AngelKairi- sorry I didn't update sooner, I was gone. Plus I was running out of ideas but I have loads more for at least another five or six chapters! I don't want to deal with the frying pan of doom! Lol. I updated!
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Authors Note: This chapter is going to be I think shorter then the rest but I need this chapter in here to bring the story together. Plus it's going to be kind of rushed, just so I can get to the parts that are what I had in mind.
Chapter 20- Familiar Faces
Finals came and went just as fast a breaks normally went. Christy left and she's now on one of the other islands with her uncle. Monday was coming up, meaning all our grades were going to back to an A+ and I was more than thrilled about that. The rest of the school year was going to be a breeze with no one to ruin it. Let's see we have spring break at the end of March and early April, then that's the only break we get until school is over. I was just hoping everything was going to be as easy as it's supposed to be.
Monday was here and so I got ready for the new start of the year. I met up with everyone outside. "So how different do you think the school is going to be without Christy?" Cloud asked, as we started to walk down the street towards school.
"It'll probably go a lot smoother," Sora answered. "And trust me, that will be amazing."
"Big time," I agreed. We finally arrived at school. So far, school was being typical school. I couldn't wait until lunchtime. I walked into History and sat down at my usual desk with Sora sitting right next to me and Namine and Cloud in front of Sora and me. I laid back in my chair waiting for the bell to ring. Leon looked over at me from across Sora's desk.
"Hey, did you guys hear we have a new student?" he asked us. I looked at him.
"Who?" Sora asked. The bell rang before Leon could answer. Our teacher came in with a girl who had red hair that went a little past her shoulders and had light blue eyes.
"Class, this is Sarah," our teacher introduced us to the new student. "She moved here from Star City." I looked at Cloud. Star City was where Cloud and I used to live. She didn't look familiar though.
"Actually, I'm originally from one of the other islands, but my dad remarried and we moved in with my step-mom and her son," Sarah corrected the teacher. "My real mom lives here, and my dad, step-mom and step-brother just moved here."
"Do you like it here so far?" our teacher asked.
"So far, yeah," she smiled.
"That's good, okay, there looks to be a seat behind Kairi and next to Riku in the back, can you two raise your arms," the teacher said. Riku and me raised our arms in the air. Sarah walked over and sat behind me. History class started right after. The bell for lunch rang about an hour later. We all gathered our things and walked out.
"So what do you think of that Sarah chick?" Riku asked as we headed towards the lunchroom.
"Well…-" I started before running into someone. I fell to the ground dropping everything.
"Kairi!" Namine yelled. I held my hand to my head, holding up the other in the air for someone to help me up. Sora lifted me up and held on to me.
"Ow," I said rubbing my sore head. "Why does this stuff keep happening to me? I'm seriously going to have major brain damage."
"Kairi…" Cloud said quietly.
"What?" I said looking at him.
"Look…" He pointed to who ever ran into me. I looked at the person. He was a little taller then Cloud. He had black hair and light brown eyes. He was rubbing his head and trying to pick up all of his papers that had fallen when we collided. He gathered all of his things and looked up at all of us.
"I'm so sorry! I was just hurrying to my locker. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going," he said quickly. All of my friends except for Cloud and me started to look at each other. Cloud and me continued to stare at him.
"Josh?" I said quietly.
He looked at us, stunned. "Kairi… Cloud….?" We both nodded. "So this is where you guys have been!"
I laughed as I hugged him. "Josh, this is Sora, my boyfriend. Namine, Riku, Amanda, Selphie, Wakka, and Tidus, my best friends," I said introducing everyone. Then I turned to them. "This is Josh, an old friend from Star City." They all waved at each other.
"Josh is my best friend from my hometown," Cloud said giving him a fist pound. He pulled Namine close to him.
"Is she your girlfriend?" Josh said looking slyly at Cloud. Cloud nodded. "Way to go!" They gave each other high fives.
"I'm hungry," Riku said randomly, making it slightly awkward. I smiled at him as I rolled my eyes.
"Then let's go eat," Amanda said. We all agreed, inviting Josh to join us, and headed towards the cafeteria. We got our food and sat down at the normal lunch table.
"So what brings you here?" Cloud asked.
"Well, me, my mom, step-dad and step-sister moved here," Josh answered. "I don't really like my step-sister too much."
"Who's your step-sister?"
"Josh!" Someone called from one of the tables behind us. We all looked over. Sarah was walking over to us.
"Her…" Josh said rolling his eyes.
"Hey guys," Sarah said smiling, "aren't you in my history class?" Sora, Cloud, Namine, Riku, and I nodded. She nodded, looking satisfied that she remembered… as if it were hard to remember that we were in her last class. "Josh, I just wanted to let you know that mom isn't going to be home right away, she's working late."
"All right," he said mono-toned.
"I'll see you guys around. Bye!" She walked off with a quick turn.
"And why don't you like her?" I asked.
"Because…. Well it's hard to explain. You'll see eventually." We all exchanged looks. Josh got introduced better to everyone. We all ended up having a lot in common, yet we still didn't understand why Josh had such a grudge against his sister. Cloud told me that he figured he would eventually get it out of him and he would tell me. Since Christy wasn't in our Computers class, we had an opening and Josh took it. Namine and I decided to walk home together since the guys wanted to show Josh around, and the girls decided to do homework together.
"So what do you think of Josh?" I asked Nam.
"He's alright. He seems really nice," she replied. "I think he has a crush on you actually."
"Well, he did ask me out when I lived there, but I refused."
"Why?"
"Well because I was still liked Sora. He understood it though, and we're still good friends."
"That's good. Oh! You do remember that Valentines Day is coming up in about two weeks, right?" Namine brought up.
"Oh yeah!" I said looking at her. "What do you and Cloud have planned?"
"Well, he said he was going to take me on a small boat and we were going out kind of far into the ocean and eat dinner under the stars and hang out for a while."
"Aw! How sweet," I said smiling big.
"What about you and Sora?"
"Haven't got anything planned yet. I'm not really rushing into the whole Valentines Day thing. Just as long as I'm with him, I'm okay." I said. She smiled at me. We said our goodbyes and headed home.
A/N: just because that was pretty much a helper chapter, I'm writing chapter 21 now and I'll put them up together!