Thank you for your awesome reviews, guys. This chapter is dedicated to Brightest Darkest Heart and poohbearlover95. Thanks for reviewing! Now, I give you chapter 4!

~ Chapter 4 ~

The trio hummed happily as they walked inside the school, all heads turning to them. "GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!" Sora greeted happily. A few 'good morning's could be heard responding. Naminé giggled at Sora while he skipped down the halls, hooking arms with Kairi, who hooked arms with Naminé. "Ah!" She laughed as Kairi and her were being dragged down the hall. "Slow down, Sora!" They said together. "NO! THE TRYOUTS ARE POSTED!" Sora yelled, earning a few laughs. from the surrounding people. Sora brought them to the boys locker room where he pointed at the papers hanging on the door. Under the soccer section, Sora's name was neatly printed at the top. "You got in the soccer team?!" Kairi squealed and Sora nodded, giving us a group bear hug. "Thats awesome, Sora!" Naminé smiled. "I knooooowwww!" The bell rang abruptly, signaling for them to go to first period. "Alright, I'll see you guys later." Naminé said, waving and turning to head to her first class. "Byeeeee!" She knew that Sora wouldn't be calm for a few more days. Giggling at the thought, she walked into class.

Naminé skipped happily to her seat and took out her materials. In her peripheral vision she saw someone sit next to her, and some whispers started. She knitted her eyebrows together and turned to see who it was. She was greeted by a big head of blonde spikes. "Erm, hi Roxas." She smiled a bit and he shrugged at her. Well, its better than the glares, Naminé thought. She folded her hands in her lap and laid back onto her seat. She closed her eyes serenely; it was nice having a friend in her classes. She felt a small feeling poke at her and she opened her blue eyes to see a piece of paper on her desk. She picked it up and squinted her eyes at the messy writing. "From Roxas Strife, You shouldn't sleep in class. I'll help you this time, though, Naminé." It said. She could feel the unconscious smile grow on her face again. "Thank you," She mouth to him and he nodded in turn.

Next was 2nd and 3rd period...what do you know? Roxas sat next to Naminé in this class too. She couldn't fight the ever-growing smile at the thought of not being alone anymore.

~*~

Lunch time arrived and Naminé happily left her class. She couldn't wait to tell Sora and Kairi of her new friendship with Roxas. As she walked into the cafeteria, her eyes widened at an unbelievable sight. Axel, Demyx, Zexion, Larxene, Marluxia, and Roxas were sitting with her two best friends. She ambulated towards the table and raised her fine brows, "So...whats going on here?" Axel and Demyx got up, shot Roxas a knowing smile, and wrapped their arms around her shoulders. "Nam, wassup?!" They beamed. "H-Huuuh?" She replied stupidly. "Oh, you need a proper introduction!" Axel clapped his hands and jerked a thumb towards himself. "I'm Axel, got it memorized?" Naminé blushed at his wink. "Uh, yes, I think so."

This time Marluxia spoke up, "Axel, I think she already knows us all." Larxene snorted, "Yeah, especially shortstuff over here," She said, waving towards Roxas. Said boy growled at her and muttered a "Shut Up."

"Anywaaay," Demyx interrupted, "we came to invite you guys to our party." Sora and Kairi beamed at this idea. "Ooh what kind?!" Axel crossed his arms, "Well we decided to throw ourselves a welcoming party tomorrow. We only invite our closest friends...well the ones that don't make us gag. So, you three are invited. Don't worry, no alcohol, only root beer and Ramune!" He laughed heartily. "So, whataya say?" Demyx asked, leaning forward with anticipation. "I'm there!" Kairi said, in turn making Sora and Naminé agree. "Great!!" The red head and sandy blonde hugged Naminé and Kairi, gave Sora a pat on the back, and dragged the rest of their gang away. Roxas looked at Naminé for a brief second with a blank stare then felt the corner of his lip twitch upwards and he turned away quickly.

"Something's up," Kairi said as soon as they were out of ear-shot. "Yeah, first they were this notorious gang, beating up random people around the block and now they're going and inviting people to parties. And did you see the look Axel and Demyx kept on shooting Roxas?" Sora picked at his spaghetti. "Yeah, definitely suspicious." Kairi said. "C'mon, guys," Naminé nibbled on her omelette, "Maybe they really are nice people?"

Sora snorted, "Thats not very likely." Kairi nodded in agreement. "I guess."

~*~

Naminé sat in her seat in math, taking out her homework and pencils. "'Sup, Nam," Axel sat next to her with Larxene and Roxas following. "Oh, um, hello Axel, Roxas, Larxene." She smiled at them all, wondering where this sudden kindness came from. "So, the party is going to be at Marluxia's house, got it memorized? Here's his address." Axel gave her a slip of paper. "Spread the word." He winked at her then looked forward at the teacher. Naminé looked at the three next to her. I guess I'm not alone anymore...this party can help me have more friends. Naminé felt a sudden wave of confidence. I can't wait now! She thought, getting so excited she didn't notice the bell ring, signaling her free period with her new friend Roxas. She jumped up and ran to her sanctuary, hoping that Roxas would arrive there too.

She put her bag on the edge of the wall and leaned on the railing, enjoying the air blowing in her face. Naminé heard the click of a door and saw Roxas walk over beside her. "I'm sorry for yesterday...Roxas." Naminé apologized, smiling softly. "No, I'm sorry. You can't help it...your autophobia." He scratched the back of his head. "Oh, I also apologize for letting you see me freak out like that...it was very inappropriate of me."

"No, like I said, it wasn't your fault." Roxas put a hand on her shoulder. "Just don't worry about it," Roxas smirked sheepishly, "I kinda told the gang about you...they want to help."

"Thanks Roxas." She said, not taking her eyes away from the city stretched out in front of her. "No problem." What they want to help isn't your autophobia, Roxas thought to himself, blushing slightly. The bell rang from the inside and Naminé finally broke her gaze from the city. "You're really nice...ya know....for a gangster." She giggled while walking to the door and left him on the rooftop to his own thoughts.

~*~

Kairi and Naminé emerged from the girl's locker room together to find that they were going to play some basketball. The girls met up with Sora and they jogged together to the basketball racks. "Lets practice some free-throws." Kairi suggested. Naminé nodded just in time to hear some cheering. The trio turned their heads to see Axel and Roxas duking it out in an all-out basketball game, one-on-one. Roxas held the ball, gracefully sliding past Axel, and he made a shot. The crowd forming cheered as the ball made it into the net. Roxas laughed at Axel, a beautiful sight to the platinum blonde watching him. Axel put him in a head lock as a yelled tore out in the gym. "Watch out!" Just as Naminé was about to turn and see where it was coming from, a basketball hit her square in the face, drawing a bit of blood from her nose. "Ouch," there were a few murmurs going on as Kairi, Sora, Roxas and Axel rushed to her side. Coach Cloud came out and assessed the damage done to Naminé's pale face. "Strife, take her to the nurse." He pushed the blonde boy up to the bleeding girl, who was attempting to stand dizzily. "You okay, Nam?" Roxas asked as he hooked her arm around his shoulder and his arm around her waist. "I think so." She mumbled, her voice muffled by her hand that was held up to her nose.

He chuckled a bit before opening the door to Nurse Aerith's office. "Ah, Mr Strife, pleasure to see you again." She said, smiling when she saw Naminé latched around him. "Again?" Naminé wondered. Roxas blew off her comment, "Her face got hit with a basketball, its bleeding." Nurse Aerith nodded and handed Naminé some paper towels. "Clean that up while I get my tools." Nurse Aerith left, leaving Roxas and Naminé alone. "Thanks for walking me here. I think I'm suffering from blood loss." She moaned and threw her head back to stop the bleeding.

"Anytime." Roxas gave her more paper towels. Nurse Aerith came back in with a bag of the assumed tools. "Alright, thank you, Mr. Strife. Get back to class and I'll take care of Ms. Highwind. Please tell the teacher that she's staying until school's over." Roxas nodded and waved to Naminé before leaving. His smile never left his face.

~*~

"Hey Nam, how's your nose?" Kairi asked, walking into the nurse's office that day after school. "Its okay, the ball just made it bleed, no biggie." Naminé already had all her things and was laying down on the bed in there. "I'm ready." She said, standing and grabbing her bag and her clothes. "Alright lets go." The two walked out and saw Sora leaning on the wall. "Hey Nam," He face turned into a pouty one. "Aw you don't have one of those basketball prints on your face?" Kairi smacked his head. "Our poor Naminé just got hit in the head with a basketball and all you care about is the marks they make?"

"C'mon it would be cool to see!" Sora complained holding onto his head. "No it--" Naminé interrupted them with a whiny little kid voice, "Mommy, Daddy, stop fighting!" After a pause of silence, the trio started laughing.

"You two sounded like a married couple!" Naminé said, wiping a tear out of her eyes. The pause of silence returned. "A c-c-couple?" Sora stuttered, his face getting red. "Uh, yeah," She raised an eyebrow at his peculiar behavior. "Well, we should be getting home." Kairi interrupted, her face paler than usual. "Erm...okay." Naminé pursed her lips in thought. What's with them? She thought.

They walked outside of the double doors to the school and to their houses.

~*~

After dinner, Naminé plopped herself onto her bed and withdrew her cellphone. She dialed Kairi's number and put the phone to her ear. After about 3 rings, Kairi picked up, "Hey Nam, what's up?"

"What was with you and Sora today?" She asked. There was a short pause before Kairi's answer. "Nothing. I don't see what you're talking about. How was your time alone with Roxas in the nurses office?" Naminé smiled, "Well--Hey! Don't change the subject!" She heard Kairi sigh, "I'm sorry...I'm just not ready to talk about it yet. But, I really am interested in what happened with Roxas. Tell meee!"

"Okay, okay," Naminé laughed. "So, when we got to the Nurse's office, she said 'Ah, Mr. Strife, pleasure to see you again.' And of course, I was wondering what she meant by again, but Roxas just blew off my comment." Kairi hummed in thought, "What a butt. He's hiding something from you. Man, you just became friends and he's already got a secret." Naminé looked at her ceiling with a sad expression, "Yeah," She sighed.

Kairi laughed, "Aw, is little Naminé in wuv?" She said in a teasing voice. "No! We just became friends." Naminé grew quiet, "And if he was hesitant in becoming friends, who knows what it will be like in a relationship."

"So you do like him?"

"No!"

Naminé could hear her mom calling her name. "Oh, Kai, I gotta go, mom's calling. I'll see you in the morning so we can get ready for the party."

~ Chapter 4 End ~

Okay, just to keep you guys informed, Roxas being in a gang IS going to have a big part in the story, but right now it's focusing on Naminé's autophobia and their relationship. Then it will focus on the Org. XIII part, THEN, it will mix the two together and make the end. Then possibly a sequel. Expect the gang part around chapter 6 or 7, somewhere around there. So be patient. There's gonna be tons of drama in that part...be prepared!

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