A/N: Sorry this one took me so long, I've been busy with school and trying to update my other story. Thanxs to all who reviewed my last chapter, and well here's the next one hope you enjoy. Oh and this chapter has a bit of fluff in it too. :)
Chap7
(A month later)
When I woke up Gippal was still sleeping. I tried to get up, but his arm tightened around my waist.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked sleepily.
"Go back to sleep Gippal. I'm just getting some exercise. I'm going for a run. Now that my wounds all healed, I need to stretch." I told him gently.
"You know sleeping's impossible without you. So let me get dressed and I'll race you." he said
"Ok but you have to let go of me so I can get dressed." I said
"But I don't want to." he replied.
I sighed. It's been the same thing every morning since the villagers built us our own tent, he won't let me get up in the mornings.
"Gippal let me up." I whined
"Fine." he said as he let go of my waist.
"Thank you." I said as I used my thief dress sphere.
10 minutes later Gippal was finally dressed. We were at the entrance to the village.
"Alright. First one to the docks wins. On your mark get set go!!!!!" I shouted as I took off running up the hill. I really don't think Gippal was trying. I haven't run in about a month and already I was about a mile ahead of him. It could also be the fact that he was half asleep. I made it to the beach fine but I found my self slowing down. "Oh cred (s), I can't let him beat me." I thought. Gippal was starting to speed up. Now I know why he was going so slow he was pacing himself. "Well I can still beat him." I thought. I used every last bit of energy I had, and made it to the docks just a few seconds before he did. I sat on the sand and laid back, gasping for air. Man was I really out of shape if I couldn't run at least 3 miles with out getting tired.
"Not bad Cid's girl. You beat me." he said
"Gippal...." I said sitting up. "If you... don't stop..... calling me that....I'm really going
to hurt you." I said panting.
"Sorry Rikku, it's a habit."
"It's ok, just don't do it again. "I said as I laid my head on his shoulder, as he sat on the sand next to me. "So what did you get me for my birthday? You do remember that it's today don't you?" I asked
"Of course I remembered. You'll get your gift later tonight." he said
"Ohhh please can I have it now." I asked
"No." he simply stated
"Please?" I said lifting my head to look at him."
"No." he aid leaning his head closer to mine.
Our lips almost met when we heard my cousin anxiously calling my name.
I sighed. Instead we leaned our foreheads together. "I should let her know I'm ok." I said reluctantly.
"Yea I guess you should." he said
I got up and walked to the entrance to the beach where my cousin and Paine stood.
"Hiya Yunie." I said trying to be cheerful.
"Where were you? I was so worried." she said
"Yuna chill. Gippal and I raced to the beach, and we were just siting there by the docks." I answered.
"Oh, I'm sorry, did...did I interrupt something?" she asked
"Oh no, no why would you think that?" I asked with obvious sarcasm in my voice.
"Oh ok, just wanted to make sure. I would feel really bad if I interrupted you two." she said completely missing the sarcasm.
Paine got it though and snickered to her self slightly and finally it was my turn to glare at her. She just glared back.
"What did I say?" Yuna asked
"Nothing Yuna. Don't worry about it." I said with a sigh.
"Okay well any way since it's your birthday, Paine and I are going to take you to Luca.
She said.
"How are you guys going to get there?" Gippal asked coming to stand next to me with his hand around my waist.
"We're going by boat. Now that machina are no longer forbidden all of the boats have been updated so it only takes about an hour to get there." Yuna replied
"Mind if I tag along. For the boat ride I mean. There's something I have to pick up, and then when your all done we can meet up at the docks." he said
"Sure why not."Yuna said
"What do you have to pick up at Luca?" I asked him curiously.
"Just some things." he said not about to give it away.
I rolled my eyes. "When does the boat leave?" o asked
"In a few minuets." Paine said. "So we better get going."
So we walked back to the docks and got on the boat a few minuet before it was about to leave. As we boarded the boat Gippal and I went to the top deck.
"Actually I can give you part of your gift now." Gippal said taking a box out of his pocket and then handed it to me.
When I opened the box my breath caught in my troat. Inside was a beautiful diamond and emerald necklace. "Gippal it's beautiful where did you get this?" I asked
"This was the gift your father was going to give to your mother on their anniversary before the accident." Gippal said quietly. "He thought it would be better if I gave it to you."
My eyes started to water. My mother died on my 8th birthday. She had gone to Luce to get me my birthday gift she had gotten made for me. She got the feather earrings I used to wear on the ends of my hair. But on her way back from Luca Sin attacked her ship. Incidentally that's the same way my aunt died. So that's another thing Yunie and I have in common. I had vowed that I would wear the earrings on te ends of my hair until I saw Sin destroyed. It was a symbol of my word. That I would help defeat Sin one way or another and avenge my mother's death along with everyone else Sin killed. Now I wear then for what they are earrings, and also to show that I stuck by my word. I helped to defeat Sin and avenged my mothers demise.
"Gippal thank you. I don't know what to say." I said. I was leaning against the pole that held the awning in place. Gippal was sitting cross-legged in front of me.
"You don't have to say anything Rikku. I understand." he quietly answered
I leaned forward to kiss him, but that's kinda hard to do when your both siting cross-legged. So I instead fell over on top of him
"Sorry!" I said embarrassed
"That's ok." he said. The thing was, was that we didn't want to move, and so we didn't. Then he carefully turned me over so I was underneath him, and he was hovering above me. "Rikku." he said right before he kissed me. It was our first real kiss. Not just a quick kiss on the lips. I parted my lips and felt his tongue brush against mine. I moaned slightly before I heard someone go "Ah-hem" we looked up startled to see Yuna and Paine standing at the top of the stairs, both with silly grins on their faces.
"We've arrived." Yuna said
"Ok Thanks."I said as I felt a blush creeping up my face.
They walked down the stairs laughing that they caught us in an embarrassing situation. Gippal got off me and sat up offering his hand to me to help me up.
"Well that was embarrassing." Gippal said
"Yea." I agreed.
So we walked down the stairs hand in hand. (In know probably not that possible those steps were pretty narrow, but just pretend that it's possible) When we got off the boat Gippal kissed me lightly and said "I'll meet you back here at five. Ok?"
"Sure." I said as we parted ways. "So where are we going first?" I asked
"Well it's about one now. So lets go get something to eat.
As we were walking to a place called Dravidian's Yuna and Paine kept asking me what happened.
"Nothing happened." I said for about the tenth time. "He just kissed me and that was all."
"But then why were you under him?" Yuna asked.
"Yuna for crying out loud DROP IT! Nothing happened except for Gippal kissing me.!!" I yelled as we got to the restaurant. Apparently the owner of the place is an al bhed, and decided to name the place after him-self We had a quick lunch, we each had a salad and iced-tea ( I have no idea what they eat)
"So where are we going first?" I asked
"Well I'm going to get you a black dress." Yuna said
"WHY!?" I asked "You know I don't like dresses, especially black ones."
"Well what are you going to do if Gippal decides to take you out to a nice restaurant? None of you outfits are good enough. And besides every girl needs a little black dress." Yuna responded.
"Fine. And what are you getting me Paine?"
"Well I know this place that can service and fix your dress spheres and garment grid. I'll be taking you there and paying for it." she replied.
"Really? Thank you. Do you guys want to see what Gippal got me for my birthday?"
"Sure." they answered
So I took out the box and showed them the diamond and emerald necklace. They gasped in shock.
"Rikku where did he get this?" Yuna asked with a wide eyed stare.
"It was going to be my mothers. It was the anniversary gift my father was going to give to my mother before her death. Gippal said my father thought it would be best if he gave it to me, rather then him."
"Wow Rikku, this is very beautiful." Yuna said
"Yea and he said that I'll get the rest of my gift later."
"I'm definitely getting you black dress." Yuna said
So we walked down all of the new streets that have been built since the defeat of Sin and Vegnagun. I tried on so many dresses, but didn't find one that I liked. It wasn't until we came to the last dress store in all of Luca that I found one that I liked. By that time it was about 4:30, and we had to go meet Gippal soon.
"Hey guys I think I found one that I like." I said
"It's about time." Paine said. "You know what, Yuna take her in t go get the dress and I'll take her garment grid and dress spheres to ger serviced."
"Alright." I said and handed her my grid and spheres.
We walked into the shop and the sales lady asked if we needed any help.
"Yea, I'd like to see that dress in the window please."
"Of course." she said as she got the dress out of the window.
I went into the dressing room and tried it on. The dress had a plunging neckline, and a low back. It had off the shoulder sleeves. The dress was form fitting and at the knees started to flare out slightly and settled nicely at my feet. It had a slit from the bottom of the dress to the top of my thigh. I took my hair down from the bandanna and took out the braids. It fell to about the middle of my back and was wavy from all of the braids I wear. I put on the necklace that Gippal gave me and looked in the mirror. 'Wow' I thought 'I've never looked this beautiful. "Well Yuna, what do you think?" I asked
"I'm definitely getting it for you, along with a pair of black high-heeled shoes."
"Can I wear it out? I'm meeting my boyfriend in like 15 minuets and I want to see his reaction." I asked
"Sure." she replied kindly
So she rang up the dress and shoes and Yuna paid for it. After, we went to go meet Paine.
"Nice choice Rikku. Here's you garment grid. Everything's been updated and if needed fixed. Now we have to go meet Gippal and we only have 10 minuets." she said
"Thanks so much you guys. Now let's go see the look on Gippal's face."
The walk back to the docks took only about 5 minuets, even with the high-heeled shoes. Surprisingly I didn't fall once, which Is pretty good considering I've never worn shoes like these before. When we got to the docks Gippal was waiting for us. Paine and Yuna were standing in front of me. When we stopped walking they stepped aside to let Gippal see me. His jaw like dropped to the ground.
"Wow, Rikku, you, wow. You look gorgeous." he said
I blushed. "Thank You."
"Well I'm taking Rikku to a restaurant. So you two can head back to Besaid without us." he said
So we said goodbye and watched Yuna and Paine. Then Gippal turned to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Damn Rikku I've never seen anything as beautiful as you." he whispered in my ear.
I felt my heart skip a beat. Then he brought his lips to mine. He deepened the kiss by parting my lips with his tongue. I felt his heart rate speed up along with mine. We just stood on the docks a few minuets longer.
He pulled back form the kiss ad said "Well shall we go?"
"Sure." I said
So he wrapped his arms around my waist and started leading me to the restaurant.
"So what did you have to pick up." I asked
"You'll find out later." he replied.
"Ok. Well then can you at least tell me where we're going?"
"Yes. We're going to a new little restaurant called 'Rayfah'." he replied
"Heaven?" I said translation his Al Bhed
"It was opened by an al bhed not to long ago. I think his name was Dravidian."
"He opened two restaurants?" I asked
"I guess so. Why?"
"Because we ate lunch at a place called 'Dravidians"
"Ok well, we're here." he said
When we got to the door, the door man said "Ah, Sir Gippal, Lady Rikku, we've been expecting you. Your table is ready. It's the last table in the back, so no one can disturb you."
"Thank you." I said as we entered
Gippal lead me to the back of the restaurant and to our table. He pulled out my chair for me and waited until I sat down. Then he pushed in my chair
"Thank you Gippal. I didn't know you were such a gentleman." I said teasingly.
"With a gorgeous girlfriend, I had better be." he replied
I just laughed at his remark.
Just then a man in a black suit come up to our table
"Hello. I'm Dravidian. I am the owner of this restaurant. I'm here to make your dinning experience as pleasant as possible. If there's anything your unhappy with, please feel free to tell me." then he looked at me. "Ah Lady Rikku, what a pleasure to have you at our restaurant. Please may I ask, how is your father Cid?"
The way he said 'my father Cid' unnerved me a little. He had a hint of venom in his voice. "He's fine. Thank you."
"Glad to hear it." he said with what seemed to be a forced smile. Then his comm sphere started to vibrate (I know forgot to explain, the comm sphere has been updated and is now kinds like a cell phone.) "Dravidian sir, we can't find the girl, we've......." He shut it off quickly. "Will you please excuse me for a moment, I really must take this."
"Gippal." I whispered. "There's something really weird about him."
"I know, but he won't be here long, so please try to enjoy yourself."
"I'm with you, so fo course I'll enjoy my self."
Dravidian came back looking slightly annoyed and really happy at the same time. "A waiter will be with you shortly." he said as he left.
"Gippal how did you find this place?" I asked
"Well after I picked up what I had to pick up. I had some time left, so I wandered around and found this place."
"Can you please tell me what you had to get?"
"Rikku, I'll tell you later."
"Fine" I said with a sigh
Just then our waiter came and asked us what we wanted. I ordered a chicken salad and an iced tea. Gippal ordered a steak and a soda. It only took a few minuets to prepare our meal. We ate in a comfortable silence. After dinner I excused my self to go use the restroom. I came back to the table and once again Gippal pulled out the chair and for me and pushed it back in when I sat down. Gippal accidently bumped into the table causing my fork to fall on the floor. But instead of getting up he got on one knee and looked at me. My heart started to race.
"Rikku, we've known each other since we were practically babies. We were always best friends, and when we got old enough we started going out. We took a short 'break' for two years, and still we ended up together again. So now Rikku, I have question for you. Will you marry me?
A/N: hehehe cliff hanger. Well what did you think. Will she yes? Stay tuned for the next chapter. It might be a while before I can update. My week is going 2 be so busy, I might not have time to type for a while. Well any way. Please review.