Chapter 15: Lifestyles of the Rich and Bitchy
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A black shiny limo made its way in front of the hotel. Zell and Wakka were playing cards on the grass and looked up, surprised.
"Who's that?" Zell whispered, but Wakka only shrugged.
A limo driver came out of the front and had to walk all the way to the back, which was a long way, and open the very last door where whoever was inside was to come out. After catching a breath from all that walking to the end of the limo, the driver straightened up and opened the door.
A gleaming, leather, mahogany brown boot delicately made its way out, and supported fine sleek legs followed by a tan petite body, all of which a head finally lay upon, sporting a fine head of sleek, waist long light brown hair. Lenne, wearing her usual songstress outfit but now with big expensive Gucci sunglasses and swinging a Louis Vuitton at her side, stepped out and strutted towards the entrance, walking like a model. Even the way she chewed her gum seemed professional, and even though Zell and Wakka were used to this kinda of behavior from Yuna, their jaws dropped anyway.
But, followed shortly after her came Shuyin, struggling to keep up. He bared his teeth at Zell and Wakka who whimpered away and hid behind the bushes, still watching from a safe distance the two newcomers make their way inside. Lenne waited for Shuyin to open the door for her, then she made her way impatiently inside. If you thought Yuna was the snobbiest, most selfish, spoiled, drama queen, bitchy, self centered character in this story, you thought wrong. Here walked in someone even more of a snob, and selfish, spoiled, drama queen acting, bitchy, self centered, and totally pop star material. Yup, I'm talking about Lenne. Lenne is ten times worse than Yuna, and here walked in a true nightmare.
The desk lady smiled at Lenne, the poor soul not knowing who she really was, and waited for Lenne to say something. But Lenne just stood there looking at her, chewing her gum. Shuyin suddenly came to life, coming to him what he was to do. "Um, uh, room for two please...Biggest one you have!" Shuyin cried.
"Ok, that'll be-," The lady started.
"And the room has to be at least two degrees lower than room temperature every other day, and two degrees higher on the days other then that. Lenne likes her orange juice in the morning to come to her at exactly 8:32 am with no pulp and bendy straw only. This bendy straw must be purple and white striped on Saturdays, Lenne will take red and white striped only on Wednesdays, and all the other days they must be pink swirly straws-"
"But, you just said-"
"-Lenne likes chocolates under her pillows but absolutely no nuts of any kind or almonds, Lenne will only accept milk chocolate with purple wrapper. Her pillow must have approximately exactly 56.7 feathers in them or else she will not sleep. The lamp next to her bed needs to have string turn on maneuvers, no buttons. The light switches on the room must be activated by clapping your hands or else Lenne's precious soft fingers get damaged by flipping the germ infected light switches, and we wouldn't want that would we? Would we?!" Shuyin cried out in the lady's face.
"N-N-No, but Sir-," The lady tried helplessly.
"I'm not finished!" He cried and continued. "Every rug and carpet in the room must be vacuumed at least five times a day with only a purple vacuum cleaner or blue, absolutely no yellow or orange or any colors other then that. Any maids available are only allowed in the room when we are not inside, and no one is to interrupt us while we're inside either. Breakfast must come at exactly 8:04 am or later, lunch must consist of only foods with less than 200 carbs, and absolutely no later then 3 o'clock sharp. The shampoos in the bathroom are to be arranged strictly with shampoo first, conditioner after, body wash, then soap, all of which must be purple or else Lenne won't wash her hair. The water temperature must be exactly-," Shuyin continued then suddenly stopped.
The lady looked at him incredulously.
"Why aren't you writing this down?" Shuyin boomed, pounding his fist on the counter.
The lady jumped five feet and frantically tried to jot everything down from memory. "S-Sir, there's something though I s-should tell you," The lady stammered trying to at least look as if she was writing anything down.
"What?" Shuyin asked.
"Um, well, the whole hotel was rented out by a group visiting on Spring Break and-," The lady started but was interrupted by a sudden eruption of laughter coming from Lenne.
Lenne laughed out loud and let it fade away with a sigh, thus swiftly pulling out a nail filer and beginning to file her nails. Shuyin watched her then turned back to the lady, clearing his throat. "Uh, Lenne says no room is not ever unavailable to Lenne, the greatest pop singer in the world!" Shuyin proclaimed. He then did a back flip, splits, then finished it off with a cheer holding cheerleader pom poms. "Go-o-o Lenne!" Shuyin cried.
Lenne yawned in the background.
"I'm sure we can work something out," The lady said, smiling nervously.
"Shuyin, sweetie, my bags," Lenne said filing away at her nails while taking a delicate seat to the sofa.
"Right away," Shuyin said and ran outside at high speeds. When he came back he headed towards the far back room, the biggest one, that used to be Auron and Quistis's room while hauling an immense amount of luggage.
Tidus was walking down the hallway while whistling and saw the struggling Shuyin, but thinking he was someone else. "Hey pal, need some help?" Tidus asked.
"Oh, no, no, I'm good, thanks buddy," Shuyin replied through gasps of air.
"You sure? Someone shouldn't really be carrying all that luggage at a time...," Tidus insisted.
"Well, now that you mentioned it," Shuyin said and dropped all the luggage gratefully to allow Tidus to pick it up. But the instant the two recognized each other they gasped dramatically.
"You!" They cried in unison, pointing at each other.
"What are you doing here, you...you...Hair style copy-cater!" Tidus cried.
"Hey man! I got this hair style way before you did!" Shuyin protested.
"If you're here, there's no doubt Lenne's here too, huh?" Tidus sneered.
"Yeah, well, what's it to ya?" Shuyin asked back, crossing his arms.
"Uh...nothing, so um, yeah! In your face!" Tidus feebly tried to come up with a comeback.
"Well...um, uh, your mom!" Shuyin cried and taking Lenne's luggage with him he tried to run as fast as he could to their room, moving only like two small steps a minute. "Almost...There...," He wheezed carrying all the stuff.
Tidus raised an eyebrow.
"You'll...See...Tidus! Better not try...To...Catch up to me!" Shuyin said menacingly, even though he was five feet away.
"Whatever dude," Tidus said and waving him off, he made his way elsewhere.
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Meanwhile...
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Lenne took her sunglasses off, and swished back her hair. "Ugh, what a dump," She muttered under her breath. The desk lady had long since cried out an excuse that her uncle's adoptive cousin's step brother's half sister's twice removed other cousin who moved to Idaho and has a PHD in COWS, got killed then came back to life again only to be attacked by ravage squirrels who barely ate her alive but just before that had her 50th child so the desk lady was going to her funeral and to celebrate the newborn's birth with the rest of her relatives and non relatives and cows from Idaho.
Anyway, Lenne walked down to the dining hall where to her entertainment she found Yuna and some other guy she didn't know (frankly, a rather ugly one) talking alone at a table. Lenne walked up to them smiling and the guy looked up at her briefly and his eyes sort of flashed.
"This can't be good," Vincent suddenly muttered.
"Huh?" Yuna asked and turned around to her utmost horror! "L-L-Lenne...What the fuck are you doing here?" Yuna suddenly asked in shock.
"Well, well, well, would you look who it is! And wow, what a pleasant way to greet old friends!" Lenne said in a bittersweet voice, though she was smiling like a psycho Barbie doll.
"...Friends?" Yuna wondered in puzzlement as Lenne gave her a quick hug.
"Oh, Yuna! Don't be silly! Anywho, aren't you going to introduce me to your gentleman friend here?" Lenne asked, stepping over to Vincent and twirling a strand of his long hair.
"Hey! Leave him alone, Lenne!" Yuna snapped.
"Yuna, it's ok-," Vincent started but Lenne's voice went over his.
"Gosh Yuna, how rude of you! Didn't your mother ever teach you to share?" Lenne asked and to Vincent's surprise she sat on his lap.
Yuna turned red, either with embarrassment or fury, or...perhaps both. "Lenne! So is this why you suddenly appeared here, to come here and taunt me?" Yuna asked.
"I just love it when she gets angry, don't you?" Lenne said into Vincent's ear.
"I, uh...Um...," Vincent stammered pulling his collar.
"Vincent!" Yuna cried.
"What?" Vincent asked.
Lenne suddenly yawned. "All this name calling is making me sleepy. I'm going to check how Shuyinny Poo is doing. We'll chat later, won't we Yunie?" Lenne asked getting up from Vincent's lap and walking away.
"Your loyal dog is here too, huh?" Yuna wondered loudly.
"At least my dog is trained...can't say the same for yours. Where is Tidus anyway?" Lenne asked smirking.
"He's uh...Um...Who cares? Why do you need to know?" Yuna challenged crossing her arms. No way in every hair spray can Yuna has ever owned will she tell Lenne she broke up with Tidus.
"I'm sure I can find him...All I gotta do is whistle, right?" Lenne said inspecting her nails. Then with an evil laugh she strutted out the room.
Yuna growled like a wild animal and Vincent shifted his eyes nervously. "I can't stand her!" Yuna cried, tugging at her hair.
"Maybe I should go...," Vincent said.
"Why? So you can go over there and follow her?" Yuna suddenly demanded.
"What are you talking about?" Vincent replied puzzled.
"I saw the way you looked at her! Well, let me tell you now she isn't your type, plus the fact that she's taken, and did you know that she-," Yuna started but Vincent put a hand up and she stopped.
"I'm not going after Lenne, Yuna. I'm going to tend to some other businesses and I advise you to do the same, so you can calm down a little. I think all these talking sessions we have are...Um...Sort of putting ideas in your head," Vincent said. Ouch!
Yuna looked taken aback. "Excuse me? What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, but Vincent merely shook his head and swooped out of the room. Yuna sighed and crossed her arms. "Why is Vincent acting so strange? We were able to talk all the time...," Yuna muttered. She gathered up all her stuff and decided to go to the spa to think clearly.
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At the spa, Yuna ran into Tifa. "Tifa! You...Pamper yourself?" Yuna asked, looking her up and down.
Tifa glared at her. "Of course I do! What are you doing here?" Tifa wondered.
"I need to clear my head," Yuna sighed.
"How come?" Tifa asked and they walked together to the locker room.
"Can you believe that Lenne is here?" Yuna told.
"Lenne?" Tifa questioned.
"You know...Lenne? My school, career, and life rival?" Yuna grumbled, changing.
"Oh...The chick with that hit single, has some blonde guy following her around like a body guard? You know, he looks almost identical to Tidus," Tifa chuckled.
Yuna rolled her eyes. "Wait...Did you say hit single?" Yuna asked.
"Yeah, came out last week. It has a really catchy tune, too...," Tifa said.
"Oh please, don't sing it," Yuna replied when Tifa looked about ready to sing. Yuna rubbed her forehead.
"You look even more stressed," Tifa noted.
"Lenne has a hit single...I promised my manager I'd come up with something original during break, but...God, so much stuff has been going on," Yuna said as she and Tifa walked to the sauna in towels.
They then screamed as they ran into a green alien with large cucumber eyes! But never fear, it was only Rinoa. "Yunie, Tifa!" Rinoa cried.
"You scared the living aeons out of me Rinoa, sheesh," Yuna said.
"Sorry Yunie! You guys came out of nowhere, and...Wait...What are you all doing here? Did you plan a spa party without me?" Rinoa asked hurriedly and started to sniff.
"No! No, I ran into Tifa, and we ran into you," Yuna reassured her.
"Oh...Ok then!" Rinoa cried cheerful again.
They all walked together to a sauna and sat down in the steamy, wooden room. "So, Yuna, why do you look so stressed?" Rinoa asked.
"Well, first of all, Lenne and Shuyin found their way here, Lenne has a single and I haven't even written any rough drafts, not to mention back ups, Vincent is starting to avoid me, and well I feel like crap!" Yuna cried.
"Well, you have little problems, try having the same problem, not changing, since you reached puberty," Tifa grumbled.
Rinoa looked at Tifa thoughtfully and reached for her hand. "We all have monthly periods, Honey," Rinoa said softly.
Tifa snatched her hand back and gave Rinoa a crazed look. "Not that, you psycho! I'm talking about Cloud," Tifa said.
Yuna laughed but Rinoa didn't get it. "Cloud gets a monthly period as well?" Rinoa asked. Nobody answered. Frankly, I think they weren't sure how to answer.
"Cloud is so clueless. I'll bet he even forgets the chick's name he slept with the night before," Yuna said, fluffing her hair up casually.
Rinoa laughed but Tifa didn't. "Hey, he's not that clueless, he's just a little...slow, you know?" Tifa said.
"Tifa, you know how long it's been and he still doesn't have a clue you like him?" Rinoa pointed out shrilly.
"It's not his fault though, it's...it's me. I don't hint, like you guys, I don't put myself out there," Tifa grumbled. "I don't even know how to flirt, for Pete's sake."
"I remember in Junior High we tried to teach you," Rinoa giggled and she and Yuna laughed.
"Yeah, yeah," Tifa replied looking away.
"Well...As for me, I kinda have a problem too," Rinoa said.
"What is it?" Yuna asked.
Rinoa looked at her hands then at Yuna. "I, well, I like...," Rinoa started but then she remembered Yuna's words, about "Girl Code" and knew Yuna would tear her to shreds if she found out about anything...So it wasn't a good idea to tell.
"Spit it out," Tifa said.
"I like...Well, this one guy...," Rinoa said drumming her fingers nervously.
"Oh, who?" Yuna asked excitedly.
Rinoa smiled shyly. "I won't tell you...but I can tell you that he's the nicest guy I know. He cares about other people's feelings, and he can just make me laugh for so long," Rinoa replied.
"Sounds like love," Yuna noted. Rinoa gulped and looked worried.
"Wait...What about Squall? I know he's a man of few words, but you still have to consider his feelings," Tifa pointed out.
"I know, I know! That's my biggest problem. The poor guy is out working, and here I am almost cheating on him!" Rinoa cried desperately.
"Hey, you're not cheating unless you sleep with this mystery man," Yuna smirked.
Rinoa shifted her eyes. Yuna and Tifa's eyes grew wide. "Rinoa!" They scolded in unison.
"What? I didn't sleep with him! Don't be stupid. All I'm admitting is that I think I may have feelings for him, and that I think he's a great guy. But the thing is, there's no way I could date him," Rinoa explained.
"How come?" Tifa asked.
"Well...There's someone else," Rinoa replied.
"That stinks. Does he even deserve her?" Yuna asked.
"No, well...It's the opposite. She doesn't deserve him, she breaks his heart every day, and the poor guy is too caught up in the love he once had he won't move on. I feel so sorry for him, and I want to help, not to mention...Maybe go out with him myself," Rinoa explained.
"Sounds like a bitch to me," Yuna replied, inspecting her hair. Rinoa looked up at Yuna then at her own feet, somewhat embarrassed.
"Look Rinoa, what I think you should do is wait. Wait until Squall gets back, then talk it out with him. If you still have feelings for this other guy then, and you and Squall officially break up, you can then maybe try something. Just right now, for both the guy, the other girl, and Squall, it's really not that fair," Tifa advised.
"Fair? Who cares about being fair? If you want something, I think you should go ahead and get it," Yuna replied.
"Well, see Yuna, not all of us can really apply to that philosophy, maybe just you and Lenne think that way," Tifa said angrily.
"Ugh, don't even compare me to that slut," Yuna replied, turning her head away.
"Guys, don't fight. I don't have a chance with this guy anyway, let's not fight about it. I'll be a good girlfriend and stay with Squall," Rinoa said feebly.
"Don't listen to Tifa, Rinoa," Yuna said. Tifa crossed her arms.
"No, Yuna, really I don't have a chance-," Rinoa said shaking her head.
"Everyone has a chance...Heck, I could go out with Squall if I wanted too, I just well...He's not my type," Yuna said waving it off.
"What's wrong with Squall? If you should know, he's really good in-,"
"Bedtime ladies, the spa will be closing shortly," A female voice came out from a speaker. Rinoa gulped down her words, as Tifa and Yuna turned to each other and laughed.
"Was that what you were going to say?" Tifa asked, laughing.
"Close enough. C'mon, let's go," Rinoa replied and the three friends walked out together.
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Tifa was the only one left in the hallway as she walked towards her room. Both Rinoa and Yuna had already gone to bed. Humming to herself, she took out her keys and was about to open her door when someone called her name.
"Tifa, right?" A sweet voice came out of nowhere.
"Huh?" Tifa wondered, turning around. She found Lenne coming towards her, a sweet sort of smile on her face that matched her voice. "Um, yes, hello," Tifa replied scratching her neck as she watched Lenne.
"I was wondering...Could I ask for some fashion advice, real quick?" Lenne wondered.
Tifa laughed out loud and Lenne's smile dropped. "Fashion? You're asking the wrong girl," Tifa replied, turning back to her door.
"Wait," Lenne said hurriedly, grabbing Tifa's arm. Tifa looked at her and she smiled sweetly again. "I'm not asking the wrong girl. Trust me, I'm the most ahead in Fashion person here, and your look is it. I just don't think I could pull it off...Won't you help me? I love your clothes," Lenne said coming closer.
"Uh...," Tifa stammered backing up. "Sure...I don't have much to do anyway...," Tifa replied finally.
Lenne backed away and smiled content. "Good answer. C'mon, my room's this way," Lenne said leading Tifa down the hallway. They went inside and found Shuyin with goggles on, working on making his own coat hanger.
"Shuyin!" Lenne yelled over the loud noise. Shuyin stopped the carving wood thing machine (Shut the fuck up, I've never taken wood shop, ok?) and pulled his goggles off his face. "Babes, uh...Who's this?" Shuyin asked.
"This is Tifa," Lenne introduced sweetly and Tifa smiled nervously.
"Hey," Tifa replied.
Shuyin also said hi, but raised an eyebrow at Lenne, who quickly said, "Tifa's giving me fashion advice...Wouldn't her clothes just look great on me?" Lenne asked Shuyin, emphasizing the word 'great' with the flashing of her eyes.
"Uh...Sure?" Shuyin replied, scratching his head.
Lenne laughed casually, turning to Tifa. "Men, huh?" Lenne chuckled and Tifa laughed along with her nervously. "Anyway, you wouldn't really want to hang out here with us girls...Why don't you go hang out with the other guys, or something?" Lenne inquired.
"Um...," Shuyin replied, not really used to male bonding anymore.
"Cloud and some of the guys are at the bar I think, why don't you go there?" Tifa suggested timidly.
"Cloud...He's your boyfriend, isn't he?" Lenne asked.
Tifa blushed tremendously. "Oh no, if only, but nah," Tifa chuckled.
"Oh...You like him?" Lenne wondered. Tifa didn't really answer, but tried to hide her face. But nothing could really get past Lenne, how great and wonderful she is!
"Shuyin sweetie, go hang out with the guys, we'll just be a minute. Make sure to meet this 'Cloud'. I haven't met him yet, we could be friends!" Lenne exclaimed and Shuyin, extremely confused, walked out. "Is Cloud a nice guy?" Lenne asked, jumping on the bed and looking up at Tifa with interest.
"Oh, yeah, a bit clueless...But hey, all guys are like that," Tifa said, sitting at a chair.
"Tell me about it," Lenne grumbled, starting to file her nails.
"Hmph," Tifa suddenly grunted.
"Pardon?" Lenne inquired.
"Oh, nothing, it's just...You remind me a lot of Yuna. She'd call Tidus sweetie a lot and he'd do anything she told him too. She also files her nails like crazy," Tifa noted.
Lenne chuckled, a little dully though. "Trust me, Yuna and I are nothing alike," Lenne replied seriously.
Tifa shrugged. "Anyway...You want me to help ya with your clothes now?" Tifa asked. Lenne yawned.
"You know what? Why don't we hang out tomorrow...Suddenly I'm dreadfully tired. I'm so sorry...You came all the way to my room," Lenne said apologetically.
Tifa got up, waving it off. "Oh, it's fine, I'm just glad I got to meet you officially in person. No offense, but Yuna doesn't like you very much...She's said some things before, I just wasn't sure," Tifa replied.
"Yuna and I just joke around like that, but we're really good friends. Heck, she would've never met Tidus if it weren't for me," Lenne said matter of factly, opening the door for Tifa.
"Really?" Tifa wondered, not knowing that before.
"Oh, sure! We go way back. We just kinda lost touch a bit during a period of time when I got sent to boarding school," Lenne replied.
"Ouch," Tifa said wincing.
"Anyway, I'll make a deal with you. How about we meet some other time...And we'll do a trade!" Lenne proposed happily.
"A...Trade?" Tifa asked, facing Lenne.
"I know my closet by heart, and I know I don't have anything like your style. We'll talk about it tomorrow, you'll see," Lenne said mysteriously. Tifa looked at her suspiciously, but finally said goodbye, heading towards her room.
What was the 'deal' that was to take place? Find out soon enough next time!