A/N: Okay...so here we go. You all must know me well enough by now to know that since I gave such a cute treat in the last chapter that something's GOT to be wrong now. Well...you're right. Trouble be brewin' beyond this point! I know, I said things would get angsty last chapter but then Riku and Sora stole the spotlight for most of it... *cough* lol So I decided I need a BIG event for chapter 13 since Roku is Number XIII. (: Glad you guys liked the last chapter with Sora and Riku and their uncontrollable vocals. XD I was literally lol'ing as I wrote that. Also, I apologize in advance to Axy fans. There's not a whole bunch of our dear redhead in this chapter. :'( Nevertheless, please try to ENJOY! (Continuing from Roxas's POV.)

DISCLAIMER:

Xion: You're mean...
KHFreakOZoid: QUIET, YOU!
Zexion: SHE OWNS NOTHING! *panting*
KHFreakOZoid: O_o Gee, Zex, if you want to be the disclaimer monkey you coulda just said so. No need to shout...
Zexion: -.-'

We got up a bit earlier than I fancied the next morning. The ungodly hour of 7am. (Okay, it's not THAT early, but I never was a morning person...) Axel was already up and at 'em, helping me pack the last of my beach belongings in my duffle bag. Despite sleeping in yesterday, Sora and Riku were already packed and waiting for us by the time we got downstairs.

"You guys ready?" a smiling Axel said, wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"Yep!" Sora said, cheerfully. "Let's go!" He grabbed Riku's hand and dragged him to his car. Riku got in the driver's seat, unlocking the door for Sora. And with that, they left. Looks like we were following them. Oh well.

"You ready?" asked

Axel. I smiled at him and nodded. I got into the passenger's seat and he started the engine, and we were off. After a few minutes he sighed.

"What?" I asked him.

Axel chuckled. "I dunno, it's just...everything seems perfect now." I smiled.

"...Yeah, it does," I said, closing my eyes. I heard him chuckle softly beside me. I laughed too. "And you said we'd never make it."

He smirked. "Yeah. And look how far we've come," he sighed contently again. We really had come a long way...I remembered that day two years ago when we'd first met. I had no idea he'd become my best friend, nurse my broken heart, and eventually become the love of my life... For so long, because of Namine, my heart was breaking. And now Axel and I were standing strong. Every little thing he said made me fall harder every single day. Sure, he had his faults. He had no shame in making perverted comments and his ego was bigger than his head. He was lost even when he was going in the right direction (which suddenly made me feel like maybe I should be driving...) But he still meant the world to me, even if he was crazy. He was a train wreck...but I guess I wouldn't love him if he changed.

I sighed too. Like usual the car ride was silent. But it was a comfortable silence. It allowed me to really think about my relationship with him for the first time. I realized how different we were. He was a friggin' giant and I was a midget. He was over confident and I couldn't even give a school report without getting dizzy. He looked all manly and had muscles...and I was a scrawny weakling. But I guess I finally understand what they mean by 'opposites attract.' Truthfully...I think I'd always secretly hoped Axel still had feelings for me. Even through my relationship with Namine. Because even though he was a guy and I'd shot him down, he was always there for me. Even when he was busy, he'd drop everything when I needed him. It was like through every fight with Namine, my hope kept growing that someday Axel would come for me... I'd always told myself I broke up with Namine because I was tired of the way she treated me, but maybe it was because I wanted to give Axel a shot... Once I left Namine, I went straight into Axel's arms and I never once looked back.

He was one of a kind...and he was mine. And that was the ebst feeling in the world. No one would ever change that in my heart.

"Roxas, this is Xion," Kairi introduced us. The girl with the black hair just smiled at me and shyly waved.

"Hi," I said, nodding at her. Axel had gone to play beach volleyball with Demyx. I wasn't the least bit sporty so I decided I'd stay on the beach and watch. After they'd moved on to wrestling I decided I was bored and went to talk to the girls. After Kairi left, Xion and I talked a little bit and I had to admit, once she came out of her shell a little, she was a pretty cool girl. After a little while, it got hot outside so we went inside Kairi's beach house and hung out in the gameroom for a while. "I challenge you to air hockey," I said, chuckling.

Xion giggled. "You're on!" I put a five dollar bill (1) into the token machine and 20 tokens came out. I placed one in the air hockey machine and Xion and I got our paddles ready. The puck came out on my end and I placed it on the table, aiming carefully for her goal. I gave it one hard knock, expecting it to go straight into the hole, so I wasn't expecting it when she hit the puck back at me, making a goal of her own.

So giggled again. It was a cute sound. I just stared wide-eyed at the score that now said 0-1. "Keep your eye on the puck, Roxy!" using the nickname I normally only let Axel use. I allowed it for some reason. It had a special ring to it when Xion said it. I smirked at the girl across from me.

"Oh, you're definetly going down now," I said, laughing, and took the puck out, immediatly slamming it towards her goal again. We played three more game, the scores being 7-6, 5-7, 4-7, and 6-7 repectively. She beat me three out of four times. I chuckled, panting from the intensity of our silly game. "You're not bad...,"

She laughed. "Well, yeah. The scoreboard just told me so." I rolled my eyes and laughed. "What do you wanna do now?" I looked around the huge game room and smiled when I saw one of my personal favorites. "Skeeball?" I asked.

"Sure!"

The two of us played skeeball, both of us getting a boatload of tickets from the game. After we ran out of tokens I put in another five dollar bill and we tried the basketball hoops. (We both failed miserably at that though, so we didn't spend too much time bothering with that.) I spent a couple of tokens on a shooting game while she watched in amazement as I shot nearly all the deer on the screen. She chuckled when I got the high score. "Nice." I chuckled too. After an hour or so we brought our tickets to the prize booth, each picking out some nice prizes. When we had what we wanted, I still had about twenty tickets left. "Hey, uh...Xigbar," I called to the odd man at the prize booth. He had an eyepatch.

"Yeah, kiddo?" he said, walking back over to us.

"What can I get for...twenty tickets?" Xigbar looked at the prizes behind him.

"Hmm...twenty tickets will get you...a bag of Pixie Stix, a sticker book, or a stuffed Moogle." I noticed Xion's lips twitch upwards when he mentioned the Moogle. I paused and asked for the Moogle, my face heating up just slightly when I offered it to her.

"Aw, it's so cute!" giggled Xion. "That was really nice of you...thank you, Roxas."

I smiled crookedly at her. "It was nothing..."

Just then, Kairi came in, smiling at the two of us. "There you two are! Come on, we're about to play laser tag!"

Everyone geared up, putting on their vests and getting their laser guns. I spotted Axel and he waved at me. I smiled back at him. Wow, I guess I was so busy hanging out with Xi, I forgot her was here...I hope he doesn't think I was avoiding him. An alarm went off, signaling the start of the game. I wasn't sure if I should hide or not when Axel approached me. "Hey! Where've you been, loco?" he laughed. I felt a little guilty.

"Just hanging out with the new girl, Xion. She's pretty nice."

Axel chuckled again. "What's she, my competition?"

I frowned. "N-no, why would you say that?" Axel looked at me funny when he heard my nervous tone.

"Calm down, Rox, I was just messin' around," he said rolling his eyes. "Oh, by the way, I meant to tell you something."

"What?"

"EAT MY DUST!" Axel said, laughing as he shot at my vest with his laser gun. He ran away laughing before I'd comprehnded what happened and I pouted to myself, disappearing in the trees to avoid anymore careless casualties. I prowled nearly silently through the trees and shot people with my laser gun when they least expected it. I was already hiding behind the nearest tree by the time they turned around to find the culprit.

I began to run faster, not bothering with stealth anymore once I had three lives left. An unidentified shooter shot me, taking one, and laughing as he ran in the opposite direction. I noticed my brother fleeing the scene, but he was out of range by the time my gun was ready to shoot him. It didn't surprise me (although it did worry me) when I was shot again, a few seconds later, by a silverette not far from Sora's pervious position. I managed to shoot him back and I ran for a tree, determined to stay in the game.

One more shot and I was out. I started panting from running so much and froze when I heard a twig crackle. I paused for a minute and then cocked my gun, aiming it in the direction of the noise. I was faced with Xion's smirking face, I giant "1" on her chest, symbolizing she had one life left as well. I smirked at her and laughed. "So we meet again...,"

"Oh, how I wish it was under better circumstances. But I must bid you...goodbye." Both of us pulled the trigger at the same time, immediately checking our vests after to see who was still in the game. To my relief, I still had a number on my vest, and Xion's was blank.

"Yes!" I laughed, doing a brief victory dance. Xion sighed, sitting on the ground and taking off her vest.

"Phew...," she panted. "Good game," she chuckled holding out her hand to me. I walked over to her and shook it, also helping her to her feet. She stumbled a little and I caught her, chuckling a little. Her face was a little too close to mine, but she didn't move. She looked at me for a moment. I immediately noticed when she leaned in a little, closing her eyes. That's where I made mistake number one. I hesitantly closed the gap between our lips. I heard the leaves move behind us and I pulled away, my heart sinking.

Axel stood there, a blank, emotionless expression on his face. Demyx was with him and his mouth dropped open. "Oh, my God!" he exclaimed. He ran back, probably to spread the word...wonderful.

I stared at Axel. He didn't move. "Axel, I-"

He cut me off by pointing his gun at me, officially taking me out of the game, and then he turned around to follow Demyx without another word.

(1) Yup, dollars. I'm American! XD