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Notes: Same old, same old notes. Words in 'italics' are thoughts. You all know that, right? RIGHT?
Enjoy this chapter.
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"You're afraid of that … thing?" Lulu said, looking extremely amused.
"It's scary! I mean … seriously, don't you think so!" Rikku screeched. Her face was pale.
"Hey, I don't like those kind of things, ya?" Wakka said, which explained why even he looked afraid.
"Tidus!" Yuna yelled. "Where's your Raid!"
"Uh … it's under the kitchen sink," Tidus told her.
"Someone go get it! Quick!" Rikku ordered. "Or else it will start … I don't know, flying around?" When Rikku said that, she seemed to freak herself out with the thought.
Lulu decided to follow Rikku's order, just so everyone would stop scaring themselves. She seemed to be laughing (which is always rare from Lulu) as she walked out Yuna's bedroom door.
Tidus blinked. "It's a cockroach. Just that?"
"Yes," Yuna said, nodding. She inched over, and following Rikku's action, she was hiding behind Tidus' back. "Is it moving?"
"No," Tidus answered. "It looks like it's already dead."
Wakka laughed. "Probably from all the screaming, ya?"
"Definitely," Tidus said, laughing along with him.
"Hey! You looked pretty afraid to me when you saw the roach!" Rikku said from behind Wakka's back. "I bet you were afraid, too!"
Wakka tried to think of something to say back to that, but luckily for him, Lulu entered the room. She was not only carrying Raid, but a broom and a dustpan. Lulu sprayed the bug with Raid, and after it died, she swept the cockroach into the dustpan.
"I'll go throw the bug away in the kitchen," Lulu said.
"The kitchen?" Yuna asked. "But … but then it would be in the kitchen trash can … and ..."
"It's dead, Yuna," Tidus reasoned. "You'll be fine."
Yuna looked at Tidus. As far as she knew, Tidus had never lied to her. Never. "Oh … okay."
When Lulu disappeared into the hallway, Rikku stopped hiding and jumped for joy. "Well, I'm glad that's over! How about you, Yunie?"
Yuna smiled a little. "Yeah. I'm okay now."
"We should go celebrate!" Rikku said.
"Celebrate for killing a cockroach?" Tidus asked. "A cockroach?"
"Yeah, why not?" Yuna added. "It would be good to go out with everyone."
Tidus looked at Wakka. Wakka shrugged.
"It's fine with me, ya?" Wakka told them.
"Well … it depends on what Lulu says," Tidus said.
"What should Lulu say?" Lulu came back into the room, and when she heard her name, she instantly wondered what they had been talking about. "Am I supposed to say something in particular?"
"Um … just say yes!" Rikku said.
"I will never fall for that trick, Rikku," Lulu commented. "Just tell me what you were talking about."
"We were wondering if we could celebrate!" Yuna said, smiling.
"What's the occasion?" Lulu asked.
"Killing a cockroach!" Rikku answered, putting a fist up in the air.
"Well that's an odd occasion to celebrate for …" Lulu said, shaking her head. "But why not? I guess it would be good."
"Woohoo! Let's go to the mall!" Rikku said, already heading out of the room, with Yuna running right behind her.
"The mall wasn't exactly what I had in mind …" Tidus said.
Lulu shrugged. "Their mind is made up. We might as well just follow along. Yuna should definitely have a lot of fun with Rikku in the mall." She walked out the door, leaving only Wakka and Tidus in the room.
"This afternoon isn't exactly going the way I thought it was going to, ya?" Wakka remarked.
"Yeah. Same here. But I guess as long as Yuna's happy, it'll be good to go, right?" Tidus followed what the other girls did and walked out the door.
Wakka looked to the ground. "That answer didn't exactly go the way I thought it was going to go … ya?" he said to himself.
When Tidus got downstairs, he saw Lulu, Rikku, and Yuna lacing up their own shoes, already.
"How'd you get ready – that fast?" Tidus asked, amazed.
"We're only lacing up shoes," Rikku said, amazed at Tidus. It didn't take that long to put on shoes! How could he think what they were doing was amazing? "Maybe you're just a slowpoke!"
"And plus," Yuna chimed in. "We're going shopping!"
'Must be some sort of chain reaction … when they hear shopping, just go ahead and put on your shoes, huh?' Tidus thought.
At almost the same time, all three girls stood up. They were done lacing up their shoes. Impatiently, they waited a whole half of a minute for Wakka.
"Where's Wakka?" Rikku asked.
"Don't ask me," Tidus said, holding his hands up in a defensive way. "Don't hurt me, either."
"But you were just up there with him," Lulu said. "Did he say he didn't want to go?"
"Well, it sounded like he didn't want to go, but he didn't say anything about actually not going," Tidus explained.
Yuna marched up to Tidus and stood face to face with him. "You're hidi..."
Tidus didn't listen to the rest. Never before had he been this close to Yuna. It was weird. He could practically feel Yuna's body heat radiating off her.
But then his thoughts were interrupted with a very sluggish-like Wakka going down the stairs.
"Hurry up, Wakka!" Rikku cried.
"'Ey, I'll take all the time I want, ya?" he said, still going down the stairs.
"We'll leave without you, then," Lulu suggested.
Wakka actually seemed to brighten at this idea.
"Never mind that. We'll wait until you get done," Yuna said, noticing Wakka smiling when Lulu suggested her idea.
Tidus noticed Yuna had stepped away from him. When did that happen?
However, Wakka, knowing there was no way to get out of this situation, picked up his pace and decided to just go with it. It couldn't kill him … or wait, could it? He hoped it wouldn't.
After a very slow five minutes (in the girl's point of view, anyway) they were finally off to go shopping.
Because Lulu had driven Wakka and Rikku over, they decided to just drive to the mall in her car. Yuna had not seen her car before, but the car was, well … black. She couldn't be surprised. That was just impossible. She never seen Lulu in a brightly colored outfit before.
Or, she just couldn't remember.
But still, wouldn't a little variety be nice?
She considered asking, but hey, a favorite color is a favorite color. Or … so she figured.
Rikku shrieked, "SHOTGUN!"
Lulu rolled her eyes. "All of Besaid heard you Rikku. And they're all very excited to know that you get to sit at the second seat."
Wakka and Tidus wanted to get the seats near the windows, so they leaped into their spots.
"Can't I sit in a window seat?" Yuna asked.
"Sorry. I like to sit near the window," both guys said at exactly the same time.
"Please, Tidus?" Yuna asked, looking straight into his eyes.
'Not … the … green … and … blue … sad … looking … eyes …' Tidus thought. 'Must … resist … with … all … of … my … strength …'
"Sure," Tidus said, scooting over to the middle seat.
Yuna grinned. "Thanks!"
'Well, I certainly showed signs of resistance.' He thought to himself.
Taking the car, the drive to the mall was only going to take about thirty minutes. It was a good thing Lulu had brought her car, otherwise, if everyone walked, it would've taken double the time.
"OH … HOW COULD WE ALMOST FORGET?" Rikku yelled in the car.
"OH … HOW CAN YOU YELL THAT LOUD?" Yuna said, trying to imitate Rikku's pitch, but Yuna wasn't nearly as loud as Rikku was.
"Really, Rikku, we're all within three feet of you," Tidus commented.
"Forget what?" Lulu asked.
"The next PROM at BESAID HIGH!" Rikku yelled.
"Really, Rikku, we're all within three feet of you," Tidus repeated.
Wakka and Tidus rolled their eyes at each other. Rikku was known to go on about the prom for ten minutes straight. She probably yakked on about it even longer when they weren't around.
"Prom?" Yuna said, confused. "You guys have a prom? Besides, aren't you guys on winter break or something right now?"
"We are," Lulu answered. "But Rikku likes to plan ahead of time."
"Way ahead of time," Wakka remarked. "After winter break, the prom is about a month later – in February!"
"Funny how you're thinking way ahead now, huh, Rikku?" Tidus joked. "'Cuz you usually don't think before you act."
Everyone had to laugh at that joke.
"That's not funny!" Rikku shot back. "But these proms have to be perfect! Especially since Yunie is coming back after winter break!"
Everyone was silent after that.
"Will I … will I be ready to go back to … your school?" Yuna asked, her voice clearly giving away that she was unconfident about the subject.
"Of course you'll be fine," Tidus assured. "And you still have over two weeks to make yourself sure."
Yuna stared out the window for a few seconds, "Well … okay. Yes. I will be fine."
Tidus grinned at her.
Rikku coughed. "As I was saying, we need to get ready! And what more of a perfect time would that be? Hmm? We're going to the mall, aren't we?"
"Oh, I get it now! You –" Wakka was interrupted.
"Been planning this from the very beginning, haven't you? I knew celebrating for killing a cockroach was out of the ordinary," Lulu finished.
"Why couldn't I finish my sentence …" Wakka said quietly to himself.
"Too late to turn back now, WE'RREEE HEEEREE!" Rikku said, in a sing-song voice.
"Finally … I've been waiting," Tidus said, trying to sound as real as possible.
When Lulu finally parked the car, Rikku jolted out of the car and into the building.
"Hurry up, you guys!" she called over her shoulder.
She was waiting impatiently in the entrance when the others finally caught up to her. Instead of running like jack rabbits to the door, the othershad walked.
"Took you too long!" she commented on their running skills.
"Rikku, the mall doesn't close till eleven in the evening today," Yuna said, looking at a time table near the doors.
"And it's one in the afternoon," Tidus added, checking his watch. "We basically have ten hours."
"Oh, no, we are not staying here that long!" Wakka cried out.
"We won't," Lulu agreed.
"Okay, let's go shop for the outfits!" Rikku yelled.
"Really, Rikku, we're within three feet of you," Tidus repeated for the third time.
Yuna giggled.
"Let's do what we did last time … we'll –"
"Last time? I don't remember being here before," Yuna interrupted Rikku.
"Oh … uh … well, it was before … the car … umm …" Rikku just couldn't say it was before they all got hit by the car. Before Yuna got amnesia.
"I am going to shop for Rikku's outfit," Lulu explained. "You, Yuna, are going to shop for my outfit, and Rikku will shop for your outfit."
Lulu offered no explanation of what 'last time' meant.
"Oh, that sounds fun!" Yuna said, trying to sound cheerful, but she was still confused about what Rikku had said. "And what are you two going to do?" she glanced at Wakka and Tidus.
"Oh … you know … just look around," Tidus said.
"Ya … what he said," Wakka agreed.
"So we'll meet each other in the food court in four hours, all right?" Rikku said before they headed off.
"Right!" Lulu and Yuna called after her.
"So what do ya wanna do brudda?" Wakka asked.
"The only thing that I have right now on my mind is …" Tidus' stomach answered for him.
"Food, eh?" Wakka suggested.
"Yep."
"All right, let's just go to the food court now, ya?"
Yuna's POV
Hmm … where to go …
I really didn't know where to go, actually. I needed to shop for Lulu's outfit to the prom. I went inside stores that looked like it might have interesting stuff to wear … but those stores really didn't have anything interesting at all.
So I tried the other way around. Going into the stores that looked like it didn't have any interesting stuff at all.
Who would've known that would work?
I looked through the clothes rack, wondering what Lulu would want. I still don't know her very well. I've seen her a lot since I've come out of the hospital, but I guess I still have to learn a lot more about her personality.
It was obvious, though, that Lulu loved wearing black … or other dark colored clothing.
I grinned.
Hey, where's the fun in only wearing one color all the time? Maybe Lulu would like this …
Rikku's POV
The outfit I picked before was perfect! If only it didn't get ruined by the stupid car crash! It was just right for Yunie!
Ah, well. Blue was a nice choice though, I think. I'll just stick to that color scheme.
But a new outfit … what to get?
What was that store that I went to last time? C'mon, Rikku, think! Nope, it's not working. Can't think of anything at the minute.
Whoa, wait, what was that store I just passed? The outfit in the window looked perfect! I turned right on my hell and went right into that store. Maybe it wasn't as great as the last outfit …
But it was definitely good enough.
Normal POV
"How long till we get outta here?" Wakka complained. "This is getting kinda boring …"
"Sorry, Wakka. We got about two more hours to wait for them," Tidus told him.
"I don't see why they're so excited about a prom, ya? I mean, it's just some big fancy dance. I think I don't even want to go."
"You're not?" Tidus asked, surprised.
"Nah. Are you?"
"Probably. Rikku, Lulu, or Yuna might kill you if you don't go," Tidus said.
"How's Yuna doing anyway?" Wakka asked, after hearing the name.
"Fine. She's definitely on the road to recovery."
"She definitely sounded fine today. I mean, I'd consider that not normal after running into Seymour," Wakka had observed.
Tidus laughed a little. "I'd be lying if I said that wasn't true."
Lulu's POV
Okay. I will shop for a better outfit this time. I wasn't thinking last time.
I'm sure Yuna's learned by now what kind of colors I like. If she hasn't, she's a lot slower then I thought. But that's not going to happen. I know Yuna's not slow.
Rikku loves short skirts, not long ones. Change of pace would be nice for her.
And I just know just the store for her.
It's actually one of my favorites. Of course, I'm not going to be giving Rikku a complete black outfit, which would just look too different on her. But what about this one …?
I pulled the outfit right off the rack, and I knew that this was a lot better then the outfit I chose before.
A lot better.
And so is the conclusion of chapter eleven! I'm sorry for the wait. But hey, consider it a New Year's present. Or something like that. Yeah.
Anyways, hope everyone had/will have a great time during the holidays, and have a happy new year! (I think I already said that. Yes, I did.) Oh, well, that seems like a great thing to say to end this chapter!
See ya next chapter:D
