Ok, well this chapter should be mildly interesting. There's a couple of POV changes, but mostly told from Riena's point of view. Enjoy!

Boy, meet girl,

You were my dream, my world.

But I, was blind,

You cheated on me from behind!

So on, my own,

I feel so all alone.

Though I know, it's true,

I'm still in love with you…

One of my roommates had the stereo on. I don't know who, but it was on. Now I was awake, and still tired. "WHO TURNED ON THE STEREO?!?" I yelled in a scratchy, 'I'm still tired' voice.

"I did," Larxene said, coming out of the bathroom. "Want me to turn it down?"

"Turn it OFF!" I yelled in my same scratchy voice, and throwing a sock at her.

"Alright, alright!" she said huffily. She threw the sock back at me and turned off the radio.

Oog, I thought to myself. Today is going to be awful. I dragged myself out of bed and went through my normal morning routine. Breakfast didn't taste like breakfast, it tasted like cardboard. I was drifting in and out during class and hardly ate at lunch. "Anything wrong?" Roxas asked, noticing I hadn't touched my lunch.

"No, not really." I answered. "Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Something Larxene said."

"What did she say?" he asked, suddenly serious.

"She said you liked me," I replied. "Is that true?"

He turned slightly red and quickly answered, "No, why would she think that?"

I shrugged. "How should I know? I don't analyze how A-listers function." We both started laughing, but then I stopped. "I shouldn't say that 'cause Marluxia's an A-lister, even if he doesn't act it."

"Yeah." Roxas agreed. "I guess you're right…"

The end-of-lunch bell rang and we gathered our things and walked to our next class. The rest of the day was uneventful until study hall. I sat with my usual group and was about to start some homework, when I felt someone cover my eyes. "Guess who?" the person asked in a playful voice.

"Hey Marluxia." I said, taking his hands off my face. "What's up?"

"God this is embarrassing…" I heard him mutter.

"What is?" I asked.

"Nothing, nothing," he replied. "Since I'm doing it for you, it's not so bad." I cocked my head. I was pretty confused now. I gasped as he got down on one knee and took my hand. Oh my gosh!! I thought, is he proposing?!?!? I could feel the eyes of everyone in study hall staring at us. Then he asked, "Riena, will you… come the Home Coming Dance with me?"

I breathed a sigh of relief. "I thought you were going to propose to me!" I exclaimed. "But I would love to go to Home Coming with you."

The entire class gave a loud cheer. I blushed like mad and asked Marluxia, "Did you do that on purpose?"

"Why? Are you mad?" he asked, looking very worried.

"No, of course not!" I answered, "I'm flattered."

He sighed with relief. "Well, see ya, Ri." he said, getting up. "No backing out of Home Coming, kay?"

"I wouldn't miss it for the world, darling." I assured him, as he walked back to his table. He smiled, and started his own work.

When class ended, I went straight back to the dorm to IM Sora. I pulled out my laptop and switched it on. I logged onto my account, and saw that Sora was online, so I quickly IMed him before he had time to leave.

ShadowAngel: yo! Sora!

SoratheSky: nani?

ShadowAngel: guess what?

ShadowAngel: i got asked to the Home Coming Dance!!!!

SoratheSky: omfgwtf???

SoratheSky: r u serious?

ShadowAngel: yup:)

SoratheSky: zomg! O.O

SoratheSky: who? who?

ShadowAngel: marluxia… -stares into space-

SoratheSky: tell me more…

ShadowAngel: lol. if i did, u would fall asleep

SoratheSky: -sigh- fine…

SoratheSky: I g2g

ShadowAngel: noooooooooo! why?

SoratheSky: am meeting kairi

ShadowAngel: who?

SoratheSky: tell ya later. bai!

ShadowAngel: byeeee!!

-SoratheSky has logged off-

I logged out and turned off my computer. "Who were you IMing?" I toppled off my bed and looked up at a smirking Axel.

"Just a friend from my old school." I told him.

He gasped. "Are you cheating on your precious Marluxia?"

I smacked him in the arm. "Of course not! Where's Larxene? I need her to help me find something to wear to the dance."

"Oh, she's doing something. She told me to come back here."

"And you listened to her?" I shrugged. "Oh well. I'll ask later, then." I climbed onto my bed and got started on finishing the homework I had leftover from study hall. When Roxas walked into the dorm, I was taking a break from my history homework. My work was spread out on my bed and I was on the floor, nearly asleep.

"Are you dead?" Roxas asked, kicking me lightly.

"Huh? No." I said, pulling myself back onto my bed.

"You know it's almost time to go down to dinner, right?"

"Damn…"

"You want me to bring you back something to eat?"

"Really? Aww thanks Roxas!"

"No problem," he said, blushing slightly. "See you later."

Halfway through my geometry homework, I had fallen asleep. I was lying on my bed with my textbook covering my face and my right arm hanging off the bed. The smell of food woke me up, along with Roxas shaking me lightly.

"I brought food." he said, putting the plate next to my bed.

I flopped over and propped myself on my elbows. "What didja bring?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing much," he replied. "Just some pasta, garlic bread, and a bowl of ice cream."

"Aww! You're so sweet!" I told him, picking up my plate of food. "So, is Larxene back? I need her to help me pick an outfit for the dance."

"Dunno," he replied. "I didn't see her downstairs."

"What about Marluxia?"

"Didn't see him either."

"Oh well. I'll call him later."

"Hn." Roxas climbed up the bunk above mine to finish some of his homework. I decided I was done and called Marluxia. It rang, and rang, and rang, and then, "Hello?"

"Hey, Marluxia!" I said. "What's up?"

"Oh nothing. Hey, where were you at dinner? I didn't see you."

"Homework. Roxas brought me up some dinner. But where were you? Roxas said he didn't see you."

"Oh, um, I didn't come down until later. Yea…"

"Hmm…"

"Hey, wanna come by my room?"

"Oh! Sure!"

"Okay, see you in ten."

"'kay, love you!"

"Love you too, bye!"

The phone clicked off and I stuffed it in my pocket. "Hey, Roxas," I called, "I'm going over to Marluxia's dorm, kay?"

"Hmm?" he said, looking up from his work. "Oh, alright."

"See you." I said, waving.

"Yea. Bye."

I walked up a flight of stairs up to Marluxia's floor. As I walked down the hall, I ran into Larxene. "Hey!" I said. "Where were you after study hall? Roxas said you weren't at dinner, and I really need your help choosing an outfit for the dance."

"Oh," she said. "I was, um, helping my friend with some homework she didn't finish in study hall and I ate with her, so, yea. And I'll help you later, 'kay?"

"Alright…" I said, slightly upset.

"All right! See you!" She continued down the hall back to our dorm. I watched her leave, and walked down to Marluxia's dorm. I knocked on his door and waited for him to open the door.

Larxene's POV

I was so relived to get out of Riena's sight. I'm glad she's so clueless. If she knew how to put two and two together, she would know what was going on and why I was there. Or maybe she does know and is just pretending everything's okay. Nah… probably not. Oh well, better go play with my other boy toy.

Marluxia's POV

I heard Larxene's fading footsteps and Riena knocking on my door. Thank god she left when she did. I thought to myself. Riena knocked again. God, the girl had no concept of patience. "Coming!" I called. I opened up the door and greeted her with a my-other-girlfriend-was-not-just-here smile.

Riena's POV

He opened the door and gave me his sexy smile. "Hey babe," he said, "I've been waiting."

"Waiting?" I asked. "Well we can't have that now, can we?"

He laughed and said, "No, so come on in." I walked in and saw that Marluxia was lucky enough to have his own dorm. The room was the same size, but seemed much bigger. That was probably due to the fact that, A) there was only one bed, B) it was clean, and C) it was organized, unlike the dorm I shared. "So, what do you want to do?" he asked, sitting on the edge of his bed. "Watch a movie, talk? I'm up for anything."

"Hmm…" I thought about it for a while, and then answered, "I feel like watching a movie."

"Alright," he said. "You can pick."

"'kay." My hand skimmed over the titles until one caught my eye. I pulled it out and asked, "Can we watch this?"

"'The Ring'?" he questioned. "Sure. I didn't know you were a scary movie fan."

"There are lots of things you don't know about me." I pointed out.

"Yea, you're right." He popped the movie into the DVD player and let it start. I sat next to Marluxia holding on lightly to his arm. As the movie went on, I got more and more scared, causing my grip to get tighter and tighter. By the time the movie ended, I had a death-grip on his arm. He was shaking his arm and trying to get me to loosen my grip. "Come on, now. It's just a movie." He said, trying to make me less scared.

"B-but, wh-what if Samara tries to k-kill me?" I stuttered, still scared.

It's okay, I'll protect you." He said, pulling me into a hug. I rested my head on his shoulder, slowly relaxing. Then, in the dead silence, my cell phone began to ring. I yelped and took the phone at my pocket and threw it at Marluxia's bed. Marluxia picked up my phone and looked at the caller ID. "It's just Roxas, not some psychotic killer." He told me, handing the still-ringing phone to me.

"O-okay." I flipped open the phone and said, "H-hello?"

"Riena? Are you okay?" Roxas asked, sounding concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I told him calmly. "I just thought you were Samara."

"What? Did you watch 'The Ring'?"

"Yes…"

"I thought you didn't like scary movies."

"Shut up!"

"Whatever. Do you plan on coming back anytime soon? It's almost midnight."

"It is?"

"Yes."

"Oh, well hold on." I turned to Marluxia and asked, "Could you walk me back to my dorm?"

"Why? You scared that Samara might get you?" he teased.

"Maybe…" I replied shyly.

"Alright. Tell your buddy we'll be over in about five minutes."

"'kay." I turned my attention back to Roxas, who was still on the phone. "Hey, Roxas?"

"Yeah?"

"We'll be over in about 5 minutes, okay?"

"Okay, but how long will it take you to finish making out in front of our dorm?"

"Oh, just about ten minutes."

"You're sick, Riena."

"And you're just jealous, Roxas."

"Nyah. See ya."

"Bye." I clicked off the phone and said to Marluxia, "Alright, I'm ready."

"Okay, let's go." We got up and walked down the stairs back to my dorm. When we arrived, he gave me a kiss good night and said, "See you tomorrow, my love."

I blew him a kiss and said, "I'll be thinking of you, love." I unlocked the door to the dorm and walked in. Roxas, it seemed, had been waiting for me.

"So, how was it?" he asked.

"Oh, it was perfect." I gushed. "He is just soooo sweet!"

"I'm sure…"

"He is like, my knight in shining armor. He said he would protect me from Samara."

"She's just a movie character, Riena."

"So? You obviously don't understand the bond Marluxia and I share. I love him, Roxas. And if you don't understand that, then I guess you aren't really my friend."

"Riena, I just–"

"Good night."

"But–"

"I said good night!" With no remaining energy, I fell asleep, but not before hearing Roxas whisper, "But I love you, Riena."

OMGLONG! My fingers hurt from typing so much, but it was worth it. This is probably a more crucial chapter in the story. There's something going on with Larxene and Marluxia, and Roxas just said he loved Riena!! Where will this lead? Will Riena even remember what Roxas said? Stay tuned!