As I sat in my seat, I began to fidget. I couldn't stand the uncomfortable seats that trains use these days to save money.

I continued to sit there, fidgeting like crazy because I couldn't get comfortable in the stupid seat. Suddenly, my phone vibrated in my pocket, and I jumped at the buzzing feeling.

"GAH!" I shouted in surprise, earning a few stares from fellow passengers on the train. I blushed, looking down at my lap and pulling my phone out. It was my best friend, Roxas Strife, who lived in my hometown of Destiny Islands.

Tay! (: Are you getting here anytime soon?

I smiled down at the screen. Roxas could be so impatient sometimes. Ever since I'd started school in Hollow Bastion, he'd missed me like crazy. I texted him every day, because Roxas was so important to me. He'd been there for me ever since we were five years old, when we started kindergarten. He was my only friend for a while, but he introduced me to some of his friends and soon his friends were my friends, too. My whole childhood I owed to Roxas.

Yeah, I'm about five minutes away. Anxious, Blondie? :P

I always called him Blondie. It went way back to when we first met...

-FLASHBACK-

I was playing in the sandbox at Destiny Islands Elementary School on my first day of kindergarten, and I remember that I was building a sandcastle. It was almost finished, and just as I was about to put the final red flag on the top, someone came running up and jumped square in the middle of my castle.

"HEY!" I shouted, looking up to see a boy about my age with spiky blonde hair and stunning blue eyes. "Watch where you're jumping, Blondie!"

He blushed and looked away, but turned back to look at me and said quietly, "I'll help you rebuild it if you want me to."

I smiled. "Sure thing. I'm Taylee, by the way."

While we re-built the castle, he told me his name and we talked about school. Neither of us were too excited about it, as it turned out. He told me about what he liked to do, and we had quite a lot in common. At the time our regular hobbies included playing at the local park, eating at the diner down the street, going to the beach, and enjoying sea-salt ice cream.

About fifteen minutes later, we were done with our castle.

"Good work," he said, smiling at me. We high-fived and laughed together.

Then, a bell rang, signaling the end of recess, and our teacher came out of the school. "Time to get inside, children!"

We stood up.

"Hey, Taylee..." he said, trailing off.

"Yeah?" I replied.

"Do you... wanna be my friend?" he asked in that same quiet voice he'd used when I'd met him just minutes ago.

A huge grin spread across my face. "Definitely. Come on, Blondie, we gotta go inside," I said, grabbing his hand and tugging him toward the school. From then on, we were inseparable.

-END FLASHBACK-

My phone buzzed again, just as I was finishing my reminiscing.

Just a little... I mean, you've been gone for like, a year!

Ha, yeah. I miss everyone. How's Sora?

He's good. A little over-excited to see you. You know how he is.

I almost laughed out loud, thinking of Sora running around the Destiny Island Train Station shouting, "TAYLEE'S COMING HOME! TAYLEE'S COMING HOME!"

That's probably exactly what he's doing.

"Attention passengers," a voice said on the intercom, "We will be arriving at the station shortly. Please remain seated until the train has come to a complete stop, and enjoy your stay in Destiny Islands."

I did a bit of a fan girl squee and put my phone in my pocket, deciding not to text Roxas back since I'd be seeing him in a few minutes anyways.

As soon as the train was at a halt, I jumped up and gathered my suitcase from the rack above my seat and rushed for the exit, as to avoid getting stuck behind slow people.

I hopped down from the pull-out steps on the train's side and immediately began scanning the crowd for Roxas and Sora's gravity-defying spiked hair. I'd only been searching for about thirty seconds when suddenly, I was tackled from behind. I fell to the floor with an un-graceful thud, letting out an "oof" when I hit the cement floor.

"TAYLEEEEEEEEE!" an enthusiastic and very happy Sora squealed in my ear.

I laughed at his antics. "Yeah, it's good to see you too, Sora. Can I please get up now?"

"Oh! Sorry."

Getting up and giving him a hug, I said, "That's okay."

I looked over Sora's shoulder and saw the rest of my friends. There was Axel, Riku, Kairi, and of course, Roxas. I gave the group a smile, picked up my almost-forgotten bags and ran over to them, with Sora close behind me.

"Hey, short stuff!" Axel said, pulling me into a huge bear hug and picking me up with ease, causing me to drop my bags.

"Hi!" I exclaimed while still in the air, laughing.

Axel laughed too and put me down. Kairi came up to me next, and I hugged her. "Kairi! You been keeping the boys in line?" I asked with a chuckle.

"Always, Tay," she responded in a happy tone.

Riku was never one for affections, so he just kind of waved in greeting. I waved back. "Hi, Riku! Good to see you again."

"Good to see you too, Taylee," he said with a smile.

Lastly, I turned to Roxas, a huge grin on my face. "BLONDIE!" I practically screamed, running over to him as fast as I could.

He was also wearing a huge smile, his arms spread out for a hug. I squeezed him tight. He laughed, picking me up and spinning me around like in all those cheesy movies. "I missed you, Roxas."

After he put me down, he looked at me, still smiling. "I missed you too."