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"S-Serah!" Lightning frowned, "Don't run, you'll knock someone over!"

Serah halted and slowly reversed, knocking into Lightning. "I told you" Lightning sighed.

The younger sister laughed and hugged Lightning's hand.

"Aren't you a bit old to be holding your sister's hand?"

Serah shook her head. "Never too old" she assured her. The youth was in good spirits lately, insisting to help Lightning around the house. Not once did they have any of their awkward silence moment, not that week.

At this time, they were walking to school. Usually, Lightning went in early to get the remainder of her homework down and Serah left to get the bus later, but occasionally (and rarely) they would walk together. The sun still hadn't made its way even half of the way up in the sky yet. Lightning liked it, it was soothing, like rain without the water. That was because the sun wasn't beating down on her head like it did at around midday, and it wasn't stinging her eyes like it did in the evening. Mornings were the best time of day.

"Light-ning" Serah chirped in a sing-song voice. She had agreed to call her the name she had chosen for herself in public, but in private, she was always Claire Farron.

Lightning raised her eyebrows and turned her head to the side. "Do you loooove me?" she smirked.

The older girl relaxed her brow and said nothing, turning back to the front. "Liiiight!" Every time she said that name, it was like she was mocking her rather than respecting her.

Lightning rolled her eyes and gently hit Serah on the back of the head. "Do you think that if I didn't you'd be here? I'd probably have sold you or something."

Serah wasn't very good at sensing Lightning's jokes. They were so vague that Serah had to think long and hard about the statement, and if that didn't work, Lightning would have to tell her that she was joking. Which was exactly what happened...

Serah sighed. "What's high school like?" she inquired, rubbing her eye with her fist.

Lightning thought, humming as she did so. "It's like middle school, except you're older. And there's a lot more work."

"But it's good. You're learning stuff, right?" she skipped in front of Lightning, staring right up into her face playfully.

"Yeah, of course" Lightning grunted, gently pushing Serah out of the way and walking again.

Serah gazed at the huge television screen overlooking Bodhum. There was a news program on. The female anchor was talking about some controversy and Serah grimaced.

"Ah! There's school! Time flies when you're having fun, huh, Light?"

Lightning snorted. "Fun, yes."

When they reached the gates, Lightning was about to leave, but Serah soon stopped her. "Forgetting something!?" she placed her hands on her hips.

"What?" Lightning asked.

Serah quickly flew into Lightning's arms, smiled, waved and was on her way.

"Right..." the older girl muttered, scratching her head. She was tempted to skip school today, but with so much fuss surrounding her, there was no way teachers wouldn't notice. And it was very unlikely Lightning would ever take a sick day.

So she sucked it up, tightened her tie and stepped onto the sidewalk again.

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And there we have it. Chapter Four.

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