Chapter 10- Winter Break
Mid December was already here. Time was flying by before anyone really could grasp the reality of it. Sora was finally on winter break from school and had one day left at work, while I was on vacation already. We had planned a week at the beach house with the old group. We were already at the large beach side home that we had inherited from Elizabeth just waiting for everyone else to arrive.
"You checked all of the rooms to make sure they're set up for everyone, right?" I asked looking down my list of things to do. Sora was walking down the hall into the large open kitchen.
"Yes, dear," He sighed opening the fridge. I was in the living room that was connected with the dining room by a large open space. I glanced outback the sliding glass door to see the large wooden balcony that ran around the whole house with the ocean view. My eyes looked toward the bar table that linked the kitchen from the dining room where Sora was eating a bag of chips. "We have gone over that list numerous times."
"I know," I smiled walking next to him. "I just want this happy little reunion to go well."
"It will." Sora leaned up and kissed me. "So who's coming first?"
"I'm guessing everyone who lives nearby." I said glancing at the clock. It was around one in the afternoon. Our beach house was in the southern out skirts of Destiny City, closer to where we had grown up. It was twenty minutes away from my parents house. The doorbell rang and I rushed to see who it was.
"Hey Kai." Namine walked in and hugged me. Roxas was smiling behind her with luggage in either hand.
"Hey you two." I smiled happily, stepping aside to let them enter. Sora walked over and helped Roxas with the other bag.
"So where are we staying?" Roxas asked looking around the two story, downstairs living room, upstairs family room, seven bedroom, five bath, beach house. He had come with us when we took our first look here right after senior year, so he knew where everything was.
"Well, we were planning on having Kairi and me in the master bedroom on this floor. You two are in the room across the hall. Riku and Amanda are going to have the one next to yours. Cloud, Blake, and Josh agreed to share the other bedroom closest to the livingroom. Upstairs, Wakka and Lulu have a room, next to them will be Selphie and Irvine. Tidus and Yuna have the room across from Wakka and Lulu and lastly Alexa and Lissa will be next to their." Sora explained.
"This is going to be insane having us all live in the house together." Namine said as she walked into the house more.
"But it'll be fun. Just like old times." I said to her as we all walked down the main hall where our bedrooms were. About ten minutes had passed and the doorbell had rung again. Riku and Amanda had arrived and given a ride to Alexa and Blake. Over all, nearly two hours had passed by the time everyone had arrived to the beach house.
"Man, when's the last time we've all been together?" Tidus asked sitting down on the large lazy boy in the living room. He was much taller than he was back in high school. His blond hair became more sandy blond and shaggy. His body was definitely more athletic looking from being on the Blitzball team with Wakka. Yuna, who's hair only seemed just a little longer, sat on his lap.
"Well we left about four months after graduation." Selphie said smiling at her husband, Irvine.
"Then we moved a couple weeks after Tidus and Yuna moved to Besaid Island." Wakka said placing his hand on Lulu's stomach. She smiled up happily at him as she placed her hand on his.
"When's the baby due?" I asked eagerly. Lulu looked up at me then back at her stomach.
"May 1st." She replied. I was excited for the baby to be born. "We're going to get married mid-May."
"Wow." Lissa, who's honey blonde hair was down to her mid back. "Two marriages in a year."
"When is yours, Kairi?" Yuna asked me.
"Sometime in June." I shrugged. "Not really sure of a date yet."
"I think the sixth would be a good date." Sora announced randomly. I looked at him with a smile.
"You want to get married June sixth?"
"Yeah," He smiled back. "It's not too hot yet and it just seems like a good day."
"This is exciting." Namine grinned.
"Man does this bring back some memories." Cloud said leaning back into the couch.
"Memories of what?" His little brother, Blake, asked.
"Having all of us together and just talking." Everyone kind of talked amongst themselves about certain memories they had. I glanced around the room until I spotted Josh watching Lissa talk to Selphie and Irvine. His eyes saddened and that's when I remembered that they had not spoken since they broke up a little over a year ago. I wonder what he was thinking.
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"Goodnight everyone." I said as we all headed to our separate bedrooms later that night. Sora closed the door behind us as I walked into the bathroom to change into my lilac camisole and flannel pajama bottoms. "What time do you get off tomorrow?" I asked through the door.
"Around 3:30." He called back. I finished getting ready and crawled into bed with Sora. He flipped on the television as I snuggled up close. "So is everything going according to plan like you hoped?"
"Seems to be." I said wrapping my arm around his chest. "Except I want to know what happened between Josh and Lisa."
"It really isn't any of our business."
"I know, but I'm still curious." I sighed.
"Curiosity killed the cat, you know." I looked up to see Sora smirking.
"It won't kill this cat." I smiled up at him. "Plus cats have nine lives. I still have another eight." He shook his head and let out a small laugh before watching whatever was on TV. About an hour had passed and I noticed that Sora had fallen asleep. I decided to get a glass of water and check up on everyone. I quietly got out of bed and walked down the hall, passed the living room, and up the stairs. It was ten at night and it was pretty quiet except for some of the rooms having their TV's on. As I was walking toward the family room, I passed the sliding glass door to the upstairs balcony. I heard Josh and Lissa talking since it was left slightly ajar.
"How's Star City?" I heard Lissa ask. I bent down and listened in.
"It's going good. How's the Restoration Committee going at Hollow Bastion?" Josh asked.
"Radiant Garden is slowly recovering." She answered. It fell silent for a bit.
"Why did you break up with me?" Josh finally broke the silence. "Yes, I know we discussed that it would be too hard to carry on a relationship long distance but seriously."
"We can't trust each other." Lissa said. "We already talked about this."
"More like you can't trust me or something. I trust you." He sighed with slight irritation.
"Josh," She sighed as well. "We had a huge argument about this already and I would rather we not have it again. It's not that I don't trust you, it's that neither of us know the temptations of long distant relationships. It's difficult."
"But you wouldn't even give us a chance!"
"I didn't want to chance us getting hurt!" Lissa cried out to him. No one said anything for quite a few seconds. I peaked around the corner to see what they were doing. My eyes widened to see them kissing under the moon light. Aw...I thought as I watched Josh pull his ex girlfriend into a loving embrace. He pulled away slowly and looked down at her. Her eyes were wide and soft as she stared up at him.
"Lissa, I haven't stopped thinking about you. I wouldn't ever hurt you." He said softly, brushing her hair to the side. Lissa just looked at him. Suddenly, I felt a tap on my shoulder causing me to jump back. I whipped my head around to see Sora looking at me. He crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow.
"You almost gave me a heart attack!" I said in a low whisper. A small, twisted smile appeared on his face.
"I thought curiosity didn't kill this," he pointed at me. "Cat."
"Well, you didn't technically kill me..." I said looking at the wall.
"Come on." Sora laughed quietly. "I told you, it was none of our business. I'm tired and next time I wake up, I want to make sure you're still in bed and not wandering off. I swear, you're like a little kid sometimes."
"Hey." I pouted. He put his arm around me as we walked back to our bedroom.
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The following day, Sora left for work while the rest of us hung around at the beach house. Lissa and Josh would glance at each other every now and then but wouldn't say anything. I wish I could have stayed longer just to find out what had happened after that kiss.
Yuna, Amanda, Namine, and I were in the kitchen making an early dinner for all of us. Riku, Roxas, Cloud, Irvine, Tidus, Wakka, and Josh were all in the livingroom watching a Blitzball Game. Selphie, Alexa, Blake, and Lissa were out on the large wooden porch that looked out at the ocean, talking.
"I'm home!" Sora's voice called from the entryway.
"Sora!" The guys cheered.
"Come and watch the game with us!" Riku called from the big lazy boy chair.
"I'm going to take a small nap before we eat dinner, then I'll come chill with you guys." Sora said walking into the livingroom. I waved from the open kitchen. He grinned before heading down the hall.
"I'm gonna go check up on Sora. I'll be back." I told the girls while wiping my hands on a hand cloth. The girls suddenly had smirks upon their faces. "What?"
"You're going to go 'check up on Sora', uh huh. I'm sure." Namine laughed. The other two laughed too.
"You guys!" I laughed. "Haven't I told you, Sora and I are waiting until after we get married." I shook my head and walked down the hallway.
"Have fun Kairi!" Amanda called from the kitchen. I just laughed as I made my way down to Sora's and my room. I put my hand on the door handle and opened the door. Once I got inside, I slowly closed the door behind me. Sora was sitting on the side of the bed stretching when he saw me.
"Hey there." He said with a warm smile. I bit my lip with a smile and ran over to him. I pounced on top. Sora managed to not fall back onto the bed as I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Hey there, yourself." I said softly. He smiled before kissing me again. He gently put his hands on my back before rolling over, so some how I was laying down and he was on his hands and knees right above me. I started laughing.
"Pretty skilled, huh?" Sora said slyly.
"Yes, I'd have to say you are quite skilled." I grinned. Suddenly the door opened. Sora quickly managed to roll over next to me on his side while I propped myself up with my elbows.
"Hey, Sora, how do you work the stereo downst- oh... uh... was I interrupting you guys?" Roxas asked with some what of a smirk.
"Uh, no." Sora answered.
"Yeah, sure. Alright, I'll let you guys continue with whatever you were doing before I rudely interrupted. Remember, protection is key." Roxas laughed closing the door behind him. Sora buried his face into the pillow with a sigh while I smiled.
"How embarrassing." I heard Sora say.
"It's alright, you know." I said. Sora looked up at me with a nod.
"Now where were we?" He asked as he returned to the position he was at before his cousin walked in. He started to kiss me once more.
"Hey, Kai, where's the- never mind! I'm sosorry!" Amanda said wide-eyed. Sora quickly rolled over again and we both looked up.
"It's okay Amanda. Now, uh, what did you need to know?" I asked with a nervous laugh.
"Where the drainer is for the noodles..."
"Near the kitchen sink, second drawer down." I told her.
"Thanks Kairi. Um, sorry again." Amanda laughed closing the door behind her.
"Let's try this again." Sora said, once again he hovered over me on his hands and knees. I leaned up and started to make out with him. We started to get really into it. Maybe a tad more then we should of with guests in the house. It didn't get to the point with removal of clothes of course. Finally, we weren't getting interrupted during our moment.
"Hey, lovebirds, dinner is ready." Riku laughed from the doorway. Sora and I both looked up to see him leaning in the doorway with his arms crossed and a huge smirk upon his face.
"Doesn't anyone know how to knock?" Sora said taking a pillow and chucking it at Riku. The silver haired young man caught it and threw it back laughing.
"You two can get it on after supper." He said walking down the hallway as Sora caught the pillow.
"We're not having sex!" I yelled after him. Sora got to his feet and pulled me up.
"Let's go before they start assuming things." Sora said as he walked out of the bedroom. The two of us made our way down the hall and out into the diningroom where our friends were seated already.
"So we heard about what you were doing in your room. I thought you said you were going to wait until marriage?" Cloud asked with a huge smile. I shook my head and Sora looked at Riku.
"How long were you standing in the doorway?" He asked his best friend.
"Uh, let's say long enough to know if I didn't speak up, you two would of lost your virginity before the big day." Riku laughed, along with the rest of the table. I felt my face grow red.
"I seriously don't know how you guys haven't managed to lose it while we were in high school. I mean you two have been living with each other for a long time. With hormones raging in high school though, I'm surprised Kairi wasn't pregnant senior year." Cloud said scooping some spaghetti onto his plate. My eyes narrowed and one twitched.
"Trust me, it was hard to resist. We promised each other to wait until marriage just in case something went wrong though." Sora responded. I put my head in my hands.
"I can't believe this conversation is happening right now." I said to myself.
"Aw, is Kairi getting embarrassed?" Tidus laughed. I peaked through my fingers, so tempted to just flip him off.
"Shut up, Tidus." I replied. Everyone laughed. "I'm glad you guys find this amusing."
"You know you'd be laughing too if it were anyone but you." Josh smiled as he grabbed a slice of garlic bread.
"But unfortunately it is me." I said.
"I think we should eat and leave Kairi and Sora alone." My little cousin, Alexa, spoke up. I looked at her and smiled.
"Thank you."
"Of course." She grinned. We began eating with a couple topics being talked about here and there.
"Hey, you want to see a really cool trick that I learned?" Tidus asked us anxiously. We all watched intently as he placed a meatball on a spoon and balanced the spoon on the edge of his bowl.
"Tidus, no!" Yuna said right as he slammed his fist onto the opposite end of his silverware. The meatball went flying through the air with spaghetti sauce twirling behind it. Instead of the food making a clear entrance into his mouth, it hit the side of his mouth and landed into his soup bowl making a splash. The broth danced out of the bowl and onto Yuna and Wakka, who were sitting on either side of Tidus. Everyone began to laugh.
"Neat trick, Tidus." Roxas said sarcastically before he laughed.
"Want to see another one?" Tidus grinned with a saucy beard. His hand gripped into his spaghetti, lifting up the noodles and throwing them across the table at Roxas. My mouth dropped open as the red-ish golden noodles dangled helplessly off of Roxas's head. His blue eyes were wide with shock. Sora, Riku, Namine, Amanda, Cloud, and Tidus laughed the hardest.
"Are we seriously going to have another food fight like Thanksgiving a couple years ago?" I asked nervously. Next thing I know, spaghetti blurs my vision and lands down my shirt. I was too stunned to let a word escape my mouth. I looked to my right to see Sora's red hands above his plate as he laughed.
That was it. The food fight was officially on. We all dove into our plates and began to throw the food around aimlessly at the others. Noodles, meatballs, bread, and salads flew in all directions around the dinner table like a speeding highway. Sauce splattered onto the bar table, wooden floor, sliding glass door, and plenty of faces; while bread and greens clunked around the dining room and parts of the living room. We all laughed and yelled hysterically until the food fight ended about ten minutes after it started.
"Ew." Lissa said looking around at the huge mess that laid before us. "This isn't going to be fun to clean."
"Team work!" Wakka called out splashing a little more sauce around.
"Okay," I said picking off a spaghetti noodle from my head. "Wakka, Lulu, Tidus, Yuna, Lissa, Josh, Alexa, and Blake, you guys can clear the tables and get the washer going to clean the table cloth and our clothes. Please, when you change, don't drip anything anywhere."
"Will do." Blake said as they all got up from the table to go change into not so messy of clothes.
"Roxas, Namine, Riku, Amanda, Sora, and I will begin to pick up around everywhere else and scrub the floors and walls." I smiled patting Sora's squishy spikes.
"Too bad Princess is at your parents house." Sora said as he stood up. "She would love to help clean up." I laughed agreeing as I walked into the kitchen to get some cleaning supplies. Together we cleaned up the mess we made downstairs before deciding to have a camp fire outside with smores. The night was young and we still had things to plan.
A/N: (starting date: Jan 21. Ending date: Jan27). Ah, the group is back! Fun stuff right there! Lol I miss the group, it was fun with all of them around so I'm going to try to make at least two more chapters with all of them together. Hope you all enjoyed it!
A/N prt2: I don't know when I'll be updating this story next. I have started the eleventh chapter a while ago but I'm on hold because school is stressing me out plus my boyfriend is leaving March 11th for Marine Boot camp and he won't be home until the end of August (I'll see him in June for a day or two for his graduation but that'll be it). Hope you guys all understand. Thanks again for sticking with me!