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Chapter 2
When Amu woke up she was drenched in sweat. Everything was coming back to her at once. Everything she had hoped to forget. His eyes were the last Amu could see through the mist. She had hoped she would forget about him. Never has he appeared in my sleep. So, why now? Why is it that whenever I am truly happy, he always comes up. I'm with Tadase yet I still see him in my sleep. Is it because I feel guilty? The ringing of a phone broke Amu out of her thoughts. "Hello?"
"Amu!" The voice on the other end barked. "Get your lazy ass up! You and I were going to go shopping today!"
"Oh yeah! Shit! I almost forgot."
"There is no almost. You did forget." Rima paused, "Anyway. We have a wedding to plan so get the hell up!"
"Alright. Dammit, I'm getting up. Bye."
"Bye!"
Amu got out of bed and walked to her closet. She threw on a pair of white shorts, a purple t-shirt, and a pair of purple converse. Amu grabbed her purse and ran out the door. She quickly drove to the mall. She walked to a weding department and saw Rima arguing with a clerk. As soon as she saw Amu, she ran over to her. "Sorry I'm late." Amu panted
"Just come on." Rima mumbled as she dragged Amu into a store, glaring at the clerk as she left. "I was thinking maybe you could use a mixture of colors."
"Like what?"
"Well I was thinking you could use something that goes with white. Maybe a pale pink?" Rima paused. "No. That won't look right. Maybe a darker pink, but no too dark. Then again Tadase is a guy. A girly one at that, but still..." Amu sighed, ignoring the last comment, and pulled out her phone, while Rima was still thinking aloud. He answered on the third ring.
"Hello?" He yawned.
"Hey sleepy head. We're shopping for wedding decorations and Rima doesn't know what color to use."
"Well. What about lavender?" Amu turned to Rima.
"Hey! Earth to Rima!" She shouted at Rima, who looked at her, "Tadase says lavender would be pretty."
"No. Lavender isn't right. It doesn't suit you." Rima muttered. Amu turned back to her phone.
"She says lavender isn't suitable."
"Picky. What about light blue?" Tadase asked. Amu had put him on speaker. Of course, Rima could hear him.
"No! Light blue is too light!" Rima shouted her input.
"Well, Rima, I honestly don't have any fucking clue what color you want, dammit!" Tadase yelled through the phone. He could obviously hear her, along with everybody who had stopped to stare.
"Don't be such a smartass, Mr. Wise Guy. When you can pick a reasonable color, you know Amu's number!" With that Rima pressed the end button on Amu's cell. She must have finally noticed everyone staring. "What the fuck are you all looking at?!"
"Rima let's just go." Amu muttered into her ear.
"Whatever." Rima muttered, "Stupid Americans. Always being so nosy."
"No matter what kind they are, all people are nosy." Amu commented. "That doesn't matter though. We should find a wedding color."
...
They had been to all the stores in the mall, but had no clue what color to use. Tadase and Nagihiko had agreed to meet up with them at McDonald's for lunch. Rima and Amu were currently sitting in a booth when the two showed up. "Hey. Took you guys long enough. We nearly ordered without you."
"Sorry, I had work to do." Tadase muttered, sliding in beside Amu. It wasn't long before the waitress came and took their orders.
"Wait. Does everything here begin with Mc?" Rima shouted, causing other customers to look. "Isn't that-" She didn't get to finish because someone kicked her from under the table. "Nevermind. I'll have a McBurger or whatever you idiots call it." The waitress rolled her eyes, which Rima cursed her for, and left. It wasn't long before Rima turned on Amu, "What the hell was that for?"
"You wouldn't shut your fucking mouth." Amu sighed. "You were drawing attention. I know it's weird but just go with it."
Soon the waitress had brought their food, they ate, and split ways. Amu and Tadase had to go to a wedding planner, and Nagihiko had dance rehearsals. That left Rima to shopping alone.
...
Amu sat across from the planner, Lulu, half listening. She was very pretty, but had a very snobbish attire. She had long shoulder length light blonde hair that curled at the the end and wore designer clothing. Amu not only noticed her looks, but how she kept her eyes glued to Tadase while she chirped shit about the wedding, and she was completely ignoring Amu. "Amu, what do you think?" I\Said woman gave her attention to Tadase who was smiling at her.
"I love it!" Amu faked. The truth is she had no fucking clue what in the hell she had just agreed to.
" So, you really want to have the wedding in a dumpster?" The woman giggled, "That's weird."
"Sorry I wasn't listening. It's kind of hard to not notice you staring at my fiancé." Amu smirked smugly at Lulu's shocked face, "Really, are you trying to hit on another woman's man or-"
"Amu, It's okay. I only love you." Tadase laughed, pulling her into hug.
"Still, she shouldn't have said that." Amu pouted, making him laugh more.
"She was saying that we could have it in your hometown, Japan." He probably thought mentioning this would help the tension, and it did.
"Really?!" Amu squealed. She hadn't been back to Japan since Rima and Nagi's wedding, even then it was only for a little bit. Amu only got to stay a day. She doesn't even remember most of it, anyway.
"It'll be on September 13." He laughed. "Invite anyone you want. I'll add them to the guest list. We can go back to Japan on August 28 to plan the place."
"Okay." Amju jumped up and tackled him in a hug. "I already know who to invite on my part."
...
Amu plopped onto her bed, trying to calm down. Even though it had been nearly four hours since they had seen the planner, she was still exited. Amu couldn't wait. She was just about to go to sleep when a knock came at the door. Amu jumped up and opened the door to see an agitated Rima. "Heya! Come on in!"
"Why in the fuck did you call me at nearly midnight?!"
"I have exiting news!" Amu giggled.
"What?"
"Guess!" Amu grinned.
"Amu," Rima sighed. "You know I hate guessing. I suck."
"Fine!" Amu huffed. "I'll tell you." Rima exaggerated yet another long sigh, "We are having the wedding in Japan!" Amu squealed and, after a moment, Rima joined in. She stopped and looked Rima dead in the eye. "You are coming, right?"
"Of course!" Rima nearly blew her ear off. "Now, if you don't mind, I am going home. I need to put my ass back in the bed."
"Whatever." Amu sighed, "I wanted you to stay the night, but I guess you don't want to..." She trailed off into another sigh.
"Well, if you insist." Rima shrugged with a smirk and crashed on the couch.
"Didn't take you long to accept." Amu muttered and fell asleep beside her.
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Amu quietly walked into her old house. It seemed just like she had left it. The rooms were the same. The last one she checked was hers, but Amu opened it to a surprise. Ikuto. He laid on the bed, reading asome kind of book. Knowing him, it was probably something dirty. He noticed Amu and gave her a 'Yo' then went back to reading. Amu stomped across the room and grabbed the manga. She looked at it and her face twisted into a look of disgust when she saw nude pictures. "The fuck, Ikuto?"
"What? Can't I read about naked women." He said with fake innocence dripping from every word.
"Not that! Why the hell are you in my room?!" She shouted.
"No reason." He mused, making Amu glare it out of him. "Once you and your family left I got lonely, so I moved in. After all this is where we will raise our future children." He smirked and pulled her into a hug.
"Per-Pervert! Let go!" She stuttered, while trying to push him off with no luck.
"I can't. I'm waiting." He simply put, still hugging the pinkette.
"For what?" Ikuto let her go with a sigh.
"For you and the surprise." He suddenly got a sad look in his eyes, but Amu thought it was her imagination. "It's been almost three years. You promised."
"Whatever! Get over me! I'm happy now!" She barked, making Ikuto flinch. "I met someone else. I have told you againg and again! I'm finally happy! Leave. Me. Alone!"
"Oh, Amu-koi. The surprise will bring you right back to me" The last thing Amu heard was barely a whisper, but she heard it. "I am your Mister"
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"Amu!" She woke up to Rima shouting. "Wake up!"
"What?!" She shouted at the blonde.
"I wanted to go out for lunch. We slept through breakfast." Amu looked at the clock and sure enough it was noon. She groaned. "Go get ready. I hope you don't mind, I borrowed some clothes."
"Whatever." Amu put on some dark shorts and a pink tank top with matching flip-flops. She walked into the living room and they left.
...
The girls had decided to avoid McDonald's. Instead, they went to a restaurant. Nagihiko and Tadase had been busy so it was just the two girls. They started idle chit chat, but soon Rima brought up an unnecessary topic. "So, Amu. What was your nightmare, or whatever you want to call it, about?"
"What do you mean?" Amu shrugged it off.
"I heard you mutter his name." Rima became serious. "Spill."
"So? Maybe you're hearing things." She shrugged it off.
"I know what I heard." Rima clenched her teeth.
"Okay! It's just that he keeps mentioning a surprise, but then drops it when I ask what is is or about it. Then the whole promise thing is after me too. He always mention something from the past. It's driving me insane!" Amu yelled, earning glances from customers who she gave the finger. "Every time I go to sleep he's there to haunt me about everything." She looked at Rima, and tears threatened to spill, "I tossed him aside. I can't forget. He'll never leave me alone." Amu began to sob, "I don't want to be anything I was in the past. I want to be a regular, repectable woman."
"Amu," She looked up at Rima. "It's okay. You're with Tadase, who loves you. Even if he found out, I bet he wouldn't leave you for the world...Well, not the world..This is Tadase we're talking about." Even if it had been only a short while, Rima and Nagi had gotten to know Tadase pretty well.
"It's just that-"
"Amu. Stop!" Rima interrupted her best friend. Her voice then softened when Amu flinched. "Let's just drop it." Amu nodded, and the girls started to talk about the wedding and other things coming up. Even though they had agreed to drop it, a certain pinkette couldn't stop thinking about a certain blue haired guy.
Hey! I know it's taking forever to update. I want to stay committed to this story, but I have so much stuff I have to do. I will update soon though.
~Nevaeh