The rest of the week until Homecoming went by quickly. Roxas and I barely spoke to each other since my outburst. Wait, did I say "barely spoke"? I meant to say "didn't speak to each other". We were both pissed beyond all reason. Larxene and Axel kept trying to get us to make-up, but we just couldn't. The only thing I could look forward to was the Homecoming Dance, where I could dance the night away with Marluxia.

It was the day of the Dance and all classes had been canceled. I was very grateful because, the night before, I had been over at Marluxia's until about two in the morning, and hadn't gotten to sleep until about 2:30 am. So, I was able to sleep in. Now, I was changed into a wonderful dress (courtesy of Larxene) and was very restless.

"Stop fidgeting!" Larxene told me. "Unless you want to have a terrible make-up job, sit still!"

"Sorry," I said. "I'm just nervous 'cause this is the first time I've had an actual date for a dance."

"Oh, well, you just need to be calm and don't follow him everywhere. Guys find that annoying." She advised me.

"No freaking way." Axel mumbled.

"Did I say you could speak?" Larxene snapped. "Keep quiet and don't distract her."

Two hours later, my hair and make-up was finally done. Then, it finally struck me. "Where's Roxas? I haven't seen him all day."

"Oh, he said he was gonna hang out with his date." Axel reported.

My eyes grew wide. "Roxas has a date? Since when?"

"Since two days ago. And she is hot."

"Why didn't I know this? And you think all girls are hot, you perv."

"Say it loud, say it proud, sweetie." He said smiling. "And you two haven't been talking, remember?"

"Oh yea… but why didn't you tell me?"

"Because anytime Roxas came up in the conversation, you left to go screw the brains out of your boyfriend."

"Hey! That's not fair! I did not screw Marluxia!"

Axel and Larxene just gave me looks that said, "Sure you didn't". But it was true! I had been a good girl every time I was with Marluxia. Well, except that one time when we both ended up with his shirt off and mine halfway off, but that didn't count! Oh well. There was nothing at all to be done about that, so I just waited for Marluxia to pick me up.

Marluxia's POV

I walked down the stairs to Riena's dorm. I smoothed down my hair one more time and knocked on the door. I heard Riena's voice call, "coming!" She opened the door and looked as beautiful as ever.

"Hey angel, ready to go?" I asked.

"Yep." She replied. "I'll see you two when you get down, kay?"

"Alright." Axel replied.

I looked behind Riena and mouthed to Larxene, "See you later." She just stared and nodded silently. I looped my arm in Riena's and walked down to the giant hall being used for the dance.

We got to that Dance at around eight. We danced for a little until Larxene showed up with Axel. I desperately wanted to see Larxene so I told Riena, "I'm going to get a drink. You want anything?"

She shook her head and said, "No. Don't take too long."

"Kay." I headed around the dance floor and walked toward Larxene. "Hey babe," I said, slipping an arm around her waist.

"Hey sweetie," she said, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "How's Riena?"

"Let's not talk about her."

"Alright."

"Would you care to dance?" I asked, leading her to the dance floor.

"Of course, darling."

We shared one slow dance and broke apart. "I better go back to Riena." I told her.

She sighed. "Alright. Come back soon."

I nodded and went around the dance floor back to my original.

"What took you?" she asked when I came back.

"Sorry, I was talking to a friend." I replied readily. What? It was true wasn't it? I did talk to a friend. She just happened to be my other girlfriend.

The night dragged on and I was running back and forth between Larxene and Riena. Then the worst happened. I was talking to Riena when I said, "So, you want to do something later, Larxene?" I clapped my hand over my mouth and thought, oh shit…

"What did you call me?" she asked a slight edge in her voice.

"Oh, nothing, nothing." I replied nervously.

"Hn…"

"Hey, Riena, we need to talk."

Riena's POV

Oh. My. God. I thought to myself. What did I do? "O-okay…" He took me over to a decently empty area and apologized for calling me Larxene.

"I also need to tell you something else." He said.

"What?"

"I think we should see other people."

"Wh-why??"

"Let me explain." Larxene walked over with a smirk on her face. "He doesn't like you. He was going out with me all this time. And he called yo 'Larxene' because he loves me. Not you."

"What?" I asked, my sadness turning to anger and hate.

"It's true." She told me smugly.

That's when I snapped. I slapped Marluxia and yelled, "YOU LYING, CHEATING LITTLE BASTARD! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN! I HATE YOU!" I burst into tears and ran. Someone tried to grab me, but I just kept running. I ran all the way back to the dorm. I unlocked the door and slammed it behind me. I picked up the nearest sharp object, and made four horizontal cuts along my arm. I had felt no pain from the cuts. No, I just felt all my worries spilling out with the blood. Everything that had to do with any relationship I had with Marluxia and my fight with Roxas. They all left me along with the blood. I cleaned up the blood on my arm and thought, what if one of them sees and tells everyone? So, I pulled out a wristband and put it over my cuts. I pulled out my "My Chemical Romance" CD and listened to it on repeat. I was curled up and still sobbing slightly when Roxas and Axel came back. Roxas ignored me and Axel immediately came over and said, "I heard what happened, Riena."

Remembering Marluxia brought on a fresh round of tears, followed by an instant urge to cut myself. But I resisted the urge and just sobbed some more saying, "H-he ha-hated m-m-me! I th-thought w-we ha-had s-some-something special!"

He wrapped his arms around me and told me, "Hey, it's okay. There are other fish in the sea."

"But I d-don't want a f-fish! I j-just want M-Mar-Marluxia!"

"Shh… you'll find someone else, who really cares about you."

"I thought th-that h-he cared!!"

"Obviously he didn't. If he couldn't see how wonderful you really are, he wasn't worth your time."

I let myself go limp in his arms and cried and cried and cried on his shoulder. He smiled slightly and said, "Y'know, it's going to take forever to wash these tear stains out."

I laughed slightly and wiped away my tears with my wristband. "Hey, what's this?" he asked, trying to take off my wristband.

I pulled my hand away and quickly replied, "It's nothing, really."

"Alright…well, you better get some sleep. Hopefully you'll feel better in the morning."

"Yeah…thanks Axel."

"No problem. Now hurry up and get to sleep."

I nodded and went into the bathroom to change. I looked at myself in the mirror and saw my tear-stained face, and blood-shot eyes. I looked like I had just seen someone die. I changed out of the dress Larxene had let me borrow and into my pajamas. I looked at the dress and wanted to throw it out the bathroom window, tear it up, shred it, something! I picked up a razor blade and tore it down the dress. I stuffed it in a bag with a note that said, "I brought your dress to the cleaners. Just think of it as a present. –Riena"

I set the bag on her bed and climbed into my own bed. I watched as she picked up the bag and took out the dress. She gave a shriek of terror and yelled, "WHAT DID YOU DO?!?"

I yawned and pretended to wake up saying, "Wha? Wha 'appened?"

"MY DRESS! YOU RUINED IT!!" she screamed. "IT WAS MY FAVORITE ONE!!"

"Oh really?" I asked, "Let me fix it for you, then." I picked up my blood stained compass (which was still on the floor) and grabbed the dress. I dug it into the soft fabric and tore away at the beautiful dress until there were three more rips in the silk. I shoved it back at her and yelled, "Here you go, you snarky bitch! I hope your life becomes as miserable as mine!"

She slapped me across the face and I grabbed her arm and gave her and Indian sunburn. She screamed out in pain and I yelled at her, "YOU THINK THAT HURTS? YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THE TRUE MEANING OF PAIN IF IT BIT YOU IN THE ASS!" I let go of her and said darkly, "I'll get you, just you wait."

She gave me a wiry smile and said, "I'd like to see what you can do."

I smirked back saying, "I'm sure you would." And I already had a plan forming in my head.

Whew! That was a long ass chapter! But, it was crucial, so I hoped you enjoyed it. Next time: the revenge chapter! Don't forget to review!