THUMP! Cagalli threw her heavy schoolbag down in satisfaction. She had finally finished packing for the next day, the first day of school. Lying down on her bed, she thought back on all the preparations she had made during the holidays for her graduating year in Destiny Secondary.

Cagalli wasn't your typical girl who often gossiped with her friends and giggled at the sight of cute guys. Instead, she was a fiery, hot-tempered female, with short hair that made her look like a boy. She acted like a boy, dressed like a boy, and had a best friend who was a boy (aka Kira). Nobody noticed her, or wanted to be associated with her. That's why she was thankful to have Kira always by her side.

That was for the past few years. This year, Cagalli was determined to be noticed. She had grown a lot over the holidays, in a more feminine way. She had grown her hair longer, instead of cutting it short like she always did before. She had even gone out of her way and written a new year's resolution!

1 Wake up early, don't be late for school.

2 Hand in homework on time

3 Do the dishes for mom

4 Act more like a woman

5 What else is there to write?

She wasn't doing this just to be noticed by anyone. She had a special someone inside her heart. Blue hair, emerald eyes, who else could it be but the oh-so-famous Athrun Zala? But she knew he would never like someone like her. Heck, she bet he didn't even know she was alive! But she could still dream.

And so she smiled as she drifted off into Dreamland, dreaming about the perfect first day of school…

"RRINGGGG!!!"

WHACK. The poor clock was roughly grabbed off the bedside table and flung towards the nearest wall, breaking into pieces.

Cagalli buried her head back into her pillow and continued snoring softly.

When she finally decided to open her sleepy eyes, it was already 8.45. Staring at the time on her computer monitor in horror, she became wide awake.

"DAMN!"

The fiery blonde grumbled to herself as she ran breathlessly through the school gates, at approximately 9.05.

"Late again, Athha?" Meer Campbell, aka popular girl, sneered as she took Cagalli's name down in a little pink prefect's booklet. Cagalli cursed under her breath and she looked away from the smirking girl. "Trust me to be break my first resolution on the first day of school…" She muttered.

"Hey, hey! Slow down, Cagalli. What's gotten you so angry?" Kira caught up to her from behind, his brown locks flying. Cagalli sighed as she related her tale to him.

"First of all, I broke my first resolution. I broke another clock-"

Kira laughed and cutting her off, said, "Well at least it's the first one you broke this year. Let's keep it below 20 this year shall we? Last year you broke 23."

Cagalli glared and the boy, who immediately shut up. "Third, my mother said I have to pay for all my clocks from now on.." She glanced sideways at Kira, who gulped at her expression.

"This is not good. You're not going to ask ME to pay for them for you, are you?"

A playful smile appeared on her face. "Of course not. Am I so mean? All I want is an early birthday present of 23 clocks, that's not too much, is it?" She asked innocently.

Kira slapped his head. "Oh no.."

"So, how are you going to attract Mr. Popular Athrun?" Kira asked slyly as they took their books from their lockers.

"Please Kira, as if you don't know he won't like someone like me. So stop talking about him." Cagalli said, secretly wishing that he actually did like her.

"Athrun! Athrun!" Kira joked as he walked in step with Cagalli to their first class, geography.

"I really regret telling you about that."

"Athrun! Athrun!"

"SHUT UP!"

"Athrun! Athrun!"

WHACK!

Cagalli then walked off, leaving a poor Kira writhing on the floor with a sore eye.