I'll Be There (KH/FF fanfic)

Chapter 26: The "emo jock" and the "punk prep"

Hiya! ^_^ So I'm dedicating this chapter to Lexlen_the_Nobody for many reasons:

1. She is one of the only people who will understand the joke about Marly and Bobby's pants

2. She helped me frantically search for my iPod at the mall when I thought I had lost it

3. She is my BFF and deserves some honorable mention!

K, I'm off to go get some Skittles and try to find a way to never grow up! Where's Peter Pan when you need him? YAY UNICORNS! Enjoy the featured presentation! Peace out, yo!

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Chapter 26:

"Ooohh, nice pants, Zack!" Marluxia comments as Zack walks into the classroom in his football uniform.

"Uh...thanks," Zack replies uncomfortably.

"You know, I used to play football too back in the day," Marluxia adds. "It was so fun, except for the time when someone left a pair of football pants in my locker that weren't mine. They turned out to be Bobby's."

"Uh...huh," Zack states, inching further away from Marluxia to his seat.

"Oh, and your cheerleading uniform looks so cute on you, ________." Marluxia comments.

"Thanks," you reply brightly. "It's not my usual style but whatevs." You shrug and take a seat next to Zack.

Today was your first day of cheerleading practice and Zack, who had football practice in the same area, had promised to take you to practice after school so that you wouldn't get lost like you usually did. You could lose your way even if you carried a GPS system around with you.

"Hello," Namine greeted you with a sweet smile. "You're going to cheerleading practice after school too?"

"Wait, you're a cheerleader, Nam?" you asked, your voice full of surprise.

She giggled. "Starting today, yes. Kairi insisted that I try out with her."

You nodded, kneading a handful of clay in your hand. "To be honest, I wouldn't be going today if Reno and Axel hadn't signed me up." You rolled your eyes and Namine giggled, lifting a hand to her mouth.

"They're a handful. One time when I slept over at Kairi's, they tried to put a snake in my bag. Little did they know, I'm not afraid of snakes. Plus, I got them back by drawing on their faces with permanent marker while they slept." She chuckled.

"I swear, you are so much eviler than I could ever have guessed," you joked. She lifted a finger to her lips before working on her own sculpture.

As soon as art was over, you began walking to history with Namine and Roxas. You took your seat and were about to take out some paper to take notes when Demyx pulled you over to the side.

"What's up, Dem?" you inquired.

"So there's gonna be a battle of the bands at this awesome joint in two days. We need to practice a bit tonight!" Demyx explained.

"Woah, slow down! Whowhatwherewhenwhy?" you questioned.

Demyx took a breath of air. "So basically the place is called Blue Paopu, and it's run by this guy named Ansem. I told him about our band and he offered to let us play this Friday night at seven. Whadda ya think?" The mullet-haired boy had a huge grin on his face. You just couldn't say no to someone who was that excited. It would be like kicking a puppy.