Chapter 7- Battle of the (S)exes
Shawn was just announced our new boss. I wasn't exactly thrilled and by the look of Sora's face, he was mortified. Once Sora walked back into his office, Shawn left to his while he talked to the boss of level 58. Every once in a while Shawn would come back for a little chit chat.
Finally I got a little relieved when I realized I had to go deliver some documents to Roxas who was at the very end of the office, opposite of our boss and Shawn. I walked passed the elevators and knocked on his office door.
"Come in!" I heard him say through the glass door. I walked in and smiled.
"Hey, Roxas." I set down the papers at the end of his desk. He looked up and smiled.
"Hi, Kairi." Roxas leaned back in his chair. "How are you holding up?"
"Uh, I try not to think about it too much. You knew about it before it happened, didn't you?" I was afraid to ask, but it was over now, I at least had the right to know.
"Yeah..." He seemed shameful by it.
"Thanks for admitting it." I walked over and gave him a little hug before announcing I had to return to work.
"Hey, Kai," Roxas called out just before I left. "Why not come over to our place tomorrow night for dinner or something?"
"Sure, that sounds like fun." I smiled a little before walking back to my desk outside of Sora's office. I sat down in my desk and turned to look into Sora's office to see how he was holding up. Christy Jillings was sitting in front of him in a tight fitting, navy blue, short skirt and matching blazer top. Her dirty blonde hair was neatly placed in a high pony tail and it swayed back and forth as she talked. I was in utter shock to see this. My heart was racing, and then Sora noticed me looking in. I quickly turned back to my desk to gather my thoughts.
"This isn't happening.." I said to myself quietly.
"Hey, Kairi." Shawn came back. Great, perfect timing.
"Hi." I hardly said.
"Geez, you sound flustered. Something going on?" He stood closer to me and put his hand on my shoulder.
"Um, I don't know."
"What do you mean by that?" He questioned. "I'm your boss, you know. You can confide in me with anything." I slowly turned my chair to face into Sora's office. Shawn looked in too. My mouth dropped open a little when I noticed Sora and Christy were only a few inches away from each other. I felt Shawn's hand drop from my shoulder. Please don't kiss, please don't kiss... I pleaded in my mind.
"Please tell me that my eyes are deceiving me." Shawn said quietly.
"... I wish I could." I answered in complete honestly. Out of the corner of my eyes, I could see Shawn's hands turn into fists. His knuckles were beginning to whiten.
"Kairi." His voice was stronger and he leaned down to look at me.
"Yeah?"
"How about it, let's go on a little lunch date tomorrow. Just the two of us. Let's make them wish they never abandoned us." He smirked.
"Um, okay..." I said uncertainly.
"Great, I'll see you tomorrow." Shawn winked as he walked passed my desk toward his office. Not too long after I agreed to go on a date with Shawn, Christy walked by. I noticed her shaking her hips seductively as she entered the elevators. I quivered with anger. I turned to look into Sora's office. We both looked at each other before I finally decided to confront him. I walked into his office and closed the door behind me.
When I arrived home later that afternoon, Amanda was walking up to the doorstep. I got out of my car and smiled at her.
"Hey." I said.
"Hey." She hardly replied. I could tell that something was on her mind.
"What's wrong?" I frowned a little and opened the front door. I lead the way up to my bedroom and closed the door behind us.
"I've been thinking a lot, I guess." Amanda sat down on my bed and looked at me.
"What have you been thinking about?" I put my bag down on my dresser and sat next to her. She didn't answer right away.
"... I think I made a mistake."
"A mistake?" I had to think about it for a second. "A mistake about what?" She looked at me with teary eyes.
"...When I broke up with Riku..." Amanda's voice was hardly audible.
"You know, I've been thinking on my way home. I was thinking about how it feels to be in my stituation. Then I remembered how Riku felt and looked after I found out about you two. I know how he feels. He's sad and hurt. I know he wants you back, more than anything. It has been about two months." I looked at a group picture from back in high school that I put on my desk in front of us. I noticed Amanda looking at it too.
"I didn't want to hurt him. It hurt me too, more than anything, knowing I'm the one who did it." She sat in silence trying to think of something else to say.
"You should talk to him. Admit to how you feel." I looked at her. "I don't know when you'll be able to do that, but who knows, it'll come when the time is right."
"Maybe. I don't know what to say. I really love him, and I miss him so much."
"Just say that." I smiled happily. "Just tell him that you love him and you miss him. If he feels the same way, which I'm more than sure of, you two will be back together before you realize it."
"What if he hates me now, though? After what I did..." She sounded really worried.
"Let's put it back into my situation. You know exactly how I feel and what I've been going through. Riku went through the same thing and still is. Worrying if you two are going to get back together. You two are each other's worlds and have been since day one. He couldn't hate you, even if he tried." I looked down at my engagement ring. "Trust me on this. I know it." It was silent for a while as Amanda looked at me before hugging me tightly out of no where.
"Thank you, Kairi! That gives me a lot of hope." She smiled and wiped her teary eyes.
"Of course." I laughed. "I'm always here for you. I mean, you were the one who spent the night at my house after I moved out. Best friends do that for each other."
"Yes. Thank you. I'll take your word...and talk to Riku sometime soon." I nodded with a smile before feeling my cell phone vibrate in my pocket.
"Oh, hold on a second, I got a text message..." I pulled it out and read through it. "Speaking of the devil, Riku says I have some mail at the apartment and I can head over whenever I can. I'm pretty sure Riku and Sora are still at work so we can go, if you want to go with me."
"Sure." She smiled. "Let's go."
"Guess who showed up at work today..." I said grabbing my bag off my desk. We walked down the stairs.
"...Mickey Mouse?" I laughed at her reply.
"No, not even close." She smiled at me.
"Then who? Anyone I know?"
"Oh yes, a little too well unfortunately." I sighed as we got into my car.
"...Who was it?" She frowned as she buckled in.
"Shawn Johnson," I started the car and started to pull out the driveway. Amanda looked startled.
"Shawn? No way! What was he doing there!"
"Eh, he's the new boss of level 58 unfortunately. Sora was NOT happy to see that happen." I said.
"He works with you guys now? Wow. Life hates you... did Sora do anything?"
"He was about to tell him off then when Shawn was announced our boss, he fell silent and went back into his office. He couldn't do anything or else Shawn could fire him now."
"So wait, Shawn is really your new boss now? Ugh." She leaned back into the seat.
"Yeah, it's totally not fun. He kept talking to me today. Oh and then another familiar face showed up in the office too," I replied.
"What now? Christy?" she laughed jokingly.
"Unfortunately, yes."
"Oh, my god." Her eyes widened. "Talk about unwelcome surprises."
"Yeah..."I stared at the road intensely. "She was too close for comfort to Sora in his office today."
"Nothing happened, right?"
"Um, not that I saw. Although it looked like they were about to kiss for a while. Just a few inches away from each other. It made me cringe. Because of that Shawn asked me out on a date, right before I talked to Sora about him and Christy."
"I don't think that Sora would ever cheat on you. He loves you too much, Kairi." Amanda paused. "And you didn't agree to go on a date with Shawn, right?"
"I know Sora loves me, he made me promise that I know that." I paused for a second and I looked out the side mirror. "... And maybe I did..." Amanda sighed heavily.
"Kairi...Shawn's bad news. I thought we all agreed on this the first time he made you date him. Plus, you can't do that to Sora." I looked back at the road and frowned.
"I know, I know! But I mean, seeing Christy and Sora so close, I wasn't even thinking when I agreed to it."
"Don't tell me you want to get Sora jealous because he was talking to Christy?" She questioned.
"Uh... maybe part of me does, maybe self consiously I do... I don't know..."
"You poor confused girl." She reached over and patted my shoulder. "It's okay. None of us have any idea what's going on, either."
"Let's just hope nothing else comes in uncalled for." I replied.
"In our lives? I doubt it. Beware for the uncalled for."
"That is very true. We definitely weren't expecting half the events in our lives to happen." I laughed nervously. She laughed awkwardly too. We talked about a few other things to clear up the distant memories before we finally arrived at the apartment. Amanda and I walked up to the second story and unlocked the front door. It was quiet up until Princess came running up to us barking happily. I quickly bent down and hugged my golden retriever. She followed us energetically to the dining room table where Precious was laying in one of the chairs. Once she noticed we were there, she lightly jumped onto the table and snuggled up to my hand.
"I'm so glad that I got to see my pets." I smiled as I bent down to kiss my Persian- Himalayan cat.
"I can tell they missed you too." Amanda laughed. I reached for my mail and looked through them.
"Speak Publishing Company replied!" I said eagerly. "Wait a second, it's been opened."
"Sora was being nosey." Riku's voice said from behind us. Amanda and I quickly turned around to see Riku leaning up against his bedroom door frame with his arms crossed.
"That doesn't surprise me too much." I replied looking down at my opened envelope. Riku and Amanda stared at each other. Last time they talked or saw each other was the dinner at our house not too long after the break up.
"Hey." He replied quietly as he walked toward us.
"Hi." She said just as quietly, meeting him half way into the living room.
"How have you been?" Riku stopped about a foot away from her. I stood there and watched them both.
"I've been... okay. How about yourself?"
"I've had better days."
"Riku," Amanda looked down before looking up at her ex-boyfriend. "I'm sorry. I don't know what I was thinking when I said I didn't love you anymore. My mind was all over with the stress of college starting up and bills and everything. It should have never ended that way. Riku, I love you and miss you so much."
"Amanda," Riku sighed. My heart skipped a beat when he smiled softly at her before bringing her closer to him. "I've been waiting for you to say that. I love and miss you too."
"Really?"
"More than anything." That's when Amanda and Riku became rejoined into a passionate kiss. It was completely fairytale-like. I caught myself smiling but feeling sad at the same time. My best friends were back together, finally, but I was now alone even more. As I came to realize this, just passed the renewed couple, Sora walked in and saw the sight. Not even a couple seconds of realizing Riku and Amanda, he looked passed them to see me. We stood there and I only managed to see him. The guy I wish I could be kissing right now was just a room away and I wasn't able to do a thing.
Everything pretty much seemed like a blur yesterday. Before I even realized it, lunch time the following day rolled around. Shawn met me at my desk and he walked me to the elevators. I didn't even turn around to see if Sora was looking as the doors closed. Shawn and I decided to eat out front of Destiny Island Foundation after getting food from the cafeteria.
"So how are you today?" Shawn asked before biting into his chicken sandwich.
"I'm okay. How about you?" I felt weird about this whole situation.
"Doing better. I saw Christy after seeing her with Sora yesterday."
"Really? What happened?"
"She just ignored me." He rolled his eyes. I looked around the fall scenery that was overtaking the island.
"If you don't mind me asking," I started. "What happened between you two?"
"...She left me for another guy." Just by looking at him, I could tell it still hurt.
"Ouch..." I took a drink from my soda. "I'm sorry."
"It's no big deal," Shawn replied. "Although, I know if I ever saw the guy again, I would have to beat his ass."
"Geez," In a way I saw this coming, in a way I didn't. "Are they still together?"
"Not anymore. It didn't last long."
"Why does she seem so reluctant toward you if she's the one who left you?" I figured I'd ask.
"Because I yelled at her for hurting me even though she pleaded she didn't mean it." Even though I never saw it, just listening to Shawn speak about it, I knew he was still very angry.
"Was the guy a friend of yours or something?"
"Um, he wasn't exactly a friend."
"Do I know him?"
"Yes."
"Really?" I was surprised to hear I knew this guy who managed to steal Christy's heart away from Shawn.
"Unfortunately." Shawn shrugged and frowned before focusing his attention back to his food. Neither of us continued talking for a while. Probably five minutes of dead conversation, I heard someone try to get our attention.
"Excuse me?" He called out. I looked up and about ten feet away, I saw a dirty blond haired guy in a black suit. At first I thought my eyes were deceiving me until I saw him smirk a little.
"Seifer?" I quickly got up and ran over to him. I instantly remembered him apologizing to me for everything which caused me to hug him. "What are you doing here?"
"I work for Twilight Town Corporation. I'm here to deliver some stuff to D.I.F." He explained.
"Wow." I smiled. "You seem to be doing pretty good."
"Yeah, same with you. Looking gorgeous as always." Seifer said running the back of his fingers across my cheek. "You still getting married?"
"Hopefully." I replied not really sure how to even answer. "Wait a second, how do you know I'm even getting married."
"Word travels fast when you live on an island and have friends in the three biggest cities on it." He clarified. I nodded in agreement. "So what are you doing here?"
"I work here. I actually work for Sora."
"Nice, working for the fiancé, at least I'm sure he's not too harsh on his girlfriend." I shrugged. "What's that matter?" Before I could answer, his eyes quickly averted passed me to where I was eating.
"Almasy." Shawn said. I turned to see him standing there with his arms crossed.
"Johnson." Seifer replied. They knew each other since they lived close by before Shawn moved to Destiny City.
"Showing your face where you're not welcomed, again." He walked up closer to us.
"Wait, wait, wait." I said stopping them both. "I thought you two got along fine?"
"We did until him and Christy got together." Shawn glared. Wow not expecting this one.
"What, are you still upset about something that was done and over long ago?" Seifer crossed his arms with a big smirk.
"Oh, trust me, Almasy, it's not over. I have another tactic under my sleeve and you won't get a hold of this one."
"I can have anything you have if I really want it, Johnson."
"Okay boys, stop." I said covering my face. "It feels like we're in high school, no wait, middle school. Knock it off."
"She's right. I have more important things to do." Seifer held up a briefcase. He walked passed us and disappeared into the building. I looked at Shawn and the entryway where Seifer disappeared. I knew this wasn't the end of this childish act and I had a strong feeling I was about to be pulled into the ultimate battle of the exes.
A/N: Tada! It is currently January 7, 2008, yes, it only took 4 days to update, but notice the date it's actually updated. Not the same, huh? There is a reason, just waiting for people to be more eager to read chapter 7, that's all -smiles-
Next up: For those of you who are ubber fans of the Dear Diary series and are fans of the book Twilight, you may have seen that there is a story on fanfiction that is exactly Dear Diary but with Twilight characters written by Soraloveskairi59. I gave her my complete permission to rewrite it as long as she acknowledged that it was originally my story. Please do not flame or harass her for stealing another authors work. (Also, just so you all know, the author -me- my name is Heather, not Amanda lol people are getting that mixed up. I'm Heather -smiles-)