Alright here is the new chapter! And I'm so sorry it took me forever to update but I got a job and got very busy in irl…
Anyway on to the story!
Chapter Twenty
(Rukia's POV)
Well it's been about two weeks since Davina and I have been rescued and we are doing better, we've been attending therapy separately, together, with our parents and with Grimmjow and Ichigo; again sometimes together others apart. We just started school last week so we've been back for one week, its weird having everyone stare at us and know what happened. No one has bothered us much and we have thanked Kaien for helping us along with congratulating him on his and Miyako's upcoming official dating announcement at the Winter Charity Ball held at City Hall on the 21st of December which is this weekend. Yes it's almost Christmas which I am grateful for as we get to have a break from everything and just get to relax after this giant storm that happened. My reminiscing of these past few weeks is interrupted by my mom saying to come down for breakfast.
"Good morning." I say sitting next to my dad as my mom puts down my bowl of oatmeal in front of me. "Morning sweetie, how was your sleep?" My mom says kissing my forehead as I sigh. "I've had better, I just don't sleep well alone yet… I keep having that same nightmare, and Dr. Kyoraku says it could take a while before it goes away… if it ever does…" I say as I start to eat my oatmeal. "Don't worry, everything will get better in time. I'll see you two later today." My dad says giving me a hug and kiss on the cheek before kissing my mom and leaving with his briefcase.
"Your father's right Rukia, we can't guarantee it will be easy or fast but things will get better eventually. Now here's your lunch, I have to go with the girls and attend to some things for the Winter Charity Ball. Have a good day sweetie and be careful." My mom says giving me a hug and kiss on the cheek while handing me my bento before leaving. I sigh and finish my oatmeal before washing my bowl and grabbing my stuff. I run a hand through my ponytail as I start my car just as my phone rings. "Hello?" "Hey." I smile when I hear Ichigo's voice. "What's up?" I say and I hear a honk behind me, I look over and I see Ichigo in his car smiling at me. I smile and turn off my car before grabbing my stuff; I lock my car and run over to get in the passenger seat of Ichigo's car. "Hi." I say smiling and Ichigo reaches over to hold my hand. "Hi." He says smiling at me. "We aren't going to school so you might want to change." Ichigo says pulling into my driveway as I just notice he isn't wearing his uniform. He's wearing his NICE VIBE shirt with his leather jacket, black skinny jeans and some black boots. "Where are we going?" I ask raising an eyebrow. "To go get you your gown for the Winter Ball." Ichigo says and my eyes widen.
"Davina told me you haven't gotten a dress yet, plus I figured you deserve a day off with your awesome boyfriend." Ichigo says giving me a cheeky smile as we get off and he grabs my stuff. We go to my room and I go inside my closet to change while he sits on my bed on his phone. I quickly change into a white shirt with a Chappy bunny face on it, black skinny jeans, black leather jacket and black lace up chunky heel boots. "Alright let's go." I say smiling as Ichigo hands me my wallet, keys and phone.
As we drive I ask Ichigo where we are going and it turns out we are going to Tokyo, which isn't very far; it's about an hour and a half drive. We listen to music on our way there and make idle talk, it was hard at first being alone with him as my mind would make me think things sometimes. It can sometimes get awkward being alone but it's only been a few weeks so hopefully things will get better little by little like my parents said. At first Davina and I couldn't be apart because we would get anxious without each other, and it was like that for the first two or three days. Eventually after that we started getting comfortable with the boys again and were slowly able to be alone with them and the others.
"So do you know what color you want your dress?" "Black." "I thought you wanted a white one?" "Yeah well that was before..." "Rukia... Just... Don't settle on a black one if you like a different color ok? I know you showed me this one white dress that you loved by that one designer X something." I smile and giggle and Ichigo smiles back. "Xtreme, the designer was Xtreme. And I'll think about it... I really did like that dress." I say biting my lip as Ichigo exits and finds somewhere to park.
Ichigo turns off the car and runs over to my side to open the door, he locks the car and we hold hands as we walk down the street. We walk around and go to different shops window shopping and buying a few things since Christmas is just around the corner. Ichigo and I even get Superman and Wonder Woman letterman jackets as a present to ourselves. "Here it is." I say and we both stop in front of a tall glass building with Tokyo Boutique in white letters. "The only thing is I don't have an appointment with them..." "I made you one, Byakuya gave me the number to call. He also offered to pay, but I declined that." Ichigo says and I shake my head smiling. "Thank you though." I say giving his hand a gentle squeeze as he smiles at me and leans over to kiss my forehead. I freeze for a second but relax after a few seconds, and give him a smile afterwards as we head in.
When we get to the top floor we sit down on a plush couch as the saleswoman brings me a tablet where I can look at the different selections of dresses along with two tall glass flutes of orange juice for Ichigo and me. I show Ichigo a few dresses every now and then and even choose a few to try on, but then I find the dress Ichigo and I had been speaking about before. It's a beautiful pure white floor length long sleeve lace gown with an open back and is simply divine. It has a natural waistline along with a neckline just under the collarbone, and lace all over the body, the top and bottom of the sleeves. The middle of the sleeves is sheer white along with part of the bottom of the dress that is covered in white lace.
Ichigo looks over my shoulder and his eyes widen. "Wow, you would look amazing in that Rukia." Ichigo says and I bite my lip. "Can I see this dress as well?" "In what color Kuchiki-Sama? We have white, red, blue and black." "… White please."
~*Later At A Restaurant*~
It's later now and we went shopping for Ichigo's tuxedo and finally decided on a black Armani tux with a white shirt and bowtie. We are now at a sushi place getting lunch.
"See, I told you that dress would look amazing on you." Ichigo says taking a bite of tempura. "I know, I know." I say hiding my smile. The dress really did look good on me, there are a few alterations needed to be made so the dress will be delivered the day of the ball on Saturday in two days. "So seeing as tomorrow is Friday, I was thinking if you want to go to the movies." "What movie?" "Well we haven't seen Victor Frankenstein yet." "That actually sounds good, yeah we should go. Or did you want to invite everyone? It's been a while since we all went out." I say and Ichigo looks at me surprised, I haven't exactly left my house much since the whole incident. In fact today is the first time I have gone anywhere besides school. "Sure, I'll text them all right now." Ichigo says smiling as he takes out his phone.
After we finish our lunch we walk back to the car and drive back to my house listening to music.
"Thank you for today Ichigo, I really appreciate it." I say as we get out of the car with my stuff. "It's no problem Rukia, I love and would do anything for you." "Well thank you anyway, and I love you too." I say as I stand on my tiptoes and kiss him on the cheek. We then go inside and say hello to my parents who are in the kitchen, my parents invite Ichigo to stay for dinner and we have a great night.
~* The Next Day At School*~
I yawn as the teacher goes on about the lesson not really paying attention, we are in our last lesson before lunch and I am starving! "Alright everyone, it's almost lunch and we are finished so you may all leave. Have a great weekend and I expect to see some of you at the charity ball tomorrow." With that we finally leave and all of us go to our usual table in the quad. "So you finally found your dress?" Nel asks and I nod, I had been the only girl to not have a dress though the others minus Davina and I are going in black. "Yeah, Ichigo took me to Tokyo Boutique yesterday and he bought me my dress." I say smiling and the girls all 'aww'. "So we all going to see Victor Frankenstein after school?" Davina asks. "Yup, we just go home and change and then we all meet up at the theater around six. We'll even go out for dinner at La Bella Italia so dress up a bit." Ichigo says and everyone nods. There's some silence after that as we all eat our lunch and look forward to after school.
"Oh look its fat ass and anorexia." We all turn and see Mila Rose, Sun-Sun and Apache behind us smirking. "Fuck off you three." I say rolling my eyes as I continue to eat my lunch. "Oh she actually has some guts, thought those would be gone." Apache says smirking as the other two laugh. What surprises me is that Davina isn't saying a word and is being silent. "I don't know why you two were kidnapped and r-" SLAM. Davina slams her hands down on the table and gets up, and before anyone can stop her she has Apache on the floor punching her. "Davina!" Grimmjow yells and Davina doesn't stop until finally Ichigo and Grimmjow pull her off of Apache who is now bleeding from her lip, eyebrow and nose which I'm sure is now broken. Suddenly Mila Rose charges at Davina and I jump up and pounce on her.
"Don't even think about it." I say holding her arm in a vice grip. "Oh shut the fuck up you stupid skinny ass bitch. I wish that guy that took you had killed you!" "Bitch, I am going to make you wish you had never said that." I say before punching Mila Rose in the cheek.
~*Later At Rukia's House With Ichigo and Her Parents*~
(Author's POV)
"What were you thinking?! I know things have been hard and you have pent up anger but that's what sparring and the gym is for Rukia!" Hisana says. Luckily Rukia didn't get hurt in the fight, but the same can't be said for Mila Rose. "I'm sorry, but she provoked me. I was just defending myself." Rukia says. "Hisana, I agree this wasn't the best measure she could have taken but let's let her go out... For now. Next week you are grounded and the only person you are allowed to see out of therapy and school with our supervision will be Ichigo. Understood?" Byakuya says and Rukia nods as the two parents sigh and leave the room leaving Ichigo and Rukia alone. "Well, what do you want to do? We still have an hour and a half to kill before we have to go." Ichigo says laying back on Rukia's bed. "AHS Hotel? We still haven't watched that season yet." Rukia says and Ichigo agrees, he turns off the lights and takes off his boots as Rukia's turns on her projector and goes on Netflix.
~*At The Movies*~
Everyone has gotten their tickets and are now getting snacks and drinks for the movie. As they wait in line they all talk about the ball tomorrow and what they are putting up for the charity auction all the moms put up together. "I'm probably going to auction off this." Grimmjow says as showing them a picture of a signed football from the Broncos. "I can get another one at any time so I thought why not." Grimmjow says shrugging. "Davina and I are going to perform right before the ball, and are going to auction off singing and ballet lessons for a day." Rukia says as everyone grabs their snack and they all head into the theater.
After the movie everyone heads over to the restaurant Ichigo had mentioned and have a great dinner while they talk among themselves.
"I was actually thinking we could get ready together and all of us could go together to the ball too." Rukia says and all the girls nod agreeing to meet at Rukia's so they can get ready for the ball tomorrow morning. "Guess we could do the same, we can play video games before we have to get ready and have to leave." Ichigo says and the guys agree to do the same as the girls at his house. They all continue to eat and talk until it's time to go, but surprisingly enough paparazzi are out front and want to take pictures and talk to the group of friends. They get out luckily without incident, though Grimmjow was close to punching a guy who got a little too close to Davina.
"Hey man, you mind if I crash at yours? I don't feel like going home tonight and I know Emmet won't want me staying the night no matter how much he likes me now." Grimmjow says to Ichigo as they all go to their cars. "Sure I don't mind but let me call the old man and make sure it's ok with him and my mom." Ichigo says taking out his phone as Grimmjow nods and leans against his car with Davina leaning her head on his shoulder.
~*Later At Kurosaki Manor*~
"So how's everything going?" Ichigo asks Grimmjow as they play GTA V. "They're getting better, though it's going to take time for things to go back to remotely being normal…" Grimmjow says sighing. "Yeah I know, it's hard to see them suffering, from what Hisana told me to Rukia has constant nightmares and it hurts to know that I can't do anything about it…" Ichigo says and Grimmjow nods." Evelyn told me the same thing about Davina, and apparently they both are really anxious by themselves or when the two of them are apart for too long and can't talk." Grimmjow says and Ichigo sighs. "I know she told me the same thing, and they are on medication now." Ichigo says. "I know… It all sucks but hopefully it will get better soon enough." Grimmjow says and Ichigo nods.
The two talk a little more as they play games and eat pizza that Isshin brings up for the two and soon enough Grimmjow is crashing on bean bag chair and so is Ichigo. The two have nightmares about losing two of the most important girls in their lives besides their moms and end up getting a not so peaceful sleep.
On the other side of the city Davina and Rukia also have nightmares again about losing Ichigo and Grimmjow resulting in them not getting peaceful sleep either. Overall not everyone has a peaceful sleep and are quite tired the next day as they get ready for the ball.
Alright so that's it for today! I hopefully will update very soon but I am a bit busy so we will have to wait and see. Anyway review my story and I hope you enjoyed it!
-Davina LeBlanc