Riku, with a snort, jumped out of his chair and noticed the ship about to crash. He began pushing buttons quickly and luckily saved the ship barely. The ship landed with a bumpy landing. Sora fell back and reached out for John. John let out a gasp as he fell with Sora. He landed on top of Sora with an oof.
"We're home!" Katie exclaimed steadying herself against the wall. She dusted her pants off and gasped softly as she saw John fall on top of Sora.
"Sorry," Sora said. "Are you okay?" Sora asked in a very caring way.
John looked at Sora and blushed and rolled off of Sora. Sora sat up and looked at John with a smirk on his face. John noticed the smirk. "What are you smirking at?" John asked crossing his arms.
Sora shrugged, "Nothing."
John raised an eyebrow. "Oh?" He then stood up and went over to stand by Riku examining the ships damage.
Katie walked over to Sora and looked down at him. "Need help up?" She asked.
"Nah, I'm good." Sora said standing up. Sora looked at Katie with curiosity. "You know John pretty well, right?"
Katie nodded. "Yeah really well."
"A couple minutes ago he was talking to me about back when I was showing him some tricks on easier ways to use magic and, a simple way to say this is, John felt a little awkward while I was showing him," Sora scratched the back of his head and let out a small nervous laugh as he saw Katie's face brighten but continued. "And he said he didn't mind what I was doing. What does that mean?"
Katie smiled and looked over at John who was talking to Riku. John couldn't hear what she and Sora were talking about. 'Hope John won't get mad about what I'm about to say.' Katie thought silently. She took a deep breath.
"Sora," Katie began, and hoped she wouldn't regret later, "John likes you, a lot."
Sora's eyes widened. "He does? That explains a lot of things… It explains his overall nervousness around me." Sora looked over at John, then back at Katie. "What now?" He asked.
"I don't know, are you going to treat him different?" Katie asked in a serious voice. She was wondering if Sora would become a jerk now because he found out John likes him. She bit her bottom lip. 'Damn, I'm starting to think this was a bad idea. Me and my big mouth,' she thought as she watched Sora begin to sort of become hysterical.
"No. I'm just going to treat him different it's just all of the awkward moments between us and some of things he has said to me, I don't know I'm sort of having some feelings for him, I guess," Sora said pressing a hand to his chest.
Katie put a hand to her mouth. "Oh my Gosh. Wait-uh okay that's cute you have feelings too."
"So should I move forward with him?" Sora asked.
"No! He's very observant he'll figure something's up and know I'm involved. But be slow with it move forward with him slowly."
Sora nodded. "Hey what are you guys talking about?" John asked as he walked up.
"Oh, nothing. I was telling Sora some things about Earth," Katie said.
John nodded. Riku walked up and pressed a button on the wall. The ship released down a ladder.
"So you guys ready to go?" Riku asked.
The group got off the ship and looked around the area.
"We're in downtown Carlsbad!" John exclaimed as he noticed landmarks around them. The small buildings, sunny skies, busy streets, and ocean breeze was the view they saw. The people went about their business without noticing the four teens. Aromas from shops slowly drifted through the air and the sun shone brightly.
Katie stretched. "Ah! Nothing's changed."
Sora observed his surroundings of the small coastal town. "Reminds me of Twilight Town and Destiny Islands."
John smiled and nodded. "Kind of…"
"What's this?" Riku walked up to a lamp post and ripped a paper off. He scanned through the paper's contents and sighed in aggravation. "Oh great… You guys, read this."
Sora, John, and Katie crowded around Riku and read. John gasped. "Wait a minute... We're missing?"