Hey there, yea I know I'm a little bit late. Thing is, I wasn't home this weekend and I kinda did my lazy self again. I swear that now that I look at it seriously, I really don't have much to do with my life, I'm always complaining that I'm bored and have nothing to do lolll. So yea, I should be able to keep up to my promise to update more often. I just have to get my lazy ass to work.

I'm sorry for the delay, everything is explained after the chapter (which I know you won't take the time to read anyway (why do I keep bothering putting on author notes))

Chapter four: Preview of an eventful year.

"Anzu...Hey Anzu, wake up."

Anzu shifted in her sleep and turned around, trying to get away from the insistent poke on her shoulder. "Five more minutes..." The brunet mumbled in her sleep, bringing the covers over her head.

"It's 8:30 Anzu..." Kaytleen said, shaking her friend a little harder.

"What?!?!" Anzu said, instantly awake, how could it be 8:30? She put her alarm at 6:30 before going to sleep, she looked at her alarm on the night stand and saw the flashing red digits, indicating that there was a blackout during the night. Anzu groaned as she quickly got out of her bed to get ready for school, she had planned to wake up early to have time to prepare herself, take a shower, eat a nice breakfast and walk slowly to school, but now that was impossible, the first hour of class had already started and she had to hurry if she wanted to make it in time for the second. Just her luck, she was late on the first day of the school year.

When she got out of her room, fully dressed, Matt and Kaytleen were already eating. Matt handed her a plate of toast but Anzu declined. "I don't have the time, I have to leave now if I want to make it in time." She grabbed her bag, which she thankfully prepared the day before, and left the apartment in a rush.

She ran as fast as she could, the school wasn't really that far away, only about 20 minutes of walk, so if she hurried, she could make it by 9 and on time for her second class. She had a dancing class, and she knew from experience that the teacher wouldn't let them waste away the first two hours just because it was the first day, she was going to make them work even harder to catch up on their summer slacking. Luckily for Anzu, the streets were mostly empty at this time so she was progressing quickly, it would be a close call but she could make it. She turned the corner without slowing down, only to bump into something at full speed and fall on the concrete.

"Oww...." Anzu winced as she hit the ground hard and scraped her hands on the sidewalks, this definitely wasn't her day.

"I've had girls throwing themselves at me before, but I never thought you'd get that low to get my attention. It seems you are even more pathetic than I thought."

Anzu flinched, not because of the pain but because of the voice, she couldn't believe how much fate seemed to love torturing her lately. Out of the millions of people living in New-York, why did it have to be him? Still sitting on the ground, Anzu looked up at Kaiba, it took all her will power to not look back down under his intimidating glare. Anzu stood up on her own, knowing it was useless to expect any kind of gesture from the CEO, she frowned and dusted herself. "Don't flatter yourself, I wouldn't consider doing anything with you even if you were the last man on earth."

Kaiba chuckled mockingly. "That has to be the oldest and lamest excuse of the book. And from my experiences, those who say those words usually are trying to convince themselves more than anyone else. I suppose it's all you can't do since there is no way I would ever have any interest in someone like you, beside I wouldn't want to risk catching some disease you got from your little friends."

Anzu stared at him with wide eyes, she couldn't believe she hear that right, sure he was always mean...but never like that. She wanted so much to punch him, make him swallow back his words, but she was so angered and surprised, she couldn't think of anything to say. "You're a jerk!" She finally said, lamely.

Kaiba smirked. "What? Out of insults already?"

"What do you want?" Anzu finally asked, starting up at him. "I've never done anything except being nice to you. What the heck is your problem?"

Kaiba's smirk disappeared as he coldly stared down at her. "You annoy me." Anzu simply raised an eyebrow at his answer, she annoyed him? "Always happily jumping around like a little girl, preaching about love and support. Well let me tell you something. Life isn't pink, it isn't easy, it definitely isn't fair nor does it give a damn about you, if you don't play by it's twisted rules then there is no way you can be successful at anything. One day your little fantasy world will come crumbling at you feet and you'll get a taste of what real life is like."

Anzu frowned. "Wow you actually sound like you care about what could happen to me."

Kaiba's smirk widened. "Don't think too highly of yourself. You annoy me because you are an idiot who think she knows better and there is nothing I hate more than brainless people who do knot know their place. I actually look forward to the day everything around you will crash down and you'll be reduced to show you feminine attribute to drunken old men to get by."

Anzu just stared at him, with one last mocking smirk, the CEO shoved her out of his way and left, she was stunned, she had never seen Kaiba so...she couldn't even describe it. Suddenly, she snapped out of it and remembered why she was in such a hurry to begin with. "Oh shit!!!" She teared her eyes away from Kaiba's retreating back and ran as fast as she could toward the school, even though she knew it was useless by now, she was definitely going to be late...

When she finally reached her school, all the hallways were totally deserted, the second class had already started. She quickly made her way to the changing room of the dance studio an changed into her dance clothes, simple black pants and light blue tight sleeveless shirt. After tying her hair and putting her day clothes in a locker, she made her way to the studio, trying to be as discrete as possible, but that was useless, as soon as she opened the huge doors, everyone turned around to look at her. The teacher smiled kindly at her, but Anzu knew she was in for it. "Ah Mrs. Mazaki, how nice of you to join us, just when I needed someone to show the class some new dance moves." Anzu smiled nervously as she walked toward the other students, who were all sitting on the floor in front of the teachers, yup, she was definitely in for it.

"Man I'm starving." Anzu said as she let her tray of food fall loudly on the table. she was completely exhausted, after running all the way to school and having to serve as the teacher's puppet to show every dance moves, she was completely exhausted, and to make things worst, she did all that on an empty stomach. Her friends laughed slightly and the girl sitting next to her gave her a few pat on the back.

"Still, you did great, last time I was late I couldn't do half of what the teacher asked correctly." Tiffany, the girl who was patting Anzu's back said with a reassuring smile.

"It wasn't that hard." Anzu said simply as she stuffed food in her mouth in an way that would make Joey proud of her. "What?" She asked, when she saw all her friends where looking at her.

"Of course, for you it was easy, you're like the top student of the dance section. From my point of view that dance was just so complicated, it's gonna take me at least three days to memorize the steps and even more to actually be able to do it." Cindy, another of Anzu's classmate said.

Anzu looked down slightly in embarrassment, she didn't like it when the others kept praising her, after all they were great dancers also and she didn't consider herself any better than them.

"Don't give us that shy look, we're all extremely talented dancers...and musician." Tiffany added the last part after receiving a glare from Jade, who was in the music department. "We wouldn't be here if we weren't, but even amongst the best there are always people who are even better, you shouldn't feel bad because of that and none of us is going to hate you for it." As he said those words, the other around the table agreed and soon discussions about what they hoped would happen in the next year started.

The rest of the day was mainly uneventful, Anzu had some more classes and chatted with other friends she hadn't seen since the beginning of summer, all thoughts about her early encounter with Kaiba disappeared from her mind. When class ended, Anzu had to leave quickly to get to her new job, she walked down the streets with a smile on her face, she couldn't wait to get started, it was a small coffee shop she never went to before, so she didn't really know what it would be like, but she was excited.

The young dancer smiled softly as she arrived in front of the Café, over the door, there was a huge sign with the words 'Café Clint' on it, the shop was situated on one half of the first floor of a huge building, it was barely visible and mostly out of place in the sea of buildings on both side of the street. Anzu entered and froze when she saw what the shop looked like. The inside had a comfortable appearance, suited for just any situation. On one side of the shop, slightly isolated, there were a few comfortable looking sofas for small groups. On the other side there were ordinary yet comfortable tables. The place itself felt very relaxing and Anzu loved it already.

"You must be Anzu." Anzu turned her head toward the counter, where a young man, about her age, appeared from the back store. The brunet nodded slightly. "Good, you are just one time. I'm Rylan, I work here too." He said, holding our his hand.

Anzu shook it with a huge smile, Rylan looked like a nice guy, and he definitely was good looking. (Anzu tried hard not to blush at the thought). He was tall and lean but still had a strong frame with light blond hair, he had spirited angular eyes but Anzu noticed that one was a light shade of blue and the other was green. "Your eyes aren't the same color." Anzu noted dumbly, it wasn't really polite, but it was the first time she saw something like that and it fascinated her.

Rylan blinked once before groaning. "Damn, I lost another contact, I swear I can't hold on these things, they keep falling off every time." He ranted as he turned toward a mirror behind the counter and take off the remaining contact lenses. When he turned back toward Anzu, he had two really light blue eyes.

"Why are you wearing color changing contacts?" Anzu asking, in her opinion, his eyes were absolutely stunning.

"Because having blue eyes when you are blond is so ordinary." Rylan pouted slightly, Anzu giggled a little, something about him reminded her of Matthew. "Anyway." He continued abruptly, forgetting instantly about his lost contact. "Welcome to the Café Clint, you already have experience as a waitress so you shouldn't have much problems. For now it looks empty but don't be fooled, in exactly twenty two minutes this place will be swarming with people. Trust me, one minute it's completely deserted and the next you'll be wishing you had another pair of arms. But you'll get used to it." He said the last part with an encouraging smile before taking her for a quick visit of the shop and some instruction on how things were done.

Rylan wasn't kidding when he said things could get hectic, he barely had the time to show her everything she needed to know before the place was literally invaded, talk about learning on the spot. In less than 4 minutes all the tables were taken and there was a line almost stretching outside of the shop. For the next hour and a half, Anzu didn't have a single minute to rest.

"Talk about a rush." Anzu said once things calmed down. "It feels like this is a classy restaurant or something."

"Oh but it is a high class café." Rylan answered with a mocking snob air. "No but seriously, I'm sure you've seen where we are located, all around us are nothing but business buildings, each having more than a hundred employees who work too hard, are over stressed and have nothing but instant coffee all day long. So when they are on their break or finish their shift, a lot of them come here for a moment of relaxation and to taste some real coffee and home made deserts."

The following hour was more calm, there were only a few costumers inside the shop, mostly small groups of friends who decided to hang out a little after their hard day at work. Other costumers came in every few minutes but they left as soon as they got their order so things were going smoothly. Rylan left her in charge while he went to the back store to do a quick clean up, so Anzu was left with nothing better to do but let her mind wander and think about all the cool things she would do this year. That is, until she was brought back to the present by the little bell over the door. She turned around to greet the new costumer but froze when she heard a cold and familiar voice, once she was hearing too often to her liking lately.

"You've got to be kidding me..."

whewwww that's done, I'm seriously sorry for the long update, but I wasn't home for the last two weekends and I didn't like how that chapter turned out so I had to rewrite it entirely, and to top it all, I had 36 hours of class this week, even today I got out of school at 5h30, those are long days, by the time I eat it's already 6h30 and I'm exhausted, so I'm not really in the mood to write. But good news, this week I found back my love of learning (yea I'm like that, I love going to school and learn things) Which I had lost during my last term of College and only found back tuesday, which explains why I wasn't feeling good during the first term of university. But now I'm more studious, which also means I write more since I'm not late in my homework and not stressed by them.

Next chapter is already started, expect it around next weekend (this time I promise I'll stick to my words, I have a more calmer week)

Reviews are appreciated.