A/N: SORRY! I know it took me forever to update, I was just in too good a mood to write this chapter! But I went back to work yesterday and finally finished it! I hope it's ok! I hope you guys like it! Because well it is for you! And a special thanks to Chaka for proofreading. She's totally awesome! Ok well go on Read.. Toodles!

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Getting to know you.

The next morning, they took their time getting ready to go back home. They showered and dressed before they finally got in the car to go home. After an hour of driving, they were outside Kerri's house. Gippal got out of his car, brought Kerri's things in the house and up to her room. "Alright, well, you're all set." He said as he opened the front door.

"Thank you so much. It was perfect, everything."

"Good, I'm glad," he replied as the house phone started to ring.

She groaned. "All right, let me get that." She kissed him. "I'll call you later."

"Bye," he said as he walked out of the door.

She ran over to the phone. "Hello?"

Tidus' voice came over the receiver. He spoke quickly and there was a hint of distress in his voice. "Ker? You're home?"

Her voice became serious as she said, "Yea, where are you?"

He hesitated before he said, "We're at the hospital."

She became sick with worry. "What? Why?"

"It's Scott…" He paused before he said, "He got really sick this morning… Do you want me to come home and pick you up?"

She dropped the phone and stared at it wide eyed before she picked up the receiver again.

"Ker?"

"I'll drive myself…" She hung up the phone and grabbed her keys before running out the front door. She jumped into the car and sped off to the hospital, as numerous thoughts passed through her mind.

When she reached the hospital, she burst through the door and immediately spotted Tidus. She ran over to him. "What happened?"

Tidus shrugged sadly, "I don't know."

She grabbed his arms and looked up at him. "Where is he?"

"Upstairs. Auron's there now." He led her upstairs to her father's room.

Auron was sitting besides his bed looking distraught. When he saw Kerri's crestfallen expression his heart dropped. He looked away from her and focused on a crack in the wall. Her father was unconscious. "Is he going to be ok?" she asked as she neared the bed.

"They don't know. He hasn't woken up yet," Auron told her as she slumped into the chair besides her father. He watched her face intently as it slowly formed into the saddest expression he had ever seen. This is exactly what I didn't want to happen…

Tidus walked over behind Kerri and placed his hands on her shoulders. "It'll be ok, Ker. He'll be ok."

"Yea…" she muttered as she was haunted by a painful memory.

They were in a hospital room, much like the one Kerri was in now. A dirty-blond haired boy lay unconscious in a bed. Kerri was seated to the right of him, while the boy's father was the left. Elaine placed her hands on Kerri's shoulder. "Don't worry, honey. He'll be ok…" Kerri glanced up at her mother. "How can you be so sure?" she muttered.

"I know you're upset, Kay, but you have to be strong… for him," she motioned to the bed.

She looked over to the bed where her friend laid unconscious. His dirty blond hair was messy, and his skin was paler than normal. "Dave…" she whispered as she leaned closer to him. "Please wake up…" Dave had come down with a serious case of pneumonia. That paired up with his already weak immune system equaled disaster.

But as the weeks progressed the doctors had given up almost all hope. The color was drained completely from his face. Kerri sat there watching him, hoping that he would hop out of bed and start dancing, explaining how this was a joke. She longed to see that sparkle in his bright blue eyes and his smile that could melt even the coldest of hearts. "Don't leave me, Dave, you're all I got now… please…" she choked out as tears streamed down her face.

Bags were under her eyes and the twinkle in her eyes had died out. It was replaced with a tired look. It was dark out and the room was dimly lit by one lamp, Dave's parents had gone home early. They needed to place his baby sister to sleep. She sat in the chair, alone, staring at him. Finally, her mother came into the room. "Come on. You can come back tomorrow."

She shook her head. "No, I don't want to leave…"

"Kay, I know, Dave is your best friend, but you can't stay here all night. His parents haven't continued to do it, so why do you insist on it?"

"He never left my side. After Dad and all he was always there for me. Always. He needs me, I can't abandon him now…" she lowly replied, not breaking her gaze.

"You need sleep, Kay. You look horrible. I'm worried for you and you haven't been eating properly." She stopped talking when she realized Kerri wasn't listening. She watched her carefully before she said, "Would Dave want you doing this?"

For the first time that night, Kerri lifted her gaze to her mother. "What?"

"You heard me." She walked near to Kerri, kneeling down besides her. "Would Dave want you to not sleep or eat?"

She paused for a moment and looked towards Dave. She sighed heavily before saying, "No, he'd yell at me saying, this isn't the end of the world, things will get better…"

Her mother nodded. "I will bring you back tomorrow, after a good night's sleep and a good meal."

She reluctantly got out of her chair and followed her mother out of the room, turning the light off as she left. That was the last time she saw Dave alive. He passed away during the course of the night. Kerri was devastated and immediately blamed her mother for it. Saying that she had made her leave him when he needed her most. Eventually Kerri learned to forgive her mother, because truth be told, it wasn't her fault. She began to get back into the swing of things, her summer was starting and she involved herself even more so in sports than she was before. Of course now she had no time for any friends and didn't try to make time either.

She was snapped out of her flashback with Tidus waving his hand in her face. "Ker? Are you ok?"

She shook her head and looked up at him. "Oh yea. Sorry. Just thinking."

"Come on, they have to run some tests on him. He won't be back till late tonight. We can come back tomorrow," he said taking her hand.

She jerked her hand back. "I don't want to leave," she stated firmly. 'I won't leave him like I left Dave'

"Ker, you're going to sit in here all by yourself… all day?"

She looked at his bed and then at Tidus. "No… I suppose not…" She reluctantly got out of her seat, and left the hospital. 'I'll come back… I promise.'

When they came home, she locked herself in her room, not wanting to speak to anyone. Said she wasn't feeling well. Tidus began to worry about her, and decided he'd voice his worry to Auron.

He walked to the living room where Auron was seated, reading the newspaper. "Auron? Can I talk to you?"

"This is a first, normally you talk to Kerri since she's your 'confident'," he placed his newspaper down and looked intently at him. "What's wrong?"

He sat down on the couch. "Kerri. I mean I know with her dad being in the hospital and all she has more than a right to be upset, but she's been locked up in her room all day and she won't talk to me."

"Tidus, it's understandable that she doesn't exactly want to talk right now," He shifted his position of the couch. "She probably doesn't want to talk about it and she figures that's what you'll bring up."

"Ok, but she's not even taking Gippal's calls, who only found about from calling me to ask me where she is and why he can't get in touch with her," he said as he ran his hand through his hair.

"Give her time. She'll need you, you'll just have to wait till she's ready to accept some kind of help." He paused and laughed lightly. "I must say though, she is more and more like her father as our days with her progress. Scott was always one for dealing with things on his own. He never was one for openly accepting help, nor expressing her feelings. He felt it was weakness to express too much feeling, and I assume Kerri must feel somewhat the same, which is why she's reluctant to show you, maybe she's afraid she won't be able to control her emotions." He looked at Tidus with a smirk before continuing. "Though, I'm only guessing, she may also just not want to talk to you, since you are annoying…"

He glared at him before saying. "Well, whatever the reason. I wish she would get over it and talk to me. I don't like her locked up like that."

"She will. Don't worry about it Tidus. Why don't you go to sleep? We've all had a long day and I doubt tomorrow will be any better."

"No, I guess you're right." He got up and made his way upstairs. As he reached the top of the stairs he decided to check in on Kerri once last time. He reached for her doorknob and slowly turned it. It was open, so he pushed it open and glanced inside; she was lying on her stomach, her face laid upon an open book. He walked over to her sat besides her sleeping form.

When he noticed the book, he took a closer look on it. There wasn't much written, he assumed she must have just turned the page. It was wet, most likely from tears. On the page was written: 'I feel like this is the whole Dave experience again… I don't think I can stand to loose someone else. Not to mention someone who I just got back…I feel so alone…'

Tidus looked at Kerri with the sincerest expression her could muster. He placed his hand on her head and pushed her hair back. "You aren't alone, Ker. Please remember that…" he whispered to her before standing up and leaving the room. He made his was slowly down the hall and dropped himself on the bed. "I'll talk to her tomorrow. Show her she isn't alone, not matter what happens."

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"Aurora! Get me a God Damned beer!" bellowed a rough man who looked to be about 33.

A petite woman, with light brown hair and brilliant blue eyes, jumped slightly as she scurried to the fridge. "Yes, dear…"

A 13-year-old Tidus is seen standing crossed arms in front of the fridge. "Tell him to get his own beer."

The woman patted his cheek as she moved him aside. "Dear, we mustn't keep your father waiting."

"Woman! Where is my beer?" he screamed again from the adjacent room.

"Coming, dear. Coming." She opened to fridge and quickly ran into the other room to give him his beer.

"'Bout time. You're so useless, you know that, right?" The man said as he opened his beer. Tidus stormed past the living room and had just reached the bottom of his stairs when his father called to him. "Boy, where do you think you're getting to?"

"As far from you as possible," he growled as he started up the stairs.

"You come back here. You have some respect for your father. Damn it." He shouted as he stood out of his chair.

The young boy looked defiantly into his father eyes and said, "I hate you."

"What did you say?" He stormed over to the stair where the young Tidus held his ground.

"I said, 'I hat-" but before he could finish the sentence, his father grabbed the collar of his shirt and roughly shove him down the stairs. Tidus rolled down the steps, smacking his head on the tile floor as he reached the bottom of the flight of stairs.

"JECHT!" the woman screamed as she ran towards her soon. "Are you crazy? You could have seriously hurt him."

"That boy has no manners. He thinks he's something great," he walked down the stairs and stood over the boy. "You're nothing, boy, nothing. You will never be anything, but a good for nothing cry baby." He stood up, crossing his arms over his bare chest. "See you're crying now."

"Maybe because you flung him down the stairs! Jecht, you crossed the line with that one." She said as she grasped her son body in her arms. She bent over whispering to him, "It's ok, honey. It's ok…"

Jecht brought his hand up and hit her across the face. "Don't you encourage the boy! He has to learn his place."

"I hate you!" Tidus screamed as he sat up in bed. He checked his surroundings, he was in Auron's home, not back in his old house. He was breathing heavily and was drenched in sweat. "I hate him…" he muttered as he looked over to his clock that was blinking 4:45. He laid back down, staring at the ceiling before drifting back off to sleep.

He awoke later to the sound of a car door slamming shut and the engine roaring. He rolled over, groaning to himself. He looked at the clock, it read 8:13. "I guess it's better that 4…" He sat up with a yawn, as he stretched her arms over his head. He stood from his bed and made his way down the stairs to the kitchen.

Auron was already in the kitchen, brewing coffee. "I see you were awoken by Kerri's departure this morning, as well."

Tidus scratched his stomach and yawned before saying, "What?"

"The car that just took off. That was Kerri," he told him as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "She went to the hospital."

Tidus raised an eyebrow at him, "How do you know?"

"I'm your guardian, I know everything that goes on in this house." He laughed at Tidus' shocked face. "But, the really big hint was the note she left that said 'Auron, went to the Hospital. Kerri.'"

"Oh. Well, that could explain it," Tidus replied as he poured himself a bowl of cereal.

"Yea, and as soon as you are ready, we'll join her down there," he said as he finished his coffee.

Tidus nodded and finished off his cereal. "I'll get ready now." He ran up the stairs, leaving Auron alone.

He glanced at the note that was on the table and sighed. "I'm sorry, kiddo."

After Tidus finished getting ready, they got into Auron's truck and drove to the hospital. "Why didn't Kerri wait for us?" Tidus questioned as he gazed out the window.

"It's her father, wouldn't you want to go as soon as possible?" He didn't reply, he stared at Auron like he was transforming into a chocobo right before his eyes. When Auron caught sight of the look he said, "Ok, let me rephrase that. If it were Aurora, would you wait?"

"Alright. I get it," he said as the pulled up in front of the large, white building.

"You go up to the room, while I park the car."

He nodded and exited the car. He ran a hand through his blond hair as he reached the room where Scott was. Kerri was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room, just staring at her father. He pulled a chair next to her and sat down. "Are you ok?"

She turned her head towards him, her eyes were swollen, an indication that she had been crying. "Fine," was all she replied.

"Are you sure, you seemed really upset last night. I was worried about you."

"I'm about as good as I can be right now," she told him as she gave him a weak smile. "Thanks for caring though."

"Hey!" he exclaimed. "You're my best friend. Of course I care."

She gave him a half smile and said, "Thanks," before she turned her gaze back to her father.

The rest of the day remained uneventful, Kerri, Tidus, and Auron sat there mostly in silence with a few visits from various nurses. It was nearing 6 when Tidus broke the silence. "I'm hungry."

Auron stood. "So am I. Let's get something from the cafeteria."

Tidus followed him to the door, but Kerri remained seated. "Ker, you have to be hungry, you skipped out on breakfast."

She shook her head. "No, I'm not."

Tidus was going o talk again, but Auron placed his hand on his shoulder, telling him not to. "Alright, whenever you are hungry, just let me know and I'll get you something, Ok?"

She nodded. "I will, Auron."

After they left, Kerri pulled her chair closer to her dad. She took his hand and looked up at him. "Dad, please. You just came back into my life. I can't loose you again." She kissed his hand and placed her head down on the bed still holding his hand. She closed her eyes and was drifting off to sleep when someone walked into the room.

"Excuse me, miss?" She quickly sat up and looked at the man. He was dressed in a pair of Khaki pants, a blue shirt and a white coat. "Sorry, didn't mean to frighten you. I'm doctor Leitman."

She stood and extended her hand. "Kerri Muratore."

"Yes. I presume you are Scott's daughter, correct?"

She nodded. "Doctor, do you know what happened?" she questioned as he checked Scott's stats.

He sighed. "Well, it would appear that he came out of remission."

She stared at him for a few minutes. "What exactly do you mean?"

"It would seem that the virus has done some major harm. It supposed to have been in remission for at least another month, but it's more advanced than presumed…"

"Wait…" She paused allowing this to register in her mind. "So what you are saying is my dad has been sick for a long time? And now what he has is acting up… So what is going to happen now?"

"It is impossible to be able to tell. He may go back into remission, though if he does, it doesn't seem likely to last long. But it's impossible to say now," he told her.

"So… whether is be now… or in the near future. I'm going to loose him?" she asked him as tears began to swell in her eyes again.

"It would look that way."

"Thank you," she walked out into the hallway, where she leaned against the wall and slid down to the floor. 'I can't believe it. Again. I'm going to loose him again.'

By this time Auron was returning from the cafeteria. He gave her a confused look as he said, "Why are you out here?"

"He's going to die," she choked out.

"Now, don't say th-"

She stood. "He is! The doctor said he's been sick for a long time. She looked up at Auron, who evaded her gaze. She raised an eyebrow as she asked, "Did you know?"

He ignored her question and entered the room. She quickly followed him in. "Auron, I asked you a question."

He looked down at his friend. "I hate seeing him like this. He's so full of life."

She grabbed his arm and turned him in her direction. "Auron, did you know?" she asked more fiercely than she did previously.

He looked at the floor. "I'm sorry. He wanted to tell you"

"You kept this from me!" she shouted as she motioned to her father. "I can't believe you, Auron."

"Kerri. I'm sorry. I wasn't supposed to tell you, he said he wanted to tell you, but only when absolutely necessary."

He anger flared as she screamed, "What the hell? Well, I guess this is absolutely necessary! Ya know, seeing as how I may never speak to him again. I'm glad you all decided to keep this little secret from me. Because now I may never, ever speak to him again!" She took a deep breath before saying, "How many of you know?"

But before he could answer, Tidus came strolling into the room. He looked between Kerri and Auron before saying, "Is everything ok here?"

Kerri spun on her heels and looked at him, before smack him across the face. "You of all people, I would have expected you to have said something!" She grabbed her things and stormed out of the hospital.

Tidus who had his hand on his cheek, that was burning from the slap her just got, looked bewildered. "What just happened in here and why did I just get slapped?"

Auron sighed and motioned fro Tidus to sit. He told Tidus exactly what was going on and why he was smacked. "Oh great, so she basically thinks that I kept that from her. She must feel betrayed and probably doesn't trust me anymore. So, thank you, Auron!" He abruptly stood and grabbed Auron's keys. "Have fun getting home," he said before he slammed the door shut and left the hospital.

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Kerri was sitting on a rock that overlooked the ocean. Her legs were curled up against her chest and her eyes were puffy from crying. "I thought I'd find you here," Tidus' voice called from a little ways down the beach.

She glared at him as he neared. "What do you want?" she said as she turned her head away from him.

"To tell you, I left Auron at the hospital; with no car nor money," he told her as he climber up the rocks.

"Alright?" she said in a less than caring tone.

He sat down next to her. "Ker, I had no idea. Do you honestly think I'd keep something like that from you?"

She didn't answer for a few minutes and Tidus sighed. He was getting up from the rock when Kerri said, "No. I'm sorry…"

He smiled and sat back down on the rock. "I understand. I mean, you really thought I knew. I mean it was all in your face. Tell you the truth, I never want to be the reason you make that face ever again."

"It's just… he just came back and he's leaving… again! I don't know what's worse, watching him die, or believing he's dead. I mean who has to go through their own father's death twice?"

"Not many, but you aren't alone. Even if you don't want to talk with Gippal or Yuna. I'm always here. We're practically family. I mean, you, Auron, and Scott are the only 'family' I have and technically, we aren't related." He wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "But just because we aren't related doesn't mean I don't love you as if we were."

She rested her head on his shoulder, "I know… I know. I feel the same, it's just, I wonder why am I here? Would things be better if I was home?"

"Well, I don't see how they could be, I mean… I'm here."

She laughed slightly as she wiped her tears away. "I know you're joking, but it's true. You, Gippal, Yuna, and everyone else. You're the reason I love it here. I mean home, my mom is there, but that's it. I didn't have any friends… I didn't want any friends. But I'm here and I get a lot more interaction with others. Some unwelcome, but for the most part I don't mind."

"Well, that is so sad… and yet, very nice…" he said gave her a reassuring squeeze. "I don't know why you didn't have friends, you have more than a few here."

She shook her head. "I used to have plenty of friends, but when my dad disappeared I distanced myself from people and had frequent mood swings. Few people could deal with me, so anyone I hadn't pushed away myself, avoided me. Well, there was one exception. Dave, he was the best friend I ever had. He stuck through the mood swings, the fist swings and everything in between. He never left me and gradually I got better, however, I remained with very little friends. I didn't mind though, I didn't want them. But Dave and I didn't need anyone else, perfectly happy with each other. But then one winter… he got sick and well… you know the rest…"

He looked at her with a confused expression. "What?"

"I saw you read my diary," she laughed when a looked of embarrassment crossed his face. "I was pretending to be asleep, but thank you for not reading anything else…"

"Oh. Well, you're welcome?" He stood when he heard Kerri's stomach growl. "Come on, you need to eat. Don't want you withering away to nothing. I mean whom am I going to fight then? I can't fight a twig…"

She smiled and took his extended hand. He lifted her off the ground and the two made their way back to the house. They walked back to the house in silence. After entering through the back door and grabbing some food, they walked upstairs and into Kerri's room.

She plopped herself down on the bed and gazed at the pictures that lined her dresser. Tidus threw himself lengthways on the bed, with his hands behind his head. "Ker, you know, you never much told me much about New York."

She leaned back on her bed and sighed, "Well, there are a lot more jerks like Seymour and his crew there, but there are nice aspects to it too." She closed her eyes as she remembered her old home. "I lived on an island outside of the mainland, and my house was close to the shoreline, so I spent a lot of time at the beach, of course I didn't go swimming… the water was way too polluted."

"That's pretty cool. Did you have games like Blitz ball there?"

She laughed, "I've been here for how long and we never had this conversation. Well, we didn't have blitz ball, but we had a bunch of games that if you put them all together and under water, it would be Blitz- like soccer and football for instance. In blitz you have the concept of kicking the ball and the formation of soccer, and then there is the tackling and passing of the ball like football. Only thing is that both of those sports are played on land."

"Sound interesting…"

She smiled, "It was. I played soccer- it was fun. I also played baseball."

He propped himself up on his elbows and looked at her, "Do you ever want to go home?"

"No," she paused. "Uh, well… um. It's not that I don't want to go home…"

He looked at her curiously, "You don't miss your mom?"

She sat up with her back to him and shrugged. "I've been missing her for five years."

"What?" he asked as he laid back down.

"When my dad disappeared, she changed. At first I thought she was grieving, but as time passed she became more distant. I mean, she did what she had to do and didn't do anything else. She cooked, cleaned, and worked, just never had much time for me. Then after some time, I guess, I kinda grew to resent her." She forced a laugh. "Nice huh? I resented my mother, for not focusing on me…"

"Hey, I know how some parent can be. I mean I hate my dad…" he trailed off

"But she did come through for me with the whole Dave situation. Though when he died, I pushed everyone away. Didn't want friends, so I focused on sports and school… then I came here… not how I would have liked to be remembered, but not much I can do about it now… Though I doubt she even really cared… and now that I'm here…"

"Ker…"

She turned to him. "I don't want to loose him again, Tidus." She bent over forward and buried her face in his chest. "He just came back. Why does he have to leave already?"

He placed his arm around her in a comforting brotherly hug. "I don't know, Ker."

"Why didn't he tell me? I can't believe he kept that secret from me." She said into his chest.

"Well, I'm sure he didn't think this was going to happen. I mean would you rather him have gone, 'Hey, Ker! Haven't seen you in years, oh by the way I'm really sick and I might die…' Cause I know if he was my dad I wouldn't want him to do that to me, though if it were my dad that this happened to… I would have thrown a party, but that's my dad."

Keeping her head on his chest, she glanced at the wall. "You're right."

He smirked before replying, "When am I ever wrong?"

She hesitated before stating, "Uh…"

"Don't answer that..."

She giggled, "Ok…" He ran his hand over her head as she continued to stare at the wall. 'I don't know what I'd do if I lost him again… but I'm glad I have friends like Tidus to help me…'

They stayed that way until the phone rang, Tidus reached over and answered it, "Hello?"

An irritated masculine Al Bhed voice came through the receiver, "Tidus, is Kerri there? And may your God help you if you say she doesn't want to answer the phone."

He glanced at the phone and down at Kerri, "Err… Gippal…"

Kerri lifted her head up and too the phone from his hand. "Gippal?"

His tone lightened when he heard her voice as he said, "Kerri! Finally, I was beginning to think they killed you."

She smiled as she sat at the edge of the bed. "Nope, I'm still alive."

"Are you ok? I mean Tidus told me about your dad," he asked in a caring tone.

She sighed and closed her eyes. "I'm fine…"

"I was worried about you; I couldn't get you on your cell, or the house phone. But, I'm glad you're ok."

She half smiled before saying, "I'm sorry I worried you. I just didn't want to talk to anyone. I need time to think."

"Ok. Are you sure you're ok? Do you want me to come over or anything?"

She let out a soft laugh before saying, "Not today, tomorrow, maybe. I'm kind of tired right now…"

"Alright, but you better call me. None of this I don't want to talk to Gippal business, ok?"

She smiled again, "Don't worry, I will."

"Ok, I love you."

"I love you too, bye." She hung up the phone and got off the bed. As she neared her door, she heard the door in the front hallway slam shut. She gave Tidus a worried glance before she heard Auron's voice bellow through the house, "Tidus Reina! Come here, immediately!"

Tidus gave her a look that clearly said, 'oh crap I'm in trouble...' The two of them walked out into the hall and looked down at Auron. Auron crossed his arms over his chest and glared at the two teens. "Would you explain to me why you left me at the hospital?"

Tidus opened his mouth to answer, but Kerri replied, "Tidus doesn't see it fit to tell you, yet. Only when absolutely necessary."

Auron opened his mouth, but closed it again. 'I knew this was going to bite me in the ass…' He balled his hands into fists and stormed off to his bedroom.

Tidus stared at Kerri wide-eyed. "That was awesome."

She smirked, "He won't be saying much back to me after today's little incident. So keep by me and you'll be alright, kiddo."

He shook his head and laughed. "Alright; alright. Ok, well… I'm gonna go shower and go to sleep, didn't sleep well last night." He shuddered, "Nightmares."

She nodded and said "Goodnight" before retiring to her room. She laid back on her bed, 'It's so different from New York and yet the things I tried to run from there are here too… Well at least this time around, I can do things differently…'

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A/N: Well there ya go! I hope you liked it! I wasn't big on it, but eh that's ok. Well I'm going to be ending this story soon and Yea, its probably going to be a lot different from what I originally planned, and a lot sooner- so thank you all for reviewing and I hope you continue to do so!

Thank You- Yea I'm not supposed to do this, but there are too many of you to just not acknowledge you so.. oh well:

Sly: I finally updated! But you didn't review last chapter! Mr. I'm gonna go review other people really awesome stories and tell them to tell Kerri to hurry her lazy ass up! Lol, Well hope you like this chapter, kinda sad, I know.. not too much fun in this but hope it works for you…

Leah: lol You're right.. I got in losta trouble, from you and everyone else! Lol But that's ok but heyy I'm a writer and we take abuse from people all the time… right? … yea.. that's it. Ok well I'm glad you liked to last chapter and I hope this one is ok, had major case of writer's block, and I was in way too good a mood to write it so yea… ok well um.. yea.. I'll talk to ya later toodles!

Akiraine of Gia: It's ok it was constructive criticism and I sent this chapter out to get proofread so it should be better! aww man that skiing accident sounds brutal.. Hope you healed up good! Australia! I want to go to Australia! I told my grandma I want to do a study abroad program where I go to Australia for a while! That would be sooo cool! Well that's pretty cool about the whole borders thing- see I like shopping, though only if it isn't necessary I get something because then it's a slow torture… like Christmas shopping… :shudders: And yes… Cee Crow's story Say What now is Creepy… I told her that there is something mentally wrong with us… and that anyone who reads that should be checked out because like… it's really bad… I mean chapter one wasn't bad,… but chapter 2? Well it just went down hill from there…Oh… tidus was one of my best characters when I played, him Auron, Wakka and Lulu were my best… then Yuna was ok.. Kimarhi.. I was completely against using and Rikku.. sucked… except for her AL Bhed potions and an occasion cool move… And don't worry about the long review, I like getting it.. I mean it's better than the.. good job.. update… though I like those too! Just this is more personal!

ChakaTehMoogle: When I first opened this review.. I thought you were going to say, 'To be honest, this chapter sucked' and I was lik ahhhh! But you didn't soo sall good! And thank you for Proofreading this.. Or Beta reading as some put it…. Right.. whatever, Okk well Thanks again! Hope ya like this one and I'll talk to ya later! Toodles!

SorielDegamba: haha, yes cruel sadistic twist- I like it! Sorry for leaving you with a cliff for soo long, just lost the mood to write and yea…and umm a lemon… uh.. Maybe, depends on where I go with this story, I'm looking to end it ASAP because updating is like a chore to me now..

Krystall Trensk: Sorry it took soo long, but I hope you like it! I wonder if I got this out before you came back from vacation, probably not, but that's ok! Hope you like it! Sorry again!

RTSGamer: I'm glad you liked the story! I put a lot of hard work into it and it makes me happy to know that people are still enjoying it after all this time.. hehe yea that stupid Talking Index Cards from Hell! I showed them I didn't need them! I passed my regents without them!

anuy dreamer: Well hello there! Well I hope this fits in perfectly, I didn't know exactly where to take it, because my first idea I was like no that's crap, so I had to come up with a whole new one, it was really really hard to do it too since for some unknown reason I was in a happy chipper mood!

Emmy-miester: lol No you never told me about the change, but I figured it out so no need to fret lol. I know it's cruel and unusual, but yea.. it had to be done… Hope you don't hate me for it…

CeE CrOw: And you deserved that hit! You jerk! Glad you liked the chapter though!

pinK BuNni luVvv: Okk well hello there! Haven't seen you around in a while, hope you weren't too mad about the whole Scott thing… oops… Ok well hope you like this chapter too!

Gigglygal: lol lazy girl! Though I do it all the time. Lol Ok well.. I hope you like this chapter too!