XV

Lightning was sitting alone, eyes closed, chin on her hand. It was still too early to leave just yet, but falling asleep wouldn't do her much good.

Serah usually left at the same time as Lightning, but it really was too early for her to be out of bed yet.

Lightning sighed.

Silence…

Her silence was interrupted when Serah's phone rang. Lightning frowned and opened her eyes. Who the hell would call her at this time!?

She reached across the table to grab it and curiously looked at the caller ID. "Snow."

Snow? What kind of name is that?

She narrowed her eyes a little then placed the phone down.

-

"Good morning" Serah smiled, brushing all the dust off of her school uniform.

"'Morning…" Lightning mumbled.

Serah continued with her routine, making breakfast, drying her hair, etc, until Lightning brought something up.

"Who's Snow?"

She froze, then finally turned half way around. "N-no one, just a guy." Oh damn it, I said guy!

"Is he bothering you…?" Lightning asked, furrowing her brow.

"What? No, no. It's fine; he's just… uh… a friend."

Lightning didn't seem reassured. Great. That's really all she needed; a suspicious Lightning.

"Be careful" was all Lightning said.

They headed out pretty soon after that, and on their way, they didn't have much to say. Lightning had her arms crossed and was looking around the city, while Serah nervously walked beside her. Lightning would kill her if she knew she was dating someone; especially if it were Snow. Snow was laid-back, cheerful and confident, everything that Lightning wasn't. There was no way she would approve of her relationship with a man who called himself the hero, and didn't even have a job. Serah thought of him as a freelancer, a vigilante. But Lightning would probably only think of one thing; worthless. She knew that her older sister would never approve of such a man in her life, and she couldn't change Lightning or Snow.

She could still be Lightning's sister if she dated Snow, so she'd date Snow!

-

"What's up? You sound kinda worried."

"Huh? Oh, no it's nothing. Just my sister…"

"Sister? As in soldier sister? What'd she do to you?"

"She didn't do anything" Serah spoke into the phone gloomily. Of course, it was Snow on the other end of the line. "She's coming so close to figuring out I'm dating someone…"

Snow snorted. "So what? Why don't we just tell her?"

"Uh…That would be because…" She wouldn't like you. At all.

"Come on, Serah. If you want to be honest with your older sister, you at least have to tell her this! We'll tell her together, okay?"

Serah smiled. Snow always knew how to make her feel better, kind of like how Lightning used to too.

"I love you, Snow."

"I love you too" Snow chuckled.

Her first serious relationship was with a man three years her senior- the same age as her sister. He was lovable and charming- and she was sure he'd use that charm to win over her sister.

Her smile brightened. Lightning would definitely have to approve of Snow eventually!

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*Sigh*

At last, the final chapter.

And SNOW was in it…………. I am not proud of myself right now.

But enough of my eternal hatred for Snow, I want to thank everyone who's given me support and everyone who's reviewed and given me pointers.

Seriously, you guys were my biggest inspiration.

Now that this is over, I can finally relax and focus on schoolwork *damn*

For any Australians that read this, have a happy ANZAC long weekend :P

Thank you all for reading, I heart you all… (?)

-PoliceCommander.