1Hey! I'm back! This came out a little faster than I expected. Maybe it's because I skipped school today. . Heheh Sorry about this chapter though, I really don't like it.

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Yuffie spent most of Saturday in a hammock in her backyard, reading library books while Thorn snoozed on her stomach. Zack shut himself in his room and didn't come out until dinnertime, and then he wouldn't tell her what he'd been doing. Fine then, Yuffie thought. You keep your secrets and I'll keep mine.

Sunday morning at breakfast, her dad announced that he wanted them to wash the car. Zack groaned and smacked his head onto the table.

"Come on, champ," Mr. Kisargi said, clapping his son on the shoulder. "It'll be fun, right Yuffie? Oh, you guys might want to wear your bathing suits."

Yuffie giggled. Last time they'd been given this chore, she and Zack had wound up wetter than the car in the end. He hated it, but she thought it was kind of fun. Especially when it was hot and sunny outside, like it was that day.

Her dad pulled the car out of the garage into the driveway and got buckets and sponges while Yuffie and Zack changed. Yuffie put on her black bathing suit with jean shorts and flip-flops and clipped her hair up out of the way with a large butterfly clip. When she went downstairs, her mother looked disappointed.

"I was hoping I'd finally get to see the bikini I bought you," Mrs. Kisargi said.

"Sorry, Mum," Yuffie said, feeling guilty. "I figured since I'd be getting messy, this one was better." She hurried through the screen door before her mother could argue with her.

Zack was already inside the car, vacuuming between and under the seats. Yuffie changed the pine-scented tree that hung in the front window, and then wiped down all the hard surfaces. As soon as Zack was finished, she ran to get the hose.

"Stand back," she warned, and he jumped out of the way. Yuffie turned on the hose, and her dog Alanna immediately came running over to throw herself under the spray.

"Alanna! Yuffie protested, trying to point the hose away. The pug woofed and chased the water across the driveway, running frantically around the car to get it. Yuffie started laughing, so she didn't see the person standing at the bottom of the driveway until she whirled around and sprayed water all over him.

"Hey!"

"Oops!" Yuffie shut off the hose immediately, but it was too late. Leon was thoroughly drenched. And, as he had been the first time she'd seen him, he was wearing jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, which weren't likely to dry fast.

"Oh, no! I'm sorry!" Yuffie cried. "I didn't see you there."

"Dude, you totally soaked me," Leon said. He didn't sound happy.

"Who's he?" ZAck asked. Yuffie shoved the hose into his hand.

"Wait here," she called to Leon. She ran inside, grabbing a towel from the linen closet, and ran back out. By then Leon had pulled off his dripping shirt and was wringing it out.

"Here," she said, handing him the towel. "I'm really sorry. What are you doing here?"

"I thought I'd stop by and say hey," Leon said, rubbing his hair with the towel. "I didn't know your driveway was a water hazard."

"How did you know where I lived?" she asked.

"It wasn't hard to figure out," he said. He kicked off his sneakers, pulled off his socks, and dried his feet.

"Who's this?" Zack asked again, coming up behind Yuffie.

"This is Leon," Yuffie said. You'd know all about him if you even bothered to ask me how tennis camp was going. "Leon, this is my twin brother, Zack."

"Twins," Leon said, nodding thoughtfully. "That's cool. You don't see a lot of girl-boy twins."

Ha! Yuffie thought. Wrong thing to say!

"Are you kidding?" Zack said. "There are plenty. Alanis Morissette has a twin brother."

"Wade," Yuffie supplied. She'd heard all of this before.

"Giovanni Ribisi has a twin sister, and so does Kiefer Sutherland."

"Marissa and Rachel."

"And Scarlet Johansson has a twin brother."

"Hunter," Yuffie said. "Aren't those the best names? Scarlett and Hunter. Much better than Alanis and Wade."

"Whoa, whoa," Leon said, waving his hands. "I yield already! You win. I guess there are millions. I had no idea."

Zack looked smug. He liked showing off the stuff he knew.

"Here, if we put your shirt here, it'll dry faster," Yuffie said. She took Leon's shirt from him and draped it over the porch railing, in the sun. He dropped his socks and sneakers on the step.

"So what are you doing?" he said. "Apart from soaking innocent bystanders?"

"We're washing the car," Yuffie said.

"Want to help?" Zack offered.

"Zack!" Yuffie said. "I'm sure Leon doesn't want to help wash our car with us." And she wasn't sure she wanted him to stick around that long, especially shirtless. He kept giving her this slanty look and smile, like he thought she deliberately gotten him to take his shirt off. As if! Sure, he was cute, but she'd seen him and Riku next to each other at the pool, and Riku was much cuter. In her opinion, anyway.

"I'd love to," Leon said. "Hand me that hose." He smirked.

"Don't even think about it," Yuffie said backing up. "Leon, don't you dare!" She ducked behind the car just as he grabbed the hose from Zack and turned it on her. He chased her around the car and she fled shrieking down the driveway, straight into Riku's arms.

"Whoa," he said, catching her elbows, and they were both caught in the spray as Leon deluged them.

Yuffie shoved her wet hair back, laughing. Riku was looking over her shoulder at Leon, and he wasn't smiling.

"Oops," Leon said. "You caught us." He grinned and spread his arms like he was being held at gunpoint.

"Caught you doing what?" Riku asked. Yuffie wondered the same thing. Why would Leon put it like that?

There was an awkward pause. Riku was still holding on to Yuffie's elbows. Zack glanced at each of the, looking confused.

"I got Leon wet by accident," Yuffie said. "He just stopped by, and he wanted to help wash the car...um..." Why did it suddenly sound lame and unbelievable?

"Yeah, man, sorry." Leon said. "We were just having fun. It's not what it looks like."

Not what it looks like? Yuffie thought. Doesn't it look like we're washing the car? There's nothing to feel weird about here. Right?

"What are you up to?" Yuffie said, trying to sound casual, although it was difficult while RIku still had her pinned.

"Maybe I can stay and help too," Riku said. "After all, now I'm wet as you guys." He glanced down at Yuffie and finally smiled. "Hey, girlfriend." He gave her a wet, squishy hug and she hid her smile in his chest.

"I saw Leon ride by in this direction," he whispered in her ear. "So I figured I'd come to make sure he wasn't bothering you. Hope that's okay."

"Of course," she said softly. "As long as you had a good, heroic reason for coming. We wouldn't want you to stop by just to say his or anything crazy."

Riku winked at her then slung his arm over her shoulder as they went back up the driveway. He and Leon exchanged dark glances as they passed, but Riku bent down and grabbed a sponge without commenting.

"Hey, Zack," he said. "I've been reading about The Matrix some more. Did you know that some of the scenes in the movie are based on the scenes in Japanese anime movies? I think we're going to have to rend Ghost in the Shell and Akira to compare. Animefest, what do you think, Yuffie?"

"Sure, sounds awesome," she said. He tossed her a sponge and then threw another one over to Leon, a little harder, so that soap bubbles spattered across Leon's chest.

"Come on Leon," Riku said cheerfully. "Let's wash this car."

Between the four of them, it took almost no time at all. Yuffie noticed that Leon was a lot more subdued now that Riku was there. He didn't try to spray her again, and he mostly acted like he really wanted to get out of there. But whenever he saw her looking at him, he'd give her that crooked smile, and he kept edging over to work closer to her.

"Oh my Leviathan," a voice said behind them. Yuffie turned to find her parents standing on the porch. Mrs. Kisargi put her hands on her hips. "How did you all get so wet?"

"Serves me right for putting teenagers and a hose together on a hot day," Mr. Kisargi said with a grin.

"I didn't get wet," Zack pointed out in a superior voice.

"We could always fix that, you know," Yuffie threatened.

"I think that is quite enough," Mrs. Kisargi said quickly.

"Yes, good work, kids," Yuffie's dad said. "The car looks great."

"Riku, would you like to join us for cookies?" her mom added. "Freshly homemade!"

Leon popped out from behind the car and Yuffie's mom jumped.

"Cookies?" Leon said. "Did someone say cookies?"

"Who is this?" Mr. Kisargi asked. Neither he nor Yuffie's mom looked thrilled about having a strange, shirtless boy in their driveway.

"That's Leon," Yuffie said. "He's in the tennis camp with us."

"Oh," Mrs. Kisargi said, mollified. "That's nice. Come on in."

Yuffie was relived to see Leon put his shirt back on before they all trooped into the house. He was sort of jumpy around her parents, like he wasn't sure what they would think of him, but he said all the right polite things about the cookies. He bolted out of his chair as soon as he wad done.

"Well, I gotta run," he said. "See you tomorrow, Yuffie."

"Yup, we'll see you tomorrow," Riku said scooting his chair next to Yuffie's. Yuffie risked a glance at her mother, who was washing dishes in the sink, pretending not to pay attention. Yuffie was sure she spotted a tine smile on her face.

"Bye, Leon," Yuffie say.

The screen door banged behind him.

"Have I mentioned I really don't like that guy?" Riku said.

Oh jeebus, this was short. Whatever.

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