A/N: hey guys, thanks for all the wonderful reviews! also, i would like to thank those who put this story in their favorites and story subscriptions! also, thanks for putting me in your favorite authors list :) i'm glad that you guys like it and i hope that you'll like this chapter! oh and for Shadow hates Faker i will put Axel in one of Namine's class! don't worry, he's one of my favorites so he'll have lot's of parts in this story :) also, if there's anyone else who wants a certain character to have more parts, feel free to say so!

anyways, on with the story!

CHAPTER THREE:

In the five seconds that they were given to get ready, Kairi bit her lip uneasily, Riku conversed with Sora, who was busy doing toe touches- or at least attempting to- and Vanitas stretched his arms out and yawned. Namine and Roxas hadn't moved from their stance and had their eyes fixed ahead of them. Neither of them spoke a word to each other since then.

Finally, during the last seconds remaining, Namine broke the silence. "Hey Roxas, you might want to tie your shoes before we start."

Roxas rolled her eyes at her. "I'm not falling for that. How stupid do you think I am?"

"Very, to the point of mental retardation to be exact," Namine responded.

Before Roxas could retaliate, the whistle went off. Pushing his left leg forward, Roxas attempted to get ahead of Namine with a quick start. Unfortunately, he tripped over his shoe laces. He got back on his feet and quickly tied his laces, frustrated. Suddenly, he felt a hand pet his hair. He looked up annoyed, only to find Namine springing ahead of him in light, mocking, footsteps. He frowned after her, knowing that it was all part of her plan to make him believe that she was lying when she told him to tie his shoes.

Namine smiled, amused with herself for tricking Roxas to his doom. After seeing his reaction, which was a frown, she turned her attention back to the track and ran past her classmates. In her previous school, Namine had been apart of the track team. Although the sole reason she joined track was for a certain boy who, in the end turned out to be an asshole, Namine easily became one of the fastest girls on the team by training and running many many laps- to impress the said boy, of course. And although the boy was a miss, she managed to accomplish another thing on her father's list because of him. Her father always wanted her to be in a sports team, he didn't care which just as long as she was doing something that involved moving around.

Halfway done with the lap, Namine turned to see where Roxas was. To her surprise, he was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, a voice whispered into her ear- which nearly made her jump. "I'm not that easy to beat."

The voice belonged to none other than Roxas, who she discovered was right by her side. Namine pulled her brows together and frowned. Rather than responding to him, she forced herself to go faster. A second later and Roxas was right at her side again. Determined to lose him, she ran even faster. Of course, Roxas was able to catch up easily to her."It's not too late to call it off," He said with a cocky grin on his face.

Rather than thinking of ways to inflict pain on the boy, Namine focused on the finish line, which was only a few more feet away from her. Determined to lose him, Namine dove forward and forced herself into what she called a "life or death sprint". It was the fastest speed that she was able to run at and the only time she had ever run that fast was when a mugger ran after her.

Roxas fell behind and began to struggle to keep up with Namine, who was almost at the finish line. Instead of turning to gloat, Namine directed herself to keep going. She didn't want to give him the chance to catch up, although it was nearly impossible at the speed she was at.

Of course, it was only just NEARLY impossible. Just as she was at an arm's length away from the finish line, A blur of yellow and white sped past her, sending a gust of wind to attack her hair. Slowing down to push her hair out of the way, she discovered Roxas waiting for her at the finish line. A grin was present on his face, which she knew would be followed by him gloating once she reached the finish line.

Instead of sulking, Namine put of a straight face and walked up to him, slowly but maintaining an unfazed appearance. Of course, she was burning with rage and disappointment inside. "Gloat all you want," She said as Roxas's grin grew wider. "But just so you know, were technically tied now so if you really want to win the bet we'll have to make a round 4."

While excited to have defeated Namine, Roxas saw no harm in another round. After all, he'd thought up of something that would be impossible for her to accomplish. "Alright, but this time no more games," He finally said. Namine answered with a confused look on her face. "Arguing about pointless things and racing each other isn't going to make me want to fall in love or believe that love's worth giving a shot," Roxas explained.

"So then what do I have to do?" Namine asked, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Give me a reason to fall in love, and you win." Roxas replied.

"Deal." Namine said without hesitation.

"But you have to give me a good reason and actually convince me to believe you. Also, you have to do it by the end of the school year. If you can't change my mind by then, well, then you'll just have to live with the fact that you're never going to change my mind," Roxas added quickly.

Namine simply shrugged, "Easy enough. Now just give me your number."

Roxas gave her a surprised look. "Yeah right, I'm not giving it to you."

"Idiot, I only want it to text you about the bet! Why else would I want your number?" Namine said loudly, causing Kairi, Riku, Sora, and Vanitas, to come over.

Kairi stood between the two, and with anticipation, asked, "I'm guessing you guys are getting along now?"

"Nope," Roxas replied, instantly shooting down the girl's hope. "But because of the bet, I'll have to put up with her. That means we won't fight as much around you guys."

"Bet?" Sora repeated.

"He'll finally believe that love's worth it if I can convince him to fall in love with somebody," Namine explained.

"That's a little easier said than done, don't you think?" Vanitas asked, throwing both of his hands behind his head and clasping them together.

"It's not going to be easy," Namine admitted. "But I guarantee you that I will win."

Roxas scoffed, "We'll see about that." He walked off to meet with the rest of the class, who were sitting by the bleachers waiting for Xigbar to give more instructions on what they were doing next. Namine and the rest followed suit.

As the rest of the period continued, Namine found that the situation got worse for her. Not only had she lost to Roxas at a race, something she was confident about beating him at, but now they were playing touch tag football. Anything having to do with catching or throwing balls, Namine lacked skill in. In fact, the whole remainder of the period for Namine was spent trying to hide behind her team mates and trying to look as heavily gaurded as possible. Of course, with Roxas as her opponent and Sora as her team mate, that wasn't exactly possible.

Despite her many declarations of never wanting possession of the ball, Sora continued to throw it to her. He explained that the more she actually touched the ball and participated in the game, the more confident she would feel about playing. That notion, of course, did not apply to Namine. Every time she caught the ball Roxas was always there, tagging her with an excessive amount of strength. She was beginning to think that Roxas was doing this on purpose, targeting her as a way to make her hate him even more.

"Don't worry, Namine. We still have fifteen minutes left, we can beat them!" Sora said, completely oblivious to the fact that she did not care at all for the game.

"Sora, when I said that I did not want the ball, I meant it," Namine said through gritted teeth.

Sora simply smiled back at her, "Come on, you're not as bad as you think. You're a lot better than Kairi." He jerked to the said red head with his thumb. Namine looked behind him to see Kairi shrieking and crossing her arms over her head every time the ball was coming to her.

"There's still Roxas to worry about. Everytime I get the ball, he's there," Namine said, crossing her arms.

"I have a plan for that," He smiled his usual goofy smile. Despite not wanting to play, Namine couldn't help but believe him. With a sigh she followed him to meet up with the rest of the team, who were lined up along the white line.

Instead of explaining his plan to the team, he turned to Namine and whispered, "Just go where you normally go, and I'll run over to you to give you more directions." So far, the plan didn't seem at all organized to Namine. However, there wasn't much she could do but trust him. At the sound of "Go" Namine ran forward as usual and stopped towards the middle of the field. The others took their places as well, except for Sora who, instead of throwing it to the person nearest to the goal, ran towards Namine. "Run with me and take it when I tell you!"

She did as she was told, running along side with the brunette. As they neared the finish line and Roxas was making a beeline for Sora, the brunette called to Namine and tossed the ballinto her arms. Namine held onto it and sprinted ahead of Sora and Roxas, scoring a touch down. Without thinking, Namine threw the ball at her feet and pumped a fist into the air as a sign of victory- after all, it was her first touch down in history. Unfortunately, her fist had connected with someone's jaw, interrupting her moment. Turning quickly, she met an unconscious Roxas on the floor.

A flood of students surrounded the two. Riku jogged over, pushing past the crowd to make it to his friend. He looked up at Namine, who stared at her fist with a horrified expression. "Guess you're a lot stronger than you think?" He said, trying to make light of the situation. Of course, Namine knew she was in trouble when Xigbar appeared.

"What happened here?" He asked, though not exactly sounding worried about it.

"She knocked him out!" A student in the crowd exclaimed, pointing to Namine.

The blond closed her eyes and waited for Xigbar to shout at her or inflict some sort of humiliating punishment on her. When it didn't come, she opened her eyes again. Xigbar stood where he was jotting down something onto a sticky note, which she assumed came from his pocket, and handed it to her. "Go to the office, they'll deal with you."

Namine gulped. She did not want to go there again. Getting sent down to the office on her first day was one thing, but getting sent down twice on her first day was a whole other thing. She slumped her shoulders and slowly made her way towards the building. As she left the field, Xigbar instructed the others to try to wake Roxas up.

Before entering the office, Namine inhaled and exhaled. She wondered what the principle must think of her now. Taking a second to recompose herself, Namine entered the room. At the sound of the door closing behind her, Dr. Ansem looked up from his computer screen. He quickly closed his browser before Namine approached near him. "You're back," He said, with a hint of irritation penetrating through his voice. Whatever he was doing on the computer must have been important.

Namine handed the note to him, not saying a word. The man read the note before crumpling it up and throwing it in the trash bin. "This is unacceptable!" He exclaimed. "Your violent behavior can not be tolerated anymore!"

"Violent Be-behavior?" She stammered. "It was an accident! I swear it!"

"Mhhmm. You know what this means?" Dr. Ansem waited for her response.

"I'm going to be placed in another class away from him?" Namine said hopefully.

"No, unfortunately there's no room for switching. Instead, you have lunch detention for three days beginning tomorrow." With that, Dr. Ansem dismissed Namine out of his office. Although she wanted to protest against his punishment, she knew that it was better to keep her mouth shut. Before turning to leave, she caught a glimpse of some sort of dating site open up on his browser. It didn't come to Namine as a shock, considering how unlikeable the man seemed. Then again, she might just be biased from him giving her detention.

Outside of the office, Namine met up with Kairi, who seemed to have been waiting for her. "Roxas is okay, if that makes you feel any better," She said to the blond, who had on a look of dismay.

"It doesn't," Namine replied. "I have three days of lunch detention AND my brother's going to kill me!"

"I hope that doesn't mean that you can't come to the party," Kairi said. Namine raised a brow at her, prodding her to continue. "Zexion, you met him earlier, he's throwing a party. Actually, Tidus and Demyx are throwing it but at his house. Zexion's parents are gone for the week so that's why it's at his house."

"I don't know, I didn't really get to know him that well. And besides, if my brother finds out that I got detention, I'm done for," Namine replied.

"If he finds out," Kairi said, placing a hand on her shoulder. "I doubt Dr. Ansem called him. And besides, you don't have to tell your brother exactly why you got detention do you?"

Namine hesitated before answering. "No..."

"Good. That means that you are coming to the party! And no worries, they're like our big brothers. Now that you're our friend, you're also their little sister," Kairi smiled warmly at her.

At any other given circumstance, Kairi's smile would have relieved Namine, but she had another thing to worry about. "I'll go, but I'll have to warn you that I haven't been to a party in awhile..." By a while, she meant since she was in second grade. In second grade, she managed to spill grape juice on the birthday girl's dress, trip on some of her gifts- which eventually lead to them breaking, and of course, deflating the ball pit with her surprisingly pointy shoes, which she wasn't even supposed to have on. These actions lead to her being condemned for the next years of her life, never being invited to a single party.

"Don't worry, it's just a normal party," Kairi said reassuringly.

"Which is?" Namine pressed on.

"Dancing, hooking up, booze, and maybe drugs," Kairi listed. Namine panicked, she'd never had any experience with any of those before- unless you counted dancing alone when no one else was there. "Don't worry, the last one's optional. And just trust me on this one, you'll have a good time."

Her next period class, which was also the second to last one, was Home Ec. She was surprised to find Axel and Demyx sitting together at the back table, fooling around while the others began to put on their aprons. She examined the two, noticing the differences between the two friends. While Demyx had a friendly and laid back air to him, Axel seemed more intimidating and, for a lack of better words, fiery. Though his hair was an accomplice in her choice of words. Namine walked over to the teacher first, Mrs. White, and asked for directions on what she was supposed to do. The teacher told her to get into a group that had less than four members and that they would tell her what they were doing next.

Without hesitation, Namine walked over to the two boys at the back, "Can I be in this group?" She asked, somewhat shyly.

"Yeah, sure." Demyx said, pulling out a chair for her to sit in. Namine sat in the seat and began to feel a little more at ease, though she was still feeling a little intimidated by Axel's stare and six foot frame. Earlier in gym class, she had decided that she would like him, but now she wondered if it would be possible with her being slightly scared of him.

"Don't take this the wrong way," Axel began, "But this group's kind of destined to fail."

"Yeah, the teacher hates us for no reason." Demyx replied, although Namine sensed that he was lying about that part.

"The bitch won't let us touch the stoves or anything because of what happened the last time that happened when we used them." Axel added.

"What did you guys do exactly?" Namine asked.

"We had to use the oven and Axel wasn't patient enough so he turned the oven settings to the highest setting. He thought that it would cook faster if he did that." Demyx replied. "We ended up starting a fire."

"Which wouldn't have been that bad if Demyx here hadn't thrown in some cooking oil." Axel said, countering his fault in starting the fire with his friend's stupidity.

"I thought it was water." He muttered.

"It was yellowish, dumbass." Axel said pointedly.

"Big deal, you could have stopped me." Demyx shot back.

"I was trying to fill up a glass of water when you threw it in!" Axel snapped.

Namine looked at the two back and forth. It was obvious to her why this group wasn't allowed to do anything. Axel was impatient and seemed to have a short temper, and Demyx was, to put it in nicely, lacked common sense. It was also clear to her why the other students didn't want to pair up with the two; They apparently argued a lot. But Namine could sense that it was all just for fun, after all, they wouldn't have put up with each other for this long if they weren't best friends.

Mrs. White hovered over the group, giving Demyx and Axel a scolding look. "For the love of God, I hope you two don't plan on cooking by yourselves in the future." She shook her head and handed the two a list of instructions for making brownies. "Since a majority of Group C's members are absent, your group will be cooking today." Before turning to leave, she looked to Namine, who was amused by Demyx mocking her from behind. "And you, don't think I haven't heard about you! I know what you did to that poor boy. That is no way for a lady to act!" With that, Mrs. White turned to leave without giving Namine as much as a second look.

"What?" Namine said quietly, shocked and unnerved by how her reputation for being a bully was growing.

"Great, another reason for her to hate our group," Axel said. "Oh well, I guess that means you'll fit right in with us," He smiled, which Namine had to admit was pretty nice for a guy who looked as scary as he did.

Although fitting in with a group of trouble makers didn't seem like something to be proud of, Namine couldn't help but smile. While it may have been to soon to tell, Namine was starting to believe that she found where she belonged. Of course, she still had to officially get to know Zexion and the others that Kairi informed her would be at the party. And then there was Roxas, who was also a part of the group. But Namine decided that she'd forget about him altogether.

"God, I would never have taken this class with you if I didn't realize exactly how much of an imbecile you really are!" Axel exclaimed.

"I'd rather be an imbecile than a bi-" Demyx began.

Before he could finish his sentence, Namine cut him off after deciding that she had let their little argument go on for too long. "Guys! We need to focus!" The two looked at her. "We should show Mrs. White that we're not as bad off as she thinks we are."

Demyx and Axel looked at each other before answering, "But she is right."

"Besides, I kind of like the idea of giving her hell for the whole year a lot more than trying to be good for one day," Axel continued. "It's too much hard work to be a good student." Demyx nodded in agreement.

"Don't you guys want to actually cook instead of cleaning the dishes all the time?" Namine asked.

Demyx shrugged, "For the safety of the school, I think it's best if we didn't cook."

"Well...what about passing the class?" Namine pressed on.

"We're seniors, failing one class isn't going to hurt. And for you, I doubt she'd fail you since that would mean having you next year again." Axel replied.

Realizing that the two wouldn't let up, Namine sighed. "Alright. Fine, let's do it your way." The two boys looked at each other with wide grins. "But if I'm going to fail this class, it better be worth it!" Namine threatened the duo with a fist, though neither seemed to be taking her seriously.

"Yeah, yeah. Just trust us on this one that this class isn't going to be just like any other boring class. I mean, pissing the teacher off, fooling around, slacking off, sleeping in class from time to time, doesn't that sound fun to you?" Axel smiled mischievously.

"I guess it couldn't hurt to slack off in ONE class..."

Namine rested her head on the table and groaned, "I knew it was a bad idea!" She was in last period Art and was completely worn out from the day, which was not going as great as she expected. While it was true that she had a knack for drawing bad luck- some instances included her ruining a birthday party that resulted in her never being invited to another one, accidently giving her teacher food poisoning, and earning a reputation as a trouble maker despite her actually being a misunderstood good girl- Namine hadn't expected on the day going this badly for her.

"What happened?" Olette asked, taking a seat across from her.

"I let Axel and Demyx talk me into fooling around in Home Ec." Namine grumbled.

Olette smiled at her sympathetically. "Did you get any more punishment?"

Namine nodded. "I have to help with serving the cafeteria food with Demyx and Axel tomorrow. It's so unfair, that class has nothing to do with the cafeteria!"

"Well, what did you guys do exactly?" Olette asked.

"Nothing. Demyx just added some extra ingredients like chunks of oranges and bacon strips into the brownies. After that, Axel gave a piece to Mrs. White. I didn't do anything except for making sure that it wasn't going to poison her or anything and I still got in trouble," Namine replied. "I mean, I know it must have tasted horrible, but you can't punish us for bad cooking."

Olette shook her head. "As unfair as that sounds, you kind of had it coming to you. I mean, you did join Axel and Demyx's group."

"I know, they told me I'd be in for a lot of trouble. But me, being the stupid little girl I am, thought that nothing really bad would come of it. That's what every day in that class is going to be like!" Namine cried.

"Relax, I mean you're not that much of a good girl." Olette told her. "I mean you did try to punch Roxas and even successfully knocked him out the second time."

"The first time was all because of Xion. I saw how cool she looked when she got one of the guys to stop bothering her when she punched him. She also said that that's what I should do if anyone else tries to start something with me. Apparently, that only applies to people who don't have spaghetti noodles for arms," Namine stretched out an arm, which was thin and long. "And the second time was just an accident!"

Olette held her arms up, as if it would calm her down. "Relax! It's not so bad...people will forget about it after a week. Besides, after tomorrow you can show people just how nice of a person you really are!" She smiled. "Now just calm down already."

"If that was possible," Namine muttered.

"Come on," The brunette said cheefully. "Let's talk about something else then, that'll cheer you up!"

Seeing as moping about how poorly her day was going wasn't helping her with anything, Namine agreed. "Alright..."

With slight hesitation Olette asked, "So did you see anyone you might like?"

The question managed to get the blond flustered. "Uh..n-no. Why do you ask?"

Olette smiled mischievously, something Namine thought impossible for the brunette to do. According to Selphie, Olette was the "well mannered' one of the group. "You're lying," She declared, flustering the blond even more. "Come on, who is it?"

Namine hesitated before answering, "R-"

"Roxas? I knew it! That's why you're so mean to him!" Olette said, cutting her off. "You know, I didn't want to say it because I thought you didn't like him, but you guys make a cute pair."

Namine shot her a disgusted look before answering, "That's repulsive! I was going to say..." She lowered her voice into a whisper, "Riku."

"Really? Well, I guess it's not too surprising," Olette began. "I mean he is one of the most wanted by the girls in this school. Not including me of course, I just think of him as a friend," She quickly added.

"Great. That's just what I need, competition," Namine mumbled.

"Relax, you're going to the party right?" Olette asked. Namine nodded in response. "Riku's going to be there too, so you two could get to know each other better! Who knows, maybe he'll like you back!"

Namine paled at that idea. She did not want Riku to see just how awkward she was at parties. "I- I don't think that that's such a good idea. I mean, maybe it's just a stupid crush..."

"And what if it isn't?" Olette countered.

Namine struggled to think up of something else. After coming up with nothing, she sighed. "It's just not a good idea. I'm going to embarrass myself in front of him!"

Olette raised a brow at her. "And why is that?"

As much as Namine didn't want to admit it, she knew she had to tell her. "I've never been to a high school party before. I don't know what goes on and I'm really not good at socializing at parties."

The brunette let out a small laugh, causing Namine to glare. "You act like that's so bad! If you want, Selphie and Kairi will give you a tutorial. And, they could also help you with Riku! They both know more about guys than I do," Olette replied.

Namine thought to herself. After a few more moments of deciding whether she should still go to the party or not, Namine finally answered, "Alright, you got me."

Olette cheered before having to be silenced by the teacher. "That's great! Here, give me your address. I'll pick you up at six!"

Without thinking about how Cloud would react to her going to a party, Namine jotted her address down on a piece of notebook paper and handed it to Olette. It was an odd thing for her to do, Namine realized. Agreeing to go to a party without the consent of her older brother, getting in trouble with the teachers, and making an enemy, weren't exactly the norm for Namine. In fact, she wondered if this was what her new life would be composed of. If it was, Namine didn't mind it at all. Well, maybe just a little..

After wandering around the streets trying to get back home, Namine finally arrived at her destination. Exhausted, she entered the building and made a beeline for the elevator. There was no way that she was going to walk up all three flights of stairs. Upon entering the elevator, she found that she was being sandwiched between two other people; A businessman who busy shouting out orders to his co-workers through his bluetooth, and a lady who had sprayed too much perfume on. Namine couldn't wait for the ride to be over.

Just when she felt like she was going to pass out from inhaling the woman's perfume, the elevator stopped at her designated floor and opened it's doors. Rushing out of the compartment, Namine inhaled the stale air- which she preffered over the strong perfume. After getting rid of the scent of the perfume from her nose, Namine continued down the hall until she reached the second door on the left at the end. She pulled out her key, which was adorned with the paopu charm she found at the beach one day, and placed it into the door lock. She gave it a twist and pushed the door open.

Sitting upright on the faux leather couch was Cloud, who had on a serious face. Namine gulped, she knew something was up. Slowly, she made her way to the couch across from him and sat down. This became the usual for them whenever they had to have a conference. "Y-yes?" Namine asked anxiously.

"Mind telling me why you punched a student twice today?" He asked. Namine panicked, realizing that the principal had called after all.

"It was all just an accident. I didn't mean to knock him out." Namine muttered, avoiding eye contact with him.

It seemed like an eternity before her brother said anything again. "I guess you got what you deserved, so there's no need for even more punishment. Besides, I guess it was a good thing that it was a guy..." He let his sentence trail off.

Namine relaxed. Although she disliked the fact that her brother expected her to still be in the "boys have cooties" stage, this time she was actually thankful for this. Cloud didn't want Namine dating until she was thirty, so that meant that she couldn't talk to a boy without him having to interrogate the boy.

Before standing up to leave, Namine decided that she should ask while he was still in a fairly good mood. "Cloud?" She began. Her brother looked up at her and signaled for her to go on with a nod. "Can I, maybe, possibly, go to a party?"

"Jesus, I knew the day would come." He muttered, causing Namine to raise a brow at him. "Wouldn't you prefer spending quality time with your brother rather than partying?"

"If by quality time, you mean keeping you awake while you're doing your thesis paper, then no," Namine answered.

Cloud sighed. "Fine, I guess I should let you experience your first party since that incident," Namine glared at him when he began to smile, "And besides, going to parties was the kind of thing that I always did when I was your age." As a teenager, Cloud was reckless and wild. He was almost to the point of being out of control, as their father put it. Namine remembered her brother always sneaking out late to go to a party, or the times when he threw parties at the house when their father was away. It seemed almost hard to believe for Namine that the reckless child he was transformed into the man standing in front of her- stern looking and matured.

"Thanks, Cloud," Namine smiled, reaching out to hug him. Stiffly, Cloud accepted the hug. Although older, he was still as stiff as ever about showing affection.

To pass the time, Namine finished her homework, which wasn't much. Next, she toasted two slices of bread and slathered nutella spread on one slice. After that, she planned on taking a two hour nap on the couch.

The two hours passed by rather quickly and the next thing she knew, she was woken up by a ring. Realizing that it must have been Olette, she got up and pressed the button to let the girl in the building. Namine returned back to the couch and waited for the girl to come. A few minutes passed and she heard a knock on the door. "Coming!" She called, skipping over to the door and opening it.

"Hey Namine!" Selphie greeted. Along side her were Olette, Xion, and Kairi, who all waved at her.

"Let me just get my shoes on and the-" Namine began but was interrupted by Selphie, who let herself into the room.

"I'm sorry but you can not wear that. I mean, it's fine for school, but we're going to a party so you have to dress up a little more than that," Selphie informed her.

Olette cleared her throat before pulling her friend back outside. "Sorry about that, Selphie here doesn't have manners."

Namine shook her head, "No, it's fine. Come in," She stepped aside to let the girls in. "So, then what should I wear?" She asked.

"Can we see your closet?" Selphie asked.

Namine nodded and lead them to her room. Before she could show them inside, Cloud appeared. "Oh...you have friends over?" He had just emerged from his bedroom and judging from his messy hair, had also woken up from a nap.

"Yeah, is it okay?" Namine asked.

He shrugged. "Sure," He turned to the girls and attempted to give them a friendly smile before retreating back to his bedroom.

"That's your brother?" Selphie lowered her voice to a whisper. "He's cute!"

Namine blushed, she had gotten this a lot in her old school. "Yeah...now back to what I should wear." Namine lead the girls into her room, which was still painted white and stacked with cardboard boxes. She made a note to herself to get some decorations for the room and to unpack her stuff.

"Sorry about this, I still have to do some unpacking," Namine said as she lead them to her closet. She opened the door to expose a minimal array of clothes displayed on the shelves.

Selphie peered into the closet, picking up and examining a few articles of clothing. She went through six clothes before deciding on a white dress that was folded all the way in the corner. "Here, this is perfect!"

Namine looked at the rest, now realizing that they were all dressed up. Kairi was wearing a coral summer dress, Olette wore a tank top and a yellow floral skirt, and Xion was dressed up in denim capri pants and a blue camisole underneath a black hoodie, despite the heat. Although Xion's tire was considered casual, it was the most dressed up that the other girls could get Xion to be.

"Are all parties fancy like this?" Namine questioned, after changing behind the closed closet door. She was now wearing the white dress, which according to the others, flattered her.

"No, but since there's going to be guys we need to look cute," Selphie replied. Selphie was the boy crazy one out of the group, which didn't take Namine long to realize. However, she had been informed that Selphie only had eyes for a certain boy named, Tidus.

"Do you have any white or brown sandals or flip flops?" Kairi asked, scanning her room. Namine nodded, pulling out a pair of brown sandals from underneath her bed. They were somewhat worn out, but Namine loved them anyway. Kairi smiled in approval, "That's good enough, now let's go before we miss even more of the party!"

The girls rushed out of the room and made their way into a red mini cooper, which Namine learned belonged to Xion. "Sorry, Nami, but were stuck in this thing as a ride." Selphie said, earning a glare from Xion.

"If you really hate the idea of arriving to the party in this, then why don't you just walk there?" Xion quipped from the driver's seat.

Selphie muttered something unintelligible before snapping her seatbelt into place. With that, Xion pressed on the gas and veered off into the road at a speed Namine felt was dangerous. Of course, this was how all Twilight Town civilians drove like, as she learned from a previous experience.

Namine, who was seated in the passengers seat, gripped the sides of the chair, nervous. Kairi leaned over her seat, "Olette told us the situation. Don't worry, we have your back on this one! And Riku's a good choice!" She added with a smirk that caused Namine to blush. "Anyway, we'll make sure nothing bad will happen since it's your first time. Just relax and have fun!"

Relax and have fun, Namine repeated to herself over and over until they pulled to a stop in front of a yellow house with a spacious front and backyard. Namine gulped, as the other girls leapt out of the car. "It's just a small house party, no big deal," Xion said, reassuringly before closing the door behind her.

Before closing the door behind her, Namine took a deep breath and exhaled. It was her first high school party and she was determined to make it a good experience. However, she was also convinced that there was a force out there purposely trying to make her life miserable. She quickly pulled out the paopu charm attached to her key and gave it a squeeze, as if it would serve as a charm to ward off her bad luck. With another deep breath, she tucked the charm back into her pocket and walked up the front steps with her friends.

The girls stood outside for a moment until the door opened. Tidus stood in front of the door way with a smile on his face, "Come in, the party just started!"

With that, Namine entered the household, commencing her first high school party experience.

This chapter's just a filler, so sorry if you guys think that the story's moving really slowly X(. anyway, i hope you guys liked it and the next chapter will have all of the details about the party! review and subscribe if you guys want :)