Alright. This is the third chapter. I apologize in advance if something I mention in here upsets some people. I don't mean to. Anyway, please enjoy this new chapter of RMGB.

Chapter 3:

It's been two days since we went to iHop. Not much happened, just Sora freaking out over a spider in the bathroom and sleep, lots and lots of sleep. Each time I slept, I had that same dream, only a bit more vivid each time. I finally got to the point where I can tell it was the hair of a man. Doesn't surprise me because, well, I'm gay, duh. Anyway, it's the day of Pride Parade, and Sora and Xion have been decking out in all their LGBTQ wear, from t-shirts supporting the cause, all the way down to shoelaces. Me, I was just wearing a 'Legalize Gay Marriage' bracelet. I don't understand why we have to get there so early, I mean, nothing cool started until later, right?

"Roxas! Come on, dude, we're gonna be late!"

I sighed as I walked downstairs to where Sora was gesturing wildly to Riku, who was walking slowly out the door to his car. I was starting to think this whole Pride Parade idea was a mistake, but no way in hell would Sora let me out of it.

"Come on, Roxas!"

I felt it before I heard it. Sora grabbed my wrist and pulled me down the last four steps, making me trip. Looking up, I saw that Sora and Xion had both caught me. I stood upright and rubbed my arm.

"Had to use a little teamwork to save that pretty face of yours."

Xion pinched my cheek hard. I rubbed it and tried to glare at her menacingly, but it was hard to get mad at Xion.

"Come on guys. Weren't we gonna be late?"

Sora and Xion nodded, and Sora bolted out the door singing the part of Born This Way when she's singing about sexualities. Xion followed him, skipping joyously to Riku's metal heap. I sighed and smiled. I just can't bring myself to hate them. I walked out to the car, and we were on our way to Pride Parade.

"Dear Lord, we're gonna have one hell of a time finding a parking space."

Xion was staring out the window, as I sighed. For those who didn't know or hadn't lived here their entire lives, they didn't know this many people lived in Omaha. Truth is, a lot of fucking people do, and a lot of them were parking downtown. Why Pride Parade needed to be right by the Durem Western Heritage Museum was beyond me. But I digress; we finally found a parking space in a dirt lot about three to four blocks away. Sora complained as he got out of the car, and Xion reprimanded him for whining while Riku and I just quietly walked down the road towards the loud music.

"Look! There it is!"

Sora was pointing dramatically at the open area Pride Parade was held. Walking down the steps to the pay tent. Riku, Xion and I started getting out money out, when the feminine looking man with pink hair and a flower t-shirt on held his hand up.

"No charge. You guys are here so early that it's impressed me. Go have fun."

Xion smiled and thanked him as Sora let out a yelp of excitement and ran towards a booth where they were selling LGBTQ stuff and having a draw for candy. Riku followed him, and Xion walked over to a group of girls at a clothing booth and started chatting them up. I looked around, unsure of where to go when I saw a booth that had glowy balls, corsets and fun, fluffy stuff.

"Oooooh!"

Like the little gay boy I am, I scuttled over to the booth and started poking through their wears. They had everything I enjoyed: shiny stuff, fluffy stuff, glowing stuff, and balls. Hehe…gay joke. I shook my head at myself for being so immature. Looking around, I noticed that the others were nowhere to be found, and a lot of people seemed to have just appeared out of nowhere. Turning myself around, I got bumped into and knocked to the ground. Wait….huh? I opened one of my eyes and looked down. I was hovering above the ground, and it felt like something tight was around my waist. Looking up, I saw red, pure, fiery hair. As my eyesight focused, I saw a handsome face that was grinning apologetically at me.

"I'm so sorry, man. I was texting and didn't see ya. My bad."

I shook my head as he let me stand upright. Why did he seem so familiar? I went to thank him for catching me, but I ran into his chest. He was more than a head taller than me, lanky, and he had a 'Don't Be Hatin' On the Homos' t-shirt on.

"Ah..s'all good, dude. No blood no foul."

Stepping back a little, I looked at him again. He was grinning kind of creepily. He came over to the booth I was at and started picking through the merchandise.

"First time 'ere?"

He was looking at me, and now that I was paying attention I saw that he had really green eyes. They were almost inhuman how green they were. I also now noticed, now that the trauma of being knocked over was gone, that he had a small Irish accent. I nodded and started sifting through corsets.

"Uh…yeah. It is. I'm here with some friends."

Right as I said that, someone started talking on the microphone on the stage, and everyone started cheering. I didn't quite hear what they were saying, but then the guy left and Toxic by Britney Spears started playing. Raising an eyebrow, I watched until I saw a woman run onto stage and begin to lip sync to it. Well, she was a woman now. I'd never seen a real transvestite before.

"Hey, kid, wanna get a closer look at the trannies?"

Before I could say anything, the red haired guy grabbed my arm and pulled me through a crowd of people, all the way up to the stage. It was really loud and I was surrounded by people I didn't know. I looked around and saw Sora and Riku farther back in the crowd, making out. I rolled my eyes and looked back up to the stage, watching as one after another, more trannies came on stage and lip synced to different songs. Never thought I'd ever say this, but Sora was actually right to bring me here. I looked back at the guy with the red hair, watching as he danced and cheered and talked with some blonde guy with a mullet.

"Hey…what's your name, anyways? You didn't tell me and kind of just pulled me with you."

He and the mullet haired one looked at me as the red haired one put his hand on his hip.

"Name's Axel. Commit it to memory 'cause I have a feelin' you'll be sayin' it a lot."

He poked his temple as he said this and winked, making the blonde one laugh and pat his shoulder. Axel put him in a headlock, let him go, and pointed his thumb at his friend.

"This's Demyx. He's a musician an' he's pansexual."

Demyx nodded and gave a little wave, but got distracted when some man came over and started talking to him. Once again, Axel grabbed my arm and started pulling me out of the crowd.

"Where're we going?"

"Don't worry, Blondie. I'll make your first time 'ere memorable."

After bumping into Xion, who was talking to these belly dancer girls, we went searching for Demyx, Sora and Riku.

"So…a short, brown haired spazzy kid and a silver haired guy with 'im?"

I nodded, looking around as I got fed up and texted Sora. Waiting for his response, I sat there and watched Axel and Xion talk. I yawned, stretched, and then got tackled to the ground by a loud giggling mass.

"Sora! There you are."

Xion helped me up once Sora, who was still laughing, got off. Coincidentally, Demyx jogged over a few minutes later with 'NO H8' painted on his cheeks.

"'Sup guys? Heyyyy, new people."

Demyx started introducing himself to the others as I walked over to Axel, who was texting again.

"What're we gonna do?"

Axel finished texting and looked up at me, grinning. As if summoned, Xion, Demyx, Sora and Riku all looked at us, giving their undivided attention to Axel.

"My friends. We're goin' to go roam downtown Omaha. I know places most people don't know 'bout. We'll rule this city, if only for tonight."

Hm..Not bad. I must admit, he was a good talker, because Sora and Demyx were clapping and nudging each other as if they knew each other forever, Xion was smiling, and Riku smirked a little. I couldn't help but smile a little myself. It sounded great, considering I hadn't been in town for years and one time downtown really wasn't enough to memorize again.

"Well what're we waiting for? To the downtown!"

Demyx pumped his fist into the air and started walking, Sora following just the same, with Xion and Riku close behind. Axel walked up to me and smirked a little as we both started walking also. For some reason, his smirk really makes me mad. I tightened and loosened my jaw and just ignored it as I caught up with Xion and Riku. Guess I could withstand this probably interesting night.

God, I was so right. We were all walking down the Old Market, Sora and Demyx stopping to give money to every street performer and singing I Want It That Way. Riku was shaking his head and hiding his face with his hand, and Xion was just giggling as she watched them scare small children with Sora's singing. Demyx was actually a really nice singer. I guess it's not that surprising considering he was a musician, so he had tone. Sora was just…Sora, and what Sora apparently does is flail around flamboyantly while singing the Backstreet Boys, and occasionally doing some really bad dances, like the Sprinkler or the Running Man.

"Damn. That kid's got more spirit than Demyx, and that's sayin' somethin'."

Axel was watching Sora do the moonwalk down the sidewalk as Demyx and Xion laughed. I still couldn't get over his accent. He had to be foreign, unless he was faking it.

"Hey, Axel? Are you foreign, by any chance?"

Axel looked at me as if he weren't expecting the question, but he smiled and laughed a little, slapping his hand on my shoulder.

"Ya. My family moved 'ere from Ireland when I wa' 'bout ten er so? Bu' ya, I am foreign. The accent confuse ya, Blondie?"

"Of course not. I just wanted to know if you were faking it or not."

Axel laughed so hard his flat stomach shook, which I took as too much and I clenched my jaw again. He suddenly stopped laughing and stared at me.

"What is it?"

" I ju' realized that I haven't asked ya your name yet, Blondie."

Huh. That's true. I hadn't introduced myself to him, even after he introduced himself and Demyx. How rude of me.

"How rude of me. It's Roxas."

Axel pressed his finger to his temple and nodded.

"Right. Roxas. I've got it memorized. Nice name, by the way, Blondie."

I blushed a little and shook my head. I also happened to run into Sora's back, who was standing and staring upwards. I rubbed my nose and looked around. Demyx, Xion and Riku were too, and not just them. There was an entire crowd of people, some screaming.

"'Oly shit. Roxas, look up."

Axel pointed up to a tall building and I let my gaze follow it to where I saw a figure standing on the edge of a building. A man.

"Jesus Christ, somebody call the cops!"

Riku had his phone out and was already talking to the police as I just stared. Don't jump. Don't…..jump. I saw the man scooting closer to the ledge. Where the hell are the cops? Xion screamed and covered her face as I looked back up to see the man falling down towards the crowd. Sora and Demyx jumped backwards, but I just stood and stared. He was coming fast, and just before he hit the ground, someone pulled me out of his way, He landed exactly where I was standing, blood splattering on my face and clothes. I couldn't look away from the man's mangled body, even as I heard cops pull up and move people away.

"Roxas. It's okay. It's over. Damn, he's shakin'."

I got pulled back farther as Sora grabbed my other arm and I was dragged away from the scene, Demyx comforting a crying Xion and Sora squeezing Riku's hard with his free hand. I noticed that the person who pulled me out of the way was Axel, but I couldn't bring myself to speak at the moment.

"Roxas. Don't cry. Please, don't cry."

Sora rubbed my arm as I brought my hand to my face. I'm crying… I hadn't noticed until just now. I wiped my eyes and continued to walk.

"Hey. Maybe we should do this another time. I think you need to get Xion and Roxas home."

Demyx said this as he nodded to the parked cars near Pride Parade. I didn't know we already walked so far. I looked around as Demyx and Axel got into an old blue hippy van and I was dragged away with Xion, Riku and Sora back to the car.

We ended up dropping Xion off at her house, Riku telling her she could come get her car from the house tomorrow. As we got home, Sora curled up in the corner of the couch. Riku sat down to comfort him, not even bothering with the TV as I walked up to my room and lay gently on my bed. I lay there and thought about the suicide we'd witnessed, and of Axel. Why the hell was he so damn familiar? I ended up falling asleep soon after these thought, and awakened the next day around noon. I bolted up in my bed. I had had the dream again, only this time I could make out a pair of upside down teardrop tattoos on the man's face. Holy shit. Could the guy I've been dreaming about be Axel?

Ehehehe. Sorry if I screwed over Axel's accent. I just like typing like that and I thought it'd be more interesting if he had an accent like that. Anyway, Roxas already knew Namine, Sora, and Riku. He met Xion, Axel, and Demyx. I wonder who he'll meet next? Review please? Bye byee! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo