*Olette*

"Hayner, wait up!" I called, running to catch up with him. He was running down the hall, but stopped and turned around when I called him.

"What do you want?" he asked, obviously grumpy.

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong? You wanna know what's wrong, Olette?"

"Uh, yeah, I think."

"Roxas is hanging out with Kairi!"

"What's wrong with that?" I was confused now.

"He's gonna be popular!" Hayner was really angry now.

"Good for him!"

"No. He's gonna forget about us!"

"Hayner, you don't know that. I don't think Roxas is the type of person who would do that," I said, concerned that Hayner had given up on Roxas so easily.

Hayner stared at me. "If you were given a chance to be absolutely popular by Sora, Riku, or Kairi, wouldn't you take it?"

"Well…"

"Be honest, Olette!"

"I dunno."

"Let me rephrase that. Who would you choose: me and Pence, or Kairi, Riku, and Sora?"

"You guys, of course!" I practically shouted, then looked around to see if anyone had heard. Thankfully, it seemed no one had.

"Honestly?"

"Yes! I've been friends with you two for a few years. Popularity can't come between us! Why would you even think that, Hayner?" Hayner had to know that nothing could break us apart, right?

"Okay. Just forget I said anything, Olette," Hayner was quiet now, and he seemed to be deeply thinking.

"Okay," I smiled. Apparently, Hayner had regained faith in our friendship.

I sat on a bench after school, eating ice cream with Pence and Hayner. It had been a boring day overall, but the first day of school always was.

Tidus and Wakka were playing ball. Selphie sat on the sidelines, reading a book. Everyone was slowly slipping out of the summer spirit. We all didn't want to let go of summer, and go back to studying and tests.

"What do we do now? I'm so bored…" Hayner asked. I looked at him and I could see he was half-asleep.

"Well, you eat your ice cream before you fall asleep," Pence laughed.

Suddenly, a shape flew towards us at an alarming speed. I screamed and ducked, covering my head with my hands. I heard the object smack into somebody.

Hayner jumped up, clutching his eye in one hand, a baseball in his other. I noticed his ice cream was on the ground.

"HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA HERE?" Hayner screamed.

I could see Tidus and Wakka trying not to laugh as Tidus yelled, "Sorry! Can you throw it back?"

"Oh, I'll throw it back, you-" He wound up his arm for a hard and fast pitch.

"Hayner, don't!" I yelled. He stopped in his tracks and looked at me.

The baseball dropped to the ground as Hayner fell backwards onto the bench.

"Hayner! Are you okay?" Pence stood up, now worried.

"Look!" I gasped, pointing at the baseball. "It's covered in blood!"

"We have to get him to hospital, Olette. You call the ambulance," Pence was unusually calm for such a bad situation.

"Okay," I said, pulling my phone out of my pocket, and immediately called the ambulance. I could feel myself shaking, and I suddenly realized how scared I was.

As I was on the phone, I watched Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie come over and worry over Hayner as Pence tried to calm them down.

"Will he be okay?" I asked the doctor as soon as he came out of the room Hayner was laying in.

"He should be. I called his parents, and they're coming down here. He has a mild concussion, and might be blind in his right eye for a while. Stay close to him and don't let him do anything stupid, okay?" The doctor told me.

"Okay, we will. Thank you," I smiled at the doctor, who walked away.

"You realize this is all your fault, right, Tidus?" Wakka asked, giving Tidus a smug look.

"What? No? You threw the ball!" Tidus argued.

"Yeah, but you batted late, and the ball flew at Hayner. Your fault."

"It was an accident, I swear!" Tidus bowed to me, and I could tell he was serious.

"Yeah, I know. Just be sure to tell Hayner's parents that when they get here, okay?" I said to Tidus, who suddenly looked horrified.

"H-his parents? They'll never believe me!"

"We'll never believe what?" A woman asked, looking confused. Tidus screamed and hid behind me.

"Hello, I'm Hayner's friend Olette, and this is Pence, Tidus, Wakka, and Selphie," I said, gesturing to each of them in time. "Tidus wanted to apologize for what he did to your son."

"I'm sorry! I really didn't mean to do it! Please don't hurt me!" Tidus was now on the brink of tears. I was on the brink of hysterical laughter.

"Hayner has really bad luck. He's always getting into things he shouldn't," A man I assumed was Hayner's father said.

"Oh, thank goodness!" Tidus was really relieved.

"Thank you, young lady, for bringing him here," Hayner's dad said to me.

"Oh, no! All I did was call the ambulance. Pence, here, was the one who stayed calm and directed the situation. Thank him, not me!" I said.

"Thank you, Pence," Hayner's mother smiled.

"You two should head home. It's really late," Hayner's dad said.

"Okay. It was nice meeting you guys!" Pence said and we began to walk off.

"Uh-huh!" I added my agreement.

The last thing I saw before the elevator doors closed were Hayner's parents waving to us.