Journal 2

It was twelve in the afternoon on the dot and still curled up in copious amounts of blankets was, a very sleepy brunet with spiky hair. He lived in a family of four - a mother, a father, and two sons. Well truth be told they were quite the interesting family. For starters, the mother was the one to go to work all day, and she came home to a well cleaned house, hot meal, and a husband who had spent all day doing chores and meeting the kids' needs.

The older brother, Leon, usually spent most of his day on the computer, doing work, reading, or tutoring his friend. The younger brother, who usually slept until noon, filled the house with his energy and often went out with his friends until late at night. No matter what, though, the family always had dinner together, whether they had to rush home from friend's houses bring their companions with them. In that house, the dinner table, was always set for at least four.

Currently, the older brother was in the younger brother's room trying to wake the younger one up from his heavy sleep. "Sora...Hey, Sora." Leon sighed as his younger brother simply rolled over. He thought for a few moments then smirked, he took a step back from his brother to call, "Sora, honey! Lunch is ready!" in a sweet voice that sounded spookily like their mother's.

Quickly, Sora shot up from his bed. He looked around at his slightly messy room then out the window to see that the sun was high in the sky. Then he spotted his brother and crossed his arms pouting. "Yeah real funny Squall, mom doesn't even make us lunch!" He grinned from ear to ear before picking up his fluffy blue pillow and firing it at the older teen. "Accept your pillowment!" After successfully catching the pillow albeit with his face, Leon threw it back at Sora with a sulky frown. "I told you to call me Leon, squirt!" It didn't bother Leon to be called Squall per se. It only irked him because Sora knew his preference and chose to ignore it.

In a matter of moments, Sora detangled himself from his white, fluffy, comforter and moved to his sibling's side to give him a big hug of apology. Afterward, he scampered off to shower. This was the normal summer routine for the pair because house rules said that Leon had to wake Sora up before he had any guests over, and, like always, Cloud was already on his way to the home.

After a quick shower, a phone call, and some clothes Sora just made it down the stairs in time to greet the equally spiky haired blonde who seemed to spend more time at their house than his own. His cheer quickly turned to nerves, and instead of saying 'Hi Cloud, how you doin' today?' It came out as. "Uh, Hey. You're here again!" He tried his hardest to inject the words with his usual prep, but they fell very flat.

The blonde lifted his goggles out of his eyes to rest atop his fluffy hair and leaned down a bit to stare at the now awkward teen. "Hey squirt, looks like you've shrunk since I last saw you." Sora puffed his cheeks and put his fists on his hips. "Nuh uh! You're just a giant!" Just like that, his nerves were gone.

Cloud chuckled, ruffling Sora's hair and headed up the stairs to follow Leon, who awaited him at the top of the stairs. The pair then disappeared into Leon's room. Sora flushed before he bounced into the kitchen. What awaited him was a bowl of Chicken paopu noodle soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, his favorite, his father knew just what to make him to ensure a good start to an awesome day.

Sora thanked his father appreciatively to which the man merely smiled and adjusted his glasses before going back to washing dishes, Sora practically inhaled his soup then took off like a storm, grabbing his grey skateboard on the way out. He was going to meet his best friends at the island!

"The Island" wasn't actually an island, as permissive as Sora's parents were, they would never let him row out to one of the other islands in view without an adult, and that's why they were planning a trip to the real islands when they were adults.

After skateboarding through town, and making sure to greet everyone as he went, Sora stopped at the edge of the beach to continue on foot from here. He took off his shoes and socks to enjoy the feel of the warm sand between his toes as he ran towards a forest-like area that signified the end of the beach. When Sora reached it he kept running. He pushed branches aside as he did all the while holding his breath. Sora liked to pretend that if he didn't hold his breath he wouldn't end up at the hideout on the other side, and would instead he would end up in some strange foreign land! Maybe one with talking animals, or little demonic minions of an evil sorceress who wanted to take over the kingdom by putting a beautiful princess into a deep sleep!

After holding his and running full tilts Sora burst through the other side of the forest and flopped down in the sand breathing heavily once he saw the large wooden pirate ship that he and his friends named 'The Island.' He knew the danger of being spirited away to another had passed. The ship was old, broken, and enormous. There were many places to enter and leave the ship via the holes broken into its sides, but none-the-less it was still a paradise to the teenagers.

After lying in the warm sand for a few moments, Sora got up and brushed off his white tee shirt and red pants. Picking up his discarded skateboard and shoes, he ran to the ship and climbed into one of the holes.

Once inside, Sora slipped his socks and yellow converse back on, to avoid splinters and then started to climb the creaky wooden steps that led to the deck level. Emerging from the musky stairwell, he took in a welcome breath of fresh air and announced to his friends, whom were all lying in a circle on the floor, he had arrived. "I'm here guys!" His voice was upbeat and full of joy as he bounced over to the group and then sat in the middle.

An orange haired boy with fauxhawk snorted and sat up, his towel falling down to reveal he was shirtless. "Well, all our peace is gone now! Better have appreciated it while you could have!" He teased."Hey Wakka, nice to see you too!" Sora stuck out his tongue. Before he could say more, another one of his friends, Tidus, hung on him. The blonde was all smiles as he wrapped his arms around Sora's neck and leaned on him. "He's just teasing Sora!" Tidus reassured him before he let go to turn Sora over to their silver haired friend. Tidus did not want to get caught up in the rough noogie he knew Sora had coming. "Hey Airhead! What took you so long." Sora's face turned up and he practically clung to the other.

"RIKU!" Sora exclaimed, laughed, and fought back a little before he explained. "I had to eat you know! A day doesn't start till your belly is full!" Before Riku could say anything to that Kairi sat up and said. "Sora, your dad is so cute! I swear he's better than most moms I know." Laughing, Tidus pointed at Kairi. "Oh come on now, don't get jealous Miss My Dad Is The Most Awesome Dad Ever!"

Kairi shook her head to deny it, but Sora blurted out. "He rides a motorcycle and taught you how to ride one! He's so bad ass. I think he carries a gun!" Kairi simply giggled and waved him off. "Your standards of awesome are so silly, Sora!" Sora pouted to pretend he was upset at the comment, before he laid down and folded his gloved hands over his chest. "ANYWAY! How was everyone's day yesterday?" He seemed to go back to his cheery self almost instantaneously. "Did everyone draw up designs for the ship remodeling?" The group just stared. Sora sighed and pulled out a folded piece of paper from his back pocket unfolded it, and showed it to the group. It was a drawing, a very poor one, of a ship with cannons, a bouncy castle, ferris wheel, and fire poles, all done in bright colors. Sora was smiles while he displayed his friends the drawing proudly. "Isn't it awesome guys?"

Riku could only chuckle as he and the other members of their group exchanged looks; no one really had the heart to tell Sora how bad it was. "It looks awesome!" Kairi spoke up. "Let's all make one and pick one from them all." The group nodded their agreement and Sora frowned, folding his arms over his chest. "That's what you guys said last time I showed it to you!"

Wakka rubbed the back of his head, before coming up with something quickly. "We all thought that the deadline was next week." Sora gained an understanding look and nodded his head with his eyes closed. "Ah, I see! Well, I can't wait to see what you all create."

Riku mentally slapped his forehead and tried to wipe the smirk off his face. His friend was so naïve sometimes. Someone really needed to fix that about Sora, or he was sure to be taken advantage of one day.

Sora quickly put his drawing away to keep it safe and then sat in front of Kairi, knowing she would scratch his head if he did. "So, what was everyone doing before I got here besides lying around like bums?"

Wakka and Tidus looked at each other before answering in unison. "Lying around like bums!" Sora laughed and relaxed as Kairi began to run her nails through his hair. "We could play blitz ball before we go looking for more parts for the ship!"

Wakka and Tidus instantly got up and started to run toward the blue ball at the other end of the ship. "Come on Sora! Last one to the ball has to play on Tidus' team!"

Sora quickly sprinted off, after them, yelling. "No fair!"