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On Earth as it is in Spira: Chapter 9: Traveling Conversations

"Uhhh… hi?" a man said stepping through the door and waving sheepishly. It was Wakka alright, looked just like him. He was tan, had red hair, was the right height, and had a smile… to die for. I mean, he looked nice! Like a nice guy! You know what I mean.

Yuna rolled her eyes. "You're putting the poor boy on the spot. Come on down Wakka, we'll get to know you better," she said with a smile.

Wakka smiled at her and then came down the stairs quickly, obviously glad for the invitation.

"Sooooo… you're Wakka then," Paine said looking him up and down. "Yeah, I think you'll fit the spot rather well," she said confirming it.

Everyone else sized him up as well, and each nodded their head in approval. "So… let me guess," he said looking around at all of them. "We've got… Yuna, Rikku, Paine, Yuffie, Barilai, Lenne, Aeris, Tidus, Shuyin, Cloud, and…Lulu," he said as his eyes rested on me.

"You got it!" Rikku said with a grin. "And, you've already met Silly," she said motioning to the girl who was not from any game that we knew of.

Wakka's eyes left me, for which I was glad, and went to the girl whom he had not seen before. "Uhhh, yeah," he said with a smile. His teeth looked really white against his dark skin.

"So… I assume you know what's going on here?" Yuna asked him.

"Yeah, Rikku and… uhhh… Silly explained it all to me already. Fiends in the real world."

"Exactly," Tidus said nodding.

"Hey!" Buddy called, "we got another spotting! In… Germany!" he said.

Rikku dashed to the computer. "Do we have an exact location?"

"Near Munich," Buddy said. "Not quite though… about ten miles out."

"So I guess that's our next stop then?" Lenne asked.

"Yes, we are going to Germany!" Brother said and started the Celsius, full speed ahead, towards Munich, Germany.

"In the mean time," Wakka said. And I suddenly realized he was standing right next to me, "How long you been here?"

"Just arrived this morning," I answered.

"Oooohh, so you and me can learn this together then, good, glad to know I'm not the only new one heah, ya?" he said with a smile to me.

"Right," I agreed.

We both went silent for a second.

"Ummm… cute doll," he said pointing to the moogle I held in my arms.

"Thanks," I said.

More silence.

"You… play sports?" I asked. I didn't play any myself, but my assumption was that his answer was going to be…

"Oh ya! My specialties are basketball and soccer! Though I was captain of my school's swimmin' team too! Heh… guess I do a lot of sports things huh? You play sports?"

"Not unless I have to," I answer, which… was the truth to be honest. "But… at times, they can be enjoyable," I agree to that much.

"You swim?"

"Used to."

"Play basketball or soccer?"

"Never for competition, and when I did play for fun… we hardly followed the rules."

"Sounds like my kinda way ta play ya? No rules, just fun. Maybe you and I could play some time. Okay?"

"Might be fun," I said with a small nod.

"Hey… Connie," Max called to me from behind.

"Excuse me," I say to Wakka… or Jamal and turn to go talk to my cousin. "What?" I ask.

"Nice guy?"

"Who… Wakka? I suppose he's rather… congenial. Why?"

"B'cause… you've got this look in your eye."

"What look?"

"The look you had when you saw Sora for the first time."

"…the dog?"

"No! The boy! The first time you played Kingdom Hearts and heard Haley Joel Osment's voice and saw Sora, you had this look in your eye."

"Again I ask, what look?"

"You've got a crush."

"I have not!" I said almost in an offended voice.

"Oh… yeah… you do," he said with a mischievous look.

"I have not… b'sides you like Aeris!"

"So you admit it."

"I admit nothing… because there is no crush to admit to."

He looked at me in such a way that just by a small smirk I could tell he was taunting me.

"I refuse to speak any more on the subject… good day," I said to him before walking away from him and over to the window to watch the clouds soar by. Though… I had a small sneaking suspicion that Max was right. I did have a crush on Jamal… like I would admit it.