Author's note: i'm sorry this chapter is late but i had absolutely no ideas for it, so it sort of rambles i guess. ^^" sorry! Um... my mind went completely blank of ideas after chapter 16 so well here ya go. if it rambles i apologize.
Chapter 17: Going Away Party
The next day Suzaku came early to the student council meeting and saw Euphy talking to Milly. Milly looked mildly upset, but nodded with understanding. He cracked the door open a bit and listened.
"I won't be attending school here at Ashford for a few months, maybe longer," Euphy said looking just as upset as Milly, "My father has to go on a business trip in North America and decided he wanted me and my siblings to experience a new culture or something. We'll be leaving tomorrow."
"It's okay," Milly said, though she was disappointed. " We'll throw a going away party for you tonight, if you want," she offered, though regardless of her wishes, Milly would have thrown a party anyway.
"Ooh, that would be great!" Euphy exclaimed, instantly perking up at the idea. "You'll have to plan fast though."
"It's okay. It can just be a party among us student council members," Milly said with a smile. She pulled out her phone and called Kallen.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Kallen! We're throwing a going away party for Euphy so hurry up and get down here!" Milly said.
"Okay, but I was on my way down there anyway. Wait why-" Milly hung up on Kallen in the middle of his sentence. Kallen simply snapped it shut, grumbled something unintelligible, and, just to be defiant, she slowed her pace.
Milly disconnected the line, 'Now to call Suzaku, then Rivalz, then Shirley. Poor Lulu, I guess he'll miss out on this one,' she thought as she dialed Suzaku's number. He decided to walk in right as his phone rang, just so that it looked as if he wasn't spying and hadn't heard their previous conversation. Nope he would never do that. Milly disconnected the line upon his entrance, and proceeded to call Rivalz after giving him a small wave as a greeting. Euphy on the other hand wasn't as calm, and she threw herself around him for emphasis on how much she would miss him when she left. Suzaku was so excited about her leaving that he didn't even seem to notice, nor mind, the creepy pink haired girl latching onto him.
"Suzaku, it's horrible!" she sobbed into his uniform jacket, "I'm forced to go on a business trip with my father that could last months!" she wailed.
"Ooh.. that's....bad?" he said, an unheard question in his tone.
"I know!! 'Cause if I'm not here then who will love you?!"
"Who indeed?" Suzaku mumbled sarcastically. He only wanted one person to love him, and that was Kallen. And at the moment there was fifty fifty chance that she would end up with either him or Lelouch. She seemed to be very fond of both of them. And even though it didn't seem like it, Lelouch was doing better than him just by being sick and bed ridden for the past few days.
"Okay, Everyone is on their way!" Milly shouted happily. "Hey, Suzaku you better get off Euphy before Kallen comes in," she said with a sly grin. Suzaku all but shoved Euphy away from him. A slight blush appearing on his cheeks as he took his seat. Euphy gave him and Milly a pouty look before sitting down beside Suzaku.
Kallen and the others arrived about five minutes later and sat down all waiting for Milly to begin the meeting. Euphy and Kallen were on either side of Suzaku, Shirley sat next to Kallen and Rivalz sat by Shirley while staring at Milly as if she were a goddess, but that's not anything unusual.
"Everyone's here? Good," Milly said, "There's good news and bad news. The bad news is Euphy's going on a business trip with her father and wont be here for several months, and I know we're all gonna miss her, right?"
Shirley and Rivalz agreed. Kallen mumbled something to Suzaku and they both started laughing, but it's not like they'd been paying attention in the first place.
"The good news is that we're gonna throw a going away party for her!" Milly said excitedly.
"I'm sorry Euphy, Suzaku and I can't stay for it, we have plans tonight," Kallen said hoping it would get her out of a party for a girl she wasn't so fond of.
"Oh, okay, well I guess it can't be helped," Euphy said sadly, "I mean, even though I won't be seeing you guys for several months, but it's okay, I guess." Suzaku was the first to notice that Euphy's eyes were brimming with tears.
"Er..um, we can cancel this one time, right Kallen?" he asked.
Kallen sighed, "Fine, I guess so."
"That aside," Milly said, "let's get back to the situation at hand, Euphy's party. For once I will let you choose what you want to do for your party."
"Really?!! Thanks Milly! Hm.. I'd like to have a horror movie marathon and we can stay up all night and play games!" she shouted after a few minutes of thinking.
"Okay, we have an almost endless supply of movies downstairs, so I'll take you down to pick out a few," Milly said grabbing her arm and pulling her out the door.
"Why horror movies?!!" Shirley cried out once they were gone, "I hate them. They terrify me!! Oh, why couldn't Lulu be here?! He'd definitely comfort me."
"Calm down Shirley, they're just movies. I mean, it's not like anything's gonna hurt you or take you away," Rivalz said.
"... Well I guess your.. completely and totally wrong!!! That' what they always say in the movies!" she said putting her head on the table and taking deep breaths to calm herself down.
"Actually they never say that," He mumbled
"Shut up!!"
"... " Rivalz stared at her for a second before backing away slowly and sitting next to Suzaku. "I think she's lost her mind," he said glancing quickly at Shirley before turning away. Suzaku didn't respond, he was thinking of the benefits of watching a horror movie with Kallen, there was a far away look in his eyes. Kallen noticed it.
"Suzaku get your head out the gutter. Horror flicks don't scare me so don't even try it," she said giving his a warning look.
"Crap," he muttered. "Oh, Rivalz, when did you get here?"
"Like three minutes ago,"
"..."
"..."
"Oh," said Suzaku before returning to his thoughts. A guy can dream right?
Milly and Euphy returned a bit later with several stacks of horror movies.
"Okay," Euphy said, arranging them in rows on the table, "We have The Hills Have Eyes, House of Wax, Shutter, Saw, Wrong Turn, Scream, Child's Play, Alone in the Dark, When a Stranger Calls, Jeepers Creepers, Constantine, The Sixth Sense, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Tremors, House on Haunted Hill, Room 1408, and well a whole bunch more, so what do you want to watch?"
"How about Care Bears?" Shirley asked with an optimistic smile. Everyone turned and stared at her like she was an idiot. She put her head back down and groaned.
"How about, no.'" Kallen said.
" What about Jeepers Creepers? That's one of my favorites," Suzaku suggested. Everyone else agreed and Euphy put the DVD in the DVD player and sat down next to Suzaku, Kallen sat on the other side.
"Oh I guess this isn't so bad," Shirley said lifting her head up and starting to actually pay attention to the movie.
"Shirley, these are the previews," Rivalz said.
She was doing fine until the movie came on and it came to the part when the two kids found the body a the end of the tunnel. She didn't put her head up again until she heard the end credits. Throughout the movie Euphy kept clinging to Suzaku shoulder and hiding her face in his arm and such. Suzaku knew she wasn't really scared because if she was afraid of horror movies why would she decide to have a marathon of them in the first place.
After Jeepers Creepers went off they watched Wrong Turn, then House of Wax, then three other horror films before Milly got up and clicked on the lights.
"It's getting late, we should go home. We still have school tomorrow." she said grabbing her possessions and heading for the door. "I'll see you guys tomorrow," she said before leaving. Everyone left soon after.
The next day, Suzaku seemed less stressed than he had been. When he'd heard that Euphy would be gone for several months it was as if a heavy weight had been lifter from his shoulders. And for a while he was stress free, but the stress came back full force during his third period class.
"Class," said the teacher, " we have a new student." She beckoned the new student into the room.
END NOTE: okay this chapter.... I don't even know. i had no idea what to do next, so i made Euphy go away for a little while. maybe that will help me get another idea. but right now my mind is totally blank of ideas. for this story anyway. its getting a bit harder to update. i didn't like this chapter. please review though. give me some suggestions so i can get this next chapter out on time. sorry its so short. ^^"