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A V A C A T I O N I N Y O U R A R M S

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NORMAL P.O.V

"BESAID?" Rikku shouted in surprise, "What about-,"

"I'm sorry Rikku, but we probably won't have enough time for it. I have to stay at Besaid for at least a month. But, I'll see if I would have more time or not. But I'm terribly sorry you two." Yuna said with her head down.

"But Yunie! I don't wanna be alone with this Serial Killer! I might not even come back home in one piece, or…alive!" Rikku then hugged Yuna's free arm and hand, while Yuna's other hand was steering the car, "Yunie! If you love me, you wouldn't leave me alone with her!"

"…" Paine just rolled her eyes and gave Rikku her trillionth glare today.

"You guys can come with me, if you want to?" Yuna asked in a hesitant tone. Yuna wasn't sure if her grandfather would allow her friends to stay at his house since he was dying, and of course people who are dying would want peace and silence. Although, there was no such thing as peace and silence when you're around Rikku and Paine.

"Sure." Paine responded in her monotone voice.

"Huh? Okie Dokie! As long as I'm-," Boy has Rikku been getting cut off from her sentences lately.

Paine covered her blabbery mouth with her right hand, "I suggest you shut up or else you will never be saying a word in your soon to be very short life."

Rikku just narrowed her swirly green eyes and shook her head, trying to get Paine's hand off of her mouth. While Yuna just sighed and shook her head in an annoyed, disappointed way.

"So Yunie, when are we leaving?" Rikku grabbed Paine's hand and removed it from her mouth.

"Tomorrow." Yuna responded not even a second after Rikku asked the question.

"What? That quick?" Rikku yelped.

"Yes, I must leave immediately. So I have to pack up very soon." Yuna said.

"Well, in that case, I guess we should say hello to a building that starts with an 'M' and ends with an 'L'." Rikku pumped her fists into the air, almost bumping her fists on the car roof.

"Ughhh." Paine grunted at Rikku's enthusiasm.

"Party Pooper." Rikku coughed.

"Rikku." Yuna looked at her with an annoyed look.

"Sorry, Yunie." Rikku pouted.

YUNA'S P.O.V

Once again, Rikku and Paine were at each other's throats the whole drive to the mall. Rikku decided to go to the biggest one in Bevelle which was about 8.5 miles away, while Paine wanted to go to the one nearby, the one Rikku and I were at earlier. I decided to go with Rikku's decision, but to make it fair, I had Paine choose what store she wanted to go to first, and shotgun. Rikku, of course, pouted, but let go of it once I started ignoring her the first couple of times.

Rikku kept whining and complaining once she got into one of those "Paine" type of stores. But I told her to be quiet since all of the customers were glaring at us. Although, to shut her mouth up, I had to go with Rikku to help her go shopping, it takes her like 1 hour each store. Paine decided to stay outside the store and wait on the bench nearby, she said she hated the people there in every store Rikku chose. That's what's so difficult about having two best friends, with COMPLETELY different stereotypes.

By the end of the day, Rikku's and mine's hands and arms were filled with shopping bags from our elbows down to our fingers, while Paine barely even had 3. We decided to have dinner at some restaurant close by, and headed home to drop Rikku and Paine off.

Once I got home, I immediately started to pack up. I took me a few minutes, since I just stuffed the new stuff I bought and some of my other stuff into my two suitcases. I then brushed my teeth and changed into my PJs, and laid down on my bed, waiting for Rikku's and Paine's call.

RIKKU'S P.O.V

After Yunie dropped me off, Pops opened up the door for me.

"Hey, Rikku, where have you been?" Pops asked in that sort of overprotective parent type of voice.

"YUNA! Where is Yuna? Did Yuna leave already?" A perverted, love sick Brother came running from upstairs.

"Ew! You psychopathic, perverted sicko! Stop stalking Yunie!" I punched his arm, of course he deserved it!

"Rikku, where have you been?" Pops asked again, this time it just got on my nerves.

"I was with Yunie and Paine, we went shopping at the Bevelle City Mall." I answered rolling my eyes.

"Yuna, where?" Brother once asked again.

"Stop it will ya? She's your cousin for Yunalesca's sake!" I yelled at Brother.

"Son, you do know that's it is wrong to love a relative that much. Right?" Pops said.

"Yeah, yeah." Brother mumbled and marched right upstairs towards his room.

Then Pops went into the kitchen while I grabbed a soda can from the fridge and sat on the dining table.

"So, Rikku, are you excited for that road trip you're gonna do with your friends?" Pops asked while cooking up some coffee for himself, he says that I'm not allowed to have coffee after a certain incident concerning his boss/promoter coming over to our house.

"Um, yeah, but Pops, there might be a little bit of a change in our plans." I responded drinking my soda.

"What do ya mean?" Pops inquired with a confused look on his face.

"Well, Yunie has to go to Besaid for her Grandpa Maechan, who, sadly, is dying, and umm, Paine and I don't wanna start it without Yunie. Sooo, do you wanna buyanairplaneticketforme?" I said trying to say that last sentence as fast as I could.

"Huh? What did you say?" Pops responded in a confused voice.

"I said…umm…wanna buy an airplane ticket for me? We're leaving for Besaid tomorrow." I asked very slowly.

"Well, do you know how far it is from Bevelle to Besaid?" Pops asked in a gruff voice.

"Yeah." I looked at the ground and scuffed my feet on the hardwood floors.

Oh poopie, I can just feel it, he's gonna say no, he always does.

"Well, for a small little girl like you will ya be able to handle it in the small isolated island of Besaid?" Pops ruffled my hair, making the braids fly everywhere.

"HEY! I'm 17 years old now, Pops. Of course I can handle taking care of myself! And, and Yunie's also there to take care of me too! Who do you think I am, Brother?" I narrowed my eyes at Pops, hoping that he would pay for my ticket and allow me to go.

"RIKKU! E LYH RAYN OUI VNUS RANA OUI..OUI MUITSUIDR!" Brother yelled from upstairs, that eavesdropper. I swear to Yevon, everytime he hears something about Yunie, he jumps into the conversation. Oh Brother.

"SHUT UP, BROTHER!" I yelled.

Brother then came stomping all the way downstairs with a big glare on his face.

"Father, I'm thinking that maybe Rikku should stay home, and I should go with Yuna…and Paine." Brother suggested, I swear I would punch his face if I-

"OW," Whoops, too late, "Rikku, fryd dra ramm fyc dryd vun?" Brother vigorously rubbed the bruise forming right next to his right eye, idiot, he's just gonna make it worse.

"Rikku, Brother, enough. I'm going to go upstairs to think about it a little more. With you two fighting, I can't concentrate at all." Pops then walked upstairs with an annoyed look on his face.

"See, now ya made Pops angry! It'll all be your fault if I can't go to Besaid with Yunie! Then she'll get all mad at you because you did that!" I yelled softly and threw my empty soda can at Brother.

"How would you know! What if she wanted me to go instead of you?" Brother raised his voice.

"I don't think so. Don't get too cocky. Anyways, why would she even want to be with you, I mean, don't get your hopes up, cause, why would she want to get with her cousin. You're not even her second cousin!" I said a little louder.

"Well, who cares?! Yuna would love me more! And I personally know that, because I know her better!" Brother practically screamed in front of my face.

"Yeah, okay Brother, whatever you say." I rolled my eyes, I couldn't believe that he was my brother, actually, I couldn't believe he was related to me.

"Rikku," I jumped in surprise when I heard Pops standing in the living room, "I just bought your ticket online, and I called and checked up with Yuna to check which airship she'll be riding on, and Yuna booked you in as one of the people in her party, so I guess you're all set, little one! Just pack up and I'll take the three of ya to the airport early in the morning."

"WHOO! Oh my Yevon, thanks Pops!" I gave Pops a hug, grabbed my shopping bags off the couch, and ran upstairs to my room to pack up, sticking my tongue out at Brother in the process.

When I walked into my room, I heard muffled voices from downstairs. Trying to keep a secret from the almighty Rikku, eh?

"Aniki, son, I need to talk to ya, a man to man Al Bhed talk. Remember what I told ya about liking your relatives in a certain way?" I heard Pops say.

"Yes," Brother groaned.

Hah! That's what that dummy gets!

PAINE'S P.O.V

Right after Yuna dropped Rikku off at her house, there was a wonderful silence the whole way to my house. I mean after hearing that blonde insect blab on and on with her annoying, squeaky giggles the whole day makes you want to jump off a cliff and die. Anyways, I was pretty sure that I would be able to go to Besaid with Yuna. Having two rich parents that died recently meant leaving all the money to me. Those police men that came to my house to check up on me a few hours after the incident just told me about the incident, took a look at me, and left, thinking I'd be fine on my own. True that.

All I did this whole night was buy my ticket online and checking up with Yuna, and now I'm just packing up. Yeah sure, I was pretty much alone in this house, but whatever, my cousin, Lulu, would come down here from Zanarkand to visit me once in a while. She used to live with me for a few months, but right after she got hitched and popped out a baby with this one Besaidian, fruity haired guy, she moved to Zanarkand with him. Leaving me all alone, but hey, that doesn't mean I don't get to start parties and riots in this house. Yeah, I work for a living to pay for the bills in this house, Lulu would usually help as well, but anyways, you'd see my working at one of those beauty salons, as awkward as that may sound, I work as a hairstylist. There's a whole background story to it, well, when I was looking for a job, Yuna and Rikku were just helping me look around for a job, until Rikku was in desperate need for a haircut. Then the manager that worked there saw my hair, and started interviewing right on the spot, against my own free will. She asked if I needed a job, and there. I usually work five times a week, after school, it isn't too bad. Although, I always feel misplaced.

All of a sudden I heard a vibration sound coming from across my room, seeing that it was my phone. I took a look at the caller ID and saw that it was Yuna, I accepted the call and answered the phone.

"Hey." I said into the phone.

"Hi Paine, umm, Uncle Cid is going to pick each of us up from our house, so, in that case, he's picking you up at around 10 AM, we depart from Bevelle at 12 PM. So, are you okay with that?" Yuna responded.

"No problem. Bye." I answered.

"Okay, see you tomorrow." Yuna then hung up her phone.

I was just about finished packing up, so I tossed my luggage and backpack aside, walked into my bathroom to clean up and change into some sweats and a shirt to sleep in. I honestly do hope that this whole trip was worth it.

OKAY! Sorry if you thought this was a long boring chapter. I'll try my hardest to make the next chapter fun to read. Anyways, sorry for the long update, I have summer school during summer vaca, and that sucks butt. I'll try to update faster as well, no need to worry. Anyways see ya later.

Bianca Lightyear, over and out.