Chapter 3 Rose Seran

She was sitting in her bright red mustang as she thought of the day's events.

I don't understand him, she thought solemnly. Does he like me? Was he just messing with me? How am I supposed to know?!

She cranked her car and drove to Laney's house, which would soon only be Laney's parents' house. She parked her car on the driveway, which also had Lynn's car, Amy's, and Melinda's. Rose walked to the door and knocked. Laney answered and she looked beautiful as always.

Rose smiled at her friend and hugged her tightly. When Rose stepped inside, she was immediately greeted by Melinda, Lynn, Amy, and someone Rose hadn't seen in a long time, Kat. She hugged Kat hard and began questioning her of her adventures in France.

Rose loved Kat. But who didn't love Kat? Rose loved how she was only 4'5", and that her hair was always the wildest colors. Right now, Kat was rocking dark blue hair. She was the only person Rose knew that could look so good with crazy hair like that.

"So, no record deals…" Kat had gone to Paris to sing in some cafes and try to be discovered. Rose had heard her play a lot before she left, and she had a beautiful voice and was a great guitarist.

Laney interrupted the reunion.

"Alright, ladies! It's yoga time!" Laney passed out sweat-pants, t-shirts, and yoga mats while Lynn out in the DVD reluctantly.

The next hour involved a lot of groaning, yelling, "Ow's," and Lynn yelling curse words at the woman in the screen. Laney would then slap Lynn's hand and tell her to watch her language…which was followed by Lynn saying, "Oh yeah. I forgot we have a child in here. Kat!"

"You're short too!" Kat would always return the favor… Then Lynn would call Kat a munchkin. Then Kat would threaten her with: "I'll never buy you drinks at the club if you call me a munchkin again." Lynn, then, continued doing yoga looking like a puppy that had just been scolded.

Near the end, Rose couldn't take anymore. She may have been a cheerleader at the time, but it didn't help that Laney and Kat were like drill sergeants.

Kat looked over at Rose and caught her losing her proper position. Kat swatted the back of Rose's head. "Keep your position!"

"It hurts!" Rose yelled out as she fell down and Lynn started laughing. Then Lynn fell, which caused the other girls to laugh and fall as well.

Then Mori walked in. He just looked from one girl to the other; one had her butt in the air, another had her legs up where her head was, and on was curled up on her back like a dead spider. He just laughed, picked Laney up, and sat her on her feet. Rose always smiled when she saw how they looked together. Laney always had a bright smile on her face and Mori's eye lit up every time he saw her, heard her voice, or even heard her name. Rose liked seeing Tamaki and Haruhi too. Melinda and Kaoru as well.

The girls wrapped up their yoga session and after everyone else left, Rose asked Laney to speak with her; alone. Laney agreed and led Rose into another room.

Laney turned to her. "Is something wrong?"

"No," Rose said softly. "I just have a question…or two."

Laney seemed to relax. "Okay. Shoot."

"Well…the boys in the host club are very…attractive…" Rose blushed lightly.

"Oh! You've taken a bit of a liking to one of the boys? Who?!" Laney's eyes were wide with excitement.

"Umm…well…it's more of a I-think-he-likes-me-so-I-think-I'll-consider-him situation…" Rose was lying…so bad.

Laney raised an eyebrow. She knew Rose was lying. "Alright. Then who is it?"

Rose looked down at the floor and sighed. "Kyoya."

Laney's mouth fell open. Then, she yelled, "AWW!"

Rose immediately received a lung-crushing hug from Laney and was deafened by repeated "Aww's"…

After Laney's excitement subsided, Rose explained her encounter with Kyoya. Laney was silent throughout the whole story. When Rose finished, Laney gave her a reassuring smile.

"He's probably just freaked out. Maybe this is the first time he's felt anything like this." Laney's statement didn't make much sense to Rose…

"What feeling exactly?" She urged Laney on with a baffled yet serious look.

"Well…I'm sure he cares an extraordinary amount for you, and that scares him because he just met you. Also, I don't think he's used to such feelings."

"Oh…" That made a bit more sense. "So what do I do?"

Laney smiled. "Well that depends," her smile suddenly turned from sweet to mischievous. "Are you a good dancer?"