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Axel let his emerald gaze fall on the shoreline, the waves forced up the shore, but were pulled back down again, He shifted his gaze to the thin line of people slowly making their way up the wooden boardwalk, It was Friday night, and the teenagers from the local High school would come down to party, that meant a busy night for Before Twilight, the cafe that Axel ran on the boardwalk. He turned his back on the never ending Sunset and got to work.

(pov)

"C'mon Roxas!! Lighten up!!" Hayner slammed his friend on the back as the walked with Olette and Pence. They were all out trying to bring Roxas's spirits up.

"Ouch!!" Roxas exclaimed, casting a vehement glare at the other blonde, "Why should I be happy? I FAILED my test!!" He glared at the other blonde. They had had history finals that day, needless to say, it went badly.

"It wasn't your fault Roxas..." Olette relied, looking at him sympathetically, " That teacher hates us."

"But still!! And he doesn't hate you!! You got full marks!" Roxas retorted. He would have to take summer school to make up that grade, the thought of being in that horrible building during the SUMMER was like thinking about going to prison. Olette looked away from her friend.

"Hey!! There are tons of girls out here tonight, lighten up and live a little!! We're going on seventeen and you can't keep a girl for more than a week!" Hayner laughed. Olette gave him a waning look and he stuck his tongue out at her, remarking about how she would find a boy before they got to the dancing, this comment made pence bristle.

Roxas sighed and followed his friends out into Sunset cove, the party boardwalk for teens. It was one of the wildest places in Twilight Town. Now that school was almost out, everyone was down there to live it up.

(pov)

"Your late!!" Axel yelled as Demyx jumped the bar, pulling on his apron. He turned to face the rocker punk as he stashed his guitar case under the counter a stern look on his face.

"Sorry, Ax! My gig ran late!!" Demyx laughed nervously, starting to fill the many orders that were starting to pile up. He looked over his shoulder to see if Axel was going to skin him.

"S'okay, just give me hand!" The redhead looked out at a sea of people, many were his waiting customers. Tonight was going to be hell, plain out, no questions asked.

" Hey Axel, you think we could go out early tonight and join the party?" Demyx asked, looking at all the people on the boardwalk longingly. The redhead frowned.

"Not tonight." he turned to the register, pressing a few buttons and making the drawer soot out. He heard the loud music starting, a sign that things were starting to go into full swing. the week before summer vacation was always like this. Non-stop partying...and waking up with a hangover for Exams. Axel and Demyx had finished school the year before, and they had been part of this crowd.

"Why not?" Demyx blinked his sea green eyes at his friend, Begging Axel to say yes.

"Fine, maybe. But you need to pat attention!" Axel pointed to a woman at the counter who had just knocked her glass over.

The night dragged on until the customers only came for booze, the music was getting louder by the hour, and happy teens danced on the beach, their tests long forgotten.

"I'm shot..." Demyx leaned against the counter, the shack finally empty. He let out a long sigh.

" Well, now we can watch people make idiots outta themselves!!" Axel laughed, pointing to a incredibly drunk high schooler who had just fallen off a bench.

"And it only gets better." Demyx smirked as he watched the chaos that was spread before them. One time a rather drunk woman had decided she could fly, she jumped off the old wooden dock and almost drowned.

"I'm NOT dancing Hayner!" The door had swung open to reveal a pair of quarreling blondes. The smaller one flung himself into a barstool, giving his friend a death glare.

"But Roxas!!" Hayner whined, " It'll b fun!! I promise!!"

"Are you blind...I said..." Roxas twirled in his seat, to face a pair of Emerald eyes, then he took in a shock of red hair...

"What can I get for you?" Axel smiled at Roxas, a genuine hello-I-know-I'm-sexy smile plastered to his face. Roxas gawked.

"I...uhhh..." Roxas lost all his words...and his ability to speak. He felt his face steadily turning red.

"I don't think "uhhhh" is on the menu, sorry." Axel's grin widened, knowing full well he was being an ass.

Roxas felt his cheeks get red, then he glared at Axel.

"Neither is jackass so, I'll have a coke." Roxas continued to glare at the older man.

"One cola coming up Blondy." Axel turned, grabbing a glass from the stack on the counter and heading over to the soda dispenser.

"The names Roxas!" Roxas corrected, watching the redhead fill the glass.

Hayner watched as this complete stranger flustered his friend. It was kinda funny, how quickly Roxas had turned red...

"Hey Dem! How about helping blonde numero dous!" Axel pointed to Hayner with an unoccupied hand. Demyx nodded.

"How can I help you?" Demyx leaned against the counter and Hayner stepped back, looking at his crazy hair., He had a stay-away-from-me look on his face.

"I want a monster." Hayner lifted a hand to point to the energy drink in the small refrigerator behind the counter filled with multitudes of odd drinks, many of which, Demyx had never cared to try.

"You got it, not that you probably need it!" Demyx laughed, grabbing said bottle of liquid hyper from the fridge, then turning to look at the fidgeting boy.

Axel looked over his shoulder at the blonde waiting for his drink and smirked. That was one BEAUTIFUL kid. The hair, the eyes, the icy attitude, it made Axel grin just thinking about it. maybe tonight wouldn't be so bad...

(Axel is all like, "lets do this thing" XDDDDDDDD Review if ya liked it!!)