Roxas took the liberty of driving me home. Typically, even though we all have cars, we just let Axel take us places and drop us off. The blond seemed very sober. I told him that Axel got angry about the phone call so as soon as the car stopped I got out and hid before calling him. I could hear the redhead shouting my name but I ignored him completely.

"Are you going to hang out with Riku and Kairi now?" Roxas asked. I could tell he was upset, probably because we didn't go out for extra ice cream like we were going to. Axel just had to drop him off then do a full lecture with me.

"I don't think so. I just want to see what they want. It's been years since they acknowledged my existence." I laughed bitterly but then noticed Roxas biting his lip. We were outside my house now but I knew he wanted to say something. "What is it Rox?"

He looked up at me then sighed and told me. "Ever since you started hanging out with us Riku's been asking me how you've been. It turns out Kairi has been talking to Axel about it. Riku probably noticed the similarities we have, you know, the way you acted before you joined in with us? Kairi… is just selfish. She probably only wanted to talk to the hottest guy in the group and only knew your name. Too bad she chose a completely pyro."

I blinked in surprise then smiled angrily and got out of the car. Of course those two would do this! They want to see me suffer but now that I'm happy they want to ruin it! First they'll find out what I like to do and how much the group likes me, then they will begin to plant seeds that will destroy our friendship altogether!

"Sora?" Roxas asked guiltily from inside his BMW. I looked back at him and flashed a smile.

"Don't worry. Everyone in our group has been good to me, I'm not upset about you guys doing this without telling me." I said as sweetly as possible then turned around and began to think about some very scary thoughts. I entered my house and walked into my room, but as soon as I entered my thoughts were interrupted by Riku's call.

"Hello?" I asked hesitantly then blinked it surprise as I looked at my calendar. I have nothing for tomorrow, but I thought I did… wasn't there something that was supposed to take all day? I noticed some white out on the space but before I could do anything Riku finally started talking.

"Hey Sora." He said a little breathlessly. I blinked for a moment then smiled at his nervous antics. "Do you want to hang out tomorrow or are you too busy?" Riku asked sounding a bit desperate.

"Um sure. What time?" I questioned him wondering exactly what I could have erased. I haven't had to erase anything I in a long time. I just can't get rid of the feeling that whatever was there is very important, if only I can just think of what it was!

"We'll pick you up around nine in the morning." He said quickly. I gasped feeling annoyed. Crap, I don't want to get up early… "Is something wrong? Are you busy?" Riku asked nervously. Poor guy probably doesn't talk on the phone all that much. He must be a texter… stupid texters who can actually text people…

"No… it's a bit early but I'll go. Saturdays are days to wake up early right?" I asked sarcastically. Yeah I'm not so much of a morning person. Never.

"Exactly! Wow we have something in common… well okay! I'll just come by and pick you up tomorrow then we'll grab Kairi." He said sounding so happy that I wanted to hang up on him. Instead I just faked smiled like how I did earlier with Roxas. I'm so good at it… well I had a lot of practice when I pretended to be a happy spazz around Riku and Kairi.

"I'll see you tomorrow." I said and hung up. I thought about calling Roxas to see what tomorrow was but instead I just didn't. I don't want to fake smile anymore. The whole point of me being friends with nobodies was to stop me from having to fake smile like how I used to.

I crawled into bed and set my phone alarm to 8:30. I guess I'm going to hang out with them. When I woke up with the alarm I shut it off and forced myself up. Throwing off my clothes I put on a black t-shirt with baggy jeans and huge black tennis shoes. By the time I had my clothes on but was trying to wake up still, it was five minutes till. Yeah I suck when I wake up.

My Metric CD was playing nice a loud. Collect Call was playing now. It tends to wake me up for some reason. I always wind up mouthing the words. My music was up the loudest it can be, since my parents are off in some other country yet again. I started to whisper the words as I walked out the front door, but as soon as I did I bumped into Riku. I fell back onto the ground and looked up at him and began to rub my eyes.

"When did you get so tall?" I whined seeing his six foot form. Riku scratched the back of his head then smiled nervously. I sighed and shook my head. "Loosen up, I was just messing around. Man, I'm so tired of being the short guy in school. At least I have Hayner and Roxas. Of course they're still an inch or two taller.

"Being short isn't so bad." Riku smiled softly and led me out the door. I had to break away from him for a moment to lock the door. "Your parents still travel a lot?" He asked sounding like he pitied me. I looked back at the house and nodded.

"Yeah I think they went to Italy this time, but I'm not sure. Let's just go, okay, and make sure that you don't tell anyone about this." I muttered then got into his land rover. Once he got in we immediately started going. I could tell he was nervous with the way he kept pressing his lips together tightly, but I didn't pay much attention.

"So why did you invite me?" I asked him curiously. Kairi didn't even if she was the first one to ask me to come. Riku was the one who really wanted to know the answer. That's why he asked me three times when Kairi only asked once. I smiled and thought about when we were younger and used to hang out on the island, but that was a long time ago.

"I just wanted to see you again. I really missed you." He said softly looking only at the road. Suddenly we stopped and Kairi jumped in before we started heading out again. She was wearing a tight purple skirt and skin tight white tank top. Make-up and tall boots helped her look like the hooker her style choice has been suggesting.

"Hey there boys." She smiled making me glance over at Riku's black pants, blue shirt, and large black shoes. Riku nodded but said nothing. I decided to turn around and look at her.

"Hey there." I said back as she looked in a compact mirror and messed with her layered hair. I wonder if they ever think about the days when looks didn't matter to us, and all we wanted to do was have a good time. Summers were the one time a year where we could do that for hours on end. Now it's more like school for that stuff. Drama and sports for them while I have my nobody friends with me.

"How have you been? The nobodies treating you okay?" She asked putting down her mirror. I looked at her for a moment and gave a slight smile while Riku growled.

"Don't be rude. They're his friends now, you need to at least act like you care about them when Sora's around." He said angrily but we both ignored him completely.

"Yeah we've been having loads of fun. It's almost better than the elementary school days." I said softly with a smile. They stopped and looked at me with blank expression then went back to what they were doing before.

"You know Sora, people have been noticing you. Your rank in popularity has been steadily increasing because of this new cynical attitude you've acquired. The comments you make about the teachers and some of the popular kids help to increase your ranking." Kairi said slowly letting me absorb what she's saying.

"You want me back because I'm becoming popular?" I asked softly.

"No Sora. We want you back because you are popular."