Author's Note: This is the 3rd chapter. Read and review if you want the 4th chapter soon! I need lots of reviews! Just a reminder that I'll be on vacation from July 19th to July 30th. So, see ya later!

Chapter 3: Volleyball Tryouts

The final bell rang for us to be dismissed from school for the day. Today was also the first day for homework. Of course we don't get homework the first week of school. The best part about today is that they were having Volleyball tryouts today! All three of us were trying out! I really hope we make it to the varsity team. That's like the #1 team in the whole school! I had to get some things I forgot to get from my English class, so I told Selphie and Namine that I would meet them at the gym. I walked into the class and then came straight out. It was still quite crowded. I heard some mean voices down the stairs. I had to check it out. I should mention I'm a real curious person. So, anyway, I walked down the stairs and saw Seifer, Rai, and Fuu, the meanest seniors in the whole school. They were picking on an innocent freshman! I wasn't about to let those guys get away with anything! I walked to them furiously!

" Hey, enough of that!" I grabbed Seifer's wrist as he almost punched the student.

" What? You here to fight?" Seifer asked as got out of my grip.

" No! I'm here to tell you to stop!"

" We don't listen to dorks, y'know!" Rai said as he made a fist.

" Dork!" Fuu simply said.

" Now you're talking!" Seifer laughed.

" Just stop!" I asked as we heard teacher footsteps coming towards us.

" We better go, y'know?"

" Later, losers!" I glared and then looked at the freshman.

" Hey, are you all right?"

" Yeah. Wait a minute! You're a senior! You're not like them are you?" The freshman asked. He sounded pissed.

" No."

" That's good. I'm Tai."

" I'm Kairi." I shook Tai's hand.

" Kairi, do I know you?"

" No."

" Oh well, I'll see ya."

" Bye." I waved at Tai.

You know, Tai looked a lot like Sora did when he was a freshman, except for instead this kid had black hair, not brown. Oh well, I thought to myself. I just continued to walk down the hallways toward the gym. When I got to the gym, Namine and Selphie were already in t-shirts and short ready for the tryouts. I had to hurry and get ready if I was going to try out for the team. I quickly got changed and hurried to where the other girls were waiting for the coaches.

" What took you so long?" Namine whispered.

" It's a long story."

The coach came out and the tryouts began. The first thing they tested was our serving skill. I was really good at serving. Selphie was up first. She did an underhand serve and made it perfectly Namine did an overhand serve and made it just barely over the net. I was up next. I did an overhand serve and made it over perfectly. The next skill was bumping. I sucked at bumping really badly. The coach would toss us a ball and then we'd have to bump it over the net. Namine was really good at bumping, sop she made her bump over perfectly. Selphie got it a little over the net, but it touched the net. It came to my turn. I was lucky enough to get it over the net. Yes, I made it! It was time for break at 4:30pm, after an hour of tryouts. I sat on the bleachers with Selphie and Namine. I still couldn't think about last night though, when Sora came up to me and said I was good at singing. I just stared into space.

" Kairi? Hello!" Selphie waved a hand in front of my face.

" What?"

" What's up? You've been kind of quiet today." Namine asked.

" Okay! I'll admit it! Sora came up to my door yesterday and said I was a good singer!"

" OH MY GOSH! Seriously!" Selphie squealed.

" Yeah." I sighed dreamily.

" Ooh." They both cooed.

" Shut up."

The tryouts resumed. This time, we had to spike the ball. I was a high jumper, so I knew that I was going to do good with this skill. Namine was up first. The three of us were always good at spiking. Namine jumped up when the ball was coming and spiked it hard! It was then time for Selphie to spike. She jumped high, but missed the ball. I wonder how that was going to affect her. Oh well, it was my turn. I aimed at the ball, jumped as high as I could and spiked that ball straight over the net! The tryouts were over after that. The coach said she will post the results tomorrow. I walked into the Girl's locker room to get changed. We walked out of the locker room and then out of the school. It was kind of late and started to get a bit chilly. I finally made it back to my house. When I got home, there was a note on the fridge.

" Kairi, I'll be working late tonight. Be sure to do your homework. Go ahead and make whatever you want for dinner and I need you to empty the trash. Love, Mom."

I read the note to myself. I actually didn't mind my mom always working. I was almost 18, and that meant I could move out after High School's done, so I needed to get used to staying home alone all the time because until I get married, I'll be all alone. I grabbed the large bag of trash and walked outside. It was starting to get dark, but it was bright enough to see the mountains. I walked over to the trash can and lifted open the lid. I heard a voice as I put the bag of garbage into the can.

" Hey, Kairi." I moved the lid and freaked out as I was face-to-face with Sora! I accidentally dropped the lid, but quickly picked it up.

" Sorry." I giggled nervously. I finished putting the trash into the can. " Well, I'll see you at school tomorrow." I put my hair behind my ears and started to walk away.

" Wait! I just wanted to thank you for sticking up for my brother today. The way you stopped Seifer, that was cool." Sora grinned, which made my heart skipped beats.

" It was nothing. I just can't stand the fact that some seniors think they can pick on freshman." I said as I sat on the wall separating me from Sora.

" You're damn right. That's just wrong!" Sora sat up next to me. It was a short wall. It was only about 4 feet tall. I was 5' 6''. " It's kind of weird that we've been next-door neighbors for 4 years now and we've never hung out before."

" Yeah. I know." We laughed together.

" So, I heard you tried out for the volleyball team today."

" Oh, yeah. I'm probably not gonna make it."

" Sure you will. You're really good. I cried when you scored the winning serve for the championship game in 9th grade." I blushed like crazy. Good thing it was dark.

" You're really good in Blitzball too. No wonder they made you captain. I love the trick you use to score." I found myself staring into Sora's blue eyes. Why does he have to be so cute? " Oh. Well, I should probably get inside right now. So, um, bye."

I waved to him. I blushed when he grinned and waved at me. I turned around and walked in slowly. I've never had a real conversation with him before! Tonight was so cool! I sighed dreamily as I went into the kitchen to make some dinner. The phone rang. I went to answer it.

" Hello?" I answered. It was Namine.

" Kairi? Guess what, Roxas asked me out!"

" You're kidding!" I was so happy for Namine. " When's the date?"

" Friday! This is so cool! I couldn't say no! Roxas is so cute!"

" Oh my gosh! Guess what! Sora is my next-door neighbor and I just had a conversation with him!"

" OH MY GOSH! I have to tell Selphie! See you at school tomorrow!" Namine hung up.

I walked back into the kitchen and resumed to cooking. As soon as I was done cooking, I sat down with my dinner and started on my homework. I had math, and English homework to do. I finished both assignments within an hour and washed the dinner dishes when I was done. I couldn't stop thinking about Sora. He had the most beautiful eyes I had ever seen. I've seen his eyes, but not close up like I did an hour ago. Maybe I should start hanging out with him as friends. Then, maybe he'll learn to like me as more than a friend. I didn't know what to do. Why was love so complicated?

Author's Note: That was the end of chapter 3! Chapter 4 will be posted up soon! Review please!