68A/N: This is my first ever story posted on so please be kind. Constructive criticism greatly appreciated. The characters may seem OOC, but please bare with me. If no one likes the story, I'll delete it, so don't be afraid to say if you don't like it. So, here's my first story. Let's see if I get this right... o.O
Disclaimer: I do not own anything...except Rain! She's MINE!
Learning to Love
Rain's POV
I walked across the courtyard, the sun just starting to peek over the horizon. I sat down on my favorite bench, shaded by a huge oak. I closed my eyes and savored the sounds of the early morning. I heard the soft padding of footsteps on the grass.
"Rain?" a voice called to me. I opened my eyes to see Odd.
"Hey Odd." I said softly.
"Whatcha doing up so early?"
"I could ask you the same question. You're never up at six in the morning."
"I couldn't sleep. Too much sugar...and caffeine." he laughed softly.
"Have they not learned to keep you far from that stuff?"
"Of course! They have it under lock and key, no joke! I get to it anyway." he grinned.
"Somehow I knew..." I muttered.
"Well, I've got to break into the sugar stash. I'll see you later?"
"Yeah...see you later." I replied softly. I felt a cool breeze caress my cheek as I turned to watch him walk away. I went back to enjoying the natural sounds when a heard a shrill voice mocking me. I looked at my watch and saw that it was seven. I must've dozed off. I turned my attention to my mocker.
"Hey Kamera, where's your posse? The freaks I mean. I don't know why you hang out with them. They're ruining your rep." Sissi said.
"Delmas, when will you learn to shut up? The only freaks I ever see are you and your group. But hey, why blame them, I'd want to be on good terms with the principal's daughter too, though I don't know about ruining my image by hanging with you." I countered , I was not in the mood for Sissi's idiocy. She looked highly offended before storming off. I closed my eyes for a minute to shake my dislike of her. I opened them again to see my friends walking towards me, Odd kind of spazzing, Yumi and Ulrich holding hands, and Aelita and Jeremie talking together, probably about some really elevated IQ thing. Ulrich was like a brother to me, and Aelita and Yumi like sisters. Jeremie and Odd were really good friends, but I didn't know them quite well enough to call them brothers.
"Hey Rain." they called to me. I smiled and waved to them as they approached.
Yumi's POV
I smiled as I approached my 'sister'. She looked a little distracted, she was probably just deep in thought again. I looked over at Odd, who was spazzing so much. I don't know how he gets to the sugar, but he does. I knew that he liked Rain, but I knew that it wasn't a smart idea for them to get into a relationship, and it seemed Odd sensed it too. You see, she had a tough past, one that made her fear love. Sure, she may have wanted it, but she feared it. I'm sure it was hard for her, seeing me and Ulrich together, and Jeremie and Aelita together... Jeremie always seemed to want to get Odd and her together, I don't know when he became a matchmaker, but he always seemed to edge his two-cents in.
"Hey everyone." her soft voice said. I glanced up to look into her eyes. They were the softest blue I'd ever seen, but I could see a distant sadness that always seemed to linger there. Her eyes looked as if someone said one wrong word that they would shatter and lose the last little bit of spark left. I was worried about her. She always seemed so sad.
"Hey Rae." I said, smiling. She smiled back.
"Hey, we're having a movie night on Sunday...what to come?" Jeremie asked.
"Sure." she answered.
"Great!" Ulrich said, we all grinned.
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Rain's POV
Sunday came all too quickly. Sure, I wanted to go to movie night... but I got this feeling that something was going to happen. Not necessarily something horrible...but I wasn't sure if it was great either.
"Hey everyone." I said when I approached the group who were waiting for me. They smiled and then we headed to Yumi's house. Her parents agreed to let us go there since they have a big screen TV.
"So what do you guys want to watch? We've got...Resident Evil, Flight Plan, Left Behind one and two, The Rose, Anger Management...ummm...that's about it..." Yumi said.
"Flight Plan looks good..." I commented looking at the cover of the movie.
"RESIDENT EVIL!" Ulrich and Odd said together.
"Of course..." Yumi muttered.
"I say Flight Plan." Aelita sided with me.
"Let's watch Flight Plan first. Then Resident Evil."
"Ok." we all agreed. While we were watching the movie, Jeremie and Odd were whispering. I didn't like the looks of this... it looked like they were plotting something, something that Odd was reluctant to follow... I cleared my mind of that and went back to watching the movie. The movie was great, but that uneasy feeling came back when Odd was looking at me in an...odd way.
"Ummm... Rain?" he said. I became very fidgety.
"Yeah...?" I replied.
"Would...would you go out with me?" he said. I froze. Everyone was looking at me. I started to freak out and I bolted out the door. A tear ran down my face as I ran to the woods by the school. When I was pretty deep into the woods I dropped to my knees and covered my ears. Memories were flooding back. Terrible memories that I wanted to forget.
"Rain!" I heard Yumi and Aelita call. I felt arms wrap around me and pull me into a hug. I looked up to see Odd looking down at me, pain in him eyes.
"I'm sorry Odd, so sorry." I said still crying.
"Why, Rae? Why are you sorry?" he asked gently.
"I don't want to hurt you. I don't want anything bad to happen to you or anyone else. I'm too scared of relationships ans love...I'm scared." I said. He stroked my hair.
"Shh...it's ok. It will all be ok." My eyes slowly closed.
Odd's POV
I looked down at the broken girl. I wanted to take her pain and fears away. I felt her grow limp as she became unconscious to the world. I looked over at Jeremie, whose face was ridden with guilt.
"Come on let's get back to Yumi's house." I said. The others nodded.
I cradled Rain in my arms and picked her up. The others started walking with me. When we got back to Yumi's, I set Rain on the couch. She stirred before opening her eyes a little.
"Odd?" she whispered.
"I'm here." I kneeled beside her.
"Yes." she said, her voice fading before her eyes closed again. I kissed her forehead, a slight smile playing on my lips.
"Who knew life would be so bittersweet?" I whispered to myself.