Summary: How long can you deny that you're in love? Joy is going to find out at Twilight High Boarding School.

Genre: Romance/Humor/Drama

Pairings: RoxasOC RikuOC NamineOC SoraKairi HaynerOlette TidusSelphie(Other pairings may be decided later)

WARNING: Characters may be a bit OOC xP This chapter may be a little meaningless and kind of shorter than other chapters...but its a little understanding of the story! UNEXPECTED TURN COMING SOON!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts II or any of its characters

Claimer: I own Joy, Amy, Cookie, BlackGarden14, Stacie, Fernando, Kristina, and Ricky Tang

Thank you for the reviews: -sO-aSiAn-, haru-teri22, shadowoflight22, strawberyla, and an anonymous person. :)
Go to profile to see what the dorm look likes.

Chapter Eight
Foreign Exchange Students

xAngelJoyx: Sorry, I was at a dance last night and just fell asleep on my bed. My roommate didn't even tell me that there was an IM flashing on the computer, so yeah xP

BlackGarden14: JOOY !! FINALLY ! GUESS WHAT ?!

xAngelJoyx: Huh, what ? o.o

BlackGarden14: I'm coming to Destiny Islands!

xAngelJoyx: No way! O.O

BlackGarden14: I'm serious!

BlackGarden14: We're all coming!

Laying on her own bed, Amy did her Math homework with Olette on her own bed. "Okay, what do you do with the 6?" Olette asked Amy.

"You multiply it by 4."

"Why?"

"Because - " At that moment, Amy's cell phone started ringing. "Hold on, one second," Amy told Olette and she picked up her cell phone, looking at the screen, she hastily opened her phone and pressed it against her ear, "Hello?"

- "Hey, what's up?"

- "What?"

- "Good news? Only? No bad news?"

- "What is it?"

- "…WHAT?!"

- "Seriously?!"

- "Since when?!"

Olette looked at her roommate, confused. 'Who is she talking to?'

Joy stared at her computer screen with her eyes the size of saucers and her jaw dropped. Abruptly, her cell phone in her pocket started vibrating. Taking the electronic out, she saw that she had a voicemail. Seeing she barely had any signal at the moment, she found out why she just didn't get the call.

"Who's calling you?" Joy turned around and found Roxas laying on his stomach, looking at her.

"Oh, I just got a voicemail, that's all," Joy replied to him, calling her voicemail. Roxas shrugged it off and went back to his math homework that Joy had already finished awhile ago.

After a few seconds of waiting, Joy heard a familiar voice, "HEY JOY! YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO BELIEVE IT! Okay, I'll stop yelling, but I have awesome news! I'm coming to your school on a foreign exchange program! Pick us up at the airport next Saturday, and see you there!"

Joy dropped her phone in shock. The phone hit the floor with a clang and Roxas shot up his head. He saw the girl in front of him with expanded eyes, mouth agape, and her hand still next to her ear where her phone should have been. "Joy?"

Getting no response, Roxas was about to get up and wave a hand in front of Joy when she suddenly jumped out of her chair and ran toward the door screaming, "AMY!" Halfway off the bed, Roxas looked toward the open doorway with confusion.

A second later, Amy's voice was heard through the halls, "JOY!"

Roxas peeked his head out of the door to see what was going on and saw a few dorms down that Olette was peeking her head out as well. Amy and Joy were in between the two dorms and right in front of each other, Amy had her phone still on her ear. "THEY'RE COMING!"

"Who's coming?" Joy asked her best friend.

"Fernando!" Amy shouted at him.

"No way! Stacie and Kristina are coming too!" Joy shouted back at her. The two girls started jumping up and down. "Is that Fernando??" Joy asked, pointing at Amy's phone.

"Yeah," Amy gave her phone to Joy.

"FERNANDO! You're coming here?! Since when?!" A pause, "Oh, is Kristina coming too?" Another pause, "You know that's kind of weird, but whatever! I can't believe you're coming here!" There was a moment of silence and then Joy quickly said, "Oh okay, see you soon!" After a few moments, she quickly hung up the phone and gave it back to Amy. The two stared at each other before screaming in happiness and jumping hyperly.

"Okay, there's three of them coming. Two girls and one guy, they're names are Kristina, Stacie, and Fernando. Kristina and Fernando are stepsiblings, so there's a reason why they don't really look alike." Roxas nodded at Joy from his bed, indicating her to go on.

After the little scene out in the hallway, Joy and Amy went back in their respected dorms. Roxas immediately asked what was going on, so here they were, in their dorm on their own beds, Roxas listening while Joy explained.

"It seems that they're on a foreign exchange program, so I guess the exchange is here. Kristina is cool, she's kind of like me, except she is more mature than I am. And, she hits way harder than me."

"Oh no," Roxas said playfully.

Joy threw one of her stuffed animals at him which he laughed at, "Anyway! Stacie is awesome, she is like one of my closest friends. And Fernando is just plain…weird." Roxas snorted at that and Joy threw another plushie at him, "I don't mean it in that way! I mean, he's cool and all, but sometimes he's a little too girlie."

Roxas gave her a strange look before saying, "Okay…"

Joy laughed, "But they're all fun to hangout with. We've been friends since junior high. But you know what creeps me out?"

"What?" Roxas asked her, throwing the stuffed animals back on Joy's bed.

"When I was talking to Fernando awhile ago, before he left, he told me 'when we get there, don't get mad at us' and he just hung up on me."

"Maybe they're bringing something with them that you don't like," Roxas suggested.

"Hm, that's a possibility."

"Okay, I'm going to change the subject." Roxas said suddenly.

"Alright, to what?" Joy questioned him, hugging one of her pillows.

"Help me with my math homework?" He lightheartedly asked.

Rolling her eyes, Joy got up and took a seat in front of Roxas as he stayed, laying on his stomach on his bed. "And I thought I was the one that needed help with math."

"Well, you're returning the favor," He said to her, grinning.

"Yeah, yeah." And with that, Joy tutored Roxas on his math homework.

Writing in her little journal, Joy was on her bed, as usual. It was a Saturday and she normally didn't get homework on the weekends. So here she was, off in her own little world, writing in her journal full of her written thoughts and memories. All of a sudden, her phone went off. Reaching for it, she noticed that Amy was calling her, "Hello?"

"Joy! Guess what?!" Amy's voice rang through Joy's ears.

"What?"

"Riku asked me to be his girlfriend!"

"Oh my gosh! No way! Are you serious?! Did you say yes?!" Joy was happy for her friend. Amy had been telling Joy that she's been crushing on Riku for awhile. And it seemed Riku returned her feelings. It was a bit obvious at the Halloween Bash.

"Yeah! Of course I did! We're at the mall right now."

"That is so awesome! You guys on a date?"

"Yeah. Oh, I gotta go! I'll call you later!"

"Okay, have fun!" Joy said teasingly. Amy hung up on her. Staring at her cell phone, she said to it, "Geez." Going back to her journal, Joy heard the door make a click noise. Turning her attention to the door, she saw Roxas enter the room. "Hey Roxas," she greeted.

"Hey, want to take a walk outside? Y'know, get some fresh air?" Roxas asked the girl from the still open doorway.

Joy stared at her journal to Roxas and back. "You know, that sounded just like Rai?" Roxas gave a scowl which Joy just laughed at. She put her journal away and nodded at him before walking out the door with him.

"Wait," Joy halted Roxas. Roxas looked at her confused, his hand on the handle to the door that led out of the dormitories. Joy ran to a nearby vending machine and popped in some munny. Getting what she wanted, she grabbed it and ran back to Roxas, grinning, "I just wanted some cookies."

Roxas shook his head at the girl and held out the door for her. Joy walked out smiling and Roxas followed right after. They started walking toward the park, staying on the pathway that lead to it. It was the beginning of fall, and the regular trees were turning their leaves into their true colors. There was a nice comfortable silence between the two as they walked through the park. Joy mainly looked around the scenery, the bag of cookies still unopened in her hand, while Roxas stared straight head, leading the way through the park. They continued on a path that circled through the park, a calm peace hanging over them.

"Hm, you know Amy and Riku are going out now?" Joy asked, trying to fill in the silence. She continued, "Amy just called me awhile ago. They're on a date at the mall."

"Finally. That guy has been staring at her for the past week, didn't think he was ever going to ask her out."

"You knew??"

"Of course. I'm cousins with his best friend, how would I not know?"

"And you never told me!"

"You never asked." Roxas pointed out, shrugging.

Joy pouted at him before changing the subject. "So, why are we walking through the park, Roxas?" Joy asked, turning to him.

Roxas shrugged again, "I just felt like it."

"Then, why am I here?"

"Hm, just felt like bringing you along."

"Really now?"

"What? Can't I spend time with my roommate?" Roxas looked at her with that cheesy smile.

"Roxas, we're roommates, have every single class together, and we have the same friends. I think we spend a lot of time together," Joy informed the sandy blonde.

"Hm…I get the feeling you don't want to be with me right now," Roxas said, faking being hurt while looking the other way.

Being the gullible person that Joy was, she immediately started to apologize, "Wait, I'm sorry Roxas! I didn't mean it like that!"

Roxas grinned back at her, poking her forehead, "Just kidding."

Joy pouted at him before crossing her arms and walking away from him. Roxas rolled her eyes and followed after her. Joy was fully aware of him just right behind her just as her fake anger subsided. Taking a seat on a nearby bench, Joy started opening her little bag of cookies. Roxas took a seat next to her soon after.

"Hm, one more week before my friends come here," Joy said, breaking the silence.

"Yeah. I bet you can't wait for them to come," Roxas responded, turning to her.

"I guess. It will be nice to see them again, I'm sure you and the gang will like them, too." Roxas stared at the girl next to him. Joy had kept her gaze on the bag of cookies and had gone quiet, all of a sudden. Her eyes went from lively to low-spirited; it seemed that she was remembering a past memory. Roxas put a hand on her shoulder which she quickly reacted to. She looked up at him and saw his worried look. She instantly plastered a grin on her face and said, "Hey, you coming with me and Amy to the airport next Saturday? I think Riku's coming along, too."

"You want me to come?" Roxas asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"Why not? Ever since Fernando said 'when we get there, don't get mad at us,' I've been getting a nervous feeling from it. He usually never warns me like that except when it's really something I wouldn't like."

Roxas thought for a moment before saying, "Hm, sure. I guess I can come. Got nothing else to do on that day."

"Okie dokie!" Joy exclaimed, bouncing inside with happiness. "Hey, tryouts for the Tennis Team is next week!"

"You're going to tryout?"

"Yeah! Of course! I love tennis," Joy told him, smiling, "Amy, Olette, Kairi, Namine, and Selphie are going to tryout, too."

Roxas chuckled, putting his hands behind his head, "That is such a girl sport."

"Hey!" Joy snapped, smacking the upside of his head, "Guys play tennis, too!"

"Sheesh! Okay," Roxas responded, rubbing the back of his head.

Noticing how hard she hit the poor guy, she offered her bag of cookies to Roxas, "Cookies?"

Before Roxas could respond, Joy felt hot breath next to her ear, "I would like one."

Joy jumped out of her seat and nearly yelped if she didn't see who the one that whispered in her ear, "Axel! You jerk!" Axel straightened up and started laughing at the jumpy girl. The blue haired guy next to him smirked at the event, "Hi Zexion."

"That was totally worth it," Axel spoke in between laughs.

Joy threw a cookie at him which hit him square on the head, "You suck, Axel. I hate you now." Joy quickly took her seat back next to Roxas who also was snickering a bit. "Shut up, Roxas," Joy retorted, puffing out her cheeks in annoyance.

Axel, once he was done with his amusement, circled around the bench and faced the two, "So, what brings you two to the park on this lovely day?"

"Fresh air?" Joy replied to him, turning to Roxas who in return nodded his head at her.

"Really now?" Axel questioned, walking by Roxas' side.

Roxas eyed the red head suspiciously, "Yeah…"

"Hmm…" Axel started, his voice lowering so only Roxas could hear, "Seems more like a date."

Roxas flushed and pushed Axel away, "What are you even doing here, Axel?" Roxas asked, annoyed.

"Well, Zexion and I just came back from the skate park."

"Oh, before I forget, when are you going to give back my skateboard? I want to hit the skate park sometime now."

Axel merely slapped Roxas on the back, "Lighten up will ya? You'll get it back soon enough."

"Want some cookies Zexion? They're really good," Joy offered the bag to Zexion as she bit into another cookie.

Roxas and Axel turned their heads to the other two. Zexion looked down at the girl as she held out the bag; she had a cookie hanging from her mouth. The next thing that happened shocked the two that were sitting on the bench. Zexion placed a hand under Joy's chin and lifted her head up to him, the cookie still in place. He lowered his head and bit on the same cookie in her mouth, the whole time, keeping eye contact with the now blushing girl. With a swift movement of his head, he broke the cookie with his mouth and chewed. (A/N: Think of Ouran High School Host Club's cookie scene)

'What the f---!' Roxas thought, feeling his blood boil with rage. Zexion regained his normal composure and they saw him swallow the delicacy down his throat. Roxas turned his attention to Joy who was blushing like a tomato.

"You know… if you wanted one, you could've just gotten one from here," Joy stammered, gesturing to the bag of cookies in her limp hand.

Zexion stared at the bag before saying, "I don't like getting my hands dirty."

Roxas unconsciously clenched his fist. Axel took notice and smirked. In a voice only heard by Roxas, Axel whispered in his ear, "Get a move on, Roxas. 'Cause if you don't, you'll lose your chance just like you almost did now. Your lucky Zexion doesn't like hyper girls."

Even though Joy was still blushing, she said to Zexion, "If you do that again, I swear I'll make it so you never eat again." Zexion turned his gaze to Joy and gave her a disbelievingly look. "I will!" Joy persisted.

"Well, we'll leave you two lovebirds alone," Axel said, starting to walk away toward the school.

"Don't do something that I wouldn't do," Zexion told the two. He smirked at their reactions and walked shortly behind Axel. When Roxas and Joy weren't looking, Axel handed a $10 bill to Zexion.

"We're not lovebirds!" Joy yelled after him.

Another week has passed since the day that Roxas and Joy had gone to the park. Roxas didn't heed Axel's advice, but he has spent even more time with Joy. The time they spent together gave the impression that it was longer than the time of the average married couple. During the week that has gone by, the gang went to the beach to finalize the end of the summer season. And the news of Amy and Riku's relationship spread throughout the school like a wild fire. The girls that were keeping an eye on Riku, envied Amy as Riku always had an arm around her.

But now, it was the day. It was Saturday and they were at the airport; they as in Joy, Amy, Roxas, and Riku. Roxas and Riku were the only ones willing to wake up early just to make it in time for the arrival of the foreign exchange students. It was 8AM, so just to make it in time, they had to start driving by seven; Riku was the one that drove them there in one of the school's vans. Amy and Joy, being friends with the foreign exchange students, proposed to Principal Ansem that they would pick them up at the airport.

In the car, Riku obviously was in the drivers seat and being his girlfriend, Amy sat next to him in the passengers seat. Roxas and Joy took the middle seats of the car, but 'accidentally', Roxas had put his hand on top of Joy's when she had her hand out on the middle seat and they both felt the electricity run through their bodies. Reacting to it, they retreated their hands and muttered a small 'sorry'.

At the airport, Joy and Amy were standing up, looking at the exit where their friends were suppose to be coming from. Roxas and Riku were sitting on the chairs near them, watching the girls. Roxas had his head on his hand which was on the arm chair, while Riku sat next to him.

"Where are they??" Amy exasperated, letting a few other passengers walk past her.

"Calm down, Amy. They're probably still looking for their luggages." Joy reassured the girl. After a few more minutes, Joy caught sight of dark brown hair. "I see Stacie!"

"Where?!" Amy yelled, frantically looking around, "I'm blind!"

"STACIE!" Joy saw another girl next to her friend, "KRISTINA!"

"JOY! AMY!" A girl with black hair ran and nearly glomped Amy. The brunette that was next to her rushed over to the scene.

"Hey Stacie!" Joy exclaimed and hugged the girl. "Handshake?"

"Hm…okay," Stacie nodded and held out her hand. Joy shook it and before you knew it, the two were doing a series of complicated hand movements. It took a moment before they ended it with a high five, and it sent the four girls laughing.

"Oh my gosh! Looking for my luggage took forever! I swear, there was like ten people that had the same luggage as me," Stacie complained, taking out her plushie from her carry-out bag.

Joy laughed, but was suddenly squeezed into a bear hug by her other friend, "Nice - to - see - you - too … Kristina!" Joy managed to choke out. Kristina was a tall Asian girl that had black shoulder length hair. Stacie had dark brown hair that almost looked black was a tiny bit taller than Joy and was also Asian. Once Kristina released her bear-hug, Joy looked around before asking, "Where's Fernando?"

"Oh, he's coming. He had a hard time looking for his humungous luggage. Turns out that his suitcase was too fat that it almost got stuck in the machine," Kristina explained.

"He's a dork like that," Joy retorted.

"I'll introduce you guys to the people that are here," Amy started leading Kristina and Stacie to Roxas and Riku. Joy stayed where she was and continued to look over the mob of passengers coming out, searching for her other friend. Soon enough, she found a highlighted blonde's head. Waving her hand in the air, she yelled, "FERNANDO!"

The blonde turned his head to the familiar voice and walked over to her. After their greetings, Joy noticed he got taller. He was almost a head taller than her, but he was still shorter than Riku. "Where are the others?" He asked.

Joy pointed toward where Amy was and said, "the two guys that don't seem familiar are our friends. The taller one is Amy's boyfriend." Fernando nodded and started walking away when he felt someone grab his sleeve. Turning around, he found Joy holding on to his sleeve, but faced the other way. Slowly, she said, "What is he doing here?"

Fernando looked to where she was staring at and started getting nervous. He was saved from answering when Amy ran toward him, "Fernando! You're finally here!"

"Okay, okay! Enough with the hugs," Fernando told the girl, prying the girl away from him.

"What's wrong, Joy?" Roxas asked, walking up next to her. He turned his attention to a teenager guy with dark hair that was walking toward the group.

"Hello," a small voice was heard. The others turned their heads to the source. Joy's arm that was holding on to Fernando's sleeve went limb as she stared while Amy's jaw dropped. "Nice to see you girls, too."

The guy that stood before them, who was an inch taller than Roxas, was the guy that made Joy have her promise. The guy that she wanted to forget. The most unexpected person she thought that would've come back into her life.

"W…what…" Joy could barely let the words come out of her mouth.

"What are you doing here?!" Amy yelled out for Joy.

The unknown teenager mocked hurt, "Ouch, that hurt."

The guy from the beginning, the guy that made Joy finalize her decision of leaving her old high school. He was the person that hurt her last. But, now he just stood there, smiling as if he never did. Amy took notice and glared daggers at him. Ricky Tang.

Hope you liked it!

REVIEWS PLEASE !

I need critism! To be a better writer!

Although, compliments are wanted as well ;) Pretty please?