A/N: (as I evade the thrown tomatoes at me)

I know this is a day late but I had reasons.

(i) There was a power outage here last night and I was home alone.

(ii) I waited for someone's review but it never came—and that's niceladysakura. So blame her. Haha!

(iii) I was hungry.

I know these are flimsy excuses. But I'll make it up to y'all. Tell me whaddya want.

I want to thank meeshee len for droppin' by at my house yesterday. She claimed that she should be credited since she said she was my inspiration. Hehe.

Disclaimer: I still don't own Gakuen Alice.

My Heart

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Chapter 6: Lunchtime Horror

RIIIIIIIIING!

"There goes the bell. Don't forget to study for the quiz tomorrow about Aeronautics." Mr. Misaki said before he bade farewell. "and do wake Ms. Sakura and tell her to have lunch. Goodbye."

The moment Mr. Misaki set out of the room, the students also went out to eat their lunches. But before that, some students were kind enough to listen to their Science teacher.

Mikan was the only one left at their row. She was sleeping peacefully, without a care of her environment. Then two identical girls went near her. The only thing that set them apart was the style and color of their hair.

"Mikan, wake up, girl." Nonoko gently said.

"Hohummmm..."

The sleeping girl just wouldn't budge.

"Mikan, Hotaru is—"Anna tried to tell Mikan but was cut short.

Mikan's eyes finally shot open and she got hold of Anna's shoulders.

"Where's Hotaru? Where is she?!" Mikan said as she shook the life out of Anna.

"Let go of her please." as Nonoko tried to calm Mikan down. "Hotaru's okay. She was just about to say that Hotaru is already eating lunch and morning classes are over."

Mikan immediately calmed down and let go of Anna's shoulders.

"Oh. Hehe! Sorry Anna! I thought Hotaru was in trouble."

"I guess I'm okay," as color came back to Anna's cheeks.

It finally struck her that it's lunch time. So that means she had fallen asleep the entire morning.

"I fell asleep?" Mikan asked the girls.

"Yes. Right after English time started. And Misaki-sensei told us to wake you up and tell you to have lunch. He's really so sweet!" Nonoko answered with a girly tone as she said Misaki-sensei's name. Of course, he was their ultimate crush since like—forever.

"He told you that?" Mikan tried to hold back her blush but was failing. Who wouldn't be embarrassed? Their Science teacher asked her classmates to wake her up. You shouldn't even sleep during class hours for crying out loud!

"Yup! And for your information, Mikan. You snore." Anna chirped.

"Correction, Anna. I purr." Mikan started to chatter as they went their way to the cafeteria.

When they reached the cafeteria, it was already full of students.

They could hear the female students talking about two new guys and that they were just heavenly.

They went straight to a 6-seater table where Yuu, Hotaru, and Koko were. There were three empty seats reserved especially for them.

"How's your slumber, Sleeping Beauty?" Yuu teased.

"Did a prince wake you up with a kiss? Or was it a frog that turned into a prince when it kissed you?" the two boys then broke out and laughed hysterically.

Mikan just glared at the snorting buffoons.

"I guess you finally decided to wake up and join us." Hotaru said without lifting her head to look at Mikan. She was sipping her crab soup.

"Hotaru! Why didn't you wake me up?" Mikan whined.

"Simple. I was hungry."

"Meanie!"

"Idiot. Just eat already. I can hear your stomach grumbling."

As if on cue, Mikan's stomach started to voice out its hunger.

"Oops. Hehe."

Mikan sat across Hotaru and started to chat animatedly.

"You know what; I've had a weird dream. Well, it was more of a nightmare. We had two new guy classmates, a blonde and a dark-haired one. I shouted and that caught his attention. I was daydreaming about Wrex in that dream that was gruesome, by the way. Mr. Narumi told them to find their seats but the dark-haired boy didn't let him finish when he came near me. He told me crap like about finally meeting me and asked if I was interested in him. He then whispered that I'll pay for hitting him with my tape and called me Polka Dots. I looked at my blouse and saw that it was open. I shouted at him and was ready to kill the pervert but Narumi-sensei stopped me. Then Narumi-sensei told both me and Hotaru to tour them around the school. That's the end of my dream. That was freaky."

Mikan finished narrating her so-called dream. She spoke so fast that they were hardly keeping up. Mikan then focused on eating her food. The others' jaws dropped. They couldn't believe that she thought it was all a dream.

Unknown to her, the blonde and the dark-haired guy in her dream were behind her. They were there moments after she began telling them her dream.

"And in your opinion, were the guys attractive?" a voice at her back asked.

"Truthfully, yes. Especially the dark-haired one. He had crimson eyes that looked like shining rubies. But such a pervert! I would've killed him with my bare hands if Narumi-sensei wouldn't have gotten in the way." Mikan acted like she was strangling a person but continued. "Oh the blonde was cute, too. It feels like you're looking at the sky when you look at his eyes. He was shy and stumbled in his words. But I think he's really interested in Hotaru." Mikan finished with a flourish. She had a meaningful smile directed to Hotaru.

Hotaru just shrugged.

Ruka blushed hearing Mikan's words.

'Was I really that obvious?'

Natsume smirked.

'That's good to know. Time to annoy her.'

"So, you're interested in him?" Natsume slyly asked.

"What?! Well, maybe, yes. I mean no! Not happening! Not in a million years. Uhmm, I guess. But, he's just a character in my bad dream." Mikan announced.

She was curious to who was asking her these farcical questions. She turned and looked at the people behind her. To her horror, the characters in her bad dream were there and they were smiling. Technically, Natsume had a smirk but whatever.

"Hello there, Mikan." Ruka greeted her.

"So you do find me hot, Polka Dots." Natsume grinned.

Mikan then faced the table again.

"Guys, I think I'm going crazy. The two boys in my dream I was talking about, they're right behind me." Mikan grimaced as she was pointing towards the back.

"Oh Mikan. They are real and the dream you had, it really happened just this morning." Yuu told her.

"Hahaha! You're so funny, Yuu." She glanced at Anna but Anna just nodded, agreeing with Yuu that it was true.

'Calm down, Mikan. Just ignore them and maybe they'll go away.' Mikan thought to herself.

She continued eating and tried her best to slurp her pasta without making too much mess.

"Face it, Polka. You can't ignore us forever." Natsume said.

Yuu was standing up and offered his seat to them. He said that he was called for by the principal after lunch.

The others immediately dispersed and said inane excuses.

"Traitors." Mikan seethed.

Hotaru was the last one to stand.

"I'm going to get a soda." Hotaru then went away.

Natsume sat at Hotaru's seat.

"I'm coming with you!" as Ruka felt the tension between the two.

Mikan searched for food at the table but luck wasn't really at her side.

"There's no more food for you to eat, Polka." Natsume teased.

"The name's Mikan. State what you need, freak." Mikan replied through gritted teeth.

"I don't know. Maybe the tour around the campus. You're my partner,after all." Natsume said.

"Why don't you roam around the school your self? You're old enough not to get lost!" Mikan protested.

"Okay. I'll just tell that Narumi you didn't do what he assigned you to. I'm sure he'd be disappointed to know his favorite student didn't listen to him." Natsume said standing up.

Mikan then tried to stop him by holding his wrist.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Mikan."

To be continued..

A/N: Who could've said that last line? Hehe! I think this chapter was kinda boring. Haha! Teddy bear with me. TT Tell me your honest opinions on this. Since this is a day late, I'll let you nag at me. Haha. Do review! When do you want me to post the next Chapter? But of course, reviews should exceed ten (10) by tonight/tomorrow morning or I'd update later than late. Hehe. C'mon. Please?

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P.S. I miss my stepsisters.