Shopping

Sorry for the extremely long chapter but no worries I got this chapter. This wasn't my favorite chapter but I hope you enjoy it.

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I woke up the next morning feeling well rested. I sat up and scratched the back of my head, yawning as I tried to recall the dream I had last night. That's when I remembered that Lexaeus wanted to take me shopping today. I sighed, a bit in exasperation. I didn't want to go. But then, I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I was just going to have to suck it up. I don't know why he wants to take me out: to me, my wardrobe is fine. Well, admittedly, I only have my cloaks and the clothes that go underneath them. To tell the truth, I don't know why I wear them, but I feel so much better when I wear it. It feels like I've worn them somewhere else, before. I get that same feeling about Lexaeus, too. It was an odd feeling: I know I've seen him before, but where? I sighed and tried harder to remember my dream. I gasped as it hit me like a train. I remember it now: I was in a round room with several really high chairs and I sat in one. There were thirteen of the high chairs; they were sort of like thrones. Lexaeus was there, and so were Xaldin, Xigbar, Demyx and Axel. Saïx was there as well, but he looked older. That dream was weird; I wonder what it was about, and what it could mean. I looked at the clock and rolled my eyes. I'd better get ready to go, before Lexaeus comes.

I got up and trudged to the bathroom, and got washed and dressed. Right now, I was in the bathroom trying to fix my hair. I had a brush in my hand, and was combing down my bangs, when I heard a knock at the door.

"Yeah?" I heard a deep voice answer.

"You ready, Zexion?" It was Lexaeus. I replied, "Yes, I'll be out in a minute."

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you out by the front door."

"Alright!" I agreed. I heard his heavy footsteps leave as I finished my hair and left the bathroom; I grabbed a cloak and put it on, then walked out my bedroom door. I was zipping up my cloak as I walked down the stairs, and finished zipping my cloak when I reached the bottom of the staircase. I saw Lexaeus at the door. I walked over to him and he smiled.

"Good morning," he said in his deep voice. I gave him a weak smile.

"Good morning," I replied.

"Do you want any breakfast before we go?" he asked. I shook my head, and he shrugged. "Alright then, lets go." I nodded. We left the house and I saw his black Lexington parked out in front of the house. We walked over to it, and Lexaeus opened my door. I got in; he closed the door for me, and walked over to the driver's side. Lexaeus sat down in his seat, and started up the car as I grabbed my hood to put it on. I pulled it further down my face and put on my seatbelt. Lexaeus drove out of the gates and we drove down the street.

It felt a little awkward in the car. Lexaeus finally spoke up after a few minutes.

"How'd you sleep?" I stared down at the floor.

"Fine." I guess I could be nicer to him since he was letting me stay at his house, but whenever I'm near him, I get shy and don't know what to say. I said, "Lexaeus?" We turned the corner as Lexaeus replied.

"Yes?" I looked down at my feet, once more, speechless. We stopped at a red light, and I took a deep breath.

"I-I-I'm sorry for being the way I am." He was about to say something when I added, "I-I-I know I'm not a sociable person, but I hope that you can bear with me. I've been hurt so many times that it's hard for me to open up to someone new." The light turned green and Lexaeus went straight.

"Zexion," he said gently, "I promise I won't hurt you." I looked out the window and up at the cloudy sky.

That's good to know."

Lexaeus sighed and gripped the steering wheel, and I saw that we were pulling into a parking lot. He parked near the entrance. , and we both got out and closed the door. We went inside the clothing store and I looked around. The place was huge. Lexaeus looked me up and down and said, "I guess you're a small in shirts and a medium in pants?" I flipped off my hood and chuckled.

"You're absolutely right." He looked around and motioned with his hands.

"Follow me." I nodded and we went left into the Men's section. I looked at the clothes; they were nice, but I really liked the color black.

"I'm going to go get a cart," Lexaeus informed me. I nodded and he walked off. I looked at the clothes and saw a shirt that caught my attention.

I went over to it, found my size in it, and took it. It was soft cotton, with black and grey stripes. I liked those two colors. I heard a shopping cart's wheels' distinct rattling sound, and turned around and saw Lexaeus coming up behind me. He saw the shirt in my hands.

"You've already found something?" he asked in slight surprise. I nodded and showed it to him. "You should spice up your wardrobe; wear different colors." I looked down and said, "For some reason, I like color black." I looked back up at him. "You're right. I should give my wardrobe some color." Lexaeus smiled and nodded, and helped me pick out clothes. I picked out all types of colors, and, surprisingly, I actually had fun. We had the cart filled with all sorts of clothing. I chuckled and saw the coat section. I loved that section. I slowly walked over there with Lexaeus following me, and began searching the items.

I saw black cloaks. I smiled and walked over to the cloaks and grabbed five of them in my size and threw them in the cart. Next, I found the pants, shirts, and gloves that went with them, and placed them in the cart. I heard Lexaeus chuckle.

"You just love the color black." I nodded and smiled. We went to the shoes section and I saw my black silver trimmed boots that I wear. I grabbed two pairs and put them in the cart, then grabbed a couple of pairs of converses to go with my clothes. Lexaeus spoke up.

"Hey Zex, do you mind if we go to the hair products section?" I shook my head and said, "I don't mind Lexaeus." He smiled and walked ahead of me; I had to jog to catch up with his long strides. I walked beside him and we walked down this aisle that held all sorts of hair products.

To tell the truth, I needed some more hair products. I grabbed some brushes and some combs. I swear I combs and me don't mix. They always break in my hair because it's thick. I hoped that these comber had thicker teeth and were built to handle hair like mine. I grabbed hair-grease and hairspray, and added them to the cart. I saw Lexaeus throw some stuff in as well. Lexaeus then walked over and looked at me.

"You done?" I thought about it and nodded.

"I guess." He nodded and we went to the check out line. The guy working there looked very familiar. He had amber colored eyes and dark skin. His silver hair was long, reachingto his mid-back, and some of it fell over his shoulder. It was layered and messy, a bit like my bangs, and was spiky on the top of his head. I looked at his name tag and read that his name was Xemnas, and that he was the owner. I mulled over past memories: I've seen his face before, when suddenly, my eyes widened. He was in my dream, and had been sitting in the highest chair. What did this all mean?

He rung all of our stuff up quickly.

"The total is $356.87," he said in a deep, drawling, bored voice. I gasped.

"Lexaeus, I'll pay you back fully," I said; that was much too much money, but Lexaeus merely chuckled and told me not to worry about it. I sighed as Lexaeus pulled out his wallet and took out four hundreds, handing them to Xemnas. Xemnas accepted the money and gave Lexaeus back his change, before he started bagging up the stuff. Xemnas finished and placed the bagged up stuff in the cart.

"Have a good day." Lexaeus nodded.

"You too." But then Xemnas looked at me strangely, tilting his head.

"You look vaguely familiar... Have we met?" I had the sudden, strong urge to say yes, but that would have been a lie; I merely shook my head dumbly. Xemnas shrugged. "Sorry. You just look so familiar..." You do, too! I wanted to say. For some reason, I wanted to call him "Superior". I had to bite my tongue to keep from blurting it out. I would have looked so stupid in front of Lexaeus, and would probably weird out the owner. I shook off the sudden, strange feelings, and we left the store. I helped Lexaeus load the shopping bags in the car; they completely filled up the back seat. Lexaeus put the cart back and both of us got in the car.

Lexaeus started the car up and he backed up, driving us out of the parking lot and back home. We reached the house and saw William waiting outside for us. We parked the car in front of the house and William helped us take the bags to my room. That took a lot of work. Lexaeus took what he bought for himself and left my room. I looked at all the bags on my bed and sighed. It took me a whole hour to put away those clothes and hair products. Once I was finished, I laid down on my bed and felt my eyes slowly close, sending me into a deep sleep.

Alright I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter which was betaed by my amazing Beta MidnightSchemer13. So the next chapter should be out shortly I hope. So please Read&Review&Suscribe. Stay tuned for the next chapter: Going Out

-Zexion12