-------------Lunch-dates and Discoveries------------

Z woke up to a light knocking on her door.

THUD!

"Ouch…." she was now on the floor. She looked over at her clock. "Only 8:00.…. This'd better be good." she grumbled.

She opened the door a crack. "Hello?"

Near was standing there, in all his white pajama glory. "Hello…..is this a bad time?"

Z blushed. "One second…" She slipped on a black top and some jeans, then quickly ran the hairbrush through her hair. (A/N: Don't act like that's never happened to you before…XD)

She opened the door and stepped out. "Yes?"

Near just jumped right to the point. "Would you be as nice as to accompany me for lunch today……if you can't, that's perfectly fine."

"Sure. Fine with me." Z said, trying not to squeal like a fangirl on crack.

Near gave a little smile. "Thank you for your time."

Z shut the door quietly…..

"SOOOOOO……"

Z jumped.

"….Heard you got a date with the sheep." R said, with a slight smirk on her face.

"It's nothing. Just - lunch. You and I have lunch all the time and it means nothing."

"Well, that's different. We're both girls, best friends, I might add, and both straight- right?"

"Yes."

"But YOUR having lunch with a boy- a sheepie boy." R teased.

"Well, R, at least I'M not in love with a fag, and, didn't notice it 'till I saw him making out with his best friend……"

R's eyes narrowed. "Shut up."

Well, the truth was, when lunch time came, Z couldn't be happier. And, he was easy to find….

She sat down beside Near.

……….Silence.

Eventually, one of them had to speak, and it was, surprisingly, Near. "How is school?" Near (and the author, for that matter) silently cursed themselves for making a lame first-thing to say to a girl.

Z shrugged. "I'm good, but, I'm struggling a bit in math. I think I can pull through, though."

Near smiled. "I can tutor you, If you'd like, of course."

***

Mello and Matt sat down together, like they usually did, when, (yes…so predictable it almost HURTS….)

Mello glanced over and saw Z and Near talking, and now and then, laughing. Mello smirked. "Hmmm……what do we have here?"

Then, Matt, with a bunch of corn in his mouth, might I add, said "Well, it looks like Near and Z are on a date."

Mello rolled his eyes. "Your lucky your cute…."

***

Z was walking (or floating, rather) with R to their dorm when they walked into Mello, smiling.

EVIL smiling.

"Did your date go well?" he said mockingly.

Then, to his surprise, Z smiled evilly as well. "Yes. It went lovely. Thank you for asking."

Then, Matt came out, singing a off-key tune to the dreaded "Tree" song.

"NEAR AND Z SITTIN' IN A TREE…."

Then, Z piped up and sang to the top of her lungs: "DON'T YOU WISH YOUR BOY FRIEND WAS HOT LIKE MINE?" then she laughed, not like a "HAHAHAHA" sound, but more along the lines of "MUHAHAHAH!", knowing she'd won, and slammed her door.

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A/N: That was one of my better chapters, I must say. A thanks is in order to Yoru K-Chan for un-blocking my writer's block and give me an idea of a plot-line for the story. THANK YOU!!!!! ^^

And to everyone else I say: BRING ON THE REVEIWZ! : 3

~LBR