Hey hey! I've redone this chapter soo... it's a bit longer and better. I proofread it and realized how many mistakes there were! Augh, kill me now!

Disclaimer!

Me: I don't, and never will, own Kingdom Hearts.

Chapter 1: Making Plans

"Why don't you ever write stories anymore?" Kairi asked, dipping a french fry in a pool of ketchup.

Because I lost the will to write, I thought. "I just type faster, that's all." I glared at Kairi. She retreated to eating her lunch.

I told her not to mention anything about my writing. I had to quit writing over the summer because my parents claimed that I needed to 'advance in the world' and took away all my journals, leaving a laptop in their place. I was furious; my journals had all my best stories in them, and then they just went 'poof!' gone.

The laptop had seemed so foreign on my writing desk. I would just stare at it for hours, wondering how this piece of bolts and wires was even remotely better than a paper-pencil combo. Eventually I would turn it on, watching the loading screen flash before me. I would enter the pass code that my parents forced me to make up because they didn't want me constantly bugging them about getting the password to 'play' on my laptop.

But, to my surprise, that emerald-colored laptop grew on me. I started getting on it everyday, not realizing that every time I got on, I was distancing myself further and further from writing by hand. If I had known this was going to happen, I would've thrown that thing in the dump months ago; or given it to charity.

"Hey, Rose. You look like you've got a lot on your mind." Riku slipped into the seat next to mine.

I returned to Earth from my thoughts and put my head on his shoulder. He had to be the best boyfriend a girl could ever have. Kairi's always trying to tell me how many girls wish they were in my shoes. I always just shrug her off.

"Yeah. I've been thinking a lot lately. And she," I shot a glare at Kairi, "Won't quit bugging me about my past of writing."

Kairi refused to make eye contact with me and turned to Riku. "Riku, maybe you can get something out of her! She's like an open book around you!"

I tried to seem serious, but the grin on my face told otherwise. "Am not, Kairi!"

Riku wrapped an arm around me. "Oh c'mon, Rose. You have to admit, you kind of are an open book around me."

I looked up at him. "What? Are you and Kairi double-teaming on me now?"

We all laughed. Sora slid into the seat next to Kairi and her face instantly turned red.

"Hey, Kai! How goes it?" Sora chirped.

Kairi focused her blue eyes on her lunch. "I-I'm fine, Sora. How 'bout you?"

Sora wrapped an arm around her. "I'm fine, but Kai, what's wrong? You seem off."

Riku glared at both of them. Dang, he could be pretty scary if he wanted to. "Why are you two acting so wierd?"

Kairi and Sora apologized at the same time, sheepish looks on their faces. "Sorry."

I felt Riku's arm tense up and I knew he was getting irritated. "That didn't answer my question."

"Umm, Riku," I looked up at him, trying to calm him down. "You don't need to be so tense with them. It is, after all, their 2nd month-i-versary." The last part came out as a whisper. If Sora forgot, it would seem unfair for me to remind him.

Riku sighed and abandoned his verbal assault on the innocent couple. Sometimes, in this world, or so Riku tells me, I am the only thing that can calm him down. I wondered if this was one of those times.

While Riku and I were distracted, Sora reached into his pocket and pulled out a small navy blue box. At the same time, Kairi pulled a small box wrapped in blue-and-white 'I LUV U' gift wrapping paper that had a giant silver bow on it. Then that means neither of them forgot.

"Happy Anniversary." They both said at the same time.

Riku and I let out small relaxed sighs as they exchanged presents. It was nice watching the get along, considering how long it took for them to admit their feelings for each other. Kairi knocked Riku and I together, claiming that we would be perfect for each other. We started going out for her sake, but after about a month, we realized that we really did like each other. You couldn't call it a miracle, just love's work.

Riku pulled me close and kissed my forehead. I rose up a little and kissed his cheek. Sora and Kairi were fussing over who should open their presents first.

"Hey, you guys. Why don't you," Riku stopped mid-sentence and looked at me.

"Just open the presents at the same time?" I finished for him.

That was just something we did. We were just so in synch, we could finish each other's sentences. One quality that, as they admitted themselves, Sora and Kairi might never have.

Sora and Kairi looked at each other, at us, at the presents, and then back at each other. They nodded and smiled. "Could you count us down?" Sora asked.

"Sure." Riku replied.

"Wait." I said as I fumbled around in my purse for my phone. I wanted them to remember this; it wasn't for me. They would always forget things, even important events like this. One quality that, as we admitted, Riku and I might never have.

When I finally found my phone, I pressed the record button and motioned to Riku. "Count us down, my trusty cadet!" I said cheerfully.

Riku chuckled and replied, "Sure thing, captain!" He looked at Sora and Kairi and said, "Three... Two... One..."

"PRESENT TIME!" Riku and I said at the same time. We laughed a little and turned to Sora and Kairi again.

Sora and Kairi took our cue and started opening their gifts. I loved catching the surprised looks on their faces. It turns out Sora got Kairi a pair of cushion-cut diamond earrings, and Kairi got Sora those new Nike's he wanted. I caught them both trying to hide tears of happiness as they gazed at their presents.

I smiled and pressed the 'Stop' button on my phone and stuffed it back in my purse. I was about to say something when Riku's phone started ringing. He apologized softly before picking up.

"Hello? Oh, hey Selphie." I heard a soft murmur coming from the phone. "I know I can, but I'm not sure about the others." More murmuring. "Okay." Riku moved the phone from his ear, but I could tell he hadn't hung up yet. "Hey, Selphie wants us to go to the island with her. You want to?"

Sora and Kairi had already put away their presents, and were talking over their lunch, sharing a cookie. When they acknowledged the question, Sora's shoulders slumped and Kairi sighed.

"I can't. I got completely crammed with homework." Sora looked on the verge of tears again.

Kairi looked just as disappointed. "I can't either. Naminé and I made plans to meet at the library to study for a math test. Sorry."

Riku looked at me, his viridian eyes pleading me to come. Well, it's not like I have anything better to do, and it would be nice to spend some time with everyone outside of school lunch.

"Sure, I'll go with you. What time should I leave?" I looked up at Riku and smiled.

Riku beamed and said, "Don't worry. I'll call you before I come pick you up. So... just be ready before I get there."

I nodded and saw Riku pull the phone up to his ear. "Selphie, you still there? Okay, so Sora and Kairi can't come." I heard more murmurs. "Sora has a mountain of homework and Kairi made study plans with Naminé. But Rose and I are coming." Riku nodded at the never-ending murmurs of Selphie's voice and said, "Okay, I'll see you at 8, then. Bye." Riku hung up.

"So, we're leaving at 8?" I asked.

"Yeah. Are you sure your parents will let you out that late?" Riku was pretty concerned when it came to my parents.

"They probably will if you ask them to. They seem to love you more than they love me." I sighed. That was one more wonderful thing about Riku. Almost all adults love him. Even the strictest parents would probably enjoy his company. He just has a way with people...

"Umm... okay. Yeah, I'll umm, see you at 8." Riku stumbled over his words.

I looked up and gave him a reassuring smile, silently dismissing the subject of my parents.

Sora's voice startled me a little. I had almost forgotten he was there, and it was the same with Kairi. "Hello? Earth to R and R!"

R and R is what everyone calls us. Sora came up with the nickname and Kairi, being as popular as she is, spread it around. Sora said it just came to him one day, upon realizing that both of our names begin with 'R' and we were a couple, so he just walked in and started calling us R and R. Thus the nickname was born.

"Sorry." I said for Riku and I. Riku gave them the most apologetic look he could.

"You two. Always in your own little worlds." Kairi tried to seem like she pitied us, shaking her head.

I smirked. "It's not like you guys don't do it, too!"

We all laughed again as the bell rang. We grabbed our trays and set them on the kitchen window.

Sora and Kairi took a left down the hallway and Riku and I took a right. We waved goodbye as we got farther and farther away.

Riku's class was at the end of the hallway, but mine was across the courtyard.

"Are you sure you don't want me to walk you to class?" Riku asked me.

"Thanks, but no. If you do, you'll be late to class." I said.

Riku looked away and mumbled, "I don't mind."

I shook my head when he looked back at me. "But I do. I don't want you to get in trouble because of me."

Before he could respond, I got on my toes and kissed his cheek, squeezed his hand, waved, and started walking away.

"Bye, Rose." Riku exclaimed down the hall.

"Bye, Riku." I turned around and blew him another kiss before swinging open the double doors that led out to the courtyard.

Yeah... this chappy needed a ton of fixing... when I first typed this I wasn't that good of an author, so... But now I'm better, and soon, maybe my chapters will be more than 4 thousand words each! It might happen in this story... we never know! :D Review, please!