A/N: I'm SO SORRYYYY! MY COMP FRIED ITSELF AND YA! I HAD TO REDO THIS! I'M SO SORRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! Now that that's over…Two chaps. M-chan, if you don't give me the Dylan book I will personally hire a trained ninja-frog to come get you. (Or the book, which mite b easier.) Ha ha. Just be happy, kay? Lawl. Well, R & R! (yes, you! Several hundred views, and only one reviewer? HELLO?!) BTW, I'm currently listening to Ramielle Malubay's version of "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?" So cool! "Do you/ ever think back/ on those memories we had?/ Oh do I ever cross your mind?" (A little depressing tho that this was one of her last AI songs…hopefully, she'll be back next season! –sniff-)
Also sorry for such long A/N's. I ramble too much...
Kaede stared at the wall blankly. Her eyes were glazed over, and her eyescreen was playing tricks on her. She was certain of it. How else would her awesome bedroom in Prettyville have turned into a cold, dark room that was so poorly furnished? Her gaze flicked derisively over the bare furnishings. Really, now.
The door clicked. Kaede jumped, then saw Cloud. She sighed softly, and he came over.
"Hi!" she said, brightly.
He stared back blankly.
"Um, hullo?" Kaede's bubbly smile curled downward. She frowned at him and crossed her arms.
Cloud stared back. Who was this? This wasn't Kaede. There was no way. Kaede would never wear the outfit that this girl was wearing (a black one-shoulder tank top, with denim short-shorts and several layers of gold necklaces, one of which was playing some sort of music video). She never would have gotten pink highlights, even if they flashed from pink to blue to purple. Her eyes were supposed to be brown, not flashing turquoise to green to blue to… (ah, you get it!) And Kaede certainly wouldn't have stared at him like that. Her head was tilted and her smile was blank.
"HEEEEEELLLLOOOOO?" Kaede shouted in his ear. She sat back on her legs. "Kuh-loud? Are you there?"
Cloud cleared his throat. "Yeah," he mumbled. "More or less…"
Kaede tilted her head further. "Huh?"
Cloud studied her for a moment and opened his mouth to speak.
All of a sudden, the door shot open and there stood Michiko, hands on her hips and eyes panicked. "Where's Georgiiiiiiiinaaaaa?" she squealed. "She ran in here!"
The two stared back at her, utterly confused.
"Way to ruin the moment!" Kaede screeched at Michiko.
"Moment?" Cloud asked.
"Um-ah, I mean…well…uh, y'know…" Kaede stuttered. "Um, nothing."
"THERE!" Michiko shouted, pointing at Cloud. "Georgina!"
Cloud looked totally offended. "Excuse me?" he hissed. Cloud grimaced as something chomped on his ear.
Michiko marched over and reached toward his shoulder.
Um, excuse me? Kaede thought. She crossed her arms, irritated.
"There you are!" Michiko plucked something off of Cloud's ear. "Awww, you silly little girl."
Cloud stared at her. Silly little girl?
Michiko put whatever was in her hand on the floor and beamed. "Grow," she said.
A little spot on the floor began to glow, and then it got bigger and bigger until it was a full-sized polar bear. Kaede muted a little squeak of surprise. Since when did that happen? She backed herself away, towards the wall, hoping it wouldn't see her. The thing was huge, and she could bet it had sharp teeth.
Michiko fearlessly ran forward and tackle-hugged it around its big, furry neck. "Georgiiiiiiina!" she squealed. "Don't you disappear ever, ever, ever again!"
How do you lose a polar bear? Kaede wondered.
The bear nuzzled her affectionately, its eyes closed and nose twitching. Or maybe it was sniffing out possibilities for its next lunch? It was impossible to tell. Kaede couldn't read animals' minds, as her skills had disappeared with the rest of her IQ.
Not that she noticed, or even knew she was missing them.
"Small," Michiko said, and Georgina disappeared. "There!" She stood and grinned. "My pigtails felt a little uneven, and that's how I knew Georgie was missing!"
Kaede had many questions popping up her head, but none of them where all that nice. So, finally, she settled on, "Georgie?"
"Georgina! Duh," Michiko said, stroking her blonde pigtails. The plastic polar bear charms on her pigtails gleamed.
"Cute hair thingies." Kaede noted. Then she smiled. "Do they have names?" she joked.
"Yes!" Michiko shouted excitedly. Kaede's eyes grew wide.
"I was kidding," Kaede protested. But it didn't matter. Michiko was already listing off their names, flicking her index finger against her thumb for each name.
Michiko giggled into her palm. "Georgina is this one, and she's with Franklin, and that's Mary Lou Ann, and this is Simon."
Kaede blinked. "Um, what?"
"Those are their names," Michiko said.
"How…nice." Kaede gulped, fighting back the many sarcastic comments that were forming in the back of her mind. Stop it, she scolded herself. Be nice…
"Sooo…" Michiko said slowly. She stepped backwards, retreating swiftly. Finally, she had realized she wasn't exactly wanted at the moment. Carefully, she stepped backwards, her enormous eyes never leaving Cloud's glowering face for fear that he would kill her if she even blinked. Finally, she turned and fled down the hall like it was on fire.
Once Michiko was gone, Kaede sighed, turning back to Cloud.
There was a loud crash outside. Ren's unmistakable voice called out, "He did it!"
Cloud sighed. "I better go," he said, getting up.
Kaede stared after him, eyes wide. "What? No!" she blurted.
He turned around.
Kaede blushed. "I mean, um, yeah, go ahead."
Cloud chuckled to himself as he walked, trying his hardest not to smile on the way out.
A/N: Well. Ther you go, 833 words. Three pages. Be happy. I am. I just bought David Archuleta! Or, um, his songs. Close enuff. I was texting my friend and all of a sudden I'm like, "OMG DAVID ARCHULETAAAAAAA! SO CUUUUUUUTE!" He was like, "Wtf? Y do I care?" and I'm like "Jealous?" Haha. He knows I'm kidding…rite?! Lawl. Well, for my sake, let's hope so. :P Altho if he listens to J-chan… XD Well, there goes any rep I've managed to build… UGH! (don't laugh. I know you are. My own cousin is laughing, and she's just reading the author note. She has no idea who these people are.
Editor's Note: After she read that I was typing about her, she hit me. While I was typing. Gee, thankies, K-chan.