A/N This takes place in a junior high environment. Prologue narrated by Cagalli in case you get tired of reading without knowing who it is. Just imagine everyone younger, and as pre-teens! Also, the names stated here are real japanese names and surnames. :) Enjoy. I'm going to put lots of random stuff that happens to troubled pre-teens. Some parts may seem a little dark though maybe...And Yamamoto mean the base of the mountain, lol. Corny I know. Just a reminder, this is just the prologue, to introduce everyone!

This is also totally fiction, I made up most of it. Except for the class ranking things..but don't ponder over the matter. Cagalli sometimes may seem a little emo. No offense to anybody here. Yeah...Looks like a bleak future in Junior High for Cagalli...:(

Just a Crush

Chapter 1 : Prologue

There are three social rankings for the girls in our class. First, at the bottom, are Ayano Itou, Haruka Takahashi, Mizuki Mitsko, Chinatsu Yamamato, Hina Koboyashi, Saika Suzuki, and Yuuka Watanabe. All of them were tall and slender, except for Yuuka, Mizuki, and Haruka who were more on the husky, chubby side. Mizuki goes to my Skygrasper Training Classes. Yuuka had just transferred to our school this year. They all had either annoyingly wierd personalities, or just a wierd mind. Second, is where I stand, with my friends Natsuki Satou, Mai Sasaki, Lacus Clyne, and Rin Ueno. Rin also recently transferred to our school this year, but she's cool. My friends and I were all well-liked around the class and were friendly with everyone...

Ranking at the top as most popular were Nana Takaki, Miyu Mie, Shiori Ito, and Ai Oshiro. They were the loud girls who were teachers' pets, friendly with the guys, and the ones who always made those inside jokes to leave everyone out. It seemed like every guy in the class liked Ai though. They were crazy about her! One certain guy even brought a big stuffed teddy bear to her. Another time at a birthday party she had all the guys following her around like dogs, but I'm not that far yet.

It was typical for girls our ages to be like this...

As for the guys, there were two rankings. The first consisted of Daiki Nagasaki(the most popular one and also rudest one), Daisuke Shizuoka, Athrun Zala, Akiko Iwate, Aki Akita, Kira Yamato, Makoto Yamagata, Masami Gunma and Masaru Gunma(cousins), Naoki Nagano, Osamu Nara, and Rokuro Shimane. They all listened to cool music, had wierd sometimes perverted thoughts, and were at least a little mean to people, at the very least.

The rest of the guys, Ryota Shiga, Saburo Tottori, Shichiro Ehime, and Yuudai Kudo were just plain wierd to the point that you just can't describe.

And that's our class...

Who exactly am I to say this?

My name is Cagalli Yula Atha. I guess you could say that I'm a shy, quiet, stubborn, hot-tempered, and most importantly troubled twelve-year old girl. I'm like a medium between fights with classmates, I can solve the situation and reconcile the quarreling people. But, what happens when it is me who needs a medium? Let me tell you this at least, life in junior high just wasn't what I thought it would be...

Friends turn against friends, deep enmities form between classmates, and triple the nights where you cry yourself to sleep.

So to sum it all up for you so that I don't bore you to death, my life is a mess.

But this isn't at all about me and the class and everyone hating themselves for who they are(or is it just me?). No, this story is about Daisuke Shizuoka and his obsession with Ai. And just how do I tie into all this? Oh, it has to do with me a whole lot.

You see, it was common knowledge that Daisuke had a crush on Ai, as did almost every guy. But he was different, he was your type that was way too sensitive when it got to that point, and was a hyperactive monkey. Daisuke went moe over everything to do with Ai, unlike every other guy.

Who do I have a crush on? Um...okay I'll say it but just to you...

Athrun Zala.

Anyway...let me just tell you brief moments in my life when I could've just died right there and then to get it over with, just to show you how many times my heart needed to mend itself...

One time my so-called "friends" from my Skygrasper training class told me that they hated me when I walked towards the hangar. Then they said that they weren't mad at me during the next training session. Oh yeah, and then they always would look at me like I was some sort of freak when I made a funny-sounding comment. I love going there because I like to fight, but they just make it hard to love it when they put me down all the time...

And do you ever just get the feeling that someone is talking about you nearby? Yeah, I get that all the time. Those bastards... One time at a party I heard this girl who I thought was my friend say that I followed her everywhere!

Well, I'll leave it at that. I hate everything that's happened in seventh grade. But most of all...

I hate myself.