The phone rings.

I run to pick it up, holding the fluffy yellow towel over my slim waist. Why did I pick yellow, again?

"Hello?" I gasp, having ran from the upstairs bathroom to the basement, and considering this house was three storys and had a very long hallway, that was quite a feat.

"RA?! Is that you?!" A feminie voice on the other line squeals.

"Yes…" I say, perturbed. Who the hell is th- OHMINOBODY! Is it really?

"VALERIE??? WHAT'S UP, POPPET?! I haven't heard from you in forever!!!!" I squeal back, jumping up and down, accidentally dropping the towel.

"Nothing! So sorry, I haven't called you, you know I get lazy…" The voice trails off, a hint of guilt in it.

"No no!!! It's fine!!!!! I just missed you so much! What did you need?!" I'm still squealing. I am such a pansy.

"Well… I'm on summer break, and I really missed you and my parents are getting so annoying but they were OK with It and-" She trails off, her voice pleading.

"You wanna stay with me for a bit??! Ya, sure!! Please do!" I yell happily.

"You might wanna ask your parents…" she giggles, amused by my eagernesss.

"Ya, ya they'll be OK. With have a new guest room and all in the basement, right beside my room, and the parents can't hear ANYTHING that goes on down there!" I reassure her, pushing wet brown hair out of my face.

"Anything? Sora, you don't wanna have sex or anything… right…" She giggles, and I swear I can hear her smirking.

"NO!" I yelp, jumping a little.

"God, Sora! I was kidding, your so gullible! Ok, thanks, I already have a bag packed, I'll be there tonight. Tata, dearies!" She laughs, hanging up. I literally do a little dance in celebration. Pumping my fist in the air, I hang up the phone thinking how much fun this is gonna be. I mean, she is a year younger than me but she's been my best friend since before Riku, even, and she is so eccentric and funny and awesome that I couldn't wait to have her around! Poppet was my nickname for her, considering she reminded me of a child sometimes. She was very bizarre, but could go really calm and quiet and loving when you needed her to, or she would do that all on her own. She was almost two faced, but not in the mean way. Her only flaw, really, was her low self esteem and that she could carry a grudge for years. Hell yeah, I do mean years. Not even exaggerating. She's fourteen, with shoulder length naturally curly burgundy hair (but she straightens it) and light steely blue eyes, full, pouty lips, a bright smile, freckles, and thin pink glasses with a bit of pink missing in the middle so it was silver. She was a bit overweight, but not unhealthily so, and always wore a small rose quartz on a black thick string around her neck, believing it would bring love. She never had a boyfriend, or even a guy that liked her, sort of like Kairi. Wait, exactly like Kairi, besides the fact she was dating a pedophile. She also had this odd obsession for gay love, or yaoi, as she called it, and manga. She was an amazing writer, and a fairly decent artist. Hey, I think she'll love Olette, Kairi, and Namine! They all have the same freaking interests, Olette with writing, Namine and her drawings, and her and Kairi could be twins…. Aside from the freckles and glasses. Maybe she can even figure out what Nams hiding! She's good at that sort of thing. This will be fun!

"Hey, Sora… whatcha d-d-doing..." A familiar voice mumbles from the doorway. Oh, it's just Riku. Oh my, he looked so hot awhile ago. Wait a minute, am I getting a…? Yup. But I just had a cold shower so this wouldn't goddam HAPPEN.

"Hi, R-Riku" I stammer. It's so cold down here, it wasn't before. Hm.

"Sora… if… If I'm erm… interrupting something, I'm gonna come back later…" He mutters, staring pointedly at my… naked… fucking… problem, and raising his eyes to the phone. Oh… DAMN.

"No!! No, Riku! Hold on!" pick up the towel and wrap it securely around my waist, before continuing. That's why it was so cold. "No, no… sorry Riku! I was just in the shower and Poppet called and I ran to the phone but my towel must have slipped and… how did you get in the house?" I ask, blushing furiously. Riku thought I was having phone sex. Greeat. I think I'll blow off the whole erection topic, pretend it didn't happen. Please.

"Oh, through the window. Who's Poppet?" He winks. He hasn't called me out on the boner, I won't ask him about why he snuck in through the window. Fair enough.

"My best friend since I was born. She's coming to stay for the summer. She'll be here by tonight. Wanna meet her? Well, wait you'll have to, since you sneak in through my window, I'll need to alert her that there's a rapist on the loose." I giggled. Damn it! Stop giggling, you pansy. Riku flipped me off, but the huge grin on his face kind of ruined the affect.

"Sora, you know goddam well I don't go for girls you have phone sex with." Riku sniggered, staring pointedly at my problem again. I scowled.

"WE WERE NOT! DAMMIT, Riku! She's not even my type!" I yelped, turning around so he didn't have to mention ….that again.

"Oh… Really? Then what about your er-" I cut him off,

"You don't ask about that, I don't mention that you broke into my house through the window." Riku stared.

"Fiiiine. Your no fun. Anyways, after you take care of that and get dressed, we were all gonna spend the night at my house for a sleepover. Your coming, right?" RIku asked, pulling at a loose thread on his black t-shirt.

"Yes! Wait, no. Wait, maybe. Can Poppet come?" I rambled, my brain only really thinking of the throbbing problem, that was starting to hurt by now, dammit.

"Yes, yes! Of course! Seeing as what she could make someone such as yourself do…" Riku chuckled. Damn it.

"DAMN IT, RIKU! Just get out, you know it didn't happen! BYE!" I yelled, throwing a glass that just appened to be nearby. I heard him laugh, then run out of the basement. I heard the door click as he shut it, and let out an audible sigh. Tonight was going to be interesting.