Rikku had a low, nagging headache. Aaaaaaaand there was something licking her nose ( Read more... )

It was Newbie Day! Okay, Newbie Day was yesterday, but that made it Newbie Weekend. All the fun of Newbie Day, but it lasted all weekend! Really!

And that meant Rikku was kinda hyper and still bouncing from the picnic when she realized she'd missed a call. Oops? She checked her voicemail and --

And then dialed like a woman on a mission.

(the ( Read more... )

So Rikku was worried. Not about prom, Reno had asked her and she had a freaking awesome dress thanks to Dojima, and not about her Ethics final, even though it gave her a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach.

But. Uh. Radio had said something about Valentine going off somewhere, and Naminé not coming back? And that was bad. Okay. So. That was ( Read more... )

Okay, that was kinda weird, Luke not coming to class or anything. And it was a fun class, too. Was he being all avoidy on her, so she couldn't traumatize him with scary pajamas? Right, like that'd stop her ( Read more... )

So that Umbridge lady seemed kinda mean, and Hermione certainly hadn't liked her very much. That was bad ( Read more... )

Rikku pulled the curtain back on Jude's alcove and ... he wasn't there. Unless he was hopped up caffeine again? "Uh, Jude?"

( 'Is Thursday over yet?' )

"Come on," Rikku said. "You don't have to go back there. Let's ... let's go somewhere else. Do you need a place to stay tonight? Yeah. Of course you do. It's okay. You can stay in our cabin. No one will mind, and if they do, I'll ... I'll hurt them. Yeah?"

She pulled Valentine gently further away from the Abominable Snowfire, and out a bit into ( Read more... )

Rikku was sitting cross-legged on her bed, thinking. And bouncing a little to herself, because summer term was the best thing ever, especially with the way-awesome classes she had. And gleeing a bit about the success of the mutiny, and not even minding detention so much, and okay, thinking about the little bit of post-mutiny celebration they'd had ( Read more... )

Rikku gave up and tossed her pen down. The letter wasn't getting anywhere. Maybe she'd lie and tell Yunie that the post office was broken again.

Somehow, the better she felt, the worse she felt. Not all of her, just a tiny bit deep down that maybe didn't think it was so okay for her to be here in the first place. And lately she'd felt amazing, so ( Read more... )