Chapter Two
Three years had passed since the freak accident that killed a thousand people occurred. One of the thousand was a friend of Namine's. She had mourned his death every night for five weeks until she forced herself to forget about him. She forced herself to forget that he ever even existed. Forgetting him was so much easier than accepting the fact that he was dead.
Three years later, she was heading to Twilight Town to study at a boarding school for her junior year of high school. She didn't want to go, mostly because that was where a certain someone was heading to before the accident. Also, she was scared of starting a new year all alone. After his death, people at her school started noticing her. They felt bad for her and took her under their wing. Namine didn't feel as though she was one of them, but she had made friends.
Namine sighed. Her parents had been afraid to take a train since the accident occurred. Instead they were boarding their private gummie ship. "Have you got your stuff all packed?" Her mother asked.
"Yeah. This time I didn't forget to pack my tooth brush." Last year, she had forgotten to pack it when they were going to Atlantis. Luckily, she had found a shop there that sold some.
"And you made sure to pack enough underwear for a whole school year right?" Her mom asked.
"Mom!" She groaned. "I have it all. Don't worry about me." Namine said, getting inside the ship.
"Okay," She pouted. "But you let me know if anyone is harassing you at that school!"
Namine rolled her eyes. She knew her mom meant well, but come on. She was a big girl, she could take care of herself.
"Yummie, she's a grown girl. There's no need to baby her anymore." Her father said.
Namine sighed in relief. She could always count on her dad for everything.
"Just..Just don't forget about us while you're there...without us okay?" He sniffled
Namine groaned. "Dad, no tears!" She smiled. "I'm still your little girl no matter what. You too mom."
Her mother wiped the tears away and hugged her daughter. "I want you to enjoy this school year. And remember, don't think that we're sending you off to boarding school because we don't love you. We're sending you there to become more independent. Ever since that accident, you've become different."
Namine cringed. She didn't like being remembered about that day. "I'll try to enjoy it." She managed to say.
At Twilight Academy
Kairi and the girls were sitting by the fountain where they always did for lunch. They were engaged in a conversation over who had gotten hotter since last year.
"I'm telling you, that boy's been working out." Selphie said.
"So he's gotten buffer, but he still looks the same." Fuu replied. The were talking about Hayner.
"We're talking about who got HOTTER. Meaning, how cute the boy is doesn't count." Selphie pointed out.
"He's not bad looking.." Ollette said shyly.
"Pfft...you're only saying that cause you love him!" Selphie grinned.
"I do not love him!" Ollette cried.
"Right...is that why you have a shrine of him under your bed?" Selphie smiled playfully.
Ollette blushed. She had liked Hayner not for his looks, but for the fact that he always stood up for her. He looked pretty tough, but he was a gentlemen. He had manners, unlike some people. "At least he knows how to treat a girl, unlike Tidus!" She shot back.
"What are you talking about? Tidus is such the gentleman." Selphie's eyes glazed over as she talked about him.
Kairi rolled her eyes. "Tidus? ick, he's like an annoying step brother to me."
"That's because he is." Fuu said.
"I'm trying to forget that part." Kairi said. Life with Tidus wasn't so bad, but he was so annoying. His friends kept coming over and barging into her room. He also read her diary from time to time. Plus, he hogged the bathroom mirror. He always had to look good everywhere he went.
Shiki smiled, "What do you guys think about Neku?"
"Neku? you mean cat boy over there?" Selphie pointed to the loner boy eating lunch by the garbage can.
Shiki nodded her head shyly.
"Have you seen how scrawny his arms are!? There's no way he's going to be able to pick up any girl with those." She commented.
Shiki laughed, but the truth was she wanted to slap Selphie. How dare she make fun of her lover!
Just then an auburn haired girl busted through the doors at high speed. "Guys, you'll never believe what I just heard!" The girl was known as Eri. She was hard to miss, she was one of the prettiest girls in school.
"What? They have a clothing ban on skanky outfits?" Fuu said sarcastically. She never really Eri, neither of them did except for Shiki.
"haha, no." Her eyes narrowed at Fuu. "We have a new girl coming to our school."
"A new girl?" Riku asked. He had over heard the conversation, along with his group of friends.
"Yes, a new girl." Eri repeated herself.
"Cool. Is she hot?" Sora asked.
Kairi punched him in the shoulder, "Sora!"
"Ow! what!? I was just wondering..." The two had been going out since freshmen year.
"So is she?" Roxas asked.
"Probably not." Eri smiled flirtatiously at him. Everyone knew that Eri had an eye for Roxas.
"What's with the smile?" Seifer butted in.
"Is it a crime to smile?" She snapped at him.
"It's a crime to harass someone." He shot back. "For the last time, eerie, he doesn't like you like that. So fuck off!"
"I'm being friendly with him. I'm trying to do anything." She hissed. Eri was beginning to lose her temper until Shiki interfered.
"L-let's go Eri!" Shiki said pulling her friend away.
"What's a sweet girl like Shiki doing with her?" Kairi asked once the two were out of earshot.
Pence shrugged, "It's like saying why aren't Selphie and I together again?"
Selphie rolled her eyes. "That was so long ago. That was before I had good taste in boys." She cringed at the memory of her actually liking Pence.
"It was true love at first sight, I tell you" He waggled his eyebrows.
"How'd you guys meet anyways?" Fuu asked.
"We met at - Mph!" Selphie covered Pence's mouth before he could say it.
"One word out of you and you're dead meat!" She hissed. Selphie turned to her friends and smiled, "We met at the park. It was the biggest mistake of my life!"
Somehow Fuu couldn't believe that, but shrugged it off anyway.
"What's this talk about a new girl?" Axel asked. He was a senior and had a tall, lean body with fiery red hair to match his personality.
"We're getting one. I hope she's hot." Riku said.
"What're you guys talking about?" Tidus asked. The other group of senior friends followed him.
"We're talking about the new girl, keep up will you?" Kairi snapped.
"Is she here yet?" Demyx asked.
"Obviously not." Ollette said. "There's no crowd or anything."
"Good point." Demyx said. Demyx wasn't the brightest of the group. Many people wondered if how the hell he passed middle school. Some say it was because the middle school teachers couldn't stand to have him wandering the halls for another year again and had decided to pass him.
"Shit, I gotta go to the bathroom. Like right now!" Roxas said while grabbing his crotch. He blamed it on Seifer who challenged him to drink a whole gallon of water.
Kairi snickered as she watched him rush into the building. "What does Eri see in him anyway?" She laughed.
"He's cute, he's nice, he's funny, and he hangs out with Tidus." Selphie ticked off her fingers.
"I hang out with Tidus too, and I'm not classified as 'hot' by girls." Sora murmered.
"Hey at least you were lucky enough to find Kairi." Ollette smiled.
Suddenly a crowd had gathered by the parking lot. "Must be the new girl," Sho grinned. "Come on, let's go see if she's worth looking at or not."
Namine struggled to get out of the gummie ship. A flood of students were blocking the door way. "Are you sure we can't just run these kids over?" she heard her father say.
As soon as she gathered all her luggage and stepped out of the ship, her parents drove away without another single word. Namine gulped. There were so many people around her.
"New girl, over here!" A girl yelled from the side.
"No over here!" Yelled another.
'I hate being the new girl...' she thought.
Namine gulped and rushed inside the building. "I...uh...gotta meet the princeaple." She lied. Namine had already met him weeks ago. He came over to her house to discuss the rules about the school.
"I'll take you there!" A boy offered.
"No, I'll show you the way!" A girl yelled.
"No me!" Another boy yelled.
Namine watched as a fight broke out between the two boys. They were arguing about who would take her to the dean's office. Namine slipped inside as soon as the others had forgotten about her.
"Hey she left!" The girl shrieked.
Namine groaned, she heard footsteps following her. Namine began running down the halls. She could still here the crowd behind her. 'There's no way I can survive the first day of school!' Without much thought, she dove right into the nearest room.
She leaned against the door and tried to regain her breath.
"Agh!" A boy shrieked. He pulled up his fly as quick as he could and jumped back. "What are you doing here!?"
Namine let out a shriek and jumped back as well. "I'm not a pervert!" She yelled.
"Huh?" The boy looked confused.
"If you thought I came here to check you out, that is." She blushed. God she sounded stupid.
The boy smiled at her, and let out a laugh. "You're the new girl, aren't you?"
"How'd you know!?" Namine asked.
"Umm...I've never seen you before?" He chuckled.
"Oh right." Namine mumbled.
"You came here to escape from the crowd didn't you?" The boy stepped closer.
Namine nodded and blushed when he got closer. He looked really cute and really familiar. "Um...what's your name?"
"I'm Roxas." The boy grinned. "And you are..?"
"Namine." She smiled. 'Roxas? now why does that sound so familiar?' She tried to remember, but couldn't.
"Is something wrong?" He asked.
"Huh? oh no, you just seem really familar." Namine explained.
Just then the door swung open. Namine panicked and dragged Roxas into one of the stalls with her.
"Man, I think I ate something bad..." Pence said.
Roxas sighed in relief. "It's just Pence. He's my friend." He whispered. "Hey why'd you bring me in with you?" He asked.
Namine blushed. "I wanted....company?" She replied, though it sounded more like a question.
Roxas laughed softly, "You're weird you know that? But I like you."
Pence checked every stalls to make sure no one was there. Then two heard the bathroom stall next to them swing open. "Oh shit.." Roxas whispered to Namine.
"What?" Namine asked. Just then Pence let out a big fart. Namine covered her nose. "Oh god!" She yelled, almost too loudly.
"Who's there!?" Pence yelled.
Roxas fought back tears from the stench. "So what's it gonna be?" He asked Namine. "Die of gas coming out of Pence or die from a crowd of over excited teens?"
"I'll take my chances with a mob any day." Namine replied.
"At three we make a run for it. 1....2....3!" The two rushed out of the stalls, gasping for air.
"Man, you gotta tell Pence to lay off the beans."Namine said once they got out of the room.
Roxas laughed, "My friends are gonna love you."
"You sure about that?" Namine asked.
"Yeah. Here they are now." He pointed to a group of boys.
"You found the new girl?" Hayner said when he spotted the two.
"Yep. Her name's Namine." Roxas replied.
"Hey Namine. I'm Hayner, Roxas' best friend." The boy smiled. He had blue eyes and wiry blond hair.
"Roxas' best friend second to me." A blond haired boy with a scar running across his nose said. "I'm Seifer, that's Riku, and that's Sora. So what year are you in?"
"I'm in Junior year." Namine responded. She took a minute to scan their faces. Some looked older than others.
"Me-Demyx-, Axel, Sho, Zexion, and Tidus are seniors. We're like their older brothers." A blond haired boy noticed her scanning them. He had baby blues and a goofy grin.
Namine smiled. "Nice to meet you guys."
"Oh, and Pence is probably in the bathroom. Sho added some beans into his lunch." Demyx said.
"Hopefully no one was in there while he was doing his business." Zexion added.
Namine and Roxas smiled at each other.
"What? do you two have something special going on?" Sho grinned.
Namine reddened. She opened her mouth to speak but was interupted by a short haired brunette with one green eye and one blue eye.
"Leave her alone, Sho." She said. Behind her were a group of other girls.
"Relax, I was just kidding. You don't have to be so nosy all the time." Sho chided.
"Nosy!? I'm not nosy, right Yuffie?" The girl asked a raven haired girl, who coughed in response.
"Yuffie!?" She cried.
"Sorry, but he's right.." The girl looked away.
"Some friend you are," The brunette turned to face Namine. "You're the new girl right?"
"No duh, captain obvious." Sho smirked.
The girl glared at him, and returned her attention back to Namine. "I'm Yuna and these are my friends, Yuffie and Rikku."
The two girls waved at her.
"Are you seniors?" Namine asked.
Yuna nodded. "Yeah, it's too bad we'll only get to spend one year with you here." She smiled gravely.
"But on the bright side, college is so much fun!" Rikku yelled.
Namine smiled. 'I think I'm really fitting in.' She thought to herself. She heard someone shriek "New girl!" and the next moment she was knocked onto the floor by a green eyed brunette.
"Selphie....get....off her!" A silver haired girl huffed. She had to run to catch up to her friend.
Namine felt as though she had been run over by a car or something.
"Way to go, Selphie." Riku said. "You nearly killed the new girl."
"Sorry!" The girl said as she offered her hand to help.
"It's okay, at least I didn't break anything." Namine smiled and took her hand and brushed off some dust.
Two more girls rushed over. One had auburn hair and deep blue eyes. The other had long, chestnut colored hair with green eyes.
"I'm Selphie, this is Fuu, Kairi, and Ollette." She introduced her friends. "Did you find out what room you're in?"
"Hm? oh yeah." Namine pulled out a key with numbers engraved in it. "I'm in room 204."
"Eeek!" Selphie cried and grabbed her arms and began to jump. "We're going to be roommates! were going to be roommates!" She sang.
Namine jumped with her and chuckled nervously. "Yay! Um...could we stop jumping?"
"Oh sure," Selphie stopped. "Fuu's also going to room with us along with Shiki."
"Shiki?" Namine was unfamiliar with her.
"She's our other roommate. She's really nice too." Fuu replied.
Namine nodded. "Can I see our room?" She asked.
"Of course! To the room!" Selphie yelled. She grabbed Namine by the upper arm and yanked her away at high speed.
"For a girly girl, she's pretty strong." Sora commented.
Roxas just nodded. There was something about Namine that seemed so familiar. She resembled the girl he kept having dreams of.
So that was it for chapter two! I hope you guys like it and please review so i will know how i'm doing =)