Hey guys ! Sorry it's late, but i've had so much stuff come up. I'm trying though! XD

Anyway, this is Section 4. I got writer's block a lot, and I was super tired, so I'm so sorry if it's not the best piece I've done. So, please read and review ! :)


Unbreakable Connections

Section Four: Nights in the City

Aww, they're walking home together. How sweet. I wonder what's gonna happen... Nah, I don't think Ventus will go too far.

But hey, Ventus has surprised me before. He ate that sushi from the gas station, and I damn sure wasn't expecting that.

I took the last few drops out of the wine cooler bottle, sucking out all remaining liquid until the bottle was desert dry. It really was good, don't think of me as some crazy alcoholic, though. I just like to have a little fun sometimes, I mean, what teenager doesn't?

I lifted my head and turned it to the side when I heard someone calling me. It was Sora, with his high pitched voice.

"Roxas!" Sora yelled one last time. Oh, did I zone out? Oops.

"Whaaaa?" I answered.

"How are you getting home?!"

"I'm right here Sora," I stated, "no need to yell." I started laughing, cause this guy was apparently drinking a bit too much. Who could tell, right? "I don't know how, though. I can just walk, my place isn't that far from here."

"I was gonna say," Sora began, "I would give you a ride but my mom would get so pissed for no reason." Thanks, Sora.

"If you need a ride, I could give you one." I heard a voice say from behind me. I turned my body to see who it was, and it was none other than the tall, broad shouldered redhead. I swear, that hair isn't natural. It can't be. I know... wait. What was his name again? Adam? Alex? Damn, I just met this guy a few hours ago.

"Hi Axel!" Sora screeched. That's his name. Axel. Saved by the bell. Axel gave a slight wave to the brunette, turning his attention back towards me.

"You would give me a ride?" I asked, tilting my head a bit to the side. "Leave all these people at your house?"

"These people-" He used air quotations for the word 'people,' "-would be stupid to do anything stupid. Dad's a cop."

I burst out into laughter. "So let's have a whole bunch of underage teens drinking at your house! Makes perfect sense to me!"

"What can I say," Axel shrugged with a smirk, "I'm a rebel. Got it memorized?"

"Okay, Mr. Rebel," I laughed, "sure you can take me home?"

He nodded with much certainty.

"Awesome," I turned my head back to Sora and Riku, "I'll see you guys at school. See ya." I received a simultaneous goodbye as I stood up and walked out of the house with Mr. Rebel. God, that is never going to get old.

I stepped outside and watched in awe as Axel walked up to this big Jeep that was as red as the ace of hearts.

"This is your car?" I asked, jaw agape.

"Uh, yeah." He replied. "Nice, isn't it? It was a 16th birthday present." I wish my parents would get me a car, they haven't even taken me to get my license yet.. I mean, hey, this is just what I need. A boyfriend with financial security.

I'm kidding. Seriously.

"Damn," I said as I sat in the front seat, "it is nice. Matches your hair, too." I took another look at his bright red spikes. "You sure that's natural?"

"Yes, Roxas, I am absolutely, one hundred percent sure that it's natural. Is your hair natural?"

"Uh, yeah. Why would I color this?" I laughed, doing a dramatic hair flip. I do remember a time when I actually colored my hair black (it was a phase, okay?). I kind of looked like my cousin Vanitas for a minute.

Remind me not to ever, ever do that again.

Axel chuckled while he started the car. "Hilarious. Now, where do you live?"

"The city. A couple streets from the ice cream parlor, we have to pass it to get there."

"I think I know where you're talking about..." He looked like he was thinking really hard. It's not that hard to figure out. "Let's just go to the parlor and then you can like, direct me there."

"Okay." I had a sudden realization, we were passing the ice cream parlor. Oh my god, sea-salt ice cream sounds so good right now. My eyes widened and a huge smile made its way across my face. "Can we get ice cream?!" I yelled excitedly.

The face Axel made was one of the funniest faces I have ever seen. It was like a "How random can you get?" face with a twist of "What the fuck?" It was hilarious, and I literally broke out into an uncontrollable laughter.

"Well," Axel began, "I guess I could go for some ice cream." Those words made me scream yes louder than necessary. Okay, I admit, the alcohol probably has not left my system yet. But that's okay.

In order to get the ice cream parlor, you have to kind of drive through part of the city. But it was cool, because this particular part of the city was always lit up with a whole bunch of bright lights in the night time. The countless restaurants and bars playing music, whether it be hip hop, R&B, even jazz. It kind of reminds me of a vacation I went on with my family to Traverse Town. They always had jazz playing down the streets, blaring the saxophone. But Radiant Garden was different. While Traverse Town was more calm and relaxing, Radiant Garden is more young and lively. You can see the groups of people, teens or adults, walking down the streets, talking, laughing, just having a good time. It's always more fun when you're with a friend though, like right now. Riding in the car with Axel, radio playing, driving down the bright city streets, going to get ice cream. I could get used to this. Being in the city, having fun.

Being with him...

"We're here." I heard through my daze, noticing that we were parked in the lot of the parlor. I looked around, trying to collect myself before speaking, although Axel beat me to the punch. "You okay?"

"Yeah," I answered, "just taking in all the liveliness." I smiled to him as I unbuckled my seat belt and opened the door. "It's a beautiful city."

"Gets boring after a while." He said plainly, closing the door behind him at the same time I closed mine.

"Well aren't you a negative Nancy."

"Funny, Roxas." Axel chuckled, pulling out his wallet. "You want sea-salt, right?"

"Yeah, but..." I began, sort of hesitantly. "I can buy my own."

"It's okay, I'll buy it. It's only like, one munny." He replied, walking up to the counter. I smiled, and blushed a little actually. I wasn't exactly expecting him to buy it, since we just met today. It's kind of cute, to be honest.

"You sure?" I asked softly.

"One hundred percent." Axel smiled a heartwarming smile, catching me completely off guard. My "little" blushing turned into my entire face being red.

Axel ordered two sea-salt ice creams and handed his money to the cashier, receiving his order. Standing right behind him, he handed me one of the ice creams and we sat on this bench in the market place. The parlor was called, "Clock Tower Ice Cream." I'm going to have to remember this place, next time I'm bored at home. When I took my seat on the bench, I sat with my legs crossed, sort of close to the tall redhead. I took a deep breath, listening to the relaxing music playing in the streets. I looked over at Axel, watching as he bit into the ice cream. That was hardcore.

"You just bit into that popsicle." I stated in awe.

"Uh, yeah. We are also sitting on a bench, and you're blonde. Anything else obvious you would like to point out?" We both laughed, and I playfully shoved his arm with my shoulder. Did I mention this guy is like twice my size?

"Hush it," I giggled, "but seriously, how do you just bite into a popsicle? That should be like, against the law or something."

He shrugged. "What can I say, I'm a rebel." I started laughing again.

"Okay, I'll make sure to call you when I wanna rebel against the king." I teased, earning a laugh from him. I caught my breath, calming myself down. "So do you go out often?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you said the city gets boring, so I assumed you go out a lot." I took a lick of my ice cream, and kind of shrugged.

"I guess you can say that," he said, "I only really go out when I'm with close friends. Or if I'm really bored."

"So," I smiled at him, "what's the occasion this time?"

I blushed madly as he put his arm around me. "Take a wild guess." I hesitated to answer, and continuously licked the ice cream until it was almost gone. The downside to that was, however, major brain freeze and a thousand and one chills. It must have caught Axel's attention. "You cold?"

"A little, the ice cream isn't really helping the case, either." I said, giggling a bit. I felt his embrace grow tighter, and he scooted me closer to him on the bench. He was radiating warmth, and it was beyond comforting. I finished off my ice cream and took the chance to lean my head against him, taking in all the heat. I relaxed, letting myself lean against his side. I almost wanted to just go to sleep, it was so comforting. We stayed this way for a while too. I wish everyday was like this..

"So," I heard Axel say, "you ready to go home?"

I did not move from my current position, but I did give an answer. "I don't know, I guess." I looked up at him with an accusing smile. "Why, trying to get rid of me?"

"Maybe so." He laughed. "Or maybe there's people at my house, and I probably shouldn't just leave them there all night."

I stuck my tongue out at him. "Then you should probably take me home."

"Whatever you say, blondie." He ruffled my hair as he got up from the bench. I snatched his hand playfully from my hair, giving a fake scowl.

"No touchie the blondness, 'kay?"

"Fine." He said, but he quickly used his other hand to ruffle my hair again, making his run for the car. My hair, now falling messily all over my head and face, looked crazy.

I got up from the bench and chuckled to myself, and I yelled, "You're a dick!" I ran to the driver's side and opened the door, quickly closing it. He gave me that 'What the hell are you doing' looks, and came up to the window. I rolled it down, grinning from ear to ear. "Can I drive? Pleeeeeease?"

"And why should I let you drive?"

"Because you love me that much."

Awkward silence.

Axel started laughing. "Do I?"

I grabbed my chest and made a fake, hurting face. "Ouch. That hurt." I buckled my seat belt, emphasizing my point: I want to drive.

"Good," Axel chuckled while sticking his tongue out, "just try not to kill me okay?"

"I guess I can put forth some effort." I laughed, turning on the car as Axel got into the front seat. I put the big vehicle into reverse and back out of the lot pretty fast (thank God there was no people or cars behind me?) and drove away at about 50-something miles per hour. I saw Axel tense up in his seat as I sped down the streets and around the corners, and I couldn't do anything but laugh and drive. I turned the radio up loud, and honestly, I was having an amazing time. Almost hit a few fire hydrants, but hey, who hasn't? I drove fast down my street and came to a quick and sudden stop at my driveway, where I proceeded to slowly pull into it. I put the jeep in park, leaning back and laughing at Axel's priceless face. His mouth was wide open, he was gripping the door for his life, and his body was all over tense. I laughed louder than I had all day today, unbuckling myself.

"See? You're not dead." I laughed, getting out of the car. I think I might have scarred him, he isn't getting out of the car. I walked over to the passenger side, opened the door, and waved my hand in front of his face. He turned his head, closed his mouth, and snickered a bit to himself.

"Never again." Axel mumbled, unbuckling himself and getting of his car.

"It wasn't that bad, drama queen." I teased, shoving him backwards.

"We almost died," he stated plainly, "numerous amounts of times." I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"Whatever, drama queen." I began walking away, expecting him to pull me back and say something. My expectations were proven correct as I was pulled back by my hand, nearly hitting my head on the door. That would have been fun. "What is it?" I asked, giving a small smile.

"I don't get any type of goodbye?" Axel asked sarcastically, tilting his head to the side. "Some company you are."

I stuck my tongue out at him, earning a laugh. "I make great company, thank you." I pulled out my phone and gave it to him. He began to say something, but I cut him off. "It's not that warm out here, Mr. Rebel, can you just put your number in please?" Axel laughed and nodded, punching in his number and handing my phone back to me.

"Happy now?" He joked. I simply rolled my eyes, but smiled. I couldn't resist.

"Not really." I teased, chuckling as I put my phone back into my pocket. I embraced him wrapping my arms around him. "Thanks for tonight. I had fun." I mumbled into his chest. He hugged me back, and said "You're welcome," as we broke the hug, and he ruffled my hair, again. I gave him a scowl as I began to walk away from his jeep. "Are you trying to die today?" I asked jokingly.

"What can I say, I'm-"

"You're a rebel, I have it memorized, yes yes yes." I interrupted, laughing my way to the door. "See ya later, redhead."

"Bye, blondie." Axel laughed as he got into the car. I watched as he drove away, and I opened the door to my house. I walked up me and Ventus' room and fell onto my bed, listening to my brother snore louder than a damn chainsaw. Great.

Now, I await tomorrow morning. School, homework, and one hell of a hangover.

To Be Continued...


And there it is. Section 5 will be out soon. Please review ! :)