Naminé & Joey

Season 3, Episode 1

From Where We Left Off

~8:47 am, Saturday, February 22nd, 20XX~

Joey rolled over. He felt a hand draped over his body. His eyes just barely opened, letting him see a beautiful girl, smiling in her sleep. He smiled back. "Hey." The girl opened her eyes in a beautiful fashion, making her seem even more amazing.

"Hey." She edged closer and pecked Joey. "How did you sleep?"

Joey shrugged. "Okay, I guess." She rolled even closer to Joey.

"Just okay?" She started to whisper in his ear. "What? Did I not do something right?" Joey turned red.

"No, it's not that, it's just..." He began to stutter. "I mean... you... I..."

She giggled. "It's okay, I know that I'm awesome." Joey laughed.

"Yes, you are." Joey pecked her on the cheek.

She slowly sat up on the edge of the bed. "I'm gonna get changed, I think your clothes are somewhere in that giant pile on the ground," she said, jokingly.

"Okay," Joey replied. He stood up and walked around the room. He hugged the girl from behind. She smiled.

"What's that for?" She asked.

"Just because." Joey chuckled. "You know, ever since last week, you've had a major self-confidence boost."

She giggled. "Yeah right."

"I'm serious," Joey said back. "You act like you can do pretty much anything. What changed?" The girl placed her hands on Joey's.

"I guess..." she started. "I guess I just got to know myself better." She smiled to herself. "I finally know what I want in life. I can make decisions for myself. Do what I want to do, and not what other people want me to do." She turned around. "And I guess that I have to thank you for that." She leaned forward and kissed Joey again. "Seriously, though, I need to get changed, so do you." She smiled again. "C'mon."

~Like, Five minutes later~

Joey walked downstairs, jumping over the last step. He looked up, seeing Rikku sitting at the kitchen bar. Joey walked into the kitchen and rummaged through the food. Rikku looked up at him. "Hi, Joey." Joey turned around, an apple in his mouth.

"Heh, Rkkoo..." He paused and took the apple out of his mouth. "Hey, Rikku. What's up?" She smiled.

"Not much. Just eating." Joey held up his apple.

"Do you want one?" She shook her head.

"No, I'm good. Thanks, though." Joey nodded.

"Okay." He took another bite of the apple. "Today's your last day on the islands, right?" Rikku nodded slowly.

"Yeah, why?" Joey raised his arms.

"Well, we should throw you a going-away party, a thanks-for-coming party, something, anything, work with me, girl." They both smiled.

Kairi started to sneak up behind Joey. His ears perked up at the last second and he spun around. Kairi lunged forward and embraced him in a giant attack-hug. "Joey!" She yelled, enthusiastically. She kissed him on the cheek.

Joey blushed. "Can you please not do that so often?"

"Keep trying to convince me you're not gay, you're doing a great job." Joey chuckled.

"Gee, thanks." As if on cue, Naminé walked downstairs. She poked her head around the corner, seeing Joey pinned to the ground. He mouthed out the words 'help me'. Naminé smiled.

"Hey, guys," she said. Kairi immediately rolled off of Joey.

"Hey, sis. What's up?" Naminé picked Joey off of the floor.

"Not much. What's new with you guys?"

They all chatted for a few minutes. Rikku eventually left to finish packing her suitcase, Kairi offering to help. Naminé turned to Joey, who still hadn't finished the apple he had started ten or so minutes ago. She smiled.

"That's really nice, you know," Joey said. Naminé slowly came back into reality.

"What? What are we talking about?" Joey chuckled.

"Your smile. It's nice, I don't see it too often." Naminé giggled.

"There's just not a whole lot to be happy about these days." Joey smiled.

"Sure there is. You just need to look harder." Naminé nodded.

"Yeah, I guess you're right." She spun around and placed her back against Joey's chest. "I still have you, don't I?" Joey nodded.

"Of course. And you always will." Naminé giggled.

"You have the cheesiest lines ever." Joey smiled.

"Yeah, I realized that a long time ago."

~About twenty minutes later~

~Give or take~

Naminé and Joey stood by the door. "So when's the next time we can hang out?" She asked.

Joey looked at the nearby calendar. "Um... does tomorrow work at all?"

Naminé thought out loud. "Sunday... Sunday..." The thought dawned on her. "I'm sorry, but I don't think it will. I've got a friend to see." She looked at the calender. "How about Tuesday after school?"

"Tuesday I have work. Does Wednesday work?"

"Wednesday my mom's taking me and Kairi to that new movie. That one with the seven evil guys and the nerd."

"Right. That one." They both paused. "I think that's pretty much it." Naminé frowned.

"So I guess I'll see you on Friday, then? Like usual?" Joey nodded.

"Yeah, I guess so." He smiled. "Well hey, there's always school, you know?" Naminé returned the smile.

"Yeah, I almost forgot." They quickly kissed, Naminé still smiling. "Well, I'll see you Monday, then." Joey nodded.

"Yeah." He waved as he closed the door behind him.

~6:03 am, Monday, February 20 something. 24Th? Yeah, I think it's the 24th.~

Joey fumbled for the alarm in the dark. "Go off, stupid beeping demon."

There was a loud thumping on one of the walls. Kirari. "Will you shut off that damned alarm? It's been going off for three minutes!"

"Zexion doesn't have a problem with it," Joey said, half-asleep.

"Actually, yes, I do." Joey leapt up in fear. He turned on the ceiling lights. Zexion was sitting on the small couch on the opposite side of Joey's room.

"Jesus Christ, man, you almost gave me a heart attack!" Zexion closed his book. "And if you've had such a problem with my alarm clock, why didn't you shut it off?"

Zexion stood up and walked out of the room. "I dunno." Joey gave Zexion an evil stare. One that cannot be put into words. So don't think too hard about it. Finally, he picked up a book from the other half of his bed and slammed it onto the alarm clock.

"I hate that thing."

~Later that day~

~Like, 8:15-ish~

Joey arrived at school a little late. No one was in sight, making Joey a little uneasy about entering one of the buildings. He slowly opened the door to the main building, greeted by a tall, ominous teacher. "Hello, Mr. Thompson."

"Hey, Mr. Barrett! What's up?" The man grabbed Joey's arm and pulled him through the building to the chairs outside the principal's office.

"Five tardy slips in a row, I believe that's a visit to the principal's office, am I wrong?"

"Well..." Joey felt the tug on his arm get tighter. "No, no sir. Not at all." He dropped Joey in a chair.

"Good, then I trust he'll meet with you shortly." The man walked off, not bothering to look back.

Joey sighed. He heard a giggle come from the seat next to him. He turned his head to see a beautiful girl with wavy, blonde hair. She wore a blue skirt, white blouse, small blue jacket, and black stockings. Joey smiled. "Hi there, how did you end up here?" The girl smiled back.

"It's my first day, they wanted me to come by here and get my schedule." Joey nodded.

"Well then, welcome to Destiny High." He held out his hand. "I'm Joey, Joey Thompson." The girl took his hand, although instead of shaking it, she just held it.

"Maria Rose." Joey blushed a bit.

"Well, Maria, it's a real pleasure to meet you." She giggled again.

"The pleasure's all mine." Joey strained to remember why that sounded so familiar to him. He disregarded it, thinking it didn't matter.

The principal stuck his head out of the door. "Miss Rose, we can talk, now."

Maria stood up and started to walk in the room. "Oh!" Joey said at the last second. Maria turned around.

"Yes?"

"Make sure you get fifth lunch, that's the really fun one." She smiled again.

"Is that your lunch?"

Joey nodded. "Yes, that's why it's the fun lunch." She giggled again.

"Alright. I guess I'll see you at lunch, then." She waved as she stepped into the office, the door shutting behind her.

Joey sunk into his chair. "I make a new friend every day..." he said to himself.

~About 45 minutes later~

~Plus two hours~

The bell rang again. It was about 11 o'clock, the end of third period. Joey stepped out of the classroom, shortly followed by Naminé. They chatted as they walked down the halls together, not really noticing the people around them.

Joey eventually head a voice in his ear. "Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to room 208?" Joey spun around.

"Sure, I'm heading there now." He then saw where the voice came from. "Maria! Hey!" She smiled, half-waving.

"Hey, Joey." Naminé turned around.

"Hi, I don't think we've met," she said to Maria, the tiniest bit of spite in her voice.

"Hi, I'm Maria. Maria Rose." She held out her hand.

Naminé shook her hand slowly. "I'm Naminé Heart, I'm Joey's girlfriend." Maria smiled.

"Really? That's so sweet. I really just met him this morning, so I guess I have a lot to learn." Naminé nodded.

"Yeah, guess so." Joey pointed down the hall.

"Hey, guys, we should really get going." Naminé nodded.

"Yeah, we should." She refused to take her eyes off of Joey.

~12 seconds later~

Naminé walked to the staircase. "Well, I'll see you at lunch, Joey." Joey smiled.

"Okay. Bye, then." He leaned in and pecked Naminé on the forehead. "See you later!" He waved as she disappeared down the staircase.

Maria smiled. "You two make a cute couple."

"You think so?" Joey asked.

"Of course. You two totally suit each other." Maria clutched her books to her chest. "I really wish that I could meet someone as nice as you are," she said quietly.

Joey chuckled. "Well if you want to meet someone who is exactly like me, why not be friends with me, instead?"

Maria giggled. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I never thought of it that way, before." She looked up at him. "You are an awesome friend, you know."

"Oh really?" Maria nodded.

"Yeah. Even though I only met you this morning, I have a feeling you and I are gonna be great friends." Joey smiled.

"Thanks, Maria, I really needed that."

"No problem. Now come on, we're really gonna be late for class." She started to sprint. "Bet I'll beat you there!"

"You don't even know where it is!" Joey called after her as he started to run too.

~Noon~

~ish~

Maria and Joey walked out of the classroom as the bell rang. "So?" Joey asked.

"So what?"

"Is French terrible or what?" Maria smiled.

"Yeah, it is pretty bad." She spun around, walking backwards while talking to Joey. "So what now, lunch?"

Joey nodded. "Yeah, do you know where that is?"

Maria flipped to a page in her notebook. "I think so, is it that big building on the left side of the school?"

"Yeah, that's it." Maria giggled.

"Well yay, then."

Joey thought to himself. "Hey, do you want to hang out on Wednesday?" Maria's cheeks turned bright red.

"Um... I..." She smiled. "Sure, I'd love to." Joey nodded.

"Awesome. So I guess I can just drive you around after school. Does that work?" Maria nodded.

"Yeah, that works." She bit her lip. "Will Naminé mind?"

Joey shook his head. "She shouldn't, I mean we're just friends." Maria nodded slowly.

"Yeah, I guess so."

The halls started to empty. Maria looked around, noticing that there was almost no one around. She turned back to Joey, who seemed to be looking the other way. There was a look in her eyes that Joey could easily recognize, if he tried. She shook her head, smiled, and started walking.

"Come on, let's go. I'm hungry." Joey nodded.

"Alright, I'm coming."

Author's Notes

So yeah. That's the first part. Of, like, six or seven. I actually like this part a lot. It introduces a character that I've been waiting to use since, like, 2008. I also decided to make this part somewhat funny, because I seem to write that better than romance stuff. Which doesn't make a lot of sense, but still. I never really did make a lot of sense.

Actually, I thought of this part at the last second. This season was supposed to start off at the next episode (Or the one after that, I'm still not too sure if I want to add an extra, extra chapter or not).

So I guess the rest of the season is already written, I just need to type it. I'll get to that soon. In the meantime, be sure to leave reviews so I know what you think. I need to know what you all think.

Well that's about it.

Thanks for reading!