A.N. That's my second fanfic and I think I'm better^^

Well I'll tell you something about this story...

a few days ago a dream something about FFVII...'bout Aerith and another guy's in love with her (I don't say who it is now) and then I thought what would happen if Cloud notice it. And then this Highschool story cames in my mindXD The two rivals should be good friends, that would be more fun^^ And then I just wrote everything down, what cames in my mind x'D

This ending is...well...I quickly wanted to end this chappy and just wrote something...hope it's still alright..It contain a few charas from FFX and KH.

Disclaimer – I don't own FFVII or the other character who appears in this fanfic

Love triangle at Midgar High

Chapter 1: A new student

It's a normal day at the Midgar Highschool and nobody knows that after this day one of the students life turns upside down or rather of two students. One of them is a boy named Cloud Strife. He and his best friend Zack Fair are walking through the hallway to their first class. Cloud has spiky blond hair, bright blue eyes and wears a simple black shirt and black jeans. His best friend is a lot taller than himself and has spiky black hair, also blue eyes and wears a dark blue shirt with the word „Hero" on it and normal blue jeans. „Hey, Cloud, you know what?" Zack asks Cloud. „Hm?" „I heard we get a new student today. And the rumors says it's a girl." „And?" Cloud seems unimpressed. „What „and"? You can finally find a girlfriend!"

„Not interrested..."

„Come on, man! I wait ages for you to find a girlfriend!"

„I don't need a girlfriend." Zack's crossing his arms over his chest. „I pretend not to hear it."

„Do what you want."

„Oh, don't worry, I will." They continue walking in silence. Suddenly Cloud stops. „Hm?" Zack turns to Cloud. „What's wrong?" Cloud's keeping up the silence and is just staring at something. Zack turns around to see what caught Clouds attention, just to find out it's not something he's staring at but someone. On a locker is a girl, who wears a bright pink sleeveless dress and a short red jacket. Her chestnut brown hair is tied in a braid with a pink ribbon in it and has bright green eyes. „Woah...", is all Zack could say this moment. „I bet she's the new student." Cloud still says nothing. Zack looks to Cloud and smirks. He's already falling for her. Too bad, she's totally my type...But Cloud finally found someone and I can't ruin it. I have to help him to get her!, he thinks. „Hey Cloud. You sure you still don't want a girlfriend?" Cloud snaps out of his daze. „I'm sure." „If you say so. Hey let's go to her. We can show her around." He begins to walk, but Cloud stops him. „Don't."

„Why?"

„Uhm..."

„Oh shy, aren't we?", he chuckles. „No!", Cloud shouts, blushing slightly. Zack starts laughing and Cloud just glares at him. „Come on." Zack turns to her again, just to see she's already surrounded by a lot of student, mostly male students, who want to „show her around" too. „Guess we're too late..."

„Hey!", another girl yells. „Leave the poor girl alone!" A girl with long black hair and brown eyes, with a short white belly-tee and a brown mini-skirt walks towards the crowd. „Tifa comes to rescue!", Zack jokes. „Shoo! Get lost already and leave her alone!", Tifa yells and literally kicks their asses to make them walk away from the new girl. „Hi, what's up?", Tifa asks the girl as everyone's gone. „Uhm, I'm you for helping me.", she says, smiling. Her voice...It's so...wow...and her smile...and...her eyes too...wow...,Cloud thinks and is blushing slightly. „No problem! I'm Tifa by the way. Tifa Lockheart." „Nice to meet you. I'm Aerith Gainsborough."

„Aerith, eh? That's a nice name!"

„Thank you."

„How 'bout I show you around? You're new here, right?"

„Yes, I am. And thank you, it would be great if you show me around." She smiles at Tifa. „No problem at all! What's your first class?" „Uhm..." She takes a sheet of paper out of her jacket pocket and opens it. „I have...biology now." „Me too! I led you to the room."

„Thanks again." And the two girls walks away. „Did you hear it?" Zack asks Cloud as the girls diseppeared. „Yeah." „And? What do you think?", Zack smirks. „What am I thinking?" „Aaargh!" Zack slaps his forhead, frustrating. „Okay...once again...You like her, don't you?" Cloud looks at the direction the girls just walked away and then back to Zack with a serious face. „No." „I don't believe you!"

„Believe what you want.", Cloud says and start walking to his first class, which is ironically biology too, and Zack's following. „We're in the same class as Aerith."

„Looks like it..."

„You happy about it?" Zack playfully hit Cloud an his shoulder, still smirking. „Why should I be happy?"

„Haach...you're totaly hopeless...", he sighs and they're walking in silence to their class. Aerith, hm?, Cloud thinks. She seems nice...Zack and Cloud are arriving class just in time. Cloud looks around to find Aerith. She's still talking with Tifa. Aerith's laughing and glances to Cloud and just as their eyes met he looks away immediately, blushing slightly. „Hey, you're blushing.", Zack stated, his smirk growing. „I don't...", Cloud murmes and Zack starts laughing, getting the attention of the whole class. „Shut up already!", Cloud hissed.

„Who are they?", Aerith asks Tifa. „Oh, the tall one is Zack and the blond one is Cloud. They're members of the group Avalanche."

„Avalanche?"

„Yeah, the members of Avalanche are really popular. Cloud's their leader. And I'm in too."

„You too?", Aerith asks surpised. „Japp. You can join us!"

„M-me? But..."

„No buts. We'll eat lunch together and I introduce you to them."

„...Alright..."

„Alright! Then it's settled!" As the lesson begins Aerith has to introduce herself. „Uhm...I-I'm A-Aerith Gai-Gainsborough. I come from Midgar and visited a private school until now. But I wanted to go to a normal school and make some friends and...yes, that's it..." A few students are chuckling slightly because of her stuttering. Even Cloud has to chuckle. She's kind of cute., he thinks, but just as the thought entered his mind he's dismissing it immediately. She sits next to Tifa, in front of himself and Zack. Cloud couldn't help but stare at her the whole time. Zack notices it and smirks again. „Cloud, you're staring.", he whispers to Cloud. „I'm not staring.", he whispers back, still looking at the new, beautiful girl in front of him. Oh boy, he got it real bad..., Zack thinks, his smirk growing.

Lunch time finally begins and the group Avalanche are on their usual table and eat together. The members of Avalanche are: „Leon", who real name is Squall Leonhart, he has short brown hair, brown eyes and a scar on his face, he's the qiet one and so is the other member Vincent Valentine. He has long black hair, bloody red eyes and wears only black clothes. Then there's Yuffie Kisaragi, the always optimistic and cheery one. She has short black hair, with a headbandand wears a green belly-tee and yellow shorts. Tidus is just like Yuffie but not as loud as her. He has slightly spiky blond hair, blue eyes and wears a yellow shirt and black shorts. The next ones are Tifa and Zack and their leader is Cloud himself.

Just as Cloud and Zack enter the cafeteria Cloud looks around hectically, searching for Aerith, who he lost minutes ago. „Searching for Aerith?", Zack asks. „No." „And why are you looking around so hectically?"

„I...just..."

„You just what?"

„Nothing. Let's eat." They're walking to the rest of their group. „Hey boss!", Tidus jokes and Cloud just rolls his eyes. „Where's Tifa?", Zack asks everyone. „Not here.", Yuffie jokes. „She just said she'll come later with, eh, some company." „Company?", Leon asks. „Yeah, don't know who she meant, but maybe it's the new girl?", she giggles. Cloud feels his cheeks growing hot again and his heartbeat's going faster too.

After a few minutes Tifa appears with Aerith. Tifa's smiling at them and begin to introduce Aerith. „Hey, guys. This is Aerith, she's new here. I showed her around just now, that's why I'm late." „Hi Aerith!", Yuffie squeaks excitedly and walks to her. „I'm Yuffie! I don't know you, but I like you already, I'm sure we'll become real good friends!", she says in one breath and Aerith giggles. „Nice to meet you, Yuffie." „She has no friends, so I thought she could join Avalanche. What do you guys think?", Tifa asks everyone. Clouds heart skipped a beat. She'll join Avalanche!, he agrees immediately but didn't say it out loud.

„Yay! A new member!", Yuffie yells, hugging Aerith tightly. „She's always like this, you get used to it.", Tifa whispers and start laughing and Aerith's joining her laughter. „Sure, why not.", Leon agrees too. Vincent just nod. „Yeah!". Tidus says. „I'm in too.", Zack obviously agrees too. Everyone turns to Cloud now. „What about you? You're the leader after all.", Tidus reminded Cloud that he didn't said anything. „Uhm, sure.", he simply says.

„Then it's settled! Welcome to Avalanche, Aerith! I'm Zack and..." Tifa interrupt him. „You should stay away from him, Aerith, he's a real lady's man." „Hey!" Aerith just giggles. „The others are Leon, Tidus, Vincent and Cloud.", Tifa introduced the other members of Avalanche. They sit down and begin to eat. Aerith is sitting in between Cloud and Tifa. Cloud notice a flowery scent in the air, it comes from Aerith. She's smelling like flowers..., he thinks, inhaling her scent. He snaps out of his daze as Aerith begin to talk. „And Zack's the hero in this group?"

„How'd you know it?"

„It's on your shirt."

„Oh, yeah, right!", he laughs. „Hey, Cloud, say something." Zack hit Cloud playfully on his back. „What should I say...?" „Don't know, man, just say something. I know you don't talk that much, but your definitely not like Vincent."

„Who knows? Maybe I want to be like Vincent?"

„No, you don't want it. I know you."

„Aren't you hungry, Cloud?" Cloud jumps slightly as he heard Aeriths angelic voice talking to him. He turns to her, loosing himself in her bright, emerald green eyes. „Huh...?", is all he could say. „You didn't ate anything." He snaps out of his daze amd looks at his lunch, it's still untouched. „Oh...I...I'm not hungry..." But just as he said this his stomach begin to growl.

„Is that so?", Aerith giggles. Cloud starts to blush again and looks away from her. He then begin to eat slowly. „Hurry up, luch time's almost over.", Zack reminds him. „By the way, Aerith, what's your next class?" „Uhm..." She takes out her sheet of paper and opens it. „I have...math now." „That's too bad, I have something else...But Cloud here has math too!" Zack hits Cloud on his back again. „You can walk together!" Cloud growls quietly. „Ahh, I'm sadly in Zacks class...", Tifa whines. „Hey!" „Me too...", Yuffie whines as well. „I have math too.", Leon says. „Then we can go together?"

„Yeah, right, Cloud?"

„Sure." The bell rings out a few minutes later and Leon, Cloud and Aerith are walking to their next class. They're walking in silence. Leon talks not much anyway, Cloud gets lost in Aeriths scent again and Aerith is thinking of a way to talk to one of them.

After school the Avalanche group reunites just to split up again and to walk home together in little groups. „Well, see you guys tomorrow.", Tifa says. „Bye bye!", Yuffie yells and goes together with Tifa. „We have to go too." Zack says and start walking together with Tidus, Leon and Vincent. „Bye, Aerith!", Tidus, says. „Bye.", she smiles at him. „And...Which direction do you have to go?", Cloud asks Aerith, the very first time he says something before Aerith talks to him. „I have to take the bus." Just as she said it, she sees the bus drives past her. „And now...I've missed it..." Cloud thinks for a while. „I can take you home." „Really? But I don't want you to take a circuit..."

„It's okay. Follow me." They're going to the parking lot. Does Cloud have a car? Aerith asks herself. But then she realize he's going towards a black motorbike. Oh my god...he didn't expect me to ride it, did he?, she thinks. Cloud notice her uneasiness. „Don't worry, Aerith. Fenrir's really save." „Fenrir?"

„It's my motorbike, I...named it so..." He looks away, blushing. Zack always teased him about it but he just ignore him, but now he's really worried what Aerith thinks of him...„It's a nice name. I like Fenrir!", she says, smiling at him. „Really...? Thanks..."

„Yes! I'm still scared...but if you say it's save, I'll ride Fenrir!" Cloud smiles slightly and his blush grow a bit too. She's really different than most other girls. He helps her on Fenrir and sits himself in front of her. „Hold on tight.", he says over his shoulder. Aerith immediately did what she was told and wraps her arms around Cloud's midsection. Clouds blush deepened as he feels her body's pressing against his back. He's glad that Aerith can't see his face now and he wonders if she could feel his fast heartbeat...

Cloud takes a deep breath trying to calm himself. „Where do you live?", he asks as he regains himself. She tells him and he's surprised that she's lives near his own apartment. I wonder if I can give her a ride again...I have to give her a first good impression. As they're drive through the streets Aerith holds on Cloud tighter than before, eyes shut. Clouds blushing more if it's even possible. After a while Aeriths peeking with one eye to her surroundings and couldn't help but enjoy the ride and loosened her grip on Cloud slightly. He notice it and smiles to himself.

They arrives at Aeriths place and he helps her to dismount from Fenrir. Cloud looks around and notice a garden with a lot of flowers That's why she smells like flowers., he thinks. „I really enjoy the ride. Thank you, Cloud." Cloud looks at her again and she's smiling at him. „No problem. Uhm, I wanted to ask you if..." He couldn'd finish his sentence as a woman comes out from the house. „Oh Aerith, welcome home." She looks to Cloud. „Who's this and...is that a motorbike?"

„Uhm, yes.", Aerith giggles. „This is Cloud. He's my classmate and new friend and he gave me a ride, because I've missed my bus. Uhm, Cloud this is my mother Elmyra." Cloud looks to her. „Nice to meet you, Ms. Gainsborough." Elmyra walks towards the two. „It's nice to meet you too, Cloud." She leans slightly to Aerith and whispers:„Is he your boyfriend?" „Mom!" Cloud didn't hear what her mother said, but he notices Aeriths blush. „I'm just kidding."

„Where are you going, mom?", Aerith asks her mother to change the subject. „I have to buy some things for dinner."

„I'll go with you."

„No, you can stay at home. I'm back in a few minutes. And you can't leave Cloud all alone, right?"

„Mooom!", Aerith whines and Cloud has to bite back a chuckle. „Well, good bye, Cloud."

„Good bye." And Elmyra walks away. „So...do you want to come in?" He really want to spend more time with her, but he has a lot of things to do and has no time...„I'm sorry, but...I'm really busy..." „Oh...well, I see you tomorrow then."

„Yeah."

„What do you wanted to say before?"

„Uhm...Do you want a ride for school tomorrow?"

„Yes, I'd love to!", she says, smiling. „Alright. See you tomorrow then." Cloud walks towords to Fenrir and get on it and turns on the engine he looks one more time at Aerith and waves her good bye and drives off. Just as Cloud was out of sight Aerith enters her house and waits for her mother to return. I can't wait till tomorrow. Cloud thinks this moment, smiling to himself.