Running Away
:Chapter Three:
Lick it, lick it good?
She gaped at me, revealing gum lodged in her mouth, a very nice mouth. It matches her assets... I don't think I'll ever want to get the image of her, whoever she is, bending over. I don't think I could forget if I tried, especially with her in her little mini skirt and skin tight shirt... "The picture, it's Lenne, she went her when the place first opened. I think there is a girl who's like one of her descendants or something here now." I stayed in my bent position, so did she.
"Whoa! You are an Al Bhe-"
I threw my hand over her exposed mouth. I looked up at her eyes again, yep, swirled green. I should have known, blond hair like that could only come from being in the sun of Home. "Yell it louder, won't you? Maybe we can both be chased out of here by an angry mob carrying bolts of lightening!" I hissed at her, I rubbed my forehead, feeling the familiar cloth of my eye patch. She tried to speak, but stopped, looking annoyed. Her hands scraped against mine, trying to uncover her mouth. I laughed as I tightened my grip just enough so I wouldn't hurt her. She whined, a muffled sound at that, and pouted
"Lego." She said, words morphing into that...sentence? Then, oh and this was priceless, she licked my hand. I didn't pull away though. I just laughed harder. Who ever this girl is, she's got the Al Bhed spirit, that's for sure. Once my laughs subsided, I let her mouth go.
"You can't gross me out by licking me. It's a turn on."
"Ew!" She shrieked, to my amusement. I chuckled before I spoke.
"So, are you going here?"
"I'm trying to, but that lady sleeps like a rock. And annoying boys keep on bothering me." She smiled. And, oh, what a smile it was. She was gorgeous, simply put. I laughed at her, and she stuck out her tongue at me. I just kept laughing.
"Oui'na cilr y byeh." She sighed. "What are you doing here? This is an all girls school!" She crossed her arms, and began playing with a strand of her golden hair.
"It is, the all boys school is...well, come here." I pushed on the small of her back to get her moving. She took a forced step, then rushed back to get her purse.
She opened the door and strode out. "Okay, where is it? I have to go wake up sleeping beauty in there."
I smiled at her joke and grabbed her hand, pulling her down the cement steps and behind the office. She gasped at the sight. "Wow." She took a step forward. The lake that separated the two schools was clear blue in midday sun. "Over there? All the way over there? What are you doing here?" I heard suspicion in her voice.
"I was on my way to meet a friend for lunch, she goes here. Nooj and Baralai just went to get her. I'm waiting for the cab." I gave her a small smile. Which probably came out as an smirk. "Jealous?"
"No, I don't even know you, why would I be jealous?" She's a bad liar.
"You're a bad liar." My smirk became larger.
"I'm...not LYING!" See, I told you she was a bad liar.
"Fine, riiiight. You didn't answer my question." Ooh, she is fun to piss off.
"I don't want—I can't. I have to get my schedule and everything. And then lug all this stuff to my room. And I don't even know you! How many times do I have to say it before you back off?" She stomped her foot like a little kid, cue the smirk. "And, stop smirking at me!" She yelled before stomping all the way back into the office.
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He is soo getting on my nerves. UGH! He's just so...and he's... I...um...can't find anything wrong with him, actually. He he. He just gets under my skin. And it's creepy. Nice, but creepy."You can't run from me, you know." He said, opening the door.
"Ugh, can't you just go away?" I answered half heartedly. I didn't really care anymore, I didn't want to be alone, but I also didn't want to be alone with him. It's a lose-lose situation.
"No, you said you need to be registered, right?" His eye watched me as I nodded, "Good, I can help."
"How can you help me?" I cocked my head to the right in boredom. My eyes drifted back over to the photograph covered wall, then back to him as he spoke.
"I can hack into the system, and get you registered, so you don't have to sit around and wait for her to wake up." He poked the secretary and I erupted in giggles. He smirked, to be honest, he actually looked quite gorgeous. Why hadn't I noticed before? Oh, wait, that's right, I did...
"That'd be great and if you'd like to be my pack mule, then could you help me get my stuff to my room?" I smiled at him brightly.
He laughed and said, "You're unbelievable."
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Ten minutes later, I was registered, and we were on the way to my room. A special room, he said, one that he picked just for me. I laughed at him, and forced him to carry more of my bags.
The friends he told me about were a no show. Not that I particularly cared. I'll just have to trust they exist. Haha. That would be funny if they really didn't. And, sort of sad. Well ... more funny than anything else. And--
"So, you never told me your name." I ventured, looking over at him as he carried several large duffel bags, two rolling suitcases, and three large gym bags.
"You never asked." He grinned, he looked like all my stuff wasn't even taking the slightest toll on him. He must have some muscle on him, I love to inspect... Oh! Bad thoughts, BAD thoughts! Find a happy place, find a happy place--not on one of his body parts! Oh jeez, thinking isn't helping me...
"Stop avoiding the question, just tell me your name." I whined, readjusting my little duffel bag and my purse.
He did that smirking business at my demand and said, "I'm Gippal."
"Do you have a last name, Gippal?"
"Maybe."
"Tell me." I demanded again. He gave in far too easily.
"Cihcreha." He shrugged. "Why ya wanna know?"
"Curiosity." I smiled again. "So, how old are you?"
"Hey, wait, what's your name, you never told ME." He pointed to himself, consequently hitting himself in the stomach with a gym bag.
I giggled. "You okay?"
"Why don't YOU stop avoiding the question."
He didn't get a chance to see on the registration forms, come to think of it. They just used my first initials and my last name. "Guess." I smiled.
"No, I'm not gonna play a little kid's game just to get your name." He said stubbornly.
"Fine then," I huffed, "I'm not going to tell you." Gippal shrugged.
"I'm seventeen, I'll be eighteen in the winter." He added. He watched me carefully. I simply nodded. "If I had to guess, I'd say you were a freshman, fourteen maybe."
"Fourteen!" I blurted out with a gasp. "What are you crazy? I'm not a stupid freshman! Why do you think I'm that young?"
"Hm...well, you are a bit immature..." He poked me and I was nearly flung to the ground.
"Hey! Watch it! I'm not immature, you are!"
"Nuh uh."
"Yeah HUH!"
"Nope, you are." He looked so smug and pleased with himself. This is as annoying as it gets. He's starting to remind me of Brother.
"I'm sixteen. I'll be seventeen in January." I'll give him that much.
"I thought so. So, you are a sophomore." He declared. I gave him a death glare, which he caught and laughed at. "Okay. Okay, sorry, so you're just a young junior. Senior." Ooer. Upperclassmen, like me, hm...this could be an interesting year. Oh no, I did it again. I need to get my mind off...whatever it was on...
"You like making fun of me, don't you?" I asked as I pressed in the combination to my door building. I tried to hide it from Gippal, but he simply laughed and whispered into my ear.
"I already know it. I know all of them, better lock your doors."
I slammed forward into the glass door from shock. I rubbed my sore head and fought the blush that was consuming my face. Gippal, on the other hand, thought it was hilarious and roared with laughter.
"Don't take things so seriously. But, I do know all the combinations." He led the way to the elevator. My room was on the sixth floor, level E. "Paine got them for me. She's in Zeki Hall. It's three buildings to the left of here." He attempted to press the button, only succeeding in pressing every button but level E. I giggled at him and pressed the right button.
"So, what's she like?" I asked.
"If you come to lunch with us, then you'll find out first hand. They're supposed to call when they find her. Baralai and Nooj, I mean." He slapped his thigh, to the blocky outline of a phone in his pocket. After a second, I realized what area I was looking at and turned six shades of red.
"It's okay to stare, every other girl does." He said smugly. I scoffed.
"I wasn't staring, you are the one who brought attention down ... there, not me." I protested my innocence, realizing I was admitting my hormone driven thoughts. He smirked as I laughed nervously.
The door binged open, and we scrambled out, well...actually... I nearly ran out. It had been really er... quiet in there. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
He led the way to my dorm room, number 106. I was curious how he knew the way around here so well, but then again, he's a teenager.
Who lives with a bunch of guys.
I could see the benefits, from his point of view, about knowing your way around the ALL GIRLS school.
"Ta da?" He said, unlocking my door with the key he had, he held it out, and it dropped into my extended hand. With his hands full yet again, he pushed the door open with his foot, revealing a small room. It had a dark-wooded four poster bed, with a thick velvet hanging from them. The bed had simple sheets, in the same light blue as our shirts. There was a desk across from the bed, and a dresser next to a mirror on the wall that the door was on. Across from the door was a giant window, from which I had an incredible view. Phew, yay descriptions?
"Wow, you weren't kidding about a special room." I dropped my bag and wandered over to the window. I felt his warm hand on my shoulder. He gave it an ever-so-slight squeeze before pointing to a building across the lake.
"That's my building. And you are very welcome. I set you up with a single room as well." He smirked, but left his other hand on my shoulder. I shivered and he let go immediately. "Are you cold?"
I shrugged and sat on the bench next to the window. I propped a pillow against my back and stared at the view.
It was breathtaking. Beyond the lake was a mess of homes and streets. I bet it looks amazing at night.
"Here, take my blazer." He held out the coat. I watched it before settling on taking it and draping it across my lap. "That's not how you wear a coat." He laughed and I stuck out my tongue, making him laugh even harder. He sat down next to me. His fingers scraped across my legs (causing me to shiver yet again), and grabbed his jacket. Gippal lifted my back and put the jacket around my shoulders. "That's better." He nodded and scratched the back of his head.
"You can go now." I said rudely. "I don't think were allowed to have boys in our dorm rooms. Especially now, everyone is in class." I pulled the jacket closer. I actually was cold. Either that, or I was burning up soooo much that in fact I was cold. Which ever is more right.
"I was being a gentleman. And I haven't gotten a call yet. They haven't found Paine."
I snorted a laugh. "But, it's been like an hour."
"Nooj isn't the best with directions, and Baralai...well he's kind of new to this side of the lake. He's only been over here a few times." Gippal sank up against the opposite side of the window.
"How old are they?" I asked. He shifted in his seat.
"Baralai is eighteen, and its his last year here. Nooj...is uh twenty. He failed his sophomore year twice. That's when he lost his leg and arm." Gippal looked down, then back up directly at me. I matched his unwavering gaze.
"How did he lose them?" I said softly, I was tempted to reach out and grab his hand. But, I resisted and settled on a small smile.
"Car accident. He was out for most of the year in 10th, then he just gave up for awhile and failed again. That's how Baralai met him, then me a year later." Gippal's face grew into a huge grin. "So, sexy, you gonna tell me your name?"
I just about died. He called me sexy! I felt so...ah!
I formulated a response in my head despite my lack of thinking. "I bet you say that to all the girls."
Gippal laughed. "Only the sexy ones."
There is that word again. Ugh, it's a common one around him. "Well, you-"
My phone interrupted me. It played out the chorus of the only song that will still be awesome in ten years. Yup, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. Oh, shut up, you all knew you were thinking it. I sang along with a few words of it as Gippal laughed at the ring tone and raced to get to the phone.
He beat me to it and looked at the name and face displayed... "Ooh, Cid, who's he? He's got a smiley by his name. Is it a boyfriend?" He held my phone out of my grasp.
"Ew, no, gross, he's my dad. Lemme have it!" I reached out and grazed the phone with my fingertips.
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"Gippal, stop." She whined. I pressed the on button and brought it to my ear. She shrieked.
"Heeeellllo." I drawled into the phone as she struggled to get the phone.
"Who the hell are you?" A gruff voice said. "Where the hell is my little girl?" Whoa, over protective much? He doesn't sound like someone I should mess with.
Oh well, there is a first time for everything.
"She's clawing at me, why?"
A huge roar erupted out of the phone. "FRYD DRA RAMM YNA OUI TUEHk FEDR SO RIKKU? E'MM VIL-"
"It's for you." I laughed as I dropped the phone into her hands. "Have fun, Rikku!" I said in a sing song voice as I closed the door, she looked down, mortified at the phone.
At least I got her name.
But, I do hope she doesn't hate me for this.
Nah, she doesn't seem like a girl to hold a grudge, right?
"AH! GIPPAL GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!"
Ooh, I was a bit off. She burst through her door. I held my position on top step of the staircase. Her face was red, and she looked like no other when she was pissed. Like father like daughter, I guess.
"Hoo boy." I whispered. It went unnoticed by Rikku.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND? DO YOU REALIZE HOW LONG IT'LL TAKE TO EXPLAIN THIS? I CAN'T BELIEVE..."
I went on like this for a few minutes I just watched her lips as she berated me. When she finally stopped, she was shaking with anger. I couldn't pay attention to her words, her body was too captivating.
The kind of captivating you just want to touch.
I know that doesn't fit with the whole definition. But, hell, she's hot.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" She asked as her chest heaved. Her voice was a little raspy. It sounded sexy on her.
"I thought he'd like to know your spending time with a guy who is handsome, gorgeous, sexy and irresistible--I was doing him a favor." I smiled at her. She shot me a glower.
"This isn't the time for jokes." She said half heartedly. Rikku, I loved the sound of her name. Rikku Rikku Rikku.
"Rikku, calm down. Or, I could help to you relax." I lifted my eyebrow provocatively, which she smiled at, but shook her head.
"Go." She pointed down the steps, the smile had vanished.
"Your loss." I shrugged and floated down a few steps. "I'll see you around."
"I hope not," She leaned up against the railing that was above my head. A lock of her hair fell over, in my reach. So, I tugged it lightly as I went.
"You wouldn't have spent the last hour flirting with me if you didn't. I'll see you around." And with that, I left her.
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