Chapter 2: Friday

Updated: 8/1/2014

A few wild parrots squawked above the island as Kairi burst through the door to witness a snoring Anika sleeping with one leg hanging off of a twin sized bed.

Kairi let herself into Anika's room while changing into her uniform, "Oi! Anika! Get up! We're really late!"

"Noo, Kairi, be quiet, it's too early," she groggily complained and continued to doze as drool passed through her lips.

Kairi rushed about the house, "Fine! But it's really not that early, it's nine thirty!"

Anika sat straight up, fully awake, "Shit! Kairi, you're kidding right?!"

"No! Why would I?! Haiaku!(hurry up!)" she wailed.

Anika removed her clothes and put on the plaid mini skirt and sleeveless white top. She grabbed a blue plaid tie from her closet and put it around her neck. Then shoved her feet into her thigh high navy blue socks and into her loafers. Kairi mumbled near the door, agitated.

"I'm coming Kai! Chill!" Anika rushed to pick up her bag and both ran out the front door. On the way to school she retied her hair in its ponytail.

Kairi was on the verge of crying as they ran, "I can't believe I'm late, again!"

Anika rolled her eyes, Drama queen, it's only the third time.

They rushed onto campus and into their third class, mathematics: Statistics. Same room as all their other classes but with a different teacher; Terra-Sensei. A downright unforgiving math teacher who eyed the girls as they walked into class late.

As they sat down shamefully, all eyes were on them and Terra continued writing notes on the board, "Anika, Kairi, see me after school. You have to make up the notes you missed."

Anika glared at his back, I hate this class.

Namine sent a look to Xion who whispered to Anika, "Busted."

Anika whipped her head around, "Shut the fuck up."

Terra turned around, "Do we have a problem that you'd like to share with the class, Anika?"

Anika turned around and gave a forced smile, "Of course not Sensei."

He nodded and continued with the lesson. The other students snickered and continued with notes.

Anika put her chin in her palms, This is why I hate school.

One and a half classes later, the lunch bell rang and Anika left the room to the outdoor vending machine. She kicked it just right and earned herself a can of cranberry juice. She smirked as her friends joined her, except Kairi who opted to be with Sora.

Xion looked at Anika. "Sorry about earlier."

"Don't worry about it. It's my fault I was late again."

Namine spoke up, "Rumor has it that you were late because you were out getting some."

Anika looked her dead in the eyes, "That bullshit again? What the fuck, does everybody think I'm a whore when I haven't even done anything?! I'm a mother fucking virgin."

Xion and Namine glanced at each other and spoke simultaneously, "Yeah."

Anika chugged her juice, "Guys, that was a rhetorical question, you weren't supposed to answer. You know I don't date."

Namine laughed, "Oh, sorry. Anyway, it'll blow over. Did Kairi stay at Sora's last night?"

Xion nodded, "Yeah she told me she was staying over last night, and I forgot to tell you Namnam. She totally got laid."

The blonde moved her hair from her face, "Is Kairi really that kind of person though?"

Anika shrugged her shoulders, "I'm not sure. I wouldn't think so, but I know she's comfortable around Sora, since they're childhood friends and all."

Namine nodded, "True."

Xion changed the subject, "I heard his twin is valedictorian of our graduating class."

"No way! " Namine raised her eyebrows.

"That's what I heard. " Xion skipped forward, "Let's go find Kairi and find out the answer!"

"But Xion, isn't that rude?" the innocent blonde questioned.

"No, we just want to confirm the results."

Anika looked in the distance, "Is Sora second?"

"I think so. They might be popular, but they're smart, too," the pixie haired girl responded.

"I heard that their family owned this school, " Namine added as they went to find Kairi.

The two other girls shrugged.

They found Kairi amongst a group of guys, and one girl with light brown hair and two different colored eyes.

Xion spoke first, "Hey Kairi!"

Kairi turned away from Sora and the group looked at Kairi's friends. "Hi guys!"

The three waved and smiled. Xion slithered her way to Kairi's side and checked Riku out, "Is Sora's twin number one in scores?"

Kairi smiled, "I don't know. Why don't you ask him?"

The flirtatious raven haired twin smirked at Xion and sauntered his way next to Sora, his golden eyes looking over Namine and Anika. "To answer your question, Riku is first, Sora's second, I'm third. " His alluring voice resonated through the humid air to their ears.

Kairi decided to put her two cents in, "And Namine is fourth!"

Namine flushed and bit her lip, "Kairi..." she drawled.

From behind Sora, Roxas eyed Namine and smiled sweetly. His characteristic checkered ring sat carelessly on his finger on his raised knee. His blue plaid uniform contrasted with his ring, but complemented his lapis eyes.

Just then, the end of lunch rang out, and the group dispersed. Sora kissed Kairi's cheek and let her return to class with Namine, Xion and Anika.

Anika absentmindedly looked at her nails. "Don't forget, Kairi, we have to see Mr. Dirt after school."

The auburn haired girl smiled, "Right. I swear I will never be late again."

Xion laughed aloud, "You said that the last two times. "

The victim's eyes widened, "Did I really?!"

The others nodded.

The rest of school blurred by, and before the quartet had to split up, Anika asked, "You guys wanna grab your boards' later?"

Kairi shook her head, "I have to work tonight."

Xion looked at Namine and back to Anika, "We would really love to but we have a study session with some other classmates."

Namine nodded profusely, "So sorry!"

Anika smiled, "Okay, that's fine. Then I'll see you later."

Xion and Namine went off for their meeting and Anika and Kairi went to Terra's office down the hall.

They knocked and entered. Terra spun around in his chair and looked at them. "Take a seat."

The girls promptly seated themselves in front of his desk and he pulled out two stacks of work and a few sheets of notes in the center. "Complete all of these exercises and copy down these notes. When you're finished give them to me and I'll check them over, every wrong answer will be corrected and you will turn the corrections in before the day is up."

Kairi stared, stunned at the amount of work before them, "But, but Terra-Sensei it's Friday!" she complained.

He raised an eyebrow, "Do you want another stack of work problems?"

Kairi quickly started to work on the stack she had, "No, no, th-this is fine, thank you."

Anika looked it over and mumbled unintelligible curses. She pulled out her pencil and completed the damned problems.

About three hours later, the two turned in their work, but had to stay another 45 minutes to make corrections. Kairi repeatedly checked her watch for time and booked it from Terra's office when she free to go.

Terra looked after her, then to Anika, "What does she have that's so important?" he questioned seriously.

Anika met his gaze, "Work." She replied while she started packing up.

Looking over her work, Terra commented: "You're not that bad at math, it's just your work ethic and test scores are not-" he paused to find the right word, "Satisfactory."

She grumbled, "Yeah well, I don't plan on being much."

"That's no way to live your life miss Ishibashi. Your friends seem to have plans in mind."

She glared at him, "Well I don't have any plans, I'm my own person. I'm not one of my friends! Everybody says each person is unique but all you 'grown ups' do is nag that we should be more like others!" She started getting hyped up and her voice was laden with attitude.

She took a deep breath, "Sorry. That wasn't necessary." She looked away.

He looked at her with pity, "I'm sorry you feel that way. Maybe you should see Ms. Aqua in the counseling office ."

"Thanks, but no thanks." She bowed and rolled her eyes when he couldn't see. "I need to get home."

He stood and packed his own things, "Of course. Have a nice weekend, Miss Ishibashi."

She nodded and took her leave.

Anika made her way home and changed into her swim suit and took her board out, but the waves weren't spectacular so she sat on her board and watched the remains of the day drift by. She ran her fingers through the calm waters, feeling its warmth wrap around them, silently caressing every individual skin cell with utmost gentleness. She observed the little fish below dance in beautiful, exaggerated loops amongst the kelp and rainbow coral.

But a few yards away, someone paddled up close enough to her that she could hear their breath and movements. She turned her head to see a male her age. Someone she had seen before.

Hello! This is another chapter that I hope will earn at least one review. I wasn't going to update this story until I completed my other ones, but I wanted feedback on this one. So here it is. Let me know your thoughts.

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