Everybody immediately became excited as this was always their favorite part of their Summer days, it marked school over and summer beginning. All the friends started helping out with the barbeque, setting up the table and bringing the food while the aroma of the meat sizzling on the grill was seeping in through the air surrounding the starving friends.

Once in awhile Namine would notice from the corner of her eye that her aunt was watching her. Every time Namine had any contact with Roxas, she saw her aunt smile.

She rolled her eyes at the thought of ever being with Roxas. 'I mean come on. Never gonna happen! We're best friend's for pete's sake…Everybody knows that.'

It was true. Everybody on Destiny Island knew they we're the best of friends since they we're just little toddlers but everybody also knew that when they we're together, there was something about them that flashed couple. All the kids at school had already assumed they we're going out but we're just too shy to show it.

'Sigh. Now my aunt thinks that me and Roxas are like the perfect couple.' Just then Roxas walks past her carrying a tray of drinks. Namine's eyes unconsciously follows Roxas's back. 'hmm he really has a nice back…I wonder what it would be like to touch it..' Without realizing it Namine had her finger moving like she was really tracing Roxas's back with her finger.

'and..he looks pretty good with those basketball shorts and black tank top. It really shows his muscular arms... Ugh Namine! Get a hold of yourself! It's Roxas…There's nothing wrong with him. In fact, he's really attractive…but he's your best friend. Plus Sora is the one you like..DUH!' She chuckled, finding it funny that she had to actually tell herself that she liked Sora when she knew she was crazy for Sora that even a smile from him can make her feel like passing out. Namine didn't think Roxas and her could ever look like a couple but for some odd reason they did to others. She shrugged as she assumed that it just comes with the package of being best friends with the opposite sex.

Suddenly, Kairi felt quiet warm breath on her neck, "Oooooh Kairi…What are you doing just standing there staring at Roxas like he's hot stuff?"

"Wah? Huh? Who? What?" Namine shook out of her dreamy state and looked right and left frantically.

"Whoa Namine. Calm down. It's just me, Selphie." She raised one eyebrow at the blonde girl.

Namine looked down and remembered she was carrying napkins in her hand, "Oh yeah…Right." Ignoring Selphie, she walked towards the completely set table.

"Alrightie then…," Selphie shrugged her shoulders and continued whatever she was doing.

The table cloth was white and had a pattern of pretty red flowers over it. And it was filled with tasty side dishes aligned in the middle, fresh and warm. The sun was setting which made the bbq set up look so beautiful in Namine's eyes.

"Wow, the table looks so nice!" Namine complimented while giving the table a once over.

"Isn't it? It's better than last summer's," Roxas's grandma said satisfyingly. Namine saw that her friends we're gathering around the table, ready to eat till their stomach bloated.

The boys came running and with big grins plastered on their faces, in unison they said, "WHOO! I'm starving! Let's eat!"

The girls rolled their eyes. "Hahaha typical boys! Can't live with them, can't live without them, " Kairi said smiling as she watched the boys take their seats while she took her own seat by Sora.

Namine automatically walked towards where Roxas was sitting and took a seat by him. They exchanged smiles. Then Namine looked in front of her and saw that Sora was sitting across from her. Her smile turned quickly into a blush as she looked down. Roxas looks at Sora and then at Namine and knew instantly what was going on. His smile turned into a disappointed look. He took a deep breath and laid his face on his rolled up fist and watched the smoke of the grill go up in the sky. From the corner of the table, Riku was quietly observing the trio..or er the four including Kairi…he looked at the blonde-haired boy who was trying hard to enjoy himself but can't hide his true emotions. He sighed a feeling of sympathy for him. Then his bluish-green eyes set on the lovely Kairi. She confuses him. To him, she is kind-hearted, gentle, and at the same time strong yet for some reason he was never able to fully open up to her like he wanted to ever since they we're just kids. Maybe it was the fact that seeing her cry before had scared him off. He just didn't know what to do when it came to weird situations with girls and that's why he felt useless when he tries helping Roxas.

Tidus and Wakka decided that sitting down waiting was just too boring so they took over the grill and started grilling their favorite, baby back ribs and steak.

"Mmmm smells good, ya?," Wakka flips over the baby back ribs while Tidus handled the steaks.

"…Mmmm Tidus you look so manly grilling!" Selphie exclaimed. Tidus shuddered while Wakka laughed…mocking Tidus, "Oooh…Tidus..you're so manly..HAHAHA!"

"Ah Shut up!" Tidus playfully punched Wakka.

20 minutes later, Wakka and Tidus we're all done. "Alright TIME TO EAT!" Tidus yelled out to his waiting friends.

Tidus and Wakka carried the plates of baby back ribs and meat and placed them on the table. They quickly took their seats and we're of course the first ones to dig in.

"Cmon lets get some before they both eat it all!" Sora said as he grabbed a baby back rib. Everybody was enjoying the grilled food and side dishes while they talked, enjoying each other's company. Namine loved the food. She couldn't help getting second's and thirds of the potato salad, macaroni and cheese, and spaghetti and meatballs.

Roxas softly nudges Namine and whispers, "Namine slow down. Remember what happened last year?"

- Flashback-

"Yummy! Everything looks so delicious!" Namine starts grabbing loads of food from each plate and bowl. She quickly stuffs it in her mouth, loving every bite.

"Ah Roxas could you give me a a slice of pizza?"

"Ya sure."

The blond-haired girl happily munched on the pizza, tasting the delicious cheese and pepperoni.

"….Roxas…," Namine whispers to the boy sitting next to her.

"What is it?" He looks at her. She didn't look so happy.

"….I…think…I ate too…" Namine was clutching her stomach and look down at the ground.

"…Namine?" Roxas looked at her worried.

"Roxas….Urghhhh…" Namine had thrown up behind her.

Kairi notices and gasps, "Namine!"

And from there, everything went blurry as Namine passed out.

-End of Flashback-

"Ahaha…Oh yeah…," Namine blushed thinking about the last summer's incident. She wondered if everybody else remembered what happened too. This made her blush an ever deeper red as Sora was there at the incident too. 'so embarrassing!' Namine was the type of girl who was very clumsy and therefore embarrasses herself a lot. She decided to be more careful, to stop herself from ever making an embarrassing mistake especially in front of Sora. She cautiously ate her food. Roxas noticed her sudden change of pace, and couldn't help but laugh.

Namine couldn't help but give a chuckle at herself too. The two best friends looked at each other and started laughing with each other. Kairi couldn't help but notice the two laughing best friends, "What are you two laughing about?" Kairi asked smiling at them. Roxas and Namine looked at each other and a small shy smile formed on Namine's face.

".It's nothing," Roxas winked at Namine making her smile. She knew she can always count on him. That's why they we're best friends.

"Mhmm sure," The pink-haired girl decided to play along.

"Heeeey…I just remembered something happened last summer around the time we had a bbq. It was pretty funny…but what was it again?" Sora said thinking hard. 'Oh no! Please don't remember!' Namine became uncomfortable. She started talking to Kairi about shopping, hoping Sora would stop trying to remember.

Sora put a finger up and had a smile on his face, "Oh yeah! Now I remem-.."

All of a sudden Namine stood up and said in a louder voice than usual, "Kairi! We should go shopping tomorrow at the mall!" Sora and Roxas looked at her. Namine could feel the heat rushing to her face as she saw Sora looking at her with his lips parted. 'Now I bet he thinks I'm just plain strange…good job Namine…'

Kairi looked at her wide eyed. She had never seen Namine act like that. Sure at times Namine would act all super happy and cheerful but this time it was just strange. Maybe it was because she was sitting in front of Sora?

"Uh…um Okay." The pink-haired girl hesitantly agreed while putting a smile on her face.

The blond-haired girl breathed a sigh of relief. She slumped down to her seat but then accidentally knocked down a cup of juice which fell on Roxas's basketball shorts and fell on her white shorts.

"Oh no! I'm sorry Roxas!" She quickly took napkins and started cleaning the juice off the blond-haired boy's shorts.

"No, it's okay Namine," Roxas pushed her hand away but Namine was in her own world. Whenever she felt embarrassed, she would always shut out her hearing and act on her own.

"Oh my god…I'm really sorry." Namine repeatedly apologized to Roxas. He decided to take Namine's wrist and stop her from trying to clean his shorts. She kept her eyes looking down, afraid to see what facial expression Sora had.

"Cmon." Roxas got up and took her hand and pulled her along to walk with him.

"…are you okay?" Her best friend knew that she was feeling really embarrassed and needed to get away for a little while.

"…was I too panicky?" Namine kept her eyes on the ground.

Roxas stifled his chuckle, "Yeah, maybe just a little too much."

"Aww…Jeez…why do I always have to embarrass myself?"

"It's okay everybody always embarrasses themselves. It's no big deal." Roxas said soothingly while he gently made circles with his finger on her hand.

Afraid to hearing the answer, Namine asked, " I wonder what he thinks of me now…How was his reaction?" She braced herself to hear Roxas's answer.

Roxas looked ahead and talked in an almost expressionless tone. Whenever he talked about Sora, he always got tense, "He thinks of you the same. Really, you shouldn't worry about it. He had a worried face when he was looking at you."

Namine gasp, "Really?" 'Of course…Sora is that kind of person…'

He tightened his grip on her hand slightly. "Yes, really. Do you feel better now?"

A smile formed on her face. She caught up with Roxas's pace so now they we're walking side by side, "Yes I do. Thank you best friend!" She flashed her brightest smile while Roxas couldn't hold back giving her a smile even though he felt a little sad. The fact that she was happy again, was satisfactory to him.

Finally, she noticed that they we're still holding hands. "Um…," she was about to say something but then Roxas cut her off and had let go of her hand.

"We're here."

"Huh? My house?" The blond-haired girl was confused.

"Don't you need to change?" Namine then remembered about her shorts.

"Oh yeah! Wait, what about you?" She looked down at his pants and saw that the pink stain was still there.

"I just need to put water on it. Then it should be gone."

"Then you can use our bathroom," She politely smiled and opened the door.

Roxas automatically knew where the bathroom was. In fact, he knew where every room was located, where all the spoon and forks we're placed, and knew just about where everything was. He had been in her house like a billion times from since he was just a little boy till now. He had slept over at her house many times, just the two of them in her room but her family didn't care if the door was locked as they all knew they we're best friends but even if they we're dating, no one cared the same because everybody thought they would be a good couple anyways.

Namine went in her room and looked for a pair of shorts but couldn't find any. 'Mom must've taken them to clean them..'

She looked through her closet and fell upon one of her summer dresses. Her white dress that was decorated with a white lily on one of the straps. It fell to her knees and felt very smooth against her skin. She decided on this dress. She put it on and gathered all her hair to one side in a braid. She put a matching white lily in her hair and a shell necklace on. She looked in the mirror staring at herself form head to toe.

"sigh, I need Kairi's opinion for this." Namine wasn't the type to wear dresses except to parties so she felt awkward and self-conscious.

"Hmm maybe I shouldn't wear this? Oh wait I can just ask Roxas!" She quickly walked to the bathroom. Roxas was cleaning his shorts with a wet paper towel.

"Uhm…Roxas…" Namine nervously spoke.

He was still focused on taking the stain off his shorts, "Uh Yeah?"

"How do I look?" The blond-haired girl blushed a light pink.

Roxas looked up and in front of him was a pretty petite girl in a white dress. She was smiling shyly which made heat rise in Roxas's face. His mouth parted in awe. She looked so beautiful in that white dress which made her pale skin look flawless. She was like a princess…a goddess in his eyes but he couldn't just tell her that. He looked away and continued cleaning his shorts.

"So?" Namine looked at him thoughtfully.

"You look great Nam." He tried saying it as uninterestingly as possible.

She raised an eyebrow at him, "Roxas, are you lying?"

"Nope. You look fine."

"Okay…" Though she was still a little unsure, she took his word for it.