AN: As I said if even just one person wanted me to continue this I would. I got 6 reviews for this chapter, which is the most I've ever gotten for a first chapter.

So, I thank you all very much for reviewing, favs, and alerts. Here is another chapter. The secrets and supernatural part of this story begin in chapter 3 which I am in the middle of writing. Enjoy.

Once Upon a Midnight Dream

Chapter 2

"His name is Axel Akuseru."

My heart was hammering in my chest. What was Lae doing here? He was just a creation to make my dreams better. Holy Hell he looks amazing. After realizing I hadn't taken my eyes off him since I looked up, I quickly looked away and saw Sora looking at me curiously. He jerked his head in Lae's direction asking 'What my deal with him was?' I shrugged in response. It's not like I'm going to tell him my 'dream guy' just walked into my real life.

"Why don't you sit in the seat behind Roxas, Axel." My teacher told Lae as she pointed towards me. His tall, thin, lithe body sauntered in my direction. I had to look away, which happened to be the floor again. I always look at the floor; it's a safe place.

I heard him sit behind me and I could swear I felt the heat of his eyes staring at the back of my head. My palms started to get sweaty and shake. Don't turn around, don't turn around, don't turn around, I repeated over and over in my head. "Hi, I'm Sora, this is my cousin Roxas, and my boyfriend Riku." I turned around. Lae was smiling at Sora's greeting. He took Sora's outstretched hand in his own hand and shook.

"Hello Sora, my name's Axel. Commit it to memory." His voice was just as sexy as it was in my dream. Lae, or I guess Axel, leaned back in his desk looking sleek and sexy. I noticed Axel had a diamond tattoo under each of his eyes, while Lae didn't. Hmmm, it's sexy. I had never had thoughts like this about anyone before. Well, I guess there was that slight infatuation I had with Namine. But she had been too quiet and sweet. This Axel, he looked like a bad boy. From the small amount of eyeliner he had on, to the black nail polish on his fingers and the white nail polish on his thumbs, to chains hanging from his pants and the Doc Martins on his feet. I love it all.

I realized that, once again, I was staring directly at Axel. And it was completely obvious since I was turned in my chair. I looked to the floor again as I turned back to face the front and take notes. Then I felt a light tap on the back of my shoulder. I turned around to see those piercing green eyes staring directly into mine. There was something mystical in those beautiful eyes. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. "May I have a piece of paper and borrow a pen?" He asked me in that sultry voice.

I nodded, tore a piece of paper out of my notebook and grabbed an extra pen. As I handed the beautiful redhead the supplies I said, "You can keep the pen too." He smirked at me and grabbed the paper and pen. His hand lingered on mine for a moment sending heat through my entire body.

"Thank you, Roxas." He said, his smirk never fading. I nodded because I couldn't get my mouth to work, and turned back around in my chair. Please let me get through this day without making a complete ass of myself.

oOo

Lae, I mean Axel, was in every single class with me. I always felt his eyes on me and whenever I looked at him it proved my suspicions. Unlike most people he didn't look away when I caught him, he smirked at me. It always sent shivers through my spine when he did that.

Sora asked me several times why Axel was staring at me and I could only tell him I didn't know. The truth is that I really don't know why he's staring. There's no way he could be Lae, even though the only difference between them was the tattoos and the 'x' in the names. As much as you want them to, dreams never turn into reality. It was impossible.

I sighed in frustration as I sat down next to Demyx with my lunch. Sora and Riku were sitting across from us. We sat at what you would call the 'outcast' table. We used to have a huge group of friends but they had kicked Sora and Riku out of the group when they came out as a couple. Demyx and I were the only ones in the group who followed them. We didn't believe you should be shunned for falling in love.

"Is something wrong Roxas?" Demyx asked looking up from his massive pile of food. I shook my head. I didn't know how to explain this, but if I told anyone it would be Demy.

"There's a new kid and he's in all of our classes. He keeps staring at Roxas. It's kind of creepy." Sora said from across the table. "I wanted to invite him to eat with us but he was talking with the popular kids and I thought after all his staring you wouldn't want him here."

The staring was a little weird, but part of me wanted to get to know Axel. "Where is he?" I asked as I started looking around the lunchroom.

"Probably sitting with the popular kids. He's pretty. They like that." Riku said and Sora nodded his agreement. I spotted the table where the popular kids, where we once sat, back when we belonged to that group. He wasn't there. I looked around the room several times before catching his mess of red hair.

He was sitting alone at a table in the corner of the room. His knees were pulled up to his chest and he was staring off into space. He looked really deep in thought. Suddenly he turned his face so he was looking directly into my eyes and smirked. I quickly turned my eyes to the floor. "Um…you guys, he's not with the popular kids. I'm gonna invite him over, 'kay." I said as I stood up, still staring at the floor.

My legs numbly carried me across the cafeteria to where Axel was sitting. When I looked up I saw that Axel was still staring at me with those gorgeous green eyes. "Why are you staring at me?" I asked him.

"I think you're adorable Roxas. It's hard to take my eyes off of you." He smirked at me again. 'Adorable', isn't that what Lae had called me. I tilted my head in thought. Is this just a coincidence?

"Have I met you before?" I asked hoping it didn't sound too weird.

"I've never me you." He said, smirk still in place.

"Do you want to come over to my table? It might be more fun than sitting alone in a corner." I asked. He smiled and nodded at me, as he placed his feet on the ground and stood up.

"Lead the way, Roxy." Axel said. I turned around for him to follow me. Hadn't Lae called me 'Roxy'? How could my mind have created someone so similar to a person I've never met before.

"Alright Axel, you've already met Sora and Riku, and this is my best friend Demyx." I introduced him to my mullet-haired friend who reached his hand out. Axel gladly took his hand and said, "Hello Demyx."

"You really are pretty. Actually, that probably isn't a strong enough word. You are really mother fucking gorgeous." Demyx replied as he shook Axel's hand. Axel smiled and laughed a little at Demyx's words before sitting down next to me.

"So why aren't you sitting with the popular kids?" Riku asked, he still has a huge grudge against them, "They invited you."

"Yes they did. But I am very good at reading people. The people in that group only wanted me to sit with them because I fit their 'image'. Though some of them do seem like decent people, the majority of them only think of themselves. I want friends who care about other people, not just themselves and how they look"

Riku nodded, accepting his answer. "How do you feel about gays?" Riku continued. Losing our old friends had upset him and Sora greatly. Anyone trying to be friends with us was interrogated by Riku. This is one of the reasons we are still only a group of four. No one could handle the interrogation.

"Makes no difference to me. You love who you love and shouldn't be punished for it."

"Any more questions?" I asked Riku. He shook his head and looked down to hide the smile on his face. Demyx clapped from beside me.

"It looks like we've found ourselves a new friend." He sang in excitement.

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Axel limited his staring to only while I wasn't looking at him, for the rest of the day. As it turned out Axel ended up being in all of my afternoon classes as well and I noticed an interesting fact about Axel when I snuck peeks at him through the corner of my eye. He only smiled or smirked when he was around or looking at me.

At any other time he looked like he was engulfed in sadness. I came to the conclusion that when other people look at me, I must look very similar to Axel. It was sad. I can now understand why Mrs. Dahm cares so much. When you see someone looking that sad you just want to run up to them and hug all their problems away.

Whenever he caught me looking at him he would quickly smile, wiping all traces of sadness off his face. It was frustrating and I was now starting to feel bad for Mrs. Dahm. This must be what she feels like when she's dealing with me.

I was half expecting Axel to climb into my bus with me but for once we didn't share something. The entire bus ride home my mind was filled with thoughts of Axel and Lae: Axel with his face tattoos and hidden sadness, and Lae with his ice cream and cheerful attitude.

They were so similar. I just couldn't figure out how I had created Lae before I had even met Axel. I stepped off the bus at my stop and walked through my front door. Today was a 'passed out from drinking way too much' day for my mom. I checked her pulse before walking up to my room.

Jason's truck wasn't here, which meant he wasn't here and I could relax a little bit. Rather than getting started on my homework right away I pulled out my sketchbook and found myself sketching Axel. I only had two possessions that would truly hurt me to lose. Those items were this sketchbook and the laptop all of my writing was saved on. Nothing else I had mattered to me.

I still had a lot to do before I finished Axel's sketch but I needed to begin my homework. However before I could even pull it out my mother had come out of nowhere and threw me into one of the two walls I had in my room.

"You little bastard!" She raised her hand and slapped me as hard as she could across my cheek. "You made him leave me. What have I ever done to deserve this? I love Jason and you made him leave me." She cried out before raising her and again and repeating her earlier action.

She stood up wiping the tears from her eyes, "How could you do this to me?" She asked as she walked away. She tripped on the first step almost falling forward but I caught her.

"Mom, careful." I scolded as I wrapped her arm around my shoulders and guided her to her bedroom. Once in the bedroom I helped her lay down and get comfortable. She was passed out again before I could ask if I could do anything else. I made sure to grab anything that would remind her of Jason before I left the room.

I did this every time a boyfriend broke up with her. She just fell apart whenever they left her and I was the only one here to take care of her. Someone had to do it. Dad left a long time ago so he wouldn't help. I don't even remember him. And she can't call one of her other boyfriends to come over and console her because a different boyfriend had broken up with her. So that left me. She was my mom, and she needed help.

After my mom was taken care of I went back to my room to do my homework. When I was finished I didn't bother with dinner, we wouldn't have anything anyway. I just went straight to bed and it didn't take long for me to end up on my beach again, but instead of searching for my tree I began searching for Lae.

"Hi Roxy."

AN: That sounded like a bunch of rambling, which is because they are Roxas thoughts. I believe the next chapter is written better, with more dialogue, or at least what I have written so far.

We will learn more about Axel and Lae in the next chapter.

Once again I won't be as quick to update this story as I am with my others. My apologies.

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