Hey, sorry I couldn't update for a while, I had finals :( Now I'm away for some time, but I decided to finish chapter six and submit.

This chapter is called Falling Hard for two reasons, which I will tell you in the end (because it would ruin the chapter if I told you now :P)

Enjoy! xD Reviews are always welcome.

Chapter 6

By the time Serena had actually left to go home, it was evening. She came home to see a very frustrated and tired version of her brother.

"And where have you been?" asked Leon.

She rolled her eyes. "I was at the beach, remember? You really need to chill out, Leon. What do you think I'm going to do?"

Leon raised an eyebrow. "Well, I saw you talking to someone…"

Serena smirked. "Wow, Leon, I never knew you could see so well!"

Leon scowled. "I saw you talking to a boy, Serena."

"So? It's not like I'm going to marry him and run away from you! Besides, I still don't know whether or not Hayner and I are a couple, so I can't date anyone, remember?"

Leon nodded. "Well, at least someone's not as grouchy as before." 'I wonder why,' thought Leon sarcastically. 'Probably from seeing that … boy … whoever he is.'

Serena mumbled, "Yeah, sorry." She hated apologizing for this, for being a grouch when her brother madeher move. Then, she spoke louder, "Can we have dinner now? I'm starved."

So Serena and Leon ate their dinner, and then each went their separate way. Serena went to her bedroom to relax and eventually fall asleep, and Leon went to his workspace-den-type-thing to do some work.

As soon as Riku and Serena parted, Riku went over to see Sora.

"Sora, you here?" said Riku, as he entered Sora's room.

Sora peeped his head out from behind his desk. He was on all fours, looking for something that fell on the floor. "Yeah, what's up?"

"Okay, you know the girl we saw earlier? The new girl?"

"Yeah, what about her?"

"Sora, I've only met her once, but…"

"But what?"

"But I feel as if I know her from before. I've searched my brains, every memory, but every time I get the slightest image of her, it just…floats away…."

"Wow, I really need to meet this girl," said Sora. "Besides, Riku, 'searching you brain'? How long did that take? A second?"

Riku smacked the side of Sora's head. "That's not the point!" Wow, Sora could be an idiot when he wanted to. "Well, you're deep," mumbled Riku. "And like you can talk."

"Huh?"

"Oh, c'mon, Sora! Everyone knows you like Kairi! You've known her for how long? And you still haven't made a move!"

Sora blushed. "What if she doesn't like me back?"

Riku sighed. "Sora, are you blind?"

"No, but my eye doctor said—"

Sora received another smack on the head from Riku. "I didn't mean that literally! I meant blind as in you don't see that Kairi likes you too!"

"She… she does?!"

Riku nodded slowly. "No sh—I mean, no way, Sherlock. I'm gone. If I have to listen to another moment of you talking, I think I might loose some IQ points." Riku started to head to Sora's front door.

"Oh, ok. Bye!" There was a pause, in which Sora realized what Riku meant. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!"

Riku sighed and closed the door. 'So much…. If only you knew, Sora, if only you knew…'

The next morning, Serena woke up to the sound of her cell phone ringing. "Hello?" she said sleepily.

"Hey, Serena. How's Destiny Island?" said a familiar voice.

Serena was now awake. "Hayner!" She screamed so loudly. "It's alright, I guess. It's really sunny here. Hey, I met this guy named Riku, he says he knows you."

"Oh, yeah. Sora's friend. So, if you don't mind me asking, how do you know him?"

"Oh, it's not like that or anything. I just met him yesterday. Now I have a question to ask you. Are we still—?"

But Serena got interrupted. "So sorry, I've got to go."

"Wait, what?! I was in the middle of a question!"

"I know, sorry, but I'll answer it. Sooner than you think." Hayner hung up.

Serena stared at her cell phone, thinking, 'I cannot believe he just hung up on me! AND he woke me up!' She tried to fall back asleep, but she couldn't so Serena went downstairs to the kitchen to go grab a quick bite.

Leon was still asleep, as Serena could hear his loud snoring coming from upstairs. And she decided this was the perfect time to go outside and sit by the beach, it was almost 9 in the morning. Usually Serena does not wake up this early, it's just that Hayner woke her up. The sun wasn't at its highest point, so it was pretty cool outside. She left a note on the table so that if Leon woke up he wouldn't worry.

Serena stepped out of the house, and back to the beach. Something caught her eye. It was this big (paupou) tree, but Serena didn't know what a paupou fruit was, or that it even existed. Anyway, this tree was extremely tall, maybe like fifty feet tall. And there was this branch that Serena was planning on climbing onto, which was about twenty feet above the ground. She used to be afraid of heights, but she let go of almost all her fears because depression replaced fear each time Leon made her move. She's not emo or anything, (A/n: don't get me wrong, I have nothing against emo people) but she's still kind of … emotionally scarred.

Serena climbed up the tree, all the way to that branch she wanted to reach, which looked pretty sturdy (A/n: it looked pretty sturdy smirk). It was now actually pretty sunny, and she could see a lot of Destiny Island from where she was sitting. All of Serena's tiredness started to catch up to her. The sun was shining in her face, making it almost impossible to keep her from passing out. Before she knew it, there she was, lying down on a tree branch – unconscious.

Flashback:

It was a sunny day, and Serena had just arrived to Twilight Town. She looked out her window and she saw a group of four teenagers who looked around her age, eating popcicles near her house.

"Alright," said Leon, "we're here."

Serena got out of the car, and she saw her new house. One of the teenagers, the girl, came up to her.

"Hey, are you the new girl?" she said.

"Um, yeah." Said Serena. 'Does everyone always know when there's a new girl?!' Serena thought, slightly aggravated.

"Hey, I'm Olette," she said, smiling. "And these are my friends, Roxas, Pence, and Hayner," she said, pointing to the three boys, who were now walking up to the girls. One of them caught her eye. She smiled at the one named Hayner.

"Hi, my name is—"

"Serena, you ready? I just unloaded all the suitcases from the car!" Leon shouted.

Serena sighed. Her brother just couldn't let her live a little, could he? "Alright, I'll be there in five minutes!" She turned back to everyone. "Sorry about that, that's my brother. My name is Serena."

Hayner walked up to her and smiled. "Serena. That's a nice name." (A/n: did you notice? That's exactly what Riku did, too! o.O)

"Thanks, Hayner."

By now, Roxas and Pence were smirking. Hayner turned to them. "What's so funny, you two?" he said.

Roxas spoke up. "Oh, nothing, nothing…"

Serena had a feeling of what it was. "No, seriously," said Hayner.

"Alright," said Pence, "but you're asking for it…"

Serena jumped in, "Hayner, I think it's best they don't tell you…." She smirked. "You'd get pretty angry…"

Hayner was surprised. "Even you caught on? You've only just met us! And how do you know I'd get mad?"

Serena face-palmed herself. "Well, it doesn't take a genius…and I know you'd get mad for two reasons: first, anyone, I think, would get mad at what they would say, and second you just seem kind of impatient and slightly quick tempered. But that's just a guess."

"And a good guess, at that," mumbled Olette.

"Serena, you're pretty smart," said Roxas.

Serena smirked and looked from Hayner to Roxas and back. "Only when I want to be…" She paused. "I better get going. My brother needs help unloading the car. But if you guys ever want to hang out, you know where I live. Wait, that came out too stalker-ish… But you know what I mean. See you around."

Serena turned on her heel, but Hayner called, "Wait! Serena!"

—Flashback gets interrupted—

"Serena! Serena?! Hello? Serena!" she woke up to the sound of someone calling her name.

Startled, she jumped, causing her to loose her balance. Serena quickly regained her balance, and sat back up. She screamed, "Hayner?! What the—?" she looked down, and her fear of heights now came back.

"Nice to see you too, Serena," said Hayner sarcastically. His voice become more serious, "I missed you."

Serena rolled her eyes. "Since when are you so … so open, so honest?" She asked, intentionally avoiding saying "I miss you, too."

Hayner shrugged. "Well, it's just that I know that I won't be able to see you a lot, so… y'know. Serena, aren't you afraid of heights?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Serena! How are you going to get down then?"

"I'll… climb down?" she said in more of a question than an answer.

"How about you jump," he said, holding his arms out, "and I'll catch you."

"Three things: First, I'm afraid of heights, so how is that going to help? Second, I think you'd enjoy this more than I would." Hayner smirked. Serena raised her eyebrows and continued, "And, oh, I don't know, what if you don't catch me and I die?!"

"What, you don't trust me?"

"Hayner, just let me climb down…" Serena stood up, on the tree branch, and grabbed the trunk for support. "See?" she said. "As easy as pie…" (A/n: I don't know why everyone says "as easy as pie" but I think it sounds good… well the pie part xD). All of a sudden, a crackling sound of some sort came from that tree branch. Serena was loosing grip on the tree trunk, and was slowly starting to slip off….

"Hayner!" said Serena, "Catch me! Now!"

Hayner looked up, not paying attention. "Huh?"

Serena lost her grip, and started to fall. "Hay…ner!" He ran, holding his arms out, but it was too late. Serena fell to the ground, and landed on the side of her head.

"Is she alright?" Serena heard Hayner's muffled voice say.

"I'm not sure…" said Riku. The voices were getting clearer. "What happened exactly?"

"Well, she fell off of that tree, there," said Hayner, pointing to the paupu tree.

"The big paupu tree?!" Riku said. "Wow…." He smirked, "Well, good job catching her."

Hayner glowered.

Riku just laughed darkly.

Serena got up instantly. "Riku?!"

He raised his eyebrow and smirked. "Yes?"

"Um, hi, I'm still here…" said Hayner.

Serena gave him a look that Riku couldn't decipher. "Yes, I know. Hayner we need to talk." She looked at Riku.

Riku put his hands up. "I know when I'm not wanted."

"The thing is, Riku, you are … wanted," said Serena.

Riku sneered and walked a few feet away.

"What was that all about, Serena?" said Hayner, angrily.

"Hayner, you didn't catch me!"

"I'm sorry, but I'm not perfect! I tried, Serena, can't you see?" he said, exasperated.

Serena gave him a sincere look. "You've changed…. I don't know if I like it. You used to be less … serious all the time. More fun, outgoing. But, Hayner, if you really liked me you would've caught me… You would've been paying attention to whether I was going to get severely injured or not!"

Hayner looked down at the sand, and then looked back up. "But I want to be with you, Serena."

"But I don't know if I want to be with you anymore, Hayner…"

"Are… are you breaking up with me?!" He said, a rush of emotions flooding him. Those emotions included hurt and confusion.

"Yes, sorry."

"It's because of Riku, isn't it?"

She avoided the question, not knowing what to say. What she would say might affect the way Hayner acts towards Riku, and she didn't want Hayner to treat Riku differently. "I really am sorry. I hope we can still be friends, can we?"

"I don't know, Serena… I liked you a lot, but now I was starting to ….. "

"Starting to?"

"Fall in love with you…. And I'm falling. Falling hard."

So do you see the two reasons why it's called Falling Hard?

1. Serena fell (hard) from the paupu tree

2. As we find out now, Hayner is "falling hard", falling in love with Serena o.0

R & R! Don't know when I'll have the next one up, but I'll try for soon since this one is kind of a cliff-hanger.