A/N: Thank you VERY much to the few people who did take the time to review. That would be sayshello3, hanakitsunchan7, hitman33333, naminecrys4riku, The Darkside incarnate, XFireFistAceX, and Alpha Male.

I'm boiling right now. For some reason, everyone's just "disappeared." (The people who reviewed may skip this) How in the hell did my reviews drop from over 13 a chapter to under 8 (the minimum). This almost made me turn away from the computer and say "Nope, I'm not updating till July."

WHY in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD should I stay late at school for 2 hours Monday through Thursday, and come in early in the morning just to work on a chapter hardly anyone's going to read (or review . )? Yeah, and I stayed up all night last night mapping out my chapters all the way up to chapter 50 too, just so I'd keep everyone interesting and never have to come up with some lame idea off the top of my head. (Again, those who did read and review, you can skip this because I'm TOTALLY not talking to you).

Don't expect this chapter to be very long. I felt bad about the last chapter being so short, and was going to try and make this chapter twice as long (around 5,000 words) but I'll just save that idea until I'm guarantied everyone's gonna read it.

P.s. Kim (the real one) even thinks that's disappointing. She told me to punish everyone with a chapter that's only two paragraphs long, and then not update for 2 weeks. But I'm awful at being mean compared to her. (Lol, Kim. I'm not that mad.)

Chapter 36

(Kim laughing at me right now XD)

The next day, two days before Christmas and the wedding.

Riku decided to take Namine into town for lunch and tell her about his brother's issue there. Once they found a place to eat, Namine somehow convinced Riku to get a salad with her. They sat at a table next to a window with a view of the rest of the town. Not too many people sat at the tables around the two, so it was the perfect place for Riku to explain.

Riku sat across from Namine at a tiny table and they were silent for a long period of time until Riku spoke up.

"You have to promise not to tell Kairi or Olette, anyone. Kyle would kill me." Riku told, still a little uneasy about the whole situation.

"I'm still surprised he's even letting you tell me." Namine said before taking a bite of her salad.

"I'd tell you anyways," Riku chuckled under his breath.

"So, what's his problem?" Namine asked.

"Jeez," Riku sighed. "I don't even know where to start."

Namine smiled at him, setting her fork on the table and crossing her arms on the wood. "Just start from the beginning."

"Alright." Riku put on a serious face, and then took a deep breath. "It may take a while."

"I've got all day." Namine assured.

"Well, it began with a call from one of Kyle's friends. Kyle told me about how they kept repeating themselves about a party they were going to at a club in Twighlight Town. So Kyle convinced his other friends to go with him and they took his car all the way there." Riku paused for a minute, looking outside of the window.

"Continue." Namine was already worried. "I'm listening."

"Well," Riku looked at her, "They stayed at the party and danced and drank and flirted, and all the other stuff, until finally my brothers friends, all of them, are totally wasted 5 hours later. Kyle's okay, he's smarter than them I guess, or that's what he said, but he told his friends he wasn't driving them home to watch them throw up all over the place, because it was their own fault they were so messed up in the first place and they'd pay for their own mistakes. So, he got in his car and left while his friends got in another car and headed off in the opposite direction. Turns out, the police showed up at the party and arrested half the people still there."

"You're kidding." Namine took the short silence to let all the information sink in. By now, the couple was walking around town again.

"So, Kyle and his friends escaped being put in jail." Riku tried not to sound angry or unset, but more serious. "That's only about half of the story. Halfway through the drive back home, a car comes flying out of nowhere and at him three times the speed limit, and the two cars collided. Before Kyle knows it, or has time to react, his car's upside down and on fire with him in it. He crawled out a broken window and got away in time enough before the fire got to the gas tank and everything just blew up. Half hour later, he's being rushed to the hospital but they let him out an hour later because, thankfully, he's got no serious injuries."

"That's relieving," Namine sighed, holding her hand to her chest, "What about the people in the other car?"

"The people in the other car were Kyle's friends."

Namine almost fell to the ground and gagged right there. She held her hand up to her mouth and tried not to choke on her own air. "Are they okay?"

"That's the thing." Riku sat on a bench in the park they'd walked into, waiting for Namine to sit next to him. "One of the five's arms are broken, two are way okay, but seriously messed up in the head, and the other's on the verge of dying because his injuries were that bad."

"That's horrible!" Namine looked like the story was a little too much for her. "Where's Kyle now?"

"He left for the airport this morning. He's going back home to help his friends through it, I guess." Riku told.

"Is he going to be okay?" Namine questioned.

"Yeah," Riku smiled at her, or, tried to smile. "He's tough."

"Wow…" Namine looked ahead of her and just stared off into space for a minute, this blank expression on her face. Finally, she turned to him. "You didn't want to go with him?"

"He wouldn't let me, even if I tried." Riku shrugged. "Besides, I'd rather stay here in Hawaii with you."

"Riku…" Namine had to laugh, and shoved all of the other issues and problems aside for the moment. "You're making me laugh."

"Good." Riku gave her kind of a half-smile. "At least one of use is laughing."

Namine bit her bottom lip and looked at him. "I think we should go do something fun. We both need a vacation from our vacation."

Riku laughed, and then gave Namine a look that made her laugh even more than he was. "Alright. Where to?"

"This way!" Namine grabbed his hand and she dragged him over to a flat, tiled around with a few other people dancing to the music played by a regular, everyday street band.

Namine stood in front of him, waiting and waiting while he stared at her with a confused expression on his face. She gave him a look and giggled, then stepped closer until her chest was pressed against his and she wrapped her arms around his next. "Dance with me," she giggled in his ear.

Riku was a bit nervous at first but he went with it, and Namine seemed to be enjoying herself. Once Riku got past the fact a lot of people were watching them, he began to enjoy it too. He didn't have very much experience with dancing, of any kind, but Namine pretty much lead the way and made it easy on him. Although he felt a little pathetic with Namine in the lead, he got over it and they laughed a few well earned laughs.

For a minute, Riku could forget about the constant reminders of James's wedding that wouldn't leave him alone.

000

Kim relaxed, completely comfortable in the chair she'd sat down in next to a window in her room with a view of the beach. She pulled out that book Roxas would make fun of whenever he saw it (the "German" book") and she opened the book to the page she was on and began reading again, turning the pages as she went and reading away the hours until it was around 5:00 P.M.

Just as she was about to finish the whole book, finally, her cell phone began to ring. She set the book down on the table next to her and reached into her pocket, pulling out a little black cell phone and she flipped it open, holding it up to her face.

"Hello?" She answered, leaning back into her chair again.

"So you're still there, huh?"

Kim looked disgusted with the voice on the other line. "Oh, leave me alone Fa'an."

For a while Fa'an said nothing, and Kim took the chance to warn him.

"I'm hanging up." She told, but before she pressed the button he stopped her.

"I'm still not finished with you."

"Yeah, well, I am." Kim rolled her eyes. He liked to repeat himself.

"Have fun with that Roxas kid while you're there. I'm not finished with him ether."

"Leave him out of it! This isn't his problem."

"Sounds like you have a thing for him."

"Fa'an!" Kim had about all she could take. First he calls her and threatens her, and then he teases her about some boy. "Go screw yourself and leave me the hell alone." She said before hanging up the phone. I do NOT like Roxas… She huffed in her head, and then she reached for her book again.

000

"So ends another day in Hawaii," Selphie sighed, "When we leave, I'm really going to miss all the Hawaiian food."

Tidus rolled his eyes, "We've got plenty of Hawaiian food back home."

"But it's not REALLY Hawaiian, it's like-"

"We've got Hawaiian pizza," Wakka chuckled.

"That doesn't count," Selphie huffed at him.

Wakka leaned back in his seat, stretching his feet farther across the wooden floor, ignoring Selphie when Riku and Sora joined the trio.

"Hey," Sora waved a hand before sitting in-between Wakka and Tidus, "What's up?"

"I'm trying to explain to Selphie-"Tidus cut himself off when Selphie glared at him. "Never mind."

"There's still three days left, after today." Wakka reminded. "We've still got lots of time left, ya?"

"Kinda." Sora relaxed. "I mean, I wouldn't mind another week. This vacation's going by a little too fast for me."

"So…" Tidus rested his feet on the small table in front of him, looking to change the subject. He turned to Riku. "What have you and Namine been doing? This is the first time I've seen you all day."

"We went to get something to eat for lunch, and then…" Riku stopped himself. The last thing he needed was an earful of laughter, but, what the heak? "And then we danced with a few other people in town. There was a small band playing, it was okay."

"Cool," Sora looked up and grinned, "Sounds like fun."

Riku took a deep breath. Nobody seemed to really care. "What about you and Kairi?"

"Kairi?" Sora pondered a bit. "Oh, she went off with Olette today. Haven't seen her since this morning."

"How about we find everyone and go out into town for dinner?" Selphie suggested. "I found a really yummy fish place today."

"Fish?" Tidus made a face.

Selphie glared at him a second time.

"Come on! Fish?" Tidus ignored her threat.

"Sounds great." Sora and Wakka rolled their eyes.

"I'll find Namine and Roxas." Riku said before leaving. "I'll meet you all outside of the hotel in five minutes."

"I'm pretty sure Kairi and Olette are back by now." Sora said, waving before he left.

"We've got Pence and Hayner!" Tidus and Selphie exited next.

"I'll find whoever's left…" Wakka scratched the back of his head and sighed.

A half hour later, at the " Fish Place."

"I want bass." Selphie pointed at her menu when the waitress came around to their table. "And… Salmon and trout…."

"Everything on the menu." Hayner laughed. "She wants everything on the menu."

"The trout sounds delicious." Namine smiled.

"Just bring me whatever." Riku made it difficult for the nurse. He didn't really feel like eating.

Once everyone was done ordering, they sat and talked and Selphie laughed at everything. Sora flirted with Kairi the most of the wait, as usual and Namine explained to Riku what the problem was with telling the waitress to just "bring him anything." Pence took pictures for memories and Hayner and Roxas were telling all the jokes, laughing loudly and obnoxiously together, getting some un-needed attention from the others in the restaurant.

Their meal showed up about another half hour later, and once everyone was finished, Pence was the unlucky one that had to pay for shoving the camera in everyone's faces, plus, he had all the money at the moment.

They showed up at the hotel again late, because they all took the time to watch the sun set and goof around on the beach for a few hours before they headed back.

Tomorrow was Christmas Eve, and the next day was Christmas. Everyone but Riku was in a good mood about it. Every time he even heard the word "Christmas" he wanted to fall over and start gagging. He began to start disliking Namine's father, although he kept it to himself and ignored his sick feelings. Why oh Why was the wedding on Christmas…?

+To Be Continued+

A/N: WHOOT. Just t let everyone know, Hawaii ends in chapter 39. I know, pretty soon.

I'm still a little upset, but I'll get over it. It's not like I can reach through he computer screen and MAKE everyone review (or can I?) that's just up to everyone else. Which also means it's kind of up to you on my inspiration level and how long I'll be willing to spend at school to write chapters (less time, shorter chapter. More time, longer chapter.)

Well, I'll be going. No awards/ replies again. SORRY! –cries-)

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