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 MarluxiaOC AxelLarxene DemyxOC?(Other pairings may be decided later)
WARNING: Characters may be a bit OOC and near the ending, I bet I rushed it a bit, and I apologize for that. I'm just trying to put in chapter 17 in today because chapter 17 is all about christmas:
Disclaimer: I do not own Kingdom Hearts II or any of its characters
Claimer: I own Joy, Amy, Cookie, Stacie, Kristina, Jun, Fernando, Cris, and Taffy.
Side Note: Did you guys knows that my name is Joy ? Hehe xP Also, I formally had an OC's name to Kit, but my friend that represented that name disliked that name, so I have changed it to 'Cris'. (YOU HAPPY NOW, MY FRIEND THAT I WILL NOT MENTION?! xP)
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Sixteen
Question
After Question
Why?
Why does it hurt so much?
Why am I crying so hard?
The sobbing girl slowly reached in her jacket pocket and pulled out a small white envelope. The envelope was addressed to her and Amy, written in small and neat handwriting. Sealed on the back was a golden sticker with the initials 'L.K.' imprinted upon it. Carefully breaking the seal, she opened the envelope and leisurely took out a rosy felt piece of paper. Unfolding the letter, the paper was filled out with the same small and neat cursive as the front; the writing of a woman.
Joy's eyes read across the letter and more tears filled up her eyes."What took you so long Joy?" Amy asks concerned as her best friend takes her seat next to her.
"Well, you know, had some 'business' to take care of!" Joy responds with a grin.
Amy shook her head at her best friend but did not fail to notice something different about Joy. Her voice was softer than usual and her hair seemed unusually glossy. Amy cautiously ran a hand through Joy's hair and found her hair a little damp. Joy quickly swatted at her hand playfully but Amy did see the major difference in behavior from her best friend than her usual hyper self; her violet eyes were red and puffy.
Joy, quickly realizing Amy was catching on, immediately turned to her unfinished breakfast. Amy studied her best friend's behavior; Joy glancing back at Amy, avoiding looking up to Jun flirting with Roxas yet clearly hearing their conversation, and Joy gingerly eats her breakfast. From past experiences, Amy knew something was up.
"Oh Roxas, is that a six pack I feel?" Jun's repulsive voice reached Joy's ears as she was about to take another bite into her French toast. She took a cautious peek at the two across from her; what she saw almost made her jaw drop and spit out the food in her mouth. (A/N: I hate girls that do this, y'know, with that 'seductive' voice. It really just disgusts me xP)
Jun's hand was placed against Roxas' stomach area and was practically groping his abs. The bit of food in Joy's mouth was soaked up by saliva as Joy's violet eyes stared down at her plate of food, her fork loosely in her hand, Amy still observing.
"Be quiet Roxas," Joy embarrassingly ordered as she stuck out her tongue at him immaturely.
"Very mature," he said to her sarcastically. Joy merely pouted at Roxas as he looked at the girl with an amusing smirk, "Hey, it's not my fault that you can't - "
Before he could finish, he was jabbed in the stomach by a poke. Roxas raised an eyebrow at the female who was currently glaring at him. The poke that he had received from her had done no harm to him whatsoever, considering that he had abs exactly where she had jabbed. A moment later, she was holding her finger tightly in her other hand, "What the heck??"
"What?" He questioned the girl, a smirk hidden behind his confused face.
Getting over the mutual pain, Joy started to repeatedly poke his stomach (softer this time), hitting a flat, hard stomach. "What is this??"
"My stomach," he bluntly answered, very amused by her reaction.
"No! What is all this?!" Joy exclaimed, poking all over his abs in surprise. (A/N: Haha, this is what I do to guys xP)
"It's called muscle," Roxas replied with a grin, and grabbing her hand, stopping her from continuing her poking, and looked down on her. "Something you apparently don't have, but need."
"Hey!! What's that suppose to mean?" Joy yelled at him, clearly insulted.
Roxas laughed at Joy's reaction, "Just kidding." And with that, he patted her on the head like a little cat.
Joy pouted at him whilst sticking her tongue out once again. "Meanie…"
"Psh, I bet mines better," Axel retorted to Jun.
Jun and Roxas looked back to the red-head and saw him flexing, showing off his muscles to prove his point. Roxas snorted at him, "You wish Axel."
Axel leaned over the table, a challenging look across his features, "I think it's the other way around mate." (A/N: Pirates! LOL)
Amy took her gaze away from the silent Joy and turned it towards the argument between Roxas and Axel. Larxene had caught her eye and Amy knew exactly what was going on. Looking toward Jun, the raven-haired girl found that she had a disapproving expression as she was unmistakably excluded from the argument of 'muscles'. It was quite amusing to Amy as Roxas, without knowing it, had just left Jun out right after she attempted to flirt with him. Amy's amusement soon ended when she turned her chocolate brown eyes to her best friend who was still staring at her food, missing what was happening out of her little world.
"Ha! Everyone knows I have way more muscle than the both of you!" Kristina exclaimed, standing up in a prideful manner, interjecting Roxas and Axel's argument.
Roxas and Axel stared at the girl who had just stood up with disbelieving eyes. "Wanna bet?" Axel asked her.
"Yes I would," Kristina dared the red-head with full eye-contact.
Amy would have to ask about Joy's unusual behavior later.
One hour until they were all at Mt. Radiant.
"For those of you awake, we're on Mt. Radiant now," Chives called out.
Mt. Radiant was an enormous mountain that was currently covered by a blanket of snow. Snow white trees were seen as the equally white bus drove on the trail toward the summit. It was beautiful; the small lakes they passed by were frozen and the mountain forest life was barely seen as they hopped and ran about in the winter wonderland.
"Everything is so… white," Stacie said as she looked out the window, Cookie in her lap as she too, looked out in the scenery.
"Well, duh Stacie, it's snow!" Kristina told the girl.
Everyone laughed at the obvious scenery. Joy felt a buzz in her pants and started reaching into her pockets, pulling out her cell-phone. Looking at the screen, she sees that she received a text message. From Amy.
Wat happened
Wat do u mean
In the bathroom
Nothing. Why
U were crying
Wat makes u say tat
U were red
Seriously??
Ya big time
I just didnt say nething
Oh well….I got a letter
From who?
Mom
Ending her text conversation, Joy pocketed her phone away as well as Amy. Icy blue eyes followed her movements as she took an envelope out from her other pocket and tapping Amy's shoulder with it, she handed it to her best friend.
A normal person that was full of curiosity would be asking Joy what that certain letter was, but Zexion wasn't the kind of person to voice his own interests. The letter must have held some sort of significance, Zexion assumed. Once Amy had stared at the letter, she looked at it skeptically. Looking back at Joy, she asked, "Your mom?"
Joy gave her a small nod, leaning back in her seat and stared as Amy hesitated for a moment before opening the letter and reading the note. Riku next to Amy, noticed the letter in her hand and peeked over her shoulder to it, seeing the first few words, 'Dear Joy and Amy,' and presumed that this letter was from their mother. Riku looked to his girlfriend and noticed her facial expression changing in the twenty long seconds of her reading the letter; confusion, surprise, shock, and finally, an unreadable expression.
When Amy was done reading, she folded the letter back into the envelope - without noticing her boyfriend's gaze - and looked back to Joy. She had a look of wonder on her face, 'depressing wonder' Joy mused.
"Are you?"
Joy paused, hesitating before answering Amy's question, still facing forward. "I don't know. Whatever happens this week, I'll decide then."
Joy ceased the conversation and closed her eyes, folding her small hands across her lap. This position Amy knew to be Joy's thinking deeply mode. When Joy was like this, it was best not to bother her or else, face the consequences of her wrath. Amy knew from experience.
Roxas, who was pretending to be asleep, heard the discussion between Joy and her best friend. Pure curiosity took over him as he eavesdropped with his eyes closed. He was confused as to why Amy's question wasn't as obvious as it usually was. Joy's answer was also quite misleading. Opening his eyes just a crack, he saw Joy in her thinking pose. He knows Joy, and he knows that Joy usually does not take that position unless it was really important. Roxas was confused; what's going on?
"We're finally here!" Chives yelled into the bus.
Everyone looked out the window and the newcomers all sat there, dumbstruck. This deluxe cabin was no ordinary one. No, it was an enormous cabin with stairs and balconies, everything!
"This is where we're staying at??" Amy asked aloud.
"No, Amy," Larxene said to her sarcastically, "we're living at that dump over there."
Amy, being the gullible person she is, looked to where Larxene was talking about and saw a run-down house a little ways off. She widened her brown eyes and looked back to Larxene in fear, "Seriously?!"
"She's kidding, Amy," Riku told the gullible girl.
"Oh…" Amy sighed in relief and she heard giggling behind her. Turning around, she saw Joy laughing at her, "Be quiet, Joy. It's not my fault I'm so gullible."
"You know, it kinda is," Joy countered with a grin.
"Shuddap," Amy told the girl, huffing a bit.
"Well, if you two are done bickering, let's get out of this bus!" Axel exclaimed, and everyone agreed as they all piled out of the bus, thanking Chives on the way out.
Once Stacie had stepped off the bus, she looked to her temporary home again and shouted in amazement, "Oh my gosh, this place is huge!"
Thankfully, her loud outburst didn't create an avalanche.
It's been two days since we got here on Mt. Radiant. The deluxe cabin is big, in my opinion. I'm rooming with Amy. There's a girl's hallway and a boy's hallway. Chives went back to town and will pick us up on the way back. So far, we've all stayed inside for the last two days, basically unpacking our stuff and getting used to the large cabin, if you would even call it that. It just seemed like a wooden mansion to me. Haha, yeahhh.
Amy still has the letter and it's sitting on the desk right now. It's from my mother and even though the letter was addressed to the both of us, it was more toward me than Amy. My mom wants me to make this decision now, but I'm wondering which choice to choose.
But, like I said, whatever happens this week will affect my decision.
Ha, that's funny. The end of this week is Christmas Day. What a coincidence.
Joy was finally done with settling in, her clothes were in their respected drawers and closet. She looked toward Amy's bed which still had an open suitcase upon it, still completely full of clothing and such that have yet to be unpacked. Shaking her head at her best friend's laziness, she recalled that Amy was off with Riku in some part of the cabin, doing god-knows-what. She'd rather not know.
Suddenly, she heard her door open and she quickly turned around when she heard, "Knock knock!" It was the voice of Jun Tsu. She had a malicious grin on her face, a grin that made Joy feel a bit uneasy about.
"Do you need something from me?" Joy cautiously asked, standing near her bed in case she needed it after the conversation.
Jun closed the door as she entered the room and spoke in a low voice that would not be heard by other's ears outside the room, "We're going snowboarding and skiing."
"Oh," Joy responded, confused a bit as to why Jun would just want to come in and get her, "that's nice. When are we going?"
"We - as in me, everyone, and except you - are leaving in five minutes."
Joy immediately started frowning, "Oh…"
"Yeah," Jun continued, "you're not going. You want to know why?" Jun didn't even wait for Joy's answer, "Because you're going to be a distraction to Roxas. This is the perfect time for me and Roxas. I don't want some loser just ruining it."
Joy stared at the girl across from her. No, there was a glare hidden in her violet eyes. She already cried from her 'bullying' two days ago, she wasn't about to cry again, especially in front of this witch. Joy disliked Jun a great deal, to the point where she hated her. But, Joy couldn't bring herself to hate this girl, even though she was so evil. Joy didn't like to just hate people out of nowhere because of stupid reasons unless she saw their view first. Jun basically was jealous of Joy, she realizes that now. Joy was wearing the necklace that originally belonged to Jun, and she tolerated the fact that Roxas only saw Jun within her. He only compared Joy to Jun and only saw Jun, and no matter how much it pained Joy, she accepted it.
Joy sighed dejectedly, "I didn't even want to go out today…"
"Good. That was a nice chat, we'll be going now." Before she left, she added, "No telling anyone!" And with that, the 'witch' left the room, leaving Joy to her thoughts. She plopped on her bed, Jun's last words ringing in her mind.
"Good. That was a nice chat, we'll be going now."
A minute later, Joy's eyes shot up open and she sat up straight. 'She was that girl!'
"Is that the girl he likes?" Amy asked her best friend.
Joy looked to where Amy was looking toward and found Ricky with a raven haired girl. "Most likely."
Ricky and Jun were walking past them toward another group of friends and after awhile of them talking, the girl ceased their conversation with, "That's nice. We'll be on our way now," and she hooked her arm with Ricky's and they proceeded off to their destination.
'Jun was the girl that Ricky was with! Oh my gosh! Why didn't Stacie or Kristina tell me?' Joy thought urgently. She was about to go run out of the room when she thought that it didn't matter anymore. It wouldn't have made much a difference even if she did know that little detail. That explained why Jun knew guys had rejected Joy before.
Joy took a long intake of breath before letting it out. Is Joy ever going to find peace within her life?
Joy walked out into the cabin kitchen downstairs and found everyone dressed up and ready to go out in the snow. "Joy!" They all exclaimed as they saw the girl in her jeans, shirt, and socks.
Kristina noticed Joy's attire and asked, "Aren't you coming with us, Joy?"
Joy took a quick glance toward Jun to find that she was busying herself with Roxas, and answered her friend, "No, I'm not going. I'm feeling a bit lazy today."
"Aw, but it won't be as fun if you're not there, Joy," Kristina tried to coax the girl.
"Sure it will, just go on without me," Joy assured her friend.
"If Joy's not going, then I'm staying." Amy declared as she proceeded to taking off her jacket and shoes.
"Amy, don't make me spoil your fun," Joy said, stopping Amy from taking off her footwear. "I'm fine, besides, Cookie will keep me company," grinning toward the cat that was sitting comfortable on top of the kitchen counter.
"I'll st--" Roxas started to say but was interrupted by Jun tugging on his arm.
"Roxas and I will go on ahead!" Jun announced as she attempted to drag Roxas with her outside the door, but Roxas was much stronger than her.
"Jun, stop it. I didn't even feel like going snowboarding today," Roxas retorted to his ex-girlfriend.
Roxas turned away from the girl right before she started steaming in anger. Joy saw the fury etched upon her face, especially since it was toward herself. To Jun, Roxas is being distracted from her again by Joy, that's how she looked at it. Joy didn't look at it that way, but said anyway, "No, it's alright. You guys go on ahead and have fun. I'll catch up later, how 'bout that?"
Everyone looked skeptically at each other before Hayner asked, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah!" Joy assured them with a smile, "Just tell me where ya'll are going."
"Here, I'll stay with shrimp so she won't get lost later," Larxene concluded. And she pointed at Joy who had opened her mouth to say something, "And don't argue with me." Joy quickly closed her mouth. Larxene took a seat on the couch and waited for anyone to object to her suggestion. No one did.
"Well, that's settled. Joy, Larxene, catch up with us later, the rest of us, time for some snow!" Demyx shouted, pumping a fist in the air. Everyone shouted in glee (except Zexion and Roxas, who still didn't feel like going) and started to exit the cabin.
As soon as everyone left, Larxene, Joy, and Cookie were the only ones in the cabin. Joy entered the kitchen that was connected to the living room, an open window in the wall that was in between, allowing access for conversation between the two rooms. "So, when were you planning to go snowboarding with us?"
Joy opened a cupboard and took out two hot chocolate mix packs, "To be honest, I wasn't exactly planning to even go."
Larxene came to the window and leaned against it as she continued to interrogate the girl, "And why, pre tell, is that?" Green eyes followed the shorter girl as she went back and forth in the kitchen from getting cups and other materials for the making of hot cocoa.
Joy didn't answer Larxene until she was working on the counter in front of the blonde girl. "…I don't know…"
"That's a lie," Larxene said.
Joy's gaze was on her hand, stirring the hot chocolate mix into the hot water as Larxene waited for her 'little sister' to finish. Instead, she got "Larxene, what do you think of Jun?"
A simple question. Joy's tone was just that of asking, and that's what made Larxene wonder about the question. Where was Joy getting at? "I don't like her. I never did." Blunt honesty.
Joy looked up from her stirring with widened eyes. She was surprised, "How come?"
"She's weird." Joy nearly dropped the cup in her hand from that statement. "Before she even looked at Roxas, I was alright with her, but once they started dating, she just started turning into a big flirt!" Larxene sighed in frustration, but stopped a moment to smell the aroma of Joy's hot chocolate. Joy had put a cup in front of Larxene as she went to put the spoon in the sink. "She really bugged me because she would usually ask for flirting tips and style tips."
"Really?" Joy asked astonished. She hadn't expected this from Jun. She thought everything she had on her was originally her ideas.
"Yeah. I tell her that highlights attract more attention because it stands out, and you know what she does, she comes back and there's highlights in her hair." Larxene shook her head in disapproval as Joy continued to listen, sipping at her own cup of hot cocoa. Cookie had gone back to her nap on the counter next to them. Joy nodded her little head, taking in Larxene's opinion of Jun when Larxene asked, "Why do you ask?"
Joy quickly answered, "No reason!"
That was too quick of an answer. Larxene looked at the violet eyed girl suspiciously before drinking her hot cocoa. Nothing else was said as they both drank their hot chocolate, and when they were finally done, Larxene told the girl, "Come on, we're going out there to snowboard whether you like it or not."
Joy widened her eyes and remembered Jun's words, "B-but, what if I don't want to??"
"Yes, you do," Larxene said, taking a hold of Joy's arms and pulling her upstairs. "I can see it in your eyes Joy, you want to go."
Joy sighed in defeat, she could never oppose Larxene. The taller girl smirked in victory. Something was going to happen today, good or bad, she can feel it.
The gang that went on first were on the ski lift at the moment. Kairi, Namine, Stacie, Olette, Selphie, Fernando, and Demyx were the ones going to ski; everyone else was snowboarding. To Roxas' relief, he was sitting with Hayner and Pence on the lift. Pence was the only one in the gang not skiing nor snowboarding for he was the one going to busy himself taking pictures of everyone else.
"So, Roxas, how are things going between you and Joy?" Hayner asked out of nowhere as they were halfway up toward the top.
Roxas looked opposite from Hayner, replying, "I'd rather not talk about it."
"That bad, huh?" Pence asked the blonde boy.
Hayner shook his head at his best friend, "Seriously dude, Jun's been like all over you lately."
"You don't think I know that?" Roxas snapped. Of course he knew that! He'd be a bonehead if he didn't. (A/N: He is though… xP)
Pence noticed Roxas' tone and said, "What are you going to do about it?"
"I don't know…" He replied lowly. He really didn't what to do.
Hayner patted his friend's back in a comforting way, making Roxas look at him, "Well, dude, if you don't do something soon, it might be too late."
"I don't know. Whatever happens this week, I'll decide then."
Roxas had a feeling he was running out of time. "…I'll talk to her later."
"So wait, why are we up here again?" Stacie asked as she stood in her skis, looking down at the mountain. Everyone was at the top of the mountain, besides Pence who went back down after taking a few quick shots.
Demyx saw the scared look on Stacie's face and asked the girl, "Wait, Stacie, do you even know how to ski?"
"No! That's why I'm here!" Stacie exclaimed.
Everyone looked toward the girl. "Stacie!" They all shouted in unison.
"What?"
Demyx shook his head, "We're going down the mountain, and this isn't just some bunny slope; you need to be at least intermediate level to be up here!"
"Then why am I here?!" Stacie screamed, worried.
"Why are you here, Stacie?" Jun asked her with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, everyone was coming up here… no one told me anything!" Stacie exasperated.
Olette grabbed hold of Stacie's shoulders, "Stacie! I yelled out if everyone knew what they were doing!"
Stacie stared at the girl, "Really?"
"YES!" Everyone shouted.
"Well, I didn't hear," Stacie admitted, chuckling to herself, grinning innocently to the others.
Demyx sighed, "Come on, I'll bring you back down so I can teach you."
"Mmk." Stacie replied, following the boy back to the ski lift.
Kristina started nudging Fernando in the side while saying, "Woo! Go Stacie!"
"Senior, too!" Selphie exclaimed, joining in with Kristina.
"I know huh?" Kristina and Selphie laughed together as they watched Demyx and Stacie walk away together. Good thing they were out of earshot.
"I heard that you know!" Stacie exclaimed back at them.
Or not.
"Since we got that over with, everyone knows how to ski/snowboard here, right?" Axel asked, snowboard in his hand. Everyone nodded their head 'yes' and Axel continued, "Guys first!" The boys positioned their boards up first while the girls stayed back.
It was silent as everyone stared down the mountain.
PLOP.
Snow falling to the ground from the tree was the only signal they needed as the guys heaved forward and shredded Mt. Radiant. You can distinctly hear Axel and Sora scream out in excitement, "WOOOHOOOOO!!!"
"Wow, they sure are loud," Namine acknowledged as she stared at the boys with a smile.
Kristina scoffed, "I'm way louder." The girls laughed as they also went down after them.
Twenty Minutes Later
"Hey look, Joy and Larxene are finally here!" Kairi exclaimed to the others as she stood up from the snow and skied toward them. Both Larxene and Joy were carrying snowboards tucked under their arms.
The gang was all next to the ski lift, on the mountain where all the bunny slopes were at. Demyx was still off teaching Stacie how to ski, having a little difficulty doing so. Pence took a shot of Joy and Larxene with their snowboards and snow outfits, "The late people have arrived!"
"Joy! Joy! You're finally here!" Amy exclaimed to her friend as she approached.
Joy laughed at her friend's silliness and scratched the back of her head in apology, "Sorry for coming a bit late, would have gotten here sooner but I didn't know which snowboard to use."
"Well, looks like you choose the right one," Namine observed as she looked at the snowboard under Joy's arm. (A/N: You can imagine how the snowboard would look.)
"Where is everyone else?" Joy asked, noticing some people were missing.
"Oh, Roxas and Axel and them went to the top again," Selphie told them.
"Oh…I see." Joy saw Jun a little ways off, looking up the mountain, most likely waiting for Roxas to come back down so she can congratulate him on whatever.
Under normal circumstances, Joy would have been waiting, too right there just for Roxas, but Jun was in the picture. Joy couldn't have done this even if she tried. Shaking her head away from these thoughts, she looked toward the girls, "I will just be--"
"Fernando!"
Everyone turned their heads to the source and found that Kristina had snow on her face and was facing Fernando in mild shock. It looks like Fernando had just thrown a snowball in Kristina's face. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Kristina pushed Fernando and he fell backwards, off a cliff!
"Fernando!"
"kristina!" Joy shouted at her in shock.
"What? It was only a two-feet drop…" Kristina explained, pointing down where Fernando seemingly fell off.
The witnesses ran toward where Kristina was pointing and found that Fernando was fine, lying there in the snow, a glare plastered on his face.
"That's not two-feet Kristina, that's three-feet," Namine pointed out.
"…Oh, whatever," Kristina merely said.
Namine shook her head as she looked down at her boyfriend, "Are you okay, dear?"
Fernando merely just sat up and continued to glare at the girl who pushed him, "Kristina, you better start running."
Kristina, taking the threat, started running away while laughing with the others as Fernando ran around the mound of snow and after Kristina, Pence taking pictures of all this. As this event took place, Joy slowly disappeared, walking away from the group. It's not that Joy didn't like her friends anymore, quite the opposite. She loved all her friends to death (besides Jun) and felt happy to be with her friends to share the moments for. But this time, it just made her a bit depressed. Joy staggered away without anyone noticing and looked at the ground, the snowboard tucked tightly under arm. She just wanted to be alone for now.
What should I do? I need to make the decision before Christmas! Should I or no? Okay, Joy look at all the pros and cons of each option. Okay, so if I decide yes then --
"Watch out!"
Joy barely looked up when suddenly she was smashed down to the snow, hard.
"Oww…."
"…Sorry…" A low voice murmured in apology to her. Joy barely took knowledge that something, or more like someone, was on top of her. And she could tell from the voice that it was a male.
As she opened her eyes, she looked up and fought the blush that was rising to her cheeks from the close proximity. He had dark brown eyes and black short hair. "It's alright… can you please get off me?"
"Right," he agreed, and that's when Joy noticed he had his snowboard still on his feet. She could tell he was having difficulty getting up.
"Here…" Joy wiggled out from under him, standing up and offered a hand to him. He took it after a second of staring at it and Joy, with a bit of trouble, heaved him up on his snowboard. He was only a little bit taller than herself.
"Thanks," he said with a bit of gratitude. "Sorry I crashed into you," he started, "I didn't see you in time to move out of the way."
"It's alright," Joy said forgivingly, resisting the urge to pat her own back to ease the ache, "I wasn't paying attention to what happened." Silence followed after that sentence as the Asian boy stared at his snowboard in embarrassment. "Um… I'm Joy," stretching her hand out to him, trying to lighten up the atmosphere.
He looked at her, shaking her hand up and down, he introduced himself, "I'm Cris."
"Cris?" Joy asked, making sure she got it right. He nodded silently. "Nice to meet you, Cris."
He nodded his head again in agreement and as their hands released the other, Joy heard a distant voice, "Cris!"
Joy turned around and found a girl about her height skiing toward them, "Are you okay, Cris?"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Joy looked at the girl; also Asian with long black hair and brown eyes. "Hello," Joy greeted the girl.
"Hi!" She replied enthusiastically.
"Joy - Taffy. Taffy - Joy, she's my cousin," Cris introduced the girls. The two females shook hands with a greeting smile.
"Nice to meet you, Taffy," Joy said to the girl.
"You, too."
"You snowboard?" Cris asked the blue-green haired girl, noticing the snowboard that Joy had retrieved from the ground.
"A little, still a beginner," Joy replied, a little embarrassed thinking that Cris was a professional snowboarder. "How 'bout you? How long have you been snowboarding?"
"Only a year," he replied. "I rule the bunny slopes," he boasted with a confident smile.
"Yeah, that explains why you smashed into Joy here," Taffy countered him. Her cousin glared at her and she just put on a laughing smile. Joy laughed as well. She liked these two.
A little ways off, the boys finally went down the mountain on their snowboards; that's when Roxas noticed Joy with another guy and girl. "Is that Joy over there?" Roxas asked Pence.
Pence turned around and zoomed in with his camera, "Yup, that's Joy." Pence looked back at Roxas and saw his face, "Don't get too jealous now, Roxas."
Roxas ignored that last bit and continued staring, "Who she with?"
Out of the blue, Jun wrapped an arm around Roxas' and told the blonde boy, "She's with other people, leave her be. Come on Roxas, help me on my snowboarding technique."
Roxas did not want to leave Joy be. She was hanging out with another guy! First Ricky, then Zexion, and now some stranger?! She's even laughing with him! Roxas felt the anger, once again, rise up within him as he saw the guy and Joy laughing together and having fun with each other. Dark eyes watched Roxas' facial expression and glared daggers at the subject Roxas was staring toward. There was a slight growl in her mind; Jun was getting pissed.
Joy felt chills run throughout her body, hugging herself, she said, "Oh my gosh, I just got a chill right now."
"Come on, let's go to the café," Taffy offered. "We can drink hot cocoa and that'll warm you up!" She told the girl enthusiastically.
"They have the best cookies there, too," Cris informed Joy, already starting to walk toward the café with Taffy.
"Where?" Joy asked, and the cousins pointed toward the bottom of the mountain where a small café was built. Joy looked back toward her friends to find them still having fun in a snowball fight and nodded her head toward her new friends in agreement. As the trio headed together toward the café, Joy text Amy.
I'll be at the café down the mountain
I'm with some new friends
I'll catch up with you guys later
Pocketing the phone back in her jacket pocket, she faced her friends and together they laughed the way to the café. Both her and Cris had their snowboards tucked under them as Taffy continued to ski slowly with them.
Should I?
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all enjoyed this chapter; this was my present to you lovely readers: I'm working on chapter 17 right now so you all will be able to read it today, too. I'll try to finish it today, otherwise you'll read it tomorrow ! Love you all!!
I have changed one of my character's names from 'Kit' to 'Cris' because apparently, my friend that represented this character has refused to take this name. -- So, sorry for that little mix up.
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