Chapter 6: Stalking Potential
A few days had passed since Namine's "big date" and the girls were at Namine's. They had pizza boxes and Diet Coke bottles scattered around the room. Namine and Selphie were in the middle of a game of Tony Hawk while Rikku was furiously typing on her Mac Book and Kairi was looking at an old yearbook.
"So. How long do you think till he's back again?" Namine asked.
"I'd say within the next, 30 seconds?" Rikku said. They heard a car pull up outside. They dropped their things and crawled to the window to see Riku sit his car right across the street from Namine's house. "Like clockwork." Rikku said smiling. Just then the phone rang. "That's call number five." Rikku pointed out.
"That's two calls past desperate. Get it." Kairi said. Namine scooted over to her phone and put in on speaker.
"Hello?" Namine said into the phone.
"Hey, Namine, it's me." Riku said.
"…"
"Riku?"
"…"
"Riku Davis."
"Oh, hey! I just got in. What's up?" Namine said trying not to crack up.
"So, did you figure out if you were doing anything on Saturday?" he asked. The other girls were motioning for Namine to come over.
"Umm, yeah. I did." Namine said going back over to the window. "And- oh crap!" Namine said.
"What is it?"
"Some perv has been checking out the house and I think I see him. I think he's in a Jeep or something." Namine said as all the girls cracked up. She held the phone to her chest so he wouldn't hear them.
"You want me to swing by the house and check it out?"
"No. I think we're just gonna call the cops." She said trying her hardest not to crack up then and there.
"O-ok. I'll just talk to you tomorrow then." Riku said hanging up the phone. "Shit!" Riku said backing up his car into some trash cans. The girls laughed as Rikku video taped the entire scene.
Namine thought if they had hit stalking potential, it was time for Riku to take her out on a real date. So, on Wednesday night Riku and Namine walked hand-in-hand into the restaurant that Namine worked in. She started to go to his normal table, but he pulled her back.
"What, we're not eating here?" she asked.
"Nah, I thought we'd do takeout." Riku said.
"Wh-where are we going?" Namine asked as they walked towards the open deck of the restaurant.
"Well, I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." Riku said smiling. "C'mon." he said starting to run and pulling Namine with him. They reached the end of the deck that looked out over the river. "Well, there's our table." Riku said.
"Oh my gosh." Namine said breathlessly.
Rikku, Kairi, and Selphie walked into the restaurant with the boob cam screen to see that Namine wasn't there.
"Where are they?" Kairi asked.
"Where'd they go?" Selphie asked putting her hands up. They continued walking into the restaurant.
"Wait. You guys, I can't tell where they are." Rikku said. They looked to their right and saw Kelly pointing in the direction of the deck rolling her eyes. She couldn't believe that Namine had fallen for Riku. The three walked out onto the deck.
"Ok, it's definitely dark." Rikku said looking at the screen.
"What?" Selphie asked.
"I don't know. Outside maybe?" Rikku said.
"No effin' way." Selphie said stopping the other two. The three gasped. There on the river was a fancy boat and Riku and Namine were on it.
"Boat? Has anyone else ever been on the boat? I've never been on the boat!" Kairi said.
"I didn't even know he had a boat." Selphie said.
"She is not equipped to handle this." Rikku said. The screen started going fuzzy. "Oh no! I'm losing them." Kairi tapped on the screen with her nail. Rikku ripped it away from her. "Hey!" she yelled. "We've gotta get out there." Rikku said leading the two down to the docks.
Kairi, Rikku, and Selphie were out on a little motor boat.
"Come on! We've gotta get there now-ish!" Rikku said.
"I can't! This motor sucks!" Kairi yelled.
"Can't you go a little faster?" Rikku asked.
"No!"
"Give me an oar! I could paddle faster than this!"
"Just pretend it's a whaling boat and go free peace on their ass!" Selphie shouted pulling the motor's string.
"Ah! No!" Kairi yelled. The motor stopped and so did the boat. "Nice. Gilligan here just flooded the engine!" Kairi yelled.
"I'll give you Gilligan!" Selphie said whacking the motor with a net.
"Stop! Selphie, knock it off!" Rikku and Kairi yelled. Selphie pulled the string again and the motor fell off the back of the boat. The girls just gaped at it.
"Ok, this is fine. This is God invented Triple A." Kairi said turning on her phone. Her phone made a noise. "Oh no."
"What?" Selphie asked frantically.
"No signal." Kairi said shaking her head. The other two whipped out their cell phones and they also made noises.
"No signal?" Rikku asked. The three stood up back to back to back and screamed helplessly.
It was the first time Namine was actually alone with Riku. If Namine could think of how her dream date should be, Riku Davis did it better. He did it way better.
"I mean, when do you cue the dolphins?" Namine asked facing him.
"Right."
"I mean, no! Don't get me wrong, this is really nice. But are you really afraid to just hang out and be yourself?" Namine asked.
"Ok. Fair enough. But it is terrifying trying to impress you." He said.
"Me?" Namine asked shocked.
"Yeah! I mean, you just show up out of nowhere and you've got high school dialed in."
"I don't think I'm that dialed. I mean, you're the varsity captain and the most popular guy in school-"
"Right. I guess. I'm just lucky." Namine raised her eyebrows. "Ok, I'm really lucky. Yeah, and that's why I'd be crazy not to make the most of it. Look, Namine, maybe sometimes I come off too strong. But I don't know who else to be. And I put my whole heart into things."
"Sounds like an easy way to get it broken." Namine said quietly.
"Well, luckily I've developed a way to protect myself against that."
"Oh yeah? And what's that?"
"Some kick-ass dance moves." Riku grabbed her and dipped her.
"Ooh! I wasn't ready for that." Namine said giggling.
"Yeah, I was thinking about going pro." Namine laughed. "Laugh all you want. There was a scout last year."
"Wow." Namine said as he spun her. The two stayed there and danced all night long.
The next day Namine walked into the production room where Rikku, Kairi, and Selphie were sitting. The second they saw her they jumped up and started walking to her.
"Where have you been?" Selphie shouted.
"I need every detail!" Rikku said.
"We were trying to get a hold of you all night!" Kairi said worriedly.
"I mean, you guys dated him. You know." Namine said.
"Not on the high seas. What the hell happened out there?" Selphie demanded.
"Umm, nothing. I mean, we talked and it was…it was nice." Namine said clutching her books to her chest.
"You just talked?" Kairi asked. Namine nodded. "You mean he was able to get intimate without being…intimate?" Kairi asked. Namine just looked at them.
"OK! He is telling her everything she wants to hear. The only way to see how much he's fallen for her is to see how much Namine can push him at the hotel after the away game." Rikku said to the other two.
"O-ok. I-I can do that." Namine said nodding.
"Oh no. Oh no, I know that look. He's got you under his spell." Kairi said.
"What? No. I- come on." Namine said.
"No, you come on! You can't lose focus this far into the finals." Selphie said.
"Namine, we all believed him. But, there is no way to know what this guy is really thinking." Kairi said.
"Yes there is." Rikku said cutting in.
"I'm reporting from behind enemy lines. A fortress if you will. Where the inner workings of the male psyche reveal themselves like a slide under a microscope." Rikku said inside one of the lockers in the boys' locker room after practice. She gasped and turned the camera to face the room as the boys entered.
"Central is going down!" Riku yelled. Other boys whooped with enthusiasm. Riku sat down on the bench with a towel.
"It's the away game, man. You gonna be my wingman?" a boy from the team and a friend of Riku's, Tidus asked.
"Nah. I think I'm just gonna hang out with Namine." Riku said.
"Aw, so I'm gonna have to take care of all that high tail by myself?" Tidus asked.
"Guess so." Riku said taking off his sneakers.
"Aw, come one, man! Are we gonna get us some girls or are you gonna act like one?"
"That's messed up, Tidus." Riku said pointing at him while some of his teammates laughed.
"Riku. Please, please tell me you tapped that by now." Tidus said as some of the boys whooped.
"Boys. Boys. You don't just pop an '82 Bordeaux just because it's on the shelf." Riku started.
"Oh please." Rikku whispered.
"Good things take time." Riku said.
"Man, you whipped!" Tidus said hitting him with his towel. The other boys joined in. Riku quickly jumped up onto the bench.
"Whoa, whoa! Nobody is whipped, ok? Riku Davis is not whipped!" Riku shouted getting the boys' attention.
"Oh, here we go." Rikku whispered again.
"Let's just say that at tonight's away game…I'm gonna be scoring more than baskets." Riku said making a shooting motion with his hands. All the boys started cheering and whooping again.
"Bingo." Rikku said.
"Ok, uncork it and then pork it!" Tidus said high-fiving Riku as he hopped off the bench. All the boys started singing.
"Uncork her and pork her!" they all sang.
"Oh, we are so gonna get him." Rikku said.
In Chemistry, the teacher handed a test back to Roxas as Namine walked up to him.
"So, hydrogen and oxygen are having a drink when gold walks in. And they go "AU, get out of the bar!" Namine said. Roxas just looked at her. "Because the atomic symbol for gold is AU." Namine said.
"Yeah, I got it." Roxas said. Namine noticed he had some measuring tools in his hands.
"Oh good! You're gonna help me measure with the doodad and everything." Namine said.
"Umm, actually I thought I'd work with Axel today." Roxas said.
"Oh, he's gonna take you back without an insurance waiver?" Namine asked jokingly.
"Oh, well he's warmed up to me since his left eyebrow grew back." Roxas said. Namine nodded as Roxas turned and walked over to a boy with crazy red spikes. She was on the verge of tears as she turned to her work for the day.
That night a man who had already left Namine's mom showed up at the door.
"Hey, kiddo. Is you mom here?" he asked smiling.
"Nope." Namine lied slamming the door in his face. Her mom walked down the stairs.
"Is that him?" she asked walking into the living room.
"You're not seriously going out with Skip, are you?" Namine asked.
"Don't call him that. We're just going out." Her mom said pointing a shoe at her as she picked it up off the ground.
"Mom, please don't do this. Please? He's probably just in town for a layover and looking for someone to lay over." Namine said.
"Very clever, sweetheart. Can we not do this whole thing right now?" her mom asked grabbing a jacket.
"Mom, no wonder I'm so messed up. I've never actually seen a functional relationship!" Namine said.
"Who I date…is none of your business." Her mom said putting on the coat.
"Are you serious? Can you imagine growing up with a mom who only dates jerks? You don't really see how this affects me?" Namine asked grabbing her bags and opening the door. "Don't forget to lock the door when you sneak out." She snarled at Skip leaving the house and getting into her car. Skip just looked at her mom and she sighed.