Alright, this is like the fifth time now that I've started a new fanfiction (FFX2, of course!) after I said that I was done with fanfiction. The truth is, it's addicting! And this is my...Um...THIRD summer of fanfiction! It's pretty much tradition! So, here I am with yet another fanfiction. This one is a little more fun and easy-going than my last ones have been. I'm going to try to update it every other day or so (I have all the way through chapter 8 already written!) but I can't promise you guys. I need to also get a novel written this summer, so I'm planning on working on my novel in the morning and this story in the afternoon! Haha, so far it's working out pretty well... Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 1: Neighbors

"Summer vacation started, and all you're doing is sitting here and reading? You are so boring, Yunie!" Rikku cried, as she entered the third-story balcony of her friend's house.

"Yep," Yunie, or rather, Yuna, answered, and she turned a page in her book, as if to make a point. Yuna was sprawled out in a chair on the balcony, with her feet up and a smoothie lying next to her, begging to be drank.

"I don't understand you," Rikku said, shaking her head, "Don't you want to go for a swim or something?"

"Maybe later."

Rikku gave an exasperated sigh and said, "I came all the way here to see if you wanted to do something, and you don't want to do anything?"
Yuna sighed and looked over her book at her cousin, who was standing in front of her with her arms crossed, looking annoyed.

"I didn't sleep well last night," Yuna said, shaking her head, "The neighbor was having a party again."

"Again?" Rikku said, "Didn't he just have one the night before?"

"And the night before that," Yuna said, shaking her head, "And possibly even the night before that. And his parties are so loud! It's nothing but yelling and music, and…Ugh!"

Rikku shook her head in disgust, but a smile crept across her lips.

"Do you think he managed to graduate?" she asked, "Isn't he the same age as you?"

"I don't know," Yuna answered, "I barely know his name, Rikku."

Rikku laughed and said, "Don't lie, Yunie. Everybody knows his name. I think there was another article about him in the newspaper today…"

"Great," Yuna said sarcastically, "What was it about this time? His parties?"

"No, he still has yet to decide on a college, Yunie," Rikku said, "I guess like three colleges are in warfare over him."

"Good for him," Yuna said with a yawn, "You know, it's just not fair that he'll get more scholarships than me."

"I know! Weren't you like valedictorian and everything?"

"Yep."

"And all he is is some blitz star…"

"Yep."

Rikku giggled and said, "Okay, but we can't deny that he's amazingly good-looking."

Yuna looked at her cousin and said, "If I don't start getting some sleep, I'm going to go over there and mess up his 'amazing good looks.'"

Rikku laughed again and said, "I might have to stop you from doing that, Yunie."

Yuna rolled her eyes and said, "I can't believe I have to put up with him for an entire summer again!"

"You never even see him!" Rikku cried, "Well…You do see him, but…"

"I still can't believe he got rid of those bushes that separated his house from mine. What a weirdo."

"Why did he do that again?"

"Apparently, he thought I was hot and wanted to be able to see into my windows," Yuna said, rolling her eyes in disgust, "What were we, sophomores back then? I thought he was the biggest pervert in the world. Well, I still think that, actually."

Rikku laughed and the memory and said, "Well, at least he…Didn't find you hot after all."

Yuna looked up at her cousin with a look of disgust plastered across her face.

"I'm very thankful that he didn't find me 'hot'," Yuna said surely.

"Was anybody 'hot' back then?" Rikku asked, "Didn't you have braces?"

Yuna rolled her eyes and said, "I don't care. The point is, my fifteen-year-old neighbor walked up to me and told me flat out that he was a pervert and thought I was hot and wanted to look into my windows. Only to then finally get his bushes cleared so that our yards pretty much merged, and then to walk up to me and tell me that I wasn't nearly as hot as he thought I was."

"Wasn't that when he first moved there?"
"Yep," Yuna said, and turned her attention once more to her book.

Rikku giggled and said, "Well, I'm pretty happy he did that! From this balcony, we have an excellent view into his yard!"

"Rikku, you're as bad as him!"

Rikku giggled once more and said, "I think I know why you spend all your time up here. It's so that you can watch him!"

"It is not!" Yuna said, shaking her head, "He's annoying, and I can't wait until he goes off to blitz camp."

"In the newspaper, it says he's not going," Rikku stated, "Since he's already pretty much signed onto a professional team and all."

"What do you do, stalk him?"

"Yunie, my old man pretty much reads the sports section out loud every morning! I can't help but overhear!"

"Sure, Rikku," Yuna just mumbled. Her cousin was now standing at the edge of the balcony, looking down in the yard across from Yuna's.

"I can't believe I never realized what a perfect view into his yard we have!" Rikku chirped, "Yevon, we could watch him swim!"

Yuna rolled her eyes and said, "He sleeps all day, because he parties all night."

"Ha, so you know his schedule!" Rikku said, laughing, "I knew you were secretly stalking him too!"

"Oh, so you admit to stalking him?" Yuna asked.

"No…" Rikku said, "Trust me, Yunie, I'm seriously considering just sitting here and watching him. I would totally admit to stalking him."

"Well I have no interest in him and you know it," Yuna said, rolling her eyes, "He's an annoyance."

"Oh my Yevon, there he is now!" Rikku cried. Yuna turned toward where her cousin's eyes were, only to see that indeed, her annoying neighbor and one of his friends had just exited his house and were running into the backyard, tossing a Frisbee.

"Oh my Yevon, he has no shirt on!" Rikku said, her voice growing high-pitched, "And his friend isn't too bad looking either!"

"Just because you're technically a senior in high school now doesn't mean you have to go all boy-crazy on me," Yuna said, turning her attention back to her book.

"Did he go to Bevelle Public High?" Rikku asked, "It sucks that we didn't go to the same school as him. Our blitz team would have actually been good! Didn't they take the Spira High School League Cup or something like that?"

"Don't know, and do not care," Yuna answered.

"Stupid us having to go to Lady Yunalesca," Rikku said, "Private schools definitely don't have the good-looking guys that public schools have."

"I won't argue with you there," Yuna said, taking a sip of her now mostly-melted smoothie.

"They are so cute!" her cousin cooed, "I can't believe how tan they are! Summer just started!"

"They probably tan," Yuna said, rolling her eyes in disgust, "Would you stop staring at them? They'll see you and think you're crazy, or something."

"They're too busy to look up here!" Rikku said, "Besides, it's not your fault the bushes are gone. Those would have blocked our view."

Yuna folded her book down on her lap, and followed her cousin's eyes once again. Sure enough, the two boys were running up and down the yard, throwing the Frisbee back and forth. They were yelling, too, which was causing quite a bit of noise.

"Wow, you can hear like everything they're saying!" Rikku said, "Do you think they can hear us too?"

"I doubt it," Yuna said, "They're yelling. They're always loud."

"Gippal, you idiot!" Yuna's not-so-beloved neighbor yelled at his friend, "Can't you even catch a damn Frisbee?"

"Dude, I'm still hung over," the second blonde responded, although he smiled widely, "I don't think tonight's party can out-do yesterday's!"

"Ha, I always find a way to out-do the last!" the first blonde said, or rather, yelled.

"What a bunch of losers," Yuna said, standing up.

"Yeah, what a bunch of hot losers," Rikku said, leaning against the railing, "I almost wish they'd look up here so that I can wave or something!"

"Rikku, they'll think you're an idiot," Yuna said, grabbing her book and her glass, "Come on, let's go swim or something."

"No way, I'm staying here!" Rikku said, "This is more fun than swimming!"

"Watching them toss a Frisbee back and forth?" Yuna said, shaking her head, "Come on Rikku."

"Hey, some girls just came!" Rikku said, and sure enough, two girls had exited his house and were walking toward the two guys. "Yevon, they look like sluts!"

"They probably are," Yuna said to her friend's last comment.

"I mean, could they get their skirts any shorter?" Rikku said.

Yuna looked once more, just in time to see two girls—and blonde and a brunette—walking toward the two guys, with ridiculously low tops and ridiculously short skirts.

Rikku sighed and said, "Do you think those are their girlfriends?"

"Probably," Yuna answered.

To answer Rikku's question, the brunette ran up to Yuna's neighbor and took his hands in hers, and then kissed him.

"Gross," Rikku said, "Didn't they ever think that maybe people were watching?"

The other two took hands and waved goodbye to the kissing couple, and walked out of Rikku and Yuna's sight, leaving the other two behind.

"Yevon, get a room already!" Rikku said then, looking upset, "Come on Yunie, let's go do something else now."

Yuna laughed and said, "Didn't you figure he had a girlfriend?"

"Well, yeah," Rikku said, "Someone as hot as he is can't be single. It's a law of life."

Yuna nodded and said, "I agree full-heartedly."

"And did you hear Yunie? Apparently there's going to be another party tonight."

"Yeah, I heard," Yuna said softly, "Another night of no sleep…"

"You can stay at my place if you want," Rikku said.

"I know," Yuna said, "But if my father calls from Luca, he's going to be ticked if I'm not home."

"Why's he like that?" Rikku asked.

"I don't know," Yuna said, shaking her head, "But he calls every night just to 'keep me in check."'

"Yevon, I seriously think a baby is being made," Rikku said, nodding to the two kissing down a ways from them.

"Come on," Yuna just said, leading the way into her house.

The two entered Yuna's spacious home, and Rikku let out a sigh.

"Yunie, I want to go to one of his parties," she said.

"No way," Yuna said, shaking her head and looking disgusted, "They're crazy."

"I know," Rikku said, looking sheepish, "But he's so cool! I mean, he's a huge blitz star and everything…"

"Since when have you thought he was cool?" Yuna asked.

"Yunie, last year I was a mere sixteen-year-old. I am now seventeen and much more mature. Don't you know that?"

Yuna laughed and said, "I made it through high school without going to a wild party."

"I know, I know," Rikku said, "But I just want to experience one, you know what I mean?"

Yuna shook her head and said, "Not really…"

Rikku gave her cousin an exasperated look, only to have that look interrupted by a sudden wave of music.

"Ooh, that's my phone!" Rikku said, and quickly answered it, "Hello?"

She stood there for some time, listening to whoever was on the phone. Finally, she pouted and said, "Fine. Bye."

She hung up and sighed, and turned to her cousin.

"Yunie, I gotta go. Brother got in another accident and I need to pick him up."

"Another one?"

"Yeah, that guy can't drive," Rikku said, rolling her eyes, "One more accident, and he's getting his license taken away. It's about time though."

Yuna laughed and said, "Alright, I'll see you later, Rikku."

"Yeah, bye Yunie! Oh, and if the parties get a little too carried away, just go over there and tell them all to knock it off! Or, you know, call the police!"

Yuna laughed and said, "I'm pretty sure my dear neighbor would love that."

"Does he have any parents?" Rikku asked, rolling her eyes.

"Not that I know of," Yuna said, "But my dad's never here either, so does it look like I have any parents?"

Rikku laughed and said, "You have a point there. Anyway, I'll come over tomorrow. See you then!"

"Yep, bye!"

Rikku waved, and walked out the door, leaving Yuna alone and to herself once again.

-

"Okay Tidus, seriously now, stop!" the brunette said, pushing him away lightly, "You know very well that you can't take my shirt off out here! What will your neighbor think?"

Tidus laughed and said, "My neighbor? She's never around."

"There's a car in the driveway," the girl said, looking at the house that loomed behind her.

Tidus rolled his eyes and said, "She never comes outside."

"How old is she? Fifty, sixty?"

"Uh, sixteen, seventeen…"

"What? That young?" the girl said, sounding surprised, "Why don't you invite her to a party?"

Tidus looked at his neighbor's house and shook his head.

"She's a geek," he said, "When I first moved here, I was really excited that I was living next to a girl my age, but she's a total nerd. Not my type at all."

"Her house is huge! It's bigger than yours!"

"Not by much!" Tidus defended himself, "Don't even think about her. She puts up with my partying, and that's the important thing."

"Oh my Yevon, we could have a huge party you know, if we combined your yard with hers! There really is nothing separating your two yards…"

"She would never go for that," Tidus said, "Although I never see her parentals. So I guess that would maybe work…"

"Go ask her!" the girl said, pushing Tidus toward her yard.

"I'm not going to go ask her!" Tidus said, "She'll say no."

"I'll give you ten dollars if she says no," the girl said.

"No," Tidus said once more, "I don't need money."

The girl grabbed Tidus' arm and pushed herself against him, saying, "I'll give you something even better."

Tidus just gave her a nod and said, "You'll already give me that."

The girl punched him lightly on his chest and said, "I'd make it even better. Don't you want to out-do yourself?"

"I can out-do myself without that girl's help," Tidus said, "Besides, she won't go for it. Trust me, I know."

The girl pouted and said, "Fine, don't ask her. I'm going to go get something to eat or something. I'll see you later."

She leaned in to kiss him again, and then left, rather hastily.

Tidus sighed and crossed his arms across his chest, and then looked over at the house next to his own.

It would be awesome to throw a party using both yards, and both houses. He figured that party could house the entire city of Bevelle. Really, his house and the house next to him were in the prime area to throw parties.

The houses were to themselves, in the country. There was nobody around. It was easy to throw a party.

Which was why Tidus threw parties. What better thing did he have to do? Especially being that he no longer needed to spend his summer at blitz camp, he figured he'd might as well enjoy his last summer in Bevelle, before he ended up going wherever he was going.

Sighing, he picked up the Frisbee that Gippal had left lying on the ground and took a look around his trashed yard. He wondered if it was worth cleaning up, and decided that the next night, he just wouldn't have a party, and would instead hire some people to clean, just in case his old man decided to come home, although he doubted that would ever happen. It had been months since he'd see him, anyway.

Although every two weeks, he'd receive a check in the mail, usually for a very large sum of money. This was his only sign that his father cared about him. Otherwise his father was out and about in Zanarkand, with who-wanted-to-know-how-many women at his side, and playing blitz.

As long as Tidus went to blitz camps and was to make a professional team, that check came in. Tidus knew this because every time he got a check from his father, there was always a crudely written note with it that always said the same thing: "Don't buy too much booze and make sure you keep playing blitz". Tidus didn't listen to the first part about the booze—he had his fridge filled to the rim with nothing but beer—but he did listen about the blitz part. He knew very well that if he didn't get signed, he could pretty much kiss his lifestyle goodbye. Especially since blitzball and partying was his life.

His phone suddenly began to vibrate in his pocket, so he quickly answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Gip."

"Oh, hey. Where'd you run off to?"

"Well, you started making out, so I headed into your living room with Leblanc. You know how much she hates to see you and Dona make out."

"Yeah, that's why I do it in front of her."

"She's so jealous. It's not even fair."

"Why, because you're only second best to me?"

"Pretty much," Gippal said, "I don't have any interest in Leblanc though, you know."

"Sure you don't."

Gippal laughed and said, "You know I just had to hang out with her because of what happened last night…"

Tidus laughed loudly and said, "Oh hell yes. If you sleep with 'em, you can't drop 'em automatically. Especially not a girl like Leblanc."

"Yeah, she'll throw a fit and you'll never get rid of her!" Gippal said, "Damn Tidus, don't let me ever get that drunk again."

"It's hard to keep you under control," Tidus said, "Dona and I didn't do anything last night."

"Dude, why not?"

"I don't know. I didn't get nearly as shit-faced as you, so…"

"Well, tonight you'll do it, won't you?"

"Probably," Tidus admitted, and then he changed the subject by saying, "Did you ever notice that my neighbor's balcony looks straight into my yard?"

"Yeah, you haven't?"

"No, I did," Tidus said, "A while ago…It's been a while since I thought about the neighbors."

"What made you think of it? Who lives there again? Some ugly girl?"

"Yeah. Dona brought it up. She had a good idea, actually. She said that we should combine our yards."

"Dude, that'd be awesome!" Gippal said, "Why don't you do it?"

"She'd never go for it," Tidus said, "Trust me."

"Who? Dona?"

"No, my neighbor."

"What's her name?"

"Got me."

"When I left your place, a girl came from the house. She had blonde hair. That your neighbor?"

"Um…I think my neighbor has brown hair. I don't remember."

"Well, this girl had blonde hair. She was kind of cute."

"It definitely wasn't my neighbor then. The girl I met two years ago had brown hair, these ugly glasses, and braces. She was the ugliest thing I'd ever seen. And I worked hard to get those bushes removed so I could see into her yard! It must have been her mother that I thought was hot or something…"

"Well, this girl was definitely cute," Gippal said, sounding thoughtful, "She had blonde hair, green eyes…She looked kind of Al Bhed."

"Did you talk to her?"

"No. I don't think she saw me."

"Oh."

"Hey listen, I gotta go. My pops is making me go grocery shopping. You're so lucky your old man just lets you live."

"Yeah," Tidus said, forcing a laugh.

"See you tonight."

"Yeah."

He heard his friend's phone click, and Tidus hung his up as well. He found himself glancing at his neighbor's balcony one more time, before finally sighing and walking into his house, attempting without much luck to prepare mentally for yet another crazy party.