Okay, I can't believe I'm doing this again, but here it is. The re-edited version of Second Chances (again -_-) but now called Love the Way You Lie. Like the song from Skylar Grey. I realized I like to write stories to go along with my mood or with a song that really speaks to me. And with the way Second Chances was going, I felt like it need ANOTHER change.

So I guess it'll be like a song fic, but not exactly. And I'm not changing anything that I've written, but I definitely will describe the outfits a lot less. It's not only boring and has nothing to do with the story, but its hard to describe everything. But important outfits, like prom, will be described.

But the song won't start until a few chapters from now. So until then, it is just a normal story.

That's it, so enjoy. :D I know it'll be better now.

Oh and here are the ages of all of the characters:

16: Namine, Kairi, Olette, Xion,

17:Roxas, Sora, Hayner, Demyx

18: Riku, Rinoa, Larxene

19: Squall, Axel, Seifer,

35- Tifa, Aerith, Yuffie

36- Cloud, Zack, Vincent

So enjoy :D And tell me what you think.

Chapter 1: Starting a New Life

I frowned and blew some hair out of my face as I looked at the next box I would have to unpack. My family had just moved from Radiant Garden to Twilight Town. I had to admit, I wasn't too happy about the move. I had a great life there. I was popular at my high school, even though I was so shy.

I threw my now empty bag aside, picking up my last bag to unpack. My parents said this would be fun, but it was no fun at all.

Halfway through unpacking, I got agitated. It seemed like this bag would just never be empty! So I threw it aside and fell on my bed. I smiled at the warmth.

"CANNONBALL!" I heard someone scream. My eyes widened, I had to get up before he-

And then, as always, I felt someone fall on top of me, his elbow stabbing into my back. I swear there are like a thousand of bruises on my back because of him. He was my second older brother, Demyx, but it was just by one year. He's seventeen but he acts like he is eight.

"Demyx! Get off of me!" I screamed, which he did while laughing. I rubbed the now sore spot on my back. He then looked around the mess that was my room, "You look like you're doing a great job."

I tried to think of a smart comeback, but all I could say was, "I'm not done yet." He smiled at me, "Then I'll help." And before I could even react, he grabbed the bag I had previously thrown on the floor and dumped all of the contents on my bed.

My jaw dropped at the mess. Demyx clapped his hands together, "And my work here is done!" Then he grabbed the mess he made on my bed and just threw it to the floor! With the bed empty, he threw himself on it and grinned so stupidly at me.

I paid no attention, seeing all of the clothes on my floor. I had no idea I had so many. Great, now I had to put all of this away by myself, knowing Demyx wouldn't help me at all. But thankfully, my eldest brother, Squall walked in. He looked around my room, shaking his head with disappointment. "Namine…"

I rolled my eyes, "Don't blame me, this was all Demyx's fault." I exclaimed, pointing to my evil brother. Of course, he was making that 'I'm-an-angel' face. I just wanted to slap him so badly.

With all the noise we were making, my parents walked in. Cloud and Tifa Strife. All of us knew a lot of people spoke badly about them, despite them both being pretty famous. My father was a news reporter and my mother was a model and owned her own fashion line. My parents were the only reason I was so popular in my old school. People just wanted to use me.

Any way, because my mother gave birth to Squall when she was only sixteen, a lot of people thought of her as a slut. And my father was considered to be a 'bad influence'. Now most people are only nice to them because they're so rich. When I hear what people say about the Strife family, I just want to punch them.

I especially hate when people say I'll end up the exact same way.

"Namine, dear, I asked you to clean your room, not make it messy." My mother said. I sighed, "Mom! I was, but then Demyx came and ruined everything. Make him clean it up."

Demyx jumped off my bed and almost slipped on a pile of clothes. I wish he did. "No mom, don't listen to her! I just came in the room and saw this huge mess." My mouth formed a little o. No way was I going to let him get away with this. I stomped up to him and glared, trying to be fierce. It was kind of hard because he was taller than me.

"Oh great." Squall sighed, "I'm out of here." My father looked at him with curiosity. And where would you be going?" He looked at us, but we all already knew. Squall's girlfriend, Rinoa, lived in Twilight Town. Squall gave a tiny smile, which was so rare for him. It was all thanks to Rinoa, she was making him so much nicer.

I watched him leave, wishing I could too. I never been to Twilight Town and I always here so many people saying it's beautiful, especially at the sunset. I wanted to be out everywhere on the first day, but then I found out I'd be stuck here all day.

Demyx and my father went out to buy some more furniture for our house, so it was just me and my mother.

"Namine?"

I looked up at her, "Yeah mom?"

"Do you remember who moved to Twilight Town before?"

A certain redhead came to mind, but I decided to act dumb, "No, who? She must've slipped my mind." I said as I folded a shirt I never even knew I had.

"I never said the person was a girl." She pointed out. I looked up, realizing my slip up. "Yeah, you're right. I do remember." I admitted.

Kairi Valentine. My once best friend. It was strange, we went from being inseparable to being split apart. She had moved from Radiant Garden, our hometown to Twilight Town. We always wrote letters to each other every day, until she just stopped. I waited a week for her reply, but she still never sent me a letter. So I sent another one, and then another one.

Then finally, I got a response. But it broke my heart.

She wrote that she had better friends and didn't need me anymore. She also said stop writing to her because I was just annoying her. She was ashamed to have me as her best friend, and the only reason she became friends with me in the first place was because I was so famous.

That letter broke me apart.

And to this day, I never threw it out. I still have it, but I can't even look at it without breaking into tears. I never fully understood the reason, but I knew she wouldn't respond to my letters. Because of her, I never could make friends. I would let people in, and let them call themselves my friends, but I would never want to get to close to them.

There was one thing I hated, and that was being alone. And she left me alone.

Kairi…

I realized my mother was staring at me. Had she said something to me.

"Namine, honey. It kills me to see you like that. Maybe you two could make up. You are going to the same school after all." I squeaked, my mother look at me weirdly, "What? Mom! I don't want to see her!"

She merely shrugged, "Sorry honey, I already signed all the papers. You have to go to this school. But don't worry, Demyx will be there. You won't be alone."

But that wasn't what I was afraid of. I was afraid of seeing Kairi. I was afraid of all the emotions I had been keeping locked inside would come out.

The next thing I knew, my mother was hugging me and stroking my hair. "Honey, why don't you go outside? You need fresh air. Besides, drawing always calmed you down. There has to be something interesting enough for you to draw!" She clapped her hand and smiled widely.

She was trying so hard to make me happy, to make me love this town. And I couldn't stand to see her upset. I sighed. If I was going to be living here, I might as well have tried to enjoy it. So I found my sketchbook and pencils and left my house.

I saw some kids in a funny looking uniform and some with just regular clothes, so I figured school must have ended. A part of me was hoping it wouldn't be those moments where I just happen to bump into Kairi. As I walked around, I realized this place and Radiant garden were kind of the same. Except in Radiant Garden, everyone knew each other. And it was cleaner.

And as I looked straight ahead, I realized this place was a lot more violent too.

I saw a boy with spiky blonde hair wearing camo pants and a tall guy wearing a beanie. The tall guy was beating up the other guy with a dark blue stick. I saw a chubby boy and a girl with brunette hair tied in two braids nearby and decided to ask them what was going on.

The chubby boy looked at me in shock, "You don't know what Struggle is? Hey wait, are you knew in this town? I don't think I've seen you around before."

I smiled nervously and pulled a strand of hair behind my ear, "Uh, yeah."

"Cool." He said, "My name is Pence. What about yours?"

"It's nice to meet you Pence. My name is Namine" I replied. In my head, I was hoping they wouldn't recognize me as 'the daughter of the famous Strife family'.

"I'm Olette." The girl said, "That's our friend Hayner in the arena. The other guy's name is Seifer. He's bad news, so I wouldn't mess with him." She said pointing to him. I breathed a sigh of relief, they didn't know it was me.

I watched the boys fight, finding it stupid and pointless. What kind of game was this? If this was the only main event in this town, maybe I won't like it here after all.

"You know," Olette started, 'Namine, you look kind of familiar. Where have I seen you before?" Uh oh, that was definitely my cue to leave, "We've never met before, so that's impossible," I said calmly, adding a laugh to sound casual, "Well, I should go. It was nice to meet you both." And before they could say anything else, I hurried off.

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I was so happy I had a pair of sunglasses with me. I put them on to cover my face, and they worked because no one even looked at me.

I didn't want this to be like my old school. I just wanted to fit in as a normal kid. I was tired of being the rich and famous Namine, who people only became friends with to be popular or try and use me for money.

I was in front of this amazingly tall tower. I wondered where I was, only seeing a sign that said 'Station Heights'. I wanted to go to the top of this tower. Maybe I could see the whole town from up there.

And even more importantly, I would be away from people. I could be invisible for once in my life.

When I had finally reached the top, after climbing all those staircases, I looked at the sight in front of me.

Sunset.

I took off my sunglasses to get a better view. It was like it was radiating. I outstretched my arm, feeling like I could just touch it. There were no beautiful sights like this. Or maybe there were just no extremely tall towers to get such a good view.

I sat down on the railing and began to draw, with a huge smile on my face.

Maybe this move won't be so bad after all.

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*Olette's POV*

I watched Namine walk away, wondering why she was such in a hurry to leave. "Pence, you noticed it too, right?"

He nodded, "Yeah, that girl definitely looked familiar. But this is her first time here. How could we have ever seen her before?"

I shrugged, "You're right. Maybe it's nothing. I'm going to go home. Tell Hayner I said bye." He nodded, so I made my way home.

When I opened the door, the television was on, on the news. My parents probably forgot to turn it off or something. But just as I reached for the remote, I saw the world's hottest new reporter, Cloud Strife. Every girl fawned over him, and all the guys drooled over his beautiful wife, Tifa.

I decided to listen, "So Cloud," the guy next to him said, "are you happy you moved to Twilight Town? How is your first day on the job?" Cloud chuckled, the sexiest thing I've ever heard, "Yes I am. Everything here is great and my family loves it here."

"That's great," the guy said, "And how are your kids taking it?" Cloud frowned a little, but then laughed, "I didn't realize I would be interviewed." The guy flushed with embarrassment, but Cloud continued, "My kids weren't too excited at first, but I want them to feel at home here. So I would appreciate it if the other kids would treat them like every other kid."

I stared in shock. Suddenly, it all made sense. That girl Pence and I met today. She was Namine Strife, the daughter of Cloud and Tifa Strife! I had talked to a celebrity! I yanked my phone and selected my friend's number. As swiftly as I could, I texted, 'Kai, I just met Namine Strife o_o'

In about two seconds, she responded, 'OMG! MEET ME BY THE CLOCK TOWER! I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHINGGG! :O:O:O:O:O Btw Xion is coming with me :D

I smiled inwardly. For once, the attention wasn't on Kairi. I mean, I love her to death and she is my one of my best friends, but I'm getting tired of just being behind Kairi all the time. I needed days like this, where for once, I would be on top.

I shook off these feelings, wondering where they were coming from. I grinned widely as I left my house. I couldn't wait to tell them both.

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End of chapter 1. This time, I'm going to try to update faster. And this time, I made it that Namine never met Olette or Xion, only Kairi. I feel like it'll be more fun to write her getting to know them more.

So that's all for now. Things are just beginning :D

Please review. It will really mean a lot if you do :D