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As soon as I got home, I raced up my steps, barely saying hi to my mom who was sitting on the couch talking to a man with dark hair and eyes and a woman with blonde hair and incredible blue eyes. Kind of like Strife…

Strife…that reminds me, I have to call Sora and tell him. I should go do that now.

"Wait Yuffie!" My mother called, I paused in mid-step and pursed my lips together. Don't you hate parents when they stop you like that? Honestly, they think you have nothing better to do than listen to them talk. Which is what I know she wants me to do.

"Yes Mother?" I called back, expanding the word 'yes', letting her know that I was clearly NOT in the mood for her and would rather be doing other things…like talking to Sora.

"Could you come down here for a moment? There are some people I want you to meet."

I groaned and made my way back down the stairs, "Make it quick, I want to tell Sora about some guy I met at school today."

My mom gave me a disapproving look, and I crossed my arms and cocked my head to the side, my usual stance when my mom is being mother-ish. "Honey, that's not polite. We have guests, it's rude to shut yourself in your room without introducing yourself."

I sighed and rolled my eyes, "But Mom it's important."

She stared at me, "It can wait." She said sternly. Our eyes locked in a stare-down, you know, the ones that usually followed by the 'did you know…' line. The one that is supposed to make you feel guilty due to the insertion of poor innocent kids that don't have a phone or something. I wonder if those kids know they're being used as a guilt trap…My mother opened her mouth to speak, but the blonde woman's laugh interrupted her.

"Its fine, our Cloud is the same way." She said. Upon hearing those words I grinned in triumph. Yes! Yuffie-1 Mom-0! I continued to celebrate my victory, that is, until the name registered in my mind. Cloud? As in Cloud STRIFE? The ultra-hot guy I met today? The one who made me think of Riku?

Of course, all these thoughts were swarming in my head, but I couldn't say them out loud. Heavens, no I couldn't do that. So, I stood their stupidly, a blank look on my face.

"Honey, are you alright?" My mother questioned, sounding concerned.

I snapped back to reality, "What?"

"I asked if you were alright."

I blinked and then grinned, "Yeah, I'm fine. Why?"

"You just seemed shocked."

I shook my head, "No, I'm alright."

My mom sighed, "Well in that case, I'd like you to meet Mr. and Mrs. Strife. They're our new neighbors."

Now, if you thought I was shocked before, you should have seen me now. I was jumping around shouting "YES!" at the top of my lungs.

"YES! YES! YES! THANK YOU GOD!" I shouted, collapsing to my knees, my arms stretched towards the sky…err…ceiling. After that, it was dead silent, I swear you could hear the crickets chirping. "Erm…I mean, uh, pleased to meet you." I said, my face heating up with embarrassment.

There was an awkward pause for a bit longer before they smiled and my mom gave me an odd look, I gave her a slight wave and then dashed up the steps.

Once I was in my room and I had safely locked the door behind me, I walked over to my dresser and looked at myself in the mirror. I winced at the black & blue knot that appeared on my forehead. I would have to get some ice from that later. I turned away from the mirror, jumped onto my bed and picked up the phone.

I dialed Sora's number and waited for a few minutes before someone picked up.

"Hello?" Sora's distracted voice said.

"Sora, pause the damn video game. I need to tell you something." I said, sounding much like his very own mother.

He sighed, "Hi to you too."

"Sora…" I trailed, sounding impatient.

"Fine." There was a moment of silence and then he spoke again, "Okay, tell me."

I took a deep breath and began to tell my story, "Well, when I was on my way down to the office, which of course, I couldn't find," I heard him chuckle, "When I got hit in the face and fell,"

"Oh Yuff, how did you manage to do that?" He asked.

"Shut up," I snapped, "Don't interrupt." He gave a quiet murmur of that I thought sounded like 'greatfriendIhave' but I chose to ignore that for the time being and get revenge later, "So anyway when I looked up I saw one of the most gorgeous guys I have ever seen in my whole life."

"Really?" Sora inquired, sounding interested.

"Yep." I said, rolling onto my stomach.

"Tell." Sora demanded.

I grinned, "He had spiky blonde hair, a heart-melting smile, incredible blue eyes, and his name was Cloud Strife."

"Mmm, sounds dreamy." He said.

I laughed, "But there's more." I told him.

"There is?" He questioned, I could imagine him sitting on the edge of his couch. The image brought me into a fit of giggles.

"What are you laughing about?"

"Nothing." I said as my laughs subsided.

"Okay…so tell me already."

"Alright…get ready…" I began like an announcer.

"Yuffie! Tell me!"

"Are you ready?"

"Yuffie…"

"Are you ready?" I repeated.

"Please stop it…"

"ARE YOU READY!"

He sighed, "YES!"

I laughed, "Okay, okay, sorry. The most amazing part is…he's my new neighbor."

"You're serious?" He asked. I could tell he was happy.

"Yep."

"You'll have to invite me over some day." He said.

I rolled y eyes, "No, I'll never invite you over." I said sarcastically.

"Sarcasm isn't appreciated." He commented dryly.

I snickered, "Of course it is."

"But seriously, you will have to introduce us."

I chuckled, "You know I will." We talked for a bit longer before he said his mom was kicking him off.

"Alright," I said, a bit disappointed, "Talk to you tomorrow?"

"You know I will." He mimicked.

I smiled, "Night."

"Goodnight Yuff." We hung up and I laid on my dark green comforter for a moment. I lightly touched the bump on my forehead, and drew a sharp breath. It hurt. I scratched my head just as my stomach growled.

"I'm hungry." I stated while pushing myself off my bed, "I'm going to get something to eat." (Yes I talk to myself. And it's safe to say I'm perfectly sane) I headed out my door and down the stair case. The knot on my head throbbed, "Might as well get some ice while I'm down there."

I strode into the kitchen and saw my mom sitting on the couch with our kitten Keysha. I got out a bowl and the macaroni box and proceeded to fix myself some. Once it was done I got an ice pack and sat next to my mom.

"Hello dear." She greeted, looking over at me and smiling.

I smiled back, "What are you watching?"

She glanced at the TV, "Law and Order."

"Oh, mind if I join you?" I inquired.

She put her hand put her heart in mock-surprise, "My daughter wants to spend time with me!"

I stuck out my tongue, "I don't hate you," She gave me a skeptical look, "THAT much."

We both laughed and returned to watching the show.

After Law and Order and two more episodes of it were over we decided to call it a night. We walked out into the hall way, turning the kitchen light out behind us. Keysha ran in between my feet, almost tripping me.

We were at the first step when my mom stopped me, "Yuffie, honey, you have a bruise on your head." She said.

I snorted, "Thanks for telling me mom."

A/N: AHH! IT'S DONE! YES! I AM SOOOOO HAPPY! Well I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, next is Starling's. Review please!

Starling: Yep! Next chappie's mine. I'll get it out faster since this one took a while cause Vampie LEFT. Geeze.. Okay till next time!