by Flare Haynekie
Disclaimer: Same as two chapters ago.
Warnings: AU, OOC-ness
Author's notes: Oh my God! The third chapter!!!! This one will be rather short, considering that I want to end it in a special way, and that will happened rather quickly… Bah! Enjoy the third chapter!
Chapter 3: Helping out?
Sora turned it on as Sion talked with the old lady. He was anxious to see what games, ring tones, screen savers, and other stuff it had. He used to envy his schoolmates when they bragged about their cell phones, but now he finally had one to call his own. The cell phone had the picture of a city Sora quickly recognized as his old hometown: Kuri City. Softly gritting his teeth, Sora looked for a decent photo to use as his background. He put the Paopu fruit as his background, considering the fact that he was tied to its legend thanks to Dominique. Next was the ring tone. Something sweet… something not so girly… Sora was about to argue with the phone when he stumbled upon a ring tone that he instantly loved. He hummed it for a minute or so, before setting it as the ring tone.
"Hmmm, maybe that song is still a bit girly…." Sora mumbled to himself as he watched Sion laugh with the old lady.
Sora kept playing with the cell phone and found a few songs in their original format, and not converted to little ring tones. He found a song similar to his ring tone. "Take it Shake it", performed by "sugar". A while later, Sion called Sora.
"Sora?" the old lady asked, curious. "The child is named Sora?"
Sion chuckled. "Yeah. My wife picked out that name. She said she had decided on the name even before he was born."
"And it's a boy!" the old lady softly laughed. "I'm sorry. It's just so surprising. I hadn't noticed your name was Sora, child." She said looking at Sora. "My daughter was just like your mother, Sora. She had a friend in high school at which she promised that her child would be named Sora and it would be married to her friend's child named Riku."
"Riku?" Sora quickly asked. "What does Riku mean? Uh, does it even mean anything?"
"Yes, it means something. Just like Sora means sky, Riku means earth. Two different personalities, each reaching to be with each other. And they would if that other one wasn't in the way."
"Earth! That's what mom told me to find!"
"Your mother did?"
"Yes! She wrote it in a letter she left us. It was with her will, so they gave it to us when she died." Sora searched his backpack, which he had never left at all, and found the letter, giving it to the old lady. "See? She wrote it at the end."
"Oh my! This… this is Dom's handwriting!" the old lady read the whole letter before giving it to Sora. "This is very surprising. I never knew I had such a lovely grandchild."
Sora and Sion quickly looked at the old lady, before Sion's eyes widen. "That means that you're Caroline, Dominique's mother!"
"That is correct." The old lady smiled. "I am Caroline Cross. I have such a lovely son-in-law and a even lovelier grandson."
"I can't believe it was so easy to find you! I thought it would take me days!" Sion laughed, at which Sora just nodded.
"Well, it's a good thing that you found me so fast. I know someone a few blocks down my old home who needs a young helping hand such as yourself. Maybe you should talk to him and see if he's willing to offer you the job. As for my little Sora, I'd be happy to have him here once in a while." Caroline softly petted Sora.
Sora smiled up at her. "I don't mind staying. I can even help you out! I mean, it'll be lunchtime soon, right? That means that students will be coming. And by helping you out, I might find out who Riku is!"
"That's alright with me. If you can, stay here while I show your father to his probably future job. I should be back before the bell rings. If not, hold out for a while. I have a helper who comes here a bit before the bell rings. He might be a bit late today, so just hold on until he comes."
Sora nodded as Caroline and Sion left the store. Sora walked behind the counter, placing his backpack where it wouldn't disturb anyone. He moved the metal stool a bit farther away from the cash register so it would serve him as a limit. He shouldn't wander more into the back of the store because Caroline hadn't showed him around and he might break something by mistake. It didn't take long before a bunch of students practically drowned him with requests. And while he was trying his best to help them, he started to panic when even more students started with their requests. Sora cowered behind the counter as the students yelled at him for their orders. He couldn't take long, he swore he couldn't, until he heard someone ordering students to move.
"I said, MOVE! And while you're all at it, I want an orderly made line, and some quiet!" the voice ordered as the person moved up to the counter. Silence fell, Sora looking over the counter to see the silver haired stranger from earlier glare at him as he approached the counter. "Can't you have some order in this place?" he asked Sora as he walked behind the counter. "Move. Go sit on the stool, and while you're at it, learn something useful." The boy smirked, starting to work on what Sora should've done from the start.
To be continued!
Author's note: Look! I made it! Just in time too. =P I took longer than I thought in writing this chapter. And I still don't like it much. It was kinda rushed. Oh, the little facts I've placed so far:
"Take it Shake it" by sugar, is the opening song to the series "Kaleido Star", which is soo cool! I love it! And the song is really nice too. The cell phone Sora has… I want it!! It does exist! Except for the whole charm thing, it exists! A friend of mine has it. How I envy her! pout I don't even have a cell phone… Sora's class time thingie. My mom is from South America, and in her country, classes start in March and end in December, while here where I live, classes start in August and end in May. This without counting the breaks, like spring break, summer break, the little fall break, and winder break. Ooh! There's a break for each season! Fall break is the shortest since it only last like two to three days. And it's just because of Thanksgiving Day. Sadly enough, we have holidays even for the just-in-case. My cousin, on my mother's side and lives in South America and it's an English teacher there, said so.That's all I can think of right now. Uh, any questions??