Hey Guys! I just really wanted to thank all you lovelies for the reviews! I love all of them! I really appreciate it! I really hope you guys are like the way this story is homeschooled its a lot harder to render how classes and schools were set up lol, so bare with me if I didn't get it exactly right. Working on trying to shape Riku's character a little, I hope I do everyone justice ^_^ THANKS! GOD BLESS!

White Light and the Darker Angel

Chapter 4

I walked up to the front doors of Twilight High with Kairi beside me. The school was as busy as always, the bus riders pulling up and dropping off. Teens went every which way as we all were herded in like cattle towards our home room classes. I headed toward my locker in the back hallway with Kairi. Sora followed us and Riku slid off towards the senior hall with a nod.

"When is that extra credit stuff due for Mr. Yen Sid's class?" Sora asked shuffling Kairi's books in his arms.

"Friday" I said screw my locker lock to and fro. I jerked the medal door open with a clank.

"Great, I guess that's what I'll be doing this afternoon" Sora said shoulders slumping.

"I'll help you while Riku tutors Naminè" She said giving him a reassured pat on the back.

That seemed to cheer him up some. He brightened and smiled at her. I slid my messenger back off my shoulder and pulled my heavy text books and notebook out of it. I grabbed my History book and sketch book and slid everything else into my locker. With a slight look in the mirror I slammed the locker shut. Kairi did the same and fell into step beside me. Sora must have went on ahead to his home room with Mr. Phil. We stepped into our homeroom class and slid into our assigned seats. I opened my sketchbook and started a quick doodle as Kairi started to talk to the other girls.

"Hey, what's that?" Selphie asked sliding into the chair beside me. Though it was history we still had lab like tables where two people sat. Kairi sat in the double table behind us with her other friend Xion.

"Just a doodle really, just something to pass the time" I said looking up at her. Her brigt green eyes were filled with fresh excitment. Her beautiful brown hair was shoulder length and held one curl on each side.

"It looks really cool, your style reminds me of that senior guy" she said opening her history text book.

"Who?" I asked closing my sketchbook and sliding it onto my lap.

"Um… oh what's his name?" Selphie asked snapping her fingers and scrunching her eye brows together in thought.

"Riku?" Kairi interjected half listening to our conversation.

"That's his name! He's a really good artist. Tidus took me to an art gallery at the museum and they had some of his stuff" She said looking over her shoulder at Kairi.

"No way! That's who is going to tutor Namine so she can become a better artist and get into Twilight Town Art Academy!" Kairi squealed.

"Wow, I would kill for him to show me his tips and tricks" Selpie said looking back at me. "And a couple of other things, he's so handsome!" She said playing with her curly brown hair.

Beside Kairi, Xion huffed and rolled her eyes. She was more goth looking with her pitch black hair and dark eye lashes. She wore a red pleated skirt with combat boots. Most of the time we ignored her anyway. She wasn't exactly friendly. And for some reason, she didn't like me at all.

"Who's handsome?" Tidus interjected from the other side of Selphie. She blushed and rolled her eyes, "You are!" She said giggling and focusing back into her text book.

History went along pretty easily. Everyone kept getting the teacher, Mr. Merlin, off tack. So it ended up with everyone doing their work with their partners. As everyone worked talking started to erupt in low whispers. Selphie started to work less on the paper we were doing and more on getting the details about our afternoon from Kairi and myself. She wouldn't stop until we promised to call her with all the details of what happened. That seemed to justify her for the moment. I finished the worksheet for both of us and walked it up to Mr. Merlin's desk. He was lightly snoozing with his pure white mustache waving up and down as he breathed in and out through his mouth. I placed the sheet into the plastic container and tried to walk as quietly as I could so I wouldn't wake him.

"That was fun, really learned a lot" Kairi said, her voice filled with sarcasm as we walked to our lockers again. She pushed her book into her pink filled locker. Her layered red hair swaying as she did so.

"At least we have science to look forward to; Mr. Ansem said yesterday that it was going to be a good lesson today." I said rolling my eyes shifting my books to get my locker back open.

"Don't remind me" Kairi said not too enthused. I smiled and started walking again. We were greeted by Sora, our first class with him, we only had one other which was French. He smiled and gave Kairi a kiss hello. I rolled my eyes and sat down at my desk pulling my history and sketch book out again. There was light murmur until Mr. Ansem stepped in pulling the door to.

"Hello class, I hope you all have your notebooks with you, for we are going to be taking notes from the projector today."

I raised my hand and he sighed and nodded at me. "Um Sir, I forgot my notebook in my locker, can I go get it?"

He did a stiff nod at me and started up the projector. I stood up and hurried out of the darkened classroom. I ran over to my locker and tried to open it when a voice called me out.

"Naminè? What are you doing?" Riku asked coming to lean against the locker next to me.

"I forgot my notebook for Ansem's class." I said begrudgingly trying to pull on my stupid lock.

"Oh, I have him, not the friendliest one around here" Riku said with a smirk.

"Yep, he seems not to really like anyone here" I said still tugging on the unwilling lock.

"Yea, he only likes that stupid lab rat of his…what's that fur ball's name?"

"Ummm…it starts with an M" I said still tugging on the annoying lock.

"Mortimer?" Riku asked laying a hand on my arm and gently moving me an inch. He started to work on my lock for me.

"I think its name is Mickey" I said. Riku shrugged and kept messing with my stupid lock. "What's your password?"

"I don't have one, normally it just opens" I said looking at the ground embarrassed. He gave me a slight look and stepped away from the locker. He opened his black messenger back that was slung over him and handed me a red notebook.

"Here, take it, Ansem likes to use the notes in his tests" He said rolling his eyes.

I was about to decline him but I noticed the clock and how much I had missed. "Thanks, I'll give it back to you later...I promise" I said holding it in my arms crossing my chest.

"No need, keep it" He gave a slight smile, the corners of his mouth barely turning up and started back down the hall.

That was weird, my head raced thinking of that little smile as I stared back to the classroom. Why wasn't Riku in Class? I always thought he would be stand offish towards me, especially after I had sat in his lap that night. Why is it that he is being so nice? He was never talkative towards me before; He always kind of shrunk in the background whenever I saw him. He seemed like a completely different person. Maybe I had just not really known him at all before…

"As I was saying" Mr. Ansem started off again as I took my seat. Cheeks flushed as everyone looked at me. I laid Riku's notebook, well my notebook now I guess onto the desk and flipped it open.

"I figured you can copy my notes later" Kairi whispered as I pulled out my pencil. I smiled thanks at her, her eyebrows smashed though when she saw the red notebook. "Whose is that?" She mouthed as Mr. Ansem looked up at us.

"Girls, Attention please" He said speaking in his deep voice.

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"What were you and Riku talking about outside class?" Kairi asked walking beside me as we walked toward the lunchroom. She looked oddly giddy.

I sighed, I knew I shouldn't have told her, now she was going to get all girly and giggly on me. "He was helping me in opening my locker, for some reason I couldn't get it open" I looked down at the red notebook still in my arms. I hadn't had time to put it in my bag before I fled under Mr. Ansem's gaze as he watched us leave the room.

"That was nice of him to try and help" Kairi offered as she stepped into our one out of three lunch room lines.

"Who tried to help?" Sora piped up behind us.

His hair still perfectly spiky, spikier than Riku's. They seemed like brother sometimes to me. Both really good looking guys, I mentally smacked myself, what was I thinking? And as If on cue I looked over at the corner of the lunch room. I saw Riku sitting with his leg up and his arm wrapped around it. He was munching into an apple. He was smiling at one of his friends but looked down and started to pick up his pencil and draw into a notebook he had. Hmm, I wonder if my notebook he gave me had any of his sketches in it. I'd have to look later.

"Hey guys, want to sit with Riku?" Sora asked picking up something that resembled pizza. Ugh I hate our school's food. I grabbed one of the pre-made pb and j's. Something that these nasty lunch ladies didn't actually touch with their hands.

"Sounds like fun, something new doesn't hurt, right Nami?" Kairi asked looking over at me.

"Yea, sure" I said reciting my lunch number account to the bored looking lunch lady sitting at the end of the lunch line.