Emma was eating her breakfast by herself the next morning when someone sat down next to her. She turned and found herself facing Tancred. "What do you want?" She wondered impatiently.

"I need to tell you something." said Tancred.

"Then tell me,"

Tancred ignored the anger in her voice and told her about what Ben had said the night before. "Em, he doesn't care about you. This is just a game to him and you're just the trophy."

"I don't believe you, Tancred Torsson!" Emma exploded, "Why are you so jealous? I finally find myself a good guy and you have to go and tell me lies about him so that way I won't see him anymore!"

"I'm not lying, Emma. I would never lie to you." Tancred sent a violent wind through the cafeteria. Trays and food went everywhere. Emma's plate hit Tancred in the face, and it wasn't because of the wind.

"You do lie to me. You're lying to me right now." She said and stomped away towards Ben.

The liar put his arm around Emma and walked away. Before he left the cafeteria, he looked at Tancred and mouthed, "Your loss,"

Tancred gritted his teeth and pounded his fists on the table.

"Tanc, what's wrong?" Lysander came up beside his friend.

"That loser, Ben. He's acting chivalrous just to get Emma. He's actually a jerk. But to Emma, he's a saint and I'm the jerk."

"Well, what are you going to do about it?" Lysander wondered.

Tancred thought for a moment, then said, "Nothing. I'm going to sit back and watch her get hurt. It's her fault for not believing me. She should trust me. I've been her friend for a long time, and he's only known her for a little while. I want her to come to me and apologize. I want her to tell me she was wrong."

Lysander shook his head. "We were right about you. Last night we decided that you're losing it, Tanc. Until you get your head back, we don't want to talk to you."

As Lysander walked away, Tancred plopped down on the bench in defeat. He had just lost his friends. He'd lost his best friend, and his crush. This just wasn't his day.


"This is a lost cause," Olivia decided. She was talking with Lysander about how to get Emma and Tancred together before the Moonlit Ball in a month. Emma was becoming lovesick with Ben, and Tancred was just going insane, "We should just let them figure this out themselves."

Lysander nodded, "I agree. We shouldn't have pointed Emma out to Ben. We started all of this."

Olivia agreed. "I wish we had thought this through."

"I know. We would have saved so much trouble. I kind of feel bad for Tancred."

"Me too. I never thought they'd get this torn up over a really nice guy."

"Actually, Tancred was saying something about Ben being a jerk."

"Well, that's just Tancred's opinion. Of coarse, he's always called Ben a hen. I saw him help an old lady cross a street before." Olivia told him.

"So, what are we going to do?"

"Let's say that Tancred's right. We need to get Emma to realize the true side of Ben."

"So we're going to believe him? Does that mean we're making up with him?" Lysander wondered.

"No, not yet." Olivia said, "Emma and Tancred really care about each other and they don't deserve anyone else. They're our best friends and I can't stand to see them like this. Even though we're angry at them, we've got to help."

Lysander noticed she was thinking really hard after she finished talking, "What?"

"Ben would be good in the drama department if he's really acting like he's nice. He'd make a good choice for the play we're doing."

Lysander rolled his eyes, "Olivia, now's not the time for that!"

She blushed with embarrassment. "Sorry, it was just a thought."


i wonder what the plan was? seriously, i wonder what their plan is, i don't know. I'll think about it tonight and update tomorrow, if I get at least 2 reviews, which i know won't be a problem. it sucks that Emma didn't believe Tancred and that he's goint insane, in Olivia's words. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo, alliey1213