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Alice was bored. Very bored. I don't belong here. She mentally thought, propping her head on one hand, she scanned the crowd in front of her. Participants were scurrying around preparing their booths to be presented when the competition starts. Turning her head, she looked at her teammates, Sakura and Kiku, twins, tinkering about their invention.

Why am I even here again? She wondered. Oh, right. They needed another student to participate in this competition. It was a requirement to have 3 students. "Stupid rules and requirement." She grumbled under her breath, catching the attention of the twins.

"Ah, Alice-san, are you bored? We're sorry to have you involved in this when you study arts." Kiku voiced out, face worried and the effect passed on to Sakura who continued the statement. "We promise to make it up to you once this competition is over. We are really grateful that you were willing to participate this with us when no one else wanted to, we owe you." Her voice laced with guilt and sincerity.

Alice instantly regretted grumbling and quickly reassured them. "No, no. I'm fine. I'm the one who should be honored to be able to participate in this competition. After all we are the only ones in our school who managed to qualify into the finals and it's all thanks to you both. I'm the one who should be sorry for burdening you both because I do not have much knowledge in the science, I feel like a freeloader for not being to help out." Fiddling with the hem of her uniform, Alice smiled at them sheepishly.

Both twins widened their eyes simultaneously at her statement in which Sakura replied " Oh no Alice! You are not a burden! You have helped us a lot! Without you we won't be able to write such good reports and with your art skills you produced the nicest looking poster we have ever see!" Kiku nodded in agreement while pointing towards the poster set up by Alice earlier. "It's really beautiful and detailed, it is sure to capture the attention of the judges later." He added.

These two are too nice and polite to get mad at. Alice thought as blushed at the compliment. "Well thanks. It's not much, it's the only thing I could do as an art student." She chuckled softly. "Speaking of the poster, I'm going to check if there is anything missing. Go on with the invention guys, don't mind me." She smiled at them reassuringly, causing them to relax and went back to their invention.

Alice walked to the poster and stared at it, scanning for any mistakes. She was rather proud at her artwork; she had made it as a pop out, giving it a 3D-effect and making it to stand out among the other posters set up beside hers. She also added the right combinations of colours so that it was able to catch the attention of the judges. I hope we win; Kiku and Sakura had put so much effort in their invention. Alice thought. Letting out another sigh, she remembered how she felt so out of place in the meet-and-greet session with the other participants. How she was so clueless when they were discussing in scientific terms; She remembered the look on their faces when she told them her ambition was to become a fiction author, it was the look of confusion and the look of why-are-you-even-here-if-you-were-an-art-student. She really hated it when people judged her.

I will help the both of them as much as I can so that their efforts won't be in vain. She silently promised herself, determined to do the best she can. Then I'll show them, an art student can also win something science related.

"Hey are you Fluoride, Iodine and Neon? Cause you are just FINE." A loud voice cut through Alice's thoughts as she turned around and found herself staring straight at a boy grinning from ear-to-ear.

He had blonde hair with a piece of hair that seemed to defy gravity and bright blue eyes that hid behind the wall of his glasses perched on his nose. What in the world is he talking about? When Alice didn't reply him, his smile flattered a bit.

"Aw man, you don't get it? It's the symbols of the elements. F for Fluoride, I for Iodine and Ne for Neon, put them together and you'll get F-I-N-E, fine!" he exclaimed "Getit?" he grinned, flashing his pearly whites at her.

Oh so that's what he meant.

Wait.

Did he just try to woo me by telling me a pick-up line?

Did he just try to woo me by telling me a science related pick-up line?

"Did you just try to woo me by telling me a science related pick-up line?" Alice questioned out loud, echoing her thoughts without thinking first.

The boy in question had turned into a light shade of pink as Alice's question was directed at him. "Well…um…yeah. You see I'm trying to make some friends since I missed the meet-and-greet session and so far everyone's busy with their invention and have brushed me off. And then I saw you standing there yourself and I wanted to talk to you but didn't know how to approach you. So I told myself 'Hey this is a science competition, surely she's a science person so why not use a science pick-up line?' and here I am, obviously thinking that it had been a bad idea, should have gone with the normal greeting." He blabbered out, taking a deep breath as he finished his ramble and braced for Alice to laugh and mocked him for being so lame.

He got it half right.

Alice giggled. "Hmm. That was a good one, but sorry to burst your bubble I'm not a science student, I take arts, that's why you don't see me rushing about with the inventions, my teammates are taking care of it." She said, lips curling into a bitter smile waiting for the boy to look down at her and walk off.

However the boy grinned even wider. "Really? That's cool! So I'm guessing this poster is yours since it stands out the most?" he exclaimed while pointing towards Alice's poster.

Shocked by his response, Alice could only nod mutely and he continued his rambling. "Woah, sweet! I love it! Hey since you said yourself you don't know much about science then let me bring you around and explain to you some of the inventions! You can even see mine! How about that?"

Alice pondered at the offered. We'll, since I have nothing to do might as well hang out with someone who is willing to. "Alright, but don't go too fast or I might be able to catch up." Alice concluded.

"Sweet! The name's Alfred F. Jones! And I'll be your tour guide for today. Let's go!" Grabbing her wrist, laughing as he set off dragging Alice before she could even introduce herself. "Hold on you git! Don't go too fast! I might trip! And the name's Alice if you even bother finding out!" She exclaimed, causing Alfred to laugh louder, getting looks from the other participants. "There's not much time to waste! Let's go see mine first!"

They had a good time, Alice making snide remarks as Alfred explained to her how the inventions worked. Alice was introduced to Alfred's teammates, a South Korean boy with the same hyper attitude like Alfred and Alfred's twin brother who is the exact opposite of Alfred. She felt sorry for the boy for having to deal with two hyperactive teammates with the mind of five year olds. But when she told his twin, whose name was Matthew, he just laughed and replied, "They can be entertaining at times."

At the end of the competition, results were announced and to Alice's pleasant surprise her group had won first price as Alfred's came in third. Despite that, the boy was jumping with glee when receiving his prize.

As the competition came to an end, Alice went and bid goodbye to Alfred. But before Alice could walk away, Alfred slipped a piece of paper into her hand, gave her a wink and ran off to his teammates, leaving a confused Alice behind. She took a look at the piece of paper and read.

You make my cardiac muscle pump blood through my vascular system really quickly. So call me! ;) 01X-XXXXXXX :D

Alfred.

It took Alice two whole minutes before she understood what it meant and blushed deep red. Slipping the paper carefully into her breast pocket, she then walked off; face still red, but a small smile on her face.

Maybe joining this competition wasn't so bad after all.