Chapter 15 (A day at the Beach)
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Cagalli is feeling sad again after the meeting with Rey. She's bothered by all the pressure again. Even though she's understood a lot, she's still stressed out by the loads of dilemmas. Stellar just sat on the bed, leaving her alone and studying for a science test they're going to have for next week. After a while of unpleasant thinking, Cagalli settled down to study for the test. Cagalli has always been good at science even though it's quite hard. She grabbed the textbook and turned to the page that they're supposed to study for. However, she found herself not concentrating on the page. Her mind is filled with different thoughts on different things. She robbed her head gently and forced herself to focus on the book.
Stellar got up from her desk and went to Cagalli. She placed her hand on Cagalli's shoulder, gently comforting her. "Cagalli, just forget everything for tonight. Let's just see how things turn out in the future." Stellar said.
Cagalli raised her head. She simply smiled at Stellar, and turned her head back to the book. Stellar sighed and dropped into a deep thought, minutes later her eyes shined and a smile appeared on her face. "Hey Cagalli, how about we all go to the beach to relax for one day." She said.
"Hmm." Cagalli's head rose again and she stared at Stellar in confusion. "What do you mean?" She asked.
"I mean we all go and relax for one day, you can enjoy yourself and forget about everything for once." Stellar said.
"But we have a test next week." Cagalli said.
"It's okay. It's just a small quiz, not a huge exam. Besides, we already understand everything." Cagalli thought for a minute; then cheerfully agreed to the day at the beach.
The plan spread out quickly, Cagalli and Stellar told the plan to all their friends and everyone agreed on it. Cagalli stepped out of room 5 which Rusty and Dacosta shared and found her self right next to room 6. She knew very well who is in that room. It's her new friend Rey and his roommate.
Somehow, Cagalli felt close to Rey, though she still has her eye on Athrun, she also feels weird around Rey. Despite her many attempts, Athrun had not shown any real interest in developing their friendship into something more permanent. Out of everything that's happened, Cagalli is beginning to give up on Athrun, if Athrun has no interest in her. Then perhaps it's time to stop wasting time and find some other guys that she belong with. Out of all guys, Athrun obviously is her first choice, but since things have changed, she feels like she belongs more with Rey now.
"Perhaps I should invite Rey to the beach. So we can spend more time together." Cagalli thought. The last time she was with Rey, she felt happy and comfortable. She moved towards the door, for a moment, Cagalli hesitated and her footstep faltered. "What if Athrun does like me, would I be foolish enough to give him up?" The thoughts questioned her. Suddenly, a cold sinister voice spoke in her mind, "What if he doesn't like me, can I honestly deal with that. He's way too good for me; I'm not even at his level. He probably likes popular and pretty girls." The thoughts grow too much for Cagalli to handle. She shook her head roughly and knocked on the door. "Who cares if Athrun likes me or not, I'm just inviting a friend." She convinced herself.
Moments later, the door slid open and an orange hair young man came into the vision. Cagalli recognized the boy; he's the star at school, the big man on campus, and the boy in every girls dreams. Of course not Cagalli's or many other girls'.
"Hey. You're Cagalli, right?" Heine asked.
"Yah." Cagalli answered, "Is Rey in?" She added.
"Yap, hold on a sec." Heine said. Then he yelled for Rey to come.
Moments later Rey appeared at the doorway, he seems surprised and happy at Cagalli's arrival. Rey quickly pushed Heine aside and let Cagalli into the room.
"Hi Cagalli. What brings you here?" Rey asked.
"I came to invite you to the beach with my friends and me on Saturday. Would you like to come?" Cagalli asked.
"Sure. I'd love to." Rey answered.
"Can I come too!" Heine asked eagerly.
"Of course, you're both welcome to come." Cagalli answered.
"You'll have to forgive him for his behavior, he never learned proper manners." Rey said to Cagalli.
"Hey!" Heine snarled. "I did learn manners!" He argued. He walked away angrily then suddenly turned back, as in forgotten something.
"I never introduced myself. I'm Heine Westenfluss. I'm Rey's best friend, nice to meet you." Heine said. He extended a hand which Cagalli shook. "I'm Cagalli Yula Athha." Cagalli replied.
"I know; Rey always talks about you." Heine said which made Rey blush. Rey punched him gently and told him to go away. Heine grunted and left the room.
"I should probably go too." Cagalli said as she stood up.
"Wait, couldn't you just stay here for a while longer?" Rey pursued, grabbing Cagalli's wrist by accident. Cagalli blushed madly and Rey let go in an insist.
"Sorry." Rey mumbled quietly.
"I should be getting back, Stellar is waiting for me." Cagalli left without another word, or any chance for Rey to say anything.
On the way back, Cagalli questioned herself. "What's wrong with me? I should be open with Rey, didn't I decide that I was going to start liking Rey. Why didn't I say there longer?" "Whatever, I'll have another chance with him at the beach."
Cagalli and Stellar's roomCagalli stepped into the room feeling completely relaxed. It's nice to finally relax after a long day of spreading information. Stellar was already there, studying again.
"So, did you tell everyone?" Stellar asked.
"Yah, I told everyone." Cagalli answered happily.
"Did you … tell Mia?" Stellar asked hesitantly.
Cagalli raised an eyebrow, she completely forgot about Mia. Not that it's a bad thing. But she was having a nice day without any problems, now that Stellar has brought it up, she has to face it.
"No, I didn't tell her. I didn't even see her for the past few days." Cagalli answered.
"I see, don't worry, she's probably just having some business to do." Stellar comforted.
"Okay." Cagalli answered, and settled down to rest.
Beach dayEveryone packed their swimsuits and regular cloth as they headed for the beach in each of their own cars, one after another. When Athrun saw Rey and Heine, he's eyebrow rose.
"What are they doing here?" Athrun asked Kira.
"Cagalli invited them." Kira answered happily. "I hear they're pretty nice guys."
"Oh." Athrun replied. Confused by why Cagalli is inviting someone they don't know.
By the time they reached beach, the beach is covered with people. They walked through the people and found a clear spot where no one is near. Everyone settled down and started changing. After the changing was done, everyone started doing their own things, some played in the water, some just talked and some other filmed each other.
Heine and Rey went in the water. They began splashing each other madly like they were moral enemies. After a while, Rey got the advantage, he splashed madly and Heine suddenly lost his balance. He fell down, and landed on his back. Normally, his back would connect with the stones and rocks at the bottom, strangely, it didn't hurt. He didn't really feel anything except for a soft bare skinned leg underneath him. "Ow!" He heard a faint whisper from behind him. Heine quickly balanced himself and turned around to see a reddish pink-haired girl that went by the name of Meyrin.
"Ouch, watch where you fall!" Meyrin yelled at Heine, suddenly stunned by his good looks.
"Shush girl. Calm down." Heine said.
"You landed on my leg, you could at least apologize." Meyrin snarled.
"Okay, I apologize for landing on your leg, okay. It was an accident. No need to get all flustered." Heine said.
"Excuse me, rude boy. I'm outta here." Meyrin said as she began swimming back to the land, but Heine followed her. Leaving Rey there confusingly stares at him.
"Why are you following me?" Meyrin asked.
"I'm just interested in you, nothing else. Do you mind taking a stroll with me on the beach?" Heine asked.
"Wha-!" Meyrin was stunned by Heine's straight forwardness.
"Um, yeah sure." Meyrin answered.
As Meyrin and Heine walked past Luna and Miraillia, Luna caught up with them. She demanded to know why is Meyrin with Heine. Meyrin quickly explained the whole thing and Luna dragged her aside to talk.
"So you mean he's interested in you." Luna said.
"Well, I don't know, he said that." Meyrin answered.
"Are you interested in him then?" Luna asked.
"I don't know. He's kind of good. Besides, he's one of the most popular guys at school. Imagine how cool it will be if I have a relationship with Heine." Meyrin said dreamily.
"You fool, if he's so popular then a bunch of girls is gonna want him. You're gonna have so many competitions. He's just a player." Luna warned.
"Oh well, I didn't say I like him that much, okay." Meyrin said. "I like someone else better than him."
"I know, is it Auel?" Luna asked.
"Just drop it, Luna. You're too protective." Meyrin said.
"I'm not protective; I'm just trying to help you." Luna argued.
"That is protective. I may be your little sister, but I'm not a baby. You can't tell me what to do." Meyrin said.
"Fine then." Luna said angrily. "Don't come running to me when he dumps you." She turned and took off. Meyrin grunted and went with Heine.
Luna angrily walked through the beach. "I'm too protective, yeah right. I'm never helping you again!" She thought. In her angriness, she missed see a silver-haired person coming towards her. They bumped accidentally because neither of them was looking front.
"Watch where you going!" Luna yelled. She expressed all the anger she held inside on this poor person.
"Shut up!" The person yelled.
Luna stops rubbing her head as she heard the familiar angry voice. She straightened her vision and the silver haired guy came into vision. "Oh great, not him again!" She thought.
"You're as rude as usual, Yzak Joule."
"You're no better than me." Yzak yelled.
"Why are you always in my way!" Luna yelled.
"How should I know, you think I like always seeing your ugly face?"
"Why are you even born?" Luna asked.
"If I knew you were gonna come into my life. I would have wished not to be born!" Yzak yelled.
"You idiot plus monster!" Luna yelled.
"You UGLY!" Yzak yelled.
Finally Dearka came and broke up the fight. "Chill out, people. We're supposed to have a nice day. Not coming here and tries to kill each other." Dearka said.
"Butt out Dearka. This is between me and Hawke!" Yzak said while pushing Dearka away.
"Come on people, stop this madness." Dearka insisted.
"Fine." Luna said. "Don't think you're off the hook Joule, I'm only stopping because of Dearka!" Luna said and took off.
"Why you'd do that Dearka? I was about to let her have it!" Yzak asked.
"C'mon man, don't you think this is getting old, you two always fighting."
"I just don't like her!"
"Whatever, lets go in the water." Dearka said.
Other side of the beachSting and Auel are playing and swimming in the water. They splashed each other and started kicking and punching. Suddenly, Auel froze, eyes staring at the opposite direction of Sting. Sting noticed, and then followed Auel's vision to see Meyrin and Heine together. Sting chuckled slightly and slapped Auel on the back. Auel turned to him with an angry and annoyed face.
"What did you do that for?" Auel asked.
"You're jealous, aren't you?" Sting teased.
"No, what makes you think that?" Auel answered nervously.
"C'mon, everyone knows you have your eye on Meyrin. You don't have to deny it." Sting said.
Auel paused; gazing absently into space, his mind miles away, preoccupied as it was with the new dilemma that has appeared in his life. Auel's eyes slid out of focus, and he shivered, not noticing that Meyrin is watching at his direction.
The sound of his name being called by Sting alerted him of the imminent disaster his day was turning into. He cursed and shook his head lightly, forcing the thoughts into the darkened recesses of his mind. What the hack was the matter with him? Auel never cared about any girl before. It had almost been a year since he broke up with he's last girlfriend. Auel liked her so much, he could never forget her, since they broke up, Auel has made one promise to himself. "I don't like any other girl." He thought. Yeah right, so much for his idiotic promise, and now he has feelings for Meyrin. This helped him a little to forget his last girlfriend.
"Cheer up man. Meyrin is just playing with Heine. She doesn't like him." Sting comforted.
"I know that! I don't want your pity." Auel replied.
"From what I'm seeing, you're still in love with you ex-girlfriend." Sting said.
"Yeah, so what!" Auel snarled.
"Just forget about her, it's been a year, hasn't it been enough time for you to get over it. Besides, she's not even at this school anymore. You're never gonna see her again. So start dating other people." Sting said.
"I'm trying! I want to forget her, but I can't. She's so pretty and nice. I liked her so much."
"You have to face it Auel. It's over, start dating meyrin; she'll help you forget her."
"Fine, I'll ask Meyrin out."
"Great, wish you luck."
Auel swallowed hard and went to Meyrin, before he reached her, his shyness kicked in. He quickly returned to Sting and said "Maybe tomorrow."
Another part of the beachAthrun and Cagalli are playing in the water, swimming and splashing while Kira and Lacus filmed them. Lacus laughed a lot because of Cagalli's violent and dumb behavior while Athrun is trying madly to catch Cagalli as she swims. Kira is being amazed by Cagalli's ability to swim so fast.
"Tori!"
Kira turned at the familiar sound as his beloved mechanical bird swooped out of his bag. It's green and yellow skin gleaming brightly as it passed through a shaft of morning sunlight that filtered through his eyes. Tori had been his constant companion since he was thirteen. The mechanical bird served as a bond of sorts between Kira and Athrun. Tori, in its own magical way had been instrumental in bringing the two of them together. Athrun had made him this beautiful bird on his 13th birthday. Kira was amazed at how much skills of mechanical engineering his best friend has. He took care Tori and treated him like a real friend.
"Hey, this is so cute." Lacus said, suddenly came to his side.
"Oh, yeah."
"Where did you get it?"
"I didn't buy it, Athrun made it for me."
"How nice. It must take a lot of work."
"I guess so." Kira said.
"Athrun is so sweet sometimes; I wish he would tell his true feelings to Cagalli."
"Yeah, me too." Kira smiled, and kissed Lacus deeply.
Finally, another chapter done. My life was so bad this last week, i hate it. Well, I've managed to write another chapter. The next chapter will come soon. Don't forget to review, thanks.