Author's Note: Hey everyone! I'm back! Vacation was awesome! And now, it's time for chapter 4! Read and review please!

Chapter 4: Lab Partners and Sleepover

It was Friday. Today was not only my favorite day of the school week, but Namine also had her date with Roxas tonight. I still couldn't believe Roxas asked her out! I wonder how it was going to turn out. Will they come out as a couple, or will they turn out as singles again? So many questions I have. I wished that Sora would ask me out, but for now, I'm just happy that he's nice to me. I sat with my friends at lunch that day. Namine was just sitting there gazing at Roxas. I was finally able to make her snap out of it. My guess is that Namine still didn't tell Selphie about her date with Roxas because she was unusually quiet.

" Oh, Selphie! Guess what!" I broke the silence.

" Huh?" She asked with a mouthful of fries.

" Sora is my next door neighbor and I had a conversation with him Monday night!" Selphie's jaw dropped and the fries fell out of her mouth.

" Oh my gosh! Did he smile at you? Hug you? Kiss you? Talk to me!" Selphie got over excited and started climbing on the table.

" He smiled at me and can you get off the table? Everyone's looking at us." I asked.

" Oh. Sorry."

I went back to eating my lunch and took a glance at Sora every now and then. He was so cute. I couldn't stop saying that to myself. The bell rang and it was time to go to chemistry. Today, we were doing a lab, so class shouldn't be too bad. I walked up to my locker and grabbed my science stuff. I then walked to class with Selphie and Namine. We walked into the classroom. We took our seats and waited for the teacher to hive us instructions. Once she gave us directions, she told us to get into groups of 2. Everyone paired. Selphie paired up with Namine and Riku paired up with Roxas, which left me with…

" Well, looks like we're working together." Sora grinned. I just wanted to faint.

" Oh! Right!" I snapped back to reality. I guess High School wasn't so bad. At least for now. We walked over and put on lab coats, rubber gloves, and goggles." Okay, so we're supposed to mix a bunch of chemicals to make the mixture rise and form into a shape after we heat up 30 ml of water."

" All right. Let's start with Mercury Peroxide." Sora suggested. (A/N: I'm just making up chemicals since I suck at science.) He scooped up some of the chemical after the water was heated. The water started to turn green. I turned to look at Namine and Selphie. They gave me a thumbs up. " How about Nitrogen Peroxide next?"

" Sure." I agreed. We both reached for the chemical, but our hands touched accidentally. I blushed like crazy. Sora quickly removed his hand and allowed me to scoop the chemicals. It started to fizz and turned blue. " Should we add one more?"

" Yeah. Nothing's happening. Let's go with, Hydrogen Dioxide?" I nodded in agreement. Sora scooped the stuff in and the mixture's smoke came out pink. It formed into a heart. We blushed looking at each other and then away. I called the teacher over so she could give us a grade. We got a B because we were only supposed to use 2 chemicals. Oh well, it was good enough. I helped Sora clean up the mess. " Hey, I had fun working with you."

" Yeah. So did I."

I finally smiled at him. I was such a coward to never smile at him because I was always afraid he would find out I like him. Now, I know it's okay because he always smiles at me like he did when he said he enjoyed working with me. The bell rang for us to go to 7th period. I waved at Sora and walked to my next class. 7th and 8th period sped up, so school was over pretty quickly. Now it was time to go Namine's house to help her gat ready for her date with Roxas. I took out my cell phone and called my mom at work and told her that I was going to Namine's before Selphie and I have our sleepover tonight. We finally arrived at Namine's house. Once we did, we went straight to her room to pick out an outfit while she took a shower. Tonight was going to be interesting. Namine going out with Roxas, one of the most popular guys? That's awesome! Selphie and I rummaged through her closet and 10 minutes later, Namine came back into her room with a towel around her.

" Hey Namine, we found an outfit for you." Selphie spoke up. She held up a light blue long sleeve with blue jeans.

" I don't know. It's a little too casual. Maybe something like that white dress I always wear when I go out." Namine explained as she pulled out the dress.

" Oh. That one? Ooh, Roxas is going to fall in love with you tonight." I giggled. Namine went into her bathroom, changed into the dress, and then came out. If we were in a sitcom TV show, the audience would go, "Woo!" at Namine's dress.

" Sexy!" Selphie blurted out.

" Shut up." Namine laughed as she went back into her bathroom to do her hair.

Namine came back out with her hair all done. As she did, we heard the doorbell ring. Namine's mom answered the door and then called her down. Namine went downstairs and we followed her. Roxas actually looked really good tonight. Namine winked at us and left. After that, Selphie and I left Namine's house and started to walk to her house. Selphie had to get her things for the sleepover tonight. I waited outside of her house for 20 minutes and then se came back out with sleepover stuff. We walked to my house at that time. We came up to my street. I saw Sora out on the front lawn as I passed by his house. It looked like he was shooting baskets with a basketball. I watched as Sora turned his head towards me! He grinned and waved to me. I wanted to faint, but I couldn't. I grinned and waved back. We finally made it home. My mom was on the phone ordering pizza, so I didn't have to worry about cooking. Selphie and I walked up to my room and set up her sleeping bag. We also changed into our Pajamas. Minutes later, my mom came in with a pizza from Domino's. It was a medium pizza with all of the toppings on it. Selphie broke the silence as she took the first piece. I turned on the TV.

" So, Kairi, what did you and Sora talk about the other night?" Selphie asked.

" Oh. Well, I was just emptying out the garbage and Sora came up to me and thanked me for sticking up for younger brother who was getting picked on by Seifer, Rai, and Fuu."

" You stood up against Seifer's gang!" Selphie asked after she choked on pizza.

" Yeah. So, anyway, he thanked me for sticking up for his brother. Then, we started a conversation saying that it was weird that we've been neighbors for 4 years and we've never hung out before. I told him that I tried out for Volleyball and said that he hopes I make it and that he cried when I scored the winning serve in the championship game when we were in 9th grade." I giggled a bit.

" Ooh, I think he likes you."

" No. I don't think so. He was probably just being polite I guess. I don't know how Sora feels about me. Hey, how long has it been since you've had a crush on someone?"

" 2 years. I haven't had a crush on anyone since I found out that Tidus hated me. Well, I always thought Riku was cute, but I never had a crush on him." Selphie sighed.

" I don't see why you had a crush on that total idiot."

" He and I betted $200 for a Volleyball match against each other. I won the match and at that point, I developed feelings for him. I thought that he would probably ask me out sometime, but he turned out to be a total asshole. (A/N: That really happened to me!) So, haven't been crushing on anyone since then."

" Oh, I see. So, did you want to watch a movie?" I offered.

" Sure."

" Okay, I rented a few. I have She's the Man or Napoleon Dynamite?"

" Um, I prefer She's the Man."

" Okay." I took out the disc and put it into my PS2 and changed the channel on my TV. My phone rang then. " Hello?"

" Kairi?"

" Namine! How's the date going?"

" It's going great! Roxas took me to Old Peking, a real nice place for Chinese food. I'm in the restroom at the restaurant right now. Roxas just ordered our food. He is so romantic." Namine sighed dreamily.

" Well, you better go before Roxas worries. Let me know what happens!"

" Okay, bye Kairi. Tell Selphie I said hi."

" Bye." I hung up.

" Who was it?" Selphie asked.

" Namine. So, where were we? Oh yeah, the movie!"

I finally started the movie and we turned out the lights. Eventually, we got really tired and fell asleep.

Author's Note: Hope you liked that chapter. Next chapter, you'll find out how Namine's date with Roxas went. Review please!