Very, very romantic chapter! Me no ownie Kingdom Hearts. I wish I did, but it belongs to Disney and Squareenix and the song Christie sings is a part of "Feel Good Inc.", an awesome song by the Gorillaz. Only things I own in this fic is Christie and the plot.

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Christie woke up the next morning with the sun in her face. It took her a while for her to remember where exactly she was- which was inside her video game.

She stood up and went over to the window. The sun was still rising, so she figured it was around 7 o'clock. She folded her arms and smiled, watching the sun and soaking up the warmth. Back in her own dimension, she'd always miss the sunrise, waking up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

She spun around when the door clicked open. She sighed when she saw it was only Sora. He was carrying a plate with bacon and eggs and toast on it. "'Morning!" He whispered, handing the plate over.

"Good morning," she whispered back, taking the plate.

"Mom and her boyfriend are going on vacation for a week today, so we'll have the house to ourselves. We just have to wait up here for an hour or so," Sora explained.

"Cool," Christie said, taking a bite of toast. "Geez, you're lucky- my mom would never leave me alone for a week."

Sora laughed. "Well, she gets Riku to check in on me. He's only fifteen, but he's been more like a father than a friend. I think Mom trusts him more than me."

Christie nodded. "Yeah, back home I have..." she shook her head, thinking, "...four moms at least."

Sora laughed again. Christie's heart gave a budump. It wasn't the same budump as yesterday though, when she met Riku. This budump was different and weird- it wasn't a jump, it was a skip. A happy little skip. She put her plate down as two little words came to mind.

'Oh, no...'

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"Hey Kairi!" Riku called, waving.

Across the beach, Kairi waved back. "Hi Riku. What's up?" She asked as the silver-haired boy ran up to her.

"I only wanted to know if you knew where Christie was staying. I checked the motel and the guy looked at me like I had a frog on my head."

"Riku."

"Yeah?"

"You do have a frog on your head."

Riku reached up and took the animal. "Toko! That's where you went! Yeah, so..." Riku looked at Kairi expectantly while cradling Toko in his arms.

Kairi looked at the frog and sort of coiled back. The way it was staring at her, she was half-expecting it to say "I'm taking over the world, and you're going first." Kairi shook her head. "No, I don't know where she's staying," Kairi said, glacing back and forth from Toko to Riku. "Ask Sora. He probably knows." Kairi cocked an eyebrow. "Why d'you wanna know?"

"Oh, uhm..." Riku started thinking of ways to gross her out without it being a complete lie. So he told the truth. "I just wanted to let her know that my arms really hurt this morning from last night, it was awesome, and that we should do it again sometime! Okay, well, see you!" And, with that, he spun on his heels and took off, leaving a very disgusted Kairi in the dust.

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"So, what are we going to do today?" Sora asked, coming through the door after putting Christie's plate down in the kitchen.

"Dunno," the blonde replied. She pulled her white shirt over her black one and fixed her hair in the mirror on Sora's door.

"Hm... well, I gotta go pick up some groceries, so I guess you can roam around for a little while."

"Sounds cool," Christie replied, looking at the brunette. He smiled at her in his goofy way and her heart skipped again. She quickly shook it off and smiled back.

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Christie kicked up a little sand as she dragged her feet. She was slouched over with her hands in her pockets, as she does when she's deep in thought. The blonde stopped and looked out to the ocean. What if I never get back...? What if they've forgotten about me...? How... how will I get back!

She blinked back tears and sat down. Bringing her knees to her chest, she let the tide lick at her sneakers. "You want to take me, don't you...?" She muttered, reaching out and letting the water touch her finger.

"Hey, why are you sad?"

Christie slowly turned around and saw Riku. "Am I sad?" She asked quietly, a smile spreading across her lips.

"You seem it," the older boy replied as he sat down beside her.

"I see."

Christie looked back out to the ocean. Before long, she began to sway back and forth and sing.

"Windmill, windmill for the land,

Turn forever, hand in hand.

Take it all in on your stride,

It is sinking, falling down.

Love forever, love is free,

Let's turn forever, you and me.

Windmill, windmill for the land,

is everybody in ...?"

"That's a nice song," Riku said, smiling at Christie. "Is that from where you come from?"

Christie nodded. She barely noticed the silence that followed. She was still humming in her head.

"Christie..." Riku muttered.

It wasn't much, but it was enough for the blonde to snap out of her trance. "Yes?" She asked, facing the boy. He was staring at her very intensly.

"How easy do you forget...?"

The girl smiled. "Unfortunatly, very easy," she replied, returning her gaze to the sea.

All this happened in a flash. Riku put his hand around Christie's waist and pulled her in. She was so close, she could feel the muscles in Riku's chest as he breathed. Riku's lips brushed against Christie's and her breath caught in her throat. She finally breathed in, causing her mouth to open. Riku took this as an advantage and pushed his lips into hers. His tongue brushed against her lower lip... around... and tickled half-way across her top lip, sending a shiver down her spine. He pulled away half an inch and whispered, "Foget that," as if it were an easy thing to do.

The boy then stood up, brushed his pants off, and walked away. This time, when Christie looked back at the blue waves, she didn't see them. She didn't see anything in front of her. All she saw was what just happened. She bit her knuckle hard and shut her eyes. Don't cry ... don't cry ... not over a silly thing like this!

She coughed out a sob and took her now red knuckle from her mouth. She stood up and dusted herself off and barely jumped when there was a drop on her shoulder ... on her head ... all around her ...

Christie looked up. She hadn't even noticed the clouds rolling in. Gloomily, she stuck her hands back into her pockets, slouched over, and dragged her feet back to Sora's house.

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"Hey! Hey Christie!"

Christie stood up straight and stared at the approaching redhead, who was carrying a large blue umbrella.

"Hey Kairi," she greeted when the other girl had finally caught up with her, "what's up?"

"Riku was looking for you," she huffed out while putting the umbrella over Christie's head out of courtesy, "Did'e find you?"

"Erm ... yeah, he did ..."

"Okay. Uhh ... I have a question though ..."

"Shoot."

What did you two do last night? She wanted to ask that question, but decided against it. She must respect Riku's privacy. "What do you think of Riku?" She asked instead.

Christie started. Did Kairi see what happened ... ? "He's ... he's nice ... a good person ..."

"Oh ... do ... do you think I may have a chance with him?"

That was it. Kairi was only asking Christie's advice ... but wait ... Sora likes Kairi ... Kari likes Riku ... Riku likes Christie ... and Christie likes Sora ... ? Augh! It's like a four cornered triangle!

"Christie?"

"A-ah ... yeah ... yeah, I think you may have a chance with him."

"Are you and Sora going out?"

No. "Yes."

"Oh, really."

No, not really. "Yeah ..."

"How long have you and Sora've been going out?"

Never! "About a week."

"I see. Well ... I gotta go now. See you later."

"Bye."

With that, both girls turned on their heels and left. Once again, Christie slouched over, put her hands in her pockets, and dragged her feet. Playing Cupid was going to be harder than she thought.

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'Bout time we got into the romance, eh? So ... yay or nay for t3h luuuuuuv?