"Come on, the theatre troupe always sit together," Olette said as her and Xion walked out of the lunch line. Xion nodded and followed the other girl, carrying her bottle of water and apple.

The cafeteria was packed, even though it was third lunch (supposed to be the emptiest) and Xion felt herself dodge an airborne tater tot as if on instinct. Olette saw and laughed at her.

Being in all of each other's classes, Olette and Xion quickly became friends. They both shared interests and both were quiet and shy, yet they loved to act in front of people. Xion knew that her friendship with Olette would never amount to the friendship she had with Kairi and Namine, but Olette was a fun person to talk to so she didn't seem so alone.

"I don't see my brothers anywhere," Xion told Olette as they sat down at a table filled with people. Olette shrugged.

"They'll be here somewhere, maybe you don't have the same lunch?" Xion shrugged. "When I went to the office today, I didn't see anybody else. Did you brothers already leave?" Xion shook her head.

"No...they're my half brothers. I just moved in with them and their mom with my dad. They decided to get back together, so I got three brothers I've never met before in my life," Olette winced.

"Eesh. That must be bad. What're you brother's names? Maybe I know them..."

"Roxas and Sora Strife," the girl's eyes widened.

"Y-You're related to Roxas and Sora?" Xion nodded, an eyebrow raised in confusion. "Sorry, but it's just that they're the two most popular guys in the school - next to Riku that is."

"Riku?" Olette nodded and pointed to the end of the theatre troupe table. Xion felt her eyes widen as she stared at this Riku.

He had pale white hair, long and shaggy, hanging in his aquamarine eyes. He was slightly muscles, yet not body-builder so like their English teacher Mr. Dilan. His skin wasn't pale, but it wasn't super tan either.

In other words, he was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.

"That's Riku," Olette explained. "He's a Senior and has been a part of theatre since he was a freshman. For some reason, he never goes out for the lead roles. He tends to stick to the second leads. Marluxia never lets him be a back-up person, which everybody knows is what he wants to do." Xion nodded, still staring at the Greek God in human form.

As if sensing her stare, Riku turned from his conversation with a girl with flippy brown hair and stared directly into her eyes. Xion blushed and quickly glanced down, looking up through her lashes to see Riku's shoulders shaking - as if laughing at her.

"Well, I epically fail," Xion muttered. Olette overheard and chuckled.

"Don't worry. He's like that with everyone," Olette looked around the cafeteria and her eyes brightened. "Seems you have lunch with one of your brothers, Roxas." Xion turned around to where her new friend was looking to see Roxas and a familiar looking red head walking to the table next to the troupe.

"That's Axel, Roxas' best friend and also a member of Organization XIII. Axel isn't all that bad though, he's in theatre like us. He moved here a couple of years ago, the rumor mill says that his parents got divorced - "

"And his dad got custody," Xion finished. "His two sisters are my best friends back home. Axel and I are close."

"Why don't you go say hi, then?" Olette replied back with a slightly snippy attitude. Xion rose an eyebrow at her and she quickly turned back to her regular smiley face. "Go on!" Xion nodded, still confused, and went over to sit by her brother.

"Hiya Roxas," she said with a smile. Roxas squeaked and turned to look at her. He clutched his chest where his heart was.

"Geez Xion, don't scare me like that. What are you, a ninja?"

"Of course I'm a ninja. I was taught by my best friends' mom, the Great Ninja Yuffie!" Axel spit out the coke that he was drinking.

"XION!" She turned to him with a smile, knowing that the troupe was watching her interaction with, not only two members of the biggest gang in school, but also one of the most popular guys.

"Hi Axel. Long time no see," the red head stood up from his chair and went over to grab her up by her neck and hug her tight.

"My ninja buddy! I didn't connect the dots when Roxie here said that his half-sister was coming. There could only be so many Strife's in the world," Axel said. Xion laughed.

"I would've thought that Kai or Nam would've told you I was coming," she laughed. Axel let go of her and sat beside her. Roxas looked on in confusion.

"You two know each other?" he asked. Both nodded.

"Yeah, she's my little sisters' best friend. They looked so alike we just adopted her into the family as their triplet," Axel explained to his friend. "We stole things from Reno."

"Boxers, a couple of limited edition band shirts, a pair of tight pants (which look excellent on me by the way), Axel's shoes - his brother never noticed that we took anything," Xion explained with a smile on her face.

"Boxers?" Both laughed.

"Yep. Boxers," Xion said. "The plaid pair that I was wearing this morning? Belong to Reno. I've got about four other pairs that belong to him as well."

"Wow," Roxas said. "Small world. My best friend knows my sister who is practically his own sister, and my sister is a petty thief."

"I'm not a thief! I just enjoy stealing from Reno, anybody would!"

"That makes us brothers!" Axel shouted. Everyone in the cafeteria was paying attention to them now. Roxas and Axel stood up, gesturing for Xion to follow. They walked out of the cafeteria.