Life. Something everyone thinks about but never take the time to stop and appreciate it. I know I never did. It's hard to believe that there are forty thousand lives being lived on my little island. It makes me wonder how many lives are being lived all together. Probably some number like pi that has no ending. Unfortunately, all lives must end, and mine was ending now. I was drowning. I could only think about stupid things like this. I always thought when you were about to die your life flashes before you and you see how much you missed out on. In my case, I was thinking about life itself. I could feel my chest caving in. My body wanted to fill my lung with air, but my mind knew better. I fought with the seaweed wrapped around my ankle, but it was a one sided fight. I began to feel dizzy and very tired. I felt my eyes slowly close. Before they did I saw a figure coming towards me. To tell you the truth I thought it was god.

" Kairi! Come on wake up!"

My eyes shot open and I felt water pouring from my throat and out my mouth. I coughed for what seemed like forever before I met eyes with whom I expected to be god. I had to admit I was surprised to see Sora leaning over me with a concerned look.

" Are you ok?" He asked uneasy.

I nodded my head and sat up slowly. I looked around at my surroundings. Sure enough, I was still on my island and there was no sign of god. Sora offered me his hand and lifted me up.

"What happened?" He asked curiously.

" I was swimming and some sea weed wrapped around my ankle. I tried to get untangled but I couldn't."

" Sea weed, you almost died because of sea weed?"

" Shut up. How did you know I was drowning?"

" I went by your house and your mom said you were at the beach. So I came here and I was standing on the dock when I noticed someone struggling in the water. I thought you were being eaten by a shark or something."

" Yeah, well I thought you were god."

" Well, I'm not, but pretty close."

I let out a harsh laugh. Sora was so full of himself. He looked hurt at my laugh but then gave me hug. I just sort of sat there, arms at my sides. I hated when he did this. He had no idea what it was like. I've had a crush on him since I could remember but since he was oblivious to the obvious, he never noticed.

He began to tighten his grip until I reminded him I couldn't breathe.

" Oh, sorry."

" It's fine."

We stood there in silence until I suggested we go find the rest of our friends. We walked wordlessly down the beach and towards the normal hang out, which happened to be Namine's house. I wasn't surprised to find the group sitting around the TV like a bunch of zombies. I plopped on the couch next to Riku as Sora took a seat next to me.

" Where were you guys, and why are you guys wet?" Namine asked.

" Well to make a long story short, Kairi almost drowned so I had to save her." Sora said in monotone.

" What? Oh my goodness, are you alright?" Namine asked me with concern filling her eyes.

" No, I'm dead, couldn't you tell?" I answered sarcastically.

Namine just shot me a glare then returned to watching TV. I glanced around the room at all my friends. Hayner was lying on the floor, next to him was Olette who had a huge crush on him but denied it. Roxas had his head in Namine's lap, she was stroking his hair lovingly. Riku was sitting next to me with his elbow propped up on the side of the couch. Rikku and Yuna were sprawled out on the floor with their eyes glued to the TV. This was only half of all my friends. I never realized how many I had. Today was the last day of summer vacation. It was the saddest day for all high schoolers. This year we were all going to be juniors and seniors. I had to admit it was exciting but at the same time it depressed me to know that soon my "childhood" would be coming to an end.

" So what's everyone's plan for tomorrow?" I asked, breaking the silence.

" I figured we would all just sort of find each other from class to class." Roxas answered.

" Yeah, well you can do that. Namine how about you meet me at the front gates?" I asked.

" Well, why don't you just spend the night?" She answered, not taking her eyes of the TV.

I agreed and went to find my purse. I had a cell phone but yet I never seemed to actually have it on me. I went up the spiral stairs leading to the upstairs. I noticed footsteps behind me. I whirled around to see a surprised Sora. He gave me his cheesy grin and followed me into Namine's room. He sat down on the bed as I searched for my purse. I found it under a pile of clothes. I sat next to Sora and dialed my mom's number. It rang a few times until I got the machine.

" Mom, it's me, just letting you know I was going to stay at Namine's house."

I flipped my phone shut and looked at Sora. He was beaming.

" What?" I asked annoyed.

" Nothing."

" WHAT?"

He suddenly began tickling me. I laughed and choked at the same time. He continued his little fun as I begged him to stop. Finally I wiggled out of his grasp and attempted to make a run for it. I ran down the stairs with him hot on my trail. I ran into the living room and hid behind Riku, who was stretching. I watched as Sora tackled a surprised Riku. I giggled as the two playfully wrestled.

" What did your mom say?" Namine shouted over the grunts coming from the boys.

" It's fine, I'm just going to drive to my house and get some clothes."

I grabbed my keys and headed out the door. I was followed by Olette. She asked if she could come along for the ride. I said it was fine and we got in the car and left. The ride was silent. I knew we were both thinking about the same thing, boys. Olette was the one to finally break the silence.

" So why were you at the beach?" She asked while playing with the CD player.

" I was just thinking."

" About what?"

" Everything."

" By everything you mean Sora, right?"

" What? No, I mean everything."

" Sure."

The conversation stopped as we pulled into my driveway. Olette waited in the car as I went inside to get some clothes. I climbed up the stairs to my room. I entered it to find it a mess. I really needed to clean it. I opened my closet and picked out my outfit for tomorrow. I decided on a black tee shirt and pair of old jeans. I grabbed my black vans and headed out the door. The drive back to Namine's was just as silent, probably because we had the music blaring. We entered the house to find a circle around some wrestling boys. I asked Namine what was going on.

" The boys decided to have a wrestling match."

" Ugh, boys." I said rolling my eyes.

" Oh come on Kairi, you're just mad because you can't take us." Sora said with a smirk.

I launched at him. I pulled him into a headlock and began to tease him. He struggled with me for awhile. I don't know how but I ended up being hoisted over his shoulder. I laughed and begged for him to put me down.

" Come on Sora, you shoulder is jabbing into my stomach." I pleaded.

" Too bad" He said while he bounced up and down causing me more pain.

He finally put me down and glanced at the clock.

" Oh shit, it already eleven, I have to go." He said while grabbing his stuff.

" Do you need a ride home?" I asked.

" Yeah, that would be nice."

I grabbed my car keys and headed out the door with him. The first thing he did when we got in the car was changing the CD. I rolled my eyes. He was so like a guy.

" Kairi?" He said in a quiet voice.

" Yeah?"

" I'm glad you didn't die today."

" Um…thanks."

What a weird comment, compliment, or whatever it was. He was weird. Sometimes I wanted to tell him how I feel, but I always chickened out. I had to watch him date other girls and pretend to like them even though I wanted to rip the hair out of their heads. Everybody knew I liked him, and that made me grateful I had such great friends. If he found out I wanted it to be from me. We soon reached his house and I waited for him to get all his stuff together.

" Thanks Kai!" He said as he kissed my cheek.

I watched him enter his house. I was shocked. He just kissed my cheek. I put my car in drive and headed back to Namine's house. I couldn't figure out if he kissed me as a friend or as more than a friend. God, I hate boys. I reached Namine's house to find that everyone except her had left. I went up to her room and changed into some pajamas. I crawled into her bed and closed my eyes. I was soon joined by Namine.

" Are you excited about school?" She asked as she crawled into bed next to me.

" Yeah, I guess."

" So maybe this year you will tell Sora you like him before some slut gets him first."

" I don't know."

" What are you scared of?"

" Rejection."

" Oh. Well, get over it and good night."

I laughed as she turned over. I closed my eyes again and went to sleep.

A/N: Ok guys, that's the first chapter. Hope you liked it. PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks