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Chapter 4: Movies and Texts

When Cagalli entered her third period class, she was surprised to find that Meyrin was also in the same class. She admits that there is something about the girl that irks her but seeing that Meyrin was a close friend of Athrun, she thought she should just try and be nice.

Making up her mind, Cagalli made her way towards Meyrin's desk.

"Hi Meyrin!" She smiled a genuine smile.

Meyrin looked up at the sound of her name and found the last person she wanted to see. Deciding that it's best to just ignore her, she went back to reading her book.

Cagalli bit her lips at the rudeness but without another word, she went back to her desk.

'If she wants to ignore me then fine, but at least I tried to be nice.'

They ignored each other for the rest of the period.

As the bell rang signaling the end of third period, Cagalli quickly gathered her things and walked out of the classroom. She took out her schedule and was happy to find that PE was her last period of the day. She noticed Meyrin power-walk passed her and sighed.

'Probably looking for Athrun,' she concluded and rolled her eyes, 'guess I'll have to find the Gym by myself.'

Surprisingly it only took her 4 minutes to find the Gym, of course the big sign on the wall helped.

Pushing open the big double doors, she was impressed by how big the gym was; it was a bit smaller than a football field, with long rows of bleachers on each side.

She noticed that there were hardly any students in sight, only a couple sitting on the bleachers. Quickly spotting the coach, she jogged up to her and handed her the schedule. The coach looked pretty strict; her hair was black and very short and she had purple eyes.

"Cagalli Yula…I'm Coach Badgiruel, welcome to PE. Since it's your first day and you don't have a gym uniform, you'll have to sit out on the activity today. What sizes do you wear for shirts and shorts?"

"Okay, um medium?"

Coach Badgiruel raised an eyebrow before giving Cagalli a onceover. "I think a small would fit you better, okay I will put in an order today for your uniform and it should arrive on Wednesday. Now go have a seat on the bleachers."

Cagalli nodded and jogged towards the bleachers, she spotted Stella sitting on the bottom row and went to join her. Stella waved excitingly as Cagalli took a seat next to her.

"Hi Cagalli! You have PE this period too?" Stella asked bubbly.

"Mhm," Cagalli couldn't help but smile at the cheerful girl, "why are you on the bleachers Stella?"

"Oh I forgot to bring my uniform today! I can't participate in today's activity if I don't have my uniform." Stella explained, looking almost sad for a second before smiling brightly again. "But it's okay! I like watching my friends play! Look there they are! C'mon let's wave!"

Cagalli was surprised to see Athrun, Kira, Dearka, Yzak, and Shinn coming out from a blue door in one corner and Miriallia, Lacus, Shiho, Fllay, Luna, and Meyrin coming out from a red door on the opposite corner. It seems like everyone had the same Gym class. The guys wore loose white T-shirts with the school name printed across the chest and black knee length mesh shorts. The girls wore a similar but more form fitting white shirt with black thigh length mesh shorts.

The group waved back and made their way towards the bleachers where Stella and Cagalli sat. Cagalli did not miss the look of dismay that flashed across Meyrin's face.

"I see you've made it here on time without my help Cagalli." Athrun teased with a grin.

"Of course! Only an idiot would miss the huge Gym sign." Cagalli crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out.

Athrun merely chuckled. The group chatted for a few more minutes before the sound of a whistle was heard.

"ALL STUDENTS IN UNIFORM GATHER OVER HERE." Coach Badgiruel boomed, gesturing to the area on her right.

The students quickly stopped their mingling and ran to the respective spot. The class was quite large; there were probably over 50 students in it.

Coach Badgiruel was about to start her instructions when a guy with lavender hair shot his hand up.

"You have a problem Mr. Seiran?"

"Coach Badgiruel, who's the babe?" He pointed his finger at Cagalli.

Coach Badgiruel, Cagalli, and Athrun simultaneously had a case of the eye twitch.

"Don't use the word babe in my class Mr. Seiran, that's Cagalli Yula, she's a new student."

"Hm…interesting." Yuuna murmured as he stared at Cagalli, unaware that at the moment her fists are clenched tightly and she's resisting the urge to bash his head on the cold gym floor.

"Now if we don't have any more questions, everyone gather into teams of 6 for a miniature basketball tournament. Most of the guys cheered (excluding Yuuna) while the majority of the girls whined unhappily.

Almost instantly, Athrun was bombarded with his fan girls and random guys pleading to be on his team, he manages to shove all of them off with a firm NO. He teamed up with Kira, Fllay, Lacus, Shinn, and Meyrin while Dearka, Miriallia, Yzak, Shiho, and Luna formed a team with a guy name Rey Za Burrel.

"Why does everyone want to be on Athrun's team?" Cagalli asked Stella while raising an eyebrow.

"Aside from his supreme popularity, he's the captain of the school's basketball team." Stella giggled.

"I see…isn't that a little unfair to the other students?"

"Well yes, but that doesn't matter since it's just for fun. Besides, he tries to keep it somewhat fair by not teaming up with Dearka, who's the vice captain. Also he has Lacus and Meyrin on his team and they aren't very good at sports." Stella giggled some more.

There was another blow of the whistle and the game has started. Whichever team that scores 15 first wins the round. The winning teams then play against other winning teams for championship.

(AN: Blah I'm not good with describing sports so I'm skipping this part :D But it's pretty clear who won right?)

After School

The group made their way to the parking lot, chatting about the basketball game.

"Man that was a good game Athrun; you whooped Yuuna's team good the first round. They didn't even get to score!" Dearka said with a loud laugh.

"They just suck at basketball." Athrun smirked.

"You were really good Athrun." Cagalli complimented.

"Thanks Cagalli." Athrun replied, a barely noticeable pink hue appearing on his face.

"TIME TO GO TO THE MOVIEEES!" Dearka yelled out.

The group stopped next to three cars. A sleek black one that belonged to Athrun, a shiny silver one that was Yzak's, and a deep blue one that was Kira's.

"So who am I riding with?" Cagalli asked with a grin.

"Me!" Was Athrun's a little too enthusiastic response. "Uh...cause I'm your tour guide after all…"Athrun covered up nervously as he was greeted by sly grins from his so called friends.

Meyrin was all but happy as she gritted her teeth at the thought of Cagalli sitting in the same car as her and Athrun…and Luna. She quickly made a desperate dash towards the passenger seat but a hand shot out and grabbed her arm. She angrily turned around and was prepared to scold the person but realized that it was her older sister Lunamaria.

"What Luna?" She asked irritatingly, her mood growing worse as she watched Cagalli open the passenger door to Athrun's luxurious black car.

"Sit in the back; I want to talk to you." Lunamaria said with a hint of seriousness.

"Ugh!" Meyrin yanked her arm from her sister and slid into the back seat, Lunamaria could only sigh and follow suit.

Athrun inserted his keys and started up his car. He mentally cheered as Cagalli got inside the passenger seat. Putting his gears in reverse, he backed out of the parking space and made his way towards the exit.

"So Cagalli, how do you like PLANTs so far?" Athrun asked, keeping his eyes on the road.

"Hmm I really like it; it's nice getting away from my Dad and finally being independent." Cagalli said after a moment of consideration.

"Oh do you live by yourself?"

"Yup! The apartment's pretty small and it's perfect for me." Cagalli exclaimed with a bright smile.

"I see, so are you supporting yourself or do you get some money from your Dad?" Athrun couldn't help but be nosy.

"Of course I'm supporting myself, that's why I got a job silly!" There was pride in her voice.

Athrun chuckled. "You're right, sorry Milady." He grinned teasingly.

Cagalli rolled her eyes. "You can stop that now you know."

"Nah I think I like calling you that, or maybe you prefer Princess?" He suggested with a cunning smile.

"NO WAY! You better not call me that Athrun!" She yelled, red in the face.

Athrun could only smirk. "We'll see…"

Meanwhile in the back of the car…

Luna couldn't help but sigh as she witness the pleasant conversation between Athrun and Cagalli, knowing Meyrin, she's most likely not happy at all.

Sneaking a glance to her left, she sees that Meyrin's fists were clutched tightly on her lap. Her expression may seem unreadable to others but knowing the girl for 16 years, Luna knows exactly what she's feeling right now.

Knowing that Meyrin will not want to talk to her right now, she decided to text her instead.

Meyrin felt her phone vibrate on her lap and picked it up, knowing that it was a text from Luna.

[Hey Mey, r u ok?]

She frowned and narrowed her eyes before typing a quick reply.

[Wat do u think? -_-]

Luna sighed. 'Yup, she's in a bad mood alright.'

[Is this about Athrun n Cagalli?]

The frown on Meyrin's face deepened.

[…]

Luna rolled her eyes at the reply she got.

[Mey, this doesn't mean that ur chance wit Athrun is gone u kno dat rite?]

Meyrin looked thoughtful for a minute.

[It feels like it is…-_-]

[Well u dunno dat, maybe Athrun doesn't even like her…:P]

Meyrin immediately turned to her sister, giving her a are-you-kidding-me- look.

[R u blind Luna? Every1 can c dat they r FLIRTING!]

Luna pursed her lips.

[Okay…but u can still try nd win him over -.-]

Now it was Meyrin's turn to roll her eyes.

[U don't hav to tell me dat, I alrdy kno nd I will win him over :P]

[Well gd luck im sure u can do it! :D]

Meyrin smiled at Luna.

[Thx Luna! Btw sry for being such a B. earlier D:]

Luna smiled back.

[Np! Im ur older sis after all.]

Kira's Car

"I heard that Inception was really confusing." Kira inquired as he drove smoothly.

Fllay turned to face him in the passenger seat. "I hope not! I don't think I'll be able to understand it if it gets too confusing." An uncertain look was on her face.

"It's okay Fllay, I'm sure you'll be fine." Lacus reassured from the seat behind Kira.

Kira chuckled and grinned. "Don't worry Fllay I'll explain everything to you if you get lost, and Lacus, I'm sure you'll be the first to figure out everything Miss Straight A's.

Lacus could only smile and shrug, but you can see a tinge of red on her cheeks. This however, did not go unnoticed by Fllay.

Fllay was a little confused from this. 'Does Lacus like Kira?'

"Shinn you'll explain everything to me if I get lost right?" Stella asked Shinn with her puppy-dog eyes.

"Of course I will, Stella." Shinn chuckled, smiling and stroking her hair gently.

"Yay! It's going to be awesome!"

Movie Theater

As soon as the group arrived at the movie theater parking lot, Cagalli leaped out of Athrun's car and raced to the ticket line, getting there before the others even had the time to react.

By the time the group caught up to her, she was already standing at the side of the line, in her hands, were two tickets for Inception. She didn't waste time in waving the two tickets in front of Athrun's face.

"HAH! I told you I would pay you back!" Cagalli exclaimed loudly as Athrun's pretty jaws almost hit the floor.

He quickly regained from shock. "C'mon Cagalli you really didn't have to." Athrun said exasperatingly.

"But I want to!" Cagalli pouted.

Athrun paused for a few seconds before dipping his head with a sigh. "Alright alright, thanks. Let's go, the movie's about to start." He said with a chuckle.

After a few minutes of waiting for the others and getting their movie snacks, the group sat on the top row of the seats. Some of them with huge buckets of popcorn, while others had candy.

The movie has been playing for about 15 minutes now and the group was completely absorbed, eyes never leaving the gigantic screen. Meyrin who sat on Athrun's left stole a glance at him, admiring how cute he looked while stuffing popcorn in his mouth with his eyes glued to the screen.

She lightly poked his arm in hopes of getting his attention. Athrun turned to look at her questionably.

"Athrun, um can I share some of your popcorn?" Meyrin whispered softly, if it weren't for the dark theater, you can see that her cheeks were getting quite red.

"Sure, here." Athrun whispered back, offering her the bucket.

"Thanks!"

He nodded and looked at Luna who sat on the other side of Meyrin and noticed that she didn't have any popcorn either. Stealing a glance at Cagalli who sat on his right with an equally large bucket of popcorn, Athrun felt a light bulb go on.

"Here Meyrin, you can share this with Luna." Athrun said quietly as he gave her his bucket.

Meyrin looked at him with confusion. "But, what about you?" She asked.

"It's alright, I can share with Cagalli." Athrun smiled, completely oblivious to the change in expression on Meyrin's face.

He turned to Cagalli and tapped her on her shoulder. She was beyond engrossed in the movie that she didn't even notice. Athrun poked her again, this time harder and Cagalli's attention finally snaps to him.

"Uh…yea Athrun?" She asked him absentmindedly, paying attention to the movie once again not wanting to miss a single part.

"Care to share your popcorn?"

Cagalli looked at him with a raised brow. "What happened to yours? Did you eat it all already?"

"No! I gave mine to Meyrin and Luna!" Athrun held back a chuckle at her ridiculous conclusion.

"Oh…okay fine." She offered him her popcorn and was once again immersed inside the movie.

"Thanks." Athrun grinned.

After Movies

"Oh my God that was such a great movie!" Cagalli exclaimed, stretching her muscles from sitting so long.

"But you kept asking me who or what level of dream the people were in." Athrun pointed out teasingly.

"Well I kept getting confused!"

"Obviously…" He smirked.

*SMACK*

"OUCH!" Athrun yelped at Cagalli who was already walking towards his car. He followed her as he rubbed his sore arm.

Miriallia, Lacus, and Shiho stared at the couple for a few seconds before breaking out into grins. 'This is going to be interesting.'

Athrun's Car

"Make a left over here." Cagalli instructed to Athrun as they neared her apartments. Arriving at a four story building with the name Concord Apartments on it, Athrun stopped and shifted his gear on park.

Turning to Athrun, Cagalli smiled and said "Thanks for the ride Athrun."

"No problem, good thing you only live 10 minutes from school." Athrun replied.

Cagalli laughed, "I'll see you tomorrow!" turning to Luna and Meyrin sitting in the back, she waved. "Night guys!"

Since Athrun was in the car, Meyrin forced a smile and nodded at her while Luna waved back.

"G'night Cagalli."

Cagalli turns to her apartment but before she can take two steps, a voice called out.

"Cagalli wait! Um…"

Turning back around, she looked at Athrun questionably. "Hm?"

Athrun turned a bright red. "Um…uh…can I get your phone number?" He stammered, feeling extremely shy all of a sudden.

In the back, Meyrin and Luna opened their mouth in shock.

Cagalli blushed. "S-sure, um do you have a pen?"

Athrun takes out his iPhone 4. "N-no need, uh…just put it in my phone." He started at the phone, avoiding eye contact.

"Right…Hahaha." Cagalli smiled sheepishly before taking his phone and entering her cell number.

Athrun grinned as she hands him his phone back. "Thanks! See you tomorrow."

Cagalli waved goodnight and heads into her apartment building.

The Zala House

Athrun stood under his showerhead, enjoying the warm water that sprayed onto his body, his thoughts surrounding a certain blonde. No matter how hard he tried to think about something else, his mind kept drifting back to Cagalli. He thought about her beautiful silky blonde hair that shorter than the average girl's. Her bright smile that lit up her lovely face. Her adorable pout when she pretended to feel sad. And he thought of her gorgeous amber eyes that he often find himself getting lost in.

Suddenly realizing that he's daydreaming about a girl that he had just met, he shook his head and felt his cheeks getting hot.

"What's happening to me?" Athrun whispered, his brows furrowing in confusion. He quickly turned the water to cold and splashed his face with the cool water.

10 minutes later…

Athrun emerged from his bathroom with a yellow towel on his head and wearing a bathrobe. Taking a seat on the edge of his king size bed, he noticed his phone on the bedside table. Athrun picked up the phone and stared at it intently, his thoughts drifting to Cagalli once again.

"Should I send a text?" Athrun pondered, ruffling his still damp hair in mild frustration.

After a few moments of mental debate, Athrun slowly typed a few words on the smooth touch screen. Lying down on his deep red comforter, he covered his eyes with one hand while the other hand holding the phone laid spread out to his side.

Taking a deep breath, his thumb made contact with the screen.

Message Sent.

Cagalli's Apartment

Cagalli was digging out a fresh oversized t-shirt from her tiny closet when she heard a familiar melody go off on her cell phone. She puts on her shirt before walking to her bed and picked up the phone. Raising an eyebrow at the screen that indicated a new message from an unknown number, she shrugged and pressed a button and opened the text message.

[Hello Cagalli, this is Athrun. Just wanted to say goodnight. (: ]

Cagalli felt her cheeks get hot as she read and re-read the words displayed on the screen of her phone. She couldn't prevent the grin that was already spreading across her face. Jumping on her bed and burying her face into her soft pillow, she stared at her phone for another minute before clicking Reply.

Back to Athrun

Athrun waited for what seemed like an eternity, his eyes were threatening to shut when a familiar ringtone filled his room. He immediately jerked wide awake and read the new message that was already displayed on the screen.

[G'nite Athrun! Sweet dreams. :D]

Athrun smiled contently and drifted off into a blissful sleep.

:D Review anyone?