A/N: Ok, im glad that someone actually reviewed this story, and that they actually like it! That person is awesome! Any who, i hope no one out there that reads this chapter doesnt find it to suckish like i did, which i apologize for! Anywho, to the story!

Hope sat on the bench, sitting in between Isa and Lea. Today, they had taken her out for ice-cream. Lea had made sure that she hadn't cried at all, and to his surprise she didn't. She was actually smiling, as if nothing ever happened. She was just as happy and joyful as always. Of course, she did tend to show her ways of sadness. When all the townsfolk saw her, they were always giving her their condolences, and her smile would disappear into a tiny frown, and it made Lea angry. He would pull her away when too many people gathered her around her, and Isa and him would run away from them with her.

"Ah, nothing like Scrooge's Sea-salt ice-cream!" Lea exclaimed as he ate the last bit of his Popsicle, throwing the stick into a nearby trashcan.

Hope slowly ate hers, and was the last to finish. She had been having a very nice day with her two friends. They were acting as her emotional crutches, and for that, she was loved them for it terribly.

"So, what do you want to do now, Hope?" Lea asked as the three friends walked around.

"I don't know...it doesn't really matter. You two can pick." Hope told them.

Lea grinned like a kid that had just found a toy in a cereal box. "Then lets race back to your house!"

"For some reason, I cant help but believe that you want to race Isa back to my house, am I correct?" Hope asked him, smiling at him when he scratched the back pf his head nervously.

"Well, I-" Hope cut him off with her laughter.

"Well, you're both going to have to race me, too! Ready, set, GOOOOO!" Hope darted off, leaving the two behind to think what had just happened, before they shouted after her while the ran for her.

"HEY, THAT'S NOT FAIR HOPE! GET BACK HERE SO WE CAN DO THIS FAIR AND SQUARE!" Lea shouted as he ran after the girl, Isa right behind him.

"HOPE, YOU CHEATER! GET BACK HERE!" Isa yelled.

Hope laughed at there comments. "EAT MY DUST, LOSERS!" And losers they were indeed, because she made it to her house before they did.

Lea and Isa walked up to her house, panting. Lea fell face forward onto the porch by Hopes feet. "Ugh, re...match...you...cheated...you...cheater!"

Hope and Isa laughed at him. "Sorry Lea, but I don't feel like it. Besides, your exhausted!"

The rest of the day went on with more ice-cream and laughter, and filled with other fun filled things, until it was time for Lea and Isa to go home.

The next day, Hope would be moving into the Castle to live with Ansem The Wise.

Dear Diary,

Today, I spent the entire day with Lea and Isa. We had so much fun! Lea fell into some mud at the park, and it was hilarious. Isa and I were laughing so hard, we were crying! They both pitched in some money, and bought me my ice-cream for today. Lea told me that he would always spare some money for me, but the last time I had asked him to buy me my ice-cream, he told me to get some out of the fountain that people throw change in. Tonight is my last night in this house. Tomorrow, I move into the Castle to live with grandpa. Lea looked so sad when we said our good-nights, knowing that I was going to live in the big castle. Isa lectured him and told him that I was just going to live in the castle, and to get over it. Lately, I've found that Isa has grown quite harsh to others around him, especially Lea. But, like he always is, Lea is oblivious to the fact of it!

I'm very sleepy, so goodnight for now.

May 30, 2010.

2 years later-

"Miko...Miko, where are you?" I called as I walked down the halls of the castle, looking for my cat, who thinks it's fun to disappear and make me look for him. "Miko, where are you?" I swear, that cat does this on purpose!

I walked outside to search for Miko. I've been living here at the castle with grandpa and his apprentices for 2 years now. Everyday, I see my friends, and I get to go outside of the castle and see them whenever I like. It's like nothing ever really changed!

There were a lot of towns people outside, hustling and bustling on the streets of Radiant Garden. Now, only to find Miko, and-

"Mew." I turned towards the direction the noise came from, and there, sitting on the roof of Mr. Highwinds shop, sat Miko, washing his face off.

"Miko! Get down from there!" I shouted angrily, my hands on my hips, my face turned into a frown. Miko stared down at me with an 'I don't care' look, before going back to giving himself a bath.

"Miko, get your fuzzy tush down from there! Don't make me come up there!"

"Oh, great, not again! Hope, you should really put this cat in a cage." I turned around to see Lea, walking over to me as he spoke. When he got closer, he began to laugh.

"Stop laughing, Lea, and help me get him down from there!" I asked, no, more like ordered him. With a loud sigh, he made his way up to the roof, and successfully grabbed Miko, carefully climbing down and handing him to me.

"You owe me!" Lea told me, giving Miko a quick scratch behind the ears.

"You'll get whatever it is that I owe you tomorrow!" Yes, tomorrow. Tomorrow is Lea's birthday, meaning today was his last day to be thirteen. I would be the only person left that was thirteen. Isa's birthday was back in the fall, and it was already summer. This fall, Isa would turn fifteen. Lea's birthday is something that I have memorized by heart. It's June 15.

"Ooh, do I get to know what you got me early?" Lea asked, a hopeful glint in his eye. I shook my head, with a big grin on my face.

"Nope. It's a surprise! And you will like it!" I hope...

"Aww, you're know fun when it comes to surprises. You never tell me!"

"If I told you, then there would no longer be a surprise to give you!"

"Well, your gifts are always the best! Don't tell anyone I told you that." he added in the last part with a whisper, and I couldn't help but giggle at him.

I know he's going to like this present!

Dear Diary,

It's been awhile since I last wrote any entries in you. I'm sorry, I've been real busy lately getting a birthday present for Lea. Tomorrow is his birthday, and he's really excited about it. I got him this really cool yellow scarf that has stripes and checkers on it. It fits Lea's style, so that's why I got it for him. Lately, I've been having these weird feelings around Lea. It's like something fluttering in my stomach, and I only get like that when I'm around Lea. I'm confused, but maybe I'll figure it out eventually. I never really got the chance to explain about my life in the castle. Grandpa has several apprentices, four to be exact. There's Braig, one of the head guards of the castle. He's a really cool guy, and he's pretty funny. Then, there's Dilan, another of the guards. He's ok, and, well...to strict for my liking, but whatever. The last guard is Aeleus. He's not one for talking...more of the silent kind. I prefer him more out of the rest of the guards, because he's actually more considerate than the others, and he actually has a genuine smile, where as Braig just sorta smirks, and Dilan...well, Dilan just doesn't smile. At all. The last apprentice is Even, a very smart man. He's a scientist, and a good one at that. He can be really weird, but I like him. And there you have it, all the apprentices.

I have nothing else to say, so until next time.

June 14th.

The following day-

"Happy birthday Lea!" Everyone exclaimed as Lea blew out the candles on his cake. Immediately, everyone started to hand him their gifts they had gotten for him.

The first one was from Isa, who had gotten him some new Frisbee weapons, the faces even creepier than the last ones, which was what Hope thought. Next was Aerith, who had gotten a key-chain to put his keys on so he would stop losing his. Leon had gotten him a gift card to the ice-cream shop, and Cloud had given him 10 munny, for Cloud had forgotten to get him a gift. Yuffie gave him a picture that she had drawn for him, and Hope couldn't help but squeal at how cute it was. After everyone else had given him their gifts and gotten a piece of cake, Lea turned to Hope, realizing that she had yet to give him his present from her. He smirked at her.

"Geez, Hope, thanks for forgetting about that oh-so special-you have to wait till tomorrow-present. I feel soooo loved!" He exclaimed, his voice drenched in sarcasm.

Hope looked up at him and frowned. "Well, if you're going to be so rude about it, then I'm not giving it to you at all!" She turned away from him, her arms crossed, and her eyes closed while she frowned.

"NO! I take it back!" Lea moved over to her, pouting.

Hope opened one eye to look down at him, and when she saw his face, she burst out into a fit of laughter. She patted him on the head, before pulling out a bag from behind her back. With a smile, she handed it to Lea.

"Happy Birthday, Lea!" Hope exclaimed as he looked back and forth between her and the present. "Well, go on and open it!"

With one last look at the bag, and wide and childish smile on his face, Lea ripped open the bag, carefully might I add, and unfolded the gift that was wrapped up in tissue paper. Wrapped inside, was a yellow striped-checkered scarf. He pulled it out to get a better look at it. There was only one thought that he had on it:

'This is so...FREAKING AWESOME!'

When Lea just stared at it, Hope began to worry, nervous and terrible thoughts running through her head, such as, 'Ohmygosh, what if he doesn't like it?' or, 'OH NO! HE HATES IT!' and, 'HE HATES THE COLOR YELLOW!'

"You hate it, don't you?" Hope looked down at the ground, trying her best to hold back her tears that threatened to fall at any moment.

Lea looked at her, shocked and amused at the same time. "Hope, I didn't even say anything yet!"

"But you were thinking it, weren't you?"

Lea stood up and gripped onto both of her shoulders."Hope, look at me." When she didn't comply as he had asked, he gently grabbed her chin and lifted it up so she would look at him. "I don't hate it. I love it. I think it's really cool, and I'm gonna always wear it, and I'll never take it off, got it memorized?" He smirked as he said the last part.

Hope's smile came back, and she laughed. "Lea, everything you tell me is memorized!"

"Good! Because I don't know what I would do if it weren't!"

Both of the teens began to laugh as they made their way inside Lea's house to get some cake with the others.

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