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Chapter 6- Hanging Out
-Kairi's POV-
"Happy Birthday Kai." Sora said kissing my cheek. 'Okay so it wasn't what I really was expecting, but I'll take it.' I though to myself. I smiled at Sora. He looked so hott in his outfit. He had a dark grayish dress shirt on and dark blue baggy pants on. (A/N: remember how I said things happened after I wrote this story, well that night, me and Brooke, aka Namine, saw our crushes the night I wrote this part well my crush was wearing what I just wrote above and mine and Nam's crush both sang on stage. It rocked! Lol.) I looked around the room. My parents, Sora, Namine, Cloud, Cid, Riku, Wakka, Kelly, Selphie, Tidus, Lily, Leon, Aerith, Kyle, Yuffie and a few other people from school were here. This was defiantly the best birthday ever. At eleven, we all left. Nam and me stopped by my house and got my things before going back to her house.
A couple months had passed and it was almost Christmas. The weather was in the mid 60's. I went outside to the beach by my house. It was cloudy outside. There was no one on the beach when I got there.
It seemed to have gotten colder. I zipped my sweater up and stuck my hands in my pockets. The water looked so gloomy because of the cloudy sky. I laid back on the sand and closed my eyes, just listening to the waves crashing to the shore. Out of no where I felt a rain drop on my nose. I opened one eye before getting splattered with tons of rain drops. Sitting up, I looked at my watch. It was only eleven.
The rain was starting to come down a lot faster. I got up and walked down the water filled streets. I didn't bother putting up my hood. Instead, I let my hair get soaking wet. I loved the rain so it didn't bother me any. I only saw a couple people out, except they all had umbrellas. My hair was dripping with water now. My bangs were plastered to my forehead. I felt a hand on my shoulder. I jumped and spun around.
-Sora's POV-
"Woah, calm down." I laughed at Kairi's jumpiness.
"Where did you come from?" She said holding her hand to her chest, trying to keep her heart from leaping out of it. I laughed again.
"Well, when two people are in love-." I started before she slapped my arm.
"You know what I mean." She replied.
"I know. Just went for a walk that's all. I was actually going to get something to eat at Charlie's." I said. She looked at me. I looked back at her through my hair that was plastered to my head. She moved some of the strands. She sighed with a small smile on her face. I smiled at her. "Would you like to join me?" I asked bowing and holding out my hand as if we went through a time travel back to the early 1920's.
"I'd love to." She said pretending to have a skirt on and curtsying and taking my hand. Us acting like complete morons reminded me of how we were when we were little kids. We walked down the wet streets to Charlie's. We sat down in a booth.
"Let me guess, a plain cheeseburger with fries." I said. She smiled my cheesy smile. I tried to rustle up her hair from across the table but since it was too wet, it didn't do much. Kairi laughed. Bonny came up to our table.
"Aw, are you guys together again?" Bonny asked. I looked at Kairi and she looked back at me. Then we looked at Bonny. Kairi said something that sounded like 'I wish.' under her breath but I wasn't sure I heard her right or not. Bonny and I looked at her. "What?"
"No, we're not." She said quickly.
"Aw, that sucks. You two were perfect for each other." She said. "So anyways what would you like?"
"Two cheeseburgers with fries." I told her. Bonny wrote it down.
"Make it plain please." Kairi said.
"Both?" She asked. We nodded. "Okay, drinks?"
"Pepsi's." I said.
"Okay, be back." Bonny said leaving. Right after, she came back with our drinks. We sat there listening to the music playing in silence. It felt awkward since I just wished everything was back to normal. 'We're not just friends Kai...'I thought to myself. Someone turned up the radio when a certain song came on. Kairi looked down at the table and sang lightly to the song. (A/N: I love this song!)
I hear you're taking the town again
Havin' a good time with all your good-time friends
I don't think that you think of me
You're on your own now, and I'm alone and free
I know that I should get on with my life
But a life lived without you could never be right
As long as the stars shine down from the heavens,
Long as the rivers run to the sea,
I'll never get over you getting over me
I try to smile so the hurt won't show
Tell everybody I was glad to see you go
But the tears just won't go away (won't go away)
Loneliness found me, looks like it's here to stay
I know that I oughta find someone new
But all I find is myself always thinking of you
As long as the stars shine down from the heavens,
Long as the rivers run to the sea,
I'll never get over you getting over me
Oh, no matter what I do,
Each night's a lifetime to live through
I can't go on like this
I need your touch
You're the only one I've ever loved
Oh oh ah
And as long as the stars shine down from the heavens,
Long as the rivers run to the sea,
I'll never get over you getting over me
(I'll never get over you getting over)
Never get over you getting over
I'll never get over you getting over me
I looked at Kairi. She was so beautiful while she sang. She didn't bother looking up at me but continued to remain silent and stare blankly at the table. Bonny returned with our food.
"Thanks Bonny." I said.
"No problem." Bonny said leaving. We ate up our food. Bonny came back with a Chocolate Swirl, which is a chocolate shake with hot fudge mixed in. "Here, manager special. Sorry only one per table. On the house by the way." She said after our meal, setting the drink in between us and winking at us. There were two straws.
"Right on." I said taking a drink. "Mmm, this is good." I pointed to Kairi's straw. She took a drink.
"Num." She smiled. It was really good. After the dessert, we paid and walked outside. It was still pouring.
"Come over." I said out of no where. Kairi looked at me confused.
"Alright." She said. I pulled her by the hand.
"Come on." I said motioning for her to get on my back. She hopped on and I ran as fast as I could to my house. I put her down when we got to the doorstep. I opened the front door.
-Kairi's POV-
"Oh my gosh, Kairi! I haven't seen you in a while. How have you been dear?" Mrs. Landon said hugging me.
"Good." I replied.
"Sora, go put on some dry clothes before you catch a cold." Mrs. Landon said noticing we were soaking wet. "Kairi, you can pick an outfit out of Dakota's room."
"Thanks." I replied walking to Dakota's room. I figured she was in Paradise Cove with Sora's grandparents still. When I changed, I went to Sora's room. He was watching TV on his bed. I sat next to him when I noticed something that surprised me. On the opposite wall, a picture of me and Sora from when we were 7 in the ocean was hung next to the picture of us that was taken last year.
"I thought you said you didn't have a picture of me." I said looking at him, referring to why we even took the picture last year.
"A recent one is what I meant." He replied. "I love those pictures." I looked back at the photographs.
"We were so cute." I said. Sora looked at me.
"What do you mean were? We still are." Sora said batting his eyelashes. I laughed.
"Dork." I said playfully hitting him.
"Let's watch a movie." He said getting up. "War of the Worlds?"
"I love that movie!" I exclaimed. He walked out of his room and came back with the movie. He put it in his playstation and started it. He sat on the floor against his bed while I laid on my stomach on his bed. After the movie, we watched TV for a couple of hours. At 6, Mr. Landon came in.
"Kairi, would you like to eat dinner with us?" He asked.
"Sure." I replied. Half an hour after he came in, we were called to dinner. I hopped off the bed. Sora still sat against his bed. He looked at me as I walked towards the door to open it.
"Kairi!" Sora said in a whiny voice. I turned to face him. His arms were held up. He had a pouty face on. "Help me up."
"You're such a pain you know that." I said taking his hands and pulling him up off of the ground. He smiled his cheesy smile. I pulled him forward and then walked behind him. I put both hands on his back and pushed him forward. He opened the door and I pushed him until we got down the stairs. "Mmm, this chicken smells good."
"Thank you dear." Mrs. Landon said with a motherly smile. I looked at the table. Mr. and Mrs. Landon were across from each other at the table. Then there were three other plates.
"Here Kai." Sora said pulling a chair out for me.
"Why thank you." I sat down. He sat next to me. I was still curious about the empty seat. The door bell rang.
"I'll get it." Sora said getting up. He disappeared into the main room. Seconds later, he came in with the guest. My eyes widened at the sight of her.
"Hello Lily, how are you?" Mrs. Landon said as Lily sat across from Sora.
"I'm good. Thank you for having me over for dinner." She said in her sweet voice.
"Anytime." Mr. Landon said. Wow, talk about awkward for me. Lily was beautiful and smart. It looked to me like the Landons loved Lily.
"Hey Kairi, how are you?" Lily interrupted my thoughts. I noticed all eyes on me.
"I'm good." I said.
"Can we eat?" Sora asked. Lily laughed. I gave a fake smile. We began eating in silence. The food was delicious. After supper, we had a chocolate cake.
"The food was great." I said finishing my slice of cake.
"You're such a sweetie." Mrs. Landon said. "You're missing out on something Sora." She said winking at me. I blushed.
"Well, I better go." I said standing up. Everyone else did as well.
"Same here." Lily said. Sora looked at me.
"I'll walk you home." He said.
"No you wont." Mrs. Landon said. We were all taken aback. "Kairi, Sora and I will drive you to your house. We'll drop you off Lily before we got to Kairi's."
"I'll take care of things here." Mr. Landon said. It wasn't raining anymore. The four of us got into Mrs. Landon's car. Lily sat up front with Mrs. Landon. Sora and I sat in the back. We pulled out of the driveway. We headed down the dark streets.
Sora was looking out his window. I looked down in the middle seat separating us. I noticed his hand was there. I bit my bottom lip in the thought of I should place my hand on his. 'Would it be right to do since we're only friends?' This was just pure torture for me. Just being friends wasn't enough, Sora was the love of my life in my eyes. Why was he doing this? 'I was able to take mine and Sora's relationship as just friends when we were little, why can't I know? Is it because I had him once and I can't have him now?' I thought to myself. The car slowed down and came to a complete stop. Lily opened the door. I took my chances and lifted my hand up.
"Night Lily." Mrs. Landon said.
"Bye!" She said. Sora suddenly opened his door and moved his hand right as I put mine down where his hand laid just a second ago.
"I'll walk you to the door." Sora said getting out of the car. Both doors closed. I saw Sora walk around the car over to Lily. They both walked together towards her house. I leaned my head on the back of the seat and looked up at the ceiling of the car. I let out a quiet but heavy sigh and placed my hands in my lap. Sora came back a little bit after. On the way to my house, I saw him glance at me a couple times, but I just stared out the window. It started raining again. After what seemed like forever, we arrived at my house.
"Good night Kairi." Mrs. Landon said as I opened the door.
"Night. Thanks again Mrs. Landon." I said closing the door. I had changed back into my clothes right before dinner because Mrs. Landon had them in the dryer. I put my hood up and stuck my hands in my pockets. I took a couple of steps when I heard footsteps splashing towards me. I turned to see Sora next to me. He gave me a smile. I gave him a half smile in return. He walked me to my door.
"Night Kai." He said in a quiet but soothing voice.
"Good night Sora. Thanks." I replied. He took a hold of my hand as I turned to open the door. I looked back at him. Sora's expression was so innocent looking, so caring. I couldn't really take this emotion building up inside of me. I smiled shyly and walked inside. I walked to the living room window. I saw him walk to the car and when he opened the door, he looked back. I put my head down and sighed before walking to my room. I turned on the stereo to a low rumble. After about ten minute, I tired to call Sora, but the line was busy. I let myself fall back on my bed. I looked at my wall with all my pictures. A small but sad smile consumed my face as I saw the same picture from last year from Sora's room right in the middle of all my pictures. A small silent tear crept down my cheek. I rolled over and soon fell asleep.
A/N: Ha, done. Since it's snowing right now and I can't do much since it's too cold, I'll go work on my other stories now! Hope you liked the chapter!