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chapter.
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chapter ten: dances, egg rolls, and chinese guys
Faye plopped down on the futon in Rika's room that had been brought in there for tonight. "Today was a day I will not soon forget." she said.
"You're telling me!" replied Rika. "It was one of best birthdays I've ever had." she said.
"Oh and is that because Takato was there?" asked Faye.
Rika glared daggers at her friend. "Shut up." she said.
"Love hits when ya least expect it." said Faye, grinning.
"Love sucks." replied Rika. "Look where it got my mom."
"Oh Rika." said Faye, sitting up and looked at her friend. "Don't compare yourself to your mom." she said.
"She was only two years older than me when she had ME!" said Rika.
"Yeah I know." replied Faye. "But you are not her in any way." she said. "Stop comparing yourself to her and lets talk Henry." she said, popping a piece of popcorn in her mouth. (A/N: thats funny..popping a piece of popcorn in her mouth..anyway..)
"Thats all you ever talk about." said Rika, also eating some popcorn. "And think about, for sure." she said.
"And your point is.."
Rika laughed and shook her head. "Nevermind.." she said.
"SO!" said Faye. "Ooo I wish I could see Danielle's face right now. Steaming I bet." she said. "Argh! For the first time in my life, I can't wait for Monday!" she grinned.
Rika smiled. "I know that I can wait as long as possible for Monday." she said. "Although seeing Danielle after dumping a soda on her would be sweet."
Faye nodded. "I also can't wait for..Henry.." she said dreamily.
"Geez Faye!" laughed Rika. "You're turning into a freakin prep! Talking about guys all the time." she said.
"Hey!" said Faye sharply. "I do not talk about Henry ALL the time."
"True." said Rika. "I guess I can't call you preppy after all."
Faye nodded again. "Yup yup." she grinned. They laughed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After Faye went home the next day, around five in the afternoon, Rika just sat on her bed and stared at the ceiling. The whole day. She ate dinner, took a shower then went to sleep for the night. The previous day had been more fun and a day she would not ever forget.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
On Monday, the whole school was buzzing about the upcoming Winter Dance. It would be in December, in two weeks time. Apparently, it was a big thing at the school.
"So Rika, wanna go?" asked Faye.
"I dunno." said Rika.
"Come on!" said Faye. "We can torment and publicly humiliate Danielle and her friends again...like always.." she said.
"You just want to go because Henry is going."
"Whats your point?"
"Nothing." replied Rika. "Its just..a dance is how my dad met my mom..." she said, trailing off again.
"Oh for God's sakes Rika, DROP IT!" said Faye, causing some people in their class to turn at look at them. It was before the bell rang, and everyone was talking. "You are not her! Stop comparing youself to her! Just stop!" she demanded.
Rika sighed and grinned. "You know what Faye?" she said.
"What?" said Faye. "I swear if its about your mother-"
"Its not." said Rika.
"Then continue."
"I think I'll go." said Rika. "Just because I KNOW I'm not my mom and, yeah, all that other stuff." she grinned.
"Yay!" said Faye. (A/N: that rhymes.)
"What are you so cheerful for?" asked Jeri, who had just come in the classroom.
"Rika's gonna go to the dance!" said Faye.
"Really?" asked Jeri.
"Yup." replied Rika.
"Thats great!" said Jeri. "I'm going too! We can all go as friends!"
"Sounds good to me!" said Faye.
"What sounds good?" asked Takato, walking over to them.
"We have sucsessfully convinced Rika to go to the Dance with us!" said Faye cheerfully. "Amazing, is it not?" she grinned.
"Wow." said Takato. "Rika is actually doing something social!"
"Can it, Matsuki." replied Rika.
Henry now came over. "Hi there everyone." he said.
"Hi!" said Faye, even more cheerful than before.
"Whatcha talking about?" asked Henry.
"Rika's actually going to the dance." said Jeri.
"Wow." said Henry.
"Hey!" said Takato. "That gives me an idea!"
"Oh great." said Rika.
Takato glared. "Seeing as we had so much fun at the mall, why don't we all go to the dance as friends and hang out?" he asked.
"All?" asked Jeri.
"Yeah!" said Henry, grinning. "Me, you, Takato, Faye and Rika." he said.
"That sounds great!" said Faye, even more cheerfully than the cheerfulness she had had when Henry had first come over. (A/N: AHH! Too many hads!!!)
Rika rolled her eyes. "And I'm sure you have no other motive for this." she said.
"Who ya talking to?" askd Takato.
"You. And Faye." she replied.
"Just thought it would be fun, ya know?" said Takato.
"I'll go!" said Jeri.
"Great!" said Takato. "What about you Rika?" he asked.
"I already said I was." she replied.
"Cool!" said Takato. Then the bell rang and everyone rushed to their seats.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika and Faye were walking home, without skateboards, (A/N: gasp!) with coats on, as it was now December and starting to get very cold out.
"Just over a week, yeah yeah." said Faye. "Just over a week, yeah yeah."
Rika laughed. "Will you stop?" she asked. "You've been saying that non stop for the past ten minutes."
"But its true." said Faye. "Ya never know what might happen at the dance." she said. "Henry could make a move!!" she gasped. "That would be great!"
"Dances suck. I still can't believe I'm going." said Rika. "And I swear Faye, if you actually dance, I will walk away and pretend I've never seen you in my life."
"Oh come on, Rika." said Faye. "I'm not that desperate." she sighed. "I just want to hang out with Henry! Besides..they always play crappy music anyway." she grinned.
Rika shook her head. "I believe you have another obsession besides skateboards, anime, food and sleep." she said. (a/n: hey! those are my obsessions! food, sleep and anime! skateboarding is great too and i do have a thing for certain anime guys..*winks*)
"There is nothing wrong with expanding my interests." replied Faye.
"Faye, you make me wonder." grinned Rika.
Faye smiled and winked. "Yup. I wouldn't be Faye Kamiyo if I didn't!" she said.
"You wouldn't be Faye Kamiyo if you were any different from what you are now, trust me." laughed Rika.
Faye stopped walking and smacked her head. "Ack! I forgot to tell you!"
"Tell me what?" asked Rika.
"My brother is doing some weird thing at his college next week and my mom, dad and I are going." replied Faye. "We leave the day after the Winter Dance thing."
"You're going to Hong Kong?" asked Rika. "You're so lucky!"
"I asked them if you could come and they said you could.." started Faye. "But each person involved is only allowed three tickets. One for me, one for my dad and one for my mom. You could probably still come but you would be bored out of you're mind waiting for this thing to be over." she said.
"Thats ok." said Rika.
"It goes on for three days.." said Faye. "I'm not sure what its about but its got something to do with whatever Kenjii is doing right now. In his studies I mean."
"So you're gonna miss MORE school?" asked Rika.
Faye grinned. "Isn't life grand?" she asked.
"But you've already missed about a month or so." said Rika.
"Yeah, thats why my parents weren't sure if they should take me along. But myself and Kenjii demanded they I go, so I'm going." said Faye. "Not to mention its Hong Kong!" she said. "We'll probably only go there again when he graduates."
"Hey, twice is way more than I've been anywhere!" said Rika.
"But sadly, you shall be alone for a few days." said Faye.
"I was alone for a month and I think I can handle two days." grinned Rika.
"Oh yeah, and you better make sure no one, and I mean NO one, gets a hold of Henry while I am gone. And you have to check on our house everyday."
"Ordering me around?"
"Actually, my mom asked me to ask you to check on our house but I am ordering you to." grinned Faye. "And order for the Henry thing comes from me too."
"No, I thought it came from your mom." said Rika, rolling her eyes.
"Why would my mom ask you to do that?" asked Faye, confused.
"Its called sarcasm, Faye-Faye." said Rika. "I think something is wrong with your brain today if you forgot sarcasm." she said.
"There is nothing wrong with the great Faye Kamiyo's brain." she said. "And stop with the Faye-Faye!"
"But Henry likes it, remember?" grinned Rika.
"Yes. But it doesn't mean that YOU can call me it." said Faye. "Only he can."
Rika laughed. "Whatever you say..Faye-Faye.." she grinned.
Faye glared. "You need a nickname."
Rika grinned. "Nope. Rika's just fine!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika sat on her bed, thinking about the dance for a long time. Why was she going? Well, she guessed it could be fun, goofing off and having fun. Besides, she was going with her best friend and her three newest friends.
"I never thought that public school would be as great as this..." she whispered. "To top it off, I got a stupid stuck up prep to make fun of."
Her phone rang. Rika listened. It kept ringing. Her mom wasn't home, or it would have been answered already. It kept ringing and after five rings and still no answer, it meant her grandma wasn't home either.
She hoppped off her bed and picked it up. "Hello?" she asked.
"Thou shall not tease or feed the preppy people."
"What are talking about Faye?" asked Rika.
"How did you know it was me?" she asked.
"Because only you would call my house and say something like that." said Rika. "Where'd you come up with that anyway?"
"Ya know," replied Faye. "Stores and stickers and stuff."
"Well its great." said Rika. "But I think I broke the law when I spilled soda on Danielle. After all, it was teasing and feeding. Somewhat."
"Its a law thats meant to be broken." replied Faye. "The teasing part anyway. And technically, you weren't 'feeding' Danielle. You were..uh...giving her a drink?"
"Interesting choice of words Faye." laughed Rika.
"And..the dance is only one week away!" said Faye, cheerfully. "I can't wait!"
"I know Faye." said Rika. "Every day, you tell me how many days are left. I think its drilled into my mind by now." she said.
"Whatever. I just wanted to say hi, but now I have to go eat dinner." said Faye. "See you in school tomarrow." she said.
"All right. Bye." replied Rika.
"Ja ne." replied Faye, using her knowledge of the Japanese language.
Rika hung up and leaned back on her bed, staring at the ceiling. "Life is pretty boring lately." she said. Then the phone rang again.
Rika groaned and picked it up. "Hello?" she asked.
"Hi sweetie! Its mom." said Rumiko.
"Hi.."
"Listen, tell your grandma to hold dinner for about a half an hour because I'm a little stuck in something at work." said Rumiko. "I tried to wiggle out of it but they won't let me go."
"Its ok mom." said Rika. "Grandma isn't even home right now. Probably went out to get some potatoes or some other type of food."
"Oh." said Rumiko. "Well then when she gets home, tell her my situation, ok?"
"If you call that a situation." replied Rika.
"What sweetie?"
"I said sure I'll tell her!" replied Rika. "Listen..I uh, gotta go. See you when I see you." she said quickly.
"All right." replied Rumiko. "Take care."
"Yeah whatever. Bye!" she said and hung up.
Once again, Rika leaned back on her bed and stared at the ceiling, glaring at the phone to ring again. It didn't so she picked up her stereo's remote and pressed play, System of A Down blasting.
"They're going to build a prison..." she sang softly, dozing off.
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"Rika!"
Someone was shaking her awake. Her eyes opened. "Wha..?" she asked, blinking furiously to wake herself up.
"I've told you time and time again not to fall asleep while you were by yourself!" said Rumiko, standing over her daughter, hands on hips.
"Sorry.." said Rika, rubbing her eyes. "I was tired and bored and that equals sleep for me." she said, sitting up. "Grandma home?" she asked.
"No.. if you had looked around you would have seen the note on the fridge saying that she had gone out with a friend for a bit and was eating out." said Rumiko.
"Oh. I guess I should've looked at the fridge then." said Rika.
"Well..my mom is the cook, so we're screwed right now. I can't cook and I'm pretty sure you can't either." said Rumiko.
"And thats correct." said Rika.
"I suggest we order take out." said Rumiko. "And any suspicious phone calls, or knocks on doors, etc?" she asked.
"Nope." replied Rika, standing and walking with her mother out of her room towards the kitchen. "Why?"
"No reason.." said Rumiko, looking at the list of take out places on the fridge when they arrived in the kitchen.
"Geez mom, just tell me." said Rika. "You're so bad at keeping secrets, mom, its not even funny." she said.
"Fine, if you must know, one of my inviso-guards thought he saw someone who looked like ...Justin." said Rumiko quietly.
Rika spit out the water in her mouth. "What?!?" she demanded.
"Thats why I stayed late.." said Rumiko. "One of the guards wanted to talk to me. He saw he saw someone near my workbuilding that fit Justin's description. Then..my boss said he got a weird phone call the other day..and no one was there."
"You're joking, right?" asked Rika, putting her class down on the table, staring at her mom with wide eyes.
Rumiko shook her head. "I want your grandmother to get home soon because, well ya never know." she said.
"Damn right, ya never know!" shouted Rika. Then she bit her lip. 'Rika, you idiot. Cursing in front of your mom..' she thought, wide eyed.
Rumiko grinned. "So what do you want to order?" she asked.
"Sorry.." said Rika, grinnning sheepishly. "Only once in a while... I curse.."
"Its fine, sweetie." said Rumiko. "You had good reason. I think we should call your grandma on her cell phone, to check up on her."
"You do it." said Rika. "I'll order the food." she said, picking up the phone. She tossed it to her mom.
They shared a glance, and the mother and daughter grew a tad bit closer.
Rumiko diled a number on the phone and waited. Rika pulled out a chair and sat at the table, looking over take out menus.
"Mom? Its Rumiko." she said. "Yeah, I'm just calling to check on you." she paused as Mrs. Makino talked. "Well...I'll explain when you get home. So you'll get home around seven thirty?" another pause. "All right. See you then. Remember to call if something happens. Rika and I will be here." she said. "So long." then she hung up.
"I take it grandma's fine." said Rika, as Rumiko tossed the cordless phone to her daughter. She caught it. "Bye the way..we're getting Chinese." she said. (a/n: umm..well i couldn't think of anything else so they're having chinese food...O_o)
"Thats fine. Just make sure you get me some egg rolls." said Rumiko.
"Of course." said Rika. "Mom's just gotta have her egg rolls."
"Lay off the egg rolls." said Rumiko. "They are very tastey. Will you try one this time?"
"No way." said Rika, diling. "Not in the mood."
"You should." said Rumiko.
"Shh.." said Rika. "Huh? Oh sorry! I wasn't talking to you.. I was talking to my mom." a pause. "Talk-ing-to-my-moth-er." said Rika. "Hold on... Hold-on." she said. She covered the mouth piece. "Its the chinese guy who barely understands our language. This could take a while." she grinned at her mom.
"Have fun!" grinned Rumiko.
Rika glared and went back to talking. (a/n: i'll put in the chinese guy's talking too, just for the sake of humor...we could use something to lighten up this chapter)
"Ello? Ello? You there?" asked the guy.
"Yeah. I'm here."
"What you say?"
"I AM HERE." said Rika.
"Oh! What you like for eating?" asked the guy.
"I'll start with some Fried Wonton." said Rika.
"Fried Wonton?" asked the guy.
"Yes. Fried Won-ton." replied Rika.
"Okay!" said the guy. "Anyting else?"
"Yes." said Rika. "Wonton Soup."
"Wonton Soup?"
"Yes." replied Rika.
"Is that all?"
"No." replied Rika. "A pint of Chicken Lo Mein."
"Lo Mein?" asked the guy. "Lobster or beef?"
"Chick-En Lo Mein." said Rika. "Not Lob-ster or Be-ef. Chick-en." she said.
"Oohh! CHICKEN!" said the guy.
"Yes! Chicken!" said Rika.
"What else you like?"
"Umm.. some Egg Rolls?"
"What kind you like?"
Rika covered the mouth piece. "What kinda egg rolls mom?" she said.
"There's more than one?" asked Rumiko.
"Apparently." said Rika. She uncovered the moutpiece. "Beef?" she asked.
"Beef what?"
"Egg rolls." said Rika.
"Oohh! Beef egg rolls!" said the guy. "We got that. You like that?"
"Yes please." said Rika.
"Your total ees.."
"Wait! I'm not done!"
"Oh! Okay. What else you like?"
"Shrimp Chow Mein." said Rika. And before the guy could say anything, "Shrimp-Chow-Mein." said Rika.
"Is that everyting?" he asked.
"Yes. That is everything." said Rika slowly.
"Would you like egg rolls with that?"
"I already ordered egg rolls." said Rika, raising an eyebrow.
"What you say?"
"I al-read-y ord-er-ed egg roll-s." said Rika, even more slowly.
"Oh yeah! I sorry, I did not see that you ordered egg rolls already." said the guy. "Hold on, whilest I find out how much money you need pay."
Rika rolled her eyes and waited. She covered the mouth piece. "Next time, you're doing this mom." she said.
"Oh but you seem to have so much fun!" grinned Rumiko.
Rika glared.
"Total is ten dollars, you want it delivered?" asked the guy.
"Yes." said Rika.
"Okay. Where to?"
"Fif-ty sev-en, Call-a-han-burg Street." said Rika, slowly. (a/n: i duno..i made it up..if there really is a street named that, forgive me for stealing its name)
"Fitty Sevan Callahanburg?" asked the guy.
"YES." said Rika slowly.
"Okay!" said the guy. "It will be there in bout ten minutes. Thank you, come again!" he said and hung up the phone.
Rika clicked the off button and practically threw the phone on the ground. "Stupid chinese guy." she said. (a/n: no offense to any chinese people..its just the rika thing to go! gomen ne!) "It'll be here in ten."
"That was actually entertaining to watch." said Rumiko, taking a sip of her soda.
"To watch, yes. But not to do." said Rika.
"Did you order the egg rolls?" grinned Rumiko slyly.
"You and you're egg rolls." said Rika. She cracked her knuckles.
"Oh! You forgot to mention you wanted chopsticks with it!" said Rumiko.
Rika glared. "No way, no how. If you want chopsticks, call and ask for them yourself." she said. "Besides..we have them, so we don't need them."
"I know." said Rumiko, taking another sip of her soda. "I just wanted to see your reaction, Rika." she grinned.
"And you did. Whoop dee doo." said Rika.
Rumiko grinned. "So Faye is going to Hong Kong?" she asked.
"Yup. The day after the Winter Dance too." said Rika.
"There's a dance?" asked Rumiko.
"Yeah.. a week from now." said Rika. "And somehow, Faye and Jeri convinced me to go. Although I do not know why as I hate dances and don't dance anyway." she said.
"It'll be fun!" said Rumiko. "I would have asked Faye to come over afterwards and spend the night, but obviously she can't if she's going to Hong Kong." she said. "I also have a big photo shoot that day so I'll leave before you do, but I should get back around nine..what time is your dance over?" she asked.
"Around ten. I think." said Rika. "Besides..I'm just going to torture the preps and popular people with my friends."
"Plural?" asked Rumiko. "Who are they?"
Rika rolled her eyes. "Curious?" she asked.
"I just think its great that you've made more friends. So there's Faye and Jeri..anyone else?" asked Rumiko, propping her elbows on the table and hands on her fists.
Rika rolled her eyes. "Its me, Faye, Jeri, Takato and Henry." she said.
"Ooo, guys?" asked Rumiko.
"Geez mom." said Rika, rolling her eyes yet again. "They are my friends and we hung out at the mall on my birthday and we decided it would be fun to go hang out at the dance. Torture the preps..ahh..now thats the life.." she said.
Rumiko grinned. "Has Rika discovered boys?" she asked.
"For crying out loud, mom!" said Rika. "They are my friends, nothing more..although Faye has discovered boys..I am not interested just yet." she said.
"You never know.." said Rumiko. "You're fifteen and thats the age when I had my first boyfriend." she said.
"Mom. I do not want a boyfriend right now so just drop it ok?" said Rika, in a slightly angry voice, glaring daggers at her mom.
"All right .. all right.." said Rumiko. "But before I do, promise me that you'll tell me if anything special happens?" she said, blushing slightly.
"Mom!!" shouted Rika. She stood up and slammed the chair in its spot. "Let me know when the food gets here." she said and dashed out of the kitchen, before her mom could come up with anymore annoying questions.
Rika went into her room and flopped on her bed. She sighed.
"Stupid." said Rika. "I'll never fall in love. Especially after seeing what my mom went through.." she said. Then Faye's words echoed in her mind.
~You are not your mom. Stop comparing youself to her! Just stop!~
Rika thought about that for a second. And it finally clicked. She was right. "I am not my mom. We are two totally different people. Why should I care that she met Justin at a dance and that she had me at a young age and..yeah..whatever else there is.."
She grinned.
She wasn't boy crazy. She wasn't into guys yet. She admitted that Takato was cute..once. Only once...but then again...
The two of them had kissed.
"It was stupid..it would have happened to anyone.." she said angrily.
Or maybe not. Maybe it wouldn't have happened to anyone. Maybe it was meant to be..."Dammit Rika, stop with all the stupid mushy thoughts. Think about the good stuff.." she said, sitting up.
"Like skateboarding... laughing with Faye.. beer.. no just kidding." she said. "Great, now I'm talking to myself. Wonderful!" she laughed.
She leaned back on her bed, got compfortable..when the door bell rang.
"Great..Chinese is here.. I wonder who the delievery guy is." said Rika. "I think I'll make Rumiko get it..ha ha ha.." she said, standing up and leaving her room.
She walked towards the kitchen as her mom was coming back from the door carrying the food. "I got egg rolls!" she said.
Rika rolled her eyes. "Damn those egg rolls.." she whispered.
MD: so how was that? once again..sorry for the long update and :: laughs:: i'm going to advertise! ::grins:: if you like Inuyasha..read my fic "My Bloody Valentine" and if you like Card Captor Sakura.. read my fic "The Heir".. ha.. i advertised... oh yeah..all those chinese foods.. that took a little research into my own little supply of take out menus! o^_^o one last thing..dont forget to review!!
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chapter ten: dances, egg rolls, and chinese guys
Faye plopped down on the futon in Rika's room that had been brought in there for tonight. "Today was a day I will not soon forget." she said.
"You're telling me!" replied Rika. "It was one of best birthdays I've ever had." she said.
"Oh and is that because Takato was there?" asked Faye.
Rika glared daggers at her friend. "Shut up." she said.
"Love hits when ya least expect it." said Faye, grinning.
"Love sucks." replied Rika. "Look where it got my mom."
"Oh Rika." said Faye, sitting up and looked at her friend. "Don't compare yourself to your mom." she said.
"She was only two years older than me when she had ME!" said Rika.
"Yeah I know." replied Faye. "But you are not her in any way." she said. "Stop comparing yourself to her and lets talk Henry." she said, popping a piece of popcorn in her mouth. (A/N: thats funny..popping a piece of popcorn in her mouth..anyway..)
"Thats all you ever talk about." said Rika, also eating some popcorn. "And think about, for sure." she said.
"And your point is.."
Rika laughed and shook her head. "Nevermind.." she said.
"SO!" said Faye. "Ooo I wish I could see Danielle's face right now. Steaming I bet." she said. "Argh! For the first time in my life, I can't wait for Monday!" she grinned.
Rika smiled. "I know that I can wait as long as possible for Monday." she said. "Although seeing Danielle after dumping a soda on her would be sweet."
Faye nodded. "I also can't wait for..Henry.." she said dreamily.
"Geez Faye!" laughed Rika. "You're turning into a freakin prep! Talking about guys all the time." she said.
"Hey!" said Faye sharply. "I do not talk about Henry ALL the time."
"True." said Rika. "I guess I can't call you preppy after all."
Faye nodded again. "Yup yup." she grinned. They laughed.
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After Faye went home the next day, around five in the afternoon, Rika just sat on her bed and stared at the ceiling. The whole day. She ate dinner, took a shower then went to sleep for the night. The previous day had been more fun and a day she would not ever forget.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
On Monday, the whole school was buzzing about the upcoming Winter Dance. It would be in December, in two weeks time. Apparently, it was a big thing at the school.
"So Rika, wanna go?" asked Faye.
"I dunno." said Rika.
"Come on!" said Faye. "We can torment and publicly humiliate Danielle and her friends again...like always.." she said.
"You just want to go because Henry is going."
"Whats your point?"
"Nothing." replied Rika. "Its just..a dance is how my dad met my mom..." she said, trailing off again.
"Oh for God's sakes Rika, DROP IT!" said Faye, causing some people in their class to turn at look at them. It was before the bell rang, and everyone was talking. "You are not her! Stop comparing youself to her! Just stop!" she demanded.
Rika sighed and grinned. "You know what Faye?" she said.
"What?" said Faye. "I swear if its about your mother-"
"Its not." said Rika.
"Then continue."
"I think I'll go." said Rika. "Just because I KNOW I'm not my mom and, yeah, all that other stuff." she grinned.
"Yay!" said Faye. (A/N: that rhymes.)
"What are you so cheerful for?" asked Jeri, who had just come in the classroom.
"Rika's gonna go to the dance!" said Faye.
"Really?" asked Jeri.
"Yup." replied Rika.
"Thats great!" said Jeri. "I'm going too! We can all go as friends!"
"Sounds good to me!" said Faye.
"What sounds good?" asked Takato, walking over to them.
"We have sucsessfully convinced Rika to go to the Dance with us!" said Faye cheerfully. "Amazing, is it not?" she grinned.
"Wow." said Takato. "Rika is actually doing something social!"
"Can it, Matsuki." replied Rika.
Henry now came over. "Hi there everyone." he said.
"Hi!" said Faye, even more cheerful than before.
"Whatcha talking about?" asked Henry.
"Rika's actually going to the dance." said Jeri.
"Wow." said Henry.
"Hey!" said Takato. "That gives me an idea!"
"Oh great." said Rika.
Takato glared. "Seeing as we had so much fun at the mall, why don't we all go to the dance as friends and hang out?" he asked.
"All?" asked Jeri.
"Yeah!" said Henry, grinning. "Me, you, Takato, Faye and Rika." he said.
"That sounds great!" said Faye, even more cheerfully than the cheerfulness she had had when Henry had first come over. (A/N: AHH! Too many hads!!!)
Rika rolled her eyes. "And I'm sure you have no other motive for this." she said.
"Who ya talking to?" askd Takato.
"You. And Faye." she replied.
"Just thought it would be fun, ya know?" said Takato.
"I'll go!" said Jeri.
"Great!" said Takato. "What about you Rika?" he asked.
"I already said I was." she replied.
"Cool!" said Takato. Then the bell rang and everyone rushed to their seats.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika and Faye were walking home, without skateboards, (A/N: gasp!) with coats on, as it was now December and starting to get very cold out.
"Just over a week, yeah yeah." said Faye. "Just over a week, yeah yeah."
Rika laughed. "Will you stop?" she asked. "You've been saying that non stop for the past ten minutes."
"But its true." said Faye. "Ya never know what might happen at the dance." she said. "Henry could make a move!!" she gasped. "That would be great!"
"Dances suck. I still can't believe I'm going." said Rika. "And I swear Faye, if you actually dance, I will walk away and pretend I've never seen you in my life."
"Oh come on, Rika." said Faye. "I'm not that desperate." she sighed. "I just want to hang out with Henry! Besides..they always play crappy music anyway." she grinned.
Rika shook her head. "I believe you have another obsession besides skateboards, anime, food and sleep." she said. (a/n: hey! those are my obsessions! food, sleep and anime! skateboarding is great too and i do have a thing for certain anime guys..*winks*)
"There is nothing wrong with expanding my interests." replied Faye.
"Faye, you make me wonder." grinned Rika.
Faye smiled and winked. "Yup. I wouldn't be Faye Kamiyo if I didn't!" she said.
"You wouldn't be Faye Kamiyo if you were any different from what you are now, trust me." laughed Rika.
Faye stopped walking and smacked her head. "Ack! I forgot to tell you!"
"Tell me what?" asked Rika.
"My brother is doing some weird thing at his college next week and my mom, dad and I are going." replied Faye. "We leave the day after the Winter Dance thing."
"You're going to Hong Kong?" asked Rika. "You're so lucky!"
"I asked them if you could come and they said you could.." started Faye. "But each person involved is only allowed three tickets. One for me, one for my dad and one for my mom. You could probably still come but you would be bored out of you're mind waiting for this thing to be over." she said.
"Thats ok." said Rika.
"It goes on for three days.." said Faye. "I'm not sure what its about but its got something to do with whatever Kenjii is doing right now. In his studies I mean."
"So you're gonna miss MORE school?" asked Rika.
Faye grinned. "Isn't life grand?" she asked.
"But you've already missed about a month or so." said Rika.
"Yeah, thats why my parents weren't sure if they should take me along. But myself and Kenjii demanded they I go, so I'm going." said Faye. "Not to mention its Hong Kong!" she said. "We'll probably only go there again when he graduates."
"Hey, twice is way more than I've been anywhere!" said Rika.
"But sadly, you shall be alone for a few days." said Faye.
"I was alone for a month and I think I can handle two days." grinned Rika.
"Oh yeah, and you better make sure no one, and I mean NO one, gets a hold of Henry while I am gone. And you have to check on our house everyday."
"Ordering me around?"
"Actually, my mom asked me to ask you to check on our house but I am ordering you to." grinned Faye. "And order for the Henry thing comes from me too."
"No, I thought it came from your mom." said Rika, rolling her eyes.
"Why would my mom ask you to do that?" asked Faye, confused.
"Its called sarcasm, Faye-Faye." said Rika. "I think something is wrong with your brain today if you forgot sarcasm." she said.
"There is nothing wrong with the great Faye Kamiyo's brain." she said. "And stop with the Faye-Faye!"
"But Henry likes it, remember?" grinned Rika.
"Yes. But it doesn't mean that YOU can call me it." said Faye. "Only he can."
Rika laughed. "Whatever you say..Faye-Faye.." she grinned.
Faye glared. "You need a nickname."
Rika grinned. "Nope. Rika's just fine!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rika sat on her bed, thinking about the dance for a long time. Why was she going? Well, she guessed it could be fun, goofing off and having fun. Besides, she was going with her best friend and her three newest friends.
"I never thought that public school would be as great as this..." she whispered. "To top it off, I got a stupid stuck up prep to make fun of."
Her phone rang. Rika listened. It kept ringing. Her mom wasn't home, or it would have been answered already. It kept ringing and after five rings and still no answer, it meant her grandma wasn't home either.
She hoppped off her bed and picked it up. "Hello?" she asked.
"Thou shall not tease or feed the preppy people."
"What are talking about Faye?" asked Rika.
"How did you know it was me?" she asked.
"Because only you would call my house and say something like that." said Rika. "Where'd you come up with that anyway?"
"Ya know," replied Faye. "Stores and stickers and stuff."
"Well its great." said Rika. "But I think I broke the law when I spilled soda on Danielle. After all, it was teasing and feeding. Somewhat."
"Its a law thats meant to be broken." replied Faye. "The teasing part anyway. And technically, you weren't 'feeding' Danielle. You were..uh...giving her a drink?"
"Interesting choice of words Faye." laughed Rika.
"And..the dance is only one week away!" said Faye, cheerfully. "I can't wait!"
"I know Faye." said Rika. "Every day, you tell me how many days are left. I think its drilled into my mind by now." she said.
"Whatever. I just wanted to say hi, but now I have to go eat dinner." said Faye. "See you in school tomarrow." she said.
"All right. Bye." replied Rika.
"Ja ne." replied Faye, using her knowledge of the Japanese language.
Rika hung up and leaned back on her bed, staring at the ceiling. "Life is pretty boring lately." she said. Then the phone rang again.
Rika groaned and picked it up. "Hello?" she asked.
"Hi sweetie! Its mom." said Rumiko.
"Hi.."
"Listen, tell your grandma to hold dinner for about a half an hour because I'm a little stuck in something at work." said Rumiko. "I tried to wiggle out of it but they won't let me go."
"Its ok mom." said Rika. "Grandma isn't even home right now. Probably went out to get some potatoes or some other type of food."
"Oh." said Rumiko. "Well then when she gets home, tell her my situation, ok?"
"If you call that a situation." replied Rika.
"What sweetie?"
"I said sure I'll tell her!" replied Rika. "Listen..I uh, gotta go. See you when I see you." she said quickly.
"All right." replied Rumiko. "Take care."
"Yeah whatever. Bye!" she said and hung up.
Once again, Rika leaned back on her bed and stared at the ceiling, glaring at the phone to ring again. It didn't so she picked up her stereo's remote and pressed play, System of A Down blasting.
"They're going to build a prison..." she sang softly, dozing off.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Rika!"
Someone was shaking her awake. Her eyes opened. "Wha..?" she asked, blinking furiously to wake herself up.
"I've told you time and time again not to fall asleep while you were by yourself!" said Rumiko, standing over her daughter, hands on hips.
"Sorry.." said Rika, rubbing her eyes. "I was tired and bored and that equals sleep for me." she said, sitting up. "Grandma home?" she asked.
"No.. if you had looked around you would have seen the note on the fridge saying that she had gone out with a friend for a bit and was eating out." said Rumiko.
"Oh. I guess I should've looked at the fridge then." said Rika.
"Well..my mom is the cook, so we're screwed right now. I can't cook and I'm pretty sure you can't either." said Rumiko.
"And thats correct." said Rika.
"I suggest we order take out." said Rumiko. "And any suspicious phone calls, or knocks on doors, etc?" she asked.
"Nope." replied Rika, standing and walking with her mother out of her room towards the kitchen. "Why?"
"No reason.." said Rumiko, looking at the list of take out places on the fridge when they arrived in the kitchen.
"Geez mom, just tell me." said Rika. "You're so bad at keeping secrets, mom, its not even funny." she said.
"Fine, if you must know, one of my inviso-guards thought he saw someone who looked like ...Justin." said Rumiko quietly.
Rika spit out the water in her mouth. "What?!?" she demanded.
"Thats why I stayed late.." said Rumiko. "One of the guards wanted to talk to me. He saw he saw someone near my workbuilding that fit Justin's description. Then..my boss said he got a weird phone call the other day..and no one was there."
"You're joking, right?" asked Rika, putting her class down on the table, staring at her mom with wide eyes.
Rumiko shook her head. "I want your grandmother to get home soon because, well ya never know." she said.
"Damn right, ya never know!" shouted Rika. Then she bit her lip. 'Rika, you idiot. Cursing in front of your mom..' she thought, wide eyed.
Rumiko grinned. "So what do you want to order?" she asked.
"Sorry.." said Rika, grinnning sheepishly. "Only once in a while... I curse.."
"Its fine, sweetie." said Rumiko. "You had good reason. I think we should call your grandma on her cell phone, to check up on her."
"You do it." said Rika. "I'll order the food." she said, picking up the phone. She tossed it to her mom.
They shared a glance, and the mother and daughter grew a tad bit closer.
Rumiko diled a number on the phone and waited. Rika pulled out a chair and sat at the table, looking over take out menus.
"Mom? Its Rumiko." she said. "Yeah, I'm just calling to check on you." she paused as Mrs. Makino talked. "Well...I'll explain when you get home. So you'll get home around seven thirty?" another pause. "All right. See you then. Remember to call if something happens. Rika and I will be here." she said. "So long." then she hung up.
"I take it grandma's fine." said Rika, as Rumiko tossed the cordless phone to her daughter. She caught it. "Bye the way..we're getting Chinese." she said. (a/n: umm..well i couldn't think of anything else so they're having chinese food...O_o)
"Thats fine. Just make sure you get me some egg rolls." said Rumiko.
"Of course." said Rika. "Mom's just gotta have her egg rolls."
"Lay off the egg rolls." said Rumiko. "They are very tastey. Will you try one this time?"
"No way." said Rika, diling. "Not in the mood."
"You should." said Rumiko.
"Shh.." said Rika. "Huh? Oh sorry! I wasn't talking to you.. I was talking to my mom." a pause. "Talk-ing-to-my-moth-er." said Rika. "Hold on... Hold-on." she said. She covered the mouth piece. "Its the chinese guy who barely understands our language. This could take a while." she grinned at her mom.
"Have fun!" grinned Rumiko.
Rika glared and went back to talking. (a/n: i'll put in the chinese guy's talking too, just for the sake of humor...we could use something to lighten up this chapter)
"Ello? Ello? You there?" asked the guy.
"Yeah. I'm here."
"What you say?"
"I AM HERE." said Rika.
"Oh! What you like for eating?" asked the guy.
"I'll start with some Fried Wonton." said Rika.
"Fried Wonton?" asked the guy.
"Yes. Fried Won-ton." replied Rika.
"Okay!" said the guy. "Anyting else?"
"Yes." said Rika. "Wonton Soup."
"Wonton Soup?"
"Yes." replied Rika.
"Is that all?"
"No." replied Rika. "A pint of Chicken Lo Mein."
"Lo Mein?" asked the guy. "Lobster or beef?"
"Chick-En Lo Mein." said Rika. "Not Lob-ster or Be-ef. Chick-en." she said.
"Oohh! CHICKEN!" said the guy.
"Yes! Chicken!" said Rika.
"What else you like?"
"Umm.. some Egg Rolls?"
"What kind you like?"
Rika covered the mouth piece. "What kinda egg rolls mom?" she said.
"There's more than one?" asked Rumiko.
"Apparently." said Rika. She uncovered the moutpiece. "Beef?" she asked.
"Beef what?"
"Egg rolls." said Rika.
"Oohh! Beef egg rolls!" said the guy. "We got that. You like that?"
"Yes please." said Rika.
"Your total ees.."
"Wait! I'm not done!"
"Oh! Okay. What else you like?"
"Shrimp Chow Mein." said Rika. And before the guy could say anything, "Shrimp-Chow-Mein." said Rika.
"Is that everyting?" he asked.
"Yes. That is everything." said Rika slowly.
"Would you like egg rolls with that?"
"I already ordered egg rolls." said Rika, raising an eyebrow.
"What you say?"
"I al-read-y ord-er-ed egg roll-s." said Rika, even more slowly.
"Oh yeah! I sorry, I did not see that you ordered egg rolls already." said the guy. "Hold on, whilest I find out how much money you need pay."
Rika rolled her eyes and waited. She covered the mouth piece. "Next time, you're doing this mom." she said.
"Oh but you seem to have so much fun!" grinned Rumiko.
Rika glared.
"Total is ten dollars, you want it delivered?" asked the guy.
"Yes." said Rika.
"Okay. Where to?"
"Fif-ty sev-en, Call-a-han-burg Street." said Rika, slowly. (a/n: i duno..i made it up..if there really is a street named that, forgive me for stealing its name)
"Fitty Sevan Callahanburg?" asked the guy.
"YES." said Rika slowly.
"Okay!" said the guy. "It will be there in bout ten minutes. Thank you, come again!" he said and hung up the phone.
Rika clicked the off button and practically threw the phone on the ground. "Stupid chinese guy." she said. (a/n: no offense to any chinese people..its just the rika thing to go! gomen ne!) "It'll be here in ten."
"That was actually entertaining to watch." said Rumiko, taking a sip of her soda.
"To watch, yes. But not to do." said Rika.
"Did you order the egg rolls?" grinned Rumiko slyly.
"You and you're egg rolls." said Rika. She cracked her knuckles.
"Oh! You forgot to mention you wanted chopsticks with it!" said Rumiko.
Rika glared. "No way, no how. If you want chopsticks, call and ask for them yourself." she said. "Besides..we have them, so we don't need them."
"I know." said Rumiko, taking another sip of her soda. "I just wanted to see your reaction, Rika." she grinned.
"And you did. Whoop dee doo." said Rika.
Rumiko grinned. "So Faye is going to Hong Kong?" she asked.
"Yup. The day after the Winter Dance too." said Rika.
"There's a dance?" asked Rumiko.
"Yeah.. a week from now." said Rika. "And somehow, Faye and Jeri convinced me to go. Although I do not know why as I hate dances and don't dance anyway." she said.
"It'll be fun!" said Rumiko. "I would have asked Faye to come over afterwards and spend the night, but obviously she can't if she's going to Hong Kong." she said. "I also have a big photo shoot that day so I'll leave before you do, but I should get back around nine..what time is your dance over?" she asked.
"Around ten. I think." said Rika. "Besides..I'm just going to torture the preps and popular people with my friends."
"Plural?" asked Rumiko. "Who are they?"
Rika rolled her eyes. "Curious?" she asked.
"I just think its great that you've made more friends. So there's Faye and Jeri..anyone else?" asked Rumiko, propping her elbows on the table and hands on her fists.
Rika rolled her eyes. "Its me, Faye, Jeri, Takato and Henry." she said.
"Ooo, guys?" asked Rumiko.
"Geez mom." said Rika, rolling her eyes yet again. "They are my friends and we hung out at the mall on my birthday and we decided it would be fun to go hang out at the dance. Torture the preps..ahh..now thats the life.." she said.
Rumiko grinned. "Has Rika discovered boys?" she asked.
"For crying out loud, mom!" said Rika. "They are my friends, nothing more..although Faye has discovered boys..I am not interested just yet." she said.
"You never know.." said Rumiko. "You're fifteen and thats the age when I had my first boyfriend." she said.
"Mom. I do not want a boyfriend right now so just drop it ok?" said Rika, in a slightly angry voice, glaring daggers at her mom.
"All right .. all right.." said Rumiko. "But before I do, promise me that you'll tell me if anything special happens?" she said, blushing slightly.
"Mom!!" shouted Rika. She stood up and slammed the chair in its spot. "Let me know when the food gets here." she said and dashed out of the kitchen, before her mom could come up with anymore annoying questions.
Rika went into her room and flopped on her bed. She sighed.
"Stupid." said Rika. "I'll never fall in love. Especially after seeing what my mom went through.." she said. Then Faye's words echoed in her mind.
~You are not your mom. Stop comparing youself to her! Just stop!~
Rika thought about that for a second. And it finally clicked. She was right. "I am not my mom. We are two totally different people. Why should I care that she met Justin at a dance and that she had me at a young age and..yeah..whatever else there is.."
She grinned.
She wasn't boy crazy. She wasn't into guys yet. She admitted that Takato was cute..once. Only once...but then again...
The two of them had kissed.
"It was stupid..it would have happened to anyone.." she said angrily.
Or maybe not. Maybe it wouldn't have happened to anyone. Maybe it was meant to be..."Dammit Rika, stop with all the stupid mushy thoughts. Think about the good stuff.." she said, sitting up.
"Like skateboarding... laughing with Faye.. beer.. no just kidding." she said. "Great, now I'm talking to myself. Wonderful!" she laughed.
She leaned back on her bed, got compfortable..when the door bell rang.
"Great..Chinese is here.. I wonder who the delievery guy is." said Rika. "I think I'll make Rumiko get it..ha ha ha.." she said, standing up and leaving her room.
She walked towards the kitchen as her mom was coming back from the door carrying the food. "I got egg rolls!" she said.
Rika rolled her eyes. "Damn those egg rolls.." she whispered.
MD: so how was that? once again..sorry for the long update and :: laughs:: i'm going to advertise! ::grins:: if you like Inuyasha..read my fic "My Bloody Valentine" and if you like Card Captor Sakura.. read my fic "The Heir".. ha.. i advertised... oh yeah..all those chinese foods.. that took a little research into my own little supply of take out menus! o^_^o one last thing..dont forget to review!!
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