I posted this one a little later than planned so I could get a head start on the next chapter, so you guys wouldn't hate me :)

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Chapter 13

Melody, Riku, Kairi, and Sora were sitting at their spot, the dock. Melody was showing Kairi and Sora the promise ring Riku gave her.

"Aw, Riku!" said Kairi. "That's so sweet."

Riku made a face. "Don't get all mushy on me, Kairi."

Kairi was jumping up and down. "How can I not! Get over here, you big lump!"

Riku sighed. "I swear, by Kairi's reaction, you'd think Kairi and mewere going out."

Still, Kairi crushed him in a bear-tight hug, while Melody and Sora were watching them. Sora turned to Melody and smiled. "Well, Mel, congrats."

"Thanks, Sora." They hugged, too.

Melody entered the house that night, to find a troubled looking Leon. "Hey, Leon, what's wrong?"

"Melody, I need to talk to you…. You won't be happy."

Melody sat next to him on the couch. "Go ahead. I'm up for it." (A/n: this is the moment you've all been waiting for!)

"Well, my boss, Mr. Carlson called. Remember how I said we were done moving? Well, apparently not. He wants us to move to Traverse Town."

Melody stood up, outraged. "What the heck, Leon! You said we were done with that crap! Not again! What about Riku and me?! Huh?!"

"Mel, what do you want me to do?"

"QUIT! JUST QUIT ALREADY! Or tell Mr. Carlson – I mean, who does he think he is? – Tell him that you can move!"

"I can't just—"

"You can't just what? Well, I can't just leave Riku again! This time, I'm actually happy! Leon, please!" She paused, when he didn't respond. "When?"

"Mel, before I say, I just want you to know that I tri—"

"When are we moving, damn it!" she shouted.

"O-on Friday…"

"On Friday?! Friday?!?! AS IN LIKE FOUR DAYS?!" she said, her voice getting painfully shrill.

He sighed. "I'm so sorry, Mel. If it helps, I don't want to move either."

"NO, it doesn't help! That's not doing anything to stop it! You and I both know that you can do anything if you really want to, Leon! We've seen that before, so why are you stopping us now?"

Melody ran out the door and called someone. "Riku?" she said her voice shaky. "Can I sleepover? I'll tell you when I get there. Love you, too."

Melody rang Riku's doorbell. As soon as he opened the door, she ran into his arms and started crying hysterically. Riku shut the door after her, and carried her bridal style to the couch in the living room.

"Mel, what's wrong?" Melody couldn't talk. She couldn't stop crying, so Riku said, "It's okay, cry first and then tell me."

Then, after ten minutes, while Riku was holding Melody, patiently waiting for her to stop, she stopped crying. She took a few deep breaths. "Riku, my life is falling apart!"

He stroked her hair and held her closer. "What is it, Mel?"

She stopped crying, but tears were still flowing down her face. "Leon, he has to move again. I'm moving, Riku."

Riku froze. "W-what? I thought you said he was done with that!"

"Well, we all thought so too, but his boss called and told him that the plans have changed."

"When? When are you moving?"

She choked. "On Friday. Today is Tuesday. Four more days."

The corners of Riku's eyes went downwards, as if they were frowning. "I'll always love you, Mel. More than anyone else I'll ever meet."

"I'll always love you too, Riku. More than you've ever thought," she whispered. She snapped out of it. "No, we are not saying our goodbyes." (A/n: I kinda got that from Titanic, lol :P you know, the scene where Jack and Rose escape, and they're in the water, and Rose is on a raft-type-thing and Jack is in the water near her)

"Exactly. You're not moving, Mel. Not on my watch."

"How are you going to stop Leon from moving?"

"Well, it's not Leon I have to stop. It's his boss."

Riku put on a deep voice. "Hello? Yes, Mr. Carlson. This is … uh … Bob. Yes, Bob; from the real estate agency. I'm calling on account of the house that was bought in Traverse Town. Yes, house number 237 (A/n: has anyone seen the movie The Shining?). So, about that house – I'm sorry, but we've had a higher offer. I can recommend—Hello? Mr. Carlson? Hello?!" Riku put on his normal voice and turned to Melody, "He hung up."

Melody sighed. "Well, at least you tried."

"Oh, no, it's not over. Yet."

Next, Melody called Leon.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Lee, it's Mel."

"Melody Kneller! Where have you been? That was no excuse to—"

"Chillax, Leon. I'm at Riku's—"

"Oh, now I'm relaxed," Leon murmured.

Melody cleared her throat. "Anyway, your boss just sent us a letter. I picked it up on the way to Riku's though, so don't worry."

"What'd it say?"

"It, uh, said that we don't have to move to Traverse Town after all."

"Hmm, really?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, I'll call him right now—"

"No! No, don't! Uh, I mean he said not to bother. It's okay, Leon."

"Whatever you say, Sis," he said. But a few minutes after he hung up the phone, he dialed Mr. Carlson's number. "Hello? Yes, sir, it's Leon. My sister said she got your letter, about not moving to Traverse Tow—what do you mean? You didn't send anything? So we're still moving? Okay, thanks, I just wanted to make sure. Good bye."

Leon hung up and sighed. "You'll never learn, will you, Mel?"

"No, when will you?" said an enraged voice.

"Melody?!" said Leon, surprised.

"Hmph. Riku's house is closer than you think, brother. But you'll never learn, will you?"

"I could say the same. What are you talking about?"

"You'll never learn not to take me away from my loved ones. Like some before – Hayner, and now Riku…."

There was a silence. "Fine," said Melody, "don't ask your boss if you don't have to move. I bet you didn't even try to change his mind! You're so … aggravating! Ugh! I'm going back to Riku's. Oh, and don't expect me to come back anytime soon."

As she went out the door, she turned around and said, "You know, just because you don't know what it's like to be totally and completely in love with someone, doesn't mean you should punish me for it."

Melody was going to spend the next couple of days over at Riku's place, so she could spend as much time with him as much as possible.

"Mel, did you tell Sora or Kairi yet?"

She nodded her head sadly. "Not yet. Riku, how should I break it to them?"

"I'm calling them right now." Riku dialed Sora's phone number. "Sora? Hi. Are you with Kairi right now? Good. I need you to come over to my house right now. Mel and I have to tell you guys something. It's extremely urgent. No, Mel and I aren't getting married! Just come over!"

Melody laughed. "What was that about?"

Riku rolled his eyes. "Sora thought that we were getting married. I mean I'm older than him, but we're still underage!"

Melody gasped. "What did you just say?"

Right then, Kairi and Sora burst through the door. "Riku?" Kairi asked. "What's going on?"

Riku looked at Melody. "Mel, you should tell them now."

Melody nodded. "Guys, you should sit down."

Kairi's eyes widened. "OH MY GOSH, MELODY!"

"What is it, Kai?"

"YOU'RE PREGNANT, AREN'T YOU?!"

Melody's jaw dropped. "What?! No! Of course not! I'm not like that!"

Kairi sighed. "Oh, okay good. I know that Riku can be—"

Riku gave her a warning glare. Melody looked at Riku and said, "What can Riku be?"

Riku scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "Uh, well while you were gone…"

Melody froze. "I don't want to know…" She paused and looked at him, slightly hurt.

"It's not like that, or anything," he said quickly. "I just went out with a lot of girls, that's all." Riku looked at Kairi. "Why would you say that, Kairi?"

"Well—" Kairi started, but Riku gave her a glare, which made her stop talking abruptly.

"Guys, just take a seat already!" Melody yelled. Everyone sat down, and Melody told Sora and Kairi that she was moving to Traverse Town on Friday. "…and I'm so mad at Leon right now, see he said that we wouldn't be moving around anymore, but I guess not!"

Both Sora's and Kairi's expressions were miserable. "Mel," Sora said, hugging her so tightly, "Isn't there anything we could do? Couldn't you stay with one of us, and Leon will just go by himself? Or could we come with you?"

Melody nodded. "No, that wouldn't workout. Why? Because, one, your parents wouldn't let you move with us all the way to Traverse Town simply because you didn't want to see me go, and, two, Leon needs me to help around the house.

Kairi hugged Melody, too. "Mel, I know I'm not as close to you as Sora or Riku, but I will really miss you. I wish we could've spent more time with each other, and gotten closer."

Tears flew down Melody's face. Just seeing everyone in Riku's living room with the same expression – miserable, hopeless – it made her realize that she would probably never be with them altogether again. "Sleep over. Please. If it's okay with Riku."

They all exchanged glances. "My parents aren't going to be back until Sunday," said Riku. "Why not!"

Melody tackled everyone. "We need to make these last few days the best days ever!"

"Well, we really only have tomorrow, which is Wednesday, and Thursday, because it's already nighttime, and on Friday you're moving so we can't do anything," said Sora.

"Hmm, true. Well, can we all spend every moment of our time together on Thursday? Because I was thinking tomorrow it'd just be one last day for Riku and I, only. If you don't mind," she added.

So they agreed to it, understanding that Mel and Riku needed to spend a lot of time together before Melody was forced to go a separate way.

Sora and Kairi slept in the living room, on the couch. Melody and Riku slept in, of course, Riku's room.

As they crawled into bed, Riku said, with a hint of bitterness in his voice, "Funny. You'd think I would've guessed you'd have to move again, judging by your history. Our history."

Melody sighed. He had every right to be bitter. "I guess I should've known, too. I feel like we should do something about it, but I know nothing will work."

Riku pulled her closer and held her in his arms. "Let's not talk about this now. We have to spend as much time together as possible."

"I know, it's just that Leon doesn't know what it's like. He's never been in totally in love with someone before."

Riku smiled.

The next morning, Riku and Melody woke up at nine o'clock. They decided they were going to go all out – spend time on the beach, in their cave, and go to the Shake Shack (A/n: also mentioned in chapter 8 :)).

When they were on the beach, Riku said suddenly, "You know, Mel, when I met you for the second time – when you were Serena – I knew I loved you immediately. Does that sound foolish?"

Melody was startled, and it was noticeable because her eyes widened slightly. She recovered, and said, "No. Not at all! To be honest, I think it was the same with me. I just didn't want to admit it, because at the time I had a boyfriend already." She paused. "I think, that even though we 'forgot' that the other one of us existed, you still knew deep down that I was Melody, and I still knew that you were Riku. Does that make sense?"

"Yes. Yes it does." He sighed. "I knew it, too. From the moment I saw you fighting with that Heartless—"

Melody jumped up, her eyes full of worry. "That's right. The Heartless. Have they showed up since then?"

"Well, no—"

"Strange, isn't it? Usually when they show up, they keep coming 'till one side, light or dark, wins. But it wasn't a war they wanted, it was a single battle. Now that doesn't make sense at all."

Next, Melody and Riku went to the cave for a few hours. They took it in – everything – the dim lighting, the two chair-shaped rocks in the corner that faced each other, the small dent in one of the walls (which could be used as a fireplace in the winter), and also a small hole at the roof at the cave, which could be used as a source of light. It was very beautiful when it was sunny, because inside the cave there would be one spot, because of the hole in the roof, where you would be able to see a ray of sunshine and the dust mites nearby.

As they entered the cave, Riku said, "Mel, please don't. Don't go."

Melody's face was full of sadness. "I don't want to, Riku, you know that. I want to stay here, with you. Forever."

"Forever? Are you sure? 'Cause that's a really long time," said Riku, jokingly, with a smirk on his face.

Melody smacked him lightly on the chest-shoulder area. "Don't be so full of yourself."

"Hmm, maybe, but that way we balance each other out. We complete each other."

Melody rolled her eyes.

"Except for that," he said. "That sarcasm."

"You know, you're not always as tough and macho as you think you are." There was a smile playing on Melody's lips.

Riku's eyes flickered. "Oh, really?"

"Like, last time, when you tickled me, and then I teased you, and you were all 'you don't know how much torture that was'. You can be really sweet, Riku."

"Nah," he said. "Only when I'm with you."

Next thing they knew, Melody and Riku were on one of the chair-shaped rocks making out with each other.

"Hey, guys, how was your day?"

"Eh. It was okay," said Melody, looking at Riku, grinning.

"Okay?" said Riku. "That's it?"

Melody shrugged. "Yeah."

"Mel, we made out for like three hours!"

Sora covered his ears. "I didn't need to know that!" he said, innocently, reminding Melody of a small child who just found out how babies are 'made'.

Melody slapped Riku on the arm. "Smooth, Riku! You just scarred Sora for life."

Sora looked at Melody. "Um… well… I'm not that innocent either…" He blushed.

Melody and Riku burst out laughing as Kairi came to see what was going on. "Hey guys, what's so funny?"

"Nothing, nothing," said Riku quickly through his laughter.

Kairi narrowed her eyes. "Hey, Riku, you have something on your cheek."

"Really? Where?"

"Right over…there," said Kairi, pointing a place on his cheek.

Riku turned to Melody. "You have to stop wearing lip gloss every time we make out," he joked.

The next day, Thursday, was the day that everyone was going to spend time with each other; but mainly Sora with Melody and Riku with Kairi, to mix it up.

Sora and Melody were walking on the beach. "Mel?"

"What is it, Sora?"

"I'm really going to miss you," he said. Melody could tell that he meant it, because his eyes spoke to her as well.

Melody squeezed Sora's arm lightly. "I miss you already," she said, her voice barely a whisper. "I tried so hard yesterday not to break down and cry, knowing that I had to make the most of my time with Riku."

"More like, most of your make out session," Sora teased.

"Hey, you said you weren't so innocent yourself!" Melody paused and raised her eyebrows. "What exactly did you mean by that, anyway?"

"Well, Kairi and I…"

"You didn't! … Did you?!"

"No, of course not! We just made out! Gosh!"

"Well, I'm sorry, but you thought Riku and I were getting married! And Kairi thought that I was knocked up!"

Sora cracked up.

To annoy him, she pinched his cheek and said, "Aw, wittle Sowa is gwowing up."

Sora's face crinkled in annoyance. "Stop!"

Melody laughed. "You know I'm just messing with you, Sora."

Sora smiled.

"Remember that promise we made when we were little? About being friends forever and being there for each other?"

Sora nodded slowly. "Yeah, what about it?"

"We should keep it. We should all still keep in touch."

Sora rolled his eyes. "Obviously. It still wouldn't be the same though."

Melody sighed. "Don't you think I know, Sora, don't you think I know…?"

That night, everyone ate pizza and watched a movie on Riku's plasma television in the living room. After the movie was over, everyone was lying down and talking, and soon decided to go to sleep.

Melody's last words that night were, "Guys, don't wake me up tomorrow. Because when I wake up, this dream, the one I'm in right now, ends."

"What dream?" said Sora, totally ruining the moment.

But Riku understood. "I'll let you sleep as late as you want."

Melody nodded, and she couldn't speak anymore, because there was a huge lump in her throat.

However, she was able to get rid of that lump somehow as Riku and her got into bed. Melody hugged Riku tightly and whispered, "Riku, don't let him make me leave you."

He stroked her cheek, and whispered lightly, "Melody, I love you."

She sighed. "I love you, too."

The next morning, Riku woke up at about 10 AM, but Melody was still asleep. He didn't dare move, in case he woke her up, so he just watched her sleep for another hour until she woke up.

Her eyes fluttered rapidly. "Riku," she whispered shakily when she woke up. "I don't want to leave."

Riku held her closer and kissed her forehead. "I don't want you to leave, either."

Riku and Melody went downstairs to the living room slowly, to find Sora and Kairi eating cereal.

"Hi, guys," said Melody.

"Wake up from that dream, Mel?" said Sora, who now, after Kairi had explained, knew what she meant by that last night.

"Unfortunately."

Everyone sighed at once and ate breakfast in silence.

Melody's phone rang. "Mel, you're phone's ringing!" said Kairi.

"Thanks," said Melody as Kairi handed her the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey, Melody."

"Oh. Leon."

"Listen, you have to head over to our house now. We're leaving, the car is ready and everything."

Melody sighed. "On my way." She hung up and turned to everyone.

They were all watching her, their faces – especially Riku's – full of anticipation. "Y-you're not leaving now, are you?" Riku asked.

Melody whispered, "I'm so sorry."

"We'll come with you."

The walk there was quiet, but no one needed to talk – the vibe they were giving off spoke for itself: nobody, including Melody herself, wanted Mel to leave.

When they arrived, the car was already loaded up, and Leon was waiting patiently by the car door. "Alright, sis, time to go."

She sighed and turned to Kairi. "Kai, I wish we could've gotten closer. I'll miss you."

Kairi hugged Melody. "Likewise," was all she could say.

Next, Melody turned to Sora. "Sora, youare the best guy friend I will ever have. Do you know that? You're like my brother. I love you."

They hugged, and Sora said. "I love you, too, Mel. I'll miss you."

"Miss you too."

Now, Melody turned to Riku. She grabbed his hands. "Riku," she breathed. "You truly are the love of my life. I miss you already. But don't hold yourself back. Don't let me stand in the way of any other relationships you might have in the future." She didn't want to say those words at all, but she couldn't let Riku mope around.

Riku grabbed onto her by her waist, and gave her the most sweet, passionate kiss they ever shared. "Mel, you are the one for me. There will be no other relationships." From the car, there was music playing. Melody heard it clearly now.

So breathe in so deep
Breathe me in
I'm yours to keep
And hold onto your words
'Cause talk is cheap
And remember me tonight
When your asleep

Because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find

Tonight will be the night that I will fall for you
Over again
Don't make me change my mind
Or I wont live to see another day
I swear it's true
Because a girl like you is impossible to find
You're impossible to find

"Riku," she whispered, as she clung onto him tighter, "Riku, it's our song!"

There were tears in her eyes as she gave everyone a big group hug, and walk towards the car. She was half way through to the car, when she turned around to face everyone.

She hesitated, it was clear in her eyes. But it looked as if she was seeing something for the first time. Sora, Kairi, and Riku had no idea what was going on. She stood there for a few questions. Melody ran and tackled Riku in the tightest hug ever imaginable. "I'm not leaving," she said. "I can't."

"Mel, come on! Mr. Carlson has a deadline!" Leon said from inside the car.

Melody growled at Mr. Carlson's name. It was his entire fault they were moving again. "No," she said simply but firmly.

Leon got out of the car. "I know you don't want to do this, but please don't be so hard on me."

Melody held Riku tighter. "Do you not see this, Leon? We love each other!"

Leon didn't hear her. "We're leaving. Now."

"Mel," Riku breathed.

Melody sighed. "Riku," she said. Her voice was barely classifiable; it wasn't a croak, it wasn't a whisper, it wasn't a moan. But desperation could clearly be heard. "I'll love you forever and ever."

They kissed and hugged again, and then Melody turned around and waved to everyone. There were tears in Kairi's eyes, and Sora looked really depressed.

"Don't look back," she murmured to herself. "Don't look back."

Melody climbed into the periwinkle GMC Envoy car, and shut the door. Sora, Kairi, and Riku stood in their spots motionless until all they saw of that car was its red backlights. Soon, Kairi left. Then Sora left.

Riku was the last to leave.

He watched, as Melody was going… going… gone. And this time, she wasn't coming back.

I'll try to get the next chapter posted soon, so please bear with me!