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Growing
Chapter 7: Crack in Drinks, Kisses in Rain (Part1)

"One ticket please…" Kairi requested for the man at the ticket booth.

"That'll be 6.00" the man replied. Kairi dug into her wallet and looked for some money. Her fingers searched her wallet, but all she felt was emptiness.

'Darn it! I forgot to bring the extra 10 dollars!' Kairi thought and sighed heavily.

"Actually forget it…" Kairi muttered as the guy just gave an aggravated grunt and rolled his eyes. Kairi didn't appreciate his rude behavior and was considering punching him, but instead she stuck out her tongue. Luckily he didn't notice. She'd probably get a restraining order at this rate. Kairi turned around from the ticket booth and sighed.

'I guess they'll have to see this movie without me. Might as well tell them and head back home anyway…'

"What?" Sora popped out of nowhere and frowned at Kairi.

"What do you mean what?" Kairi snapped back. Kairi unfortunately got moody occasionally and this just happened to be that perfect occasion. Especially with the fat, rude, guy in the ticket booth, the annoying waitress, and her stupidity to leave her money back at home. She was unfortunately in a crummy mood.

"How come you can't see the movie?" Sora asked as he pouted. He held a cup of coke in one hand and a small bag of popcorn in the other. "We were supposed to have our 'who-catches-more-pop-corn-in-their-mouths' contest while Roxas and Namine watch their sappy chick flick movie!"

"I know that Sora…" Kairi replied as she sighed, "I just…well I ran out of money…I'm so stupid! My mom left an extra 10 bucks for me and I left it on the counter. You guys just go ahead without me. I'm going to head home okay?"

"By yourself?" Sora asked quizzically. His eyebrows shot up and he gave her this look that almost said, 'are-you-crazy-you're-going-to-get-raped.'

"Of course by myself. Who do you think I was going to go with? The tooth fairy?" Kairi suggested sarcastically.

'Well she's in one of her moody mood swings again…must have been that fat ticket guy. I'd punch him, but I'd probably get kicked out of the theater...again.' Sora thought as he remembered the last incident when he got kicked out of the movie theater.

"Aww…come on Kai I'd pay for your ticket. I got extra money! Plus it's not like this is the first time we ever paid for each other's stuff. Like when we were 4 and I wanted this ice cream cone you paid for it for me…or when just last week I paid for your lunch…"

"Thank you Mr. Walking Memory Book," Kairi again added with sarcasm, "Sora I know we always pay for each other's things and all, but I'd feel bad if I made you pay for my movie ticket and all. It's really no big deal."

'That's Kai…she never wants to take money from somebody.' Sora smiled at her strong will, but was a bit annoyed at how stubborn she could get. Like last week when he paid for her lunch. It took almost the whole lunch period to convince her that he wouldn't mind paying for it. He also had to add in "If you die of anorexia I will seriously cry…" Kairi finally gave up after he said that and allowed him to pay for her lunch.

"Well when people go out the guy is supposed to pay everything for a lady so I kind of HAVE to pay for your ticket anyway," Sora explained as if he found a way to make Kairi watch the movie with him, Namine, and Roxas.

"That's on DATES Sora. Get your facts straight," Kairi replied as she started laughing hysterically. She held her stomach because it started to hurt and her eyes started to water. Her mood swing disappeared as she started laughing at Sora's innocence. Somehow Sora still knew how to make her happy even when she was in a crummy mood.

"W—well I…I…I didn't…I mean…you know…I…well you know what I mean Ka—Kai…I didn't mean we're well…we're on a da—date, I just…I well, I meant…" Sora stuttered. The coke in his hands began to shake from his nervous breakdown.

"I'm just teasing you Sora…I know what you meant. Gees don't die on me now. You're supposed to pay for my ticket remember?" Kairi asked as she pinched his cheeks.

"Oh…oh y—yeah…" Sora replied still embarrassed.

"But I HAVE to pay you back got it?" Kairi demanded.

"Well you don't need to—"

"GOT IT?" Kairi repeated.

Kairi smiled as she went back to the ticket booth where the fat man stared at her and gave her a strange look.

"Can I have one ticket to The Notebook please?" Kairi asked. (A/N: I love the movie the Notebook. It's such a sad chick flick!)

The guy gave another one of those aggravated grunts.

'He sounds like a dying pig. Gees it's not like I'm asking him to give me his arm. I'm just asking for a ticket.' Kairi thought as her eyebrows furrowed in aggravation.

"I thought you didn't have money…next time come prepared…" the guy at the ticket booth muttered.

"Here's the money!" Sora chimed in with a huge grin on his face, "Sorry about that. I was over there buying popcorn!"

The guy made that same grunting noise again and finally handed Kairi her ticket. Sora gave the guy a mean glare that was saying, 'stop-being-a-jerk-or-I'll-beat-you-up.'

Kairi snatched back the ticket and walked to wear Roxas and Namine were waiting.

"Kids these days. Always going on dates and always unprepared…" the guy at the ticket booth muttered in annoyance as he watched Sora and Kairi walk away.

"Gees that guy sounded like a dying pig!" Sora joked.

"That's exactly what I was thinking," Kairi laughed.

"What took you guys so long?" Namine asked both Sora and Kairi as they approached Roxas and Namine

"That fat excuse for an employee that's why," Sora replied back harshly as Kairi started laughing.

"It's nothing really…the guy was just being mean that's all," Kairi explained in the more civilized way.

"Well let's get going we're gonna miss the movie!" Roxas hurried as they went inside the movie theater.

"Roxas if you cry during this movie you owe me 20 bucks," Sora smirked as he finalized his bet.

"You're on!" Roxas and Sora shook hands as if to seal the deal. Then Roxas lead the way as he found an aisle with 4 seats and they all sat down together.

(During the movie)

Sora sighed out of boredom. This movie just wasn't what he wanted to watch. If he was in the mood to watch something sad and romantic then he'd probably enjoy the movie, but at the moment he was in for something with action.

Sora looked to his left and saw Namine crying on Roxas's shoulder and Roxas did seem to have a tear threatening to fall out any minute now.

'Score! 20 bucks!' Sora smiled as he turned his attention back to Kairi who didn't look like she was going to cry at all probably because she had already read the book 4 times and cried through the book twice already.

"Hey Kai want to have the popcorn contest?" Sora asked mischievously since he was bored. Chick flicks just weren't his kind of movie.

Kairi yawned and turned her attention to Sora, "Sure that'd be awesome!"

"Ready?" Sora asked as Kairi prepared to catch the popcorn in her mouth. Her mouth was open and prepared to catch the popcorn. Sora threw popcorn in the air and Kairi attempted to catch it with her mouth, but it didn't work.

"Darn it!" Kairi muttered.

"You suck!" Sora teased.

"Not like you're any better!" Kairi retorted as she threw popcorn in the air and Sora tried to catch it with his mouth, but it nearly hit him in the eye. Kairi started cracking up as soon as she saw Sora flinch.

"SHH DO YOU MIND?" A lady hissed and put her finger to her lip making the 'shh-ing' sound.

The popcorn contest continued for the rest of the movie and it was tied…
0 to 0, but they were having fun so it didn't matter if they sucked at it…or if they tied for that matter.

(A little while later)

"Tap."

"Tap."

"Tap."

What the hell? Roxas thought as he felt a tap on his shoulder. At first he thought maybe the lady behind him was trying to tell him something, but there was no lady behind him.

He looked to his left and saw popcorn flying on his shoulder.

"What the HELL?" Roxas whispered to Sora and Kairi.

"Sorry! We're having a popcorn eating contest…did we get any on you?" Kairi apologized.

"You think?" Roxas pointed to his left shoulder, which was covered in popcorn that both Sora and Kairi couldn't catch.

Sora and Kairi started laughing again and another round of 'shh-ing' was heard from annoyed people across the room.

"Are we seriously that loud?" Kairi whispered in a fit of giggles.

"Who cares?" Sora replied laughing along with Kairi.

"I care! I don't want to get kicked out of this theater! Namine is practically asleep right now and you guys are so loud you might wake her up," Roxas pointed out as they saw Namine sleeping delicately on Roxas's shoulder.

"Actually I kind of want to leave this theater anyway…" Sora trailed off, "I have to finish up my 20-page essay anyway."

"And I'm supposed to help…" Kairi retorted.

"No," Sora argued back.

"Yes…"

"No…"

"JUST GO!" Someone in the audience shouted extremely loudly.

"Gees! TOUGH CROWD!" Sora shouted back as he got up and grabbed Kairi's hand. He then turned to Kairi, "Kai we're GOING!"

"Are you guys crazy? You're acting drunk!" Roxas tried to convince Sora and Kairi into staying, but he wasn't doing a very good job.

"I think they put crack in our drinks to get us back for that whole ticket thing…" Kairi muttered back in all seriousness. Her finger was on her cheek in a thinking position and Sora nodded, completely agreeing with her.

"And they probably drugged Namine's drink…" Sora added so that the whole 'crack-in-our-drinks' would seem more logical.

"Uhh…okay…you know what…just go before someone ends up taking out a gun and shooting the both of you," Roxas joked.

"Yeah and have a nice day to you too!" Sora waved goodbye to Roxas as did Kairi and they left. Kairi tripped a couple of times considering that Sora still had his hand locked on hers and he was walking at an extremely fast speed that Kairi couldn't keep up to.

Roxas noticed that something was moving on his right shoulder.

"Mmm…this movie is so romantic isn't it Roxas?" Namine asked quietly.

"Yeah…it's…sweet…" Roxas replied.

'Sweet? How can movies be sweet? Chocolate can be sweet…sugar can be sweet…but movies?' Roxas thought as he gave himself a mental kick that actually hurt.

"How long have I been sleeping for? I kept hearing laughing and shushing in my dreams…crazy huh?" Namine asked sleepily as she let out a small yawn and rubbed her eyes cutely.

"You have no idea…" Roxas muttered, but only to himself so Namine wouldn't hear. 'She looks so…cute…gorgeous…beautiful…amazing…'

"Roxas?" Namine asked a second time.

"Ohh…uhh…you've been asleep for a little bit. Only 20 or 30 minutes," Roxas replied.

"Aww…I missed so much of the movie…" Namine took a sip of her soda and stuck her hand in the popcorn bag to find none left, "Hey! Where's the popcorn and where'd Sora and Kairi go?"

"Oh well they were being loud and they almost got kicked out so they decided to leave. Plus Sora had to write that 20 page story that counted for 50 percent of his grade and Kairi's supposed to help," Roxas answered back.

"Awww…that stinks…"

Another romantic scene came up and Namine started focusing on the movie again. Tears welt up in her eyes and she tried to brush them away.

"Don't worry Namine…if you cry I won't make fun of you," Roxas stated sweetly. Namine just smiled at him and let a few tears slide down her cheek.

"This movie is so sad and romantic…" Namine whispered as she leaned her head on Roxas's shoulder.

'Okay…I don't know if I should put my hand on her shoulder…or if I shouldn't…?' Roxas argued with himself.

Roxas started to slide his arm around Namine, but he freaked out and pulled it back, hoping that Namine didn't see him.

Unfortunately for Roxas, Namine did notice and she giggled quietly to herself. She grabbed Roxas's arm and in return Roxas gave her a puzzled stare.

"What are you doing?" Roxas asked completely clueless.

Namine didn't say anything until she put Roxas's entire arm around her shoulder, "Oh well I'm cold and it's comfortable when you put your arm around my shoulder anyway. Don't you agree?" Namine asked casually and then added innocently, "Cause if you don't, you know I could always just take your arm and then pull it o—"

"No…no! It's fine! Perfectly fine!" Roxas stuttered. Namine just gave him another one of those dazzling smiles that made him go into a daze.

"Oh look! The movies over!" Namine pointed out as the 2 main characters went into one final, passionate kiss and the screen went blank. (A/N: That really didn't happen, but let's just pretend it did okay? Sorry if this is confusing, but I didn't want to add too much or too little detail)

"Oh…" Roxas was daydreaming that it was Namine and him kissing in the rain that passionately.

The 2 of them exited the movie theater. Since it was around 9:30 and both their curfews was around 10 o'clock they decided to hang around for a little bit longer.

"That was a good movie wasn't it Roxas? It was cute…'behind every great love there's a great story'." Namine quoted.

"Yeah…" Roxas replied back nervously.

"So Roxas…what do you want to do?" Namine questioned.

"Uhh…nothing really…anything's fine with you," Roxas answered back blushing a bit.

"Alright then let's go to the park!" Namine squealed, "I love the park…it reminds me of the times when we were little and we'd go on the swings. Come on!" Namine started running toward the nearest park, which just about 2 blocks away.

"Hey wait up!" Roxas yelled as he tried to catch up to Namine. He paused for a minute as he felt light drizzle coming down. 'I should take her home. She might get sick.'

"Come on Roxas!" Namine shouted as she entered the small, but empty park.

"Namine it's raining I think I should take you home," Roxas suggested as he entered the park as well.

"Oh come on Roxas…don't you want to have fun?" Namine begged as she walked near the swing sets.

"But Namine you might get sick since it's raining," Roxas pleaded. He really didn't want her to get sick because then he wouldn't be able to see her as often and every moment he had with her, he cherished.

"I love the rain!" Namine exclaimed as she swirled around on one of the poles of the swing sets.

Thunder clapped in the distance and the rain began pouring. Namine jumped on the swing and started swinging. She didn't swing too high or too low because one.) she didn't want to get hit by lightning. Two.) she didn't want her foot to get scratched on the pavement.

"Namine you'll get hurt!" Roxas scolded as if he was her father.

"ROXAS!" Namine yelled as the thunder clapped loudly and the water drenched her silky white dress, which now clung to her body and Roxas could even see the small lining of her bra. Her hair was clinging to her face and was a bit messy…

And even through the rain she managed to look drop.dead.gorgeous.

'He looks so cute like that, when he's overprotective. The way he cares about me…he's the best thing a girl could ask for!' Namine thought as she examined his hair that was now on his face, instead of sticking up in that strange gravity-defying way it usually does. His clothes stuck to his body and his long white pants were drenched with water and dirt.

"WHAT IS IT NAMINE?" Roxas yelled back. The thunder sounded louder than ever and the pouring rain didn't help at all.

"CAN I TRUST YOU?" Namine shouted, as she swung on the swings at the same height - not too high, yet not too low so she could make eye contact with him when she swung forward. She looked at Roxas straight in the eye. Even though the rain blurred through her vision she could clearly see those beautiful blue eyes that matched her own. The one that showed his emotions and how much he cared for her.

"OF COURSE YOU CAN. WITH YOUR LIFE," Roxas replied back with a scream. He didn't understand what was going on or what Namine was leading to. Was this just a random question?

"THAN CATCH ME!" Namine screamed as she jumped off her swing. As the swing swung forward she jumped off of it and Roxas by reflex immediately caught her. Her legs were circling his waist and her hands were holding onto his neck in a death grip. Roxas lost balance because of the impact of the jump and ended up falling on his back and he rolled on top of her.

With the rain still pounding on both of them he looked at her laughing hysterically.

"That was just too fun Roxas…and you caught me! Even though I shouted it last minute you still caught me. It just shows how much I can trust you," Namine smiled at him. Her smile was so sincere and grateful. She was lucky to have a best friend like him…'Just a best friend?' Her conscience asked.

"Roxas?" Namine replied as she realized he was just staring at her with that strange dazed look. And not only that…he was drawing closer to her.

"Roxas what's wrong? Are you oka--?" Namine was silenced as his lips came crashing down to hers. She gasped lightly from shock.

'Oh my gosh…is he kissing me? What should I DO?' Namine started freaking out, 'KISS HIM BACK STUPID! KISS HIM BACK!'

Namine opened her mouth and immediately his tongue slipped inside of her mouth, which caused her to moan loudly, but it was blocked out from the pounding rain and lightning combined. They were both all wet from the rain, but they didn't care.

Their hearts were beating extremely fast in unison. His hands were on her waist holding her firmly down. He felt like he needed to get closer to her, but he was already on top of her. Her hands slipped around his neck to pull his face closer to hers. The kiss became extremely passionate from the feelings that had been hidden inside for so long.

It seemed they had kissed for eternity, but unfortunately a very important thing called oxygen was needed and both pulled away. Roxas immediately jumped off of Namine from embarrassment and shame.

'Oh great…this wasn't supposed to happen…not like this! How could I just kiss her like that? Without her permission! Gosh I'm such a jerk! Such a stupid jerk! What if she hates me now? …but then again that was one hell of a kiss! I don't think I regret it. I just hope she doesn't,' Roxas thought.

"…Roxas…" Namine panted as she sat up and put her hand on her heart to feel her heart rate. It was fast…

And it was only this fast when he was around.

"Namine…I'm sorry…I shouldn't have just kissed you like that. It was horrible of me, I know and I'm so sorry…it was stupid." Roxas paused and the continued with a deep breath, "But…but…I…well I…I don't regret doing it."

"You mean…?" Namine trailed off.

"Wait…I need to finish or I might loose my guts and never end up saying this. Namine, I don't regret our kiss because I've been waiting for this kiss. I love you. Ever since the first time I met you I knew I loved you. Sure we were only babies and I didn't know what it was, but it was still there. I would never get why I was always nice to you or shy towards you, but strangely enough we became close friends and I grew comfortable around you, but our friendship grew and evolved and it brought back those same feelings I always had for you…" Roxas finished his speech and gulped from nervousness.

"Actions speak more than words," Namine stated quickly as she leaned in for another kiss. This one was just a quick shy kiss because Namine wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing.

"So you mean…?" Roxas trailed off.

"Yes Roxas. I love you too…and not in just a friendly way. In a 'everytime-I-see-you-my-heart-pumps-faster-and-I-want-to-kiss-you' kind of way. I knew we were meant to be since I first saw you. I just kept denying it because we were just friends, but now more than ever I want your lips on mine." Namine admitted.

"So…we're boyfriend and girlfriend?" Roxas whispered.

"I'd hope so…" Namine replied back, "Unless you don't want to then we don't have to because I'd understa—"

"Namine?" Roxas interrupted.

"Yes?" Namine asked as she stopped her ranting.

"Can I kiss you?" Roxas asked.

"Did you even have to ask?" Namine replied as he brought her into another passionate kiss. And through the rain they kept kissing…

Until curfew of course…

'How am I going to explain this one to mom?' Roxas thought, but ignored it and kept kissing Namine with all his heart.

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Wow! Long chapter! And I thought it was cute with Roxas and Namine!

Okay I have a list of apologies!

Sorry if you were confused with the whole NOTEBOOK movie thing…I didn't want to put up too much about the movie cause I knew it would confuse readers, but if I didn't put up enough it would be just as confusing so I was like…gah!

Sorry if this chapter's a bit too long? I got carried away with writing it!

Sorry I posted a bit late! I had to go to this party and my friend was trying to start drama with me…she thinks she's so cool now that she broke up with her oh-so-popular boyfriend…pshh. Then I had to watch the fourth of july fireworks on JULY SECOND! WHAT THE HECK? But whatever…my town is strange. Anyway…enough about my life…the next chapter will be what Sora and Kairi are doing at that particular moment, while Roxas and Namine had their 'moment' shall we call it? Haha. Next chapter should be up soon!

x3,
LJ!