How To Win a Girl's Heart

"Serah, what are you doing here?" Noel asked the strawberry blonde. He then noticed that they were in an unfamiliar meadow. "And where exactly are we?"

Serah tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear as the wind picked up, tossling her locks and long pink dress. "I wanted to be with you. Alone."

"We could have just went to my house." Noel couldn't help but suggest.

"But don't you think this is better?" Serah asked taking several steps toward him.

He didn't say anything, nor did he feel that pleasant spark that usually shoots through him during these dreams.

Wait. How did he know this was a dream?

Well of course it's a dream, because Serah's alone and wants you, Noel thought to himself.

"You don't like this?" Serah asked, pouting slightly.

"It's just..." Why is he feeling this way? Is it possible he's getting over her.

"Noel!" They both turned to see a certain red headed pulsian running towards them. "What are you doing? This is finally your chance to get your girl!"

"Huh?" Noel was confused by Vanille's sudden prescence. "Vanille?"

"Noel," Serah tried to get the brown haired man's attention back. Her eyes twinkling like a star in the night sky. "Did you really need to tell me something?"

"I uh," his gaze wavered between Serah's and Vanille's...until he looked into the pulsians eyes.

If Serah's eyes are like stars, then Vanille's are like the sun, shining brightly.

Noel woke up, startled, and with a throbbing headache.

Why do I feel sick? What could that dream have meant? Am I falling in love with Vanille now? I can't be, what am I fickleminded now, I'm going to fall in love with the first girl that gets close to me? Noel groaned running his hands through his mane vigorously.

"What a mess." He groaned laying back onto his pillow.

"What's a mess?"

Noel's eyes shot open at the sudden female voice next to him.

He looked over and laying next to him, arms linked, and...naked was Vanille, blinking up at him like nothing's wrong.

Then at the same time.

"AHHH!"

Fang's senses kicked in before she was even aware of it and sat up from where she was sleeping.

"Vanille!" She looked over to find herself alone her bed. Did she come home at all last night?

The dark haired woman checked Vanille's room but it didn't even looked like she set foot there.

Vanille was sitting criss crossed on Noel's bed (Dressed thank goodness) with the dark haired man pacing back and forth biting his thumb nervously. Her phone rang, a text message from Fang.

Where are you?

Vanille, was about to text back when Noel suddenly screamed in frustration, gripping his head.

"This is bad. Really bad." Noel muttered.

"Yeah, it is. I don't even remember what happened." Vanille gripped her forhead, "and I think my headache is coming back tenfold." She gurgled slightly trying to not to barf.

I can't believe I betrayed Fang! Vanille winced. She can't know about what happened here.

Knock! Knock!

Two sets up eyes widened as somebody approached the front door.

"Noel, it's me" Hope's voice was muffled from heavy wood of the door. "Please let me in."

"Hope can't know I'm here!" Vanille whispered to Noel much to his confusion.

Wait, so...I knew there was something between them! Noel thought.

If Hope knows I slept with Noel, he'll probably tell Fang. Vanille thought.

The dark haired man panicked slightly, not wanting to get caught and be labeled as a girlfriend stealer. It was fairly obvious to everybody except Serah he liked her. Nobody would want to be his friend if he ruined the relationship between Hope and Vanille.

It's not like she told me! Yet again, damn it everything's screwed up! I was better off in a place with no humans let alone women. I just one drink. Two...six. And Vanille had...how many glasses...Gah!

"Just...stay in my room." Noel warned which Vanille happily obliged. He shut the door and hurried to the front door, he then realized he was still shirtless.

Noel grabbed his shirt that was conveniently draped over the top of a nearby chair and struggled to pull it over his head as Hope continued to knock impatiently at the door.

"Noel, I know your here. Please open up."

Noel swung the door open almost hitting the silver haired teen behind it. The brown haired teen leaned casually against the frame trying to pretend nothing's wrong.

"Hey, Hope. What are you doing here?"

"Sorry to barge in on a time like this." Hope apologized not finding Noel's behavior suspicous. "I would have called, but I don't have your number. Yet again, last time I checked you don't have a phone."

"Uh, yeah."

"Can I come in, I need to talk to you?"

Noel checked behind him in case the room had any elements of Vanille's previous prescence. Hope would find that alcohol bottle suspicous would he? Noel stepped aside to let the teenager in.

"Now that I think about it, I don't think I ever came by to visit you." Hope couldn't help but point out. "I usually see you at Serah and Snow's place."

"Uh, yeah. Do you want anything. Something to drink I have water...yeah I just have water."

"Uh, yeah water would be fine."

Noel walked over to the small kitchen area he put together which only contained a refrigerator and...well he usually heat things up in his backyard campfire. He tried using the stove, but it burst to flames and he had destroyed it in a panic. He prefered to keep things simple, but he found the fridge to be quite useful since it was only a cold storage space.

He grabbed a glass for Hope, keeping a close eye on the teenager to make sure he wasn't heading toward the bedroom.

He handed Hope his glass and let him take a seat.

Noel leaned against a wall across from the only chair in the small house.

"I came to apologize. About the whole Bear incident." Hope confessed leaning back against the dangerously creaky chair.

"You mean Brownie?"

"Brownie..." Hope then realized that to be the bear's name. "Oh yeah. It's just, Snow and I had this deal and well, I don't know why I took the deal in the first place. It's just that well, I knew everything Snow went through and I gu-"

"Hope," Noel stopped as the younger boy began to stutter. "You don't have to apologize. I think...Serah and Snow are great together. There will be other girls."

"Right." Hope encourage leaning foward, propping his elbows on his thighs. "I may not be an expert on romance-"

Noel could have laughed at the irony of the situation, but not when he spotted something light pink peeking out from under Hope.

Is that? Oh God? How did that get there! Noel panicked but tried not to show it on his face for fear Hope will see that he's in fact sitting on Vanille's underwear. Then he'd be able to put two and two together and all hell will break loose.

Unless he lies that it's somebody else's.

"Noel, are you alright?" Hope asked sitting up, the panties bunching further out into view.

All he has to do is look down and...How did I not see that!

"Uh..." Noel was at lost for words.

"Hey, why not we do something. Just us guys. I'll pay." Hope offered, finally standing up.

Don't turn around. Don't turn around.

"Is that Vanille's..."

Oh my God he saw it-

"-rod."

Rod?

It seemed like Noel's heart raced irregularly as Hope apprached the weapon that was leaning in the corner next to Noel, forgotten.

Crap.

But Noel took that oppurtunity to snatch Vanille's panties and shove them down his pants. (His pants had no pockets)

"I uh," Noel fought for an excuse. "Vanille was over...yesterday, and I guess forgot it."

"Hm," Hope quirked an eyebrow at him. He must have learned that from Lightning. "When you two were conspiring?"

"What!" Noel exclaimed, his heart stopped for a millisecond.

"Scheming. Plotting. Against Snow."

Phew. That was close.

"Uh, yeah. But then we gave up and she went home. Uh, we could drop it by her house. She probably isn't home though. Probably out and about during the early morning."

Hope laughed as he examined Vanille's rod for a way to fold it closed. "Please, her and Fang won't move an inch out of bed till about twelve. And it's" he checked his phone. "Eight o'six."

"Well," Noel struggled for an excuse. I hope Hope isn't the jealous boyfriend type. Of course he'd be a bit peeved to find out his girlfriend was stolen by some pulsian. Damn it! He shouldn't be this scary. Oh man.

What if he cries.

Then get Lightning to kick ass. She'll do more then kick my ass. She'll piledrive that gunblade right through my eratically beating heart then kebab me to the wall and...

"Let's just go and..." The brown haired man thought about what teenagers did nowadays. "Watch a motion picture."

"Sure," Hope forgot about Vanille's weapon and set it down on the chair, "We can see a movie. But uh, can I use your bathroom?"

"Sure. It's in my...bedroom."

Vanille jumped away from the door and scurried around the room looking for a hiding place.

Bathroom? No Hope's about to go in there.

Under the bed? There is no room!

Closet? Where's his closet?

She heard two sets of footprints and Noel talking quickly to Hope, emphasizing 'bathroom', probably to hint at Vanille in case she wasn't listening.

This is just great! I'm trapped in Noel's bedroom, Fang's probably worried sick about me, Hope is about to catch me in the act, and I can't find my panties!

She ripped the blankets from Noel's bed and dove in a corner trying to look as inconspicuous as possible.

The door opened up, "Noel, do you really have to follow me? Whoa."

Noel scanned the room, then spotted the lump in the corner. He tried to fight off the urge to smile wryly. She can be so adorable.

"Looks like a tornado went through here." Hope commented mockingly. "Is that why you were embarassed for me to come in here."

"Haha," Noel forced a laugh out. "You got me. I'm a pig living in a pigsty."

"Don't worry, man, my room's starting to look pretty bad too. Should probably tidy it up this evening." Hope's phone began to rang, he dove into his pocket and read the text he recieved. "Huh? It's Fang."

Vanille's ears perked up.

"She said that Vanille never came home last night. And she's not taking her calls. You wouldn't happen know where she is, would you?"

"No." Noel answered too quickly.

"I'm gonna call her." Hope said, sitting on Noel's bed, right next to Vanille.

Winter left a cover,
That I'm gonna end up under,
But I got my boots,

Noel and Vanille's eyes widened, and Hope pulled the phone away from his ear.

"Why do I hear Vanille's ringtone. Did she leave her phone here too?"

Vanille quickly clicked on the end call button, and the ringing stopped.

Hope scoped the area for Vanille's phone. Everything clicked.

He sent a glare at Noel.

He knows. Vanille and Noel thought at the exact same moment.

Noel nervously scratched the back of his neck, his shirt raising slightly and revealing Vanille's undergarments that he had previously stuffed there. Just not far enough.

Hope plucked the article of clothing curiously, before flushing dark red.

"What. The. Hell."

"It's not what it looks like!" Vanille couldn't keep quiet much longer. "It's all a misunderstanding."

Hope looked around the room searching for the familiar voice, before his eyes landed on the bunch of covers. He threw the object up revealing a cowering Vanille, her phone clutched in her death grip.

Vanille tugged awkwardly at her skirt when she saw her pink panties in Hope's hands. The silver haired teen took another glance then blushed even darker, ducking his head in embarrassment and handing the article of clothing to Vanille. "Uh...I assume this is yours."

The red headed woman snatched her underwear out of his hand before scampering away to the bathroom to slip it on.

"When she comes out I need to talk to you two." Hope addressed before exiting the bedroom.

After Vanille came out the bathroom, she and Noel watched warily as Hope leaned against the wall, arms crossed.

"Okay. First things first, I know I'm just a kid and you two are adults. You are obligated to do whatever you feel like doing. But this isn't about what you did, it's about...who..." Hope was wavering slightly, not comfortable with the term of...

Of...S-E-X

"I know what your getting out, Hope." Noel intervened. "First off, I had no idea about you and Vanille."

"Huh?" Hope asked.

Vanille even gave Noel a perplexed look.

"Uh..." This is awkward, Noel concluded. "You guys aren't..."

"What!" Hope almost laughed and Vanille giggled. "No. W-we're not together."

"Oh." Noel cleared his throat, embarrassed. "I just assumed, I guess because you like her-"

"I don't like her. Not like that. I like L-l-l-l-l..." Hope began to stutter, his face tinging red. "This doesn't have anything to do with me. It's about what's going to happen to you!"

"Me?" Noel took offense. "If you and Vanille aren't together then-"

Bam!

Fang kicked the door opened with her foot. "Oerba Dia Vanille!"

The guys broke into a sweat and Vanille jumped up into her seat. "Fang."

"Why did you not pick up your phone! You had me worried sick!" Fang leaned over and kissed Vanille on the lips making Noel fall over and Hope blush.

AN: To be honest I got stuck on this chapter, so the ending was a weak effort. But I hope it was still enjoyable nonetheless.

I decided to start puttting all my parodies in one compilation titled "Chaos Ensues", so the next one (Another adventure one) is coming up soon.