Disclaimer: Forgot last chapter, but I do not own Code Geass. If I did, I'd made sure everyone knows Lelouch's fate because that argument is getting annoying.

A/N: I'm totally ripping on Chess and geeks in this chapter. Don't worry, I love playing chess, Chinese chess, and shogi, even though I suck. And the title for this fic still totally sucks; I'm quite disappointed in myself for not coming up with a better title.

Chapter 3:

'Okay, what the hell.' Lelouch thought, he practically spent the whole day with her and now she's even after him during his club activities. And why would a girl want to join Chess Club, they're usually pre-occupied with their popularity. The only other girl in Chess Club right now is Anya and she's here because Gino drags her along. She just sits on the sofa texting everyday anyways. Not even Nina, who is the geekiest girl Lelouch knows, is in Chess Club.

"Well, am I in Lelouch?" C.C. asked sitting down on a chair.

Lelouch thought about it for a bit. He can't outright deny her entrance because let's face it, the club needs more girls. Not for Lelouch's sake but for the other members' sakes. Let's make it interesting.

"How about this?" Lelouch said putting his bag down and sitting at a table with a chess board already set up, "If you can beat me, you're in."

The other members of the club yelled out protests. No one has been able to beat Lelouch, not even Toudou sensei when it comes to Chess.

"Deal," C.C. agreed, and sat down opposite him on the white side.

"Since you're white, you make the opening move," Lelouch said sweeping the back of his right hand over the board.

The Chess Club room was a spacious area with two leather sofas at one corner of the room forming an L shape. An oak coffee table sits in front of the sofas over a decorative rug. There were a few armchairs around the room too but they were moved to a select few tables to give the players comfort, such as Lelouch and C.C. right now. The rest of the tables had cushioned oak chairs that were comfortable enough.

The smirk Lelouch had on his face slowly disappeared as the game progressed. To his unexpected surprise, C.C. was actually a pretty good chess player and even though Lelouch wasn't losing or coming close, he was getting nervous. No one has been able to hold their own against him except for Toudou sensei during the few times he played and Suzaku through Lelouch's coaching, and the only one person that Lelouch couldn't beat was Schneizel his older brother.

Everyone had gathered around their table now, even Gino and Anya. Anya looked on to the match with her expressionless face like usual though. C.C. made great use of the Bishop piece and was able to check Lelouch several times with those. Once Lelouch calmed down, he was able to counter C.C.'s advance. But she held up and the match ended up as a draw.

"Well Lelouch, it was a draw. How is it going to be dealt with?" C.C. asked.

Lelouch was about to open his mouth to speak and tell her no when he felt a tug on his arm. He turned to the side and Gino dragged him off the comfortable armchair to the side of the room along with a few other guys.

"Oi, what are you doing?" Lelouch asked angrily.

"Look Lelouch, let's face it chess club is a total cock-fest," Gino said.

The other guys nodded in agreement.

"She didn't beat you but she came close right so let's give her a chance." Gino continued, "I mean, who else has come this close to beating you?"

"A deal is a deal, Gin" Lelouch said.

"You made that deal knowing she can't beat you," Gino said.

"Not really, I was just confident about my abilities. I had no idea how good she was," Lelouch said.

"Well as the vice-president of chess club…" Gino began.

"No you're not," Lelouch snapped at him.

"Well I nominate myself and since no one else is challenging me, I win by default." Gino said.

The others didn't seem to disagree.

"Now as the Chess club's new vice president, I formally accept C.C.-san to be part of the chess club." Gino began.

"And as President, I…" Lelouch began but this time it was Gino's turn to cut him off.

"Over-ruled, by popular vote" Gino began, "All those in favor of letting C.C.-san join say aye!"

The entire club room yelled aye, even Anya though not as enthusiastically as the rest.

"Think of giving Anya some female company," Gino said, smiling.

"But Anya is only a 1st year high school student," Lelouch said.

"So," Gino said.

"It's YOU who wants C.C. to join isn't it?" Lelouch said.

"No, everyone else does too." Gino said.

Lelouch could over rule their decision, since when he cared what his club members think. But he thought about it as Gino was yapping, having her in the club would be interesting right? She played to a draw with him and it seems Gino and the other guys would keep her busy with their flirting anyways. He sighed, giving in he took a seat in one of the sofas at the corner of the room and took out a book. He didn't feel like going home yet.

Anya joined him, leaning against the other arm of the couch with her foot on the sofa. Lelouch ignored her since she took out her cell the moment she plopped down on the sofa but after a while he noticed she was staring at him with those emotionless red eyes.

"What?" Lelouch asked, getting annoyed.

"You're strange," she stated simply.

"What do you mean?" Lelouch asked returning to his book. If anyone is strange here, it's Anya.

"Do you hate C.C.-san or something?" Anya asked.

"Not really," Lelouch replied.

"Then why do you treat her like that?" Anya asked.

Lelouch thought about it and realized, aside from having to be her tour guide he really has nothing against her. "I don't know, it's one of those things that you can't explain."

"So you don't dislike her?" Anya asked.

"I guess not," Lelouch said.

"Good because you two would look great together," Anya said.

Before Lelouch could say anything to that, Anya spoke again.

"Tell your mother I can't make it to the piano lessons this week. Family business." Anya said and got up to leave.

Lelouch watched as she picked up her bag and left the club room, 'what a strange girl,' he thought.

Lelouch looked over to towards the other side of the room and saw that C.C. was surrounded by the chess club guys. All the while couldn't help but think how pathetic they look. Gino broke out of the throng and walked over to Lelouch. He took a seat at the sofa next to Lelouch.

"So what do you think of C.C.-san?" Gino asked.

"What do you mean?" Lelouch asked back.

"You know, like how she looks." Gino urged.

"I don't know, didn't really think about it." Lelouch said.

"What are you gay?" Gino commented.

Lelouch decided to ignore that as he flipped a page in his book.

"Anyways, where's Anya?" Gino asked.

"She just left," Lelouch said.

"Oh shit, then I gotta go too. See ya around Lelouch" Gino said, "by the way, how's Kallen doing?"

"Not interested," Lelouch said.

"Oh really…well that's too bad, I'll try again next time." Gino said and ran out of the clubroom after Anya.

Lelouch sighed; thinking of how many times Gino tried asking Kallen out. He also kept asking Lelouch to relay weird messages which is one of the contributing reasons why Kallen dislikes him so much. Lelouch put his book back down and walked over to one of the windows that overlooked the many sports fields that Ashford has. Suzaku would be in the dojo inside the school and Shirley in the large indoor pool that swim class is held in, but he can see the girls' lacrosse teams practicing just beyond next to the soccer field. It was too far to distinguish anyone individually and they all had their masks on.

"What are you looking at?" C.C. said coming up behind him.

"Nothing, fresh air," Lelouch replied.

"But the window is closed," C.C. pointed out.

"I know that," Lelouch replied flustered, "I was just about to open it."

"You're watching the lacrosse team," it wasn't a question but a statement.

"So what?" Lelouch said, pushing the window open.

"Looking for Kallen?" C.C. said.

"What? No!" Lelouch said. "And if you're going to say I like her, I don't. It's Gino who likes her."

"I didn't say that," C.C. said, "And Kallen won't like Gino."

"Oh, how do you know that?" Lelouch said.

"He's not serious enough," C.C. said.

"Just goes to show you don't know him enough," Lelouch said.

"And you do?" C.C. said.

"One of my father's business associate's son. We practically grew up together you could say, if he didn't live in the states during elementary school." Lelouch said.

"Still, I just know. Kallen seems like a girl who doesn't want to be constantly protected by her man. She's too independent." C.C. said. "And Gino is your average prince in shining armor with his looks and gentlemanly nature."

"Oh are you saying Gino is good looking and Kallen doesn't like gentlemen?" Lelouch said.

"No, I'm saying Gino would be too courteous with her making her feel like she can't do anything." C.C. said. "And if I said Gino is good looking, would you get jealous?"

"For a witch like you, no" Lelouch smirked.

"Hm that's too bad then," C.C. said. "Well see you tomorrow Lelouch."

C.C. turned around and left the room after grabbing her bag which was leaning against the chair she was sitting in when they were playing chess. Lelouch watched her until she turned at the door. 'What did she mean?' he thought. Oh well, no use over thinking about a vague comment from that witch. He went back over to the sofa and grabbed his bag and left the room. The other members yelled bye as he left and he just waved to them without looking.

He took out his cell phone and looked at the time. It's almost 6 pm. Tamaki would've taken Nunnally home hours ago so if he wants to get home, he'd have to take the train. He didn't mind since no one pays attention to him on the train and its fun to inter-mingle with the middle class. As he left the school building, he heard some yell his name from the side and saw Suzaku running towards him.

"Practice over?" Lelouch asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Suzaku laughed, "So why are you heading back so late?"

"That woman joined the chess club," Lelouch said.

"Oh do tell," Suzaku said.

So they went home, Lelouch relaying the events of what happened in the club room and how Gino had made himself the vice president of chess club. All the while Suzaku listened and teased him lightly every now and then.

A/N: My school's Chess Club barely had any girls in it too. In fact I didn't even join and it was disbanded after my sophomore year for lack of members. Yeah I'm not very good at chess so I couldn't make the chess game between C.C. and Lelouch very exciting. And I don't know if Ashford really has all those sports fields but to me, it seems they do. Being the rich school it is.