Heart of Gold
Chapter 2
Aurea opened herself to find herself on the sofa inside a house. She yawned and rubbed her eyes as she turned to the clock. It was 10am, the others must have woken up by now. The golden haired teen got up and walked around, so this was their new house. It was a 5 bedroom house with a driveway and garage, this used to be Aurea's late grandfather's house so all she had to do was just go since Laguna owned that house now.
She walked into the kitchen and found all her friends awake and at the dinner table whilst Aqua and Xion were cooking.
"Look, sleeping beauty has woken up." Axel stated and they all turned to her.
"Morning." She yawned and they replied. "Aqua, Xion do you need any help?"
"Nah, don't worry. You go on upstairs, Xion and I have already unpacked your stuff. We're gonna go shopping after breakfast." Aqua said and she nodded. "Your room is your old room."
Aurea walked out of the kitchen and walked upstairs. She walked through the corridor and found her room at the end of the corridor. When she was little she'd live with her paternal grandparents sometimes. When she opened the door, the room looked different. It was no longer childlike but looked similar to her room back in Radiant Garden. She smiled to herself; her father got this room redone.
The golden haired girl went into the bathroom and brushed her teeth and washed her face. She got changed into a white tank top, rolled up blue skinny jeans and red vans. She did her hair in a half up half down hairstyle. She wore golden hoop earrings and a rose gold necklace with a rose and a diamond in the middle. She put on mascara, eyeliner and dusty mauve pink lipstick. When she was done, she ran downstairs and went into the kitchen.
She sat with her friends and ate breakfast which were crepes with different toppings. When they were done, she washed the dishes whilst Axel and Vanitas cleared up and the other made a list what they need to get for the house.
Aurea went to get her bag ready; the bag was a black bag with a golden crescent moon on it. She put her purse, lipstick, tissues, a small bottle of perfume and chewing gum. She ran downstairs and grabbed the keys to the Audi A7 so no one else could. The others whined and were scared that she'd crush. Xion, Axel and Roxas got in with the golden haired woman and Terra, Aqua, Vanitas and Ven got into the Range Rover.
The blue eyed woman in the convertible led everyone and drove out of the driveway. Then she stopped when someone caught her eye. She parked the car in front of the gates, switched off the car and got out of the car. The other wondered why she had stopped.
Aurea, with the biggest grin in the world saw one of her best friends from her Business Management class. Noctis was across the street and he turned to see his friend. His nonchalant face turned happy when he saw her. She ran across the street whilst waving.
"Hey Noct!" She exclaimed.
"Aurea, you're on Destiny Islands?" He asked and she nodded.
"My vacation. I'm here for 5 months." She said.
"It's so good to see you." He stated.
"Do you live here?" She asked curiously and looked at the house behind him.
"Yeah, I live with Gladio, Prompto and Iggy." Noctis answered.
"I'm staying across the street." Aurea motioned to her house.
"I guess we're neighbours then." He smiled. "You can come over anytime with your friends for dinner or something." The golden haired girl gulped and laughed nervously whilst scratching the back of her head.
"Don't tell me you're gonna cook for us?" She asked, remembering how bad his cooking was.
"No, no! Iggy loves cooking so he wouldn't have a problem cooking for a lot of people." He explained and she sighed.
"Ah phew. I remember I would bring you food every day when you lived in halls back at Radiant Garden University." She smiled.
"I'd return the favour by helping you study." He replied. "Hey, do you wanna catch a movie sometime?" Her cheeks turned pink and she smirked at him.
"Are you asking me out on a date?" She asked in a teasing tone and he blushed.
"Uhhh…" He trailed off and got nervous. But she just giggled.
"How does tomorrow night sound?" He looked up at her.
"Yeah, tomorrow sounds great." Noctis smiled.
"I'll see you then, have a nice day Noct." She waved and ran over to her car.
Aurea got into the car and put on her seatbelt. She smiled at herself whilst blushing and sighing with delight.
"Was that Noctis?" Xion asked.
"Yeah, he asked me out on a date!" She exclaimed whilst covering her red cheeks. Noctis saw this and couldn't help but smile to himself. "Oh my god Noctis asked me out."
"Seriously?" Xion asked.
Aurea started the car and started driving. The smile on her face was still there and Axel smirked at this.
"He finally asked you out." He said.
"I know, we've known each other for a while." She said.
"Plus you guys have some history too." Roxas pointed out and she nodded.
"I remember when he saw me on our first day of University, he recognised me." She stated. "Surprising because he gets so much attention from girls anyway."
"How did he recognise you?" The dark haired woman asked curiously with a smile.
"He told me he'd never forget my golden hair." She answered as her cheeks turned pink. "It was sweet."
"Do you fancy him or something?" Axel pointed out the obvious with that question.
"Not like how girls obsess over him cuz he's a Prince. But I know there's so much more to him than what meets the eye." She mumbled with curiosity. "But I doubt he'd want anything serious with me y'know." Her friends raised an eyebrow at this.
"Why not? You deserve anyone who's as amazing as you." Roxas said.
"He's a Prince and I'm just…" Her smile dropped as her eyebrows furrowed together. "Well I'm just Aurea Solis Loire."
"Well, Aurea Solis Loire deserves only the best." Xion giggled.
"Princess Aurea Solis Loire. Can you imagine that?" Axel thought aloud and his best friend turned beet red.
"Bet your dream since you were a little girl, was to become a Princess. Now you gotta chance at it." Roxas teased.
"I'm not going out with him cuz he's a Prince." She mumbled.
"Well the royalty part is just a bonus. The true prize is that you go out with someone you really care about, someone who makes you happy." Xion explained.
"Besides, it's the biggest upgrade from that fucking asshole you used to go out with." Axel growled.
"Yeah, he'd feel like shit! It's the sweetest revenge!" Roxas said as he punched his fist in the air.
"Omg imagine you both get married and your ex sees it on the paper!" Xion exclaimed excitedly and her friend shook her head.
"You better invite us, Aurea." The blonde haired man crossed his arms.
"Don't think cuz you're marrying royalty you can't invite your best buds." Axel noted and she rolled her eyes.
"Guys, we haven't even gone out on our first day yet, don't jinx it!" Aurea whined.
"Me and Aqua will be the wedding planners!" The dark haired woman squealed.
"There better be sea salt ice cream at the wedding or else I'll complain." Roxas stated.
"Oooooh, I can imagine all the sexy bridesmaids. I'll get laid big time!" The red haired man laughed.
The youngest of the group just sighed whilst shaking her head. They were embarrassing her to the max but it was sweet that they had so much belief that it could work for her and Noctis.
