I'll Be There (KH/FF fanfic)

Chapter 25: A sticky situation

Chapter 25:

You were awakened from your light doze by Riku, who shook you gently. "________," he whispered. Your eyes fluttered open. "Class is almost over."

"How long have I been asleep?" you asked tiredly.

"Not as long as Axel," the silverette smirked, jabbing a thumb in Axel's direction. The red head wore a grumpy pout and Saix glared at him from across the room. "If he hadn't been snoring so loudly, you would've gotten in a lot of trouble. Good thing Saix didn't notice."

You nodded in agreement. "This class is so boring!" you whispered. You had been at DIHS for a few months now and even though Axel provided some entertainment with an occasional outburst, math was just as dull as ever.

"Only for people who are bad at math," Riku teased you.

"Oh, zip your lip, golden boy," you retorted with a grin.

Riku gave a look of mock offense and the bell rang. The two of you picked up your bags and you giggled as Axel and Saix began arguing about detention. You walked with Riku to Vexen's class and took your seat between him and Sora.

"Listen up, children!" Vexen barked.

"Children?" Zack muttered.

"Sounds like Vexy's a pedobear!" Axel replied as a few students, including you, giggled.

"No, no!" Zack interrupted. "Pedobear loves children, Vexy hates them!"

"Fair! Sinclair! Saturday detention!" Vexen yelled.

"Sorry, man," Axel said. "I'm booked all week."

"Double detention!" Vexen screeched as Axel shrugged. "Now as I was saying, I will pair all of you up to work on a lab today! No, you may not choose your partner!" A few students groaned. "Fair, you're with Riku! Sora and Axel! Namine and Zexion! _________ and Rinoa!"

You could still hear Vexen naming off pairs, but you were so shocked that you tuned out his actual words. There was no way this could be happening.

Rinoa suddenly raised her hand. "Sir, I can't work with __________! I think I'm allergic to her!" Right, like you weren't allergic to priss.

Vexen glowered at her. "You will work with who I've assigned you to work with." Rinoa pouted and opened her mouth to say something but quickly closed it, got up, and stomped over to you.

"Listen here," she hissed, bending down to put her face in yours. "I do not 'work'. You will do all of the work for me, got it?!"

You pushed her face away from yours. "Ew! Rinoa, lay off the garlic!" you shouted loud enough for the other students to hear you. A few heads turned and Rinoa turned beet red as you began to smirk. "Listen here," you whispered to her. "We are PARTNERS, we will do the work together. There is no person in the world I would hate to work with more than you, but there's no other choice."

"Fine," she growled. "I'll go get the supplies." Rinoa came back shortly with a bottle of diet coke and mentos (I'm sure most of you have done this lab before). You noticed that the coke looked extra fizzy and before you could figure out what was going on, Rinoa pointed the bottle at you and took off the cap. The soda exploded out of the bottle, soaking your face and uniform. You let out a tiny shriek of surprise and looked down at your stained and sticky clothes. "Oops," she stated with an evil grin.

Suddenly, Axel got up. "I'll go take __________ to the bathroom!" he volunteered.

"Don't even think about it, Sinclair!" Vexen shouted. "Namine, please help Ms. __________ go get cleaned up."

Namine pulled you out of your stupor and led you to the girls restroom. She helped you soak up most of the liquid but you realized that you were going to need a new uniform. You walked over to Vincent's office to grab one.

As you trudged into his office, he raised an eyebrow at you. "What happened to you?"

"It's a long and..." you looked down at your clothes. "Sticky story. Can I please get a new uniform?"

"No can do," Vincent replied. "We're all out until tomorrow. All we have are these." He pulled out a light blue and white cheerleading uniform.

"I thought we didn't have a cheerleading squad," you said.

"We didn't until yesterday," he admitted. "It was Xemnas's idea." Axel should have been calling HIM the pedobear.

You sighed. "I guess it's better than wearing a soda-drenched uniform." You picked up the clothes. "Thanks, Vincent."

"No prob," he said with a nod as you sauntered back into the hallway, searching for the restroom.

You headed back to class dressed in your new getup, only to bump into a tall brunette. "Oof," you grunted. "Sorry about th---Leon?"

"_________?" Leon asked. "You're a cheerleader?"

You laughed. "Not really."

"Poser," he joked.

"What are you doing here?" you inquired.

"I'm...the new assistant football coach," he answered.

"You play football!?" you asked in surprise.

"Not anymore," he responded. "Cloud pushed me into trying out for the football team with him freshman year. I didn't even want to, but after I was accepted, I started to like it."

"Wow," you chuckled. "I took you for the emo/hipster/loner type, not a jock!"

"Who says I have to fit into a category. Besides, you never seemed like the cheerleading type," he pointed out.

You rolled your eyes. "Walk me to class, football star?" you questioned.

"I'd love to, Barbie," he replied, slipping an arm through yours.

After Leon had dropped you off for English with Luxord, you walked with Yuna and Yuffie to eat lunch with the rest of your friends. You took a seat next to Reno, Yuna occupying the one to your right.

"Oh, good!" Axel said smoothly. "You decided to go with my idea to try out for the cheerleading squad after all."

You rolled your eyes. "Ax, I don't even want to be a cheerleader."

"Too late, we already signed you up," Reno added with a grin.

"WHAT?" you exclaimed in disbelief.

"Yep, you're an official cheerleader," Axel repeated.

"But I don't even--"

"Just try it out, you might like it," Zexion interrupted.

"Seriously? I thought you were all against 'stupid jocks and preps'," Yuffie reminded him.

Zexion blushed. "It's not like I'm against trying new things." Yuffie rolled her eyes.

"So anyway," Yuffie chattered. "I think we should come up with a few new songs to practice for 'Elemental Breakdown'."

Great. Now you were stuck with cheerleading and band practice.