Lum started to pace the room in her UFO. She was definitely getting nervous about her date with Mendou. It was only an hour away, she didn't know what to do.

"Should I really be doing this? What if he tries something?" she thought to herself.

No, Mendou was not that type of guy. Or was he? All the boys in school seemed to stare at her hungrily. Every boy except the only one she really cared for, her Darling.

Ugh, she really had to get the thought of him out of her mind. They were taking a break. And she had to accept it, it was her idea after all. Yet, she was really starting to regret it, he already had so many dates lined up.

Her jealousy started to spark up but she forced it down with optimistic thoughts. She imagined Darling getting on his hands and knees apologizing for not realizing what a big jerk he'd been throughout the years.

"Lum, I understand now that you're the only girl for me. You're so damn beautiful! If I may, I'd like to kiss you! " Imaginary Darling declared in a cheesy love struck voice.

"Oh Darling!" Lum said, her eyes closed, her cheeks blazing. She opened her eyes and found Ten staring at her with interest.

"Whatcha doin' Lum-chan?" Ten asked politely.

"Oh, um, well…" Lum sputtered.

"I heard you and the idiot are through, it's about time!" Ten practically shouted in a cheery voice. "You deserve a better man!"

Lum, already knowing all of this, started to apply makeup for her date.

"I'm getting ready for a date. Ten, could you hand me that brush." She pointed to her bathroom. As ten hovered over to grab it he started to speak in a sad, melancholic voice.

"Yeah, I remember the days we would argue about Ataru. You'd say he was such a nice guy and how much you loved him and I'd talk about frying him for flirting with Shinobu-san or Sakura-san." He stole a peek at her and a small smile spread over his face as he handed her the brush.

"Lum-chan….He'll snap out of this and come begging for you to take him back, you'll see. I'll even get a camera and record it for you." She giggled a bit at that.

"That sounds lovely Ten but that's just a wonderful thought. You know Darling, He's stubborn. It may as well end up being me that begs him."

After some silence at that heavy remark Ten bid her good luck and left screeching about the time and how he wanted to hang out with Sakura-san.

Lum was left alone with her thoughts again.

*The Date*

Oh it was here, time just flew by and she zipped out of her UFO. The movie theatre was around this corner and through that park and um… over there? Oh she'd been in such a hurry she was lost! Eventually, after a lot of hysteric searching and a few directions from bystanders she arrived in front of the move theatre… 30 minutes late. Luckily, (sort of) Mendou was still waiting for her.

"Oh! I'm so sorry Mendou, I got lost!" Panted Lum as she jogged up to him.

"Oh please don't worry about it, Miss Lum, I would wait all day for you!" He grinned at her with such sincerity that she couldn't help but feel flattered.

The movie had already started so they decided just to go for a walk instead, they could eat dinner later. It was such a lovely day out, the sun was shining, the sky was a breathtaking baby blue, and birds were singing their hearts out. And yet Lum felt extremely out of place. She should be enjoying this, Mendou sure was. He kept rambling on and on about how happy he was to be out on a date with the amazing Miss Lum. She smiled politely and kept conversation with him and all but it was like she was just watching all of this happen and not actually paying attention.

Instead of a fancy dinner they just got some hotdogs from a stand at the park and that was just fine. Once the meal was finished they just sat and talked at the fountain. It was getting darker out and the date was nearing it's end( something Lum was grateful for). They were starting to wrap it up when out of no where Mendou started to bring his face closer to her. She was totally unprepared and had no time to react. His lips were nearing hers when all of a sudden…..