Yay! Back for chapter 2! First I'd like to thanks Danielle Scott and Sakuratears19 x WhiteWolf for being my first reviewers, your reviews were much appreciated .! Now, before I forget, I ment to mention that the ages of everyone is about 19-21ish. Like Namine's 20, Sora and Riku are 21…but age doesn't really play that much of a role…yet at least. But more on that later. But yeah, they're young, but not that young. So! Moving on to what you all came here for, chapter 2!

The Miserables, Chapter 2: I Dreamed a Dream

I remember that day vividly, it being the first day I had seen him since the move. I had forgotten when I had moved back to Twlight with Sora that he had lived there. Maybe I had known and just prayed that he wouldn't be there. Maybe I had believed the whole thing to have been just a dream….

"…Riku?" My cracked voice showed my surprise, had he not already picked it up by the expression on my face.

"Yes?" He sat down next to me, cool, calm, and collected. Exactly as he was back then. Nothing had changed.

"Riku Harada?"

"Yessss? Is there something you want to say Namine, instead of just my name?" He picked up the script that sat on the chair next to me and sat down. His gaze stayed on my face, which was still staring in his direction. I took in his every detail. His hair had grown longer, but it made him even more handsome than he had been all those years ago. His face and body had definitely matured, he was taller, bigger, and had a harder edge to him then I remembered.

And his eyes….The best part. They were the ones that haunted my mind for months after I had moved to Destiny Islands. The piercing aqua color that they were, a color you could never forget. But it seemed that they were not as bright as I remembered them. In fact, they even seemed to have a bit of sadness in them. And it was around then that I had realized that I was basically checking him out and turned away before the red on my cheeks could be seen. However, I could feel the smile growing on hisface because of it.

To try and stop thinking about what I had just been doing, I sat up and cleared my throat, " Um, it's just….that I would have never expected you to be here. I mean, all those years, never a word. To see you now…I…" I just stopped. There was nothing more to say. Or rather, there was no way for me to express it to him in a way that he would understand, if he could ever understand. He was the one that never wrote back, never called. The one who broke the promise. The one who forgot. I looked him in the face and saw that his face was expressionless. Fine, if that's how he wanted it. I turned away from him, allowing my hair to face in front of my face. I couldn't talk to him anymore today, and rather wouldn't want to talk to him anymore at all.

I picked up my script from the floor, only to read the label on his script that was laying next to his chair. " Riku Harada, Jean Valjean"

Of course, the man that Fantine fell in love with.

This was going to suck.

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I went home after the rehersal without Sora. I got up as soon as it was done. I could barely stand to be in the same room with Riku, and sitting next to him nonetheless. I grabbed the scarf that hung on the back of my chair, wrapped it around my neck, then grabbed my coat and began to walk swiftly out of the room. I heard someone call my name, but I kept on walking.

As soon as I reached outside, the cold air hit me like a loud wake-up call. Riku was now here. Nothing I could or would do could change that. I pulled my coat a little tighter as I started to walk back toward the apartment, cursing myself for not pulling Sora out with me for his car. But in a way , I was glad I was alone. My mind was in a scrambled, still trying to process everything. I tried to remember the hurt that he had caused me, and how I should be glad that there was pain in his eyes. But I kept going back to the Riku I knew. The Riku I loved…….or rather, still and always wiil, no matter my feelings, love. He was my first friend, and in turn, my first love. He treated me nicely and I felt at home with him. He always encouraged me to follow my dreams of being in theater. Never condecending towards me. Perfect. It was like a dream. One that I never want to wake up from.

Then the nightmare came. My parents getting a divorce and me having to go live with my father who was moving to Destiny Islands. I was highly distraught as it was over 10 hours from Twilight. Riku, however, was there and knew exactly what to say, how to comfort me. The day before I left, he even promised me that we would always be contacted, always loved each other. Never lose touch. And that a promise was a promise.

Heh, how I laugh at that now. The first few weeks were fine, we talked, messaged each other, actually stayed in touch. But then, it all stopped. He never answered his phone, never messaged back, not even to a letter that I sent him through the regular mail. Nothing. Not even a reason why either. I was now alone, as I had just started my sophmore year of high school with not even Riku to encourage me to make new friends or anything. I end up getting pick on and bullied because I was small and quiet, but one day became a big problem that because I wouldn't change something on a piece of my homework to make it appear like someone else's. I ended up being backed into a corner, getting screamed at when Sora came to my rescue. After he free me, he promised that they would never bother me again, and that nothing else would ever happen to me. And nothing else ever did. Though I never really got over Riku and what he had done to me. And I never would.

I looked up just in time to see that some how I had reached the apartment. Sora's car was outside, which ment he was home before me. Sighing, I started walking up the steps and saw that my skirt had some water droplets on it. I looked up and saw no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, a tear fell down my cheek and dropped down on my skirt. Placing a hand on my face, I found that I was crying.

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As soon as I reached the apartment door, I opened it with a brief shout of hello. Hearing voices, I went straight to my room. I really wasn't in the mood to see anyone, especially Sora, in this state. I dropped my coat, scarf, and script on the floor and just collasped on my bed. The tears were flowing freely now, neat little streams cascading down my face only to be absorbed by my cotton sheets. A knock came from the door and it opened. I just buried my head futher into my sheets , thinking it was just Sora checking up on me. And it was, as his muffled voice followed.

"Namine….I invited a couple people over from the cast…..you're more then welcome to join us whenever….ok?" His voice was soft, as if it knew something was up. I said nothing in reply. I felt his arms envelope me in a hug and soft kiss placed on the back of my head. Then they were gone and the door shut.

I laid there a little longer, then sat up, wiping away the remaining tears. I pulled my frenized hair into a low ponytail and grabbed a cardigan from the edge of my bed. Sora did so much for me, so I should at least show some face for him in return. I walked in the direction of the noise, which was in the dining room and turned the corner. I saw Sora sitting next to the red-headed girl from earlier and across from them was two other boys, one with blonde hair and the other with silver. They all stopped talking and looked up at me. I suddenly did not feel so good.

"Hey Namine…let me introduce you to Kairi, Roxas, and Riku. They're all in the musical with us." My head began to pound and my vision blurred. This was too much to deal with. My eyes were fixed on Riku and his aqua ones stared right back. And that's when everything went black.

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So there's chapter 2! A little longer then the first chapter..i kinda couldn't stop writing it. Anyways, there's a little back story on Namine and Riku, though it's definitely not the end of the story for them, there's still his side of the story left.

Coming up next: Chapter 3: Who I Am?

" I'm truly sorry Namine"

Please Review! Any comments welcome!

(p.s., is there anyway to keep the indents i made from word to here? they just keep getting lost and then i can't get them to stay when i go to the edit/preview thing for each chapter o.x; )