Well, this is chapter 2. This is longer, and I hope it's more interesting. I had fun writing it, so enjoy.

Ugh…God, what is that? Waking up to loud screeching was just not tolerable. Listening a little more carefully, I made it out to be a yowl from a cat.

"What the hell?"

Sliding out of bed, rubbing my eyes, I made my way downstairs. Following the sound to the living room, I found Sora holding Ginger and Riku was attempting to clip her nails while she scratched and yelled at him.

"Dammit Sora, why do I have to clip this things nails?"

Riku looked like he was ready to fling himself out the window while Sora struggled with the wiggling cat.

"Because, she'll only let me hold her like this."

Which was kind of true. Ginger had been a stray Sora found, so she really only trusted him. She wouldn't even let me pet her most of the time. I love cats, but they don't seem to like me. Such a shame.

"Well, this has been an eventful morning."

Rummaging through the refrigerator, I sighed. At least they eventually got her calmed down enough to clip her nails, after they basically let her use me as a scratching post. Not to mention I was now covered in Strawberry Shortcake bandages. Why they had these on them, only the Heavens could guess. Pulling my head back out of the fridge, I turned around to find Sora in my face, grinning.

"Ah! Jesus, man! Don't do that!"

I was still kind of jumpy from the movie marathon last night, and Sora just laughed.

" Hey, wanna go meet Xion and Namine at iHop?"

I stared at him. Namine was my ex-girlfriend, and I kind of broke up with her the day I left and told her I was gay.

"Uh…sure."

I didn't know who Xion was, but it'd be pretty awkward having breakfast with Namine.

"Uh…who's Xion?"
I tilted my head in confusion. She hadn't lived here when I was still here.

"Oh yeah, that's right! You haven't met her yet, have you? She moved here last year from Miami."

Hope she's somewhat normal, unlike most girls in this place.

"Don't worry, Roxas. We'll make sure you don't hit any landmines with Namine."

Sometimes Riku could say just the right things. I nodded as I headed upstairs.

"Where are you going?"

I heard Riku's voice just barely over the thud of my feet on the stairs.

"To get dressed! I'm starving!"

At that, I swore I saw him smirk and Sora grin.

"Alright! To iHop!"

Pulling into the parking lot, I saw a girl with black hair, wearing mostly black, probably Xion, and Namine. Oh geez, she's gonna be so mad at me. I did all I could to avoid eye contact when I got out of the car, while Sora ran up and hugged them. He walked over with Xion, but I was too nervous to hear what he was saying because Namine was looking over at me. I saw Sora and Xion staring at me expectantly. Shit, I think he just introduced her. Uh…gotta say something.

"N-nice to meet you."

I did my best to give her a friendly smile, which she returned.

"I've heard a lot about you, Roxas. I hear you're very good friends with Sora and Riku."

I nodded, my mind swimming with thoughts of what Namine could be thinking right now.

"Come on, dorks, I'm hungry."

Riku held open the door as we piled into the building, which was busy due to the fact it was breakfast time. As we waited for the waitress to come and seat us, Namine walked over to me and smiled.

"Hey, Roxas. Long time no see. How've you been?"

Oh, God. Is she implying something?

"Uh…good, good. Finished college." I scratched my arm nervously as she nodded and kept talking, though she seemed to notice how jittery I was.

"Roxas? Roxas! Is there something wrong?"

N-no…nothing! I'm fine!

"Uhm…you're not mad at me? For…you know. Breaking up with you and stuff?"

She looked confused, and then she broke into a smile and started laughing. What is she laughing at? I looked around to make sure Sora wasn't doing something goofy behind me, but he was just standing there, holding hands with Riku and talking with Xion. I looked back to Namine, who had calmed down and smiled softly.

"I'm not mad. I understand. You like men, which I'm not one of, and it makes sense. At least you didn't hide it forever. I'm over it, don't worry."

Wait…huh?

"Really? Thanks, Namine."

I smiled and hugged her, my smile widening when she hugged me back. Namine didn't hug you back if she was mad at you.

"Come on, guys."

Xion was gesturing for us to follow as the waitress with blonde hair, which kind of reminded me of a bug's antennae, lead us to an open booth. Ms. Waitress looked kind of irritated. Maybe she doesn't like her job. Personally, I liked being a waiter at Applebees, because it gave me a chance to practice acting nice to people who didn't deserve it. Practice is practice, no matter to whom or where it is.

I ended up sitting between Xion and Sora, which was kind of interesting because they like to chat. A lot. They kept leaning across me to tell each other one thing or another. It was annoying, but in a comforting sort of way, if that made any sense. I missed Sora's blabbering, and this Xion girl seemed fine, too.

"And, and! It was like BOOM and I was like DAAYUUMMM!"

"Excuse me, are you ready to order?"

Ms. Waitress was back, a notepad in her hand and her eyes rolling as she listened to Sora and Xions conversation.

"Ow!"

Sora brought his leg up to nurse it as Riku whistled nonchalantly. At least that brought Sora back to reality, if only for a little while. Ms. Waitress tapped her foot in agitation, looking at the clock. It was probably almost her break.

"Sorry, ma'am. I'd like a chicken-fried steak with eggs, sunny side up, wheat toast, and a glass of lemonade."

Yuck. I hated sunny side up eggs and chicken-fried steak. Never understood how Riku could eat it.

"Alright. What about chatterbox over there?"

The waitress nodded her head at Sora, who was still looking through his menu.

"I'll haaaave…some eggs and…no wait..no…no…uhm..Bagel and..wait.."

I stared at him. I felt for the people who have ever taken Sora's order in anything, because I did at one point.

"Come on kid, my break is in ten minutes. What'll ya have?"

Sora consulted himself out loud, nodded, folded the menu, and gave it to the waitress with a very accomplished look on his face. I have to admit, it wasn't the longest he's taken to order. Let's just say the longest made a waitress at Chili's quit her job.

"I'll have the Tuti Fruity Fresh and Fruity."

I laughed, Sora looking at me in confusing, but Riku, Namine and Xion started giggling too.

"What? I don't get it."

Sora looked around as even Ms. Waitress laughed a little.

"It's totally you, Sora. Perfect match."

At this, Sora blushed and slapped my arm. I laughed still, but his hits did kind of hurt. Man, I missed this.

"Anyways, what'll the rest of you have?"

Xion and Namine looked at their menus before folding them up and setting them in front of the waitress delicately.

"I will have a cream filled crepe with warm strawberries on top, fresh whipped cream, and powdered sugar. With some apple juice on the side."

The waitress scribbled her order down and looked at Namine, who was sitting patiently and quietly.

"Umm…I'll have a small stack of blueberry pancakes and a glass of milk."

Same old Namine. She always ordered pretty light because she was tiny. Not just short, but skinny as all get out. She doesn't look like she's binged on chocolate a day in her life, though I know she has.

"And you, Blondie?"

Another nickname people used to call me before we saw Chicago and Sora had 'Roxy' spread around the entire neighborhood and school we went to.

"I'll have chocolate chip pancakes with some bacon and eggs on the side. A bagel with cream cheese and a glass of orange juice."

Namine giggled and Sora grinned as I blushed a little. I was hungry. Is it a crime to eat a lot once and a while?

"Still eating like a starving hockey player who hasn't stopped playing for, like, a million years."

Sora sighed dramatically, but I could tell he was smiling still.

"Babe. That was really lame."

Riku smirked as he said this to Sora, who then kicked his leg hard under the table, leaving Riku to shout out excessively, enabling people to stare at us like we just grew horns.

"Hey, guys. Are you gonna go to Pride Parade?"

Xion was looking at everyone as Riku nodded and Namine shrugged.

"Dude! Totally!"

Sora was grinning like an idiot. What're they talking about? I didn't know what a 'pride parade' was, but it sounded kind of weird. Apparently noticing my look of confusion, Xion decided to explain.

"Pride Parade is a gathering of proudly out people, or supporters of out people. Even if you aren't out you can come. Honestly, anyone can. It's for anyone from gay, to straight, to transgender. It's really fun, especially for me. A lot of cute girls go there, so I might get lucky."

I just stared at her. Wait….cute girls? Was she…? Oh holy crap. I had no idea she was gay, or bi or whatever. I didn't know she liked girls. But honestly, I thought it was pretty cool. I'd never had a lesbian friend before, so it was pretty awesome. Also, this Pride Parade thing sounded cool. Maybe I'd meet new people or something? Looking up, I saw Ms. Waitress setting the giant tray on a tray holder and started handing things out. She may not like her job, but she was pretty damn good at remembering who wanted what. Thanking her, we dug in. I poured maple syrup on my pancakes, making sure not to get any on my eggs or bacon, and spread the cheese on my bagel. I watched Namine pour blueberry syrup on her blueberry pancakes. She always loved blueberries.

"Roxas! Earth to Roxas! Helloooo!"

Sora was waving his hand in front of my face as I looked up, cocking an eyebrow and making a small 'hn?' sound.

"Doesn't Pride Parade sound cool? Riku and I went last year and it was sooooo fun. You should come with us. Do you want to?"

I took a bite of my eggs, prolonging my answer to him, knowing it'd drive him nuts to the point where he started shaking me.

"Alright, alright. It sounds cool, so I suppose I'll come. When is it?"

Sora pondered for a second, looking at Riku and Namine, who both shrugged. Xion ended up sighing and looking up.

"Oh. You're all hopeless. It's in two days."

I nodded, finishing my food. Everyone else seemed to be finished too, when Xion got a text.

"Crap. Namine! Hayner dumped Olette and now she's crying at Kairi's house. Let's roll. Guys, here's our share."

Xion left her and Namine's share of the bill as they both jumped out of the booth and out the door. Looking outside, I could see Xion had a vintage bug in pretty nice condition. I'd always wanted one, but I'd never told anyone because they'd think I was gayer than I am already. I mean I'm open about it, but I'm not flamboyant.

"Anyways, it's a Sunday so everyone is either at church or sleeping. Wanna head back home?"

Riku started standing and went to the front counter to pay. I slid out of the booth and let Sora out. I happened to be a little tired still. After Riku paid, we all piled into his car and headed back home.

When we got home, Sora and Riku automatically went to the couch and started snuggling, Sora turning on The Devil Wears Prada. Honestly, that kid was the most flamboyant gay I've ever met, but that's what made him fun and unique. Yawning, I trudged upstairs to my room. Man..I must be more tired than I thought. Not even bothering to put on pajamas, I flopped onto my bed. I ended up falling asleep about twenty minutes later, and once again had a strange dream. Though, now, I could make out the shape of red hair. Why did I keep having weird dreams about this?

Well, this has been RMGB chapter 2. Review it? I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Anyways, peace! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo