Author's note: Hey guys, sorry for the wait! I've been busy with school and such. So hears chapter seven, its shorter than I'd planned it to be but i got everything in. I hope you enjoy! Review please!

Chapter Seven

"So how bad was your day?" Axel asked as him and Xion headed for the mall.

"It was okay, actually." she said calmly. "Yours?"

"It was terribly boring."

"Why?"

He shrugged. "I dunno, its school."

Xion giggled. "Okay then."

They made their way over to the mall and went straight to the music store. Xion skimmed the aisles searching for a cd she had been meaning to buy. When she finally reached the 'D' section she picked up and examined a 'Death Cab for Cutie' album, when Axel creeped up from behind her. "You like Death Cab?" he inquired, swiftly snatching the cd from her hand.

"Yeah, so what." she said trying to grab it from him, but he kept on raising it higher. Xion knew she was no match for Axel because of his height, but still attempted at grabbing the cd, jumping up and down. Axel laughed at her pathetic attempts.

"You're short." he commented, finally handing her the cd.

"Yah think?" she replied sarcastically. Axel just chuckled. "So you like them too?"

"Yeah, one of my favorites. You know, I don't meet many people at Twilight that are fans. Back at the Destiny Islands they're hugely popular."

"Really? I would've imagined that they were popular here too."

He shrugged. "Not really."

"Huh." Xion finally decided to buy the cd. Axel told her that it was a good one, and for whatever reason she trusted his opinion.

"Wanna get some juice?" Axel asked as the two left the store.

"Sure." Xion agreed. They went to 'Freshly Squeezed', and both ordered passion fruit juice. "You like passion juice too?" Xion asked.

"Yeah, its amazing." Axel chuckled.

"Everyone I've asked hates it."

"Yeah, same. According to Roxas it 'tastes like ass'."

Xion giggled. "Thats such a typical Roxas thing to say."

"Tell me about it." Axel said, rolling his eyes and laughing slightly.

Xion and Axel spent the rest of the evening at the mall, talking about whatever came to mind. Xion discovered that Axel was an extremely simple person to talk to due to his easy going nature, and whenever she had nothing left to say he would simply love onto a new topic. It was strange, but she actually liked spending time with him. By the time they had to go, Axel had asked Xion if she had plans for friday. Of course she said no, since she was always free, and they made plans.

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Thursday and friday were very stressful days for Naminé. All the tension was building up until friday night. On thursday Naminé had been feeling regretful, and was thinking of calling the whole thing off, until she saw that light in Xion's eye again when she talked to Roxas. It reminded her that she couldn't forget her mission. Her and Roxas talked like normal, but things were secretly awkward for Naminé, and she didn't know why. Roxas on the other hand, was completely carefree. He didn't even notice that Naminé was feeling nervous.

Friday night finally came. Naminé and Roxas went out to see a new movie that was in theaters, but Naminé could barely concentrate on what was going on. Part of her was telling her that was her and Roxas were going to do was a mistake, and that she wasn't ready yet. She tried her hardest to ignore that, somehow failing. It was the only thing on her mind.

Naminé was basically quiet until the two of them arrived at Roxas' house. He'd assumed that she would be nervous so didn't bother pestering her to speak more. For whatever reason as soon as they got in, took off their coats and hats, they went straight for the kitchen. It was obvious that they were both a little disoriented on how to begin.

Roxas' parents weren't going to be home for a while, since they'd gone on their second honeymoon, which he was very thankful for. They hated it when Roxas had Naminé over at nights because they were convinced that he was already sexually active, and like every other parent out there, worried.

His kitchen was spacious, with a long kitchen island in the middle. The lighting was dimmed slightly, but it was always like that. Naminé stood at one end of the island and Roxas was getting a glass of orange juice from the fridge. He noticed there was none left, then turned to Naminé. She had a look of complete innocence in her eyes and Roxas wasn't sure what it meant. So he walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the lips. It was the last thing Naminé remembered.

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"This movie sucks." Axel blurted out. Him and Xion were seated on the couch in his basement, watching some stupid romantic comedy that they had turned on as a joke.

"I know." Xion laughed.

"Can we please go do something else? Like, go for a walk or something?"

"Its freezing out there."

"We both have coats."

She thought for a moment, then answered: "Fine." They put on their winter gear and headed outside into the freezing night. "Where're we going?" Xion asked.

"I wanna go skiing." Axel said proudly.

Xion gave him a very sarcastic look. "Axel, its 10:30 at night. We can't go skiing."

He pretended to look crushed, but then replied with: "Ah, thats where you're wrong, friend. We can go skiing, cause the lodge is open until midnight."

"Why is it open so late? And its dark out."

"There're lights."

"Still."

"I think you just don't know how to ski." he said grinning.

"Yes I can." she lied, pouting.

"Well then prove it."

"Ugh, fine! You're so annoying!"

Axel dragged Xion to the Twilight Ski Lodge, which just as he had said, was open. Xion was nervous; she had actually never been skiiing before in her life, and wondered how well this was going to turn out. Axel just happened to have two free passes, and apparently knew the guy that was working there, so the skis were rented to them for free.

When Xion saw how large the hill was she nearly died. She was shaking with fright, not from the cold. "Scared?" Axel asked with a sly grin.

"No!" Xion shot at him.

"Then hurry up, lets go!" He grabbed her hand and dragged her on her skis. She hoped going down a mountain was as easy as being dragged by Axel. They sat on the ski lift and went up and up. It didn't help that Xion was terrified of heights, and also she had no idea how to get off the ski lift. When they reached the top Axel jumped off and gracefully slid down a small slope. Xion didn't know what to do. "Xion what are you doing!" she heard Axel call over to her. Before it was too late she jumped off the chair, landing in a mangled position in a heap of freezing cold snow. Axel immediately rushed to her side and helped her up. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." she said, brushing the snow off her jacket.

"Next time, jump when you're supposed to." before she could say anything else he was dragging her over again. She had no choice but to follow. The mountain looked much steeper from the top, then from the bottom. She gulped. Axel let go of her gloved hand and went over the edge, starting off slow and then picking up speed quickly. It wasn't long before Xion couldn't even see him.

It was dark out, but Axel was right, again, there were many lights lighting the way down the hill, so Xion wasn't worried about that. It was everything else she was afraid of. She realized that the only way to go down was to use her skis. She was so afraid that she didn't even notice her skis slowly slipping until she was going down the hill. "Oh shit." she whispered before flying down, screaming the whole way. Going down her skis got intertwined and her fell, but was still heading down the hill, and was still screaming for dear life. She slowly stopped at a rough spot on the hill, and just barely managed to pick herself up. Her skis sent her flying again. She fell as soon as she started up, and closed her eyes tight until she knew she was at the bottom.

Axel was laughing so hard that he felt as if his sides were splitting. Xion shot him her worst death glare as she took off her skis angrily and threw them on the ground. She walked up close to him and poked him hard in the chest. "I am never doing that again."

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The next morning Roxas woke up alone, with nothing but a note next to him in his bed. It read, clearly in Naminé's printing:

Roxas,

Sorry I have to go, but I forgot that I promised my mom I would be home. I'll be grounded for sure, so I'll see you monday.

Naminé.

He frowned. He had most certainly not expected her to actually get up and leave after they'd finally had sex. It hurt him, actually. He would have had to been tortured before he would leave Naminé after they'd done something to important to their relationship. And he'd thought that she'd felt the same. I guess not. He thought, scrunching the note into a ball and chucking it into his trash bin. It was too early, only eight a.m, so he went back to sleep with a lot on his mind.

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Monday ended the longest weekend of Roxas' life. Naminé wouldn't answer his calls or reply to his emails, no matter what he couldn't get a hold of her. It was hurting him greatly because he felt used, like he meant nothing to her. Yet he couldn't wait to see her that morning. He even went to school early to see if he could catch her before class, but she was late that day. When she entered the art room she looked exhausted, and didn't say anything when she sat down next to Roxas. He felt extreme tension when he waved to her and she didn't wave back. He began to really worry.

The teacher had told them to sketch something in their sketchbooks, which also meant they were aloud to talk. Roxas intended to find out what was on Naminé's mine, and why she was acting so cold. "Roxas, can I talk to you after class?" Naminé suddenly asked.

"Uh, yeah." Roxas said, dumbfounded. "What about?"

"After class."

"Okay."

Throughout the class Naminé wasn't speaking at all, so Roxas talked to Xion. She was tell him about her weekend with Axel, and how the two of them had actually become friends. He acted interested but of course his mind was elsewhere. The bell finally rang and he followed Naminé outside the class. She lead him into an empty classroom. "What's this about?" he asked her, sitting down on a chair.

"Roxas, I really don't know how to tell you this."

He immediately jumped to a conclusion. "Oh my god, you're pregnant."

"No!" she spat, for some reason angry that he would even suggest that.

"Oh, okay good." he wondered what other problems there could be.

"Look, I'm just going to lay it out flat. I think what we did on friday was a mistake. I wasn't ready." she paused for a moment to read Roxas' expression, and clearly he was hurt. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I don't think we should see each other anymore, at least not for a while."

"What are you saying?" he managed to choke out.

"I'm breaking up with you." she couldn't meet his eyes, it hurt her too much.

"Naminé, you wanted to." he said, holding back tears. Roxas always hated crying in front of people, he thought of it as a sign of weakness, but right now it felt impossible.

"I know." she admitted, sighed. "But I just don't feel connected to you anymore."

"But it was your idea, you suggested it."

"I know that."

"Then how can you not feel connected? I've never felt so close to anyone else other than you, especially after friday."

"I'm sorry, but I need to think about myself. I'm obviously not ready for such a commitment."

"Obviously not, but you think you could have told me this before? Before I fell in love with you?" She didn't know how to answer that. Roxas got up and shoved his chair. "I can't believe you." he said angrily, before stomping out of the classroom. Instead of making his way to his second period class he went straight home. He was so angry and heartbroken he felt insane. It felt like she had been toying with him since the beginning, he needed him alone, he needed time to think.

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Ahhh.. didn't see that one coming. Or maybe you did? Review please!