My name is Rosalie Demerson, age seventeen.

Somehow, I've recently been drafted by my schools student council. Not the worst thing that could happen right?

I mean really, it could have been much worse. And it got me out of trouble. Minimum punishment would have involved staying after school, and that's not even counting the punishment my homeroom teacher would have forced upon me for my irresponsibility. Most of the teachers here are fairly strict, but Miss. Granite is particularly nasty.

Not uncommon in boarding school's though. Unlike most of the students here; however, I don't attend as a boarder.

Not because I stay with my parents on the or anything, but rather I could barley afford tuition, let alone the cost of staying in the dorms. I have to pay for school, rent, food, utilities, and any luxuries out of my minimum wage check. Not easy.

My parent's died when I was young. Well no…my mother, she was murdered. Britanian Supremes'. My mom was a Jap-…er, an "Eleven" and my father was Britanian, so there were some issues. After her death, my father went a little nut's with grief. He committed suicide shortly after, so I was left alone at age twelve. My aunt took me in for awhile. But she died when I was fifteen. I guess I just don't have to much luck when it comes to families, so for the most part I've lived alone since then.

I remember my parents though, and I remember how wonderful it was when they were alive, life was easy. But this Britanian empire…it ruined everything…I absolutely despise the damn Brita-

"Do you want fries with that?"

"Hmm!" I snapped back to reality.

"Would you like fries with that ma'am?" The woman behind the register looked annoyed.

"Oh, yes thank you." 'Geez, I need to stop spacing out.'

I looked around the crowded lunchroom. It was full of people, but all I saw was teenage drama and Britanians…

Not that I had anything against any of them…personally at least, but how could they just go on living their happy little lives with so much going on around them, and they didn't even seem to notice. Could they really think the persecution of the Jap-…ELEVENS was okay?

I sighed. I suppose it wouldn't matter to them, why should it. They were only living in the middle of a potential battleground, nothing big there.

I glanced around, looking for an open seat. Then I saw him. The boy from earlier. He was sitting with a couple people at a table in the far corner of the room. He looked up all of a sudden and our eyes met. Only for a second, I quickly turned the other way.

'Crap! Did he see me staring, of course he did…wait why should I care…oh that's right because it's extremely rude!'

"HIYA!"

"EEP!" I screamed and fell forward. Only to be stopped by a pair of hands on my waist.

What the hell was this? The hands released me and I turned to see who my tormentor was.

"Hi there Rosalie."

"Pr-president?"

"Hmm…sukiyaki…and french-fries???"

I glanced down at the tray of food I was holding.

"Yeah…"

"Well I was coming to get Lulu and Shirley to come eat lunch, so come on."

"What?"

"Well you're obviously not going to eat in here while the rest of us are in the clubhouse." She winked at me and walked towards the others. Really, where DID all that enthusiasm come from?

"Oh well." I sighed and followed.

"Shirley, I'd like you to meet our newest member, Rosalie!"

"Nice to meet you Rosalie, I'm Shirley."

The girl held out her hand and smiled. She seemed nice enough.

"Hi…" I said shaking her hand gently.

"And…well you already know Lelouch hehe, so now you just have to meet Kallen, Suzaku, Rivals,

Nina, and Nunnally."

"Don't forget about Arthur."

I turned around to see who said that. It was a tall boy with light brown hair, and to my surprise, he looked Japanese!…Eleven…!

"Oh Suzaku, glad you're here, this is Rosalie."

"Hello, Nice to meet you."

He smiled at me kindly.

"Uh yeah, same here." I smiled back, trying not to offend anyone.

"Rosalie is our newest member, so don't scare her away Suzaku."

"WHAT! And why would you say something like that?"

"No reason."

"Um…if you don't mind me asking…what's your name…president?"

"WHAT! You don't even know my name!"

"I know your last name is Ashford…after the school…"

Everyone started laughing.

"Her name is Milly." Lelouch stood up as he said this.

"Oh…Okay."

"Wow, you seem so skittish, are you afraid we're going to bite or something?"

"No!" I blushed. Not a good thing.

"Oh! She's blushing, see what you guys do!"

"Hey, it's not my fault, blame yourself, you said it."

"Well she does, look she's positively frightened of us!"

"I think she just needs to get to know us, you don't like strangers do you?" Lelouch said smiling.

I could have responded to that, I should have responded to something I suppose, but at that particular moment all I could think was…'wow Lelouch has nice hair.' He did! It was such an interesting shade of brown. I liked it, once again, I was staring, not good! I guess it showed on my face…again…

"Look, now she's even redder."

"Maybe she has a fever…"

"That's what I thought this morning. She looked that way then to, that rain probably wasn't good for you." Lelouch reach out to feel my forehead.

Now this definitely wasn't good. Physical contact I didn't want that…form him!

"Hmmm, you are a little warm."

I could almost feel myself become a darker shade of pink. Wonderful.

"I-I'll be fine, I'm just a little tired."

"Are you sure Rose, I bet you could go back to your room to rest, I'll call in your attendance." Well at least Milly was thoughtful.

"No, I'll be fine I'm sure."

"Maybe you should get more sleep at night then, wouldn't want you to fall asleep during class."

"You're one to talk! You sleep through half your classes Lelouch!"

"Yes, but I maintain a 4.0, which is more than I can say for you Shirley."

"WHAT! I am a straight A student I'll have you know!"

"Sure sure, that's not what your last report card said."

"Have you been snooping through my records or something you jerk?!"

"Come on now ladies, break it up."

"Ladies?"

"Wow, I would pay to see Lulu in a dress!"

"Yes Shirley, I'm sure you would, but unfortunately that fantasy will never come true, now can we get this show on the road!?"

I was now officially lost.

"Haha, well I'm going to go see how Nunnally is doing, Siaoko should have brought her to the clubhouse for lunch."

"Good, Kallen and everyone else are in there and I was going to take Rosalie to eat with us."

Okay Lelouch, looks like it's settled, lets go." Suzaku and Lelouch started walking off together.

"Come on Rosalie."

"Wait…who's Arthur?"