You Don't Know The Real Me – Chapter 11
The Threat of Excommunication
Two months. Two months since the tour with Amon and Blythe… Gippal and Baralai to be exact. Paine had packed up and called the Celsius to come pick her up the day after the concert in Bevelle, and Rikku went with her. She explained to Gippal that she needed to make sure that Paine wouldn't do anything stupid. He hugged her tightly, and let her go, watching her run toward the airship after Paine. She didn't say goodbye to either of the guys.
"I'm not surprised. I think it's safe to say that I'm officially on her hate list." Baralai muttered, watching the Celsius take off.
Gippal rolled his eyes. "Could you be anymore depressed? It's not like you're never going to see her again."
Baralai looked at his friend hard in the eyes. "With what I've done to her, I seriously don't think she'll even want to say my name." And with that, he walked back to the temple to resume his role as the praetor. Nothing Gippal said, or could ever say, would brighten Baralai's mood.
Rikku looked at the woman who was sitting at the kitchen table… if you could call the mess sitting there a woman. Her delicate hands were wrapped around a cup of cold coffee. Silver hair hung down in front of her face, she didn't even bother to style it anymore. Crimson eyes stared at the table, not really seeing it. Those eyes that held life and happiness two months ago were now lifeless and dull.
"You are a wreck." Rikku snapped, becoming annoyed. NOTHING had changed over two months! This was understandable for the first few weeks, but now it's outrageous!
Paine moaned. "I know. How many times are you going to tell me that?"
"I'm going to keep telling you that as long as I want, and until you get off your ass and do something about your misery." Rikku said firmly, throwing down the towel she was using to dry the dishes. "You disgust me sometimes Paine."
She just shook her head, and continued her starring match with the table. "Rikku, what am I supposed to do?"
"Call him."
"You know he won't listen."
Rikku came to sit down in front of her friend. "Correction. You think he won't listen. I know he will."
"It doesn't matter. I walked out on him when I promised to give him a second chance when he told me the truth."
"You made a promise to him, and you broke it?" Rikku asked in utter shock. "What's happened to you? The Paine I know would never think about breaking a promise to a friend, especially someone like Baralai. I guess I don't know her anymore-"
Rikku's ranting was cut off when her comsphere rang. "Hello?" she asked, turning it on.
Gippal's face smiled hesitantly at her. "Eh… hey? Is now a bad time… or do you not want to talk to me at all?"
"Of course I want to talk to you! Paine might want to too… if she'll quit moping long enough."
"Oh shut up." Paine groaned, and Rikku turned the comsphere to allow Gippal a view at his friend.
"Whoa, talk about a wreck. You should see Baralai though. He looks like he's trashed or something."
Paine's head shot up. "Baralai's getting drunk?"
"Well, no, but by what's going on in Bevelle right now, I'm surprised that he doesn't."
Paine leaned forward. "What do you mean?"
"You haven't heard? Baralai has to get married in a month, or he's excommunicated. And not hearing from you in two months certainly isn't helping."
Paine sat in her room, holding her comsphere in her hands. Rikku's advice, telling her to call him… she wanted to do it, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She began dialing a number, but it wasn't Baralai's.
"Hello?" A female voice said, and smiled when she saw who it was. "Paine!" her happiness was short lived when she saw her friend's state. "What happened to you?"
"You know that Baralai has to get married in a month right?"
"Yes, I do." Yuna said slowly. "I've also heard that he refuses to marry because he still loves a woman, even though he's convinced she hates him now."
Paine's face fell. "How sure are you?"
"I actually talked to him a few days ago, and I'd say that information is dead on. It's you, isn't it?"
"Yeah… I'll tell you the story some other day. But, I have a favor to ask of you."
"What is it?"
Paine closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Do you mind if I paid an unexpected visit to Besaid in the next few days?"
A/N: Sorry this was so short! The next (possibly) final chapter is going to be REALLY long, I hope. So, I hope that you liked this, eventhough a lot didn't happen here... eh heh! Yes, Baralai is going to be excommunicated. Don't hurt me!
Paine3 and Angel-Light-Girl werethe only people that reviewed before I posted this chapter, I couldn't help it. Sorry, just have to keep writing! When the ideas come, the ideas come. I write when they come so I don't lose them... heh heh?
Read and review!
-Vincent's Angel of Chaos-
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P.S. Seeing as I'm completely obbssesed with this fic, I'm going to write a sequel, and then probably another fic after following that sequel. So, what could possibly happen in the next chapter that leads me to write a sequel? Well, I just don't know! Guess you'll have to wait and find out, huh? ((evil laugh))
