Summary: Nanoha and Fate have overcome the Jail Incident and are now dating. But what then? Follow the life of the two high schoolers as they make their way through high school together. Sequel to: A Time to Love.

Normal font = narrator

"Quotation marks" = things said aloud by characters

"Italics font"= the thoughts of characters

*asterisks* = onomatopoeia sounds and such

Disclaimer: I don't own Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, the characters, or any of the places in the story that might be mentioned. All of that belongs to its rightful distributors.

Chapter: Attention

Nanoha

"Nanoha!"

Nanoha sighed love stricken. Fate. The tall blonde with deep, mysterious, red, eyes. Eyes she wouldn't mind drowning in. Time couldn't possibly move fast enough for her. She wanted, needed, to see Fate right now.

"Nanoha!" the teacher, yelled snapping the textbook close with an audible thud, "I don't care how much you want to see Fate, but during my class I want your full attention."

The brunette snapped to attention this time. The teacher's words reminding her of when Fate had confessed to her. By the end of the day nearly everyone knew what had happened and by lunch the next day it was common knowledge at TSAB High School that Nanoha and Fate were an item. And there wasn't any doubt either. The quickest of glances would show you the depth of affection they had for each other even with their slight shyness towards the other.

"Sorry, Mr. Landy…" Nanoha replied sheepishly. She looked around the room. Most of the students were chuckling at her inattentiveness while others had amused smiles at how much the two loved each other.

"Try not to let it happen again. Right. Back to page 92. As it explains here…"

Nanoha tried. She really did try to pay attention this time. But when a gold blur caught her eye…well she couldn't help turning to get a better view. Normally, the blonde would be in class with her; sitting to her right in fact. Today, though, the blonde was helping the track and field team get ready for the meet this weekend.

TSAB was known for its track and field team. It was good enough to get to the national's tournament every year. It was because of this that the team got to skip the whole day on Thursday to prepare for Saturday. As well, it was why the blonde had been accepted onto the team despite missing tryouts. Saying that Fate was fast wouldn't be an exaggeration, but it would be an understatement. Fate was a loose cannon when you put her on the track; a total speed demon.

Nanoha watched as the blonde practised with the others showing better techniques for coming out of the blocks to proper pacing during longer races. But really, Nanoha wasn't paying attention to that. It was the blonde she was giving her attention to. The way her hair moved in the slight breeze, the small smile that graced her lips while talking, to the soft laughter the brunette wished she could hear right now. That's what got her attention.

She stole a look at the clock. Thirty more minutes. Thirty more minutes till Lunch. Then she could meet up with the blonde who always captured her attention.

Mr. Landy glanced at the brunette, letting out a quiet sigh before he continued reading the text. "It's pretty much hopeless now. The blonde's got her full attention,"

A/N: Here's the next chapter. Another short one, but the next is definitely longer. Right now it's about 1000 words long. Thanks for reading.