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Chapter 4: Forgiveness

*Kairi's POV*

I had stayed over at Olette's house the night before, and it had been a blast. We stayed up all night, went on oovoo and talked to Sora, then invited Hayner to our chat.

Hayner is our friend who Olette has a huge crush on. It's so obvious that he likes her too, but they're both so oblivious to each others feelings.

Then we asked Pence, Olette's brother, if he wanted to watch a movie with us. He had happily agreed, until he found out it was New Year's Eve. Then he promptly left, saying something like how he can't stand chick flicks. It was weird, because New Years Eve is not a chick flick, at least in my opinion.

When we woke up, we realized it was Friday, and we had school. I sighed, it was my birthday yesterday, and I was still so tired. School was the last place I wanted to be. Pence said he wasn't feeling good, so he was going to stay home.

When we were sure we were completely ready, we went outside, saying goodbye to Pence and their parents. Axel was waiting for us, leaning against his car. I smiled, feeling that today would be a good day.

*Namine's POV*

I woke up with a start. My alarm clock wouldn't stop beeping, no matter how many times I pressed the snooze button. So I did what anyone would do. I yanked it out of the outlet and threw it, making it crash into the wall.

I stood up on my bed, grinning at the clock's broken remains.

"Ouch. Was that really necessary?" I shrieked and fell off my bed when I heard this voice. I looked towards the voice, and I wasn't surprised to see Demyx. Even though he had his own room, he was always in mine. What a weird guy.

My father and mother walked in, my mother looking very angry. She wasn't the person you wanted to forcefully wake up. She would attack you like a lion. And with her hair standing up in every direction, she kind of looked like one too.

As if reading my mind, she glared at me. My father just looked at Demyx and rolled his eyes , "Demyx, stop annoying Namine." Demyx shook his head, "I can't, its way too fun." My father sighed and took my mother's hand and walked out, muttering something that sounded like, "I can't put up with this shit anymore."

Demyx and I burst out laughing and we plopped down on my bed. "I don't want to go." I sighed. He sighed too, "Me neither. Hey, want to cut?" I looked at him, "it's our second day Demyx, give it a break." But I wanted to so badly. Especially because of Kairi.

Kairi. That was the one face I didn't want to see again. I could ignore, but I felt like I had every single class with her, even though I only had like what, two?

Still, she had really hurt me, and now she acted like it was no big deal. I didn't want to forgive her, I just wanted to be mad at her. Doesn't that sound weird?

And then there was Roxas, who I was still so confused about. He seemed considerate about wanting to go out with me, but something told me he wanted more. I couldn't put my finger on it. Could he be one of those guys who just wanted sex? No way!

Considering how sweet Xion and Sora are, they couldn't be related to a Roxas if we were that disgusting. Could they? Could he really be one of those guys? It made me wonder.

I went down to the living room after I had gotten ready, and Squall, in his PJ's, said he was going to drive us to school with the roof of the car down, as in not covering us. I rolled my eyes, well that won't be embarrassing.

When we got to school, Demyx and I both jumped out of the car before Squall actually pulled up. Thankfully, instead of embarrassing us he just sped off.

People did stare though. I mean, come on. It's not every day two celebrity's jump out of a car matrix style. In fact, I thought I saw someone with a camera. Oh paparazzi.

Just like yesterday, people crowded around us. But I sprinted forward before they could actually swarm us. Demyx also followed me, but there was no way he could catch up to me. I used to be in track in my old school, so I was a tiny girl who could run fast.

When I went up to my English class, I was happy to see Sora. I laughed a little when I saw he was sleeping. I sat next to him, trying to wake him up. I kicked him, pinched him, elbowed him, punched his arm, and tickled his ear. His response to that last one freaked me out because he hugged my hand and called me Kairi.

Finally, I got him to wake up when I stabbed him with my pencil. He shot up, screaming, making the entire class stare at us. As usual, I shifted a little and looked down. Come on people, look away. LOOK AWAY!

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they did. Sora glared at me, "What was that for?" I shrugged, "You were sleeping. The teacher looked like she wanted to hit you with that ruler." He sighed, and I saw the bags under his eyes. Now I felt bad or waking him up.

We sat in silence for the rest of the period. He seemed pale, like he hadn't slept at all. "Are you okay?" I asked. He nodded, "Yeah. Too much partying from yesterday. I thought you would come. Demyx did." Uh oh. That's right, Kairi's birthday party! I should've known. It would obviously look weird if Demyx showed up but I didn't.

"Yeah. I was, but, uhh, you know… Kairi and I aren't even that close. Hehe." I laughed nervously, trying to convince him and drop the subject.

"Really? I thought you too became friends yesterday." Relentless bastard. I didn't reall y pay attention to what he said, only hearing the words though and friend, so I decided to bring up a little bit of the past. "Yeah, like a long time ago. Not so much anymore." He shot up, "You two knew each other?" I looked at him, surprised Kairi never told him.

"Yeah, well… I mean, ahh, its complicated?" Why, why, WHY did that come out as a question?

Sora raised an eyebrow, "You know, I could just ask Kai if you don't want to talk about it." Kai. I used to call her that. And she would call me Nami. I felt that ache again. The ache for my best friend.

"I really wouldn't know where to start." I muttered, more to myself than to him. The bell rang, but I just couldn't move. Sora sighed, getting up. "Well I may not know what happened, but I do know what it's like to get into an argument with a best friend. All I can say is, if you two really care about each other, you would get over whatever it is. Especially because your girls, and girlfriends get over everything. Of course, I'm a guy, so what would I know?"

He walked out, not bothering to wait for me. I was kind of thankful for that, because walking alone gave me a lot of time to think. He was right, all we really needed was to talk it out. Not ignore each other. And honestly, that could solve nothing. If anything, it just made things worse. I grinned, probably looking like a lunatic, but a completely motivated one.

*Kairi's POV*

Gym. Officially the worst period ever.

I knew I should talk to Namine. But the last talk we had turned out to be a nightmare. Why would I want that to happen again? And I had even apologized with all of my heart!

I wanted to skip, but I was too much of a good girl. And besides, they take the main attendance for the day during third period. I didn't a call home from school saying I was absent.

I walked in, trying to take really tiny steps, but I saw Namine wasn't there yet, so I decided to walk in, sighing with relief. Who knows, maybe she wasn't coming in today.

Hah! Who was I kidding? I could never be lucky like that. Because of course, there she was, walking in with all eyes on her. I looked around, that's how it was with me, but it seemed like less people watched my every move these days. Was this jealousy?

She saw me, and I suspected she would walk in the other direction, so I looked away. I didn't like watching my best friend ignore me. I saw someone sitting in front of me, so being polite, I looked up.

I can't tell you how shocked I was when I saw it was Namine.

She sighed, "Let's face it, we'll get nowhere ignoring each other. Want to be adults and talk this out?" She said with a laugh. I arched an eyebrow, wondering what brought this up. As if reading my mind, she explained, "I had a good talk with Sora before. He made me realize we're being stupid about this."

I love that guy so much. I swear I'm going to give him a thousand kisses when I see him. I sat up eagerly, not wanting to waste any time.

"Nami, I want you to know, I was so wrong for what I did, and I will do whatever it takes to make it up to you. Namine, you have to believe me. I never felt sorrier about anything in my entire life."

I looked down, holding back any tears. I took Kairi's hands in mine, "Kairi- No, Kai! I forgive you. Sure, it hurt, but this rift between us, I can't take it anymore! Let's fix everything, okay?" I swear I never saw Kairi smile so wide. Tears brimmed her eyes and she tackled me with a huge hug.

"Oh my GOD! NAMI! I Love You!" People were staring, but I didn't care. I got my best friend back, and suddenly, everything seemed good again.

I cleared my throat when I got to my next class. Kairi and I just wouldn't stop talking. It was just endless minutes of talking, catching up, the gossip of this school, more about her friends. Honestly, most of the school news I didn't care about, but it was great to just be talking to her again. And I couldn't wait to talk to her later, if I didn't lose my voice by then.

"Hey, sexy."

I rolled my eyes, of course he had to show up now. "Hey Roxas." I forgot I had this class with him. Why couldn't I have run into Xion?

I turned to face him, "I thought about what you said. And I accept. We can go out. But I don't kiss on the first date, and you better not be one of those pigs who just want to get me in their bed."

He rolled his eyes, "I swear, I'm not that bed. I wouldn't want to get you in bed on the first date." I nodded, "Good." I noticed a little glint in his eyes, but decided to ignore it.

"So after school?" I sighed, "I don't know. I might hang out with Kairi." It felt good to say that. "I don't know. I'll give you an answer by lunch." He nodded, at least he wasn't pushy. Today was actually a really good day. I hope I didn't just jinx it.

*Kairi's POV*

I greeted Sora with a kiss.

"So Nami and I patched things up." I said with a smile. He grinned, "So she listened to me? That's great. I thought she wouldn't." I was shocked, so Sora really had said something to her. I looked at him, he cared so much to patch up a friendship that didn't even have anything to do with him.

"Sora, I love you." He smiled at me, "I love you too." He kissed me, holding my sides and bringing me closer. I deepened the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck. We parted, but stayed in our position, keeping our foreheads together.

"Hey, stop being so mushy!" I heard someone say. I looked and saw Roxas, Xion, and Namine approaching us. I saw a smile on Namine that I haven't seen in such a long time. I grabbed Sora's hand and sprinted to them. I made sure to hug Namine first, squeezing her extra tight! Xion looked between us, frowning.

"Sure, go on. I don't feel jealous at all." She said, smiling. I smiled, dragging her in on our hug. Then, an idea came to me. "Hey, now that Namine's with us, you, me, Nami, and Olette can be… you know! The four besties! Because, you know, we're four best friends."

Xion rolled her eyes, "Not only is that such a bad name because it's so lame, but Namine and I hardly know each other" She wrapped her arm around Namine's shoulder, "but that will change, right?"

Namine grinned widely, "Oh yeah!" When Olette came, we told her and she joined in on it. This was going to be so much fun!

*Roxas's POV*

Sora and I sat on the hood of Riku's car, watching the girls shriek and squeal about something I most likely didn't care about. "They're so ridiculous." Sora looked at me, "Really? I don't think so. I'm happy to see Kairi this excited about something. She wasn't even this excited about her birthday. And she's always excited about her birthday. Always."

Riku sat next to Sora, sipping his soda. "I like seeing Xion happy. Especially when she lives with two boneheads like you two." We both nodded, "Yeah."

"Wait what?"

Riku burst out laughing. "You guys are such dumbasses!" He roared. Sora and I grinned at each other and then together, we pushed him off his car, making him crash on the pavement. We knew he wasn't hurt, so we didn't worry.

"So," Sora began, "Namine huh?"

I arched an eyebrow, "What? Oh you mean her? Yeah what about her? Oh, is it because we have both the famous Namine and Demyx Strife in our group?" I'm so relieved I'm such a good liar.

"I hope you won't treat her like you treat every other girl. Like trash." I roll my eyes, "I don't treat them like trash, okay? I ask out the pretty ones, get them in bed, and then leave them. I don't get them pregnant and I give them what they want. It's the right thing dude."

Sora shoved me, "Dude, you're so shallow. So what do explain what Kairi and I have?" I shrugged, "That's the thing, I never met a girl who I could really connect too." Until I met Namine. "You have that with Kairi."

Sora smiled at her, "I do, don't I?" I rolled my eyes but turned to look at Namine. Namine was no different. It's just that she's famous and a lot sexier than any girl at this school. She looked at me and our eyes met. She smiled at me but turned back to Kairi.

Why did I feel so warm inside? I don't fall in love, so it can't be that. Could it be that it was really hot? It was April after all.

Yeah, it had to be the climate.

But to my surprise, it got hotter as Namine came up to me. "So?" I ask, patting the space next to me. She hopped up onto the car, sitting next to me. To be friendly, I wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Kairi made plans that all of us, including the entire group, is going to your house. Maybe we could have our first date there." She added with a mischievous glint. I looked at her, why did I feel this way towards her? Sora said it, I'm a shallow guy.

I never care about how a girl may feel after I leave. I never care how badly I must hurt her. All I care is about my needs and what I want. That's how I've always been. So why are things so different with Namine?

I didn't like this change. I didn't feel like the cool Roxas everyone wanted to be or be with. I felt warm and mushy, like I actually cared about stuff.

Oh my God, I felt like Sora!

I let my hand brush against hers, making it seem like an accident. Oh my God, I was becoming romantic! But as I looked at Namine, smiling and laughing, a part of me felt like that wouldn't be a bad thing.

But that part was way too small.

And done! I'm almost done with chapter five so it should be up in a little bit. Yes. Chapter 5! :D

See? Roxas isn't all bad. He has a heart. A shallow, yet a little warm heart. But mainly shallow. What a jerk.

That's it for now. Please review and the chapter will be out a lot faster! I PROMISE! :D:D:D:D

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