Chapter Eight

Mondays always seemed bad, but today it seemed incredibly LONG. Kairi was fidgeting through her math lesson, and it was only 3rd period.
"Oh my gosh Kairi, you need to RELAX." Xion whispered. Namine nodded. "Yeah, lunch won't come any faster if your foot's spazzing like that." Kairi groaned. She wanted to tell them SO BAD, but she couldn't. Finally, FINALLY, the bell rang for lunch, and she could tell them everything.

"Okay, let me get this straight." Xion said.
"You ran into Sora yesterday, he fed you ice cream and now you're going to give him a writing lesson?"
"Yes, and in exchange he's going to teach me some math."
"For how long?"
"Every day after school until we both get it."
Xion spit out her mouthful of salad.
"WHAAAAAAAT?!"
Namine laughed. "Xion, don't waste your food."
"Sorry, but I feel like Kairi is getting farther in her love life than we are." Xion began stabbing her lettuce violently with her fork.
"No she's not." Namine took out her sketchbook and replied,
"Tell her what you told me in Art."
Xion grinned. "I stalked Riku yesterday."

This time, Kairi was the one whose food left her mouth.
"Xion...!"
"Well, at the beginning I was stalking him, then he found out and offered to take me out for pizza." She smiled sheepishly.
"Huh, well then I guess I should be thanking you. The only reason he hung out with me was because Riku didn't show."
"Aw, you see, I planned that all along." Namine and Kairi laughed.
"How was it?" She asked. Xion swallowed her food this time.
"It was amazing. At school he's like this really quiet person, but he's really deep. He talks about the future, and doesn't really care about sports. Apparently him and Sora are really close, and he feels like he doesn't belong with the popular crowd. Oh, and he plays guitar." She smiled.
"Wow, that's unusual." Namine commented.
"I know! I think it's attractive to think deeper than what you're having for dinner and who you're going to sleep with this week." Xion sighed.

Roxas began heading towards their table. Namine smiled shyly, tucking her hair behind her ears.
"Hey Namine. I just wanted to say thanks for the picture."
"Oh, it was nothing." She said quietly.
"Listen, do you wanna...take a walk?" He asked. Namine turned to Kairi and Xion, who nodded in encouragement.
"Go ahead Namine, there's nothing exciting going on here anyway." Xion gave an exaggerated wink. Namine gathered her things with one hand, boldly taking Roxas's with the other. They walked away, hand in hand, smiling.
"Aww, look at how cute they are together." Kairi grinned.
"Yeah, I always knew they would end up together. It was fate." Xion declared.
"I guess we're not the only ones working on our love life."
"I think Namine has us both beat!" Kairi stopped chewing her sandwich to take a sip of her lemonade.
"That's for sure, she didn't have to TUTOR Roxas just to spend time with him."
"But study dates are always the best! It usually ends with a make out session." Xion waggled her eyebrows.
"You don't understand Xion, he actually wants to study." Kairi sighed.
"Sure, that's what they all say."

The last class of the day rolled around, and Kairi was a wreck. Thank God it was only her option block, any real learning would've made her scream. Thankfully, her creative writing teacher, Professor Zexion, thought he understood why she was on edge.
"I bet you feel pressured to write a whole novel to a world famous publisher by the end of the year." Kairi nodded. No sense in telling him the real reason why she was like this.
"Since you're such an excellent student, I'll let you leave early, as long as you promise to write a few chapters today."
"I promise. Thank you Professor Zexion!" She smiled and he shooed her out.

Now Kairi had a chance to regain herself. She stood outside and glanced at her watch.
'3:15. Ok, you can do this Kairi.' She thought. His last class that day was gym, Kairi knew this because she had memorized his schedule, as well as his locker number.
'I'm not a stalker. Nope, not at all...' The bell rang and kids began to file out of the building. Kairi looked at her phone casually, like she wasn't a big loser waiting around for someone. She had told her mom yesterday what was going on, so she didn't have a panic attack when Kairi didn't come was heading out of the school, and as she walked past Kairi she whispered, "Just remember, it's not good to have sex on the first date." Kairi punched her on the arm and Xion ran away laughing.
From a distance, Kairi could see Namine and Roxas saying their goodbyes. Their hands were intertwined, and Namine was smiling at something he was saying. Then he bent down and kissed her cheek.
Kairi couldn't help it. "WHOO YOU GO NAMINE!" She yelled, and Namine blushed and waved. The people around Kairi stared, but she didn't care. Someone tapped her shoulder gently.
"Thanks for yelling, I was worried I was never going to find you." Sora grinned. His hair was damp from gym, and Kairi refrained from stroking it.

"I couldn't help it. Roxas and Namine are so cute together." She smiled.
"Yeah, I think so too. C'mon, my car's over here." He gestured towards the school parking lot.
"You have a car?! Damn you're lucky, my parents won't even let me take the bus."
"Why not? He asked.
"Well, according to my mom, 'lots of people get stabbed on public transportation.'" Sora burst into laughter.
"Wow, you're mom sounds great! I can't wait to meet her." He stopped in front of a sleek black convertible and pulled out his keys.
"This is your ride? I love this car! I always stop in the morning to look at it." She immediately realized how uncool that sounded, but Sora didn't take much notice.
"It was a gift from my uncle. He's a business typhoon, so he has no budgets."
He gestured for her to get in the front seat. Sora put the keys in the ignition started up the car. He pulled out of the parking lot and drove away from the school. Kairi buckled her seatbelt and put her backpack on the floor. The sun was in her eyes and she squinted.

"Sorry, is the sun bothering you? Here, you can borrow my sunglasses." He reached down into one of the cup holders and pulled out a pair of shades. Kairi gently slipped them on and thanked him.
'I am wearing Sora's sunglasses. And am inside his car, driving to his house." Kairi covered her mouth to keep from squealing.

They passed a large cluster of kids from school, and they gawked at them.
"Uh, do you usually get this much attention?" Kairi asked.
"Not this much. It must be because I have a GIRL in the vehicle." Sora grinned.
"You can't really blame them, I mean, we're not exactly 'in the same crowd' if you get what I'm saying."
"Yeah, now they probably think I go around picking up random girls and go clubbing with them or something."
"But it's Monday, nobody wants to go clubbing today." Kairi said in fake seriousness.
"WE DO,ISN'T THAT RIGHT KAIRI?" He yelled, more to the people out the window than to her. She played along.
"YEP! WE'RE GONNA GO DO DRUGS AND HAVE A DANCE PARTY AT THE CLUB ON MONDAAAAY!"
"OH YEAH PARTY HARD ALL WEEK!" The cluster of people were staring in disbelief. Kairi and Sora burst out laughing.
"ITS NOT NICE TO STARE OKAY GUYS?" Kairi yelled.

"That'll teach em." Sora chuckled.
"You do realize rumours are going to fly now, right?" Kairi worried.
"Nah, they know I'm an athlete and I have good grades. Besides, I can't dance, so why would I go to a club underage?" Kairi began to laugh harder.
"I think they'll be disappointed when they find out we're just studying."
"That's ok. Serves em right for wanting to spread rumours."
Sora stopped outside a large house.
"Well, this is it."
Kairi couldn't help but gawk at it. There were at least four floors, and the house was painted a cheerful yellow.
"Oh my god it's enormous!" Kairi gasped.
"Nothing special. Don't worry, I promise you won't get lost." Sora grinned. He grabbed his keys and put one into the lock. He twisted it, and opened the door, gesturing her to step inside.
This was it. Kairi took a deep breath and walked inside.