The next day Yuna didn't get up to go to school. Instead she layed on her bed and cried. She cried until she thought that she didn't have any tears left and then she cried some more. "I hate this." She whispered. It was amazing how her perfect life had become so horrible in such a short time.

"Yuna." She froze as she looked up and saw Seymour standing in her doorway. Suddenly a part of her screamed loud, You are NOT going to get together with her! He beat you!

"You aren't welcomed here Seymour." She said coldly and stood up. "I want you to leave this very instant!"

"You really think that I'll just let you go Yuna? I don't think so. And I thought that you wanted to get back together with me… but it doesn't matter because I can make you and your family suffer.

"Suffer? My mother is dying of cancer before my eyes and I can't do anything. To me that is about as much suffering as there can be!" Yuna slapped him across the face. "You took away much of the time that I could have spent with her! I hate you."

"Oh really?" Seymour sneered as he held his hand up to his face. "I don't remember you ever mentioning wanting to spend time with your mother. In fact usually you would just comment on how she was ruining your life."

Oh, I hate him! Yuna felt the tears welling up in her eyes as he grabbed her and kissed her. Don't touch me! She pulled away and Seymour laughed. "So you have decided that this is how it must be."

"Get out of here before I call the police." Yuna told him and with a laugh he nodded and left her room.

Angrily Yuna got on the computer, hoping that she could chat with someone but no one was on. But there was an email from Tidus.

You're stronger then this Yuna…soon… I want to take you to Zanarkand.

Tidus

Yuna stared at the email and froze. "Zanarkand?" She whispered shocked. It was a beautiful city that she had never been able to visit because it was considered a holy place and most people weren't allowed there. "But how could Tidus get in there?" She muttered to herself. "What does he mean by soon?" The answer wasn't hard to figure out. Soon, when Kaila died. When Yuna would need someone the most.

But now wasn't the time to think about it… If only there was a way to show her mom that she loved her… That Yuna would always regret not getting to know her and not spending time with her. Well, first things first, Yuna had to tell Kaila NOT to let Seymour in their house again. The moment that she started coming down the stairs she was horrified to see that Seymour was kneeling next to Kaila and holding her hand while talking to her.

"GET AWAY FROM HER!" Yuna yelled and to the shock of Kaila, grabbed Seymour and pulled him to the door.

"My goodness Yuna, I just wanted to talk to your dying mother which is something that you don't seem to do much yourself."

"Get. Out." Yuna said her eyes flashing with anger.

"Your eyes… they're beautiful!" Seymour said to her before she slammed the door in his face.

"Yuna! How dare you shut Seymour out! I don't care if you two broke up he's a nice young man."

"Nice?" Yuna laughed. "Oh yes mother… he's so nice that he used to beat me until I could barely notice. I would come home in pain and you and father would barely even give me a second look. Don't you dare accuse me of ignoring you when I was being beaten right under your very nose!" Yuna managed not to cry so she just looked at Kaila in the eye.

"You never told me." Kaila whispered as she began to cry.

"I didn't want to tell anyone… Not many people know even now. Now… I want to forget the past. There is no proof anyway and I want to move on."

Kaila weakly stood and opened her arms and Yuna willingly let herself fall into a sweet embrace. "I'm sorry that you had to go through that." Kaila whispered.

The prom was a week later. Yuna hadn't wanted to go but Kaila had insisted that she should go even though she was even weaker and had gone to the hospital. It was no surprise who Yuna's date was. "I can't believe that Gippal talked me into going with him." Rikku grumbled as she pulled herself into her dress that was a strapless purple dress that came to just above the knee.

The girls had gotten together to make each other up and get dressed. Yuna had enjoyed being with her friends again but something had changed. She was no longer as lighthearted as she had been. Not as empty…

"Hm… I'm sure that you wanted to go with him in the first place Rikku. How did he talk you into it?" Lulu asked with a grin as she pulled herself into her slinky red dress that Rikku had talked her into… Lulu had wanted a black dress of course.

"He told me that if I didn't go with him that he would tell everyone about… Hey I'm not telling! You're the one that's going with Wakka!" Rikku grinned at Lulu who just blushed and turned away.

Yuna laughed at her friends and then looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a dark blue dress with spaghetti straps and as she looked at herself she had to fight the urge to cry. Kaila and Braska wouldn't be trying to take pictures of her and Tidus and they wouldn't be hugging her. Instead they were at the hospital as they spent the little time that they had left together.

She hadn't been planning on going but Tidus had come to her house and convinced her. Well… maybe it wasn't him that had completely convinced her.

"Tidus!" The surprise on Yuna's face showed as she opened the door and found him standing there.

"Yuna." He gently wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug and then pulled away but left his hands on her shoulders. "Since you haven't been coming to school then I had to ask you in person…" He trailed off and then smiled. "Will you go to the prom with me?"

"Oh… I would go with you but my Mom-"

"I'm not trying to take you away from your mother Yuna. I just thought that for a few hours you could get away from it all. I'm not asking for you to party all night! If you won't go with me then I won't ask anyone else. The only person that I want to be with is you."

"She'll go with you." Kaila's voice made them both turn around. "Yuna… Your prom is very special and I want you to go. I don't care if I'm in the hospital. Go and have a wonderful time… for me."

So here I am. Yuna thought to herself as he gave her hair a final pat and turned to her friends. "Let's go!"

The moment that Tidus stepped out of the Limousine Yuma thought that her heart had stopped. She had never seen a guy look so hot in a tuxedo before! "You look beautiful." Tidus said as he took her hand and looked her over.

"Thanks." Yuna said with a blush and laughed as she saw Gippal giving Rikku a kiss and pulling her into the car with him. Yeah, I can tell that she hates him. Was what she thought before she got into the car.

"Yuna… I hope that you aren't going just to make me happy." Tidus said to her in the car.

No I'm going to make my mom happy. Yuna smiled at him. "No I want to go."

As he took her hand in his she felt guilty. Here was an awesome guy and she wasn't even appreciating him like she should. In a way she blamed Seymour for getting her to the point where she didn't even trust a guy anymore.

"I appreciate you taking me like this." She whispered as she put her arms around his neck and rested her head against his chest.

Tidus didn't act like he was surprised and he put his arms around her and that was how they remained for the rest of the ride.

Yuna laughed as they stepped out of the car and she saw Wakka helping Lulu out looking very nervous. After all, he had barely convinced her to go with him in the first place but Yuna thought that it was sweet.

The moment that Yuna and Tidus entered the room together Yuna felt smug at the fact that Seymour looked shocked at seeing her there. After all, she hadn't been at school for the past couple weeks so everyone had assumed that she wouldn't come. "Why Yuna!" Dona said as she walked up to her. "I didn't expect to see you here."

"I didn't want to see you either." Yuna answered with a smile.

"Yes… I was so sorry to hear about your mother. But I suppose that dying is a good way to get away from y-"

"Stop!" Tidus interrupted her angrily. "Leave us alone Dona, I'm not in the mood to put up with your crap tonight." With that he put his arm around Yuna's waist and led her out into the dance floor. "She has some nerve!" He said.

"I think that we're both used to bickering with each other but I do get tired of it sometimes. " Yuna said softly. "But… thanks for standing up for me. After all, I'm sure that she's just jealous.

They danced, dance after dance until Yuna felt like she could barely walk. "I'm going to go get the cab… do you want to wait here?" Tidus asked her a couple hours later and Yuna nodded.

As he left the room Seymour slid up next to her and whispered into her ear, "Having a good time my dear?"

Yuna winced at hearing his voice but she turned around and met his gaze with a smile. "Yes I am and I won't have you ruin it."

"Oh… well we'll see how long you're smiling." Seymour said with a laugh before walking away, leaving Yuna angry since he had the last word as always.

"Ready?" Tidus asked and Yuna turned her face red. "What's wrong?"

"Oh, I'm fine it was just… Seymour… I'll be fine."

"Was he bothering you?" Tidus began but Yuna shook her head and pulled him out of the building.

"I don't want to worry about him tonight." She whispered as they got into the limo together.

The ride home was silent but before they got to her house Yuna began to cry. Tidus was alarmed and he quickly began asking, "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"

Yuna began to laugh at the same time. "I never thought that I'd be able to do this because of Mom. I thank you."

Tidus stared at her and then he took her hands in his and kissed her. Yuna was surprised but after a moment she put her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss and she didn't pull away from him until the car stopped in front of her house. "Thanks."

A/N: I don't feel like this chapter is as good as it could have been but I wanted to post a chapter before I left for camp which I do tomorrow morning so I may edit it next week! Please review so that I can come home to find some reviews, so thanks!