Hello guys, this story is going to be primarily about Theresa and Jay. Whereas my other earlier fics on Theresa and Jay were angsty ones where they couldn't get together, this one is finally following up on Jay's feelings in the 3rd chapter of To Be A Leader. Yup. Okay. I've been kinda churning out stories quite fast, but this story might not be updated frequently from now on since my exams are next week. Just now I've just finished studying part of my History notes so I allowed myself a quick type on the computer keyboard, but soon that's going to stop, so be warned. But I promise I'll try my very best to continue the story, even if there's hardly any reviews. Hmm, but reviews would most definitely speed up the adding of chapters. Yup...

By the way, to understand this story, you have to go read To Be a Leader first or some other time to understand just why Jay can't tell her that... Ahem, that he loves her. Yeah, so go read it?

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Class of the Titans and I never will, sadly.

Chapter 1

The brown-haired leader sat quietly at the white table in the canteen, gazing into his bowl of noodles and stirring the noodles repeatedly, as though in a trance. His mind was on a certain girl who had long, wavy, orange hair...

Lately, it had been tougher for him to ignore her little flirting here and there, and his brain practically calling him to do something about it. It's been two years. Two long years. Two years may not seem exceptionally long, but to a tired-of-waiting Jay, it was much longer than one could bear. He was surprised at how long he had lasted, even. He yearned to tell her his feelings, that he actually loved her.

Now, everyday, he was living in trepidation, with the fear that she'd soon give up. Thankfully, she hadn't yet, and he was utterly grateful for that, but how long could she last? Sometimes he saw a look of depression haunt her face when he gave her a blank stare in response to her playfulness and charm, as though he was oblivious to everything she was doing. It wasn't easy for her, he could guess. Plus, everyone in the school knew about this - about them - and Theresa was kind-of being shamed in front of the entire school. Not being able to "gain" his attention, yet was still trying desperately - that probably came across as something like a "desperate housewife" to others who didn't know the half of her.

He wasn't blind; he had heard the ridicules, the rumours spreading around the school like wildfire, and they were all about Theresa. And well, they weren't nice rumours either. Jay closed his eyes and sighed, clenching his fists. Did they really have to put her through that kind of torture? It wasn't fair to her. Not at all. And it was all his fault, too, but what could he do? Too many reasons... He couldn't tell her. Not now.

He gazed at his food miserably, his appetite gone at the reminder of his love. When would this all end? When would Cronus end? What if he never did? How long would Theresa hold on? Many questions spun through his mind. So many questions, yet so little answers. He clenched his teeth and sighed again, not knowing what to do. Fate wasn't in his hands - he couldn't tweak his destiny, his future, but right now, he sure wished, more than ever, that he could.

"Hey Jay!" a familiar, cheerful voice said behind him, snapping him out of his reverie.

Jay turned around, a slight frown on his face, but it was immediately replaced by a warm smile when he saw who it was.

"Theresa."

"Can I join you?" she asked, a wide grin on her face.

"Yeah, sure," Jay shrugged and gestured to the empty seat beside him with a nod, trying to seem nonchalent.

Seeing her pretty, relaxed face and the way her long hair swirled around as she bent to eat was almost hypnotising. He was just sailing into a world of his own where a certain someone dominated when he somehow noticed her staring at him weirdly. Jay blinked at her, then reddened as he realised that he wasn't exactly in a very... normal position.

Oh great, she had just caught him ogling at her again. And he didn't even notice. What was wrong with him?

Theresa blinked back at him. "What, do I have something on my face or what?" she questioned with a tinge of worry to her voice, her hand automatically flying to her cheek in search of, perhaps, an imaginary piece of food.

"No, no," Jay replied quickly, shaking his head. Then he grinned and said teasingly, "But oh, you sure looked like Neil back there."

"What?!" Theresa gaped at him, then pouted. "No way! I'm so not that egoistical, narcisstic freak!"

Jay laughed, waving his hand lightly. "Okay, okay, don't need to criticise the poor guy. I was just kidding."

She shot him a pointed look then went back to eating her food.

Whew. What a close call. He had almost been sure she would ask him why he had been staring at her like that. Hopefully, she wouldn't remember something like that. HOPEFULLY. That was a lucky break, really - he had distracted her from her query. Whew whew whew. Jay squeezed his eyes shut, recalling the times he had just sat there and ogled at her. Once, it involved even drool... Okay, he wasn't going to go into details there, that was way too embarassing. He had better watch his step from now on. He might have escaped, but he wouldn't be able to escape forever. He was going to have to be on his guard.

With that vow firmly imprinted on his mind, he subconsciously nodded and went back to eating his already-cold noodles.

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Walking down the hallways of New Olympia High, he was suddenly filled with acute awareness of something going on. Something bad.

Theresa, who was walking beside him, had her eyes on someone. Someone. As in, a guy. A guy!

The minute Jay had seen that guy, he could tell something bad was going to happen. Dread washed over him as he noticed the guy - he was tall, dark and unfortunately, handsome. He had an incredibly charming smile, and as he walked, Jay could see the girls all around him swooning and going weak in the knees. And, Theresa was no exception either.

The guy was a total stranger - Jay had never seen him before, definitely. He was probably the new kid around, the transfer student. Normally, Jay was pretty friendly to new students, but this was different. How could he be friendly to someone who was...?! Okay, he wasn't going to fill in the blank back there. He gave the guy his most withering glare and hoped to goodness that Theresa was no longer staring. But apparently, hoping wasn't good enough, because it sure wasn't working.

Worse still, he heard a dreamy "Hi..." sounding from her. And it obviously wasn't directed at him.

Jay frowned crossly. What was this guy doing, stealing his girl? Well, okay, technically Theresa wasn't his girl, but she was going to be. When Cronus was stopped, that is. Yeah. So she was his girl! How dare he?! Jay tried to quell the raging fire of anger and perhaps, jealousy, that was threatening to overwhelm him, but was unable to do so.

But how could he tell that low-down guy that she was his? There was no point going all territorial over Theresa only to have her point out that they weren't exactly dating. And he would be giving himself away, big-time. With his millionth sigh of the day, he could only watch in horror as the guy and his beloved engaged in a conversation. It might seem like a typical one, but he wasn't fooled. He was probably putting the moves on her, and he could only wait and see what was going to happen...

And he felt like screaming suddenly. He felt like screaming, "NOOOOO!"

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Sorry, I'm so sorry, it so totally sucks. sighs I'll try to improve the next chapter, am so sorry, I was rushing through it, I'm being chased to do my homework...! Oh yes, the sypnosis of the story says that Cronus is defeated and Jay is going to try to admit those feelings that he has been holding back, right? Yep, I just haven't gotten to that part yet. So just you wait and see!