I am SO glad I finished this chapter, was annoying me for ages, and then the worst part was while I was writing it, someone shut off my laptop, so I had to start it all over again. Y U PPL MESS WIT MY TINGS! ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

Beep Beep Beep Beep

Aqua groaned and slowly sat up in her bed, rubbing her eyes with one hand as she reached for the snooze button on her alarm clock. After silencing the noisy device she got out of bed and pulled open the curtains. The storm had cleared overnight, and there was a clear blue sky with the sun hanging overhead outside, but Aqua still felt like there was a thundercloud hanging over her.

Aqua sighed. She knew hiding it wasn't going to help, she had to come out with it sooner or later. She was thankful however that she persuaded Terra not to say anything until she decided they both tell them all together. But part of her just wanted to try and find someone to tell her what to do. She decided to talk to Olette. She didn't know her that long, but because she wasn't a long time friend and didn't know either Ven or Terra personally she was obviously going to be unbiased in her opinion. She picked up her phone and dialled her number.

"This is Olette speaking, who may I ask is calling?"

"Wow. Weird way to answer your cell phone." Aqua thought to herself. "Hey Olette, this is Aqua. I know this is a bit sudden and all, but do you think we could hang out today?"

"Oh, sure Aqua no problem. Do you want to meet up somewhere?"

Aqua thought long and hard, before deciding on a place that everything started going crazy. "Yeah, could you meet me at the pier that leads out to the kids island in about an hour?"

"Okay, I'll see you then."

Aqua put down her phone and went to her wardrobe and picked out an outfit suitable for the warm weather and laid it on her bed, before going for a shower, hoping the warm water would relax her a bit.

"Vanitas you ass!"

Ven ran after his older brother, wielding a TV remote in his hand and revenge in his eyes. He was fed up with Vanitas sitting on his head in the mornings, especially when Vanitas helped himself to scrambled egg for breakfast this morning. The smell was not pleasant in the slightest.

"Aww c'mon it was just a joke!" Vanitas said as he ran for his life, despite the fact Ven was probably going to shove the remote somewhere Vanitas didn't want it, he couldn't help but find Vens reaction hilarious.

"I'll show you joke!" Ven cried as he leapt for his brother and managed to grab onto his leg, causing him to fall to the ground as Ven quickly pinned his legs down.

"Okay you win! I'm sorry!" Vanitas cried. "I call uncle!"

But Ven ignored him, and began hitting Vanitas over the head with the remote. It wasn't the best feeling, but Vanitas was just glad he wasn't going to have to push it out of him later on in the day. After Ven felt he gave Vanitas a big enough lump on his head, he got up and walked to the mirror, checking his face.

"I swear Vanny, if I get pink eye or something I'll murder you."

"Oh stop being dramatic," Vanitas mumbled as he got up off the floor, rubbing his now bruised head. "We're heading to the play island today. We've not been over there in ages and the guys and girls want to hang out for a while."

Ven stopped checking his eye in the mirror, certain that he didn't get infected from Vanitas' stupidity. "What guys and girls? Who's going?"

"Oh a bunch of strangers I've never met before, one guy carries around this small hatchet and he occasionally says he wants to give me a haircut with it. Who do you think dumbass? All our friends?"

Ven smirked and rolled his eyes as he walked back up the stairs, calling down to Vanitas as he went. "Just so you know. They're my friends, you're more like the dumb pet we keep around to amuse ourselves with."

"Bite me Venny!" Vanitas shouted from the bottom of the stairs.

"That's your job mutt!" Ven called back as he closed his bedroom door.

Ten minutes later, people passing by their house would stop momentarily at the noise coming from inside before walking off. When the two boys eventually came out of the house, Ven was limping and Vanitas was holding his nose.

"Ugh, way to go Ven, you didn't have to punch me y'know." Vanitas groaned as his nose was a red colour from being punched.

"Oh shut up, you didn't have to bite me!"

Vanitas smiled, but quickly turned it to a frown as it hurt his nose more. "You asked for it."

Aqua sat down on the pier and looked out at the play island. She could only think of the last time they were out there. Herself, Ven and Terra, along with everyone else were having fun. Back then there were no relationships or dating between any of them. Sure there was a bit of jealousy, but that mostly was just an excuse for the boys to race each other to see who was faster.

However, soon her thoughts quickly changed to that night with Ven, on this very pier, and how she kissed him. It wasn't a first date kiss, it was a lovers kiss. One you would put all your emotions into to show them how much you cared about them. Then her mind drifted to the times Terra kissed her. It felt good, but it didn't feel like the one she had given Ven, especially not the one they had when he proposed and she said yes.

She looked down at the ring now hanging on a chain around her neck, she decided against wearing it on her hand for fear that one of her friends would show up and see it. Plus if Terra showed up she could just show him the ring on the chain, so he wouldn't wonder why she wasn't wearing it.

"Hey Aqua!" Olette shouted, causing Aqua to jump and hurriedly put the ring out of sight, before turning to smile at her as Olette sat down beside her.

"Hey Olette," Aqua smiled, "thanks for coming today, means a lot to me."

"Oh it's not a problem. I'm happy you asked me to hang out today, I've been pretty bored lately."

Aqua smiled at Olette, but inwardly she felt like she shouldn't talk to Olette about what happened. She wanted to hang out and have fun, the last thing she wanted was to listen to Aqua tell her about her dilemma when she didn't even know them all that well.

"So any idea what you want to do today?" Aqua asked, wondering if she should talk to Kairi or Xion after today.

"Well I heard the guys were going out to that island today. We could wait here until they come down and we could all go together?"

"Oh, I'm sure it'll be fun." Aqua said, giving a fake smile. She was really hoping that Ven wouldn't be there. She wanted to see him so much, but she wasn't ready to face him yet. She didn't want to see his reaction when he found out.

Olette and Aqua sat on the pier for about twenty minutes, talking about their lives when they heard a whistle from behind them. They could see Axel, Xion, Kairi, Sora, Riku, Vanitas and Ven.

Aquas heart almost stopped when she saw Ven, she wasn't ready to see him just yet, despite missing him so much. She had no idea what to say to him, especially if he asked her why she wasn't talking to him as much anymore.

"Hey you guys!" Kairi said excitedly, hugging both Aqua and Olette when she came up to them. "What're you guys doing here? Are you coming to the island with us?"

"Yeah, I could do with a day of fun actually." Aqua smiled at Kairi.

"Hey! If you two are done? We've gotta get going!" Vanitas shouted over at them, as the rest of the guys started pushing the boats into the water.

"Oops, well lets get going." Kairi smiled as they both got into the boats and waited as the boys pushed them further out to sea before getting in and rowing. Aqua took a few glances at Ven, who caught her eye but looked away indifferently. She frowned when he didn't look back at her. She knew he was annoyed at her.

"Axel, I swear to god if you try and put sand down my clothes again, I'll make you eat it." Vanitas said warningly as the red head tried to sneak up on him with a handful of sand.

Axel moaned and dropped the sand before heading towards the water, jumping in and joining up with Xion, Kairi, Sora and Riku in a splashing contest. Aqua was down by the beach watching them, and Olette, Ven and Vanitas were all together by the trees getting some shade.

"So Olette, tell me 'bout yourself." Vanitas asked bluntly. She didn't say it, but Ven could tell that Vanitas' personality intimidated her a little bit.

"Oh don't worry about him Olette, he's always like this. It's easier to just ignore him."

"Uhm, speaking of ignoring people. Are you and Aqua having a fight?" Olette asked, causing Ven's face to instantly turn bright red. Vanitas however, suddenly sat upright and was paying close attention, a mischievous smile on his face while he listened.

"Well, we're not having a fight exactly, but I was just kind of annoyed lately that she wasn't really being talkative. And anytime I asked her if she was okay she'd avoid the subject or wouldn't reply back for ages talking about something completely different." Ven sighed, laying down on the sand and putting his hands behind his head. "I dunno, maybe I just want her to know how I was feeling when she was behaving different towards me?

"Ouch, my brother getting revenge. Oh what his this cruel world done to you." Vanitas cried dramatically, before spluttering and coughing out the mouthful of sand Ven had chucked at him.

"Anyway," Olette said, watching with amusement as Vanitas made his way down to the water to wash the sand off his face, "I don't think you should do that Ven. I know you feel that she's hiding things from you and stuff, but hiding things from her never helps. Especially if there's feelings involved. I know this sounds silly, but my grandmother always used to say that, if you keep emotions you feel about a person to yourself, no matter what they are, they'll always come out the in the worst way possible. Just, just think about it okay? I like all of you guys, I wouldn't want to see you arguing and losing something special."

Ven stared up at the sky as Olette got up and joined the rest of the gang in a splashing contest. He thought long and hard about Olette's advice, damn was she smarter than she looked. Ven considered getting up right then and there to go and talk to Aqua about why she was avoiding talking to him like normal, but decided against it. They were with all their friends and it would be difficult if they suddenly started arguing. Then everyone else would find out what they had done.

"Screw it. I'll do it tonight." Ven said to himself as he got up and walked to the water, finally deciding to join in on the game.

Aqua watched as all her friends splashed each other in the water. She couldn't help but smile, even though she couldn't get the worrying thoughts out of her mind. Her eyes drifted to Ven, who had a smile similar to one a child would have on Christmas day after seeing all the presents they received, and even giggled a little when Sora tackled Ven into the water, causing the water to foam up from the flailing of limbs coming from both teens.

As Aqua stood up her necklace fell out from its safe spot, causing it to hang outside of her top. She quickly, grabbed it and hurriedly put it back in before looking back up. None of her friends had noticed. With a sigh of relief, she sat back down and continued watching them play, politely refusing whenever they asked her to join them.

Vanitas stared at Aqua most of all, though he made a good job of not making it obvious. By chance, he had looked in Aqua's direction as she stood up, and something fell out of her top. He knew instantly it was a chain, but whatever was on it was something Aqua didn't want anyone to see. It wouldn't be that way for long though. If this was something important enough that Aqua needed to hide it, then he was going to find out what it was.

See what I mean about it annoying me? I have a huge gut feeling this chapter fell on it's ass, then got spanked with a paddle a couple of times for good measure, towards the ending. But, it's done. And I'm thinking I might finish off this story at around chapter 14 or fifteen. Depends on what I can think of as a finish.

Until next time, keep on RAGIN' ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)