CHAPTER 5
THE CONGEALED SECTION AT THE SUPER MARKET.
I suppose you could say that the rest of the week passed without further incidents. Well, in other words, Yuna didn't punch any body for the remaining 2 days of school. Squall had forgiven her easily enough, something that has annoyed the crap out of her. She'd hoped he'd stay mad at her for ever and never speak to her again. But apparently not. Thanks to Rikku. That's right. She's the one who persuaded Wakka to drive Squall to the hospital and skip 1st and 2nd period (which happened to be P.E, Wakka's favourite class) to make sure Squall was all right. When Wakka refused, (it was the only class he was particularly good in besides maths) she glared at him until he agreed. Which didn't take too long, (thankfully, Squall seemed to be in pain. Not that Yuna really cared, but he could still sue her) because the sight of Rikku glaring at you is really un-nerving. So I suppose you could say all was well. Except that Yuna had no idea how to tell Rikku and Lulu (not that she thought Lulu would really be mad at her. Lulu didn't seem like a very sensitive type of person) that she was actually Immortal Soul. Every time she thought about it, she'd quickly find something to do to get her mind off it. Which is how Yuna ended up doing all the homework that had been assigned for Monday, and the following days of the week on Saturday. Seriously. She woke up at 8, grabbed her agenda and her book bag, started up the computer, made herself a cup of tea and got to work. She didn't stop until he had finished everything, and by that time it was 11pm. luckily she'd remembered to tape ER. She didn't even have to change to get into bed; she'd stayed in her PJ's the whole day.
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Yuna woke up on Sunday morning at 11:48. And then nearly fell out of bed of shock. Only? She thought. It feels as if I've slept until at least 2pm. She shrugged mentally to herself and got out of bed stretching, and walked over to the mirror. She had dark circles under her eyes, but she was sure that concealer would help against that. Other than that she had nothing to complain about. Except maybe her hair.
She was due at the concert at 5, even though it started at 9. You know, to practice and get her make up done. Yawning, she stuffed her feet into the faded purple bunny slippers she'd got last year as a joke from Trayana for Christmas, and shuffled into the kitchen. Pouring herself some cereal, she grabbed the paper she'd forgotten to read yesterday, and examined the front page. Something about the Tornadoes. She remembered reading that name a couple days ago. She flipped to the corresponding page, and read the short article. Blitz ball. Of course. She closed the paper again, and poured herself a steaming cup of hot water, and added a tea bag to it. She wasn't hungry, but she had to have enough strength for tonight, so she grabbed an apple and a banana, and settled down on the couch, flipping on the TV to watch yesterday's ER.
Half an hour later she turned off the TV as the credits started rolling. She looked out of the window. It was a brilliant day, and she could just tell that everyone would be hitting the beach today. Not wanting to miss out on the fun, she quickly showered and pulled on a strappy top and a pair of ripped jeans over her turquoise bikini, packed her bag, complete with a beach towel, sun screen, sun glasses and a notebook and pen.
Hopping into her mustang, she consulted her map, found the road most people would probably not take since it was 15 minutes longer, and set off towards the beach.
When she arrived, she saw immediately that she had been right. Everywhere there were toddlers splashing in the water, ladies lying in the sun topless, and fat hairy men in swimming trunks. Not to mention hot guys on surfboards. She positioned herself around the 'hot guy' area, and grabbed her notebook and pen. Immediately she got it. She'd write them a song. Dedicate one to them. She couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it already. It was so easy!
There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some for ever, not for better
And some have gone and some remained.
"Tommy! Tommy come back!"
All these places had their moments,
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living,
In my life I loved them all
"Tommy, where the hell are you going?"
But of all these friends and lovers
Still no one compares with you
"Tom- Lilac! Come back here!"
And these memories loose their meaning,
When I think of love as something new
No I will never lose affection
For people and things that went before.
"Tommy, Lilac, I mean it. Seriously."
I'll often stop and think about them
In my life, I owe you more.
"Come back or no ice creams!"
In my life, I love you more.
"YUNA!"
Yuna turned, startled, and saw Tommy and Lilac racing up to her. Well, as fast as they could race. Tommy was in the lead, but he kept falling and picking himself up again. She laughed as Tommy hurled himself at her.
She hugged him and released him, only to see Lilac running at her. When Lilac had been hugged in turn, and sand had been brushed off Tommy's knees, she asked them what they were doing here.
"We came with Tidus. He wanted to stand on a wave."
Yuna laughed. "You mean surfing?"
Lilac nodded. "We saw him, didn't we Tommy? He was standing on a wave."
"But he must be worried about you. Where is he?"
"Here." The supposed Tidus answered, panting slightly. Yuna screened herself from the sun with her hand and squinted up at him. He was tall, with blond hair, and broad shoulders. He was wearing swimming trunks, and he had a magnificent six pack. "Hi." She said, looking up into his amazing blue eyes. "Hey." He said in reply, and sitting down in the sand opposite her. "I'm Tidus."
She shook his hand. "Yuna."
"So you're Yuna!"
"Uh… yeah." She said, surprised by his sudden outburst. "Tommy and Lilac won't shut - uh… stop talking about you." Tidus said, refraining from swearing in front of Tommy and Lilac. "It's like they worship you or something."
Yuna blushed. "Er… thanks, I guess."
There were silent for a minute, until Tommy decided he wanted to see Tidus stand on a wave again. Tidus looked at Yuna. "You know how to surf?"
"A little." She said. Yeah, she could surf. And well. But she didn't want to sound boasty or anything.
"Come on!" He held out his hand to her, which she grabbed thankfully, and got up. She followed him to a little shop, and she rented a suit there, and a surf board. Yuna bought Tommy and Lilac ice creams, but only on one condition: that they stayed put where they were. They were only too happy to oblige of course. What wouldn't you do for an ice-cream? Especially when your mom is a health addict.
Laughing, - and still holding Tidus' hand, Yuna noticed – she and Tidus ran into the sea, and when they were waist deep, started paddling out.
Tidus caught the first wave, which Yuna purposefully missed. Guys usually like to think they are better than you. Especially when it comes to surfing. But Yuna soon got too caught up in it to care what Tidus thought.
Half an hour later however, she realised that Tommy and Lilac had been alone all this time, and she quickly made her way back to shore. She was instantly greeted with applause from a group of 5 boys, who told he she was the only girl they'd ever seen who could surf so well. They soon joined her, Tommy and Lilac, and Yuna happily started chatting with them. She had had a lot of boy friends back at home (boy friends. Not boyfriends), and she had missed them. Now however, she felt back at home, and it felt great. Until Tidus got back.
Not that he seemed upset that she was talking to a bunch of boys. Lets say that he got back, took off his wet suit, - something extremely distracting by the way, even if you have a group of 5 cute boys staring at you avidly – got changed and told Tommy and Lilac that "they had to go home." Which didn't please them too much. (Tommy and Lilac, not the boys). They clung to Yuna and wouldn't let go of her.
Sighing, she got up and tried to pry Tommy's hands off her leg. "Listen Tommy." She said, crouching down to his eye level. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" But Tommy wouldn't listen.
"Tommy, come on. Yuna wants to stay at the beach, and we have to go home. Don't you want to watch Spongebob?"
Home. Uh oh. Yuna quickly glanced at her watch. It was 3pm. She had 2 hours left to shower, change, and get to the concert place. Not to mention finalise her song.
"Ah! I have to get home! I have only 2 hours to get to the con-" She stopped in mid-sentence, aware that Tidus was listening.
"To the what?"
"Uh… to the… you know… con… congealed section at the supermarket."
Tidus looked at her strangely, and then shrugged. "Okay… we have to catch the bus though."
"Oh. Um… well… need a ride?" She blushed. "Tommy and Lilac are my neighbours." She added quickly.
"Oh. Cool, sure."
Yuna bid the other boys goodbye, and promising to call them some day so they could get together to "hit some waves dude."
They walked in silence to the car, and made sure Tommy and Lilac were well fastened. Tommy was already asleep.
"I love your car." Tidus said enviously. "You'd think I'd have one already…"
"Uh… why?"
"Well, uh… didn't you know who I was when they called me Tidus?"
"Uh… nope sorry, not exactly…"
"Never heard of blitz ball? Tornadoes?"
"Yeah. They were in the paper."
"Well, I play for them."
"Wow… that's cool… what's blitz ball?" she asked, cringing.
The next 30 minutes passed too quickly for Yuna. Tidus taught her the rules of Blitz ball, and discussed how annoying it was to be a celebrity.
When the talking died down, Yuna turned on the radio. To her surprise, her song was on.
"My sister loves this song." Tidus yelled slightly over the music. "Immortal soul isn't it?"
Yuna nodded and started singing along. Tidus stared at her in awe.
"Wow." He said hoarsely when the song had ended. "You sound better than her. You know she's having an opening concert today?"
"Yeah."
"I have to go with my sister… wanna join us?"
"Oh. Um, I'd really like to, except I've already decided to go with a couple people I know… you could come along if you wanted to… except that I will be there but you won't see me because I hate concerts and I'll be hiding."
"In other words… you will be there but not with us."
"Uh… yeah, that's it!" Okay, I feel really stupid now…
"So let me see… you'll be by the stage in the centre?"
"Um… how did you know?"
"Oh, right. The congealed section at the supermarket. Like I was going to believe that. Especially when you started singing."
Yuna blushed. "Promise not to tell anybody?" she pleaded.
Tidus smiled. "Promise."
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