Author's Note: Here's the 5th chapter of Passion. Read and review please!
Chapter 5: To the Beach!
Today was Saturday, which meant nothing but goofing off today and tomorrow! I never watch the news in the mornings, but during the weekends, I just watch the weather to plan out my day. I woke up that morning and reached for the remote and turned on the TV. Selphie was sleeping like a baby. Last night we had a sleepover, so she must be exhausted, which is actually a good thing because she's usually hyper. I turned the channel and he weatherman came on with a list of weathers and temperatures for the week. The list said tomorrow, temperatures were going to start to drop, as we get closer to fall. So, it looked like today was going to be the last day to play at the beach until summer comes around again. I quickly turned off the TV and kneeled next to Selphie's sleeping bag. I started to shake her. I looked at the clock and it read, 8:04 am.
" Selphie, wake up." I whispered. She stirred a bit, but wouldn't wake up. I tried to move her a little more. " Come on, Selphie. Today's the last day to hit the beach." I wondered how could Selphie be so hyper if she's so lazy in the mornings? I decided to go with plan B. I quietly walked downstairs and Buddy, my little beagle dog. (A/N: I really have a beagle named, Buddy!) " Buddy, give her sugar." Buddy began to lick her face. " Good boy."
" Orland Bloom?" Selphie stirred and opened her eyes a bit. When they were all the way open, she literally jumped out of her sleeping bag. " What'd you do that for?"
" It was the only way to wake you up. Now come on! The weatherman said today was the last day to hit the beach!"
" To the beach!"
" Um, let me gat my suit on, first, and the let's get your stuff afterwards." I suggested.
" Good idea, Kairi!"
I took my things into my bathroom and shut the door behind me. I put on my sunscreen and then my two-piece purple bikini. Over that, I put on a white tank top that read, "Key West" on it with some blue shorts. I came out and grabbed some other stuff. WE then walked downstairs and ate breakfast. We had to hide the box of doughnuts we had from Selphie because if I know her, she will eat the WHOLE box. Afterwards, we walked over to Selphie's house. I didn't see Sora outside of his house. He must be inside or still sleeping. Boys tend to sleep in till 12pm. (A/N: My older brother does that.) Anyway, we walked over to Selphie's to get her into her beach stuff. I waited in her room while she changed in her bathroom. Minutes later she came out with a bright, orange, two-piece bikini. She was also wearing shorts and was putting on a tank top when she came out. We were ready to go and headed out to the beach. We would stop by Namine's house, but she's probably there by now.
Minutes later, we hit the beach. I guess a lot of people watched the weather channel earlier because it was packed. Although something caught my eye, it was Namine! She was sitting on a towel under and umbrella next to…Roxas! I was still wondering about how their date went last night. My guess is that it went pretty well because the two looked like they were laughing as they were talking to each other. We decided to leave the two alone, but as we started to put down our items, Namine called us over and invited us to sit with her. We walked over to where her and Roxas were sitting. Roxas stood up and left for some reason. Oh well, we sat our stuff down and pulled off our clothes revealing our swimsuits. Namine was also wearing a two-piece. It was sky-blue color and mine was a lavender color. We stretched out our towels and began talking.
" So, how did your date with Roxas go?" Selphie started to get giddy.
" Well, I called you while we were at one of the best places for Chinese food. Then, walked around on the pier, which is known as one of the best places for a first date because of the starry nights." Namine began saying.
" Then what?" I asked.
" While we were just staring into the stars, he told me…" We began moving our heads closer.
" That he's secretly loved me ever since Jr. High school! And then he kissed me!"
" OH MY GOSH! Congrats Namine!" Selphie and I both squealed. As we squealed Roxas came back with two smoothies.
" What's everyone squealing about?" Roxas asked as he sat down and gave one of them to Namine.
" Nothing." Namine simply said. She then turned her head. " Hey Kairi, isn't that Sora over there?"
" Nice try, Namine." I laughed.
" No! Seriously, look!" Namine took her hands and turned my head around and there, I saw Sora!
" Oh my gosh! I can't let him see me in a bathing suit!" I quickly covered myself up with a towel.
" Aw, come on. You'll be fine." Selphie pulled the towel away from me. I stood up and put sunglasses on to hide my identity.
" Okay, I'm going to go into the ocean and hide. If Sora asks you where I am, you didn't see anything."
I kept the sunglasses on and walked around the sand. I glanced at Sora every now and then. At one point, I glanced at him and he was playing Volleyball with Riku. I would ask them if I could play, but I couldn't. I get so nervous around Sora. So, I just continued on with my walking towards the ocean. Man, why did Namine have to sit the farthest away from the water? Just when things were fine, I stepped on a crab and it pinched one of my toes. I kept on saying "ouch" as I tried to get the stupid asshole off of my foot. I finally got it off and threw it into the water. Damn crab! I yelled at myself. I was just about to walk into the water when I heard a voice.
" Hey, Kairi." I turned and saw Sora. There was no use hiding my identity. I took off the glasses.
" How'd you know it was me?" I laughed nervously.
" No other girl in the entire school has that hair."
" Oh, really?"
" Yeah. Hey, nice suit." Sora glanced at my suit. I blushed in embarrassment. " Where'd you get it? They don't sell those here."
" Key West. I went on a vacation there when I was in 7th grade." I forgot to mention that it also had fake thalassa flowers on it. We have thalassa shells, but not thalassa flowers.
" Sweet, so did you and your friends want to play Volleyball against Roxas, Riku, and I?" He was offering us to play Volleyball with them? I took the ball from him.
" You're on!"
I ran back to where Namine, Selphie, and Roxas were sitting with the volleyball in my arm. I asked them if they wanted to play and they accepted. We ran over to where Riku and Sora were waiting. Roxas suggested that we did boys versus girls. I knew that the three of us would kick their asses easily. Since we, the girls, were really good at Volleyball, I decided to let the boys do the starting serve. I forgot to mention that we made it to the varsity team! Sora was serving first. I got into a ready position right before he served. Holy shit! He was quite a good server! The ball came flying onto our side and I was the only one that had to hit it because Namine and Selphie ducked out of the way! I just bumped the ball and told Selphie to set it and Namine to spike it! Even though I sucked at bumping, I was surprised I did a good one. Selphie set the ball and Namine came running and spiked it! We scored a point!
The game went on and each of us kept on scoring one-by-one! Our game finally ended. We won with a score of 25 to 23, but the boys came close to winning. The six of us finally took a break being that Volleyball is a real tiring game. The boys weren't bad for Blitzball players. I couldn't believe how friendly Sora, Riku, and Roxas are. I said bye to Sora and my friends and I resumed to our normal floating in the water routine.
" So, I guess you and Roxas are a couple now, Namine?" I asked.
" Yeah. He's such a great guy."
" Hey Namine, we should try playing matchmaker with Sora and Kairi." Selphie suggested to Namine.
" No way!" I defended myself while blushing.
Later that day, it started to get too cool for the beach, so we decided to head home. I put back on the clothes I brought and walked home. I walked inside as soon as I got home. My dog came and started jumping on me like always. I walked upstairs with Buddy following behind me. Today was some day. As of tomorrow, it'll be too cold for the beach. I was happy for Namine that Roxas is in love with her, but I also wish Sora felt that way.
" I wish Sora would ask me out one day." I sighed as I pet Buddy.
Author's Note: That's the end of chapter 5. In case you're wondering, it's still September. The next chapter will be in October. I plan to have five chapters for each of the months of school. That means this story will probably end up being 40-45 chapters long since there are 8-9 months of school. So, anyway, review please!