Ah, my first Naminé/Roxas fiction! I must say, its definitely easy writing about a relationship I can relate to easily. Well...not that I have a gangster stalking me or anything...but...okay, you know what, whatever. -sigh- Now, lets let the first chapter go off with a bang, shall we?

~ Chapter 1 ~

A group of three teenagers walked down the hall as all heads turned onto them. They could be described as beautiful, cute, and graceful.

The girl to the left had long, pale blonde hair swept delicately on her right shoulder, tickling her porcelain skin. Beneath her bangs, you could see two deep, dark oceanic orbs. She had a small smile on her soft lips, brightening up her facial features. She wore the classic school uniform: white short-sleeved dress shirt with a blue plaid tie and matching skirt, black blazer and dark brown shoes. Long, dark blue socks could be seen running up her legs and stopping mid-thigh. This is Naminé, sweet and silent at first glance.

Next to her, in the middle, was another girl, but this time had dark red, almost brown, hair. She has bright, lively, pale blue eyes that seem to smile at everything. This girl wore a white short-sleeved dress shirt with a blue plaid tie and matching skirt, no blazer and coal black shoes. Her dark blue socks went to her knees. She too, wore a smile, but this one was full of laughter, at the boy next to her. This is Kairi, lively and girly.

The only boy, too the far right, was talking animatedly, his brown, spiky, uncontrollable hair bobbing slightly as he moved his hands. His eyes were big and adorable, a deep blue like the first girl. His mouth was moving quickly and loudly, laughing after every few words. He was wearing a white short-sleeved dress shirt with a blue plaid tie and matching golf pants, and dark brown shoes. He held his blazer in his waving arms. This is Sora, unbelievably hyper and happy.

These three were the most popular people in the school, but they don't let that get to their heads; they're the some of the nicest people you could meet. "And then I threw it at the girl's head, but it ended up hitting the teacher's wrinkly face! She was so angry!" Sora laughed, making Kairi laugh just as hard and Naminé giggle. "But I ended up getting a detention." He frowned.

"A detention on the last day of our freshman year? Does that mean you have a detention today?" Naminé asked. "Yep. You guys have to get detention with me!" Sora begged with his pouty face. "No way, it was your fault you did it!" Kairi stuck her tongue out at him and turned to her locker, dialing the combo. Naminé stopped at the locker to the right of Kairi's and Sora stopped at the one on the left. They put away their extra materials and slammed their lockers simultaneously. "What's everyone's first period?" Kairi asked, stepping back a bit. "I have Chemistry." Naminé smiled slightly at her friends knowing their answer. "Aww darn. I have a math." Sora said. "Me too!" Kairi high-fived him and frowned at Naminé, "Too bad you have to take the stupid advanced classes, Nam."

"Well, this is my only truly advanced one. All the other ones are Pre-Advanced." Naminé waved at them, "I better go. You guys have fun!" She turned and walked to hall C. She walked in and sat at the front row, first desk. She figured that was always the best seat for the first day, it sort of shows the teacher you're not a huge slacker, and you pay attention. First impressions are everything.

Naminé pulled out some basic materials and laid back a bit. She let out a sigh and looked around; the teacher was engrossed on something on the computer and the students were chatting amongst themselves. The blonde wished she had some friends in this class, but sadly, she found none. A loud shrill bell went off, signaling the end of the passing period. The teacher's gaze finally left the computer and to a clipboard, which he picked up and walked to the front of the class. "I'm Mr. Leon, I'll be your Chemistry teacher for this year. I will call role now, and you will reply with, "here", do I make myself clear?" He demanded, glaring at every one of us. "Yes, sir," the class resounded. After some names he called Naminé's name: "Ah, Naminé Highwind...Cid's kid, huh?" She replied with a shy nod. Her father was the mechanics teacher at this school. "You should know what teachers expect then." He turned his eyes away from Naminé's blues and continued. It went good until he arrived at the 'S's. "Roxas Strife." Mr. Leon called, but was greeted only by silence. "Roxas Strife." He repeated, then shook his head, muttering something like: "The new kid's got guts skipping the first day of school."

The rest of first period went normally with the teacher describing his expectations and rules. The bell rang and students bolted out the door eagerly. Naminé shifted her dark blue eyes around to find her friends but they didn't appear anywhere. She sighed inwardly and walked to her next class: English. It was in hall B. She walked to the hall and turned to see Sora and Kairi laughing at their lockers. "Hey guys!" Naminé greeted. "Oh, hey Nam!" Sora smiled. "I have English next." She told them, leaning against the lockers. " It turns out Sora and I have the same schedule." Kairi gave a sad smile. "But we should have the same lunch, right?"

"I have B Lunch." Naminé crossed her fingers in hopes of the same lunch. "Oh, me too! YAY!" Kairi glomped Naminé happily. "The bell's about to ring! Get to class, girl!" The auburn haired girl pushed the blonde haired girl in the general direction of her class and waved. "Have fun!" Naminé sighed and walked into her class which was all full except for two seats, one in the middle and the other in the back. She sat in the middle one and ignore the gasps of the people next to her, no doubt freaking because of her seating choice. The bell again went off and the teacher walked to the front of the class. "My name is Miss Yuna. As you know, our classes are back to back so we have an extended time together. This won't take much time at all, and since I don't have that many lesson plans, I might let you go next period if you behave this one." Her clear, bell-like voice went off. "Now, its time for me to call role." As usual, there was a pause at Naminé's name. She just received a knowing smile. Also, another thing happened, again: "Roxas Strife? Are you here today darling? Roxas?" No answer. Naminé vaguely wondered where this kid could be, but dismissed the thought to listen to the teacher. Before she knew it, both 2nd and 3rd periods had passed by smoothly.

Naminé got ready for 4th period without meeting up with Kairi and Sora; she never saw them. She sat in history class, her mind in a daze. She couldn't focus without someone she knew beside her. Her loneliness always got the best of her in these types of situations. She hugged herself and said "here" at the proper time when it came. Her mind only focused when she once again heard the name "Roxas Strife". Her eye twitched, was he in all of her classes? He was a no-show again, and she wondered what the heck kind of idiot would skip on the first day of school.

Finally, the bell rang for Lunch. Naminé jumped out of her seat a little too eagerly and surprised the students next to her. You couldn't blame her, with a fear of loneliness, no friends, and hearing the name Roxas Strife over and over she was handling it pretty well. "Kairi, Sora!" She saw the two walking to lunch. "Nam!" They did a group hug and walked together. The trio picked out a table at the center of the cafeteria and Sora and Kairi went to the lunch line. Naminé brought out her bento - she found school food too repulsing - and smiled at the omelette, octopus sausages and steamed rice sitting nicely in her pink plastic container. "Yum!" Kairi and Sora chorused as they sat down, eying Naminé's lunch. She giggled, "Would you like me to bring some extra tomorrow for you two to eat?" She asked. The two nodded enthusiastically and chowed down on their food. "So how was school so far?" Sora asked. "Well, there's this guy named Roxas Strife. He's absent TODAY of all days and so far, he's in all of my classes. Its getting tiring hearing every teacher pause after saying his name." Naminé complained.

"I can imagine!"

Lunch continued in a good direction until Naminé figured out she only had Gym with Kairi and Sora. "Well that sucks." The girl moped, throwing away her trash and walking to her next class. "Yeah," Kairi looked at the ground in a sad manner. "But at least its Gym! Last periods together are always good!" Sora tried to find the positive side, as always. "Oh, well." Naminé stopped in front of her class. "See ya guys." She walked in and sat at the back of the class, giving up on the first impression business. She was not up to keeping that up for she was way too bummed out on the fact that she has almost no classes with her friends. Roxas Strife was called once again at the front, but this time, there were two others: Axel Flurry and Larxene Nymph. Naminé quirked an eyebrow. Who were these kids? Why aren't their parents doing anything about this? She shook her head and let her mind wander.

Next was her free period, which she spent on her favorite freshman spot, the rooftop. She leaned on the railing the lined the edge and let the wind blow her pale hair around delicately. Her serene face was broken by a loud cry below. Naminé tilted her head down and saw a boy punch another. She recognized one: Seifer. The other was new to her. On impulse, she quickly ran down the stairs and out the door where she found the fighters. But...they were gone? Huh, Naminé thought. She heard some rustling beside her and found Seifer in a bush, bruised and bloodied. "S-Seifer? Are you alright?" She called. Naminé didn't know this boy exactly, but she was sure he'd know her name at least. "You're Naminé right?" He deep voice sounded as he got up. "Y-Yes. I just heard some fighting from the rooftops and I went to go check it out." She said. "Yeah, well some kid I didn't even know totally came and started a fight. He was pretty strong for a little shrimp." Seifer cracked some bones and without even a goodbye, he left her out in the open. So some short kid was around, picking fights with random people? She knew she didn't want to be beaten up, so she ran inside as the bell rang.

Now was Gym, the last period of the day. Naminé sighed happily as she opened her gym locker and changed into a blue shirt with black shorts. Kairi walked in the locker room just as Naminé walked out. "Hey, Nam!" Kairi hugged her and went to change into her own clothing. Naminé tied her hair into a ponytail and went to sit in the gym. Sora was already seated, bouncing happily as Naminé sat next to him. "Hey Sora." He hugged her in response and looked at the teacher with anticipation. Sora wanted to join the soccer team and this was his chance to make a good first impression. Right as Kairi walked out, he began to call role. The trio said "here" at their respective times and Naminé groaned when she heard the name Roxas Strife and Axel Flurry. So Roxas Strife really was in all of her classes. Kairi and Sora chuckled at Naminé's reaction.

At last, school was over. Sora left for his detention as Kairi and Naminé walked home together. They talked about the different teachers and Naminé's run-in with Seifer. This shocked Kairi, seeing as how Seifer was the strongest man in the school. "Guess we got some new kids to watch out for." Kairi half-joked.

The split in their separate sections of town and Naminé walked the rest alone. She unlocked her door and called out, "I'm home!" Some scuffling could be heard and a woman in her late 30's walked out in an apron. "Welcome home, Nami dear. Dinner should be ready in a bit." Naminé nodded and began walking upstairs. "Thanks, mama. I'll wash myself up."

Naminé's family was a normal, average one. Sweet mother (that could really be a fangirl at times!) who cares for her family and has no job. Working father who came home for dinner and to sleep, then went back to work in the morning after coffee. Naminé was an only child; her parents had it all planned out. As Naminé sat down at the table, her mother giggled. "So, Nami, did you meet any cute guys on your first day?" She set a plate in front of the blondes seat and two others in front of more chairs. "No, mama. It was a pretty uneventful day. The only interesting thing was that there were these people absent on the first day." Namine put some food in her mouth and chewed thoughtfully. "There's this one named Roxas Strife who's in all my classes. It was tiring hearing them all like, 'Roxas Strife? ROXAS STRIFE!!' and stuff."

Her dad came home and ate dinner with them and Naminé went upstairs to finish her homework before going to sleep.

~ Chapter 1 End ~

How was that? WOO! Roxas makes his appearance in the next chapter, so don't worry. Let me explain something: Nami has a fear of being alone, and its just random. There isn't a story behind it or anything. She's just afraid, and thats that. Now, up front, Naminé seems quiet but if you get to know her she has a good sense of humor and can pack a pretty good punch! I have such hopes for this story, so please give some critique!

---Eat Moar Jelloz