Authors Note: Hey guys! I just got back from Disneyland and California Adventure and I had loads of fun! I came up with a few ideas to add into this story to hopefully make it longer and I also have finished chapter 10 for Dear Diary, I'll try typing it up soon.

I got Flamed!- so it finally happened, I got flamed for WAL (the first one). Personally I think who ever wrote it was lame because they dissed Ryan Cabrera, I only had five lines from one of his songs on the first chapter and I got called a 'fag' cause I'm 'obsessed' with him (rolls eyes). Ok to all you flamers out there, you really shouldn't flame because people really get into their stories and you shouldn't judge or comment badly on their stories unless they're okay with it. I don't care who you are, you have no right to say anything if they ask you not to. Most of the people on here are new to writing and need encouragement not flames. So if you're a flamer, give people a chance and don't judge everything by what you read. Chapter 4- People and Birthdays
Chapter 4- People and Birthdays

-Sora's POV-

After school, I decided to take a small drive to think through things. I didn't know where I was going, but I just had to get away. Too many things were crowding my mind. After breaking up with Kairi things just seemed to get even worse then I had expected. This school year wasn't going my way at all.

I started to drive past the city limits and down the highway through the rainforest. I rolled down the windows to get fresh air. There was a dirt road coming up, so I decided to see where it led. It was thick with trees as I headed up the little hill. I started to see an opening.

The sky was big and blue with not a single cloud in the sky. The view was spectacular. Ocean could be seen for miles after you looked out past the city. It brought peace to me, it soothed me, seemed to take care of all the problems I'd been dealing with. 'I'll take Kairi here she'll love it. I don't care if we're not together, I'm still going to bring her.' I told myself.

-Kairi's POV-

I started to head home from school when someone called out my name.

"Kairi! Hey!" I heard from behind me. I turned around to see someone I never thought I'd talk to again.

"Caleb?" I asked surprised. (A/N: If you read WAL, you know what happened between us, but it's weird because we talk now and it's not so awkward anymore)

"Hey, long time no talk. How've you been? I heard what happened between you and Sora. I'm really sorry to hear about that. How are you taking it?" He asked me. I looked up and examined him. He was taller now, probably 5'11. His eyes were more of a gray blue instead of the bright blue then what they were before. Caleb's hair didn't have gel in it anymore, he just let it do it's own thing. It wasn't as blond, now it's darker and slightly longer.

"Why, why are you being nice to me?" I asked suspiciously.

"Look, I'm sorry about what happened in 10th grade. Can't we at least just be friends?" He asked. (A/N: similar convo happened.) I took a deep breath.

"Uh, well…" I didn't know what to say. I guess no extra friend could hurt. "Sure." He smiled at me.

"Why don't you come hang out with me, Cid and a few other people?" He suggested. I looked around and saw Riku, Tidus, Selphie, Wakka and Kelly come out of school.

"Sure. That sounds fun." I smiled slightly.

"Great. Let's go." Caleb and I started to walk down the sidewalk.

"Yo, Kairi!" I heard Wakka call. I started to walk a little faster and kept my face forward.

"Um, Kai… don't you want to see why they're calling you?" Caleb said trying to catch up.

"Kairi! Where are you going?" It was Riku's voice this time.

"Kairi! Wait up!" Selphie said.

"Kairi!" Tidus yelled.

"Um, Kairi-." Caleb started before I made an abrupt stop and spun around.

"What do you all want from me!" I yelled at them. They all stopped.

"But Kair-." Riku was saying.

"Shush! I don't want to hear my name from any of you right now." I said cutting him off. "Look, just leave me alone right now, okay guys?" I turned around and started to walk down the street again. As I was walking down the street, I got a phone call from Cloud. He asked me if I wanted to meet up with him so we could go shopping for Namine's birthday presents. I decided it'd be a good thing to do so I agreed.

He met up with me about an hour later and we headed down to the shops to get her gifts. I ended up getting her a small stuffed squirrel since she loved squirrels, a new drawing notebook and a half a dozen red roses. Cloud got her a pretty real diamond promise ring, a white gold 'N' necklace and a dozen roses.

At Horizon Beach, we set up balloons everywhere, a long with a chocolate cake with 17 candles. We were celebrating her birthday early. I called her and she came over not too long after. Her mom covered her eyes until she got to the table with everything, when she opened them we all yelled "Happy Birthday!"

"Oh my gosh! Thank you!" Nam yelled clapping. We all laughed. She ended up taking my mind off of Sora for that whole time, well until Cloud gave Nam her presents. I was still happy for them. Such a perfect couple. My two best friends. Two. Great now I'm the third and odd one out. 'Thanks a lot Sora.' I thought.

-Sora's POV-

I was on my way home when I got a phone call from Cloud. I pulled to the side of the road and answered it.

"Hey Sora. Namine's birthday is coming up… but we're going to be celebrating it today. I wanted to know if you'd like to come." He told me.

"Sure thing. Who else is going?" I decided to ask.

"Well, Riku, Tidus, Selphie, Wakka, Kelly, Leon, Cid and yeah…" Cloud said.

"What about Kairi?"

"Uh, well we figured that Kairi would want to be away from everyone right now… we going to have an earlier celebration so it'll just be Kairi, Namine, her mom and me."

"Wait, why would Kai want to be away from us?"

"She said so herself. Talk to Riku about it, he'll tell you." Cloud said. "I got to go, see you later at Nam's birthday!" He hung up the phone. I decided to find out what was up, so I called Riku. He told me what happened after school. After the conversation, I began to think. I pulled out and started to drive home.

'Kairi… with Caleb? Why would those two be talking? Is she starting to like him again? Is he trying to steal her away from me? He can't steal something that isn't mine though…' I got home and met up with everyone and we went shopping for Namine. After a few hours, we met up with Cloud and Namine at Horizon Beach.

"Hey nice gifts you got here Nam." I said pointing to a squirrel, a notebook and some roses.

"Thanks, Kai gave them to me." She said.

"You know what, we really need to solve this problem with Kairi." Riku said crossing his arms and leaning against the tree trunk.

"What do you suppose we do?" Selphie asked.

"Hey why don't I meet up with her at lunch tomorrow, then you guys get her to sit with you? I don't know it's just a suggestion." Cid said.

"That could work." Tidus said. "Sound good Sora?"

"Yeah. Let's just hope she'll come." I said.

-Kairi's POV-

It was Monday; I walked through the halls to lunch. As I walked through the lunchroom, I saw my usual lunch table. Everyone was there but me. I looked down as I went into the lunch line. I leaned against the wall with my arms crossed. Everyone's so cheerful around me. I looked up at the ceiling and let out a big sigh.

"Kairi?" I looked beside me. Cid, my old friend was in line next to me. "Wow, man, I haven't seen you in forever. I heard what happened between you and Sora. I'm sorry." I looked at him with no exact expression.

"News sure does travel." I replied. "It's good to see you Cid."

"How's Namine? Is she still with Cloud?" He asked changing the subject of Sora, which I was thankful for. (A/N: yeah Cid was at Namine's birthday, it was just a subject changer for Kairi and him)

"Still together. Cloud and Sora work at the Shooting Star." I decided to mention.

"Really?"

"Yep."

"Hey Kai." Cid said.

"Hum?" I figured he was gonna say he missed hanging out with me or something.

"You're next up." I looked at him confused, and then I realized I was next to order my food. I gave a small laugh, ordered and paid for my food. "You can eat with us if you want to."

"Okay." I replied. We were walking through the lunchroom when I heard yet another familiar voice call out my name. 'Gosh, why is my name heard everywhere all of a sudden?' I thought, as I looked over at who said my name this time. Selphie was at the table waving her arms in the air.

"Kairi, come sit with us!" She called. Everyone at the table looked at me. I looked at Sora. His smile caught me. 'Ugh, that smile, his beautiful smile is catching me and reeling me in, darn you Sora.' I looked at Cid.

"I know you still love him. Go on, as long as we're still friends and we'll hang out sometime I'm okay with it." Cid said.

"Are you sure?" I asked. He nodded. "Thanks Cid, you're an awesome friend." I said hugging him.

"I already knew that." He laughed. I laughed too, playfully hitting him. He continued on his way as I went towards everyone. I looked around when I got there. The only seat that was open was the one in between Sora and Riku. I sat down and gave a fake smile to everyone.

"How come you haven't been hanging out with us?" Tidus asked. I looked at Sora and then quickly looked down.

"Sora! Look what you did!" Selphie, who was sitting on the other side of Sora, hit him on the arm.

"Hey!" Sora said rubbing his arm where Selphie slapped him. He looked at me. "Kairi, we're still friends, right?" I looked up at him.

"I know." I lied. I really didn't. He sure didn't give me a hint of wanting to still be friends. Although, I didn't seem to even bother trying to find out either. "I've just been… busy." I said answering Tidus' question.

"How come you never talk to us anymore?" Kelly asked. I shrugged. It was true, I didn't talk or interact with any of my old friends. In class, I just made new friends. I guess it was the fact that they're still connected to Sora and I would end up feeling sorry for myself, which I know was a lame reason.

-Sora's POV-

After school all of us hung out outside to discuss what we were going to do for Kairi's birthday which was coming up next month.

"Hey why don't we go to the beach or something?" Selphie suggested.

"We already did that Selph, for Namine's birthday." Wakka said.

"Oh yeah…" Selphie sighed.

"Why not go to the Shooting Star? Sora can't you get us a private party?" Riku said.

"Hey, that's a great idea. I could see what I can do." I smiled. "Someone call Cloud and tell him to meet all of us at the Shooting Star in a bit."

"I'll do it." Tidus said taking out his cell phone. After a short conversation with Cloud he hung up. "Okay, he's on his way. Let's go." We all started to walk off school property when I realized I forgot something.

"Hey guys, I'll catch up in a second, I left my notebook back at the table." I said running back to the front of the school where we were talking. I saw my notebook laying on the table. I was just about to grab it when someone picked it up and held it out to give to me. "Thanks…"

"Not a problem Sora." He said.

"I didn't think I'd be running into you anytime soon…" I said looking at him kind of suspiciously.

"Same to you."

A/N: Okay chapter 4 up. Left a little cliffy. Does anyone know who 'he' is? Lol. sry had to do it. Anywho hope you all have a happy holiday! I'll try updating before New Years.