A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews!! They keep me motivated, so keep it up!! I want to apologize for causing such confusion in my first chapter. I was trying to write MY version of the introduction. I should've mentioned about that earlier. I just thought you should know that. Anyway, here's chapter two. I was struggling with coming up with some better ideas and this was all I could think of. I hope you'll enjoy it.

Good News & Bad News

Just around noon on a Saturday, Barret stopped by to pick up the kids and told Tifa and Cloud that Marlene and Denzel were going to stay with him for a couple of weeks. He figured the two, young adults deserved a break from baby-sitting.

The entire house was now quiet, regardless of the refrigerator making a soft humming sound in the kitchen, the birds chirping and the vehicles passing by on the street.

"What do you think we should do today?" the bartender asked, taking a seat in one of the barstools.

"I don't know," Cloud propped one elbow on the counter. "Maybe we should------."

Before he had the chance to finish, there was a knock on the door. He turned around and walked over to the door. There was a teenage girl with short black hair standing on the other side of the door.

"Hiya, Spiky!" she said cheerfully.

"Hey, Yuffie. Come in." The swordsman stepped out of the way to let the guest in.

"Hiya, Tifa! I need to talk to you about something."

"Sure," said Tifa.

The ninja's mouth was opened, but no words came out. She placed her hands on her hips and glared at Cloud as if he had done something wrong.

"Do you mind, Cloud? Tifa and I need to have a girl talk," she told him.

Cloud's eyes shifted from Yuffie over to Tifa who just smiled and gave him a nod.

"Okay," he finally said. "I'll be upstairs."

Yuffie waited until the blonde was out of sight. "Tifa, promise me you won't tell anybody, including Vincent, alright?"

"Okay," the bartender replied.

The short-haired fighter pulled out a stool that was in front of her and sat down. She looked around to see if Cloud managed to sneak back downstairs to eavesdrop, which he would never do.

She swallowed her spit. "I have a crush on someone."

"Who?"

"Vincent." Yuffie sounded embarrassed.

"Vincent?" the brunette repeated.

"Yes!" the materia hunter folded her arms on top of the counter and rested her head, face down.

The response left Tifa speechless. Imagine that. Yuffie and Vincent---- together. Instead of being able to find the words to say, she placed a hand on Yuffie's back and rubbed it up and down.

"It's okay," she assured her friend.

"No, it's not!" Yuffie quickly raised her head up. "What if Vincent doesn't have a crush on me?"

"You'll never know until you find out."

The bartender had a point. She remembered having a crush on someone, but she never really mentioned it to anybody. It couldn't have been Cloud because they were best friends, nothing more, but then again…...

"Tifa," Yuffie began, sitting straight up. "You never told me about your secret crush."

And that's when it hit her right in the pit of her stomach. "My crush?" She laughed nervously.

"I think I know who it is," the ninja teased.

Tifa's mahogany eyes studied Yuffie's cautiously.

"You have a crush on-----."

"Um, I was wondering if it's okay for me to come down here now, because I'm kind of hungry." Tifa was so relieved to hear Cloud's voice just in the nick of time.

"Spiky!" Yuffie squealed, giving the swordsman a toothy grin.

She hopped out of the chair and ran towards Cloud, grabbing him by the wrist. He nearly tripped over the last step as the hyperactive teenager pulled him over to where Tifa was.

"We were getting ready to talk about you." She shoved Cloud onto the stool she was sitting in.

"What's going on?" the blonde asked, exchanging looks.

"Tifa was just about to reveal her secret," the ninja announced.

"Yuffie!" the bartender said through clenched teeth.

"Secret?" The two women rambled on while Cloud was trying to figure out what in the world was going on.

What could possibly be Tifa's secret? He wondered. And why hasn't she mentioned about it?

"Excuse me," he said, trying to get his friends' attention.

Unfortunately, they didn't hear him.

"C'mon, Teef! I told you who my secret crush was. That's not fair!"

"Hello?" the swordsman tried again. Since that didn't work, he stuck two fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly.

Yuffie and Tifa abruptly stopped arguing and looked at the delivery boy.

"Can one of you please tell me what is going on?" Cloud asked, keeping his voice steady.

"Your friend has something to tell you." Yuffie answered simply.

The bartender glared at her. She later eased the look in her eyes when she looked at Cloud who was patiently waiting for an answer to his question. Tifa didn't realize Yuffie was right behind her when she struggled to push Tifa closer to Cloud.

"Um, hey, Cloud," Tifa couldn't think of anything better to say.

He smiled a little and nodded. "What do you have to tell me?"

Just when the bartender was getting ready to explain what was going on, she noticed Cloud jumped up and he held up his index finger, telling her to wait. Reaching his hand into the back pocket of his jeans, he pulled out his cell phone. He looked at it and saw Vincent flashed on the screen. He flipped the phone open and held it up against his ear.

"Hello?" he answered. "Yeah, I'm here. What happened?"

A frown started to form on his face. He rose up from the stool and started pacing around, clenching his jaw. Tifa's eyes followed every step the spiky-haired swordsman took. Yuffie was eager to tell him to hurry up and get off the phone.

"Okay. I'm on my way," Cloud later said and hung up.

"What's wrong?" the brunette got up and approached him.

"That was Vincent," Cloud sighed heavily.

Yuffie's heart skipped a beat.

"He said Cid has been in an accident."


A/N: Sorry if that was kind of short; I was running out of ideas. Anyway, chapter three is coming soon! Don't forget to review, please. I'll be more than happy! :)