Lulu II/Wakka II

A week later, the house had quieted down. Yuna and Baralai were still dating, Tidus was still bitter, but keeping it to himself, Rikku and Seymour were still "cooking" together, and Auron remained the player now adding a new girl to his list. Lulu laid low while she continued to see Squall every once in a while, and Wakka was still walking around drooling over Lulu, but was too much of a coward to say anything to her.

Lulu stood in front of the full length mirror in the girls' bedroom. She had tried on three different gorgeous outfits, but wrinkled her nose at each one.

"Where're you going?" Rikku asked. She was lying on her bed reading a Seventeen magazine.

"No where important." Can't anyone just tend to their own? She said turning around and pulling her hair up into a ponytail.

"Lulu, I've been watching you and I know something's up." Rikku said eying her suspiciously.

"I'm going on a date." She said. Wakka was in the hallway and stopped in the middle of the hall when he heard her. She picked up her purse and turned to leave.

Before leaving the house she stopped in the confessional again.

"Yes, I've been going out on dates. It's that Squall man again; he continued to go to our club and even attempted to apologize for his behavior, saying it must have been alcohol. I know I'm being foolish agreeing to see him again, but I will give him another chance. Seymour almost seems to be interested in Rikku now. The two of them are even skipping partying for staying home and cooking together. It's rather strange, I think…." After a few moments of silence, Lulu left her confessional and went into the kitchen to grab a piece of mint flavored gum off the centerpiece of their table. Seymour was standing there with his back to her; he turned and sent her a small smile. Lulu sent back a similar smile. "Preparing for another cooking lesson with Rikku?" He sighed heavily and nodded.

"A date?" he then asked simply. She nodded; she still found it hard to look Seymour in his eyes after all that went down. Should he even care?

"Hm, good luck." He turned his back to her again and pretended to be totally absorbed in the kitchen utensils, but he was slightly jealous deep down.

Lulu didn't reply and walked out the front door and caught the cab that she had called. The cab ride was unusually long, once she reached her destination walked around looking for the familiar hairstyle that Squall wore.

She felt like she was invisible as she stood in the middle of the crowd with everyone looking past her and talking around her. She finally took a seat on a nearby bench and sat there for a few more minutes.

Wakka's Confessional

"I really need to tell Lu how I feel before she gets too serious with dis date, ya! All I ever do is think about her, she is the most beautiful girl I've seen ya. Now that Seymour is spending time with Rikku and still crushing on Yuna, I should have a chance."

Wakka came out of the confessional and met with Rikku in the hallway. "Did Lu say who she's going with?" Wakka asked.

"No, she would hardly admit that she even had a date." Rikku said, she then looked at him suspiciously. "Why?" When Wakka didn't respond she hit his shoulder and added. "Does Wakka have a thing for Lulu?"

Wakka hung his head in defeat and nodded. Rikku squealed loudly and squeezed him.

"I'll get you the hook up." Rikku said grinning widely.

Later that night, the house phone rang, and Wakka was the first to it.

"Hello?" he said as he picked up the phone.

"Hi, this is Lulu, someone come and get me?" she said. Wakka noticed a little bit of panic in her voice.

"Sure thing. What's going on?" If someone's hurt Lulu, I'll… Wakka sounded so concerned that Lulu had to let out a soft laugh.

"Just hurry." She replied.

Wakka hopped in the SUV and hurried down to the club that they worked in and looked for Lulu. She was sitting on the bench alone.

"What happened." Wakka asked as he ran up to her from the SUV.

"I was stood up." She said calmly. I am definitely finished with this Squall character.

"You! Stood up? What man would do dat!" Wakka asked as he walked her back to the SUV. They got in and Wakka started towards the house.

"The guy's name is Squall. He's quiet and very mysterious; he tried to force himself on me on the first date. I should have just left him alone." Lulu said shaking her head and sighing slightly.

Wakka just shook his head. After a few minutes of silence Wakka sighed and said.

"You know…Lu…lately I've been sorta thinkin.."

Oh that's something new Lulu thought with a smile on her face. "About what?"

"You….and uh me." He said. Lulu just looked at him with shock written all over her face.

"You and me." She repeated and then laughed softly. "That's interesting."

"I would never treat you like Squall has or like Seymour did. I think you are the most amazing woman in the world ya!"

Lulu just looked at Wakka for a minute. He wasn't the brightest or best looking man she had ever met, but she knew that Wakka would indeed treat her better than the past few men she had tried to date. "Thank you, Wakka. Maybe it will be good for us to spend some time together." She looked back out her window avoiding eye contact with him.

Tidus was lying on the couch eating chips when Lulu and Wakka walked in. By the way Wakka gently touched her back as he lead her further into the house, Tidus knew something had happened and he grinned.

Wakka sent him a death glare that clearly stated for Tidus to keep quiet. Lulu took off her high heels by the door and sighed. Rikku ran into the living room and grinned when she saw Wakka and Lulu. Wakka sent another death glare her way. Tidus caught this and looked at Rikku and they exchanged grins.

Lulu's Confessional

I know what you people must be thinking. Me and Wakka? Quite an unusual couple, but it may work. They say opposites do attract and Wakka and I are polar opposites. All though the house is quiet, I believe drama is just right around the corner. Auron has been completely out of the picture again, Rikku's flirting with Tidus, but spending all her time with Seymour who is still obsessed with Yuna, who is dating someone else all together. She let out a soft sigh afterwards.