Well, well well.

I am back. :D I don't know how often I can update but here I am! Back from my year long absence! Not dead yet! Aren't you all excited? I am! It's also three in the morning. :)

So here we go. Let's see how rusty I am with this writing business.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything.

Wake Up

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"Come one, come all! To The Rat Cellar! Admission's cheap, and you may have the opportunity to have my autograph!" Axel screamed, waving around a flier that read 'The Rat Cellar' and had a list of all its performers, including Unlucky XIII.

"What he said!" Demyx cried, just as enthusiastically as Axel. Sora frantically danced around both Demyx and Axel, while handing out fliers to everyone passing by. Girls from our school walked by and giggled at my brother, accepting the fliers and walking away with a flirty swagger.

Riku and I were quieter than the rest of our band members, we simply smiled as we handed the fliers out and muttered a "Come see us!" randomly.

It was after school, and we decided to go downtown and hand out advertisements to our concert. Well, not really our concert, but it sure felt like it, with the way Axel was acting. The great thing was that The Rat Cellar was paying us to hand these papers out. Twenty a piece for two hours!

"Man, this is so great." Riku said, waving at a cute girl who smiled at him. "I'm already impressing some girls."

I grinned. "You sound like Axel," I had noticed too, however. Girls were interested in me as well, throwing me smiles and winking, but I wasn't particularly interested in them. Not that I didn't think they were attractive, it just seemed like they wanted me because of what I did, not because of who I was.

Nonetheless, my mood had skyrocketed from feeling like crap, to feeling like I was on Cloud Nine. School had breezed by earlier and I made a plan to chill with Hayner, who reluctantly but happily accepted an apology from the other day's rudeness. I had also talked to Namine and we conversed about strange music and coffee shops for half of lunch. I was glad I had caught her before she disappeared. And to top it all off, I had no homework and it was Friday.

What a great day.

The thoughts from my previous depressing mood still lingered in my head, but I wasn't about to let them burst my bubble of happiness. I found that if I focused on the good parts of the day, I wouldn't think about the horrible parts of my life. Easy as pie, right?

"We are Unlucky XIII! Come check us out at The Rat Cellar in just two weeks! You won't regret it!" Axel screamed as loud as he could, grinning like a fool. He turned to me and gave me a million dollar smile. "Even Roxas is in a great mood." He swiveled his head back and yelled, "It makes sad kids happy! Who doesn't want that?!"

"Hey!" I attempted to punch him, but he slid away from my reach and cackled. "Now you're just going to scare people away," I told him, but he ignored me and continued with his excited hollering.

Sora sneaked up from behind and slapped me playfully on the back. "Hey, Roxas. Glad to see you smiling." He grinned.

I grinned back. It seemed like everything was falling back into its right place. I then retorted, "How come everyone thinks I'm sad?!" I playfully wrestled with Sora for a bit and everything was peaceful for awhile.

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Two weeks certainly flies by when you're busy as hell.

We had spent every free minute practicing until our fingers and throats hurt. The only thing on my mind was the concert. I think it was the only thing on everyone's mind.

I screamed my lyrics perfectly, even though my throat was sore, and Riku stepped in front of the whole band to play a mad minute and a half guitar solo. The song ended after Sora banged on the last drum and Demyx hit the last note. and everyone sighed at the same time.

"Trippy," Riku muttered, chuckling.

"We are...perfect." Axel smiled at all of us. "I'm proud, boys."

"So, we're taking tomorrow off, right? My fingers are killing me!" Demyx said, examining each individual finger.

"Yeah, I think we should. What do you think, Roxas? Axel? Riku?" Sora asked, resting his head on his drum set.

"Agreed," Riku said, beginning to put his shiny guitar away.

"I second that," I said, gulping down a whole water bottle.

"Alright then," Axel cleared his throat. "Tomorrow is the day before the concert. But, since we've been practicing for a week and a half nonstop, we will take the day off." Axel wiped sweat off his forehead and drank from his water bottle. "I'm going to sleep now, so I'll talk to you all tomorrow."

Axel trudged into his house and we parted ways to head to our respective homes. Sora and I walked slowly, but happily.

"This week has been great so far, huh? Even though I'm exhausted." Sora grinned at me.

I smiled. "Definitely. Probably the best week I've had in a very long time." I told him.

"I'm really happy, Roxas. I hope everything continues to be well for you." Sora said, his blue eyes examining my face, waiting for a reaction.

I simply put my arm over his shoulder in a brotherly manner and smiled again. "Thanks, Sora."

Our walk home was pleasant.

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"Hey, Roxas."

I shivered. It startled me. Where was I? The voice was so familiar, soft, gentle, sweet. The girl was behind me, but I couldn't turn around. I knew I was dreaming, but this dream was scaring me, and not like a nightmare would.

"So you're playing tomorrow, huh?"

"Uhh...yeah, I am. You...uh, you coming?" I was nervous and I was sweating. The girl's voice sent shivers of excitement down my spine and I wanted to turn around. But it was a dream and I was not in control of my body for the most part.

"Yeah. I am, and you're going to be amazing." I gulped. I was shaking, and I had no idea why. Well, I did. I wanted this girl. Not sexually, well maybe, but I really wanted to know who she was because she made me feel emotionally wonderful. It was as though all my sadness just vanished. And I liked it.

But I was also afraid. Because I knew who the girl was, but I couldn't place a name on her or picture her face. I just knew I wanted her so badly and the fact that I knew her terrified me.

"Uhh, thanks, that means a lot." Even in my dream, it was awkward. I wanted to slap myself because of how dumb I sounded.

"Roxas? Can I ask you something?" Once again, shivers ran through my whole body at the sound of my name and I willed myself to turn around, but I simply could not. Because I was trying so hard, I forgot to respond.

"Roxas?" Her voice echoed in my head and my mind was at peace.

I woke with a quiet shout, jolting upright in one instant. "...I didn't see her face," I groaned and stood up. The clock read four twenty. I walked to the bathroom and washed the sweat off my face.

I knew who she was but I didn't at the same time. I stared at my reflection. My hair was dripping slowly, I was sloppy when I washed my face and my eyes were the brightest blue I had ever seen. I turned away and sighed and went back to bed. I would find out sooner or later, I figured. But I needed sleep. The gig was in two days. I would worry about my girl later.

So now it's four fifty in the morning. So if there are any errors my apologies. I also haven't done this in a year. But anyway! Review away and thanks for reading! It was the reviews that motivated me to update!