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Note: Italics mean music or Mikan's thoughts. I know you'll know which is which.. ;)

And.. Start..!

CHAPPIE 1

Time slows down whenever you're around

I can feel my heart, it's beating in my chest

Did you feel it?

I can't put this down

But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way

But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale

It must have been the way

Today was a fairytale

Today was a fairytale

Tsubasa was then pulling her red-headed girlfriend into a kiss.

There's our cue I let go of the microphone stand and tiptoed out of the stage. I saw Hotaru and the others leave their instruments behind and exit as I did.

Once we were inside the building and out of the rooftop, I drew a huge sigh.

"It was so romantic! What with Tsubasa smiling at her like she's the prettiest girl in the world..," Nonoko couldn't help but gush as we silently went down the stairwell.

Nonoko Ogasawara. Heiress of Ogasawara Pharmaceuticals. Blue hair. Soft, gray eyes. Blood Type A. Chemistry alice. Technical Ability Class. Two-star. Full-time college student. Part-time bass player of "Jasmine Trouble".

I smiled. Tsubasa-senpai sure is something.

"What do you expect, stupid? He's proposing to her with a million-dollar diamond engagement ring in a rooftop during a candle-lit dinner while being serenaded by a live band. Of course, it's romantic!" Sumire hushed her as I was opening the heavy steel door that would lead us into the main lobby of the hotel we were currently in.

Sumire Shouda. Heiress of Iris Talent Agency. Curly, dark green hair. Fierce, pale green eyes. Cat-Dog Alice. Somatic Ability Class. Three-star. Full-time college student. Part-time drummer of "Jasmine Trouble".

"Mou, Sumire.. Girls always exclaim like that when they see something mushy.." I argued.

Mikan Sakura. Heiress of Yukihira Multitrillion Corporation. Long, brunette hair. Expressive, pale brown eyes. Nullification Alice (yet). Special Ability Class. Three-star. Full-time college student. Part-time model. Part-time lead vocalist of "Jasmine Trouble".

"Well, seeing as you're not exclaiming things like 'I want a proposal like that' or that 'Misaki's so lucky!', I don't think I can call you a girl," Hotaru nonchalantly shot at me.

Hotaru Imai. Heiress of Imai Industries. Straight short black hair. Emotionless, round, purple eyes. Invention Alice. Technical Ability Class. Three-star. Full-time college student. Part-time manager and lead guitarist of "Jasmine Trouble".

"That's mean! And I am a girl!" I burst out. The people in the lobby all looked at us.

"Mikan-chan! We are so busted!" Anna said dramatically.

Anna Umenomiya. Heiress of Umenomiya Cafes. Long, pink hair. Cheerful, gray eyes. Cooking Alice. Technical Ability Class. Two-star. Full-time college student. Part-time lead keyboardist of "Jasmine Trouble".

"Oopsies... Guess we better put on our disguises," I said nervously.

"Too late for that, idot," Hotaru impassively said.

In a minute, cameras flashed here and there. I was actually blinded for a moment or two.

Then came the flood... the FLOOD of questions.

"Umenomiya-san, is it true that you have a secret relationship with an older guy?"

"Shouda-san, is it true that you had a shoe fight with Imai-san?"

"Sakura-san, are you really breaking up with your non-showbiz boyfriend?"

"Ogasawara-san, did you really smile at your seatmate in an opera theatre?"

"Sakura-san..."

"Imai-san.."

"Shouda.."

"Ogasawara"

Enough! I tried to block away their noise by putting my palms over my ears. I looked around and saw that me and my friends were huddled together in the center of what seemed liked layers and layers of fans and paparazzi.

I looked at Hotaru who was at my left at that time. She was still emotionless as ever but you could see a vein throbbing faintly at her temple.

Uh-oh... She looked at me.. No.. stared at me for a few seconds before she heaved a sigh.. The vein in her temple had just doubled in throbbing speed.

Double uh-oh..! I grasped Anna's left hand and squeezed it. She looked at me and nodded faintly. On the other side of the circle. Sumire and Nonoko were also looking nervously at Hotaru.

"Imai-san, is it true that you're personally giving away exclusive photographs of Jasmine Trouble for the first twenty people that buys your album?"

I gasp. No! No! No! Hotaru never gives anything for free! Didn't you people read this month's issue of Spiffy? Oh wait.. You writers wrote that magazine.. AarrggHhh! Focus, Mikan! Focus! Hotaru's about to blow!

I looked at her and she had her hand ready to pull something out of her pocket.

Despite the commotion, I heard Anna whiper, "They have such bad luck."

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!

The gang ducked just in time as Hotaru pulled the trigger of her Baka Gun version AZ. Upgraded to hit anything within a 500-meter radius with 99.99% accuracy.

The smoke had barely cleared and I was still ducking and holding my head down when I felt someone tug me up.

No! No! No! What if it was a paparazzi that had ducked in time! No! I am being kidnapped! Guys! Save me! I didn't have the time to shout as I heard a voice.

"Get up dummy! How long are you gonna sit there for?" a very feminine and familiar voice asked.

Sumire! "Thank God, it was only you! I thought I was getting kidnapped or being groped!"

I mumbled on as she led me through the mist of smoke that was beginning to clear out. I could see the outlines of my best gals walking after and before me.

"She just called you a kidnapper and a molester Shouda," Hotaru said from in front of Sumire. She was leading us to the lobby exit.

"Haha.. Very funny Imai.. Well, I personally think Mikan's comment insulted you more. She just implied that kidnappers and molesters can react before a bullet from your Baka Gun AZ hits them," she scoffed.

Hotaru had been opening the door as she stopped and turned to look at us. Most of the smoke has cleared by now so we could clearly see our faces. More importantly, Hotaru's face.. with a semi-amused and semi-furious smirk on it.

I gulped as she settled her gaze over me.

"Mikan, you owe me 500 yen for making me reconsider the possibility of you having a brain too puny you couldn't have thought of that. And Shouda-san," Her smirk grew wider, "You just got yourself detention."

She continued walking to the limo waiting for us. I stood there unbelieving. I can't believe my luck!

I looked over to Nonoko and Anna and saw their pitiful look... scratch that.. an entertained look at their faces as they passed by Sumire.

Sumire was frozen there. Just staring at the space that Hotaru once occupied when she spoke words of judgment.

I snapped my fingers in front of her face as I passed by.

"NOOOOooO!" she automatically shrieked.

The once half-dead people had jerked upward and were now fully awake. They ran towards the spot were Sumire was still frozen.

A bunch of idiots who despite being knocked down, still wants our autograph.

I ran to the limo with a panting Sumire a few feet away from me and the lobby people a few feet away from her.

I laughed. I would pick the debt anytime than the hell Sumire was about to experience.

-END-

SONG: From "Today was a Fairytale" by Taylor Swift

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