I love the enthusiasm for this story! ^^ You know, if no one actually followed this and faved it or reviewed it, then I don't think I'd continue with it to be quite honest ^^; Hehe yes, I'm hard to please XD But anyways, I hope the last chapter didn't make the characters sound a little OOC (out of character) because I think it did to me. But hey, the show's a bit out of whack so why can't my story be like that? Lol

So yeah…I am sadly losing interest in this story but I won't give up on it unless I've got writer's block every time that it comes to writing this. I just hope that doesn't happen, because I know there aren't many stories (completed) like this out there so I don't want to be another one of those writers who doesn't finish their stories since they've given up on it. You can trust me that I won't give up on this story. I just hope I can trust my writer's block to not get in the way ^^;

But anyways…on with the chapter! :D

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He listened in for more but then Zero whispered to herself as she sounded tired and about to fall asleep. Vin almost groaned in annoyance in wanting to hear more, but then heard Zero slap her diary shut and begin to bend over to put it back under her bed locked up to her alarm.

Vin quickly moved away just as he done before and waited for Zero's hand to disappear on top of the bed a short time later. Vin heard her whisper something but he thought that he had listened to enough for now. So, he looked down at the time watch wrapped around his wrist and changed the time to 8am that same day.

Before walking into the cafeteria, he quickly had hidden the watch, he had learnt from his mistakes and there was no way he wanted his friends and especially Zero to find out what he was up to.

In his head, he tried to remember what he had talked about that morning. But since his memory was now contaminated in Zero's words from before, he couldn't think straight. After he had sat in his usual spot to eat his breakfast he was still trying to remember what he was going to say, or perhaps what he had said in the past.

"Vin, is there something on your mind?" Trixie asked looking a little concerned but somehow suspicious.

"Huh? Oh, yeah…I'm just trying to remember what it was- oh yeah! Where's Newton?"

"Probably still in bed like he usually is." Zero replied looking a little unwell emotionally just as she did before according to Vin that is.

"Hey…you okay Zero?" He asked almost eying Zero with suspicion and wonder of what it would be but already knowing.

"I'm fine; I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning."

"Was it a dream?" He asked smiling at her.

Zero cocked an eyebrow in confusion and suspicion. "Why do you wanna know?" She asked in a more serious tone.

Vin looked a little guilty and began to sweat a little. "Oh, no reason. Just curious." He ended with a strange chuckle.

Zero looked at Trixie confused and suspicious for a moment then continued eating her breakfast as per normal. Vin stared on and off towards Zero during that time looking a little dazed at her, she caught him once during that fifteen minutes but decided not to say anything as it might make her emotions take hold. So she sat silent while looking back and forth at Vin suspiciously without making it seem obvious.

Later on it was time to head off to Macbeth's class. And Vin had forgotten that he had met up with Newton, he only realized it when he saw Newton come in late for class. He looked over at Zero in guilt then scratched his head looking guiltily worried as Newton sadly walked up to his seat while Macbeth sat in her chair sleeping and snoring while her fish was beside her in his little fish tank constantly trying to wake her up since the class wasn't behaving in an orderly manner.

"Gee, I wish sat least one of you would wait for me." Newton told the three of them in a miserable tone as he sat in his usual seat next to Trixie.

Vin gulped in nervousness. "Heh, sorry Newton. You know I was going to but I didn't wanna be late." He replied while smiling almost guiltily.

Newton looked over at Vin with a sad face, this made Vin feel sorry for him, but then noticed that Newton was looking a little better as he opened up his books and looked up to see if Macbeth was awake yet. But unfortunately she soon will be.

The bell buzzed through everyone's ears and especially Macbeth's which made her growl at the children as she felt startled by the noise.

"So, you little rats think that you'll get out of lines from getting here early?"

Some children nodded worriedly at her with a small crooked grin on their faces.

"Well…"She said quietly before her voice rose dramatically. "Then it's going to be 2,467 lines of 'I must not arrive early for Miss Macbeth's class to get out of writing lines.' Now get to it!"

Vin felt a little surprised that not much had changed when he had gone back in time, everything looked pretty much the same, he just forgot to meet up with Newton like he was supposed to. So he smiled and carried on with the lesson while still thinking about Zero with that bubbly feeling of happiness in his stomach every time he looked at her. He almost instantly and automatically smiled at her every time he looked at her.

"You know Zero, I was thinking that maybe the two-I mean four of us could-uh, I don't know…maybe hang out?" He asked her nervously while Macbeth punished another student near the front of the classroom.

"Vin, we always hang out together, and don't act so dumb. It's already obvious that you are."

"What? How can you tell?" He asked almost worriedly.

"You have blonde hair, and so does Van. And how smart is she?" Zero asked smiling at her statement.

"Wha-I'm smarter than her! But mentioning her, she is awful pretty. But not as pretty as-"

"See what I mean, you blondes are all the same." Zero replied by deliberately cutting Vin off.

Vin almost felt speechless and decided to not say anything else, he knew that Zero would just have a comeback prepared for it. So he sat silent for the rest of the lesson while constantly glancing over at Zero; sometimes smiling in thought of knowing that she liked him and the other half of what Zero might think if she found out what Vin had done and what he was up to.

And, just as Vin had known in his head, after they had all finished writing their lines, Macbeth actually began to talk about the lesson.

"And now, we are going to talk about…numbers of course!" She announced feeling smart while forcing a smile. "You all know the numbers up to 20,000 correct? Then increase this by 36,756 and 2,835. So, who can answer that hard question for me?"

And so, the rest of the class felt so predicable to Vin that he almost stated what was going to happen next. As he was beginning to speak he had realized what he was about to say in front of his friends. He quickly realized this and sealed his mouth shut tightly. This made the other three friends look at him suspiciously for a moment until the bell had rung for recess break. It startled Macbeth that it made her jump and shake accidentally. It made everyone laugh at her for a short moment.

"Get out of here before you all get detentions!" She screamed while pointing at the door.

So all the students headed for the door while Trixie walked alone to her room to put her books away and Vin caught up with Newton and apologized once again for not being there during breakfast. Zero caught up with Trixie as they both headed up the stairs to their rooms, Zero called out Trixie's name and this startled her.

"What's wrong Zero? Is Vin eyeing you again? Don't worry; he's just curious about something." She ended with a smile as she opened the door to her room and let Zero come in by leaving it open.

Zero shoved her hands in her pocket after she dropped her books on the floor in front of her, she walked over to Trixie's bed as Trixie neatly put her books and pens in an orderly fashion as she would usually do.

"Hey Trix, can you keep a secret?"

"Of course, just make sure that this isn't the reason why Vin's curious about you."

"Yeah well, about that…I had another one of those dreams…and they just keep coming back." She explained while blushing slightly and scratching the back of her head in nervousness.

Trixie smiled almost instantly at the thought of this. "Don't worry; I'm sure that you'll find out what these dreams mean someday soon."

"Wow, I thought you'd actually help me out." Zero stated feeling annoyed that she didn't get much advice on her problem.

"Zero, I can't be your brain for you. This is something that you'll have to work out yourself." She explained as she grabbed some food and left her room.

Zero sighed as she bent down to pick up her books and head towards her room which was right across from Trixie's.

"I'll see you in a bit alright Trix." She called out as she walked towards her room to see Trixie beginning to walk down the main staircase.

As Zero went into her room and threw her books in their usual place, she sighed and plumped herself onto the bed. Her small smile had turned into a depressing frown.

"How am I going to figure this out if no one will help me?" She asked herself.

Meanwhile, Vin had just finished apologizing to Newton as he walked into his room to put his book away and grab his usual snack for recess. Newton thought that something was up with Vin since he had apologized to him a lot for just not staying behind with him for breakfast. It was a little suspicious, but he didn't let it bother him unless there was more suspicion on its way.

So, Vin put his books away in their usual spot and then started to feel a little worried whether he had done the right thing to find out what Zero had been hiding. He did find out the information for himself, so he thought that was appropriate but still, he somehow felt guilty on the inside. No one suspected it, according to Vin at least, so maybe it was alright for now. Maybe as long as he didn't stuff anything up he'd be fine.

"Maybe I should go back further to see if she's hiding anything else from me. I do have the opportunity." He wondered to himself as he looked at the time watch.

But a voice inside his head made him think otherwise, don't do this. It could only lead to further problems…that voice in his head told him. He groaned to himself as he grabbed his recess and placed the time watch back where it was and headed out for recess to find his friends.

Well, it was a little longer than the previous one so that's good I guess…^^; *shrugs* Oh well, better than nothing am I right? Wait, I think I've said that already ^^; But anyways, expect another chapter soon. And thanks again for the enthusiasm for this story :)