A/N: Yes… I know it took me forever to update again, but this time I really promise to update more frequently, and I never break a promise… Well, at least I try XD

Anyway, I decided that from now on I'll do this on myself, since I don't want to depend on betareaders anymore. Nothing against them, I mean, Live4dance88 and Mystic are good friends of mine and I really appreciate their help, but it takes me a while to finish the chapters and I don't want to wait any more time to upload them. Ok, that's why you may find some stupid mistakes in my chapters from now on and my excuse is that English is my second language. If you have any complains towards my use of language, you're welcome to flame, review… or both. I'll hate you anyway. Nah, I'm just kidding XD

My friend RenzokukenZ asked me to write a oneshot for him, but considering my creativity levels, I can only dedicate this chapter to him. I hope you like it!

Memories and Happenings

It was the third time she woke up that night. Violet looked to the space next to her in the bed she was lying in and sighed. Her husband was not there… Again. The blond woman took a look at her clock over the bedside table only to realize it was almost 6am. It was useless to go back to sleep, so she got up and put her slippers on. Like she used to do every morning, she opened the window of the bedroom and looked out. The bright dawn ocean reminded her of a special moment she shared with the red haired turk that had returned to her life some hours ago. It had been just an adventure back then; she knew it wouldn't last. Well, that's what she thought until she realized she had fallen in love. Violet could still hear his voice ringing in her ears, when he promised he could go from that very coast to the top of a mountain for her. Honesty could be seen in his emerald eyes, but she was the one that had decided to stay when she was supposed to run away with him. Fear had stopped her that day, but now that she was feeling brave enough to fight till the end, nothing would stop her.

"Mrs. Miller, your outfit for today and your breakfast are ready." The maid interrupted her thoughts. That single action made her question about her plans. Would she be able to leave that life behind for good?

"I can do it!" The blonde woman thought, without realizing she was saying it out loud too.

"I'm sorry?" The maid asked, confused.

"Oh! Nevermind! I'll be right with you."

"…Of course. Oh! And your husband said he won't be having breakfast with you today some-"

"Something unexpected happened again, right? Don't worry! I'm okay like this, I think."

After this response, Violet was left alone in front of the window of her room again. She closed the window and looked at her reflection in the glass. It was sort of hard but she gave herself a smile to start another day.

"So?" Tifa asked as she crossed her arms across her chest.

"… I don't know what you are talking about." Reno said as he looked away. He had screwed to many times in only a couple of days so he decided that this time he would keep his mouth shut.

"I know what I've heard!" Tifa exclaimed.

"So what did you hear?" Vincent said walking towards her.

"Uh… You two guys are acting all weird; I know something's going on!"

"I agree with Tiffs, Reno." Cid said as he let one of the crewmen take control of the airship. He walked down the stairs and faced Vincent as well.

"There's nothing to worry about… It's just too complicated right now." Reno finally said, even though he wanted Vincent to handle the situation. It seemed that the turk in him was hard to contain.

"Nothing to worry about? Lilah thinks you've been cheating on her and you look all cool about it? I thought you cared more about your family, Vincent, 'cause I do care about my friends!"

"I'd never do anything to hurt her!" The ex-Turk quickly replied. Tifa looked at him with her eyes wide opened. Even Reno was surprised when he saw himself talking in such way. It looked like Vincent had decided to finally let his friends know about their supernatural situation.

"Reno?" The female fighter asked looking at who she saw as such. Vincent shook his head no.

"I don't want to involve no one else in this, but you give me no choice… Something came out wrong in our inspection to that old mako reactor. We ended up like this." Vincent explained. Both Tifa and Cid looked at him confused.

"He means switched!" Reno interrupted. "This is me, Reno, in Mr. I-Look-Like-a-Vamp's body."

"W-what?!" Tifa and Cid said at the same time.

"Yes… I know it sounds totally insane, but it's the truth. We've been dealing with difficult matters lately and now we're trying to retrieve a materia to return back to normal as soon as possible."

"So… So that means… Oh, man this is a big bad misunderstanding!! You have to tell Lilah!"

"I know, but now is not the time to resolve my situation with her… Once we have got to normal-"

"Vincent… That may already be too late."

"I wish I could stay a bit longer, Lilah, but Tifa asked me to cover her in the bar for a while." Yuffie explained as she picked up her backpack from the couch.

"It's ok… I called Reeve and told him I won't be attending the facility today. I can stay home with Riley today since Vincent's away." She replied trying to fake a light smile.

"Aww… Lilah, I hate to see you this sad! Maybe is not a good idea to stay home today. If you go and train some newbies you'll get the chance of kicking one or two butts in the meantime! Believe me, it's a good way to shake the stress away!"

"I really appreciate your concern, Yuffie, but it's okay. I'll be fine. I just have to assume Vincent is not the person I met anymore. I mean, people change! I've changed a lot too. Life's not a fairytale and maybe this was meant to be from the very beginning."

The ninja looked at her friend with a sad grin in her face and pat her on the shoulder.

"Now you're being pessimistic! …I have an idea! Why don't you, Riley and me go to the Seventh Heaven. That way you can take your mind out of thinking too much and Riley will have some fun with the kids. You know how they love to play with her!"

Lilah looked at her, not sure of what she really wanted to make of her day.

"Come on! It's gonna be fun!"

"… Alright! I'll pack some of Riley's things and we'll meet there."

"I'm off then… Don't be late!" Yuffie said and left.

Lilah turned around and looked at her daughter, who was playing on the floor surrounded by cushions.

"She's right! Do you want to go and play with Denzel and Marlene today, baby?" She said as she crouched in front of the toddler. Riley just giggled happily. "Yeah, I think the same way. Let me get you changed first, okay?"

"Papa!"

Lilah's blue eyes widened after she heard her little girl saying her very first word.

"What?"

"Papa! Papa!"

Lilah quickly picked up her cell phone from her pocket and started to record a video of what Riley was saying. It looked like she was already had got the hang of it since she wouldn't stop saying 'papa' now. The proud mother smiled and only thought about sharing that special moment with Vincent, but she quickly remembered how mad she was at him.

"Why didn't you say 'Mama' sweetie? Daddy is not here right now." She stopped recording the baby and turned the camera to her own face. "See what you're missing? …And I guess we need to talk, right… Well, see ya!"

"And that's the reason why we're going to Gongaga now? To pick up I don't know what thing for that Miller dude?" Cid asked surprised after Reno finished telling his part of the story.

"It's the only way I see now to return to normality. The sooner we retrieve that materia for analysis, the better." Vincent answered.

"Yeah, so I guess….Whoa!!" The red haired turk exclaimed as he picked up Vincent's cell phone from his pocket. The little device was shaking in his hand.

"I think you have an email or whatever." He said as he tossed the phone to its owner.

Vincent walked to a silent corner of the bridge and checked the new message. Big was his surprise when he realized it was from Lilah. He felt his stomach sink when he saw and heard his baby girl speaking so enthusiastically. He couldn't help to let a shy smile come out of his lips. That smile quickly faded when he heard Lilah's words at the end of the message and it was replaced by that typical frown he had, but that looked so out of place in Reno's face. He felt like asking- no, ordering- Cid to return to Edge right away, but he knew it was not possible. He rewinded some seconds of the clip and paused on his lover and friend's face.

"I'm not giving up, Lilah. Not anymore."

Note: Yeah, I know it was sort of crappy, but it's the best I could do since my mind is totally focused in finishing Crisis Core tonight. And please, review! :D