A/n: I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, things will get better in this one! Axel will become less creepy and you'll find out things you didn't expect.

Disclaimer: I only own Hayley!

Chapter 2

Weekend Surprises

"Good game ladies, we beat em'! Now get outta here and enjoy your weekend! Practice on Monday!" Coach Tifa yelled as the team of volleyball players breathlessly clutched their water bottles. It had been a long and grueling game but they pulled off a 10 point lead.

"Hayley, we're going to playoffs!" Namine yelled in Hayley's ear as they jumped happily on each other.

After a while the crowd calmed down and people began to leave the bleachers as Hayley's mom and Seifer walked down to meet her. Hayley smiled at them, and looked to see Axel nowhere in sight. It was odd, he had made her feel so uncomfortable by staring at her while she played. Luckily it didn't mess her serve up, but she could always feel the acidic eyes baring into her back. She knew better than to complain to Namine about it. The snowy blonde would just brush it off as being her imagination.

"Good job sweetie!" her mom pulled her into a hug and Seifer patted her back awkwardly. He wasn't in to the affection part yet. Hayley didn't mind, she never reciprocated anything either.

"Thanks mom. You guys ready to go? I'm so tired right now!"

"Sure hon, we'll meet you at home, drive safe!" her mom called out as she followed Seifer to his car.

Hayley waved at Namine, claiming she'd call her friend when she woke up on Saturday as she walked to the locker room and grabbed her bag out of the locker. She pushed the doors open to leave and shivered as the cold wind whipped around her bare legs. Finally making it to the car, she threw her bag in the back and turn the ignition, praying the car would heat up soon, and that it wouldn't break down on the way home.

Most Friday nights, Hayley would find herself out with Namine, Roxas or her other friends, but tonight, the blonde was just too tired from the long week to do anything. She found herself wrapped up in a soft zebra blanket on her bed, watching random late night T.V. Her mind wasn't on T.V though; it was on the game and who was at the game. She couldn't help but remember they're subtle stare before the game, the way his eyes met hers and wouldn't break away. Obviously he had no shame in what he was doing. She was a student for crying out loud! Shouldn't he be weary of what he did? Or better yet, why did she hold it for so long?

She'd be lying if she said he was ugly, because he wasn't. However, his attitude didn't make up for the looks one bit. The way he treated her and Namine the first day he was there was ridiculous. She reminded herself that every time his eyes popped into her tired mind that night, until she drifted asleep.

That next morning, she slept until 11, glad to not have to pull herself from her soft bed to get ready for school. She opened her eyes slowly and the smell of muffins filled her nose as she sighed. Getting up, Hayley walked to her closet and threw on a long sleeve, gray knit dress that stopped at her knees, and black leggings. She combed her shoulder length blonde hair and placed a headband to hold it in place. She stepped into her black ballet flats and walked down stairs.

Hayley followed her nose to the kitchen where he mom could be found placing blueberry muffins on a plate. She smiled and greeted her mom as she grabbed a fresh muffin and looked out the window to see another car pulling in.

"Hey mom, are you expecting company?"

"Oh yea! Seifers friend from college is coming to look at your car. His name is Axel, you'll think he's nice, he 'll be able to get your car brand new! I'll go tell him." Her mom left, leaving Hayley with her mouth open in nervous shock. Her mom's boyfriend knew him!? What the hell! Hayley slowly watched from the window, muffin in hand as he got out of the car and shook her moms hand and followed her to Hayley's yellow Cougar. Suddenly, green eyes looked up at her direction and Hayley jumped from the window fast.

She was tempted to call Namine, but she knew that'd be weird and Namine would just call it a coincidence like she always did. Namine always had the tendency to be more chill and relaxed than Hayley ever was. Hayley always thought too much, in her opinion.

"Yea, here she is, maybe she can go out there and tell you what's going on. Honey, come out here a minute." Her mom called from the door, grabbing the girl from her previous thoughts. Taking a bite of her muffin she reluctantly walked to the doorway to see Axel smiling politely at her with his hands shoved in his pockets.

He wasn't wearing a suit like he would at school. He was wearing dark jeans, a navy blue thermal shirt and black boots. He looked even younger without his school getup. She looked down to avoid his stare as he mom broke the silence.

"Okay, Hayley I'm going to go call Seifer, I'll be right back! You just show him what's going on with your car!" her mom stated leaving to go back inside. They stood in silence for a couple minutes not sure of what to say to each other. Hayley couldn't believe her luck. Figures the one person she didn't want to see would show up at her front door.

"I didn't know you knew Seifer…"she started crossing her arms with a muffin in hand.

"Yea, we graduated together. I didn't know he was dating your mom until last night. Small world huh?" he replied laughed as he rubbed the back of his neck. Hayley tugged on her dress a little and laughed.

"Look, you don't have to fix my c-."

"Nah, it's no big deal, I minored in mechanics so I can probably fix it. C'mon lets go look at it." He insisted as she nodded and lead him to her car. She opened the front door and sat in the driver seat as he leaned on the open door. She wanted to scoot over to the next seat, but she reminded herself that he probably means nothing by it.

"So tell me, what wrong with it?"

"Well, it sputters and stops for no reason." She answered rubbing the steering wheel.

"Okay, let's have a look at it. Pop the lid for me would you please?" he asked as he walked to the front of the car. Hayley nodded again and popped the lid so he could look at it. After about five minutes, Axel figured out what was wrong with it and went to his car to get the tools needed. Hayley took it as a sign to leave as she walked quickly back into the warm house and saw her mom just hanging up the phone.

"Is he fixing it?"

"Yup. Um, Mom…he's that teacher I was telling you about…" she nervously replied as she wrung her hands.

"Yea he told me you and Namine had come in late. He apologized to me about it, stating he had just had a bad morning and he shouldn't have taken it out on you. He meant well. And now he's fixing the problem so it won't happen again! Such a nice guy. Why don't you go offer him a muffin, honey?" her mom suggested happily, causing Hayley to roll her eyes. As much as she loved the woman, her mom was sometimes oblivious to awkward situations.

"Mom…he's my teacher! That's weird."

"Oh no it's not, your just being nice, now quit being a dork and go offer the man some." Her mom shooed as she pushed the blonde out the door. Hayley squeaked as the door shut behind her. Axel's head was buried in the front of the car and the sound of clanking metal could be heard. She slowly walked up to him with the muffin plate.

"Hey, sorry to bother you but my mom insisted on me asking if you wanted one." She quickly asked. She always talked fast when she was nervous. Axel wiped the small bit of grease from his cheek and smiled. She never noticed the two black tattoos just below his eyes. They made his green eyes look even more exotic.

"Yea, I'll take one, I need a quick break. Did you make them?" he asked as she watched him pick one up. She put the plate down on the front car seat and grabbed one for herself.

"Nah, I can't cook all that great. My brownies could be used as a weapon, they're so hard." She admitted as she took a bite. He laughed as shook his head.

"Well at least you're honest."

"I usually am. So what do you like better, teaching or working with cars?" she asked, although not sure why she wanted to know more about him. Axel's eyes narrowed a bit, as if he wasn't sure why she would ask it either.

"Well…I love working with cars, but teaching math has always been my thing. I enjoy it. Well, at least when my students are on time!" he joked, winking at her. Hayley rolled her eyes and stuck her hands on her hips.

"Hey, well now you're fixing the problem, so you can't complain anymore!" she quipped.

"Good, because I think if I corrected your friend again she'd have my head."

"Sir, it's just Namine's got a temper. She didn't used to be like that until she dated Marluxia. He wasn't exactly nice to her." Hayley replied, not knowing why she was sharing all these things with the redhead before her.

"I'll memorize that before I go off again, which by the way…I'm sorry. You two just caught me at a wrong time." She was taken aback by his random apology, she didn't expect that from him at all.

"It…it's okay, it won't happen again." She whispered, not sure what to say. They grew quiet for a while until she finished her muffin.

"Hey Axel, Seifer wanted to know if you wanted to stay for dinner." Her mom could be heard calling from the door out to the driveway. Axel looked up and Hayley tried to hide her look that she was giving her mom. It was full of 'Mom, please no!'.

"I don't want to be burden, it's not a problem." Her mom must've ignored her.

"No No, please, it's the least we can do, I mean your fixing Hayley's car. Please? I'm making Chicken and Rice Soup!" her mom continued.

"Alright then, thank you Mrs. Zane." He replied and returned to his work. Hayley bit her lip, secretly wanting to hit her mom.

"Wait a sec…you're not cooking tonight right?" a question pulled her from her thoughts. She turned to see Axel glaring at her playfully.

"No, I'm not cooking, you won't die, Sir." She responded, sighing and shaking her head. She picked up the muffin plate and turned to leave. She and her mother were going to have quite the talk once she stepped back inside.

"Hayley, call me Axel. Remember I'm not an old man!" he called right before she shut the door. She banged the back of her head against the door as she remained in thought.

Why? Why her? The one person she wanted to see less of was staying over for fucking dinner! Did her mother have no decency for her own daughter? How embarrassing. She had no clue how she was going to tell Namine. 'Oh Hi, Namine, I can't go out tonight, Axel's eating fucking Chicken and Rice Soup at my house, we'll have fun talking about Trig class….not to mention he's…actually not that bad once you get to know him…' well that's not how she wanted that to go, but oh well. Tonight was going to be interesting. She found a new reason to beat the ever living shit out of Seifer and her mom.

a/n: so what'd you think? Let me know, criticism is def. accepted. Thanks for reading! Don't forget to review! And you know what it's fucking Christmas time, I dunno about you guys but DAMN I LOVE ME SOME CHRISTMAS! What's on your list. I know ReCom is on mine!!!! Ahahahaha.