Sora came in.
"What was that about? Are you doing the competition?" He asked holding the door open for me.
"How did you know about that?"
"Mr. Stephlin told us."
"Oh, I don't know yet." I said shrugging.
"You have a wonderful voice, you should do it." I kissed him as my thank you for the compliment. "Um Kai, I have to tell you something."
"What is it?" I asked a little nervous.
"In a couple of weeks, I'm going to Paradise Cove to visit my family for about two weeks." He told me.
"Aw, but I don't want you to leave." I said with a pitiful tone in my voice.
"I'm sorry, I wish I could take you. The bad thing is my grandparents house is on the far side of that island, where there isn't any phone reception." He pulled me close to him. I laid my head on his chest as we walked. Sora kissed the top of my head.
"Well, don't go meeting some new chick to fall in love with." I joked. He gave a small laugh.
"You're the only one for me and you know that." Sora said.
The two weeks flew by meaning Sora was leaving. I watched him off as him and his parents sailed to the furthest sister island of the Destiny Islands. I decided to go for the competition. I walked home and waited for school to start the next day. It was weird not going to class with Sora. 'I wish Namine was here to keep me company.' I walked with my head low carrying my choir binder in my arms and walking down the hall waiting till around four where our school held the preliminaries for the sing off. As I was walking down the hall I heard Leon talking. I think he was taking to one of his friends. I was going to say hi, when I heard something that made me stop in my tracks.
"So Lori said she still loves Sora?" I heard Leon's friend say.
"Yeah." Leon's cool voice said.
"What are you going to do?"
"Not sure yet."
"Did you break up with her?"
"No." There was silence for a bit. "She said she loved me…"
"What are you doing to do about Sora?"
"He wont know what's coming to him." My heart just dropped. 'No, Kairi, run before they find out you heard everything!' I quickly turned around to a different hallway towards the auditorium. My head was bent down as I watched my feet. 'I'm going to hurt her… but wait, Leon's going to hurt Sora…' I was panicking, I didn't know what was happening, everything was happening to fast. Before I knew it, I ran right into somebody dropping everything.
A/N: Don't kill me! Sorry I had to leave a cliffhanger… it could be anyone she ran into… I'll let you guys try to figure that out. Anyways if I get enough reviews I'll try my best to post the next chapter before the next weekend that is if homework doesn't get in the way.