Chapter 2: Unpacking and Befriending
Namine threw open the door to a big white house with a big wrap-around porch with a swing. Behind the door was a big open area with white pine wood flooring and green walls. About ten feet away was a staircase with walls on either side. Excited, she ran up and turned the corner. There was a big area with an entire wall of glass and beyond, a balcony. Namine ran over and pushed open one of the clear, double doors. It was perfect. She turned on her heel. Directly across from her was a door. She pushed open the one in front of her and opened the next. Behind that door was a large room with a huge glass wall, mirror to the one in the hallway, except there wasn't a balcony. Shucks. Namine walked over to a smaller door and opened it curiously.
"Another one?" she thought.
It was a square 9ft. closet with racks and shelves. Namine loved it.
"Dibs on the big room across from the balcony thingy!" she called to her parents below.
She left the awesome room and walked down the hallway past the stairs. There was a bathroom and two more bedrooms.
"Namine! Please come help unpack!" Namine's mom called.
Namine skidded down the steps and turned a corner to see a kitchen and her mom and dad just setting the table in place.
"Nice touch, Mom. So, where's the media room?" Namine asked.
"Other way, but that's not what we're focusing on right now. We already got the couch and TV in there. We are working on the big things first, ok? Go get some boxes or something." Her mom replied.
Namine walked outside to the big moving truck. She stacked two boxes and brought them inside. She hung up some picture frames and plugged in the brand new WiiU she bought with her savings. She was saving for college, but this was just so much cooler! She also plugged in the BluRay player. She stuck all the remotes in a basket and set it on the couch. She brought in two square 2ft. coffee tables and set them on either side of the couch. She put a fake plant on one, and the remote basket on the other. She had her mom help her bring the big coffee table and set it in front of the couch.
After hours of lifting, hanging, and dragging, Namine finally sat down at her computer desk and turned on her computer. She logged onto Facebook and checked notifications.
"Hmmm… friend request from Roxas Gunnar… oh! Roxas! Yessss…." Namine muttered to herself and accepted the friend request.
She quickly typed out a quick message to Kairi.
"Need any help?" she typed.
"Nope, some neighbors are helping… " Kairi typed back.
"Who?"
"….Sora.."
"Really? He's your neighbor?"
"Yes."
"Namine!" Namine's mom called from below.
Namine hopped down the stairs to see Roxas standing in the doorway.
"Namine this is-"
"Roxas?" Namine interrupted.
"You've met?"
"On the ship. What're you doing here? You live on Halburg street?" Namine asked Roxas.
"Yeah.. I was just coming to see if you needed any help unpacking." Roxas replied.
"Well, we're done for the day, we're decorating tomorrow." Namine said.
"But, would you like to come in?" her mom asked.
"Sure," Roxas replied smiling at Namine.
"Sure!" Namine thought with a high voice and rolled her eyes.
"'Kay, well, while you kids visit, I'm in the middle of a conversation, so if you don't mind, I'll just excuse myself." Namine said and started up the stairs.
"Namine! You come down and get to know your neighbor." Her mother scolded.
Namine stopped mid-step and sighed. She came back down the stairs and went straight into the kitchen and opened the fridge and pulled out a fruit dip and took out some strawberries. She chopped at them angrily and scraped the dip into a bowl and set it on the table, with strawberries in a another. She poured lemonade in glasses and sat down, silently.
"So, Namine, what do you think of the city?" Roxas asked nervously.
Namine had doubted he was a shy boy. She felt bad. He had probably been crushed that she didn't want to be around him.
"Um.. I haven't been around yet."
"Oh, right. I could show you… if you want…" Roxas looked at his feet.
"Um, maybe…" Namine's phone buzzed in her pocket.
"you there?"
It was from Kairi.
"Yeah, sorry. Roxas is here O_O" Namine texted Kairi back. "He's my neighbor"
Namine looked up from her phone. Roxas was staring at her with big, blue eyes.
"Sorry, I was Facebooking Kairi before you came." Namine said.
"Oh, sorry. I better go anyway." Roxas said getting up.
Namine hadn't even noticed her mom had left.
"Oh, um.. ok. See ya later." Namine walked him to the door.
"Really?" Roxas asked looking excited.
"Uh, I dunno." Namine shrugged.
"Oh. Well, bye." Roxas said as Namine closed the door.
Namine could hear him still outside checking his phone. She heard a little 'woo!' and what sounded like a jump?
What the heck? She thought.
She went back to the kitchen and remembered her phone. She checked the new message.
"Goodness! U poor thing. : /"
"He's not so bad…" Namine texted back.
