Hello again. I'm back from the depths of hell to bring you another chapter. It's probably not going to be that good since I'm not in too great a mood. All I really need right now is a good cry and I'll be all right. Anyway, here is chapter five. I'll thank all my reviewers and select my beta reader at the end of the chapter…damn I'm being formal.
Anyway.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything here except the plot. I will take this game off of Square's hands, though.
Big thing here, in the last chapter, I spelled Chicama wrong. Please disregard that.
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Last time:
"Who is 'they'?" He questioned, and saw her visibly stiffen.
"Can we just…not talk about this right now." Vincent took the hint, and dropped the subject immediately.
"So then-" Yuffie started.
"Yeah…" Vincent finished.
Well this was sure going to be eventful.
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"Who is 'they'?" He questioned, and saw her visibly stiffen.
"Can we just…not talk about this right now." Vincent took the hint, and dropped the subject immediately.
"So then-" Yuffie started.
"Yeah…" Vincent finished.
Well this was sure going to be eventful.
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Vincent idly watched the contents of his glass of Sprite hiss. After the 'they' comment, there had seemed to be a colder aura over Yuffie; something that seemed unusual for such a bright girl like her. Just as he was about to open his mouth to start the conversation up once again, the waitress bounced over to the table. Literally. Yuffie suddenly found that she didn't like the waitress, but decided to be civil anyway so that she wouldn't get spit in her food.
"Hello! Welcome to Chicama! I'll be your waitress Samantha*. May I take your orders?" Vincent, being the perfect gentlemen that he is, held out his hand as a gesture for Yuffie to go first. (I'm going to be making the menu up since I can't remember what is for the life of me. It's been a damn long time since I've been there.)
"Um…I'll have the Chili Fried Shrimp for an appetizer, and then I'll have the Sautéed Duck for a main course. Thank you." Yuffie closed her menu and handed it to the waitress, who plucked it out of her hands quite rudely. Yuffie scowled at her, but let it pass…for now. The waitress then turned to Vincent, whom she treated with much more respect even though he seemed to come from the same 'pack' as her. Well at least we now know that the waitress has nothing against alternatives.
"And what will you have, sir?" She asked in the most candy-sweet voice she could muster. Vincent just rolled his eyes and ordered a salad and some chicken. The waitress made sure she lingered in taking his menu away, and leaned over fully so he could get a full view of her cleavage. He looked at her blankly.
"I'm a doctor. I can see that any time I want without having someone shoving it in my face like that."* Samantha's (I couldn't write 'the waitress' again) face turned bright red as she quickly turned on her heel and left the table. Yuffie stared at Vincent in disbelief.
"I can't believe that you said that to her. She'll probably equally distribute spit amongst your food now." Vincent shrugged.
"There are billions of germs in human saliva. If she does that and I somehow get sick from it, I can sue her and this establishment for more money than I make a year, and I'm a doctor." Yuffie nodded in understanding. That was very true. Vincent continued his speech, though.
"And if she spits in your food, and you get sick, I can be the doctor that vouches for you." He smiled and Yuffie felt herself going red. Was this guy hot or what? (All you Vincent fan girls know what I'm talking about when you see him smile in a pic or doujinshi) Just as Vincent was about to say something incredibly charming that only Vincent could think up (Hence the reason I'm not writing it), the waitress came back, a scowl on her face,
"One order of Chili Fried Shrimp and one Caesar Salad." After placing down the orders, she walked off before anyone could say anything.
"Well…that was interesting…" Yuffie trailed off.
"Quite." Vincent responded slowly, starting to work on his salad as Yuffie picked up her fork and knife. They were silent for a moment until Yuffie finally had to make a point about her meal.
"This is really bloody gross. There's friggin' heads on this shrimp and that's not cool." She averted her eyes to Vincent's safe looking salad as he looked up and grinned at her.
"Would you like me to amputate them?" He asked, such innocence in his voice. Yuffie looked at his as you would look at an older brother who was being incredibly stupid.
"If you mean remove the heads, then sure." She handed him her plate over the table and he moved his over so that it would fit, and began ampu---err…cutting the heads off. Yuffie watched in mild amusement as he carefully measured out where he should cut, and cut it off slowly, as if performing a real operation. She had to laugh lightly at that.
"This isn't a heart transplant, yanno. You can just hack it off if you want to. As long as I don't have to see shrimp heads, I'm fine." Just as she said that, Vincent 'amputated' the last head, and wrapped them all in a napkin to leave for the waitress. He passed her, her plate back and moved his own salad back to his spot, only to see a chunk of his salad gone. He looked up as Yuffie grinned and wiped away a bit of Caesar dressing. Not to be outdone, Vincent grabbed a shrimp from her plate and stuck it in his mouth whole, chewing triumphantly.
"All is fair in food and war," he said, grabbing a few pieces of lettuce on his fork.
"If so," Yuffie countered, "then that chicken you ordered sounded mighty tasty. If all is fair, I might just grab myself of piece of it." She grinned as she saw his flustered look as he had his own remark thrown back at him. Dr. Valentine never let himself get caught in a situation, so he chose a new topic that might tip it in his favor.
"Has anyone ever told you that you could become a lawyer? You can certainly argue and use facts like one." He said, watching as she blushed heavily. Tifa was really the only one that ever sat there and pointed out all her good points.
"Yeah…Tifa did once. That was when we were arguing over the best kind of household pet. She said dogs, I said cats, and I ended up winning by some divine power. It was quite fun, though…." She trailed off as if remembering it and Vincent respected her state of mind, and began finishing his salad.
Yuffie was mixing the excess sauce in her plate when she suddenly looked up at Vincent, a strange glint in her eye.
"This has been really wonderful. I just want to really thank you for all of this…"Once again, she trailed off, staring intently at Vincent. A light blush stained Vincent's cheeks but he didn't dare break eye contact.
"I feel the same way. I really-" He was cut off as the waitress stormed over to the table.
"Your sautéed duck, your chicken. Have a nice meal." She said this in a snooty voice and you could tell she didn't mean it. But the mood had been ruined and there was nothing left to say. The rest of the meal was eaten in relative silence.
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I was stalling for the LONGEST time in getting this chapter out. So now, I knew that I had to get it out before FF.NET had its little management thinga mabobber. So now, I finally have this chapter out, and I'll probably gone all day tomorrow, so it's best I have it out tonight.
First things first, let me thank all my reviewers!
Prochoice: --------
Kapen Youth: I don't watch TV anymore, but Celebrity Deathmatch was a great show. Too bad. Your welcome for the mention, and while I'm at it, here's another!
Ruri-Sugar: Thanks! I don't know how I got it…but yeah…it just kinda bit me. Thanks for reviewing!
KitsuneDewAddict: Keep writing? That I shall. The beta will be announced at the bottom.
Alx 91: *throws you a rope* Falling off cliffs isn't fun. I kinda sorta did that once. I always take advice to heart. It's just…one of those things I do. Sure, your friend can use my idea. That'd be kinda cool, as long as it isn't copied off of anything. But, if your friend does make it, I want to be able to read it! I'm glad I'm getting faithful reviewers. I pretty much lost off of them on 'The Game Queen And Then Some: Sequel', so this makes me especially happy! And as for getting more reviews: I believe I get what I deserve, and all of the ones I'm getting are more than enough for me!
Chaos Child: Mmm…two in the morning. That's always a good time to write reviews. I always have spelling errors and stuff though, so that's not cool.
And now, the moment of truth, I have decided my beta readers. I found two who I'd seen use very good writing and grammar in their reviews and stories, so they were the ones that I picked. I am just asking them at 12:16 at night if they still will, and if they can't, there are others whom I could definitely use help from.
Here they are:
To beta the first five chapters I've put up: Jinx
To beta the next chapters after this: KitsuneDewAddict (If you see this before I get to e-mail you, since I can't tonight, FF.NET was doing that "Not responding" crap, so I couldn't get your e-mail addy ^^;;)
For the ones out there that didn't get picked (yet...they might decline), I humbly dedicate this chapter to you *bows*. I thank you all for being so nice as to volunteer for this. It's a great help to me, and it gives me the incentive to write more, as I know people are reading this.
THANK YOU ALL FOR READING! I WILL HAVE THE NEXT CHAPTER OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!