-Chapter 2: Cell Phones-
"You know that guy Roxas?" uh oh.
"Yes—"
"And you probably know how cute he is," of course I do, "and how nice a guy he is…" okay so I've never talked to him before. It takes me a while to get used to new people. That's why my only friend when I first moved to The Destiny Islands was Kairi, because we'd lived in Twilight Town for most of our lives and been child hood friends. Well, we had been, than she moved to the Islands. A couple years later I followed suit.
"Yes…"
"You like him don't you, Namine?"
"Am I that easy to read?"
"Like an open book," Kairi twists a lock of her flaming red hair around her finger. I wish my hair looked that good…instead of this 'practically old lady white' blonde.
"When did you meet Roxas?" I ask, changing the path of conversation.
Kairi looks a little put off; obviously she wanted to further explore my crush on Roxas. I never told her before, but she knew that I knew that she probably knew.
How did she know?
Well maybe it was the way I'd stare at Roxas for five seconds, blush, than look away. Maybe it was all those times that I thought about going over to talk to him, only to turn away before he noticed me. Maybe it was how I once drew a picture of us kissing.
Yes, that was it, the picture thing.
"He's related to Sora," Kairi finally responds, shocking me out of my thoughts.
"He is?" it should have dawned on me sooner…after all, they look a lot alike. They probably act alike too.
"Are Sora and Roxas the same?"
"About as the same as you and me," she says, laughing, "in fact, I look kind of like you, minus the hair. Roxas looks kind of like Sora, minus the hair. Sora and Roxas have completely different personalities, just like us.
"How is Roxas' personality different from Sora's?"
"Sora is loud, care free, and rushes things. Roxas is quiet, a deep thinker, and takes his time on stuff."
"He sounds—"
"Just like you?"
"N—"I think about it for a moment, "Yes…"
"You know he likes you right?" Kairi asks, sipping on her soda as if what she just said is the most normal thing in the world.
"WHAT?" I very nearly scream.
"WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!!!" cue rage mode…
"I TELL YOU EVERY THING, BUT NO, YOU KEEP THIS BIG SECRET FROM ME FOR GOD KNOWS WHY…" Kairi knows not to interrupt me when I'm like this. I'm usually pretty quiet, but when I get mad, I go CRAZY.
For a long, long time I rant about nothing in particular. About ten minutes later I lapse into a little thing called self pity, falling on my butt.
"I'm sorry, I just found out today."
"Did Roxas tell you…?" I ask quietly. That would be depressing; my crush telling my FRIEND that he likes me. It's just SAD.
"No, Sora did. They were doing that male bonding thing, and I think that Roxas was staring at you with his 'loving look'."
He has a loving look…and he was directing it at me…
"Are you sure Sora wasn't lying?"
"Pa-leez, like I would ever have a boyfriend who lies. If I wanted that I would've dated Axel."
I laugh, I guess this means that I should actually talk to Roxas now. I'll start…tomorrow.
Okay fine, I'll start now.
"Hey, do you know Roxas' number?"
"Yeah, but he's not home," Kari says, taking another sip of her drink, "he's at Sora's house."
"Oh…"I obviously sound disappointed, because Kairi suggests calling Sora's.
"What…no, we can't!" but before I can stop her she has the phone in her hand and dials away.
"Yeah, hi Sora…can I speak to Roxas?"
-Roxas-
I'm at Sora's house, eating pop corn while we watch Underworld. Why? Because Sora has the hots for Kate Beckinsale (A/N she plays Saline in the movie).
"You should ask Namine' out," Sora says for the tenth time in a row.
I slam the bowl down, making a geyser of popcorn splash across the carpet.
"Damn it Sora! I don't want to talk about her anymore."
"Because you like her," he says.
"Yes, I do like her…but…it's complicated."
"Then explain—"
He's interrupted by a song playing, 'Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend, somewhere along in the bitterness…and I could have stayed up, with you, all night, had I known how to save a—'Sora presses pause on the movie then answers the phone, interrupting his ring tone.
"Hello?"
There's a couple seconds of silence before; "Yeah, he's right here."
He turns to me, "Kairi wants to talk to you."
I take the phone, suspicious of the smug grin he has on his face.
"Hello?"
"Hey Roxas, want to talk to Namine', of course you do, here she is," with that I can hear the muffled sounds of Kairi passing the phone to Namine'.
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU TELL THEM THAT I WAS HERE?" I can hear Namine's voice in the back ground, I've never heard seen (or heard) Namine' mad before.
"H-hey Roxas?" she finally answers the phone, she sounds nervous.
"Hi Namine'" I use my strongest, most friendly voice. This is going to be difficult, I'll have to analyze everything she says; I can't afford to say something stupid.
"So um…what're you doing?"
"I'm watching Underworld with Sora."
"Oh, Kairi just told me that you two were related."
'Darn…what if she hates Sora? What if she thinks I'm just as bad as him? Not that Sora's bad. But he can be a bit pushy…Okay…have to try not to sound like Sora.'
"Yeah, we're cousins," oh crap, she knew that all ready, "we've been hanging out since I moved here…"
"Where'd you used to live?"
"Twilight town, it was awesome, they had this sea salt ice cream and it was…"
"Sour yet blissfully sweet?" she interrupts.
"Yeah, it was incredible. Wait, how did you know?"
"I used to live there too, I moved to the islands last year."
"So did I! Where did you go to school in Twilight town?"
"Sunlit High (A/N Couldn't think of a better name…), I had a lot of friends there."
"I went to Sunset High (A/N my creativity has just about dried up), I used to have a lot of friends too."
"That's great…so…um…can we talk at school next week? I mean, I always see you but I never get a chance to talk."
Wow, it's like I'm finally getting that long awaited invitation to talk to her. Not that I needed one but…this is a bit more encouraging.
Okay, have to play it cool, don't get too excited.
"Of course…uh, Sora's getting kind of bored of watching the pause screen, talk to you on Monday?"
"Yeah," I can hear a smile behind Namine's quiet voice, "of course."
She hangs up, I hang up.
"So…how'd it go?" Sora asks.
"I get to talk to her on Monday…" I say, dumbfounded.
"Really, that's great Rox!" he makes me stand up, "Well, do a happy dance."
I start to protest, but then I think better of it. And, to both mine and Sora's amazement, I do an Irish jig.
-Namine'-
I begin to dance around in circles, doing quick spins, back and fourth.
"What happened?" Kairi stands up; I grab her hands and spin her with me.
"We're gonna talk on Monday, we're gonna talk on Monday, we're gonna talk on Monday, we're gonna talk on Monday…"
"That's…great…Namine'…now…stop…spinning me!"
I stop, "Sorry," I blush, "I can't wait till Monday!"
"You might get to talk to him sooner…" Kairi murmurs.
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see…" she grins slyly, and I'm instantly filled with dread. Something's going on…
A\N Oh how, that was a hard chapter, I had to make it so that there was something more she could like about Roxas then just his looks, finally I made it so that they had both lived in Twilight Town at the same time, but never seen each other because they went to separate high schools. All in all I think I'm doing well with this, for my first fan fiction anyway. But since this is only the second chapter…well…we'll see.
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Till the next chapter!
