Take E I G H T

From Kairi Lockheart

To Namine Strife
Date Jun 17, 2009 at 2:26 PM

Subject SHE WANTS TO LOVE ME, WOOHOO!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

-deep breath-

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

HE. KISSED. YOU?!
HOLY FREAKING HELL. AHH. OHMYGOD. -flails- MY NAMI NO LONGER A KISSING VIRGIN?! WHAT IS THIS MADNESS!!

Brb - Imma run around in circles to get rid of all this energy.

Anndddd -- I'm back. Holyyyy shiznit. THIS IS NUCKING FUTS, WOMAN! So... HE DOES LIKE YOU. MWA. WHO WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG? RIKU AND NAMINE KISSING IN A TREE....
Okay. -deeeeeep. breath.-
So. Now what? GAH. I'm so excited for you :D
And woman, do you EVER wear color?

ha ha, so yes :] I was going to call my dad. But... I kind of didn't. I chickened out. Blegh. I know it's strange of me to be a chicken, but I the man doesn't know I exist, right? So Tifa and I went to Google and tried to find him. He's on match dot com and eHarmony, poor soul. He's thirty-five years old and he's extremely tall, like 6"3' or something ridiculous like that. His hair is a slightly shorter version of mine (but still on the long side). I've got his eyes too. And he wears his hair back in a ponytail and he has a crooked smile and he has an earring in his left ear and he loves fried shrimp and---
And he doesn't know I exist. Tifa was 'bout one when he left. We don't know the whole story, but apparently he was sick of things (doubtless things with mi madre) and left. I know that my mom has taken legal measures to keep him away from us, but much more I don't know. Tifa was too young to remember anything, so we spent the whole rest of Saturday in her room, looking at pictures of him and reading things about him.
Zack /did/ call, around 3-ish in the afternoon, and I kinda sorta eavesdropped on them. I couldn't hear exactly what was going on, because Tifa went into her bathroom and closed then door. At first she sounded a bit cold, but later on her voice grew louder and she giggled multiple times. GRR!! You can imagine how frustrated I was! Even though Zack has really manned up since you were last here, we must stick to our guns! Has Cloud been saying anything over Tifa lately?! ASK HIM IF HE LOVES HER! xD

My mom left for work reallyyyy early today, so Tifa and I ventured downstairs and made a ton of pancakes. We'd just finished when there was honking outside. We peered through the window and discovered it was Zack, Sora, Selphie (grr...), Wakka (grrrrr...), Roxas (grrr!), and a rather pale Tidus. I forgot about the unwanted people and got worried about Tidus.
"TIDUS!" I yelled, automatically going into Mommy-mode. "What are you doing out of the hospital?! They weren't going to discharge you until tomorrow!"
"I was allowed to go if I didn't swim," he grinned. I rolled my eyes at him. I had the feeling he'd used that exact same grin to get the nurses to let him loose a day early. I looked to my left and saw a most disturbing sight. (Well, not as bad as that time Zack decided it would be funny to moon us in the middle of the night that time we sneaked into the public pool.) Tifa was sitting in the driver's seat, leaning forward and was making out with Zack. They broke apart: Zack grinning and Tifa smiling, then Tifa leaned forward and whispered something consisting of three words in his ear. Zack's grin grew even larger, and he started to kiss her neck. I looked away before they ruined my whole afternoon.
"Go put on your swimsuit, you freaking turtle!" Tidus yelled.
"Shut up, you leprechaun!" I turned around and ran back in the house. "BE RIGHT BACK!"
I put on my white and blue striped bikini and brushed my fingers through my hair in an attempt to fix it. I threw my head upside-down and started to put my hair in an asymmetrical ponytail when Tifa stormed into her room. (Yes, I was using her mirror. We all know her wall of mirrors is heaven.)
"What was that?" I asked her.
"What was what?" she asked, still smiling.
"What did you say to Zack?" I asked nonchalantly, pulling my bangs down from my ponytail.
"Oh." She paused uncomfortably as she started to change. "Nothing, really. Just that..." She searched for a lie. "That it was nice of him to come pick us up. And take us to the beach. While he doesn't have to. That he's nice."
"That's all?" I turned around and looked her in the eye. She looked at me for a minute, then she pulled off her cargo pants and threw them on the bed.
"Yeah, that's all."
I walked out of her room. I felt hurt that she hadn't entrusted me with this. We all know I would have commented sarcastically on it -- but still, you know? Wouldn't you feel the same way if Cloud had hidden Rinoa from you? Dx I walked out the door and screamed in horror. Sora, Tidus, Roxas, and Wakka were ON MY FREAKING ROOF! WHAT THE HELL?
"GET DOWN HERE, RIGHT NOW, THIS INSTANT!" I screeched, pointing towards the ground angrily.
"Oh, shit," Roxas said, which led me to think they had planned on not being caught.
Seriously, do they have a death wish?! It would have been much less dangerous if they had stayed on the ground. Point A: there's the risk of them falling off the roof and breaking their necks. Point B: even if they /do/ survive the roof, there's the chance of me breaking their necks for their stupidity. I think I'll never understand their form of twisted logic.
Zack was drumming the steering wheel, too high off Tifa to realize that four teenage boys that were friends with him were in mortal danger two minutes ago.
"Get in the van!" I ordered, still fuming. Selphie was sitting in the van, holding a mirror with one hand and mascara with the other. When she finished, she looked at me.
"Hey, Kairi," she smiled. It looked whiter: she'd doubtlessly been using Whitestrips or something.
"Hello, Selphie." I looked away from her before my frustration boiled over. I heard the passenger's seat open and slam closed and I saw Tifa's dark hair through the window. Zack started the engine and drove off. I brought my fingers through my bangs and leaned my head against the side of the car.
"Kairi, we're sorry for climbing on your roof." Tidus said this in a tone that said he thought I was still upset at them for that.
"It's fine," I said, giving a little wave of my hand. "I'm just tired."
Sora put his hand over mine and stroked it with his thumb. I looked at him, and he smiled at me.
"What's wrong?" he said softly. I sighed.
"Tifa's lying to me," I said. "It's upsetting me more than it should."
"No, you should be upset about that. Isn't she your best friend next to Namine?"
I pulled my mouth sideways and bit on the inside of my cheek.
"Yeah," I said. "Yeah, she is."

Nothing much further happened when we got to the island. We had chicken fights -- I totally pwned Selphie's ass multiple times. Although Roxas is a tricksy kid and threw me off his shoulders TWICE -- and then laughed at me when I came up spluttering, which led to Sora "defending my honor" and challenged Roxas to a Lightsaber-stick fight... they are so lame I can't even joke about it. But they are still our dear friends. :]

iloveyou. -heart-
Kairi~

From Namine Strife

To Kairi Lockheart
Date Jun 17, 2009 at 9:42 PM

Subject -Mourns in Corner-

-Blink- Oh yeah, he kissed me alright. And, despite all of this, he doesn't like me. Ohhh, no. He made that very clear in Chemistry today. Anyways, I'll go into that later; I wanna hear more about your dad! :O IT'S DESTINY. You love fried shrimp, too! -Squeal- You should call him, Kairi. I'm sure if he knew you existed, then he'd want to be in your life. Tifa's as well. I bet your mom tried her hardest to keep him shut out or something. : /

Your Saturday was waaaay better than mine, despite your mom. Sunday was pretty boring as well; I did a total amount of nothing. Well, I did ask Cloud about Tifa. He merely shrugged--ouch--but was trying hard to conceal the blush on his face. Oh yeah, my brother has got it bad, 'gurl.

....The roof? Are they all retarded? THEY COULD HAVE DIED. OR SOMETHING ELSE. Ugh, and Tidus JUST got out of the hospital. I swear, that boy needs his brain examined or something. I'm positive he lost it.

On a worse note, Rinoa has been around a lot more lately. I swear, she is over at the apartment more than my own parents. God knows what the two of them do. All I know is that they are /never/ home. I dunno what I'm going to do without Cloud next year, but it won't be pretty. Ugh, not thinking about that yet.

My day today was pretttyyy bad. I'm typing you this email from the Starbucks computer during my break because, well, I need to vent. Pronto.

I woke up this morning with a groan, knowing that it was time for school. I hate school. Really, it interrupts my beauty sleep. I dragged myself out of bed and threw on a pair of white capris and a /light/ pink shirt. I KNOW. I'M WORE COLOR. In silence, Cloud and I ate breakfast and he--shutter--drove us to school. On the monstrosity. I seriously hate that motorcycle. This summer, you are going to help me while I dismember it. It's Zack's fault Cloud likes motorcycles in the first place. After getting to school and going to my locker, I suffered past math and happily drew in art. Sadly, my jovial morning was coming to a close. I had Chemistry next.

Chemistry had him in that class.

Him referring to Riku, that is.

Bravely, I swallowed and entered the room, acting like nothing happened. There he was, already sitting at our table. I quietly took my own seat and fiddled with my binder, not knowing what to say.

'Hello," I finally choked out, trying to contain the nearing blush on my features. Bah, I hate having pale skin! Either Riku took no notice of my blush or he simply ignored it because he merely gave me a nod in reply and started to write down the notes from the board.

Talk about cold.

"Uh," I tried again, pushing some hair off my face, "did you have fun Saturday, or...?"

Riku shrugged once more, "I guess so."

"Oh." I fell silent, not knowing why he was making things so awkward. I was trying to forget what happened Saturday, but.....well, he confused me. Greatly. "So, uh....." Here I went, "about....what happened Saturday....?"

His eyes darkened, "No. Not now, Namine." And he turned away from me, falling into his schoolwork. I just sat there, shell-shocked, and huffed, copying my own notes. We didn't talk for the rest of the class, and when the bell finally rang, I understood why he was star of the track team; he was gone in literally two seconds. Okay, so, I know I'm one to get emotional and all, but that seriously stung. I wanted to sit down with you, turn on Pride and Prejudice, and kinda...cry. With ice cream. Ugh, I should have known.

.....Wait a tick, he stole my first kiss! Freaking bastard.

Apparently, my mood stayed sour for the rest of the day because Pence, Olette, and Hayner just decided to stop attempting to see what was wrong with me. At last, the final bell rung, and I was free to leave. Cloud met me outside and drove me to Starbucks, where I reluctantly changed and waited for to show up. When he did, I decided to be assertive for once in my life. I walked over to him, my tiny form blocking his way. Angrily I glued my hands to my hips, and allowed my eyes to narrow.

"We need to talk. Now." Hah, I inwardly gave myself a pat on the back. I sounded pretty darn intimidating. ....Well, at least I thought I did. His posture stiffened a bit as he frowned, arms crossed.

"You want to talk? Fine, we'll talk. Saturday? Yeah, I don't know why I did it. I don't like you like that. We aren't even friends."

.......That hurt. A lot. I forced hot tears away from my tear ducts as I allowed my hands to fall lax, "Oh...right. Of course we're not friends. Why would I think you wanted one?" I turned, leaving him alone, and started my job.

And now I'm typing to you. Kairi, I miss you so much. I wish you were here; you'd know what to do. Ah, I've got to go. Another hour of work, and then Cloud picks me up.

I love you dearly.

Namine.

From Kairi Lockheart

To Namine Strife
Date Jul 13, 2009 at 3:47 PM

Subject Huggle formation! -joins in corner and holds-

Namine. -heart-

What an asshole. Seriously. What the hell is his problem? -hugs- I'm sure he's lying, Namine. Why would he have done it? I don't think anybody can be that heartless. : / Bah. Baahaaad business, all this. Sometimes I wish everything would go back to the way it was when we were twelve, y'know?

TIDUS IS SO RIDICULOUSLY FOOLISH, IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE. Who's idea was it to paint Zack's car with Pro-Gay messages? Who's idea was it to set two pigs painted with the numbers 1 and 3 on their butts loose in the school last year? Who's idea was it to break into Axel's house and steal his hairgel? That pyromaniac almost burnt the whole town down, dammit. Next time you see him, you MUST talk some sense into him. I'm not getting through to him for some reason.

Ugh. Dx Yes. It's creepy how much we have in common... which is also a reason I'm scared. Namine, what if he doesn't like me? Or worse, I'm not what what he would expect of his daughter?
Another problem... he lives far away. Like. Forty minutes in the car. (Forty minutes is long! xD Especially seeing as the farthest thing away is the hospital... which is like, fifteen minutes.) So I don't know how I could live with him and still go to school here. : /

UGH! Rinoa! That girl is giving us gray hairs. Dx She needs to find someone else. Maybe we should hook her up with Squall. Wait, what about Aerith? Wait, then we'll just hook Aerith up with Zack and your brother with Tifa. :D My plan is genius, MUA.
-TACKLES- I MISS YOUUU.

There's a new girl at our school. Which is strange, because nobody in their right mind would ever move to Morrowind, right? Except for you, of course. xD Her name's Xion... pronounced "Shi-on" or something like that. She's got short black hair and prettyyyy blue eyes. She's really gorgeous, but she's kinda quiet and shy. Actually, I take that back -- you're kinda quiet and shy, she's awfully timid and bashful. The morning went as followed:
"Would you be friends with me if..." Roxas paused. "If I held my head like this whilst talking to you?" He cocked his head and brought it five inches forwards.
"Yes," Sora said.
"Yes," I said.
"No," Tidus said.
"What if... I looked like this whilst holding my head like this whilst talking to you?" His eyes doubled in size and he opened his mouth and let it drop to the side while his tongue started to dangle out.
"No," I said, squeaming at the sight.
"No," Tidus said lazily, supporting his head on his right arm.
"Yes," Sora said.
"Would you be friends with me if..." Tidus began. He raised his voice and made it high-pitched, "...if I talked like THIS?"
"No," Roxas said.
"Yes," Sora said.
"...Yes," I said after hesitating a bit.
"Would you be friends with me if I wore my clothes inside out?" Sora asked.
"Yes," Roxas said.
"Yes," I said.
"No," Tidus said.
"You say no to everything!" Sora said, exasperated. "Since when is your tolerance-level so freaking low?"
Tidus rolled his eyes.
"Since when is yours so high? At this rate, you wouldn't even notice it if Roxas has gone completely mental because you'd tolerate his drooling."
"Would you be friends with me if..." I paused. Then I stood up to demonstrate. "...if I walked like this?" I started to do the pelvic thrust when Mr. Cision walked in.
"Ms. Lockhart!"
I froze, then slowly turned around. An impatient look was on Mr. Cision's face.
"Do I want to know?"
For once, I found myself speechless. Behind me was stifled laughter. I walked back to my seat as the whole class stared at me. As soon as Mr. Cision turned away, I turned around and smacked Tidus in the back of the head for laughing at me.
"Ow!" he said, but continued to laugh anyway like the madman he was.
"Class, I would like to introduce you to a new student."
He pushed forwards a shortish, thinnish, paleish girl with short black hair and blue eyes.
"Wow, Kairi," Tidus said softly from behind me, "that girl looks a lot like you."
"She does not," I immediately snapped. Mr. Cision searched the classroom for an empty seat. The only open seat was next to Tidus. Too close for my liking.
"Xion, why don't you go sit next to Tidus," he said softly. "He's the blond kid behind the girl with red hair."
Ughh.
She located 'the girl with the red hair' and then the 'blond kid,' then wandered over towards us and sat down in the desk beside Tidus.
"Hey, I'm Tidus." He extended his hand. "Where're you from?"
She looked nervous. She apprehensively took his hand and shook it. "Uhm, Winnemac?"
"That's a pretty big town. Morrowind's a lot smaller. Population is a little over four-hundred." He gave a small wave my way. "The one with the sour expression is Kairi. She's annoyed at me, so ignore her."
"If you didn't act so annoying, I wouldn't have to be annoyed at you." I nodded at her.
"Hi, Kairi," she said in her quiet voice. "I'm Xion?"
"Hey, Xion. Welcome to Morrowind. Ignore this numbskull behind me. Not all of us are so stupid." I offered her a smile. She smiled shyly.
"Miss Lockhart!" Mr. Cision suddenly snapped. My head spun around.
"Yeah?"
"Stop talking in my class!"
I rolled my eyes.
"And do not roll your eyes at me! I got enough of that from your sister and father, and I certainly don't need it from you!"
He taught my father! How old is this guy?! I folded my arms and sank as low as I could in my chair as he muttered, "Bunch of troublemakers... source of my gray hair... youth nowadays..."
Xion was in two of my other classes and we had her have lunch with the gang. She seems nice enough. Not that she could ever take your place... but it was nice to have a female friend other than Selphie.

Nothing exciting further happened... Sora tongued me today. :P It was nice, I guess, but I don't want to gross you out so I'll shut up :P

ILOVEYOUUUU
Kairiiiiiiiiiii -heart-

From: NAMI! (556) 220 5773

To: Me (555) 803 4992

Kairi, it's Cloud. Listen, I don't want you to panic, but Namine and I got into an accident. She hit her head hard enough so that the helmet cracked. The doctors are trying to calm down the swelling in her brain by putting her in a medical coma. Please don't pull a Nami and try to hitch hike to her; she is out of critical condition already. I'll keep you posted.

Cloud.