Purrsephone had spent the entire afternoon and evening writing the note. She had gone through so many drafts of it Meowlody was teasing her about creating a paper shortage while Toralei rolled her eyes and muttered something about "worth it". Writing the reply was not as easy as the other werecats had made it sound because there were so many problems to overcome with just a simple piece of paper.

She wanted to be his friend but Cleo would never put up with a ghoul talking to Deuce. If she didn't even trust Draculaura around her boyfriend she certainly wasn't going to trust a single ghoul. So, this whole thing was probably going to annoy Cleo which would cause problems for Deuce which he would probably blame on Purrsephone who couldn't blame him for that. She just couldn't cause problems between Cleo and Deuce…especially since Deuce had no reason to trust her and a lot of reasons not to trust her.

She was sure that his gratitude wouldn't last past the reveal of her real identity. She and her sister and friend had been pinned with the bad traitor witch reputation a long time ago and no one in Monster High was going to let that pass…certainly not even Deuce who was so tightly tied to the popular group that had been a target of the werecats for so long.

Still, she couldn't just leave his note unanswered. He deserved better than silence after such a sweet gesture and it had been sweet. To offer to talk to a mysterious person, especially after finding out about the note had almost sent Cleo into another tirade, calling her a secret admirer.

Well, Purrsephone was but the notes weren't about that. They really weren't. Purrsephone had just tried to be nice.

She sighed and patted her pocket to be sure the end result of all her worry and stress was still in place. Toralei and Meowlody had been unusually quiet since she had started working on the note but she could feel their worry. She didn't want to worry them but she couldn't help how she felt and she couldn't just pretend there were no problems.

They immediately headed to Deuce's locker and, as soon as the coast was clear, Purrsephone slid the paper into the events and then walked away. All her wishes carefully packed back into a small corner of her mind where they would hopefully soon be covered in dust.

Deuce waved goodbye to Cleo as they parted at the door of the school and his smile slipped away. Clawd, of course, noticed and elbowed him good naturedly. "Hey, why so tense? You and Cleo are good. No test today and practice last night went perfect. "

Deuce nodded and shrugged. "Yeah, sorry, bro, just…" His mind quickly searched for an excuse…"Just didn't sleep well. Kinda tired."

The werewolf nodded in sympathy. "Oh man, that's the worst. Hopefully, there'll be some films in class today so you can catch up on it."

Deuce nodded in agreement as he turned into the hall with his locker. He hadn't lied exactly. He just hadn't told his friend the whole truth but how could he? Clawd was a good manster but Deuce didn't think he'd understand. Deuce was worried. The note he'd left last night had been on impulse…especially the offer to talk but…He didn't regret the offer, not really. The person had helped him out and Deuce didn't mind having another friend. On the other hand, if Cleo ever found out he'd written something like that, she'd put the worst spin on it possible which would equal another blow out and if the girl took him up on the offer, how was he supposed to explain it to Cleo.

He sighed. Why did it all have to be so complicated? Why couldn't the ghoul just have told him in person and then he could have said thank you and they could have hung out while Cleo was busy? No muss, no fuss, just a new friend. It should be simple but it wasn't and it wouldn't be if the ghoul actually answered back and he was honestly torn on that. He wanted her to answer back because she seemed nice and Deuce liked dealing with nice people, there just weren't enough of them. He wanted her to not answer because he didn't want the complications it would cause.

The constant struggle between all of his thoughts had kept him up most of the night. Looking up, he noticed there was no note taped to his locker and he frowned in disappointment. Whatever else, the notes had made him smile. Still, he couldn't fault someone for not wanting to risk Cleo's wrath. He certainly didn't and she loved him.

Clawd waved as he headed off towards the gym to watch Draculaura practice and Deuce motioned that he'd be there in a minute as he opened up his locker to dump his books in. Suddenly, a glint of green caught his eye. The ghoul had left a note. She just hadn't taped it to the locker this time. Trading the books for the envelope, he looked up and down the hall. It was mostly empty and no sign of
Spectra so he opened the note and began to read.

"Hi, I'm glad that I helped and that you're happy again. You don't owe me anything. I was just happy to help. I'm glad you think I'm nice because I think you're nice too and I'd really like to talk to you but…well…just not a good idea. I can't meet you because 1. You really wouldn't like me if you knew me and 2. Cleo wouldn't like us hanging out together, not trying to be mean but, really, it would just cause you more fights and I don't want that. Same with texting. You'd know who I was. I thought for awhile we could just do the notes like this but I know that won't work either. Taping the notes on your locker is going to be noticed really soon. Kinda amazing it hasn't been brought up yet though I know she got mad about the one I showed you which is why this one is in your locker not on your locker. But, anyway, it's still not going to work. We keep taping things on your locker and it's going to soon turn into a rumor or someone other than one of us will grab the note or just…lots of things could go wrong. So, anyway, I'm rambling but the point of it is…I'm glad you're happy again and I don't want to do anything to risk that so, thanks for the offer but I won't take you up on it and this will be my last note. –SN"

********Not the End*****Will Be Continued*******