DISCLAIMER: I do not own Kingdom Hearts or the songs I use in this story—DON'T SUE ME.
A/N: oh—and the title of the chapters are the lyrics of a Drake Bell song, "Down We Fall". His CD hasn't come out yet but you can like hear part of that song on his site thingie, i think. Lol—I'm such a nerd, but I watched an episode of his TV show on nickelodeon with my sister and he sang it, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, plus he's super HOTT.
Yuffie opened her eyes and squinted, the sunlight coming through the open window was making the room extremely bright. She glanced at the alarm clock on her nightstand, 10am. Good. So I'm not totally LATE. She rolled over to her right to face Tommy; he was still asleep.
"Tommy..?" she shook him. "NERD. Wake up." He grunted. "If you don't get up—" she thought for a second then smirked, "We won't have time for a quickie before class starts."
"OK," he shot up, "I'm up." He looked around the room then down at Yuffie, his eyes half open. He was still tired but definitely not going to pass up a quickie.
Yuffie laughed, "You loser." She too got up off the bed and reached for a towel.
"Where you going?" Tommy yawned.
Yuffie swung the green towel over her shoulder, "To go take a shower."
"Huh? What about the quickie?" he rubbed his eyes.
Yuffie chuckled and walked over to him. He kissed her. She broke off the kiss giggling again, "I think we should go brush our teeth." Tommy smiled and agreed. He grabbed his toothbrush and towel and followed Yuffie out the door.
"We are having that quickie in the shower—right?" he asked as he closed the door behind him.
Yuffie and Tommy are in college now; this is two years after Sora moved. Tommy and Yuffie share a dorm together; they both attend University of Destiny Islands. Yuna, Reno, Wakka and also Leon are enrolled in the same school. Basically the entire group from high school is together again in college. Sora, across the bay, is also attending a university; he's living in a dorm with a roommate of his and keeps in touch with Yuffie once in a while.
After the shower, Yuffie went downstairs into the lounge to check her mail. One, a crème colored card with fancy gold writing imprinted on it. "Ooo. Looks SPIFFY." Yuffie giggled, "Thanks Yuna." She waved to the girl behind the counter before she left and headed out of the building.
Outside Yuffie opened it, her eyes widened, "Oh My GOSH." She opened her flip phone and dialed Sora's number.
.RING.RING.RING.RING.
"Hello?"
"Sora?"
"Who's this?"
"Yuffie. DUH!"
"Oh. HAH. Well—whoever you are, I can't pick up my phone right now, so leave a message."
BEEP-
"OH YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER SORA!" Yuffie laughed and then hung up.
She hung up and dialed again, this time calling his dorm room.
.RING.RING.RI— "Talk to me."
"Sora?"
"Oh. No—this is Alden, who's this?"
"It's Yuffie. Where's Sora?"
"He's at work. You want me to tell him to call you later?"
"Uh…sure. I've got an exam in about ten minutes though and my phone'll probably be off 'til like five, so he'll have to call me around five thirty or something—when I get home."
"Huh?"
"Heh…ok um. Just tell that nerd his old girlfriend is getting married and she's getting married in…like—a week. So he'd better call me back tonight, or get his butt here by Saturday."
"K. I wrote that down—I'll post it up on his door."
"Alright, thanks Alden."
"No prob."
Yuffie closed her phone and let out a sigh as she examined the invitation one last time before entering her class.
"OH YOU ARE SUCH A LOSER SORA!" Yuffie laughed, -CLICK-
Sora chuckled; his voicemail greeting had tricked her for the third time. He closed his cell phone and shoved it in his back pocket. He pulled the key out of the ignition and opened his door. Holding two grande-sized frappuccinos, he jogged up the stairs. Reaching his dorm he unlocked the door and walked in,
"GEEZE!" he nearly dropped the frappuccinos. The girl sitting on the couch startled him.
"Hi Sora." She smiled at him, standing up. She pulled her (extremely short) skirt down a little. Her 'V' beneath her stomach began to show, her shirt was SUPER tiny revealing a lot; Sora looked away towards the kitchen.
"What are you doing here Lauren?" He asked as he set the drinks down on the counter.
Lauren was a former girlfriend of his that didn't understand the meaning of 'it's over', their story? They started dating freshman year of college, but ended up breaking up three months later because he caught her sleeping with his old roommate Ernie—of course Ernie was kicked out the next day and a week later Alden moved in.
"Um. I came by to give you your birthday present." She smiled and lifted the black and whitepaper bag up off the floor. Sora just stared at her. She cleared her throat and took a few steps forward, "Here." She handed him the bag and then sat down on one of the stools by the counter.
"..Thanks." he finally said picking up one of the fraps off the counter and walked into the hallway. He knocked on Alden's door, "Hey, Alden—I brought you a Carmel frap."
Lauren pulled her shirt down more to cover her midriff and show a little more cleavage; She looked down her shirt and smirked. Flicking her hair over her shoulder she turned around and saw Sora. She painted a smile on her face again and stood up.
"So, you going to open your present?"
"Now?"
"Um. Yeah…if you want to." She placed her purse and keys on the counter.
"Um. Sure." Sora walked over and picked up the bag. Before pulling out the gift he glanced up at Lauren. "You know you really didn't have to—"
"I wanted to." She cut him off.
"Ok." Sora pulled out the gift, cologne (A/N: FIERCE, that smells SOO GOOD. Lol) from A&F and two t-shirts.
"You like?" she took a step closer but stopped when Sora glanced up at her again. "Um..well—I guess I should..GO now. Happy Birthday." She said as she picked up her things and started towards the door.
"Lauren," she spun around, "Why'd you get the gifts?"
"Cause.. it's your birthday."
"We're not even friends anymore." Sora placed the bag down.
"Maybe we can be…again?" she walked over to him and gave him a hug. He just stood there not returning the hug. "Um…I'll see you in Philosophy tomorrow." She put on another fake smile and then left the dorm.
"She's been here since six."
Sora turned around to look at Alden, "Why'd you let her in?"
"What was I supposed to say? 'sorry—but Sora hates you and does not want you in our dorm' ?" he took a sip of his coffee.
"YES." Sora sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.
"Oh yeah—dude. Your friend Yuffie called, she said 'Your old girlfriend is getting married and—uh. You better call her back or be there this weekend.' Something like that, I posted the memo on your door."
"My old girlfriend? What the hec—" his eyes widened, "Kairi?"
"She didn't say."
"FREAK!" Sora jumped off the couch and ran to his room.
"FINALLY YOU CALL BACK." Yuffie spun around in her desk chair.
"Yeah, sorry. I ran into someone earlier and Alden didn't tell me I had an—important call."
"So—you must be like, SO JEALOUS right now. HUH?" Yuffie laughed.
"Shut up Yuff. Who's she getting married to?"
"No idea. Some guy named," she read the card,"Aaron ..SOMETHING." she chucked the card onto the desk,"I just got the invitation today—"
"How come I didn't get an invite?"
"Sora—I don't think she'd want her old boyfriend at her wedding."
"You're right. But—why the heck is she getting married NOW? She's still in college, isn't she?"
"Yes. But—"
"How old is he?"
"Twenty."
"Leon's age?"
"Yeah idiot."
"It's NOT Leon, RIGHT!"
Yuffie busted out laughing, "Oh my gosh, you loser. OF COURSE NOT! Leon would NOT do that to you."
"That's what I thought about Tidus and look what happened—" the kid killed himself, I shouldn't be talking about him.
"…Good point. But whatever, I already told you its Aaron loser."
"Oh…yeah, you did. Geesh, I just can't believe—she's getting married."
"You're jealous. Hah ha. I feel like crashing a wedding anyway. Come Saturday so we can plan it out."
"I can't crash her wedding—she'd HATE me."
"Fine, we won't. You still have to come though."
"Why?"
"Are you seriously going to let her get married to SOME OTHER GUY?"
"I'll see you Friday night."
FRIDAY
Sora got off the ferry and onto the dock; all he had with him was his guitar and an over-the-shoulder bag with clothing in it. He looked around the beach and was amazed at how…much it looked the same. Barely anything changed; it was still as beautiful as he remembered.
Yuffie opened the door and immediately began screaming and jumping. She jumped on Sora and hugged him. "GOD, you've got like, EXTREMELY HOTT! And like—What did you do to your hair?"
Sora ran a hand through his hair "Is it bad?" (A/N: Looks like DRAKE BELL's hair.)
"NO. It's just—really DIFFERENT. Not the usual spiky look."
"Heh..ok. So—what are we supposed to do about this whole wedding thing?" Sora shifted the bag to his other shoulder.
"Oh. Yeah—come in." she led him in and set his bag down beside the coffee table. "Tommy's at work right now, but he'll be back around 4." She sat down on a bright green recliner and gestured for Sora to sit down in the orange one beside her.
"You got any ideas?"
"Um. Well—you could do the ever wonderful 'STOP! Kairi—you CAN'T MARRY THIS GUY, CAUSE HE WILL NEVER LOVE YOU AS MUCH AS I DO..BLAH BLAH BLAH' thing as you barge in through the church doors. Or…you can just go to her NOW and stop her before the wedding even starts."
Sora just stared at her blankly, "both options still haves the chance of me CRASHING AND BURNING, so—I guess I'll take the one where I WON'T be publicly humiliated."
"What are you talking about?"
"I haven't—TALKED to her in two years, and the last time I did—I left her behind. I doubt she'd really LEAP IN MY ARMS and leave her fiancé for..ME."
Sora leaned back in his seat and stared up at the ceiling. "OH MY GOSH, what happened to you?"
Sora turned his head, "What?"
"You're like—weird and more…" Yuffie squinted her eyes trying to observe her old best friend, "like…you're not very confident anymore."
"I've been crushed and or cheated on by three girls since college started. And each time was REALLY HARD."
"Why didn't I KNOW about it?" Yuffie sat up straight and placed her blue cup on the hot pink coffee table. Sora looked around the room, it was REALLY BRIGHT. Green and orange chairs, bright green walls, blue dishes and cups, the kitchen was bright red and white stripes with checkered black and white tiles. He couldn't see the bedroom or bathroom, but he was sure they were just as bright, too.
"Uh—first chick broke up with me in public…" Yuffie didn't see what was so horrible about it, "She left me for another CHICK."
"Oh..ouch."
"Second girlfriend, wasn't happy. Claims I wasthe problem, I'm distant or something. Am I?"
Yuffie pulled her legs up near her and hugged them, shaking her head she replied, "I don't think so."
"And third one slept with my roommate."
Yuffie laughed, "You have terrible luck. You know that?"
"Yes. I noticed A LONG time ago."
Yuffie glanced over at the guitar leaning against the coffee table, "So you're still playing the guitar?"
"Oh—yeah. I am."
"What happened to your electric guitar?"
"I just brought this one, cause I didn't want to haul around my amp."
"Hah ha. You're right." she picked up and handed him the guitar, "Play me a song."
"Ok." He started unzipping the case, "Any requests?"
"Um…let's see. You'll be singing too, right?"
"Yeah."
"K……how bout a Rufio song?"
"K. uh..Is 'In My Eyes' fine?"
"YES! I love that song."
"Alright.." he cleared his throat.
"You're graceful, your grace falls,
down around me in my eyes.
You're lovely, your love leaves,
So easily in my eyes.
Another day left waiting,
alone in my room with no calls from you.
So I call you up, but you let me down,
falling down around everyone except yourself."
Sora looked up at Yuffie, "Oh that was AWESOME." she smiled then jumped,"I GOT IT! Go play a song for Kairi!"
"Huh?"
"YEAH! Do it! Just—GO TO HER, and…PLAY HER A SONG. It's GENIUS!"
"Are you serious?"
"Why on earth would I be KIDDING? This IS serious Sora; the girl you're TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH is getting married in four days. You cannot sit here and do nothing."
Sora stared at the ground, then up at his best friend and smiled.
Sora knocked on the door and stood there totally regretting he had. Maybe it's not too late to take off running. They'd probably think it was just a kid playing ding-dong ditch.
"Sora?" Sora looked up at the old woman standing before him. "Oh my goodness, Sora dear. What are you doing here?"
"I—" Sora started.
"Come in. Come in Honey. My goodness, I have not seen you in SO long. How are you?"
"I'm doing really good Mrs. Uh—Kairi's mom. How's everything going? Er—How are YOU?"
"I'm doing ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. Have you heard about Kairi's engagement to Aaron?"
"Yes. Speaking of Kairi, is she home?"
"Oh hun, she doesn't live here anymore. But she will be staying here for the next few days." She led Sora into the kitchen, "Didn't you move?"
"Yeah, I did. My mom and I are living in a house with..Jake on a different island."
"Oh? And where are you staying now?"
"I'm just visiting but I think my friend Yuffie is letting me sleep in her dorm room."
The phone began ringing, "oh, I've got to get that dear. Are you just here to see Kairi?"
"Yeah, I've got something important to say to her."
"Well, she's out. And I'm pretty sure she'll be back in a couple of hours. You can just hang out here and wait for her if you want."
"Um. Ok—sure."
A/N: OMG. I've started on the last chapter, and I can't finish it, I'm TOTALLY STUMPED as to HOW I should END it. ARGH, I'll think of something—I hope.
ok. It's SUPER DUPER LATE and I've got to go to sleep. Huge Spanish project due (and being presented)tomorrow. It is now 2:54am and I have no idea why I am still up. ARGH. I'm shutting up and going to bed now—ADIOS!