Look who's back! :) I had lots of fun, but my family and I had to leave early. Anyways, please enjoy this chapter and- Well, you guys already know what I'm gonna thank you for. :D Sorry it's so short! Dx

Skateboarding Lessons

Chapter 10

A Favor

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEE-

I punched the off button on my alarm clock and sat up, stretching. Oh, I set the alarm at eight forty instead of eight thirty..Whatever. Twenty minutes is enough for me.

My foot got tangled up in my blanket, so I ended up faceplanting the hard floor. I growled and stood up, holding my nose. I know it wasn't broken nor bleeding, but it hurt like crazy. Geez! I hate being so clumsy. The pain soon disappeared and I was able to walk over to my closet. I picked up my uniform, darting out of my room to get to the washroom.

I zoomed out of the washroom once I finished whatever I needed to do in there and ran down the stairs.

"Morning, guys!" I said to my mom, who was making pancakes, and my dad, who just finished eating. They both greeted me back.

"How many pancakes do you want, sweetie?" mom asked right after I threw two pop-tarts into the toaster.

"Oh, uh, I'm kinda in a hurry, so I'm just gonna eat some of these!" my breakfast popped out of the toaster.

Once I put on my shoes, I grabbed my two strawberry pop-tarts and shoved them into my mouth. I licked the white frosting off of my fingers when I swallowed my breakfast and wiped my mouth with a napkin I snatched from the kitchen table.

"Bye!" I said and hurried out of the house. I ran for a good amount of time, but my energy quickly disappeared. I panted every now and then as I walked along the road to school.

The thought about Namine liking Roxas travelled through my mind. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up together. They were so close, as if they knew each other their whole life. However, the thought of this sends a small pain to my chest. I liked Roxas, sure, but I told everyone that I only liked him as a friend. I knew him for what, three or four weeks? But..he's different from the other annoying, popular, I'm-so-much-better-than-you snobs. He actually cared about me. I think.

Too wrapped up in my thoughts, I made a sharp turn, realizing I almost passed the shortcut. I looked up at the clear blue sky and smiled happily. School's almost over! I just have to survive through the finals and the many surprises along the way.

I saw Twilight High in the distance and realized that no one was outside. What the heck? I lifted up my wrist to check the time on my watch and guess what? I'm late. The bell rang about four minutes ago. I slapped my forehead before entering the school and rushed to Math class. I twisted the doorknob and poked my head into the class. Luckily, my teacher was looking through a drawer in the other end of the class. Like a ninja, I sneaked into my seat and snatched a few things from my bag to pretend I was here the whole time.

Still rummaging through the drawer, he said, "Why are you late again, Xion?" I cringed.

"Um, because..the bell rang before I could get here?" I laughed nervously. The whole class smirked.

"Haha. Very funny," he said sarcastically. "This was the second time this week. Late again and you get detention."

Wow, I actually thought he wouldn't notice. Whatever. I didn't get detention, so it's all good.

Class was extremely boring; all we did was do algebra equations in order to prepare for the finals. Everyone seemed to understand whatever the teacher was explaining, but for all I know, my brain exploded.

"So, Xion, can you tell us the answer to this equation?" my teacher asked. I looked up at the board and gulped. Okay, so..if the girl's age is three times the boy's age, but half of- Argh, just reading it hurts my head!

"S-Sure. The answer is, um.."

RIIING!

Yes! Saved by the bell!

"Anyways, class, x equals eight and there will be no homework tonight." we all cheered. "Have a good day."

I dashed out of class and sighed in relief. I flipped my notebook over to check what I had in second period, but my schedule wasn't there. Freaking out, I looked through the notebook, then my bag. No sign of it. Oh, sh-

"Are you looking for this?" someone held up the paper in front of my face. On the top read, 'Xion Uchida's schedule' in purple ink. Yup, it's mine. No doubt about that.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Thanks," I took the paper from the person's hand and saw, not surprisingly, Namine.

"You dropped it a few steps back." she smiled. "See you in Art class!" When she disappeared through the wave of people, I felt my body jerk forward suddenly.

"Ow! Oh, Xion! Sorry about that!" I turned around and met up with a pair of sapphire eyes.

"Roxas? O-Oh, it's fine." I smiled. "What do you have now?"

"Science, you?"

"Art."

"Well, I'll..walk you there." I nodded as we both started walking towards my class. "You know, you're getting really good at skateboarding." I smiled.

"You think so?" he nodded.

"You mastered most of the tricks I taught you in just a short amount of time, it's pretty awesome. But, a Heel Flip is the only trick you could do in midair. You still have to learn how to grind, do a Method Grab, a three-sixty spin and more before I show you how to do a three-sixty flip."

"Still a long way to go.." I sighed. I stopped walking, since I was standing in front of Art class already, but Roxas just kept walking. "Uh, Roxas?" he turned around slightly. His face turned red from embarassment as he ran up to me.

"Oi, why'd you stop walk.." he looked into the classroom. "Oh. You could've told me! People were staring at me! It looked like I was talking to myself!"

"Heh, sorry." I giggled.

"Yeah, yeah. So, see ya!" he left in a rush, since Science class was in the other end of the school. I entered class and sat down next to Pence, who was smirking.

"Hey, you know, I'm actually starting to believe you guys were meant to be together." he said, rather loudly.

"Pence, we are not meant to be together. We're.."

"Just friends?" he finished for me. "No! You're wrong! You and Roxas were meant to be together! It's..Its's destiny!" I slapped my forehead.

"Quit being so loud!" I sighed.

The bell suddenly rang, but the teacher wasn't here yet. When the whole class noticed this, the majority of the people took out their cellphones and started texting their friends or something. When footsteps were heard in the hallway, the ones with cellphones slipped it back into their pocket or bag and greeted the teacher. I checked my watch. Wow, fifteen minutes late. That's a first.

"I'm sorry, class. I was stuck in traffic." she walked over to her desk and sat down. "I evaluated your paintings, by the way. You'll get it back, along with your grade."

"I bet I got a D," Pence said, turning to face me. "I spilled green paint all over the sky." Oh, right. It looked more like Hayner's army pants with random patches of Olette's orange shirt instead of the sunrise in Hollow Bastion. Well, Radiant Garden. It was re-named, but our group still calls it Hollow Bastion.

"Hey, I bet she understood, she'll probably give you a C or something at least."

My art teacher started calling out random names and each of them picked up their painting. A few grinned after seeing their grade, but a few frowned or cursed as well.

"Pence!" she called. My brown-haired friend ran up to her and took his drawing without checking the grade.

"Don't be a baby, come on, what'd you get?" he took a peak and sighed in relief. "So?"

"I got a C plus! I passed!" we high-fived.

"Xion!" I stood up and walked towards the teacher. She held up my painting and flipped it, where an A plus was visibly printed on it. "Your work was truly amazing. One hundred percent!" I thanked her and walked back to Pence, grinning.

"A plus, sucker!" I held the drawing in front of him (the side where my grade was written on).

"Show-off! Yeah, well..if I never spilled green paint on the sky, the teacher would've probably given me an A plus plus!"

"But, you didn't! And besides, you showed off with your Math test last week!" I stuck my tongue out as he pouted.

When everyone received their grade, the Art teacher gave us a new project. We could draw whatever we wanted and use any kind of tool. What I mean is, colored pencils, markers, paint..You get the idea.

"What're you drawing?" I asked the brunet who sat beside me.

"You and Roxas sharing a Paopu fruit in Destiny Isla- Ow!" I pounded him on the head before he could finish that sentence. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding! I'm gonna draw..uh, I don't know yet. You?"

"Our group. Me, you, Hayner, Olette and Vanitas."

"Knew it. You always draw us in class, not that it's a bad thing, don't worry." he chuckled. "Oh, and you forgot Roxas."

"..And if I do say so myself, I looked pretty epic when I jumped in front of Seifer to get the last plate of beef teriyaki and takoyaki." Hayner said proudly after finishing his story.

"No, actually, you were in front of Seifer in the line and there were six more plates of beef teriyaki and three more plates of takoyaki. You liar." Olette said, facepalming. "And besides, Seifer took the curry."

"Okay, maybe I did over-react a little." the blonde laughed nervously.

"Hey, Xion!" a cheerful voice said as the person ruffled my hair.

Knowing who it was, I turned around and said, somewhat too happily, "Roxas!"

"I just wanted to tell you that I can't make it this afternoon."

"Really? You could make it tomorrow though, right?"

"Yeah. Well, that's all I wanted to tell you. Bye!" he ran off to his table where a redhead pulled him into a bear hug and yelled, "You talked to a girl! My little Roxy is growing up!" Roxas struggled to get out of his grasp, while a small giggle escaped from my lips.

"Well, well, well." Vanitas said, smirking. "'Can't make it this afternoon'? Xion..did you guys have a date?" I felt my face heat up even if it wasn't true.

"What the heck? Of course not! He was talking about my le-"

"I knew it! I knew you two were dating!" Olette cheered.

"Oh, my gosh! How long were you guys together?" Pence asked with his mouth full of food. I glared at each of them.

"We are not dating! He was talking about my skateboarding lessons!" I said in annoyance.

"She's trying to hide the truth," Hayner grinned.

"You guys are so annoying."

My friends teased me about Roxas and I being together throughout the whole day. It was extremely irritating, but I knew that they were only kidding. I said bye to them as I headed towards the exit of the school, however, a pale hand appeared on my shoulder.

"Oh! N-Namine, you scared me!" I said.

"Oh, sorry," she smiled innocently. "Roxas told me that he couldn't make it to your lessons. So, I was thinking that, maybe we could walk together?"

"Well, I kinda wanted to walk by myself, but okay." I shrugged. The pale blonde ran up to my side and thanked me.

We didn't talk about anything at first. It was complete silence between us, until Namine decided to break it when we were passing by the cherry blossom trees.

"Xion," she started. She stopped walking, so I stopped as well to listen to what she had to say.

"Uh, yeah?" She had a light pink blush on her cheeks.

"I can trust you, right?"

"Huh? Yeah, of course. Why? Is there anything wrong?"

"Actually.." she started. "I really like someone." Why is she telling me this? Shouldn't she be telling someone else? Like her best friend or something? Why me? "I would give anything to be with him, but I'm too shy to tell him how I feel. So, I was wondering if..you could do me a favor?"

"Well, depends on what it is."

"Can you help us get together?"

"Um, Namine, I-I don't think I could do something like that. Maybe you could ask someone else?" I started walking away, but she grabbed my wrist and pulled me back to my previous spot.

"No, only you can help me! He wouldn't suspect anything if it was you! Please Xion?" she pleaded. I bit my lower lip, then sighed.

"Fine." she thanked me and smiled with pure happiness. "But, how can I do it if I don't even know the guy?"

"Oh, don't worry, you know him very well."

"Really? Who is it?"

"Roxas."

LE GASP. What will Xion say to that? Will she help Namine and Roxas get together? After all, the raven-haired girl said that they were 'just friends'..Sorry for late update, by the way. And please review, it would be great to know about your opinion on the story so far. :)