Part II: Emerald Green

"Didn't you go to West Island?" Roxas asked

"No East." Pence replied. Roxas thought for moment.

"And who's this?" Roxas directed his attention to Naminé who was trying to avoid any notice.

"This is my friend Naminé" pence introduce her to Roxas. Pence often spoke for Naminé; he'd gotten very good at it too.

"What happened to you?" he asked. Naminé refused to meet his eyes and didn't want to say anything. Her answer would show her speech impediment.

"She fell out of a tree" pence answered, even though the question was obviously directed at Naminé.

"Ouch, that's gotta hurt" Roxas commented.

"Nami broke her wrisd" Kairi told him.

"So I noticed" He nodded. Naminé wondered if he noticed anything wrong with the way Kairi talked, or if he thought is was just a childhood thing.

"Put me down Roxas" Riku complained from over Roxas's shoulder.

"Not likely. Honestly, what kind of kids run to a hospital?" he asked no one in particular.

"Ones who like Kairi jusd a liddle bid doo much," Naminé laughed.

"Do not" Riku snapped

"Who likes Kairi too much?" Sora sat on the end of Naminé's bed next to Kairi

"You do" Roxas told him. Sora looked confused and about to give a childish argument. "Never mind" Roxas ruffled his hair.

"So you family lives here?" pence asked Roxas. Somewhat surprised he didn't know this already.

"Just Sora and his parents" Roxas shrugged, "I baby sit him on the odd occasion" he pointed to Sora. "And I see you've gotten yourself a girlfriend." He nodded towards Naminé.

"She's not my girlfriend," Pence mumbled, Roxas raised a questioning eyebrow and shrugged. Naminé sat quietly as Roxas and Pence conversed over the good old days on North Island, she didn't really want to intrude on the old friends.

"Happy birthday to you Naminé" Roxas said after a while. "Sorry for intruding like this"

"I'm not." Riku said, still hanging over Roxas's shoulder.

"Its okay, Kairi's got lods of friends" Naminé said proudly. Her little sister was popular; she would hopefully get through the education system fine.

"We should get going, c'mon Sora" Roxas scooped Sora up and threw him over his other shoulder. "Awesome seeing you again Pence. I'll call you when I'm babysitting these two again, and it was nice meeting you Naminé" He waved as best he could with a four and a five year old hanging over his shoulders.

"Bye Kairi" Sora waved to Kairi as Roxas carried them out of the room. Kairi waved back.

"I'm going to see mama" She informed them and left the room.

"You okay?" pence asked Naminé. She nodded in reply

"He didn'd say anything aboud id" she said.

"Who Roxas?" pence asked Naminé nodded again. She wondered why he hadn't mocked her, or at least said something about it like everyone else did.

"Didn't say anything about what?" pence asked rather confused. Naminé rolled her eyes like it was the most obvious thing in the world. At least it was to her anyway.

"Aboud how I dalk" she sighed

"He wouldn't have cared" He shrugged "like how I don't"

She knew that, he'd told her time and time again that it didn't matter. He was still her friend, even when everyone mocked her and tripped her and laughed at her.

Pence was the first person outside of her family she'd met that didn't care about what was wrong with her, because he saw what was right, even when Naminé couldn't.

She realised that now, before they got to the point where they would only ever be friends, was the time to be what everyone said they were. Dating.

"Pence, I think," she started, she breathed deeply. "I think we should be more then friends." She stared at him for a moment waiting for his response.

"Me too" he nodded, he leaned closer and kissed her lightly on the lips

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A/N: another chapter I liked… I don't think there's a chapter I don't like in this fic which is great because none of the chapters will be half hearted. My favourite characters in this fic have got to be Cloud and Zack in the later chapters, (ooooooh spoilers)

I love Riku, he's got an attitude problem even as a child and Sora's so dopey! I love the trio, I'm totally doing a sequel starring the three of them. Tell me if I should!

There's a bit of fluff in this chapter which makes you all warm and fuzzy!!! And my dog keeps trying to play with me!!! I'll get you chin dog!!! XDDD I love Buster (my dog) he's soo cute. He has heaps of spare chin so we call him chin dog!

Reviews make me happy and thanks to everyone who did reviews

~Shazi-chan