I was unfortunately awoken by my alarm clock on a Saturday morning. My eyes shot open and I cursed myself for forgetting to turn the damn thing off. Now, I wasn't gonna be able to get back to sleep.
"Stupid thing..." I mumbled after hitting the device off. A cool breeze drifted in through the small opening in the window which was rather refreshing in the morning. I plopped back down on the bed, hugging my pillows and wrapping myself up in blankets, trying to get back to sleep. My eyes flickered open and closed repeatedly, my vision still blurred from my abrupt awakening. So bored...and ironically, not tired. I reached for my cell phone and had a text.
Thanks for the ride last night, Tif. And again, I'm sorry for the stupid little outburst I had. I know you really care about me and for that, I love you more than anything. Whenever you feel is the right time for us to be together, I'm always here. I love you.
I smiled and blushed like a love-struck school girl. She makes me feel like no other person had ever made me feel. I fell back on the bed, placing a fluffy pillow over my face and reveling in the sweet little message she sent me. I couldn't be happier with anyone else. Now all I had to do was wonder just exactly what I was going to do on a boring Saturday. Is Reno busy? Hmm...he wouldn't wanna hang out with me, anyway. Hmmm...maybe I'll hang out with Yuffie or something. I didn't know what to do. So bored...I sighed and threw the pillow off of my head and onto the floor. Once again I grabbed my cell phone and decided to text her back.
Wanna hang out tonight? Yuffie's house, 6:00? Tif.
I knew she'd be happy that we could spend some time together tonight. Away from the nagging and constant irritation of her mother. For the rest of the day, though, I wasn't sure what to do. This was the most bored I'd been since...I can't even remember. Mom was at work and my brother was more than likely in bed, out of breath, laying next to Kadaj after having a long night of overly done, kinky sex. Not something I wanted to think about. I shook those thoughts from my head and slumped down the stairs to eat breakfast. I looked at the clock and it wasn't as early as I thought. 11:46 a.m. So it wasn't a surprise when I heard a knock on the door. I lazily fixed my hair and rubbed myeyes before opening it, only to see Cloud.
"Hey, Tif,"
"Hey..what're you doing here?"
"I was extremely bored and I wanted to see a friend. Who better than you?"
I smiled. "I know. I'm bored,too. I asked Aeris if she wanted to hang out at Yuffie's tonight around six. You should come,too."
"Yeah, yeah, I'll be there. Hey, where's Reno? He busy?"
"Uh..I dunno, go up into his room and check..." I said, smiling to myself.
"I just wanna see if he's free to hang out today," he said, making his way up the stairs. Once he was out of sight, I poured myself a bowl of cereal and laughed, thinking of the possibilities of things he could walk in on. To my dissapointment, Reno and Kadaj walked out of the bedroom right when Cloud got there. No opportunities for entertainment. They were dressed and ready to head out the door.
"Wow...have fun. I'm gonna be wickedly bored today. See ya." I said.
"I'm taking my cell, call if you need anything, Tif. And have fun tonight, I dunno when we're gonna be back."
"Come to Yuffie's tonight. Cloud's going,too"
"I'll see what I can do." he replied in a sly tone.
"What, so you're some kind of workaholic now? Too busy for your own sis?"
"What can I say? I do have the greatest boyfriend in the world, y'know."
"Yeah, okay. I guess I'll see you tonight"
"Later..."
And just like that, they were out the door, leaving me to rot, drown, suffer and decay into the inevitable abyss of boredom on a Saturday.
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"Hmm...it's gotta be 'hot sex, sex god..." I guessed. The sad truth, I had been watching game shows all day. My favorite, Chain Reaction, which happened to be on right now. Everytime I guessed wrong, I threw a handful of popcorn at the television. A lot of people that got onto the show were complete idiots, I just had to laugh at them. My cell phone vibrated and caught my attention, pulling me out of the abyss. It was a text.
I'm so there. Yuffie's place at six. Can't wait to see you, hun.
I smiled before shutting the phone and placing it back on the table. Looking like a complete slob, I shoved a handful of buttery popcorn into my mouth and continued to watch TV until something else happened that would distract me. For a long time, nothing did. Until my mom came home. I told her I was going to Yuffie's tonight and that Aeris would be there, too. To my surprise, she didn't mind. I'd thought she would've scolded me about staying away from her until things cooled off with her mom but she was fine with it. As of now, I had no irritations to worry about. I decided to shower since I looked and smelled like a pig. I wanted to be presentable tonight.
It was around 5:00 when I was clean, my hair was done and I was dressed and ready to go. I threw my long locks of hair up into a loose bun, two annoying strands of hair hanging over my face. My ears were itchy and red from the earrings I put in. The dangling was bothering me but they looked good so I didn't bother to take them out. I had on a fitted black dress that reached a bit below my knees accompanied by a pair of strappy black shoes. Ok, maybe we were only going to hang out but I still wanted to look good. This was the first time I'd dressed up in a while so I was surprised by how different I looked. There was a knock on the door and I instantly threw down my eyeliner to answer it.
"Wow...you look beautiful, hun!!" Aeris said with excitement. I squealed and gave her a big hug.
"Come in, come in, I'm almost done getting ready..." I said. She looked way better than I did. Her long hair was tightly pulled up into a high pony tail with several curls waving down her delicate face. She wore a velvety red dress with a small pink ribbon on each thin strap that fit her shoulders snuggly. Like me, she also wore a pair of strappy shoes.
"Mmm, you look so pretty!!" I told her.
"So do you, babe." she replied.
The front door was left open a crack and Zack barged in followed by Cloud, Reno and Kadaj. Cloud was smiling, eyeing Aeris like a dog.
"You look nice," he told her, giving her a hug. I eyed them slightly when Aeris hugged him back. Cloud was a good friend. Which is why I felt bad when I felt jealous about it. He saw my expression and pulled away from hugging her. I looked away. I knew they were good friends...and I didn't want to be jealous. But I was...I decided to ignore those feelings.
"Tifa looks way better, though," she replied, giving me a kiss. I had to smile. Minutes later, we were all out the door and driving to Yuffie's house. I had already heard that other people were going to be there, too, but I wasn't sure who. Nonetheless, I was excited to be with my friends. Not at home being pathetic and watching game shows. And no parents to ruin the fun.
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The moment we all walked in the door, it seemed crazy. First of all, "Blue(Da ba dee)" was blaring in the house and Yuffie was dancing around like a crazy person. There weren't many others there. One person was there that I recognized. It was Kadaj's older brother. The two looked almost exactly alike, it was scary. Yazoo was older, though. The others were people from different schools. I didn't even know how Yuffie knew them. I turned around to sit my bag on the couch but it was already occupied by a girl in black leather making out with her skinny blonde girlfriend. The two were obviously very close. I simply just sat the bag on the floor and walked away. I guess since I had already seen two girls making out, I could be comfortable with Aeris. I made my way to the kitchen, through the crowd where a brunette stood, fondly kissing her cute blonde boyfriend. They seemed close, too. Yuffie managed to get into the kitchen in a few seconds without saying "Hi." I guess she didn't notice us come in the door. My brother broke away and went straight for the beer sitting on a table nearby. Kadaj never liked when he drank.
Aeris ran up and grabbed my hand, walking with me to greet Yuffie. Apparently, some of the guests had been here for awhile since some boys were laying on the kitchen floor, drinks in hand. I carefully stepped over them and talked to Yuffie.
"Whoa, Yuff. What is all this?"
"A party, duh!"
"Yeah, well I thought it would only be you, me, Aeris and a few others. Not a bunch of lunatics. How do you even know these people?"
"Let's just say I'm really popular on the internet! Hey, why are you so freaked about it?"
"Because I have to be a positive influence if Aeris is gonna get to come with me anywhere! You know how her mom i--"
"Screw her mom! Have some fun, damn..."
She was clearly drunk, her feet stumbling and her words jumbled. Once the argument between Yuffie and I was over, Aeris was off in the living room "having some fun". I didn't know what to do. She was half-drunk. And she had to be home by eleven, giving her no time to sober up. I started to worry. A lot. I stepped over mounds of drunken fools to reach her.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Having fun.."
"Yeah, apparently..."
A half-drunken Aeris was slumped in Cloud's arms on the couch. I shot him a glare to which he shrugged nervously, trying to push her off.
"This is unbelievable...c'mon. I have to take you home..."
"T-Tifa...wai--"
Barf. All over the damn floor in front of me. Thankfully it didn't get on my open-toed shoes. I shivered with disgust as she draped her arm over my shoulder, ready to leave. Not even an hour and it was too much to handle...
"Heyy!!! What're you doing?" yelled Yuffie.
"Going home. We're both in deep shit. Maybe next time you'll be able to have a mature time with us."
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"Hey...why'd you go off and do that? You know I had to have you home sober, right?"
"Yeah...I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking. Cloud had me hold his drink for a second and I.."
"W-wait..so it was Cloud?"
"No, he just asked me to hold it for a second..."
"Just like him...totally irresponsible...how good of friends are you two, anyway? Is there some kind of affair going on?"
"That's not fair, Tifa. We're only friends!"
"Apparently with benefits..."
She shot up off the bench.
"If this is going to work...you need to stop being so damn jealous!!"
And just like that, she was home. I cursed to myself when it began to drizzle. I couldn't help being jealous...and for that, she's infuriated.
