A/N: I am only thirteen and this is my first fanfic, so please don't insult me. I hope you enjoy the story =D Ratter M for good reasons. You'll know. Bold is texts.

My Best Friend

CH 1

Finishing the Lists

Axel and I sat on the clock tower in Twilight town eating Sea-salt-ice cream and watching the sunset like we normally do. I was in ant. white t-shirt that had a yellow smiley on it and said: Smile, Tomorrows worse, with dark blue jeans. Axel was in a black t-shirt and black skinny jeans.

"So Roxas, what do you want for Christmas?" he asked me when he was done with the light blue treat. "I don't know." l lied. I know what I waI wanted to spend time with him. If you didn't know, I was hopelessly in love with him. The problem is, he isn't gay and he thinks I'm also straight.

You gotta want somethin!" Axel complained. "If I told you that would give away the surprise. Don't you wanna surprise me?" I asked. "Of curse I do, but you never give any hints to what you want!" he complained again. "I trust that you know me better than anyone, so you get to guess what I want." I told him as a smile grew accost my face. "What about you? What do you want?" I asked. "If you won't tell me, I won't tell you!" Axel said, sounding a little childish. "Come on! You gotta give me a hint Roxy!"

"Roxy?" I asked starting to blush. He didn't notice. He was lying accost the cement of the clock tower. His skinny arms folded behind his head keeping it from hitting the cement. His long legs crossed at his knees. "Sorry, does that bug you?" he asked, starting to sit up. Then a cold wind blew. It made me shiver and wrinkles in Axel's black tee shirt. "N-n-no" I finally strutted. "Are you cold?" Axel asked. "Y-y-yeah." I strutted.

Axel got up and walked over to me. He sat back down rapping his warm arm around me. I blushed. The wind blew again so I got closer to Axel. "We should get you some where warm before your on my lap with a cold. Is my place ok?" he asked. "Sure." I said as we got up.

We walked down to Axel's black truck. The whole time Axel kept his arm around me so I didn't get cold. Axel opened the door for me when we got to the truck. I slid inside, leaving his arm. Axel walked around to the other side and slipped in. "Sorry, it may take a while to heat up." he told me.

I moved closer, trying to stay warm. "That's ok." I said. "Hey Axel," I started. "What?" he asked. "Why don't you get cold?" I asked, seriously wanting an answer. " I don't no." he answered. The truck when silent for a while. "Maybe I should turn on some music." I said, finally braking the silence. I left Axel's side, looking for my favorite radio station.

Axel started to hummed along to my favorite song, The Only Exception by Paramore. "You know this song?" I asked. "Yeah, I know that you like this station, so I figured I gotta memorize some song from it. This probably my favorite song now." he answered. Soon I found both of us singing to the song.

When we got to Axel's house the song was over. I looked at the old house. It was large black house with a black door. Then I looked back Axel in his black shirt and remembered we were sitting in a black truck. "Do you have something against color?" I joked when I realized every thing Axel owned was black. "So, this is your house?" I asked. "Yeah, I bought it a month or two ago. The only bad thing about it is that it is in the middle of the woods. It gets lonely. That, and people say that its haunted." Axel informed. I stepped out into a meadow, surrounded in tall green trees. The part of the sky I could see was a light blue, the tree tops covered the rest of the sky.

When we got inside I looked around. Stare cases were on both sides of the large room. I looked at the small hall on the second floor that connected the sides of the room. I got to the center, then looked at the glass below. It was foggy, but I could faintly see a small green area. Maybe it was a garden?

"Wow Axel, you picked a good house." I thought aloud. He laughed. "I know. that's why I picked it." he said. "Do you wanna spend the night? I have a spare room you can stay in it you want." he offered. "I would, but I gotta be with Sora and my mom tomorrow, its Christmas remember." I asked as I raised my right eyebrow. "Oh yeah… I still need to get a gift for you. What do you want?" he asked. "We already went over this. Just get me anything. It doesn't really matter that much." I said.

We walked out to his truck. He kept his left arm around me to keep me warm. "I wish I had my coat." I said. Then Axel took his arm off of me and ran back to the house. I tilted my head as I watch him disappear inside the house. A minute latter he walked out with two long black coats in his hands. They looked the same. The only difference was their size.

"Is that my coat?" I asked as he came back. "Yeah. You left it here a while ago and I kept forgetting to give it back, so… here you go." he said as he handed me my small leather coat. "Thanks. I thought I lost it a week ago." I said as I slipped it on. I tried to zip up the long zipper as we continued to walk to the truck, but the zipper got stuck. 'Damn zipper." I mumbled to my self. "Here." Axel said as he grabbed the zipper and moved it up and down in an attempt to get my coat zipped up all the way. He got on his knees to thrust the zipper harder. "Damn zipper." he said as he realized he zipped wouldn't move at all.

I laughed a little. "What's so funny?' he asked looking away from the zipper. "I said the same thing ten seconds ago." I said. He smiled. "So you did." he said as he got of his knees. I looked up to his emerald eyes. "We can fix the zipper latter. You need to get home and I need to get to the store." he said. We got in the truck and drove towards my house. Along the way I heard Axel humming the familiar tune. "But darlin' you are the only exception" I started to sing, following his rhythm. Soon we were both singing the love song.

I looked out the window to see my small silver car parked in my driveway. "Bye Ax." I said as I got out of his truck. I dug threw my pockets to find my keys. I pulled out my key ring and looked threw the ten keys to find the right one. I heard my phone ringing. I looked at the screen of my Droid. I looked over at Axel who was still sitting it the drive way. I looked at the text.

Whatcha Doin?

Got it memorized?

"Your still here, did you really need to text me?" I asked. My phone rang again as I slipped into the car.

Yes yes I do

Got it memorized?

Im goin 2 ta mall

~Roxy~

Som1 liks ta nickname I gave him

Got it memorized?

Lol i guess i do

~Roxy~

I backed out of the drive way and drove towards the mall. "What do I even want to get him?" I thought as I walked in the store. "Well, Axel like Hottopic so I'll start looking there. I walked to the store, but stopped when I hear a familiar voice. "Who ya shoppen for?"

I turned around. I saw a tall man with a dirty blond mullet in a dark blue tee. Next to him was a man that was a bit shorter. His slate colored hair covered his left eye. "Hey Dem, hey Zexy." I greeted. "I'm looking for something to get Axel… and Sora" I said. I almost forgot about Sora. Ok, so I forgot about my twin brother. The important thing is that I remember him now.

"Any one else?" he asked leaning in. Demyx was easy to figure out. Why not joke around with him? I pretended to think. "Hmm, I still need to get something for my mom. Oh, and I can't forget Riku." I said. I smiled when Demyx just looked at me waiting for me to continue. "What about me?" he asked. I already got you somethin." I said, my smile wide. Demyx jumped. "What is it? What is it?" he asked. "You'll see on Christmas." I said as I walked into Hottopic.

I know the perfect gift. I walked over to the CDs. I picked up a blank CD with flames on it and the matching case. I bought the gift and walked out of the store. Now to get Sora a gift. I walked to Dollargeneral. I go in and walked to the cookies. I grabbed a pack of Oreos and walked to the check out girl. She turned around and smiled. "Hey Roxas. Doing some late shopping?" she asked. "I didn't know you worked at Dollargeneral Namine. Can you guess who I'm shopping for?" I asked. She giggled. "My guess would have to be with Sora." she said. "Congratulations! You win the game!" I joked. We laughed.

"What's my prize?" she asked. "Sorry. No prizes with this game." I said. "How about the money for the Oreos?" she said. I grabbed my black wallet and took out money to pay for the Oreos. "Is Sora the last person on your list?" she asked as she put the money into the register. "Umm no. I still need something for my mom and Riku. Why?" I asked. "Well… my shift is over I a few minutes and I was wondering if you wanted any help." she said. "Ok. I do need help getting something for my mom, so I'll get something for Riku then meet you here. Ok?" I asked. She nodded. "See you in a few minutes." I said as I waved and walked away.

"What would be a good gift for Riku?" I thought aloud. "How about a new pair of headphones?" a voice said from behind me. I turned around to see Zexion. "God Zexion. You nearly gave me a heart attack. How long were you stocking me?"

"Its not my fault you didn't hear me. And I wasn't stocking you, I was walking with you and you didn't notice." he said. "Same thing right?" I asked. "No. if I was stocking you I would be hiding when we stood still and I wouldn't want you to see me, but since I'm walking with you I don't care if you see me." he explained. "So, how long have you been quietly following me?" I asked as I walked to the music store. "Not long. I was in the book store till I realized I had all the interesting books. Then I saw you walk out of Dollargeneral so I went with you." he said. "Ok. What about Demyx?" I asked as I grabbed a pair of good headphones.

I looked back a Zexion when I didn't here him respond. He had his finger out pointing towards a sleeping Demyx. "How did he fall asleep on a bench?" I asked. "He was up all night playing his sitar." Zexion explained. "Oh." I said as I walked over to buy the headphones. I handed the casher the money and walked out with all the gifts.

"I'm going to meet Namine at Dollargeneral. She is going to help me get a gift for my mom. Are you comin?" I asked as we walked out of the store. Zexion looked at me. "No. I think I'll try to wake up Demyx. Good bye." he said as he walked over to the bench that Demyx was snoring on. I walked towards Dollargeneral and saw Namine waiting out side. She was in her normal small white dress and white sandals. She was facing the other was and I guess she was looking for me. I snuck up behind her and put my arms around her hips making her jump.

"Why you so jumpy?" I asked teasing her a little. I took a step back and put my arms to my side as she turned around. "Because you scared me." she said as she looked up at me. I'm not much taller than her, just a little. "What did you get Riku?" she asked. "Some new headphones with the help of Zexion." I said as I pulled out the white headphones. "Nice. If you don't know what to get someone ask a family member." she said as we started to walk. "Your not part of my family." I said. "So I'm not." she said as a small smile appeared across her cheeks.

"Where are we going?" I asked as she led me threw the store. "To K." she said. "You mean that jewelry store?" I asked. She nodded. "Well we're going the wrong way." I said as I grabbed her hand and led her towards the other end of the store. "How do you work in the mall and not know your way?" I asked, but not in a mocking tone. "I just started working yesterday." she said. "Oh." I said as we passed the music store. Demyx quickly spotted us and ran up to us, letting Zexion slowly follow.

"Hey!" he said. I stopped and let go of Namine's hand. "Hey Dem." I said. "Hello Demyx." Namine said shyly. "So, what's up little blond people?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. "Demyx, we're not that much shorter than you. And we're heading to K to get my mom a Christmas present. Wanna come?" I asked. "Isn't that a jewelry store?" he asked. "Why do boys have to ask? Yes. It is a jewelry store." Namine said. "Uhh, no thanks. Zexion and I need to… umm… finish our shopping list." Demyx lied as he grabbed Zexion, who just got near us. "I'd love to go, but we have a lot of shopping to do." Demyx said tugging at Zexion's arm. "No we don't. we just finished." Zexion said. "Well I forgot people." Demyx said. Zexion rolled his eyes and followed Demyx.

"You do know he's lying right?" Namine asked. I turned towards her. "Yeah. Demyx is the worst liar." I said. "Now come on. I really need to get this gift so I can rap it before she gets home." I said as I turned towards the store and continued walking.. She stood still for a moment then skipped to my side.

We walked into the store and looked around. "So what are we getting for her?" I asked as I looked over at Namine. Her bright blue eyes explored the store till she gazed on one thing. I looked over to see what she was staring at. "Perfect." I said as I looked at a teddy bear with a jewelry box in it's paws. "It's so cute!" she said as she walked over to the bear. "and soft." I added as I grabbed one. "What are we going to put in the box?" I asked. She shrugged. We walked over to the earrings and a nice Opal pair. "Opal is her birth stone." I said as I pointed to the small heart-shaped stoned. Namine looked down with her arms leaning agents the glass.

I jumped when I felt a warm hand on my solder. I turned around to see Axel with two bags in his right hand . "Why do people wanna scare me today?" I asked. "So no, Hey Axel, or What's up Axel?" he asked raising an eyebrow and crossing his arms. "Not after the attempted murder." I said as I smiled. He and Namine laughed. "So, who ya shoppin for?" he asked. "My mom." I said. "Oh crap." he said. I tilted my head. "What" I asked. Axel looked down at his bags then into my eye again. "I forgot about your family." he said. I laughed. "Don't worry. I did too for a while." I admitted. He smiled.

"Do you need help finding jewelry for the box?" a girl asked. I turned around. "Oh, hi Olette. We already choose earrings for the bear." I said, pointing to the opal earrings in the glass box. "Nice choice. So, who are these for?" she asked as she grabbed the earrings. "My mom." I said. She smiled. "Do you want the bear in a wrapped box?" she asked. "Yes please." I said. "Ok." she said as she walked over to the register. She grabbed a small red box and put the bear inside. She shut the box, then she put a green ribbon around the box and a matching bow on top.

"There you go. All done." she said as she handed me the box. I handed her some money and she gave me the change. "Thanks." I said. "I'll see you latter." she said as we walked out of the mall. "Bye." I said. I looked at Namine and Axel. "See ya." Axel said. "Bye Olette." Namine said. We all walked to the cars in silence. Namine and Axel glared at each other. "Well, I have to get home. I'll see you latter Roxas." Namine said as she tuned to me and smiled. "Ok. Bye Namine." I said as she walked away. "Bye." Axel said with a smirk growing across his face. I looked at him. "What's with the evil smile.?" I asked. Axel looked at me. "It's nothing Roxy. Are you going to help me finish my list?" he asked. I blushed as I heard my nickname. "Yeah. Who's left?" I asked as I put the bags and box in the car.

Just then my phone rang. My mom was texting me.

Where are you

I'm at the mall with Ax

~Roxy~

Ok. Is he spending Xmas by himself?

I looked up at Axel. "What are you doing tomorrow?" I asked. Axel thought for a moment before answering. "I'll be waiting at my house till I can come over your house, give you your gift, then ask if you wanna hang with Demyx and Zex. If you said no then I would just hang with your family if it was ok. Why?" he asked. "My mom wanted to know if you were spending Christmas by your self." I explained. "Yeah, I am till I come to your house. I'll be lonely" he said.

Yes

~Roxy~

Does he want to spend the night?

"Wanna spend the night at my house?" I ask. Axel smiled. "What do you think. Don't I always spend the night when I can?" he asked. "Yes, yes you do." I said.

He said ya.

~Roxy~

Ok. I'll see you when you get home love you.

Luv u 2

~Roxy~

"Ok. Let's finish shopping so we can go to your house." Axel said as he grabbed his hand and lead me in to the store again. "Who's first?" I asked. Axel stopped, but kept his warm hand on mine, making me blush. "Hmm… How about Sor?" he asked. "Ok. I got him cookies so you can get him some other treat. " I said. "Ok." Axel said as he started walking again. "Where are we goin?" I asked. "To the candy store. Where else can you get the best candy silly Roxy." Axel said. I blushed as I heard my nickname again. Good thing Axel is trying to find the candy store and not looking at me.

"Oh yeah. It's down this way." he said as he jerked me to the left and down a short hallway. We stopped at the large pink letters that read CANDY. Axel looked over at me. "Wow Roxy. Your face is red. Maybe you should take of your coat to cool down a bit." he said. He thinks I'm getting to hot is all. Good thing I picked a dumb-ish best friend. I messed with the zipper again. "Damn zipper." I mumbled as I remembered the zipper was still stuck. "Roxy. Careful with your words. A lot of kids are here to see Santa." Axel said. I looked around the empty store. "No there isn't." I said. "Smart ass." he said as a smile appeared across his face. "It's not my fault you can't count dumb ass." I mocked.

A little kid walked up to us. "What's an ass?" he asked. "Told you." Axel said. Then he bent down to look the kid in the face. "It's a donkey, but a mean way to say it so don't repeat it. You might get on Santa's naughty list if you do." he said. "Ok." the little kid said as he ran back to his dad.

"When did you get so good with kids?" I asked. "When I started babysitting for a job." he said. "When did you start babysitting. And who do you baby-sit?" asked. "I started babysitting when I met your brother. Sure we're the same age, but it doesn't seem like it. Your mom asked me to watch him while she went to the store." he explained. "Where was I?" I asked. Axel shut his eyes. "You were passed out on the couch." he said. "Oh. How old was I?" I asked. Axel opened his eyes. "Does that really matter?" he asked. "No, but I still wanna know." I said. "But we have shopping to do. We can talk about this later. Does Sora like jaw breakers?" he asked. I don't know. He likes gummies." I said. "He said gummy worms are is favorite." I said.

Axel dragged me into the store. He still had my hand in his. "Ok. Lets get some gummy worms and gummy bears." he said as we ran towards the back of the store. He suddenly stopped in the middle of the store and I crashed into him, knocking him down. I fell on top of him and stayed a moment before realizing what happened. I sat up as I began a string of apologies. "I'm so sorry Axel. I didn't mean to knock you down. I'm really sor-" he put his had over my mouth to shut me up. "It's ok Roxy. It was an accident. I'm fine. Are you ok?" he asked. I nodded. He took his hand off of my mouth. I moved so I wasn't sitting on his chest any more. He got up and offered me a helping hand, witch I gladly accepted.

I grabbed a bag of gummy worms as Axel picked out some gummy bears. Then he grabbed some sour worms. "Sora doesn't like sour." I said as we walked to the check out. "They aren't for Sora. They are for us." he said. "Ok. I as Axel grabbed his Black wallet. It had bright red flames on it. I set the gummy worms down. Axel put down the gummy bears and sour worms. "Is that all?" he asked. "Yeah. This is it." Axel said. Axel gave the man the money and grabbed the bag. "See ya." Axel said as we walked out of the store.

"Ok. Now where?" I asked. He grabbed my hand and ran to the other end of the mall. He started to slow down at the music shop, but didn't comply stop till we were in the flower shop. "What are your mom's favorite flower?" Axel asked. I thought for a minute. "Hmm. She likes roses." I said. Axel already had a dozen roses in his free hand. "Why'd you ask if you already knew?' I asked as I took my hand out of his. "I just wanted to make sure." he said. "let's go get a vase." he said grabbing my hand and pulling me once again. We stopped at the back wall by the glass vases. "This one looks nice." I said as I reached for clear vase with a black diamond pattern on the top shelf.

"I can't reach it." I said as I jumped trying to get it down. Axel put his arms on my sides and lifted me up so I was eye level with the vase. I grabbed it an Axel set me down and picked up the flower he set on the floor. "And that was easier than just reaching up and grabbed it?" I questioned. "I thought you wanted to get it." he said. I smiled. "Does it really matter who gets it?" I asked. "No." he said as we walked to the casher. Axel got out his wallet and paid for the gifts. "Do you want them in a box?" she asked. "Sure." Axel said. The girl put the flowers in the vase. She reached under the counter and grabbed a gold box. She put the vase in and shut the box. Next she grabbed some silver ribbon and a bow. She wrapped the gold ribbon around the box and put the bow in the corner. "Here you go sir. Have a nice day." she said as he handed Axel the box.

"Need any help?" I asked. "No, I got-" he said before a bag fell of the top of the box. "Yes please." he said. I leaned of and grabbed the bag that fell. I looked inside. "Good thing it was just the candy." I said as I put it on the wrist that was held out. "Yeah, good thing I didn't drop your gift." Axel said. My eyes go wider as I stared at the other bag that was on his wrist. "Is that my gift?" I asked. "Yep, but you can't have it till midnight." he said as he kept walking. "Well I gotta go so I can finish wrapping your gift. See you latter." I said as I walked to my car. "Bye Roxy!" he yelled as I got in my car. I blushed as I shut the door and grabbed the keys. I shoved the right key in and the engine roared to life. I hummed as I drove home.

A/N: So, whatcha think? Please review and tell me where I went wrong, or what you liked best in the story. I'd also like ideas for more chapters. And how many people review saying the like it or how many people favorite or follow will help me choose how many chapters the story will have. Thanks for reading my story. I really hope you liked it… so far.

Chapter two is already written and will not be posted till someone reviews. I don't care it it's sighed or not, or if it's a complement or a complaint, just post something.