Once again, I don't own FFVII. You oughta know that by now!

Chapter 4 "Aeris is it really you?" "Yeah, Cloud why wouldn't it be? What's wrong?" "N-nothing. " He couldn't tell her. If she really didn't know, then he couldn't just tell her. He just threw his arms around her and hugged her, holding her tightly, still hardly believing it was real. "You sure? What's wrong? This isn't like you." "Nothing," Cloud retreated from a hug to hold her hand, "Nothing's the matter, I just haven't seen you for a while." "Yeah, well, don't you think we should go?" "Sure," Cloud said and he led Aeris out of the temple, holding her hand, fearing that if he let go of her she might just vanish, still not sure if she was really anything more than a dream or a hallucination. They walked out of the temple and up the road away from the city. After a long wordless walk Aeris piped up and said, "You owe me a date!" Cloud looked at her shocked, "A what?" "A date!" she repeated, and when Cloud just stared at her, she went on. Because if you remember, our last one really didn't qualify." While Cloud was recovering from the shock he remembered their last date. Aeris had dragged him to a play, which they somehow managed to star in, and then they went on the sky ride. Thinking about it now, Cloud realized that he hadn't really paid much attention to Aeris. She had been talking to him through most of the ride about their relationship, but he hadn't really listened, all due to his desire to be alone. ". Ok." He answered. He really did owe it to her. "Great, lets go to the Gold Saucer again!" ". Ok." They arrived at where Cloud had left Boco. She had laid on the ground and gone to sleep, but when she heard Cloud and Aeris approaching she awoke and got up. Cloud mounted Boco and grabbed the reigns and Aeris got on behind him, sitting sidesaddle, wrapped her arms around Cloud's waist, and held on tightly as they took off.