Hello, and welcome to the first chapterof Fall! Yay!Sorry for any grammatical/spelling errors. I try to catch most of them, but I can miss some! Tell me if you see any really bad ones!!

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An:)) Authoress' note

Kairi's POV

Have you ever had someone who knew everything about one you, but nothing about the REAL you? For me, that's basically everyone. Well, except my real best friend. Enter Namine; she is the only person I tell anything. She knows all my secrets and I know her's. Without her, I have lost my real self ages ago, but to understand that you'd have to see my life...

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Normal POV

Kairi strutted into school, the movement resembling something of a catwalk. If you saw it, you'd think she was famous. Groups of girls gathered waving helplessly. Guys gawked at her, almost drooling. She was immediately greeted by Selphie, an abnormally hyper girl with short brown hair and green eyes. She chatted away about things Kairi couldn't care less about.

She approached Namine's locker, the hyper cling-on still by her side.

"Hey nam." "Hey kai... Selphie."

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Hi" Selphie responded in a cool tone. How could Kairi be best friends with this unpopular girl? Better friends with her than herself? Selphie hated to be outdone.

Noticing the tension rising, Kairi choose this moment to excuse herself. "Ummm, I'll see you guys later..." She said beginning to walk off.

"Bye k--"

"BYE KAIRI!!!" Selphie called, cutting Namine off with an extravagant wave. Namine simply rolled her eyes and walked away.

Entering her math class, Kairi took her usual seat in the back where she could text during class and not have creepy nerdy guys breathing down her back. She was greeted by Aerith, who took a seat next to her. She had long brown, braided hair, secured with a bow. She had emerald eyes and always wore pink.

"Hey kairi" "Hi Aerith. Cloud on his way?" Kairi asked, knowing her talking time with Aerith was limited due to the brunette's boyfriend.

"Yes, he'll be here in a bit. So when's the party at your house?"

"This Saturday" Kairi answered. If by my house you mean Namine's. She thought to herself.

Contrary to everyone else's' beliefs, Kairi was actually quite poor, it was really Namine who had all the money. It always made Kairi wonder why Namine wasn't very popular. "I don't like the spotlight on me." she had said. So, whenever Kairi had a party, she had it at Namine's, calling it her house. She didn't know why Namine let her do it. "You're my best friend. I've got your back" Namine had reassured, but Kairi always went the extra mile to make it up to her.

Actually, Kairi spent most of her time at Namine's anyway. At home her father was... forceful, and she did all she could to stay out of his way. That included working two jobs, her clothes didn't pay for themselves after all.

"Hey babe." Then there was Axel, her not so loving Boyfriend.

Kairi simply ignored him. He forcefully grabbed her arm, "I said hey babe." She stayed silent until his grip on her arm began to hurt.

"Ow! Fuck Axel! What do you want?!"

"Answer me when I talk to you"

"I'm not your property; you can't make me do anything!"

Kairi looked over to Aerith for support, but found her already in a full-on make-out session with Cloud.

"Who says you're not? As long as you're my girlfriend, you belong to me."

"Then consider us broken up."

"I'm afraid you can't do that"

"I'm afraid I just did." Kairi said turning her back to him. Axel raised his arm to slap her.

No one talks to him this way. But before he could do anything, the teacher spoke "alright, everybody in their seats!"

He lowered his arm. "I'm not done" he vowed. She merely waved him off, opting to turn her attention back to her teacher. However, that only lasted about 5 minutes, when she fell asleep.

When the bell rang, Kairi made a point to be the first one out the door. It was her last class of the day, and Kairi just wanted to get out. She sprinted to the chorus room, catching a few people staring oddly at her. Why would THE Kairi be in a rush? Well, wouldn't they like to know? Amidst her thoughts, Kairi almost trampled the chorus teacher. "Oh, sorry Ms. Yuna!" She said helping the teacher up. "That's quite alright Kairi. What are you running from?"

"Oh, I'm not running FROM anything, I just uh, don't want to be late?" she stated almost as a question. Yuna glanced at her watch. " You still have 5 minutes"

" Well, I ... wanted to ask you about auditions for the musical. When are they?"

"Well. Chicago is a fairly large production, so we're starting early. I'm holding auditions Today and Friday after school"

"I have wor-- I mean dinner parties right after school on both days! Is there any way I could audition on Saturday?"

"Sure, can you be here at 12?"

"Yah, thank you so much!"

"No sweat" and with that taken care of, she took a seat.

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Sora approached the chorus room late as usual. So far his day had been normal: wake up, avoid his old man with a hangover, shower, and take his red convertible to school. From there, he met Riku and the two endured the painful hours of class. Now, however, he was alone. Riku had band, and he had chorus.

He opened the door, the teacher not even caring when he came in late; she was used to it, and took a seat by Roxas. Roxas, who was almost a mirror image of Sora, except that he had blonde hair, was in Sora's group of friends. This basically consisted of the blitzball jocks: Sora, Roxas, Riku, Wakka, Shuyin, Cloud, Axel, and Demyx, and their girlfriends.

"What are we doing?" he whispered to Roxas. "Razzle dazzle" he replied. "What a stupid name for a song" "yah" they agreed. Class went by uneventfully. "And remember" Ms. Yuna began, "All boys must at least try out for the play. No exceptions. Last year, we didn't have nearly enough boys. Sorry to bring that up again ladies." she said remembering how some of the girls had to act as boys and some were teased so much about it, they had to transfer schools. Needless to say, they were at a very cruel school. Moving on though...

Sora raised his hand. "Ms.Yuna, I'm terribly sorry," yah right," But I have previously scheduled engagements, I can't make it today... or Friday." He said in a fake sorrowful voice, making his fan girls giggle.

"Aw, that's too bad, I suppose it carries till Saturday then too?" she asked.

"Oh, no, nothing on Saturday" he said, carried away with a mini victory dance. "Good, then you will have no trouble coming in at 12 then."

"Wait what? No, I mean, I don't want to interrupt your bust schedule..." he said.

"Oh, no. Kairi's coming in too, so it's no trouble." Sora shot a glare at Kairi, who ignored him. They didn't have the greatest relationship, needless to say.

The bell rang. "Don't forget people!!" Ms. Yuna shouted finally, the students rushing out the door.

Kairi pushed through the door until someone grabbed her shoulder. She turned around, raising her arms in defense in case it was Axel. "Whoa! Easy there red!"

Kairi lowered her hands and sighed, in a mixture of relief and aggravation.

"Do you have to mess everything up for me?" he began. "It's not my fault you're terrible at lying."

"Whatever, If Ms. Perfect Life had just settled with going after school, but no, you're probably too busy shopping."

"Oh, shut up! I have important things to do, unlike SOME people. Just because you're Mr. Rich and popular doesn't mean you're an exception to auditioning."

What things do YOU have to do? Besides, last time I checked you were rich too. So don't try and pull the whole "poor me" act."

Kairi had to bite her tongue from blowing her secret, but she caught herself.

"I just have stuff to do" she resolved.

"What stuff?"

"Stuff" "what kind of stuff?"

"The kind of stuff that's not your business." She said trying to loose him amongst the crowd, but he wouldn't have it.

"Well, now I know you're up to something." he said, following close behind her.

"Sora Hikari!"

"Now you sound like my mother."

"LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!!" she screamed getting a few awkward looks. She turned on her heel and stormed off. She did NOT need his bull right now. She climbed in her car and headed to The Inforum. The Inforum was one of the many buildings owned by a record company. Kairi worked there as a human resources supervisor. It was good money, so she worked as much as possible. Her other job was at a cafe at the mall called Destiny Java. She waitressed there when she wasn't working here. She rode up the elevator 3 floors and navigated the office until she found her cubicle. She sat down, putting her purse in the shelf and turned on her computer. She was about to log on, when a head popped over her wall, startling her.

"Ah!" she jumped.

"Oh, sorry I didn't mean to scare you Kairi"

"It's fine Rikku" She seethed to the blonde Al bhed. "Wow, Kai, you look tense. What's up?" she asked, cocking her head to one side.

Kairi sighed," Oh, nothing. Just this really annoying guy bothering me."

"Is he cute?" "Rikku!" "Sorry, sorry, one-track mind."

Actually Kairi hadn't ever really thought about it. She had been too busy hating Sora to ever think about his looks. She remembered how when she first met him she had thought he was cute. He had chocolaty hair that spiked out in all directions; normally this would look odd, but somehow it just made him look cuter. He was trim, built, but not humongous. Then, he had amazing blue eyes. So deep that it made the ocean look dull. But that was a long time ago. Kairi almost hated herself for thinking like that. She despised him after all!

"Kai? Kairi, you still here? Wooohu?"

Rikku waved a hand in front of the dazed girls face. "So I take it he IS cute." "Go away Rikku." "Fine, fine, I'll find out on my own..."

Kairi wanted to turn around and ask how, but that would just prompt another round of questioning. Instead, she sighed and faced her computer again.

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What was with that girl? What a freak. He thought. Although, he couldn't lie, she was hott. When they had first met, he had thought she was amazing. Fiery red hair, contrasted by deep indigo eyes that always looked as they had a secret. One that would not be told soon. She had a slim body, with curves in the right places. Oh man, why am I thinking this? Remember you hate each other. There was no way to get around that. Or was there?...

Shut up. He told himself, it doesn't matter anyway.

Sora entered his house quietly. He checked the garage and sighed in relief when he found his father's car missing. He ate a quick dinner, then went to his room and locked the door. Not that that would stop his father if he was drunk again, which was almost all the time. But at least it gave him some time to climb out the window if need be.

He quickly did his homework and then got on the computer. When he next checked, it was 10 p.m. Kinda early, but what the heck. He thought. He got ready for bed, fortunately his father wasn't back yet, and climbed into bed, letting sleep pull him away from his worry.

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Kairi arrived home at around 8 that night, after getting dinner with Rikku. She entered the house to find her father in the kitchen.

"Where have you been?" he demanded.

"Working" "Where's the money? I pay all the bills around here. No help from you. You're useless, just like your damn mother! Get out of my sight."

You're the only useless thing here asshole. She thought, continuing to her room. This was Mother Teresa compared to how he usually was. She got ready for bed and entered her room, locking the door to make sure he didn't say anything. She got on the computer, talking to Namine a bit before turning it off and going to sleep.

AN:)) Hey Guys!! I hope you liked it! This is my first Fic. So, I'd appreciate any feedback. Even bad stuff, that's what makes us better!! I'll continue if I get enough reviews telling me I should. I don't want to put up a bad story! So yah, READ AND REVIEW!!

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