Sorry for the late update. I've been really busy lately with school stuff. Anyways, here's chapter 7.

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass.


Shirley's POV

She ended up crying on her bed for the rest of the night. She didn't know why she was crying exactly and she didn't care if her neat bed was being soaked or got messed up.

A few hours later, she dried her tears and went out to get ready for the day. She didn't put the same amount of effort she usually put into dressing though since she wasn't in the mood to do anything at all.

'Maybe I should call C.C. and we could work together. I doubt she'll want to work with me after what I've done to her though. Maybe there's someone else I could ask. Ooh! Kallen's still alive right? Wait, I can't ask her or she will question why I'm still alive and that will be so annoying. Well, only option left is C.C. I better get ready for whatever she throws at me.'

She sighed and slowly made her way down to the kitchen to have breakfast when she just remembered she ate everything two days ago.

'Great. Just great. No sleep, no food. Can this day get any worse?' Unfortunately for her, the day just got worse. It was around noon when she got up and opened the door to leave her little apartment when some kids decided they would have a water balloon fight. The kids accidentally, or so they claimed, threw five water balloons at her which landed directly on her face.

"Uh! You brats! What do you think you're doing, aiming at a neighbor who apparently is already mad?" She glared at them just remembering her wig was not on, but she didn't bother to go back into her house and put it on for it would only cause more confusion for the kids which may lead to a much bigger problem.

"Um..." one of the kids started, "None of us see a mad neighbor, right guys?" All the kids nodded their heads in unison And went back to looking for the already mad neighbor.

"Uh! It's me you dummies. I'm the only neighbor out here and apparently as you should have already noticed, I am already mad!" She said as she grit her teeth. "When I come back out, I better not get wet again or else! And I mean it!" She shouted as she slammed the door behind her.

"Do you know what just happened?" One of the kids asked. "Nope." They answered agin in unison. They haven't had the slightest clue what that was about.


20 Minutes Later

'Finally dried my hair and changed my soaked clothes. That took too long. Next time I should just bring an umbrella or something.' This time, she had remembered to put on her wig. Shirley walked out her house expecting to get soaked again but to her surprise, the children were standing in front of her door looking at her. Or staring in Shirley's opinion.

"What do you want now?" Shirley asked in a frustrated tone obviously not wanting to speak to them.

"We wanted to know what happened at first. None of us have the slightest clue of what you said and why you said it. Could you please explain to us?" The tallest boy asked. None of them even noticed her wig and thought she still had orange hair.

"Of course not! Can't you see I'm already running late? Now move out of the way!" She shouted at them and made her way to her bike. 'I wish I still had my car..." She peddled as fast as she could to the nearest pizzeria which was also the one that opened only yesterday. She hoped she could find C.C. there since last she heard, she was fond of pizza.

"Hi, welcome to Pizza Café! Everything here has something to do with pizza whether it's just cheese or tomatoes or anything related to pizza, of course!" The waitress greeted her with a welcoming smile. "Oh! I just realized it's you, Shirley. Well, I'll be showing you to your seat now if you don't mind."

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Shirley asked not remembering who she is.

"It's me, Lauren, duh. See?" Lauren asked while she released her hair from the ponytail.

"Oh... I'm so sorry. I couldn't recognize you with your hair tied. So you work here?" She asked Lauren.

"Yeah, but only two days every week. In case you're wondering which days, I get to choose when I come to work, and as long as I come two days a week, I get my full payment." Lauren answered and began to ask,"So, what would you like? Here's the menu."

"I'll just take a small cheese pizza. I really did just come here to look for someone who loves pizza." Shirley replied with a smile.

"Okay. It'll take up to ten minutes since there are many people here today." She replied with a smile. As she left, she tied her hair back up.

"Thanks, Lauren!" Shirley called back after her with a smile.

"No problem! Just call me Laurie!" Lauren called back before disappearing into the crowd.

'Now I just need to find C.C. but if I leave this table, someone might take my spot since I don't have anything to put on this table to show that this table is already occupied. Guess I'll just have to look for C.C. while standing on the table.

Every time someone asked what she was doing standing on a table, she would reply back with a smile that her most valuable feather, yes, a feather, flew away and she was trying to get it back. It was also a good thing that there was a window next to her table and there was a little wind.

'Aha! I see someone with bright lime green hair. It has to be C.C. Who wise would have bright lime green hair anyways?' Shirley fell off the table after losing her balance. She quickly helped herself up and went towards C.C.'s direction leaving her whole table unoccupied.

There was a lot of people so it took her a long time for her to get to C.C. Luckily, C.C. hadn't moved from her spot.

When Shirley got there, she tapped C.C.'S shoulder and asked, "Excuse me, but you're beautiful lime green hair reminded me of someone I once knew. I couldn't help but to come over here and talk to you. Mind if we go outside and talk?"

"Uh... Sure. I guess." Shirley noticed it was C.C.


Outside and C.C.'s POV

After grabbing three more pizza boxes, C.C. finally went out.

"So what is it?" C.C. asked her.

"First of all, if you don't mind me asking that is, what is your name?"

"Name? I'm C.C. And you are?"

"So you really are C.C. Come home with me and I'll explain on the way."

"Nah, I prefer to stay here and unless you tell me your name, I'm not going to go home with you." C.C. didn't really care if she was kidnapped or anything; she just want to hang out at the cafe and eat pizza all day.

"Fine... I'm Shirley. Shirley Fenette. Lelouch's student council friend. Remember? I'm the one who sent you that note about knowing who you are and I'm sorry." C.C. noticed her change of tone.

"Sure. I'll come with you." C.C. had a smirk on her face and she knew Shirley would certainly surprised.


Lauren's POV

"Huh? Where did Shirley go? And also, where did that green haired woman go? She was supposed to pay first," Laurie said while holding the small cheese pizza. She went back to the kitchen and put the pizza back in the oven to keep it warm until someone decides to order the same thing.

*Ring Ring*

"Oh, hey Mom! What would you like me to buy today?"

"..."

"Okay! I'll be back in half an hour."

"..."

Lauren told her boss that she would be leaving and she went to get her things to leave. Before she left though, she decided to take a small pizza slice to eat on the way to the grocery store. Being a waitress had its advantages after all.

As she left, she untied her hair and sat on the bench in front of the cafe. She was tired and always took a break before going to buy whatever she had to.

"Hey, mind if I sit here?" a voice asked.

"Sure." Lauren smiled as she responded.

"What's your name? I'm Angie Weinberg. You probably already know them, but my parents's names are Anya and Gino. It's amazing how they met."

"Hi Angie, I'm Lauren, but you could call me Laurie. Oh and I can't tell you who my parents are. I don't even tell people my last name. If I do, it could cause a riot."

"Oh, that's too bad. I would really love to meet them. Anyways, do you work here or something?"

"Yeah, I do. It's fun but very crowded. Yesterday was opening day," Lauren responded.

"That's nice. So, you want to hang out tomorrow? We could meet at the city's park. You know, the big one."

"Sure. Noon okay? I have things to do in the morning."

"Great. I'll see you tomorrow, bye!" With that, Angie ran off to who knows where.


"I'm home!" I said as I put down all ten bags of groceries down on the kitchen counter.

"How was your job today, Laurie?" Her dad asked.

"It was great, I met Shirley there and she mentioned something about looking for someone who loves pizza. Oh and at the end of my job, Shirley and a green haired woman left without paying."

'Witch.' Lelouch could only think of that one word.


C.C.'s POV

"Nice house you have here, Shirley."

"Thanks. So you see he disappeared after we had that 'thing'." Shirley finished explaining to C.C.

"You see, Shirley, he disappeared to my house. And guess what he said?" C.C. asked with an evil smirk on her face.

"You don't mean you're helping him, right?" Shirley asked, obviously scared of the answer.

C.C. gave no answer and smirked instead. Lelouch suddenly appeared.

"Hello there. Since we are all here now, I will make the introductions. This is Shirley Fenette whose name is Shirley Lenette at school. This is C.C. the pizza loving witch. And to clear up the confusion, call me L.L. The other Lelouch is well, Lelouch."

"Oh and do we have a special surprise for you," C.C. responded.

"Guess what? C.C. and I have agreed to team up against you, not for the game, but for reality, itself. Goodbye for now." With that L.L. vanished.

"Oh and Shirley, don't even think about trying to kill us. We're immortal." C.C. walked out the door and went back to her house.

"I'm completely doomed now. What am I going to do? I need help, and obviously C.C. isn't going to make friend with me anytime soon. I need to get help from someone who is like C.C. Someone who won't question why I'm alive or anything And just help me after I explain a little bit." Shirley was not in the mood to do anything relating to the game.


All done! Whew. This is the longest chapter I've typed so far. Thanks for reading. Next chapter probably won't be up until either the end of the month or next month.