A/N: HeYy I'm back … I hope you all like this chapter… nothing really happens, but its ok.. I guess.. Ok well… :looks around: ok well here ya goo
And this chapter is dedicated to LeNna, why you ask, because I'm the author and I want to, that's why (not to mention she's pretty cool too). I have that power, ya kno?
Disclaimer: I dun own a dam thing…
Do You Really Like 'em?
"Kerri! Dinner is ready," Tidus called from downstairs.
Kerri sat up in her bed. My first meal as a part of this household. I wonder what were eating. She walked out her room and went downstairs. Tidus and Auron were already sitting at the table. "Hiya."
"Hey, Ker," Tidus responded. "So this will be our first meal as a … um… family?"
She smiled and replied, "Yupp. So what are we eating?"
"Chicken Parm with mashed potatoes and corn. I hope you like it," Auron said placing the food down on the table.
Kerri licked her lips and said, "Like it? That's my favorite meal ever! Wow…"
"Well, a little bird once told me once that you liked this…"
Tidus slammed his hand down on the table. "I hate that stupid little bird, he's always getting me in friggin' trouble. When I find that stupid bird… oh… he is so going down."
Kerri raised an eyebrow at him before bursting out with laughter. "Tidus, the 'little bird' isn't real. Parents just use it as an excuse to not rat out whoever told them their information."
"Are you serious?" He glared at Auron, "So you've been lying to me all this time?"
Auron shook his head. "I didn't lie to you. I thought you'd eventually catch on…"
Kerri coughed. "Anyway… changing subjects…how was umm… Kilika?"
"It was nice, a lot of work, but still the weather is always enjoyable," Auron told her.
The rest of dinner consisted of Auron telling Kerri about Kilika and Tidus mumbling something under his breath. Kerri assumed he was still upset about the revelation of the 'little bird' scam. After dinner, Kerri and Tidus ran upstairs separating at the top to go to their own rooms.
Tidus flopped himself on his bed and picked up his phone. He dialed Gippal's number and waited for him to pick up.
"City Morgue, you kill 'em, we chill 'em."
Tidus rolled his eyes. He can be so stupid sometimes…"Hey, Gippal, Can I ask you something?"
"Surely, what's bothering you?"
Tidus ran his hair through his hair. "You and Kerri…"
"Dude, don't even tell me you like her, cause that is so not cool…"
"No, I don't like her… well, No, I do… well, I mean that... wait- shut up, Gippal, let me talk!" Tidus walked over to his door and made sure it was locked. "It's not that I don't like her, I like her a lot, but not in the way you do- she's like family… well now she is kinda family, Auron's her guardian now, so she's living here. Anyway, Gippal, you have a reputation. You know that as well as I do. You aren't exactly the commitment type…"
"Tidus, what are you trying to say?"
"Well, I don't want you hurting Kerri. She's like my sister and she's different from the other girl's you've gone out with. She's friends with our group…"
"I know she's different from the other girl's which is why I like her. Tidus you wouldn't understand… I'm surprised that you'd accuse me of wanting to hurt Kerri. You are supposed to be my best friend."
"I am your best friend Gippal! This is why I'm telling you this and I never accused you of anything. You have never gone out with a girl with the attention of hurting her. You know, if you hurt her and you guys break up and it's bad, like most of your break ups have been, what's going to happen? She lives here. She's really good friend with Rikku and Yuna. I mean seriously, think about it…" Tidus walked over to his window. Put his hand on the wall and gazed out. "I mean she's happy, she likes you, and you say you like her, but for how long, Gippal, one week... two?"
"Tidus, she's different. I'm not just going out with her because she is pretty… she makes me feel good. Like, I want to be a better person. I don't know man, but you have to trust me. I care about her. And don't try to change her mind by telling her my history with girls, please…"
"I would never… But I hope your right…"
"Tidus, don't worry about my love life. Worry bout yourself. Listen I have to go my sister, Selrama, wants to phone. I'll see you in school tomorrow."
"Yea… bye." Tidus hung the phone up and walked into the bathroom to take a shower.
Meanwhile back in Kerri's room.
How the hell do you work this thing? She sat there holding the sphere in her hand. I'll just push all the buttons and hope for the best. Finally she pushed a button and the thing projected a movie type thing.
"Hey, honey…"Kerri's head jolted toward the image. "Dad!"
"If you're watching this, then you are stuck in Spira like me… I miss you and your mother."
Kerri studied the image and then looked around her room. He made this in here. Ok Creepy feeling setting in…
"I wonder how old you are now that you are watching this. I'm sorry I missed some of your games, I'm sure you were great. I wonder how your mother is, especially now that you are here too. Well, since you are watching this, I assume you already know about the war and I'm not there."
He stood up and looked out the window. He put the sphere to the window and showed her the beach. "That's the view I have. Isn't it spectacular? I don't know why, but being so close to the beach gave me a feeling that I wasn't too far from you, maybe it was because I knew you loved the beach…"
The camera switched back to him. "Hey, don't be scared, though I doubt you are. You were always the one to make the best of any situation. But honey, please don't bottle up your emotions and hide them from these people. You can trust them. I promise."
He put his hand to his face and wiped away a forming tear. "I'm sorry I couldn't come home- believe me I tried. I'm sorry I'm not there with you now, but please don't even forget that I love you and no matter what you choose to do with your life… I will be proud of you… I love you, Kerri. Be Good." And the sphere went off.
"I love you too, Dad," she replied as a tear dropped from her eye onto the sphere.
She just stared at the sphere reminiscing about New York. I'm never going to be able to go back home. I mean I kind of figured that, but it never hit me… until now. What am I supposed to do, just give up on everything I used to have and start over? She looked up at the ceiling. "Is that what you did, Dad?"
As she was lost in thought a knock came at her door. She came back to reality, sighed, and said, "Come in."
The door slowly opened and Tidus entered. "Hey, how you doing?"
"As good as I'll ever be, I guess…" She got up from her bed and put the sphere on her dresser. "So, to what great pleasure do I owe this visit?"
"Hey!" He dropped himself onto her bed. "What? Now that we're like family I can't come talk to you anymore?"
"Well… no, but…"
"Good! Ok, well I wanted to ask you. Do you really like Gippal?"
Kerri shot him a shocked expression. "What are trying you imply?"
He sat up her on bed. "Nothing, I was just wondering if you really like him."
"No, Tidus, I hate him. Which is exactly why I told him I'd go out with him, because ya know, you go out with people you don't like," Kerri retorted with sarcasm.
He smirked at her. "Alright, just checking, you know he is my best friend."
Kerri walked over to the window and looked out it. "Right… so why the sudden interest in my love life?"
"Just making conversation…"
She turned and faced him. "Well, what's going on in your love life? Who you taking to the winter semi- formal?"
"Uh… well… um, I haven't thought of it yet, I mean I have so many choices."
"Well who do you wanna take? Yuna?"
His face turned a deep crimson. "How did you know I liked her?"
She smirked. "I didn't you just told me thought" She walked over to the bed and sat next to him. "So ya going to ask Yuna to the dance?"
He nervously ran his hands through his hair. "Uh, well… um… I don't know… I mean do you really think she'd go with me?"
"Why not, I mean even if she doesn't like you… which I think she does, but if not… you are her best friend right? Well who wouldn't want to go with their best friend?"
"I guess you're right…" he started.
She stood up and said, "Of course I'm right… Now are you going to ask her or what!"
"I have to do it now?"
She put her hands on her hips. "No let's just wait to the day after the dance"
He laughed and said, "Alright I guess now is as good a time as any…" He took out his cell phone and dialed her number. "It's ringing." Why am I so nervous… I'm just calling my best friend- nothing new… right?
Yuna voice came over the phone, "Hey, Tidus?"
He looked at the phone and hung up.
Kerri put her hand to her head. "What was that!"
"I.. uh… I don't know… I got nervous…"
"So you hung up on her!"
His phone started ringing again. "Ah! It's Yuna… here you pretend you called her and you um… lost service." He threw his phone at her.
Boys…Kerri rolled her eyes and answered the phone. "Hey, Yuna, it's Kerri. Sorry about before… the phone lost service."
"Oh hey, Ker, what's up?"
She smiled slyly and said, "I was wondering, who are you going with the to the winter Semi-formal?"
"Oh… no one."
"Well who do you want to go with?"
"I… uh… I don't know."
Tidus stood up from the bed and whispered. "What are you doing?"
Kerri shushed him and continued, "Would you go with Tidus if he asked you."
"Um… uh… heh… yea… actually I would really like to go with him…"
At this point Tidus eyes widened in horror. Oh my Yevon. She didn't just do that. He tried to grab the phone but Kerri wouldn't let him. She put her hand over the receiver.
"Tidus stop it, you are being so stupid."
"Kerri, give me the phone right now."
"No, I'm doing this for your own good- now get away from m-aHh!"
Tidus lifted her up and threw her on the bed. "Give me the phone, Kerri."
"No!"
Meanwhile, Yuna was still on the phone. "Hello? Kerri?"
Kerri took a dash for the door and ran out into the hallway. "Ha! What now?" She ran into the bathroom and locked the door.
Tidus came running behind her and banged on the door. "Kerri! Let me in there right now! Give me my phone back!"
"No! Now go away!" She put the phone back to her ear. "Yuna? I'm so sorry."
"Kerri, what was that all about?"
"Nothing, so you were saying you would go with Tidus?"
"Yes."
"Good. Ok well I have to go- and don't tell Tidus I told you, even though he's probably listening… He wants to ask you- he was just afraid you'd say no… Ok well Toodles!" She hung up the phone and unlocked the bathroom door. When she opened it Tidus was still there. He grabbed her put her in a headlock.
"Kerri! I can't believe you did that!"
She grabbed at his arms. "Ahh! I can't breathe!"
"Hey what are you two doing up there?" Auron called from downstairs.
"Auron, Tidus is hurting me!" she screamed as she was still struggling to get free.
Auron put his hand to his head and shook it. Oh boy… What did you get me into Scott? "Boy, if I come up there and your hands are on Kerri, I'm going to send you through a wall…"
"But… Auron!"
"But nothing! Let her go… Hurting a girl- Geez, I know we're a family now, what are you trying to make up for those years you didn't have to beat each up?"
She bit him. "Ow!" He let her go. "Geez, cannibal."
She threw his phone at him and said, "She said she'd go with you, ya jerk. Now go ask her. God, I'll never do you a favor again." She stormed off to her room and locked the door behind her.
Tidus looked at his phone. She said she'd go with me? Oh boy, don't I feel like a jerk. He walked over to Kerri's door and tried to open it, but it was locked. "Ker?"
"I'm sorry I don't talk to jerks who beat me up because I'm doing them a favor," Kerri replied through the door.
He leaned his head on the door. "Listen I'm sorry, I didn't want you to mess things up with Yuna for me."
"Well she wouldn't have known you were even here if you didn't attack me like a friggin animal," she called back.
He laughed and replied, "That's funny. You're calling me an animal. If I do recall you are the one who bit me."
She opened the door and stuck her head out. "Did I hurt you?"
"A little."
"Good! Now I accept your apology, but you still can't come in till you call Yuna," and she shut the door and locked it again.
He walked into his room with his phone in his hand, just staring at it. How am I supposed to call her? Hey Yuna, wanna go to the dance with me? Oh ok great bye? Seriously that is so lame. Suddenly, his phone rang. Yuna? He picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hey, Tidus?"
"Yea, what's up?"
"Well… I was wondering… would you like to go to the Winter Semi- Formal with me?"
Tidus was floored. Oh man. Be cool. "Definitely!" Ok , that was not cool- that was over eager… o man… she definitely thinks I am some kind of loser.
"Ok great. Alright well I have to go, I'll see you tomorrow bye!"
"Bye." Tidus hung up the phone. Well… that was easy… He left his room and walked to Kerri's her door was still locked. "Ker?"
"What?"
"I did it… Well actually she called me and asked me, but I'm going with her," He told her.
She laughed. "Well so much for being nervous, eh?"
"Can I come in?"
A few second passed before Tidus heard some shuffling and the door opened. "Yea, sure. I guess. Unless you're going to try and hurt me again."
"I won't unless you bite me…"
They spent most of the night talking. They talked about everything from New York to Zanarkand and everything in between. After a few hours, Auron came upstairs.
"Alright you two. Bed. Now."
"Yes, Sir!" Tidus said as he stood up. " 'Nite Ker." He walked out of the room to his own.
"Goodnight!" Kerri called back to him. She lazily got up off her bed and got out a pair of jimmies. She yawned. Why am I so tired… Oh yea! Because Tidus got me up so early yesterday… what a jerk…She yawned again. Well I better go to bed because who knows what time I'll be up tomorrow. She changed and made her way to her bed. She fell to sleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
The next morning Tidus made sure it was Auron who woke Kerri up. He walked into her room and he got this eerie feeling. Alright, that was odd. "Kerri? It's time to get up."
She rolled over and put the blanket over her head. "no."
Oh, great she's another one who doesn't get up in the morning. He walked closer to her. "Kerri?"
By this time Tidus was by the door with a recording sphere laughing. Oh, man he has no idea what he's in for.
"NO!" she put her hand out from under the covers and felt around the floor. She found her shoe and threw it at Auron. "Go away!"
The shoe came within 3 inches of Auron's head and slammed into the wall behind him. What the hell? Is she insane? She almost took my head off! He walked over to the bed and shook Kerri. "Kerri, get up now."
This time she threw a punch, missing Auron completely, but none the less took a swing at the legendary guardian. He took a step back. Oh, this is so not what I agreed to. He walked out of the room and saw Tidus. "You know about this didn't you?"
Tidus smirked and said, "Yupp."
Auron said, "What am I going to do?"
Tidus shrugged. "I don't but better think of something, cause we'll be late if you don't"
Auron thought for a minute before he smiled and walked back into the room. He wrapped Kerri in the blankets, picked them up and walked into the bathroom. Tidus curiously followed him, the sphere still filming. Auron laid her in the tub and turned to Tidus. "And this is what we do, when all else fail, so remember for next time." With this he turned out the cold water and let the shower run.
Almost immediately, Kerri shot up screaming. "Ahhh! Cold!" She jumped out of the shower and stood there glaring at Auron and Tidus, who was currently doubled over laughing. "Sleep with one eye open." She pushed past both of them and stormed off to her room. Ten minutes later she came out fully dressed, with her hair in a braid.
She walked downstairs and the phone rang. Tidus called out, "It's for me. It's Gippal." A few second later Tidus walked over to Kerri and said, "Or not. It's for you."
Kerri put the phone to her ear. "Hello?"
"Hey, Ker, I was wondering if you wanted a ride to school?"
She smiled. "Sure, I'd love that."
"Ok, see ya soon. Bye!"
"Toodles!" she walked over to the wall and put the phone back down. Tidus looked at her and said, "Well what did he want?"
Kerri looked at him, then turned around and walked away. She went to the hallway by the front door and got her school things together. Tidus came in a few minutes later.
"Hey, what was with the whole new ice queen attitude. I didn't put you in the shower, Auron did."
"I'm sorry , did it just look like I was listening?" and with that comment a honking sound came from outside. Kerri looked out the window and saw Gippal's car. She turned around, picked up her stuff, and called into the Kitchen to Auron. "Auron! Gippal's here, he's bringing me to school, so I'm leaving! Bye!" She looked at Tidus. "Bye."
She ran out the door and ran to Gippal's car. She got in, leaned over and gave him a kiss. He smiled at her, then gave her a confused look. "Ker… why is your hair wet?"
She put her seatbelt on and replied, "I don't want to talk about it."
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A/N: lol ok well I'm hoping to fast forward a bit to the Winter Formal in the next few chapters.. soo u have that to look forward to and uMm yea that's bout it.. Revieww pleassEe :smiles: lol
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