Tuesday, September 9th.
Tidus walked down the sidewalk to school the next day alone. He didn't even what to go to school. But staying at home with Jecht wasn't any better. He didn't want to hear a lecture from him so he decided to go.
"Hey! Tidus!" Wakka called from down the street.
As Tidus made his way to him, they walked to school together.
"I called you this morning but your dad answered and said that you already left for school. It's a good thing I found you here." Wakka told him.
"Why were you looking for me?" Asked Tidus.
"What? Can I not walk to school with my best friend?" Wakka replied asking.
"Uh, never mind. Its just you usually have a wacky idea or plans and you want me to come along and all." Tidus said.
"Why would you say that!?"
"Cause I know you well." Tidus replied.
"Uh huh. So anyways, cancel your plans for lunch cause I want you to meet some of my friends." Wakka told him.
"See? I knew you were planning something,"
"Well then I guess you know me pretty well then." Wakka said with a smile. "So what do you say?"
Tidus thought for a minute. He was planning on eating lunch with Lenne but he figured that she would be eating with all her friends so, well, what other choice did he have? He didn't want to eat alone.
"Sure, why not." Tidus told him.
"Great! And who knows, you might make some new friends in it as well." Wakka said.
"I guess." Tidus replied to him as they walked into the school and down the hallway. "I really hope that I don't see Seymour today. He's probably gonna beat me up or something."
"Hey, I have to see and listen to the damn guy everyday at Blitz practice, ya? Don't you think that I got it bad as well?" Wakka asked.
"Yeah well, he doesn't pick on you like he does me." Tidus explained.
"Eh, true."
Both were in silence as they approached their lockers and took out their books for first period.
"Well see you later then." Tidus said as he left his locker and walked down a hallway towards his class.
As he continued walking, he saw Yuna at her locker putting on some makeup but dared not to go up and talk to her. As he walked past her, he continued to stare at her but once he turned his head, two guys bumped into him and he dropped all his books.
"Ha, ha, ha!!!! Your such a loser Tidus." Bickson told him.
"Ha, ha, ha, ya. Just wait until Seymour busts your ass today. He has some good stuff planned all for you." Graav told him then walked off.
Tidus then kneed down and began to pick up his books. What Tidus didn't know is that Yuna watched the whole thing. She looked up from her mirror in her locker and watched as Tidus picked up his books and walk off. She kinda felt sorry for the poor guy, but not much. She then finished up and headed for her class.
The first three periods of school were dull and boring for Tidus. Nothing much to do but write down notes and start on homework. Although he was glad for the half of the day so far that he didn't see Seymour, lunch soon came and he met with Wakka at their lockers then continued together into the cafeteria.
Wakka led him to the table with some of his friends. Namely, Yuna, Lulu and Rikku.
"Hey girls. This is my friend that I was talking about yesterday." Wakka said as they both sat down at the table with the girls. "His name is Tidus."
"Uh, hey." Tidus nervously said.
"And who is he Wakka? Not another awful blitzball player like you?" Lulu asked coldly.
"Ahem, no, Lu. He's not." Wakka replied.
"Well that's relieving."
"Do you have something against Blitzball or something!?" Wakka asked starting an argument.
"YES I do. It's a stupid sport that everyone makes a big deal about. They should try Sphere Break." Lulu told him.
"Sphere Break!? Ha! Now that is what you call a boring game." Wakka said.
"Just you see, Wakka. Sphere Break will be much bigger then Blitzball."
"Cha, whatever. Sphere Break is just like chess. Dull and boring and you know it." Wakka continued to argue.
Lulu didn't reply. She knew it was pointless to get anything inside that stupid head of his.
"So anywayssssss............Tidus, is it? I've never seen you around here before. Are you new to the school?" Rikku asked.
"Uh, no. I've been here ever since the 9th grade." Tidus said blushing in embarrassment.
"Woah, talk about coincidence. You were never in any of my classes!" Rikku told him.
"Yeah........." Tidus trailed off.
"Isn't he great or what!? I'm thinking of bringing him to that party at Gippal's on Friday. It'll be a blast!" Wakka said giving Tidus a hard pat on the back.
Everyone looked at Tidus and could see how embarrassed he felt.
"Well it was nice meeting you all but I got to go. Uh.........see you later?" Tidus said as he rushed out of the cafeteria.
"Hmmm, was it something I said?" Wakka asked.
"No not at all. You just scared the shit out of the poor guy. Geez Wakka." Lulu told him.
"Lu stop being so ill-tempered all the fricken time and give me a chance! You know, not everyone is as perfect as you are!!!" Wakka said, practically yelling at her.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Lulu told him not feeling one bit insulted.
Wakka sighed.
Now was the time that Tidus really wanted to see Lenne. Just to talk with her again would boost his happiness up again after feeling totally humiliated in front of three girls all because of Wakka.
As he walked down a hallway, he turned a corner heading towards his locker when he bumped right into someone without even seeing.
"Oh sorry." Tidus apologise without even seeing whom he bumped into.
The person turned around and Tidus' eyes widened in fear by who it was. It was Seymour. Just his luck.
"Hey fruitcake. What's wrong? Don't look to see where you're going now a days?" Seymour asked tempered.
"Uhhhhhh. No, it's not that........err......ummm." Tidus choked. He was about to run for it but he was too scared.
Seymour looked down at his watch. "Well would you look at that? Only 5 minutes until class. I got the perfect idea so we all don't end up late. Well except for you of course." Seymour said.
Bickson and Graav then grabbed Tidus and began to drag him down the hall. "No, wait. Umm, guys, please!" Tidus begged.
After about 10 minutes since class started, Yuna noticed that Tidus wasn't in class with her.
'Hmmmmm, that guy............uh, what was his name again? Whoever he is, I wonder why he's not in class. I saw him at lunch like 20 minutes ago. Did he go home or something? Eh, ah well.' Yuna thought then continued on with her work.
"This will teach you for talking with my sister. And if I ever see you with her again, it'll be worse. So stay away from her, you got it!?" Seymour said handcuffing Tidus to the handle of the girl's washroom door.
"Come on guys. Please don't. I'm begging you!" Tidus said.
"Too late now. Ha, ha, ha." Bickson told him.
"Have fun inside the girls washroom!" Graav said as he left with Bickson and Seymour.
"Wait!! Don't leave me in here! GUYS!!! Ah crap." Tidus said.
Throughout the next hour girls who would visit the washroom would either scream, leave immediately or some would just laugh at him and carry on. He had never felt more embarrassed in his entire life.
Tidus sighed, as he stood there handcuffed to the door handle. He couldn't do anything. Then finally about after an hour and ten minutes, Lenne came into the washroom and noticed him.
"Tidus? What are you doing here?" Lenne asked confused.
"Your brother handcuffed me to the door." Tidus replied sounding sad and uncomfortable.
"Oh my god. I never imagined him doing something this awful." Lenne said.
"Yeah. Would you mind, um, helping me?" Tidus asked.
Lenne smiled and unlocked the cuffs for him. "There you go."
"Thanks a lot. Well I better get to class." Tidus told her.
"Well there wouldn't be any point. There is only about 10 more minutes left." Lenne told him as she giggled.
Tidus smiled. "Just great. Um, do you think we could talk outside of the washroom?" Tidus asked as he saw some girls looking at him and Lenne giggling.
"My brother might see you with me and beat you up." Lenne told him.
"Good point but still." Tidus said as he left the washroom. Lenne followed.
"I'll talk with my brother and ask him not to pick on you anymore." Lenne told him.
"No, don't. If he finds out you trying to help me then he'll defiantly come after me again."
"Well still I feel so horrible in what he did to you." Lenne said.
"Hey, don't worry about. It's only the second day of school. There is still about another 10 months of school left to go."
Lenne giggled. "That's a really long time."
"Yeah. Say, did you hear about this party that Gippal is throwing on Friday?" Tidus asked.
"Yeah."
"Are you going?"
"No. I don't go to things like that. There will probably be alcohol and smoking and my brother doesn't like me going to parties with that." Lenne explained.
"Oh." Tidus simply replied.
"Why? Are you?" Lenne asked.
"Yeah, my friend Wakka is dragging me to it." Tidus told her.
"He, he, he." Lenne laughed. "Well I better get going. I got a lot of homework tonight. See you around."
"Okay. Bye."
Tidus smiled as he saw her walk down the hallway. He was also glad that she had helped him or who knows how long he would have been stuck in the washroom. He was also lucky that the principal didn't catch him as well.
Whelps that's the chappie. Yeah, it's a bit shorter but the next one will be longer. And better. (Looks at people with evil smile) The next chapter might get a bit extreme so bear with me and read. Read! Read like I know you can!!! Muahahahahahahahhaa!!! Anyways, RR and I'll see you at the next chapter!