A/N Thanks a bunch reviewers! This one is a tad longer and it's all about Kairi and Sora, hope you enjoy!

Chapter 10- The Truth

We had found out that the cops did stop the party last week. There were a few arrests for drugs and under aged drinking. I'm happy we all made it out of there before hand or else we would have been screwed. We also found out that the house belonged to Christy's cousin. She had invited a few people, but it ended up turning out horribly. It's funny though, I personally think she deserved it after all the things she put Sora through. There is a rumor going around that Christy's mom sent her to go live with her Uncle who was in the military. Christy is said to be gone until after Christmas. I couldn't be any happier about that news. Now none of us have to worry about her until then.

It was late Saturday afternoon, a week later. I was just sitting in my living room watching TV, when there was a knock at my door. No one was home; my parents were working until late tonight, so I got up to go get it. I opened the door to see Sora's smiling face.

"Hey," he said warmly. I smiled back.

"Hey. Come in," I said standing back so he could enter my house. He walked in and looked around. Sora looked back at me after I closed the door.

"So do you think you could hang out today?" he asked.

"Yeah, my parents are working, and Cloud has Namine over. I'm free." I smiled. He followed me up to my room. "So where's Riku?" I decided to ask when we entered.

"He's hanging out with Amanda," Sora said as he sat on my bed and bounced a little. "He really likes her."

"Aw, that's so sweet. They are cute together," I said sitting next to him. He smiled at me. "So, do you have anything planned?"

"Uh, want to go for a walk?" he asked. "Or we could go see a movie or something."

"We can go see Red Eye. I heard it's good," I suggested.

"Is it still out?" I nodded. "All right, let's go then." I made sure I left a note before Sora and I left, incase I wasn't home and my parents got off of work early. We walked toward the middle of town to the movie theater. We paid for out tickets and got popcorn before we entered. Sora and I sat in the middle of the theater away from everyone else. The previews lasted for about 10 minutes before the actual movie started. It wasn't scary yet, but I could feel the suspense rising in me. I lifted my feet off the ground and put them on my seat, holding my legs close to my body. I was getting pretty nervous. Out of nowhere, the guy jumped out, causing me to have a heart attack. I grabbed a hold of Sora's hand and hid my face into his shoulder. I heard him laugh as he rested his head on mine. This was actually making me feel better. Luckily he was there for me all the other times I was caught off guard.

"You sure were scared a lot," Sora laughed as we walked out of the theater. I glared at him.

"No I wasn't…" I said looking away. He wrapped his arm around mine and pulled me close to him. I looked up at him feeling giddy again.

"It's okay, I'll always protect you," he whispered. I blushed big time and I couldn't help but grin back. I wanted to kiss him, but it wasn't too appropriate since we weren't really going out, even though we had before. I did the next best thing instead and I kissed his cheek. I saw him blush.

"Aw, Sora's blushing!" I teased, running passed him and outside.

"I was not!" he yelled. He began to chase after me. The beach was only across the street, so I decided to run over to it. I stopped right at the waters edge and Sora stopped next to me. I gazed out at the water as it slowly brought in waves to the shore.

"It's so pretty," I said quietly. I could feel Sora get closer.

"Sure is," I heard him say. I looked at him to see that he was looking at me. I blushed which I noticed I seem to do a lot around him.

"I meant it's pretty here," I laughed. "You're so cheesy."

"I knew that," Sora coughed. I rolled my eyes. "So what next?"

"Ice cream!" I said happily. He laughed at my eagerness. We walked over to the ice cream parlor a block away. We decided to eat our cookie dough ice cream out at the pier. The sun was getting ready to set. Shades of pinks and oranges were splattered in the sky. Our feet were dangling over the edge.. I leaned over to see our reflections wavering below as I finished my ice cream.

"Hey Kairi, look," Sora said. I looked at him to see what he was pointing at. Down on the shore a little ways off, Riku and Amanda were having a tickling match. She was screaming and laughing, trying to get away from Riku, but couldn't manage to escape. Riku was laughing at her reaction. She finally got loose and ran into the water. Riku just watched from the shore. Amanda splashed up at him. He tired to run, but didn't run fast enough, so he ran into the water too. Amanda stood still as Riku got closer. He pulled her closer to him before kissing her. They looked so happy together.

"Aw, how sweet!" I said with a big smile. I wanted to clap and cheer for them, but I didn't want to ruin their romantic moment.

"Kairi," Sora said quietly. I turned to face him, still smiling. "I have to tell you something." I looked at him, my smile slowly fading.

"What is it?" I asked putting my hand over his.

"It's nothing bad, don't worry," he said with a smile, "I'm just nervous about how you'll react."

"Then tell me," I said reassuringly.

"Well, ever since 5th grade, I've had a crush on you. I wanted to tell you so bad, but when I found out you were moving, I figured it wouldn't matter. I gave you that diary, so hopefully you would write about me, it was a silly immature boy thing of me to do. Of course I never would know if you would write about me or not. I wrote something to you on the last page. Did you happen to read that?" Sora said.

"I didn't even know you wrote me," I said thinking about how cute that was. "You really had a crush on me?" He nodded. "You should have told me!"

"Sorry it took awhile. I was scared. But I will tell you now that the crush hasn't really disappeared. I don't know if it's really a crush or not though," Sora said.

"Huh? What do you mean you don't know if it's a crush or not?" I asked confused. Sora leaned over to me and lightly kissed my lips. I felt weak at his touch, how typical. He pulled away and placed his hand on my cheek.

"I know it's only been a few months since we've really got a chance to re-know each other, but I think I love you Kairi. I know I don't know what love is, I don't think anyone really does anymore, but I have a strong gut feeling that I do love you," Sora said so sweetly. My heart was beating faster. I felt the same way… I wrapped him in a tight hug.

"I think I love you too Sora," I whispered. He kissed my head. He made me so happy. We pulled away from the hug. The sun was getting ready to set. I rested my head on his shoulder, holding his hand. He wrapped his other arm around me. We watched the sun go down in complete silence, besides the crashing of the waves below. Soon the night's stars danced above our heads and he decided to walk me home. We walked hand in hand the whole way back. "Thanks for the wonderful day," I said at the doorstep.

"Anytime," Sora replied. Something popped in my head.

"Oh, your jacket, I'll go get it!" I said opening the door. Sora pulled me back to him.

"Keep it," he said with a solid nod.

"'You sure?" I asked. He nodded. Sora again pulled me into a kiss. This one was longer then the rest of them. It was much more passionate. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I put my arms around his neck. The front of our bodies rested against each other's. It was so peaceful hearing nothing but the crickets nearby. After a short while, we broke apart and smiled. "Well, I better go," I said turning around.

"I love you Kairi," Sora said. I turned around, leaning against the side of the door.

"I love you too Sora," I replied. He waved and then turned around. He started walking down the path. I stepped onto the porch. "Sora! Wait!" I said running up behind him. Sora turned around. I jumped out at him wrapping my arms around his neck again and giving a quick kiss, almost making him fall backwards. When I let go, I laughed. "Sorry."

"It's okay," he laughed too. Sora gave me another kiss. "Well I got to go for real this time. Goodnight." I waved as we went our separate ways yet again. I walked into my house and went straight to my room. When I entered, I went to my window facing the street. Right across, Sora was entering his house. I sighed. Then I remembered what he said. He wrote something in my diary. I went to my bedside table and pulled it out. I opened it to the last page. Sure enough, Sora's sloppy ten-year old handwriting was on it.

Dear Kairi,

I know you prolly wont read this til after your gone. I've ben wanting to tell you four a whil that I have a big crush on you. Your very pretty. You have nice eyes to. (I laughed imagining the old little Sora writing this with his bad spelling habit.) Im hopeing you wont fourget about any off us. Well all miss you. Hop to eventaly see you agane. I also hope that when you do get a boyfrend, he'll treat you goode. Youre a princess and you need to be treatd like one. I hope you like your going away gifte. Please think of me.

Sora

I felt slightly emotional after reading it. It was so sweet and cute. I loved Sora so much and I couldn't believe how lucky I was to have him in my life. I hugged the diary close to my heart. What I would do to go back in time just to tell him my true feelings. I wonder if things would change. Something popped into my head. The first day of school, Riku, Namine and Selphie were trying to tell me something, but they wouldn't let each other speak.

Flashback to first day of school

"Hi, I'm Kairi." I decided to see if they remembered me.

"I knew a girl named Kairi, but she moved a while back. She was pretty cute. I remember Sora ha-" Riku started before he was interrupted by Namine elbowing him in the stomach. 'He probably was going to say had a crush on you, but I don't know. That's the only thing that would have caused Namine to elbow him.'

(A little later)

Riku backhanded Sora's arm. Sora turned to face him.

"Be back in a second," Sora said getting up to talk to Mrs. Lawson before leaving class. Riku turned to us.

"I meant for him to see if he remembers you," he said looking at me.

"Oh, Sora would die! He's–" Selphie said looking at me before getting stabbed with glares from Namine and Riku. I looked at Cloud who shrugged. They sure were acting weird. 'Selphie was probably about to say the same thing as Riku…'

(A little later)

"Sora," Namine said. Sora looked at her.

"Yeah?" he said.

"Remember that cru-" Nam started before Riku and Selphie clasped their hands over her mouth. 'Ha I get it! Nam was going to say crush!'

End of flashback

I slapped my forehead with the palm of my hand and laughed to myself. How couldn't I have not caught on? Oh well, I know the truth now and I'm okay with it. I actually preferred finding out from Sora. The truth is now out in the open.