(Updating! Well, this story was written by me over months ago!:) Well actually, Hil and Tala do like each other.. I think... but you will find out what happens to them in the end!)

"But what if…" Mathilda was interrupted. "No! Not gonna happen." Said Hilary. "You'll see, Hilary. All love stories end happy, and he looked happy just talking to you." Said Mathilda.

"And I'm happy when I talk to Tala. Hell-lo! Forget it Mathilda." Said Hilary. "And I know a couple of stories ending sad." She added.

Mathilda giggled. Hilary rolled her eyes. Hilary dropped her coffee mug on the floor the next morning. She stared at the newspaper.

Mathilda had been right. "Ugh! Those stupid reporters!" Hilary said angrily. She read the article about last night.

"The Masked lover finally finds his one true love at the ball as he asks her to dance. Apparently he would not need to attend the annual mask-ball anymore. The other girls watched in dismay as the Masked Lover and his love took the floor…"

Hilary rolled her eyes, gritting her teeth. "Great! Just great! What if Tala sees this? Oh no! What if Tala sees this??" Hilary panicked.

"Not good, not good!" she thought. But then she suddenly relaxed as she saw her photo in the page. "The mask." She sighed in relief. She was wearing a mask.

After taking breakfast she headed out of the house. "What the…?" A huge pile of flowers and roses was lying outside.

"What's the deal with this Masked Lover-Tyson? Who is he? A celebrity? Why are they fussing over this so much?" Hilary felt anger boiling up again.

"Ooh! Congratulations, young lady!" She ignored the people wishing her congrats as she took a walk in the park.

She sighed and sat on a bench. "How do you know it was me?" she asked a woman. "Well, you told M.L your name didn't you?"

"Why? Why me?" Hilary thought. The whole day she kept getting cards and flowers and wishes.

She was getting sick of all this. "Wait till I find this Tyson again…" she mumbled, glaring at the news on TV in the evening.

Just then, her doorbell rang. She gasped when she opened the door. "Hi, so you moved in" It was Tala.

She felt like fainting, but she controlled herself. "Um…Tala, come on in…" she barely said, giving him way.

"So, do you like our town?" he asked casually. "Yeah-yeah. It's great" Hilary said nervously.

"I couldn't make it to the ball last night. Did you?" he asked. Hilary gulped. "Um, yeah" she whispered. "Anything unusual?" he asked.

"No, no. I just found my old school friend, that's all…nothing unusual." She lied. "Hilary, are you feeling okay?" asked Tala, looking at her pale face.

She nodded. Then Tala laughed, to her surprise. "Oh, I get it. You're worried about all that M.L thing in the paper right?"

Hilary widened her eyes. "You know about that?" she asked. "I read the paper. I always knew M.L would pull off a stunt like that one day" Tala laughed again.

Hilary tried to smile. "Uh… you know, it wasn't my fault. I didn't know what was going on there."

"It's okay Hil, it's just a made-up story. It's not true." Tala said. Hilary took a deep breath with relief.

He left after a while, asking her out for next Thursday. She felt like if that M.L would come in front of her again, she would murder him.

Mathilda laughed and laughed. "It's not funny, I was really worried." Hilary said. "Hilary, I'm giving you an advice." Said Mathilda.

"Ditch Tala and take M.L, he's a whole lot better. I mean, have you ever seen Tala's eyes." Mathilda shuddered.

"Mathilda, keep your thoughts to yourself. At least Tala wouldn't freak me out like your Lover guy did" Hilary said.

"Girl, you are worrying too much. Maybe you should just forget about the whole thing for a while." Said Mathilda thoughtfully.

"And how do I do that? There is a fresh pile of flowers on my doorstep" Hilary said with a dull voice.

"People here really make M.L a big issue every year. Besides, who told you to accept his 'dance with me' offer?" Mathilda asked.

"Everyone was staring at me, and were you there to back me up? No! You were home dressing up!" Hilary said angrily.

"Jeez, I said I was sorry for being late. Plus, I missed one of his awesome entries." Said Mathilda regretfully.

"Say, what did you say his name was?" She asked. "Tyson." Said Hilary. "Hil, don't tell me you think he's not dreamy" said Mathilda after a while.

Hilary sighed. "Listen, I gotta go. See you around, bye." Hilary got up and left Mathilda's house.

She slowly walked down the street. She was getting confused. What if the legend was true?

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"…the police officers declare him a serial killer as this was the fifth victim this year. According to Detective Peterson, the person chooses his victim about months before and slowly gains their trust. The reports say…"

Hilary changed the channel on TV. There was nothing on. She turned it off and started to think about this serial killer.

The news reporter had said he was someone from the neighbourhood in this very town.

"Hmm…" This town really was different. It had killers and psychos loose altogether. "Wow" she said sarcastically.

She picked up a magazine. Flipping through the pages, she stopped on one and groaned. "The real legend, M.L." she read the article.

It had the whole story in detail, the one that Mathilda had told her. But something caught her eye.

It was an old picture, a picture of a young girl. According to the article, it was the photo of the girl M.L was in love with.

Her name was Lily. Hilary looked at it closely. It was a vague picture. But something was very strange.

Lily looked just like Hilary. Only, Lily's hair was much longer. "Creepy…" Hilary mouthed, staring at the photo.

"It's like she was my twin." She said. Hilary read the whole article. On the next page, there were details about Lily too.

"The legend really is true! And if Tyson danced with me then…" Hilary shook her head. "No, it's…it's just a silly fiction. It can't be…true…"

Hilary closed her eyes, trying to get the name 'Tyson-Masked Lover' out of her head.

(One more thing...er...this story is a short one...:)... but it's a good one! I hope you think so too! Thank you for the reviews!! Keep reviewing!:)...)