Jamaican Sunshower: Hey, people's! I'm back with another chapter! I am on a roll! I'm so proud of myself. I want to thank FaerieFighter009 reviewing and my newest reviewer as well! You guys are awesome and you're the only reasons why this story is still going! So, here it is, chapter 7 of Only For You!


Only For You

Chapter 7: Break-ups and Realizations

"Owwwww! Anna! For the last time! I. Am. Sorry!" I exclaimed, wincing when Leanna hit me in my injured arm. Hard!

"I don't care! I'm still pissed off!" she yelled at me, huffing and moving to put the PAN she hit me with back on the stove.

It was now Monday morning- two days after Leanna's date, my UNEXPECTED date, and the run in with Creepa- and I was once again in Leanna's house just to kick it with my girl. If she doesn't KILL ME FIRST!!!

"I can't believe you went without me. You didn't even bother to call me," she muttered just loud enough for me to hear.

See, what had happened last night was Creepa pulled a gun on me and actually tried to shoot me, a big mistake since no one tries to hurt the Queen. After the initial shot, a whole gunfight started between my crew and his. I was able to get Little Man and myself to safety when the bullets went flying, but not without consequence. A stray bullet hit me in my left arm when we ducked behind a car, but that was the most damage done to me. We were all able to get out with our lives and I was taken to the county hospital to get my wound treated and it was here that I remained for the rest of the night and well into the Sunday. Leanna didn't hear about the whole showdown with Creepa until Sunday morning and ever since then, she's been pretty sour about me leaving her out of it. We weren't going to just skip school today since the doctor said I needed my rest and Leanna refused to leave me alone anymore.

I sighed when I heard her say this, "Anna, you were on a date. The first one you've been on in a long time! What was I supposed to do?!"

"You were supposed to call me so we could go in together!" she yelled at me, her burgundy eyes glaring at me.

"I wasn't going to interrupt your date because of some bad business! You didn't need that! Besides, I can handle myself in those situations!" I retorted.

She grabbed my arm and showed indicated my bandaged forearm, "Oh, really?! You can?!"

"I'm alive ain't I?!"

"That's not the point, Nadina!" she exclaimed, "We're supposed to be best friends! I can't believe you didn't trust me enough to call me and know that I would come anyway, date or not!"

"Annaaaaaa!" I whined, getting up and walking towards her, "It's not that I didn't trust you, it's just that…I was trying to give you a chance to be happy."

"…Que?" she asked, confused.

"Anna, how old are you?" I asked.

"16 going on 17."

"When was the last time you were on a date besides last night?"

"When I was 13."

"How did it end?"

"With three people in the hospital, including my date since I kicked him in his juebos (1) with my heel."

"Exactly! He was a total jerk, right?!"

"Well…yeah," she answered, getting a far away look as she rubbed her arm, "What's your point?"

"That is my point! Leanna, every date you've been on before you stopped dating ended in disaster! I know you said you were cool with it, but there were days when I would look at you and see you looking so sad as you watched a bunch of our friends go off with their boyfriends!"

She looked down at the ground as the realization sunk in.

"But last night, when you were out with Sora, you looked so happy! He was the first guy in a long time to make you smile and to respect you as a woman! I couldn't ruin that because of Little Man and his screw up! I just couldn't," I said, hoping she would understand.

She looked at me with wary eyes as she crossed her arms. Her dark brown hair, wavy and shiny, fell to just below her shoulder blades in chocolate waves.

She sighed, "I understand your point, Nadina, but do you want to know why I stopped going after guys?"

"Because the ones you found were annoying and distracting?" I asked.

"Well, yeah," she started, "But I also stopped dating because it took away from keeping you out of trouble and out of harms way. Do you remember when I went on that date with Robbie?"

I nodded my head to show that I understood, "What happened to you?"

"I went skateboarding down the big ramp and broke my leg."

"Exactly. And what about when I started dating Michael? What happened then?"

"I got into a fight with the girls from the Northside campus and cracked my head open."

"Uh huh. And Nathan?"

"One night in jail means nothing. What's your point?!" I exclaimed, wanting to end our game of 20 Questions.

"MY point, Nadi, is that I'm your voice of reason. Without me around to keep you from hurting yourself anymore than you need to, you'd be dead!" she explained, flapping her arms around.

I opened my mouth to retaliate before I stopped to think on it, "You know, that's true. You did keep me from jumping into the Lion's Pit at the zoo when we were 10."

"Thank God for Hershey Bars," she commented.

I laughed a little, "Okay, girl, we both got incredibly good points, but come on. You've had my back ever since we met in Kindergarten, it's time for me to have yours."

She finally gave me a genuine smile as she nodded, "Alright, but only if you promise to never face Creepa without me again. That guy is way too dangerous to handle alone as a woman."

"Ain't that the truth!" I said as I gave her a hug, "Thanks for understanding my point of view Anna."

"Thanks for looking out for my happiness, chica! You're a one in a million friend," she said, hugging me back, "I couldn't ask the Lord for anything better."

"Good cuz I don't think He would answer!" I joked, "He look on the caller ID and see you callin' and be like 'No! Nuh uh, not today! I'm takin' a break! Call me when she's dead!' Hahaha!"

"That's just cruel. Anyway! If I remember correctly, a certain black girl with a gunshot wound needs to be resting today! Isn't that the whole reason we stayed home from school today?" she asked me slyly, raising an eyebrow.

"I didn't ask you to stay with me!" I retorted.

"Oh really?" she asked back as she raised her hand to her head and made it look as if she were on the phone, "Hey, Leanna! I'm not going to school today, please don't abandon me!"

"We repeat that to no one," I said to her in a low voice, looking around her kitchen to make sure no one was, like, hiding behind the walls and listening.

Leanna simply laughed at me as she finished making breakfast and set the plates on the table for us to eat.

"Nonetheless, you have to rest and no, I didn't mean for that to rhyme," she stated in a firm tone, laughing a little when she realized she did rhyme. Oh snap, girl got skillz!

"Can we at least go get some movies to watch? I hate having nothing to do!" I asked her.

"Si, si, we'll go after breakfast! Are you going to spend the day here?" she asked.

"Yeah, can't really go home. It's almost the same as being by myself," I answered.

"Your mom still acting like you don't exist?"

"As far as she's concerned, she never even had a daughter," was my simple reply.

"I'm sorry you have to go through that."

"I've been living through it for 10 years, I don't care anymore," I answered, stuffing a forkful of eggs in my mouth, "Anyway, enough of my deadbeat mom. Tell me, in full detail, how the date with Sora went last night!"

At the mention of her obvious new boo, Leanna blushed deeply and stuffed her mouth full of food to avoid having to talk.

"Oh, I can wait! Don't you worry! We're here aaaaaaaaaallll day!" I voiced, smiling slyly and settling back to wait for her to talk.

Peterson High: Roxas's POV

I looked around the track carefully, going over every face and head of hair to see if I would catch a glimpse of familiar black curls; Nadina was nowhere to be found. She wasn't there for first period either, but I just thought it was because she coming late. Now, since she's not here for PE, I was really starting to get worried. And the fact that Leanna wasn't anywhere around either didn't help my anxiousness.

"Roxas, will you stop looking around so much? It's making me nervous."

I turn my Ocean blue eyes to my twin brother who was running beside me on the track. He looked at me with worried eyes, his brown spikes bouncing with every step we took. I could tell that he was a little worried as well about his new girlfriend, Leanna. Apparently, last night when dropped her back off at The Coffee Bean, there was some shady looking character in a silver Chrysler there to pick her up. The strange guy greeted Leanna with a smile but glared at my brother with a warning look. Ever since then, Sora couldn't help but feel a little scared, not just for his life but Leanna's as well.

"Sorry Sora, I was just looking around," I answered my twin.

"For Nadina?" he asked me in a knowing voice.

I said nothing as I kept running, my face cast down to the ground. He sighed as we came to the curb where we were allowed to walk.

"I'm sure she's okay, Roxas. Maybe she just decided to skip school today. Everyone has days like that," he said, trying to comfort me.

"But Sora, you didn't see that look on her face on Saturday when she got a text from her friend. She looked…angry and shocked. Then, she just ran off," I explained, the picture of her pretty face contorting into one of hard, angry stone entered my mind again.

"Speaking of which, how did that go? I know you said that Namine had cancelled on you at the last minute and Nadina was conveniently there to kind of take her place. What did you guys do?" he asked me curiously, his blue eyes shinning.

I smiled to myself as we began our run again, "It was…fun. I had lots of fun. We went to that Jazz Concert in the park, you know? The one I heard about a few weeks ago?"

"Oh yeah! I remember you telling me something like that!" he exclaimed, smiling at me.

"Yeah, it was cool. Just me and Nadina sitting on a blanket and listening to music and the kiss," I said before I heard Sora gasp.

"YOU KISSED HER?!" he shouted before I clasped my hand over his mouth.

"Could you be any louder? I don't think they heard in HELL!!!" I hissed, glaring at him.

He shook free from my grasp and looked at me with disapproving eyes, "But, Roxas, you kissed Nadina!"

"I know and it was the best experience of my life," I answered, putting my fingers to my lips as they began to tingle from the memory. Kissing Nadina really was the best thing that could happen to me; her lips were soft and sweet, tasting good against my tongue as I had always fantasized they would.

Sora shook his head, "But…but what if Namine finds out? She's going to be heartbroken!"

I stayed silent for a moment before saying, "I think she already is."

"What do you mean?"

"…I broke up with her that same night," I answered him in a quiet voice.

Next thing I knew, I was helping Sora get his face out of a hole of sludgy mud. He had tripped over his own two feet when I told him the news and face planted right in the grass next to the track.

"You did what?!" he asked incredulously, getting back up to his feet.

I looked away from him, "I broke up with Namine. How many more times do you want me to say it?"

"Roxas…" he said in a soft voice.

"I want Nadina, Sora, and I can't have her with Namine claiming place as my girlfriend," I said firmly, "That place is reserved for Nadina. No more playing games."

Sora remained silent, "Well…how did Namine take it?"

"She was shocked, her face so sad when I told her," I answered, remembering back to when I told her that Saturday night.

Flashback to Saturday

Roxas was sitting in the outside area of The Coffee Bean, his face expressionless as he held a Frappacino in his cold hands. He honestly did dread having this talk with Namine because he was against hurting girls period, however, now it was his turn to be happy and he couldn't be happy with Namine around.

"Hi Roxas."

He looked up at the soft voice that spoke his name; it was Namine. She stood in front of his table dressed in a white miniskirt, a light blue tank top with a white coat over it and white boots. The light from the street lamp made her blonde hair appear to be the halo of an angel around her head as she smiled softly at him. Namine was truly a beautiful girl; any guy would be crazy to not fall crazy in love with her, too bad Roxas was one of the crazy ones.

"Hey Namine," he answered, flinching when she leaned over and kissed him on his cheek.

She took a seat across from him as he handed her a drink as well, "We can still have our date tonight, Roxas, the museum is still open."

"Yeah, Namine, there isn't going to be a date tonight," Roxas said, looking her in the eyes.

"Well, okay, we can just reschedule for next Saturday then," she answered easily, looking back at him.

"No can do. Next weekend won't be happening either," he said to her.

"Okay…maybe the week after?" she asked cautiously, confusion evident in her voice.

Roxas said nothing as he continued to look at the top of the table. His face held no emotions, no expressions. There wasn't the usual happiness she usually saw, the tender look in his eyes when he looked at her. Instead, there seemed to be a dark aura around him, one that she realized he started obtaining a couple of weeks ago.

"Roxas, what's wrong?" the pretty blonde girl asked softly.

"Namine, I'm sorry to say this, but this, right here, will be our last date together as a couple," Roxas answered.

"Wh-What do you mean?" she asked, her eyes widening as she feared the worst coming.

"…I'm ending this, we're breaking up."

Time seemed to stand still for the poor little blonde female as her boyfriend's words sunk in; oops, sorry, ex-boyfriend. Roxas had just told her that he was breaking up with her and the pain began to slash into her heart.

"What do you mean 'we're breaking up'?" she asked in a soft whisper.

Roxas felt a little annoyed but expected this reaction nonetheless, "I mean it's over, Namine. I am no longer your boyfriend and you're no longer my girlfriend. We're finished."

Namine looked down at the table, her eyes wide with shock and pain, "But…why? I thought we were happy…together. I thought you…love me."

"I'm sorry, but I never did love you."

Namine remained quiet as the words sunk in deeper, cutting her heart violently. "Who is she?" she whispered so quietly that Roxas had to strain to hear the question.

"What?" he asked.

"Who's the other girl…that's putting you up to this?"

Roxas's eyes widened, yet he remained stoic with the crying blonde, "Breaking up with you is my choice, whether if it's because of a girl or not."

With that, Roxas got up from his seat and proceeded to walk away from his now ex-girlfriend, "Good bye, Namine."

He barely got 3 feet way when he heard Namine's voice again, "It's Nadina isn't it?"

The blonde male stopped in his tracks, "It's because of Nadina that you no longer love me?"

"Leave Nadina out of this!" he hissed at her, a defensive tone in his voice that Namine didn't miss, "I never loved you to begin with and you better remember that! Nadina has no part in this!"

And with those words, the angry yet free soccer player left towards his house, leaving behind a broken hearted girl who was quietly seething with anger, hostility, and bloody violence.

End Flashback

"Wow," Sora breathed, looking sad for Namine, "Poor Namine."

I said nothing, I didn't even really care. It was getting annoying having her around all the time. She just seemed too…perfect for me. She never made mistakes, she was kind with everyone and never got angry, she was good with every subject and had the looks of an angel. I couldn't stand it, it didn't seem human!

"I guess that would explain why she's not in school today, either," Sora mused, looking up at the sky, "But who can blame her? Any girl with a broken heart would probably react that way."

"I hope you're not going to call me a cold, heartless bastard for breaking up with her," I voiced out to my twin, walking along the track.

Sora looked thoughtful for a moment, "No, I'm not going to call you that because you do have a right to be happy too, but remember, you did put yourself in this position. Instead of just being like us regular males, you decided it would be easier for you to go for second best instead of just going straight for the prize. Now look where it's got you and you're not even sure if Nadina wants to go out with you."

I didn't reply to my twin, mostly because I knew he was right and my pride was not going to allow myself to admit it to him. Sora and I both jumped when our PE teacher blew his whistle, signaling the end of the period and to get our butts to the lockers or else we would be late to our next class. And knowing MR. Alex, he was not the nice enough man to write us all passes. We quickly made our way off the track and into the boy's locker room to get dressed out of our PE clothes. 10 minutes later found us walking out of the locker room just as the bell rang and the hallway became flooded with the rapidly moving bodies of students. I spotted Kairi and Riku not too far away from us, hanging out by our lockers actually, and made my way towards them with Sora right behind me.

"Hey guys, what's up?" I greeted when I reached the happy couple, smiling at our two friends.

Kairi turned her deep, azure eyes to me, a bright smile on her face, "Hi Roxas, Sora! How was PE today?"

"Easy as always!" Sora replied, giving the redhead a happy smile as he always did, but this smile was different. It no longer had that hidden sadness in it and I knew why. Leanna.

"Alright, alright, just because you guys won a soccer game against the Sharks doesn't mean you get to act all cocky!" Riku said playfully, socking Sora in the shoulder playfully.

"Aw! You're just mad because you weren't the hero!" Sora replied, play fighting with his childhood friend.

"You two are so immature!" Kairi exclaimed in a fake annoyed voice, laughing at the spectacle her boyfriend and my brother made of themselves.

I laughed along with her when Riku got Sora into a headlock and freaked him out, causing him to flail around frantically.

"Anyway, while those two are busy killing each other, where is Namine, Roxas? I haven't seen her all day," Kairi asked, looking around for the ash-blonde in question.

The smile on my face fell and I narrowed my eyes at the ground, "I don't know where she is."

"Woah! Uh, okay, what's with the bad vibes?" Kairi asked, trying to laugh off the chill I was most likely giving off.

I simply looked out the window that our lockers were located in front of. It was sunny outside, yet still cold considering that it was winter here in LA. The birds were busy flying back and forth, building nests and gathering food for their winter hibernation. We would see them again in the spring, with their children flying out the nest with them. I could sense Kairi looking up at me worriedly, her small hand touching my shoulder gently.

"Roxas, is everything okay between you and Namine?" she asked in a concerned voice.

I closed my eyes, "I don't want to talk about it."

With that, I turned and began walking down the hallway to my next class. Behind me, I could just barely hear Kairi ask Sora what was wrong with me and he gave her the answer that it wasn't his place to say anything. That's one of Sora's characteristics that I'm glad he obtained, he knows when to keep his mouth shut. Maybe, after some time apart, Namine will eventually move on and get over her heartbreak, that much I hope for her. Now, it was my time to be happy, it was my time to go after Nadina.

After School

Sora and I walked out of the front doors of the school and headed for the parking lot where Sora's black Suzuki. We took turns driving each other to school, carpooling you know? To save gas and all that green stuff. We hopped into his car and headed out of the parking lot, waving to a bunch of people we shared classes with.

"So, are we going home right away or are we taking a detour?" Sora asked from behind the wheel.

I ran a hand through my blonde locks as the wind from the open window blew through my hair, "Actually, I want to stop by The Coffee Bean before we go home. That okay?"

"That's just fine with me. I wanted to go down that way anyway, that new CD by Fallout Boy just came out and I wanted to buy it from the music store over there," my brother agreed, turning into the turning lane that lead to downtown LA from our school.

We talked about nothing as we both enjoyed the afternoon through town. Yeah, we had homework, but it wasn't going to be difficult, we could get it done when we got home. After about 20 minutes, we were cruising through Downtown LA, heading for the collection of stores where The Coffee Bean was located. Just as we were about to pull into a parking space, I spotted a familiar figure with dark brown hair.

"Hey, isn't that Leanna?" I voiced out, indicating to the girl walking out of The Coffee Bean.

"What?" Sora asked, before looking where I was pointing, his face soon breaking out into a grin, "It is Leanna! I wonder what she's doing out here!"

He practically caused an accident getting into a parking space as quickly as he could, effectively giving me a heart attack, and jumped out of his car while calling to the Hispanic girl.

"Leanna!" he yelled, causing the poor girl to almost jump out of her skin.

She swirled around in surprise, her burgundy eyes widening when a smile stretched across her face, "Sora! Hola!"

"Hola!" he said, the word really sounding foreign coming from him, "How are you today?!"

"I'm fine!" she replied, moving towards my brother who did the same towards her, "How is your day going?!"

"Better now that I know you're okay," he answered, grabbing her into a hug, leaning down to kiss her swiftly on the lips.

The pretty girl's face turned pink from the action yet nonetheless remained in my brother's arms as he held her close. She gave me a smile and a nod of greeting, an action I returned with just as much happiness. This was the girl who made my brother smile genuinely for the first time in 4 years! I have major respect for her!

"What do you mean 'now that you know I'm okay'? What made you think that I wasn't?" she asked, looking up at the brunette.

"Well, on Saturday, when I dropped you off at The Coffee Bean. That guy that you got in the car with," he said, looking at the side nervously.

Leanna seemed to think on it for awhile before she gasped, "Oh, you mean Lax? Oh you don't have to worry! He's real cool! He's like an older brother to Nadina and I!"

"Speaking of which, how is Nadina? We didn't see either of you at school today. Is there a specific reason for that?" Sora asked, looking down at his girlfriend. Oh come on, people! She might as well be!

At the question, a flash of nervousness went through her eyes before she smiled, "Oh, we're fine! Nadina had the stomach flu earlier in the day and I stayed to take care of her."

"Wait, why did you stay to take care of her? Why isn't her mom taking care of her?" I voiced, a little curious about her choice of words and the way she said them.

Leanna stopped and her mouth gaped open like a fish. Before she could muster up an answer though, a very familiar voice to my ears rang out to us.

"Alright, I got the movie, let's head on home!"

We all turned to see the sick girl in question, Nadina, looking healthy as ever as she stepped out of Soul Sound. She didn't see Sora and I when she first came out, but when she did, she simply smiled at the two of us as if it was the most normal thing in the world to skip school and be caught.

"Um…hey guys! What's up?" she asked, bounding over to us.

"Hey, Nadina! Roxas and I just stopped by to get something from The Coffee Bean when we spotted Leanna!" Sora voiced.

"She told us you were sick with the stomach flu. Are you okay?" I asked her, moving to touch her shoulder.

She tensed slightly when I did so, an action that I couldn't help but feel hurt from, but smiled at me and said, "I'm…feeling much better now! Thanks for caring!"

It was here that she put her head down and refused to make eye contact with me. Even though she was black, she wasn't as black as other girls, making it possible for me to see the small tinge of red along her cheeks. Maybe the events of Saturday were running through her head, like they had been running through mine all day, and she remembered the kiss. I smiled at this thought, happy that she found it enjoyable. I ran my hand from her shoulder down her arm to hold her hand, but when I put a little bit of pressure on her forearm, she cried out and pulled away from me.

"Ow, ow, ow!" she exclaimed, holding her arm up and flinching.

"What is? Did I do something wrong?" I asked worriedly, watching her with intense eyes.

That's when I saw it, a bandage that was showing from underneath her sleeve. It was wrapped around the top of her forearm, appearing as a bandage that one would get from the hospital.

"Nadina…what happened here?" I asked, taking her arm and moving the sleeve to get a better look.

She yanked away from my grasp and backed up behind Leanna, who also moved from Sora to stand in front of her. She smiled nervously at me, a hint of fear and sadness in her eyes before it disappeared.

"Nothing really happened! I was just being stupid while hanging out with some of the guys on Sunday and injured my arm a little! Nothing to get all worked up over, hahaha!"

"What on Earth did they do to you, take a gun to your arm?!" I exclaimed, knowing that just plain horsing around wouldn't necessarily produce a wound like that.

Nadina seemed to stop at my words, her eyes widening when I said them and she looked at Leanna. I caught Leanna looking back with a flash of panic in her eyes before both girls turned to us and smiled.

"Hahaha! No, what the hell!? No one plays with guns around us! That's just stupid!" Nadina laughed.

"Yeah, that's dangerous!" Leanna put in, averting her burgundy eyes back to Nadina, who nodded in understanding.

"Well, guys, it was fun talking with you, but we got to go!" Nadina said as she and Leanna turned to walk away, but not before Leanna leaned up and gave Sora a kiss on the cheek.

"Uh, w-wait! We drove over here, so maybe we can give you girls a ride!" Sora exclaimed, his cheeks turning red.

"NO!"

We both jumped when the girls yelled at us, wondering why they were so hostel about it. They calmed down a second later and Leanna smiled at us.

"Thanks for the offer but…uh…we just like to walk! Bye!"

With that, Sora's girlfriend and my love interest turned on their heels and bounced away, a little too quickly to be casual. I had no idea what was going on or why Nadina looked so scared and upset when I mentioned a gun, but that feeling that I had last week when they both disappeared suddenly came back. The bad feeling that something was terribly wrong and Nadina was into something that wasn't socially acceptable.

"What was that all about?" Sora asked, just as confused as I was.

"I don't know, but I want to know. If Nadina is in some sort of trouble, I want to be there to protect her," I answered before turning to go into The Coffee Bean.

Nadina's POV

"Woah, that was close! Seriously!" I exclaimed, stopping on the corner of Parker Street, just before our neighborhood.

"I'll say! Way too close for comfort!" Leanna said, her voice getting that Hispanic accent it usually gets when she's in a panic.

"Well, the good thing is we got away without having to answer many questions," I mused, sighing slightly and flipping my black curls out of my face.

"Yeah, but now we've raised many more suspicions I bet, especially now that they've seen your wound," Leanna countered my statement, her burgundy eyes holding a worried glint. I looked at my bandaged arm, grimacing when blood began to seep through, but smiled anyway.

"Just be cool, Anna, we'll get out of this. All we got to do is come up with a cover that is real believable and all will be good," I assured, putting my hand on her shoulder.

She looked at me with sad eyes and tried to smile, "Yeah…like we always do."

I watched her face, analyzing the different emotions it went through, the most apparent one being sadness. Leanna wasn't as good at hiding her emotions as I was, so it was pretty easy to tell that the fact that she has to lie to Sora about our life on the side was killing her. I sighed softly before turning to move on down the street.

"Anna, I've been in this game for 6 years, you for 5, and we've been damn good playeres," I started, looking out over the streets. I saw a bunch of little girls playing double dutch with the boys nearby playing on the basketball courts. The elderly folk were on the porches, gossiping about this and that. Teen boys and girls hung out together, talking about whatever and whenever. It was peaceful and I liked it, a life that I wish I could fully immerse myself in, but knew I couldn't. However, maybe Leanna had a chance.

"We were the only girls playing this game, but we were 10 times better than the guys. 3 years into the trade, I get promoted to the one and only Queen OG with you as heiress if anything were to happen to me. That was the plan right? The agreement we made when we entered this trade?"

I turned to look at her to see a confused expression pass over her features, "Anna, that agreement is no longer valid. I think it's time for you to retire from this game."

Her eyes widened in shock and she appeared to become livid, "No Nadina! I will not let you do this alone! You told me this morning that-."

"I know, Anna, but listen to me," I said to get a word in, "Sora is your gate way into happiness. If you don't give up the bad life, you'll never have the good life!"

"Better a bad life with my best friend, then a good life with my boyfriend! You were here first Nadina!" she retorted.

"I know Anna, but-."

"If I want," she started, silencing me, "To get out of the game, then I will come to you for help. Until then, chica, you're stuck with me."

"But what about Sora?" I asked.

"Apparently, he likes me for everything I am, all my perfections and all my flaws. If he just so happens to find out about what I do, then it's all chance from there. But you, Nadina, are my best friend and I refuse to leave you alone."

I looked up into her eyes to see nothing but sincerity, "If I'm going to find a happy life, it's going to be with you by my side."

I looked at her for a while, before a smile made it's way to my face. Leanna smiled back at me and moved to give me a hug.

"Thanks, Anna, you always got my back."

Namine's POV

I sat in the corner of my room, huddled in fetal position while rocking back and forth. The curtains were drawn, casting darkness into the space, sweet, comfortable darkness. The place was a mess with torn and shredded pictures littering the ground. My mattress was tossed off of it's box spring, the sheets laying in disheveled heaps on the floor. Claw marks and knife slashes were visible along the walls, signs of my rage over the past two days. I had skipped school that day, but it's not like anyone has noticed, especially not Roxas.

"He probably doesn't even care," I muttered to myself, "But I know it's not because of me. I know it's not; it's because of her."

I raised my head to the desk against the opposite wall. I got up on wobbly legs, since I had been sitting in that position for 4 hours, and made my way towards the desk. Sitting on top was last year's yearbook, turned to a specific page with a specific picture of a smiling girl staring me in the face.

"It's because of you…Nadina," I hissed, anger flowing through me.

That wench of a girl had somehow weaseled her way into Roxas's head and made him believe that I was no longer good enough for him. I was perfect for Roxas, the perfect girlfriend, everyone said so. I had the looks of an angel, a flawless personality, and a wonderful talent for drawing. Yet somehow, someway, that ugly little beast made MY Roxas think I was everything less. I loved Roxas, no one could love him like I could, especially not Nadina.

"I'll get you, Nadina Johnson. You'll pay for this I swear it. You don't deserve to have Roxas, you don't deserve to have anything!"

I gave a cry as I took the knife from the desk and stabbed it right in her picture. I imagined that it was her heart that it plunged into and blood came pouring out, the sweet water of life that kept her pathetic heart beating.

"You took Roxas from me…now…I will take life…from you."

The End


Jamaican Sunshower: Wow, that was intense! I know it's supposed to be humor, but this just sort of popped up! I'm kind of proud by how it turned out, but I'm sure I could make a few changes. Anyway, read and review because if you don't, this won't continue! See you in the next chapter! Toodles!

Translations:

Juebos- male testicles