A/N: I'm sorry its been forever since my last update but that wait is over. To all that reviewed 6, please review 7. And thanks to Peach Wookiee for helping me out with this chapter!
Last Time
However at that moment a boy about Alexis' age wearing a cowboy hat and had a pet crocodile in a special pouch came running. "G'day mates." The boy greeted, tipping his hat. He spoke with a rather heavy Australian accent.
"Hello Jim 'Crocodile' Cook, was it?" Alexis asked sweetly.
Jim chuckled lightly. "That's right little lady. And your Alexis Rhodes right?" He asked, his voice taking on a bit of a drawl.
She smiled and nodded.
"Jim why are you here?" Adrian asked, for the first time acting a bit annoyed.
Jim just smiled. "Can't I come chat with ya, mate?" He asked.
"No." Adrian answered, a little perturbed but his voice retained it's calm quality.
Jim frowned slightly and beckoned Adrian to follow him but Alexis discreetly followed as well.
"What is this about, Jim?" Adrian asked.
Jim's frown disappeared and was replaced by a slight smirk. "That girl you're with my friend."
"What girl?" Adrian asked, his emotions starting to cloud his judgment and speech.
Jim grinned. "Alexis. You like her."
Adrian glared slightly. "Yeah I do…w-wait…you just…grr Jim!!" He growled.
Jim just laughed slightly as Alexis looked on with a surprised stare.
End Flashback
"Uh...what?" Alexis asked.
She was extremely surprised at this revelation. Being that her previous crush, Jaden, was very ignorant in terms of romance, she had somewhat expected Adrian to take a long while revealing his own feelings about her.
Jim smirked slightly, somewhat glad he had managed to coax the truth out of Adrian. He however, was a bit surprised that Adrian had caved so easily to his coaxing method, considering Adrian was usually extremely calm, but he figured Adrian caved so easily simply because he was unfamiliar with that type of situation, but for the moment unless either of the 2 duelists did something unexpected, Jim's coaxing mattered not.
Adrian meanwhile just blushed darkly. Had Alexis not been nearby, the elder Gecko probably wouldn't have minded putting the fossil duelist into a choke-hold for squeezing his secret feelings for the younger Rhodes duelist out of him. He hadn't planned on telling her he liked her first, but rather wait until she had come around and revealed her liking for him in which case then he would return the favor and tell of his liking for her, but now thanks to Jim, his timing and carefully-constructed plan had been completely upset. He dearly hoped that by admitting them in the impromptu way he had been coerced into doing, he hadn't made a fool of himself in her eyes. If that were to end up being the case, Adrian was sure he'd never be able to live it down and forgive himself. Anxiously, he silently awaited her response.
"Adrian...is this true?" She asked the Cloudian duelist quietly. She was by no means angry with him, but instead she was rather impressed that he albeit with some coaxing from Jim admitted to liking her. But it was the quickness and small amount of time they'd known one another that he'd grown to like her that truly took her by surprise as she figured it would take a calm, collected and controlled person like Adrian a bit longer to develop a likeness for her.
"Yes...Alexis-san, it is." Adrian answered quietly, almost wishing he didn't have to answer her question. He knew that whether he told the truth or lied would matter in equal weight of how she felt about the muscular teen. He knew that regardless of his response there would be great implications in either case. Nervously he fiddled with his glasses, not even making total eye contact with her as he awaited her response to his confirmation of her earlier question.
Alexis didn't speak but she felt her cheeks heat up as they turned a dark crimson color, as she was overcome with emotions.
Adrian noticed this and turned away so as to not point it out to her as his own cheeks began to redden as he tried hiding his own softer blush.
She wasn't sure why she did it but the Queen of Obelisk Blue wasn't used to being like this, or in other words showing her emotions so easily, so she turned and retreated to the Obelisk Blue dorm almost in a dead sprint. "I'm sorry, Adrian." She spoke quietly before running off.
Adrian turned around to face Jim. "Wait...Jim...did I do something wrong?" He asked, a bit nervous.
"Uh...no...I don't think so, mate..." Jim answered.
"Then why did she...run off?" Adrian asked, very confused.
"I think she's just in shock, mate..."
"Should I...follow her?" Adrian asked curiously. At this point, the Cloudian duelist was at a complete loss of what to do.
"Give her some time alone, mate. Adrian, she needs it." The Australian-accented teen told his friend.
"All right, thanks Jim." Adrian answered, smiling despite what had just happened.
"No problem." Jim answered, grinning.
"I suppose I could go see Jesse..." Adrian mused but it was still loud enough for Jim to hear.
"Might be a good idea," Jim said. "Go for it."
"Ok I will. If Alexis wants to see me, come find me." He requested of his friend as politely as he could.
"You got it, mate, now go!" Jim exclaimed, as though he wanted his friend to leave him alone, but he was only teasing and the Fossil duelist was sure Adrian knew that.
Adrian chuckled softly at his friend's response and jogged off. He just hoped that seeing Jesse would take his mind off Alexis for awhile, while she took her time to recover from the slight shock he had given her.
But what Adrian didn't know was that he wasn't the only one vying for Alexis' attention and unintentionally because of that fact, a war would soon brew…
To be continued…
