A/N: LOOK LOOK LOOK! I UPDATED! I really hope this doesn't suck major poo because I was literally on a roll typing this. It just kind of happened. It may not even make sense you guys. If so, you can all throw papayas at me and criticize me to no end. ~Although I prefer that does not happen~ Do what you must... ;| But anyway, I'm really happy I finally got out of my funk, and I kind of know where I want this story to go.

...Kind of .

But let's not talk about the future, instead, let us continue this tale of Xion, Riku, and the frilly Roxas.

(I honestly don't know what made me make Roxas so flamboyant. I hope it doesn't bother you guys too much, it just came naturally!)

OKAY OKAY, read my little ones~

Roxas walked into his room, with Xion trailing behind him, and he ran over to his bed and flopped down on it, exhausted.

"Being fabulous can really tire you," he said lying face first on the sheets.

Xion rolled her eyes as she casually flopped down on the bed next to him and flicked his nose.

"Hey! Don't go trying to mess up my perfect face!" He said while pouting and rubbing his nose.

"Could you be anymore conceited?" Xion asked giving a small laugh at her best friend.

"You know what, you should be greatful to have a—" Roxas was interrupted from beginning a giant speech on why Xion's lucky to have him in her life when his phone started buzzing. He took his blackberry out of his pocket and read the caller ID. "Xion…" he said, slowly with suspicion, "did you butt dial me?"

Xion's eyebrows crinkled in confusion as she searched her back pockets for her phone. "No… I had it in the pocket on my dress…" She became wide eyed as she realized that her phone could've fell out of the dress in the gazebo. She picked up her dress next to the bed on the floor, and checked all the pockets. "It's not there! Roxas, answer the phone!" she said, worried out of her mind.

"Shhh," Roxas said, putting a finger to his lips as he answered the phone. "…Hello?" he asked, suspiciously.

"Uh, is this…Roxas?" a deep, rather intriguing, voice asked on the other line.

Roxas sat up straight, and cleared his voice. "Yes, this is. May I ask who is calling?" he said, in a professional tone.

"Yeah, this is Riku…from the party?"

"It's Riku!" Roxas whispered to Xion, covering the speaker on the phone.

"Riku? What? Why does he have my phone?" She whisper yelled to Roxas.

"Maybe he actually got some sense and went looking for you!" Roxas said, giving a gleeful squeal, letting go of the phone and instantly began thinking aloud of what romantic fantasy love story this moment could turn into.

"…Hello?" Riku said on the other line.

"Roxas! Snap out of it and pick up the phone!" Xion said, smacking her head with disappointment at her friend's antics.

"Oh! Oops, sorry. Okay, okay," he put the phone back up to his ear. "Hello? Yeah, sorry if you had to hear any of that Riku, but do tell, how did you find my best friend's phone?"

"I did like you said, I got some sense and got rid of Kairi and went looking for her," Riku said.

"Oops, sorry you had to hear that," Roxas said, giving a small giggle.

"What's so funny?" Xion said, feeling so confused.

"But that's not the point…I found her phone in the gazebo and her dad was calling…please tell me Xion's with you."

Once Riku had said that, Roxas quickly sobered up. "Yeah…she's with me," he said, narrowing his eyes at the thought of Xion's dad. He covered the phone with his hand and whispered, "I'll be right back," to Xion, and quickly left the room to find somewhere else to speak about this situation.

Roxas slipped into the hall bathroom and shut the door. "Tell me everything he said, now," Roxas said leaning against the counter, staring at his reflection which now showed a petite blonde boy who could scare off a lion with the fierce look of seriousness he was giving.

"Well…he basically…he basically thought I was Xion and said that…god. I don't even want to think about it. He wants to hurt her, Roxas. Please, just tell me, what's going on?"

Roxas sighed, hearing the pain in Riku's voice, and realizing that maybe he actually cared for Xion. "Look…" Roxas said, leaning against the wall in the bathroom, "I normally wouldn't tell someone who's only known Xion for what, a day? About this, but…I think I can trust you."

Roxas bit his lip and continued, "I'm honestly not too sure what's been going on in Xion's house. But I've known her long enough to know when she's just putting on an act. She acts like everything is okay…but I've figured for awhile things haven't been right between her and her dad. I've only met him once, and when I did, he reeked of alcohol and cigarettes and other things I hope I never smell like," he said, shuddering. "But anyway, sometimes Xion would come over my house, late in the night, asking to stay over and she would have bruises on her sides and occasional scratches that she would blame from tripping or a little run in with a cat, but I knew there had to be more. But hearing what you've just said…it confirms what I've thought all along. Her dad's abusing her Riku…"

Roxas leaned against the wall in silence, waiting for Riku to reply.

He finally did so in outrage, "Who would DO something like that to a sweet innocent girl like her? It's okay, I can fix things. My dad knows plenty of good lawyers who can start a case on this. I'll lock that—"

"No! Riku! You don't understand! Xion wouldn't let you do that. She won't open up to anyone about this. I don't know how we're going to fix this unless she tells someone about this first. For all we know, she might not be able to tell anyone about her problem because her stepdad's holding up a death threat above her head if she does!" Roxas said, yelling in frustration of the situation that he's been stuck in for the past year since he's figured out what's been going on in Xion's house.

The other line stayed silent as both boys thoughts of Xion and what they've learned raced through their heads.

"Look," Riku finally said, "We're going to fix this…I know I've barely even known Xion but…she doesn't deserve this. No one does."

"Yeah," Roxas softly agreed.

"Are you at your house?" Riku asked.

"Mmhm."

"Do you mind if I stop by your house to drop off Xion's phone?" Roxas heard an engine start on Riku's end of the line.

Roxas agreed and gave his address to Riku, and before hanging up, he quietly asked, "Can this be our little secret until she decides to tell us herself?"

"My lips are sealed."

With that, Roxas nodded his head and ended the call. He sighed, feeling that all his energy was drained. But he didn't want to make Xion unhappy in any sort of way, so he shook his head and jumped up and down a little to gain a bit of energy. With that, he walked out the door and back into his room.

Xion flicked through the channels on Roxas' flat screen TV as she anxiously awaited for Roxas' return.

What on earth could those two be talking about? I'm not that interesting of a topic, am I? Her thoughts then went to what would be waiting for her when she got home. She began to chew on her polished fingernails, courtesy of Roxas, out of nervousness.

I hope nothing on my phone could have shown Riku anything about my dad…

Suddenly, the door flew open and Roxas entered with a smirk on his face.

"Guess who will be over here in a few minutes," he said, jumping back on the bed with excitement.

"Riku's coming over here?" She said, sitting up in a frenzy.

Roxas just laughed at Xion in her distress and patted her cheek, "Have no worries my friend, because from what I can tell," He got close and whispered in her ear, "he likes you."

Xion looked at Roxas like he was crazy, no words spoken until at last, she broke out in a fit of laughter. "Oh my god… Roxas… you are just too funny," she said in between laughs. "You seriously need to become a comedian," she said, once she began to calm down.

Roxas grabbed her shoulders and looked into her eyes, "Xion, I'm. Not. Kidding. He just broke up with Kairi." He then completely switched from his serious mood and said, "Besides, I would never want to be a comedian. I'm thinking more Interior Design, you know?"

Xion looked around his room, taking into account how stylish his room really was with the black and white theme with some gold accents. She shrugged and nodded her head, "Yeah, definitely more of an Interior Design guy."

Their thoughts of interior design were soon interrupted when the door bell chimed throughout the house.

"Looks like Prince Charming has arrived," Roxas said, smiling with a small twinkle in his eyes.

Xion stayed glued to the bed though, almost terrified about approaching the silver headed boy waiting outside Roxas' front door.

"…Well don't just sit there! Go downstairs before Riku dies of pneumonia out there in the cold or something!" Roxas said, pulling a zombie like Xion to her feet and pushing her through the door and down the stairs to the front door. He gave her butt a quick smack and she squealed, giving him a death glare. He only gave a sweet, innocent smile and descended back upstairs to his room.

Xion took a deep breath, and swung open the door.

Riku stumbled when the door opened right when he planned on knocking on it. He looked down and saw Xion starring up at him with wide eyes.

"X-Xion…" he said surprised, for some reason although he should have known she was going to answer the door. He cleared his throat and gave one of his signature smile-almost-smirks to the pretty girl in front of him. "…Hey," was all he could think to say.

Get it together Riku! She's just a girl. …But not just any girl. I have to protect her.

"Riku?"

Riku snapped out of his thoughts as the petite girl said his name. He shook his head and gave a soft smile, "Sorry, kind of got lost in my thoughts for a moment there."

"Don't get too caught up, for all you know, a flying football can go and hit you in the face if you do," Xion said, a small smirk on her lips and sarcasm dripping from her words.

Riku chuckled and pulled out Xion's cell phone from his back pocket. Xion held out her hand, expecting the phone, but Riku opened the phone, and began typing in his number, adding it to her phone book. He then set it in her hand and bent down so they were face to face.

"If you ever feel like there's a flying football coming your way…or there's any other problem you may find yourself in…just call me, okay? …I mean it," he said, looking into her eys. He then suddenly embraced her in a tight hug then turned away, quickly jogging down the steps of the house, before Xion could see the blush overtaking his cheeks.

Xion watched Riku and his silver hair begin to descend down the steps and into his car, all in a daze. She then slowly closed the door and leaned herself against it finding herself looking at Roxas, who was sitting at the top of the stairs. All he could do was smile, seeing his best friend finally get something she deserved.

"He just…and I…I don't even…how the heck did this happen?" Xion said, sliding down to the ground, feeling confused and blissful all at the same time.

Roxas then decided to slide down the banister and he lightly jumped off, joining his friend on the floor. He grabbed her hands and leaned in to her, "I believe, what has just happened is that my suspicions were correct. He likes you." He gave her hands a small squeeze and let them go, becoming serious. "Now I swear, if you mess this up, I…I don't know what I'm gonna do, but I'm gonna do something!" he said wagging his finger in her face.

Before Xion could reply, her phone buzzed. She flipped it open, seeing it was a text from Riku and she felt her heart flutter. Wait…heart flutter? What's going on with her? Xion's heart does not flutter. She shook her head and opened the text,

Study session Monday after school at the library?

"I think what he meant to type was date," Roxas whispered, peeping in on her text.

Xion rolled her eyes and gave a small smile and began to reply to his text, until an incoming call interrupted. Dad.

Xion gulped and pressed the ignore button, knowing this would soon bite her in the butt. She realized, she couldn't just stay at Roxas' house forever…she doesn't even have any clothes or even a toothbrush. Not as if Roxas wouldn't lend her one but she didn't want to be constantly depending on Roxas for everything.

She then took a deep breath and decided that she'd have to stop by the house while her stepdad was at work. Xion then looked back at her phone and replied to Riku's text, giving a simple reply of agreement and shut her phone.

She then slowly stood up and stretched like a lazy cat, giving a small yawn. "You know what…I'm pooped out. So, if you want to sit on the ground all day, I'm going to get accustomed to that sweet, feather mattress bed of yours."

Roxas didn't reply, as he sat on the floor, lost in thoughts of his own. Xion gave him a quirky look, but decided to ignore it, and she began to go up the steps.

What Xion didn't know was that he saw her ignore that call. And he knew all the consequences she would face because of that.

SO, I believe there was some impeding doom in this chapter, don't cha think?

What's gonna happen when Xion visits the house? I hope it'll go over smoothly...

And how nice, Riku's being so protective like he always is, ya know?

Oh but what about Roxas and Axel? (Fitting a little akuroku in this won't hurt, right?)

And since Riku got Kairi out of the picture...what's she going to do to get herself back in it?

ALL NEXT TIME ON, THE JOCK&THE NERDETTE!

Lol wait, when did this become a TV show?

yep well, clicking that little button below all these wonderful words and stuff will make me and the rest of the cast of this show QUITE happy campers so uh...hop to it? 3