Disclaimer: I do not own the song The Only Exception. xD

Sora and Kairi had finally reached a small town, but still had about 8 hours left. Kairi found the small town cute and the little stores added that little bit of hospitality to it. But then she found something that she absolutely needed. She had to find an excuse.

Kairi clutched her stomach and gasped, "S-Sora, I think I'm gonna be sick!" Sora had a terrified look on his face. "What? You don't get car sick!"

"I-it must have been the French toast! Pull over to this ironically placed shop right here!" She was now covering her mouth, ready to open the door. Sora sped up to the parking lot and came to a halt. Kairi threw her seatbelt off and ran out the door. "Well do you need my he-" Sora stopped mid sentence when he saw Kairi walk over to a bracelet rack. "Of course she would." He rolled his eyes.

The little shop sold traveling goodies; t-shirts, water bottles, bracelets, snacks. Although, Kairi looked confused when she saw a bucket of condoms on the front counter. "Is that even relevant to this stores purpose?"

"Wow it looks like you got over your sickness pretty quick. What'd you do? Swallow it?" Sora crossed his arms. "Um… I got over it." Kairi grabbed a bracelet that had a mixture of purple and red, a graceful pattern. Almost like a friendship bracelet.

"I LOVE this!" She grabbed the bracelet. "Like oh my god! You should totally get it, Kai! Like, seriously!" Sora jumped up and down. Kairi shot him a glare. "You are so embarrassing. Go back to the car."

"I'm not your bitch, Kairi." Sora had his chin up and his hands on his waist. Kairi ignored him and looked at the price of the bracelet. She widened her eyes at the price. Kairi promised Namine she'd save all of her money to shop with her and only spend it on food and gas if needed. She sighed, and put it back. "Looks like I'm not gonna-" Kairi turned around and Sora wasn't there. "Dangit, Sora."

Kairi bought some water from the front counter and headed for the car prepared to yell at Sora for leaving her. She opened up the passenger door, but he wasn't there. "And he yells at ME for leaving. Ugh!"

She threw her feet up on the dashboard and took out her ponytail. Kairi realized she hadn't taken out the ponytail when she woke up from the nap in Sora's car when they left for the trip. She ran a hand through her messy hair and tried to relax. Something was bothering her but she couldn't find out what it was. She felt like there was a weight on her shoulders. It was driving her nuts.

Kairi was use to being alone all the time. Sometimes it was a good thing when she was trying to study during school.

This… abandoned feeling was familiar…

When Kairi awoke in the middle of the night her eyes were burning; Dried up tears stuck on her cheeks. She had a box of tissues lying next to her on her large bed, and she felt an alone feeling. She felt like there was someone with her before. Then she remembered.

Kairi's parents were away on a business trip, and she had the whole house to herself. She was use to having it be empty, so she didn't mind anymore. Things were fine until she got a call from her father saying that him and her mother had got into an argument. At first Kairi was confused on why he thought she'd be surprised, they argued all the time. It was hard not to argue with the jobs her parents had. But the real news struck.

Her parents' argument was mores serious than usual. She didn't know if her mom was coming back from the trip this time.

Of course the first person she called was Sora. He would catch her right before she fell. Before she even had time to let a tear fall, he'd set words of comfort that calmed her enough. This time the words wouldn't do it. The last thing she remembers was falling into his arms and getting his shirt wet by tears. He tried all he could to make her stop crying. The only thing that stopped her from it was falling asleep. He held her in his arms as she slept; thankful for the slow steady breathing instead of the cries that broke his heart.

Kairi remembered Sora, and look around her room, but couldn't find him. There wasn't even a note. "Sora?" Her lip quivered as she tried to hold back tears. "Don't leave me…" She clutched the end of her blanket and brought it up to her neck as she sat up. "Please…" She continued to sob the familiar pain into her blanket, feeling lost without him there.

Sora tip toed up to the room, and quickly opened the door when he heard more cries. He found Kairi sobbing into her bed, crying out. He dropped the extra pillow he had and ran over to her. "Kairi, what's wrong? What's wrong?" He kept repeating.

Kairi looked up to worried eyes. At first she thought she was hallucinating, but then she wrapped her arms around his waist and continued to cry. "I-I thought you left me… O-of all t-the times that I've been a-alone in this house, t-this is the only time I've been.. Scared…"

Sora buried his face in her hair and held her lightly. "I would never leave you…" Kairi shook as he held her. "Ssh… It's going to be okay. I'm here… It's all going to be okay…" Sora whispered lightly in her ear.

Kairi faced a question she didn't know if she wanted answered. "W-when are you going home?" She looked up to him. Sora's heart wrenched at the site of Kairi's blue-violet eyes filled with tears and sadness. He caressed her cheek and answered her question. "Only if you tell me to."

He leaned and delicately placed his lips on hers as he felt one of Kairi's tears fall on his cheek. Kairi closed her eyes tightly, trying to forget everything in the world around her. It was just Sora. They pulled apart, and Kairi was back in reality.

Sora kicked off his shoes, wrapped Kairi's down blanket around the two of them, and grabbed a tissue from her table lamp. "You'll probably be staying awhile," Kairi confessed.

"I have no problem with that…" Sora kissed her forehead and ran circle with his thumbs on her back, soothing her. "Get some rest. You had a long day…" Kairi almost argued that order, but her heavy eyes had already fell.

Kairi came back to reality when the drivers door slammed shut, Sora in the car. "And just where the hell were you?"

"You know, there's this thing that humans have. It's pretty fantastic. It's called a bladder. Have you ever heard of it?" Sora said seriously, almost irritated. "You're hilarious. You could have just said you went to the bathroom."

"Well that wouldn't be annoy now would it?" Sora pulled the car in reverse to leave the parking lot. "Isn't everything you say annoying?"

"Ha."

Kairi felt like the car ride was that much more awkward after remembering that memory. She wanted to bring it up, but at the same time…

"Sora?" Kairi asked terrified. "Aww, no sarcastic names this time?"

"Um… never mind." Kairi didn't want to bring it up. "Of course."

If Kairi wanted to talk about something but was afraid to, she usually just pushed it aside. She was afraid of other peoples reactions, and not just her own. She didn't want people judging her, but she'd never find out if she never asked the question.

When the two had reached a red light, Sora took his hands off the wheel, stretched them over his head, and let out a long yawn. "Oh, man," He exhaled. "I'm friggin' exhausted."

"Were you losing brain cells with video games last night?" Kairi pouted, pretending to look sorry for him. "Actually, no. Unlike you, I actually woke up at 4:30 just to get ready and leave." He shot her a look and continued, "I hate energy drinks, but right now I could use one. Or a slap in the face."

Sora quickly looked at Kairi who was already raising her hand, "I MEANT THAT THEOREDICALLY!" Kairi frowned and placed down her hand.

"You know… you could…" Kairi battered her eyelashes. Sora looked at her and knew exactly what she meant. "No! I don't want this car destroyed. Plus, you don't even have your license."

Kairi glared, "You wanna die today, Sora?" He looked confused, "If you drive, yes."

"Come on, Sora! Just let me try! We're in a deserted road anyway. There won't be that many cars. Please?" He made the mistake by looking in her eyes that were filled with plead. He sighed.

"You better call Namine, then." She was confused. "Why would I do that?"

Sora stopped the car, undid his seatbelt, and opened the door. "You'll have to tell her we won't make it to Traverse Town." Kairi rolled her eyes, but clapped her hands and she crawled to the front seat. "So you press this to slow down right?" She asked in an angelic voice, pointing to the gas petal. Sora's eyes widened, but Kairi laughed.

"I'm just joking. I know what everything is." Kairi put the car in drive, stepped on the gas, and left the spot they parked at. "See? I'm not that bad… Just open your eyes, Sora!"

"Just… be careful. I'm paying a lot for this car."

"Sure…"

"Roxas, maybe this was a bad idea," Namine confessed as she held her boyfriends hand, walking around town. "Nam, this was your idea, you wanted them together again," Roxas tried to sooth her with his words.

"Well I don't want them going crazy or something… You know how those two are." Roxas stopped her on the sidewalk and put both of her hands in his. "It'll be fine." He ran a hand through Namine's soft blonde hair.

"This is what I hate about you." Roxas made a face, "What did I ever do?" Namine grinned, "You're always right even though I know I shouldn't believe you."

Roxas laughed, "But I am right. They probably already can't keep them hands off each other."

"GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!" Kairi yelled. "You're going to get us killed!"

Sora had put one of his hands over hers on the steering wheel and the other on top of her foot attempting to stop the car. Kairi was looking for her sunglasses on the floor a moment ago, not paying attention to the road. Both of them blushed when Kairi accidentally brushed her hand on Sora's thigh.

"Kai, seriously, you're freaking me out! Just st-" He was cut off. "DON'T CALL ME THAT ANYMORE. Just don't!" Talking turned into yelling this time.

Sora was confused. That was the name he always called her. It had a history behind it. THEY had a history. "O-okay but just pull over, Kai.. ri!" Sora saw a glimpse of a tear in her eyes. Now he was beyond confused. What was her problem?

Kairi slammed the breaks hard, opened the door and ran out of the car. "What the- KAIRI!" Sora quickly opened the door. "What the hell, Kairi? What's going on?" He threw his hands in the air. Kairi was walking away from the car. Sora started to run towards her, but he was stopped.

"YOU need to stay away from me!" She outstretched her arm and pointed to him. Sora put his hands up in defense. "What did I do?"

"Everything!" Sora was look around as if he was trying to find answer. "If we're playing charades again-"

"No, Sora. We aren't." Kairi wiped the tears out of her eyes, and unexpectedly sat down and hugged her knees. Sora also sat, but about 12 feet away from her. "Sorry… You didn't do anything. There was a lot pressure and…" Kairi wanted continue that sentence but she didn't want to bring up their past. Sora continued almost got up to go next to her, but she gave him a polite look that he shouldn't come closer. He obeyed.

"It's alright… You just kinda scared me that's all," Sora said scratching the back of his head. Kairi smiled the tiniest bit, but it fell when she knew she wasn't suppose to.

"Let's go back to the car. And just to be safe… I'll drive," Sora exclaimed. Kairi glared at him, but nodded. "Are you sure nothings wrong? Because the first time I drove I didn't exactly cry."

"Sora, I was with you the first time you drove and the moment you thought you drove into a one way street you started to go into hysterics."

"… That's not the point." Kairi giggled. It was a while since Sora finally saw her laugh. "Now are you ready to continue this trip so we can get these 11 hours over with? We can grab some lunch soon. I know we just had breakfast, but I'm already hungry."

"Yes. And when aren't you hungry?" Kairi started to walk back to the car when Sora said, "While I have the flu. Good times." Sora looked up to the sky, but continued. "Hey, at least we aren't dead… yet."

Kairi playfully shoved him in the road. Sora laughed as he felt like it was old times again. "At least I drove the right way." Sora stood corrected.

Sora unexpectedly opened the door for Kairi, and she awkwardly climbed in her seat. "Uh, thanks." Sora nodded and jogged over to the drivers side.

One of Kairi's favorite songs was on the radio, and she heard Sora sing along.

"I can't, let go of what's in front of me here. I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up, leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream…" Sora's voice cracked at the end, him realizing that the song fit him so well.

Kairi was almost mad at the fact they were playing that song. It may one of her favorites, but it fit her situation a little too well. The only problem she had was she couldn't let go of her past. Something stopped her from moving on. She was afraid that it was because of a certain person. And they so happened to be singing the song.

Both of them started to sing along to the song. "Oh and I'm on my way to believing…"

Trust me, Kairi. I'm trying.

A/N: WASSUP GUYS? Thank you all so much for the reviews! They are the inspiration to keep me going. :) And for the people who have been asking, their age is 17! And yes, something DID, happen, but you'll have to wait and seeeeeee. Sorry if I've been having these late updates! . I've been pretty busy these last couple of days. And trust me, I am NOT excited for school to start. But I hope that all of you have been having an amazing summer and you kick off the school year with a BAM! I'll update as soon as I can! :) 3