A/N: yay for the next chappy. A another familiar face comes into the story. Hooray for my reviewers!! Whoot!! heh. Love you guys. Hope you like this chappy.
.:How Can I Not Love You?:.
Practice went smoothly but Yuna's mind wasn't in the garage that they called their 'srudio'. The whole time she was playing and singing, her thoughts were lingering on Tidus which annoyed her because he had still not apologized nearly running her over.
Still, even though he hadn't said he was sorry, that still didn't really give her the right to be rude did it? And now Rikku had told him to come to the show tonight and he would no doubt find her afterwards and want to talk. Should she be rude and just ignore him? Or should she just come right out and ask why he hadn't said he was sorry.
"Yuuuunie.... Helloooo? Anyone home??" Rikku gave Yuna a gentle knock on the head and waved her hand in front of her face.
"I think someone is a little distracted this afternoon..." Paine said with an almost smirk.
"Huh? Wha..." Yuna blinked and realized she hadn't really been paying any attention.
"I said that we should give it a rest for the arvo and go get some food." Rikku repeated. "But maybe we should leave Yunie here to finish her thoughts about Tidus." Rikku winked at Paine.
"Hey, I was not think...." Yuna started to defend herself but went bright red. "Alright I was, but not in the way you're thinking Rikku!" She added quickly at the end when she saw Rikku's face light up. "I just don't know what I should say to him tonight." She said as she put her guitar back in it's case. "I don't know if I should be rude and just ignore him, or if I should ask him why he hasn't said sorry, or be nice to him because I haven't had a guy in my live for over a year now. Well apart from Seymour, but that doesn't count."
"I think you thinking too much about this, Yuna. Why not just forget about it until you see him tonight and then you will know what to say. And even if you don't know what to say, I'm sure he'll think of something." Paine decided it was time for a sensible answer as opposed to the one Rikku would have given.
"You're right." Yuna said with determination. "Now where are we going to eat?"
The girls decided on the fish and chip shop on the corner. Well really RIkku and Yuna chose it and Paine just rolled her eyes. When they got there, Yuna and Rikku walked in first.
"Hi Baralai!" they both chimed as they took a seat in at one of the small tables.
"Oh, good afternoon ladies." The silver hared man behind the counter turned around to face them.
"Hi Paine." H added when he saw her come in.
"Hi Baralai." She said as she sat with Rikku and Yuna. If Yuna wasn't mistaken she could have sworn she saw Paine blush but decided it was in everyone's interests not to say anything. She also noticed that Baralai hadn't taken his eyes of Paine since she came in.
"So," Baralai started dragging Yuna from her thoughts, "the usual?"
"You betcha!" Rikku added.
"Coming right up." Baralai turned around and began cooking.
When he brought the food over, Baralai grabbed a seat from another table and sat with them.
"I don't know why you guys eat here. No body else does." He looked around the small shop at the lack of people. In fact for the 20 minutes they had all been there not a single person had come in and the hadn't rung. "Not that I'm complaining. You ladies are great boredom relief." He smiled and Yuna could tell that that smile had turned Paine's insides to jelly. Yuna smiled at this. The two would make such a great couple, but Paine's stubbornness had halted any chances in their tracks.
As they ate, they chatted about things and time went by quickly. When they had finished, the girls stood up to leave and then Yuna remembered the fact that Tidus would be at the show tonight and a nasty thought entered her head.
"Hey Baralai, we're playing at the Celcius tonight, you should come watch!" Yuna piped up happily. With a side-wards glance at Paine, she saw the death stare she was giving. Paine was going to be so angry...
"Hey cool, what time?' Baralai asked as he made his way back behind the counter.
"We're on at 7!" Rikku caught on to what Yuna was doing and answered.
"Great. I finish here at 6, so I'll be there!" Baralai said excitedly and looked at Paine.
Paine rolled her eyes and walked out.
"She sooo likes you dude!" Rikku added and winked at Baralai.
"Do you think?" He asked honestly.
"Without a doubt." Yuna added as a smile spread across Baralai's features. "You just need to give her time to figure it out." Baralai nodded.
"Well I'll see you guys tonight!" He said as Rikku and Yuna walked out.
"See ya!" They girls said in unison.
When they we out of the shop, they both saw Paine standing on the other side of the street looking ready to kill.
"Maybe we should stay on this side of the street..." Rikku whispered to Yuna. Yuna laughed and crossed the small suburban street to face the impending doom.
"That was not cool, Yuna. Minus 20 respect points." Paine said as she waited for Rikku to get there and then started the short walk home.
"Well, I didn't want to be the only one feeling uncomfortable tonight!" Yuna half whined.
"Fair enough, but that wasn't my fault." Paine retaliated.
"I know, I'm sorry." Yuna hung her head low. Paine was always good at making her feel guilty.
"Don't be." Paine answered, which drew confused looks from both Rikku and Yuna. "truth is I've been wanting to talk to him for a while now."
"Oooo, Paine and Baralai, sitting in a tree...K-I-S-S-I-..." Rikku stopped suddenly as Paine finger was in her face.
"Finish that and I'll finish you." Paine said simply and turned around. "I just want to know more about him. I mean, we have been living down the street for how long now? 3 years? We are at his work almost 3 times a week, and yet we still don't know anything about him. I wanna know a few things before I go jumping down his pants. Plus I don't want to get involved with a guy who is going to spend the rest of his life working at a fish and chip shop!" She laughed a little and this made Rikku and Yuna laugh too.
"Well, I spose you're right." Yuna said, opening the front door of their house. "We should start getting ready for tonight. Gotta pack up all the gear. And now Paine has to get all dolled up... She winked at Paine and she just rolled her eyes.
"Oo, and so do you Yunie!" Rikku punched Yuna lightly on the arm.
"Don't be silly Rikku. Although..." Yuna went into thought for a second. "It would be a good idea to make him see what he's missing out on..." She said with a sly smirk.
"Yuna, that's not like you." Paine said with a smirk.
"I know. Maybe you are finally starting to rub off on me. I know exactly the outfit!"
"Oh god..." Paine replied as she recalled the outfit Yuna was thinking about. "Yuna, against popular belief, you are a bad girl..." Paine added But Yuna was already up the stairs to her room.
After they had got all the gear packed up Yuna went up to her room to change. Pulling on the tiny pair of denim shorts and fastening the belt over her hips, she then tied on the long blue accessory she had bought the other day. With out this long half skirt, she would feel naked in these shorts.
She then slipped the holter-neck singlet over her head. The plunging neckline of the shirt was kept together only by a metal copy of a symbol from the cover of her favorite book. She had made this herself after realizing the shirt was a little to revealing.
Yuna then put on her yellow armbands and laced them up, followed by the pink hood she had taken off her favourite sweater when it had got a hole in it. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled.
"Now all I need are some shoes." She looked around her room and spied the perfect pair. Her knee high black boots would go perfectly. She put them on and sat on her bed to lace them up.
"Come on Yuna, we gotta go!" Paine yelled from downstairs.
"Coming!" Yuna replied. She grabbed her favorite black wrist wrap and her bad, and ran down the stairs.
Both Rikku and Paine gaped in disbelief when they saw Yuna.
"Um Yuna..." Paine started but didn't know how to finish.
"Woo hoo, you go baby!!" Rikku squealed.
Yuna smiled and put her hands on her hips. "Look out Tidus, here I come.!"
A/N: Next time: The Show. YAY!! Please review again guys and let me know what you think.