After a few week, Grell's outburts was soon forgotten and things went back to normal. Scarlet decided that she would forget about William and find someone else to turn her attention to and being Grell's sister, teasing most of the men in the Shinigami dispatch, sounded like very good idea. When saying "most men", this included the young blonde, Ronald Knox, who had became very attatched the young red head over the past few weeks. Scarlet entered the cantine that day around 7:30 and made her usual over the top and dramatic entrance, turning the heads of the men.
"Hello boys!" She called out, flicking her hair back sexilly and fluttering her eyes. Andrew, who was walking up behind her, rolled his eyes at how well Scarlet could tease the men almost effortlessly.
"Helloooooo Scarlet!" Once of the boys called out, gazing at the young red head head in awe.
"Over here Scarlet!" Another shouted motioning her over. Scarlet giggled.
"Oh boys!" She teased. "Im only one woman" She said winking. As she watched the men arguing over who she was going to sit by, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see Ronald Knox standing behind her smiling.
"Boo!" He chuckled.
"Hi Ronnie" She said giggling and fluttering her eyes.
"I'm going out to the gardens to have my lunch" He said pointing outside. "Care to join me?" He asked, holding out him arm. Scarlet nodded and smiled.
"I'd love too Ronnie" She answered, linking her arm with his and walking with him outside.
Andrew walked back over a few minutes later and noticed Scarlet wasnt with the men, she was gone.
"Hey Thomas! Have you seen Scarlet?" He asked one of the guys.
"Ah she went off with Knox somewhere..." He grunted, rather pissed off that she was with Ronald and not him. Andrew's eyes widened in suprise.
"Ronald Knox?" He asked eagerly. "Why Ronald?"
"What do you care?" Thomas asked spitefully. "I heard you play for the other team anyway..." Andrew scowled and blushed at Thomas's comment. He then stormed out of the room to look for Scarlet. How could she do that? She knows i like Ronald? Why Ronald?
Meanwhile in the gardens, Scarlet and Ronald were sat on a bench next to the water fountain, sharing a bowl of ice cream Ronald had bought earlier in the cantine.
"This stuff is amazing!" Scarlet exclaimed, placing another spoonful of the delicious treat into her mouth.
"I know right?" Ronald chuckled. "Gotta love caramel!" Scarlet giggled and nodded in agreement as she finished off the last spoonfull. After rubbing her stomach satisfiedly, Scarlet sat and crossed her legs, trying to look as adorable as possible.
"So Ronnie..." She giggled. "What do we do now?" She asked flirtaciously. Ronald grinned as the girl slid closer to him.
"I think i have an idea.." He said. "Close your eyes.." Scarlet nodded and closed her eyes tightly. Ronald then took her face in his hands and pulled her close, placing a soft kiss on her lips. Scarlet jumped slightly as she felt Ronalds lips on her own. It wasnt that she didnt like it, she liked it a lot. But straight away, she thought about Andrew. She was betraying his trust by kissing his crush. Feeling immensely guilty about what she had just done, she pulled away from the kiss.
"Ronnie, I cant do this" She whined. Ronald blinked in suprise and frowned.
"Why? Whats wrong?" He asked. Scarlet sighed.
"Its Andrew...he really likes you and hed hate me if anything happened between me and you. It would break his heart and i cant do that to him Ronnie.." Ronald, rather suprised that the black haired boy had taken a shine to him, nodded in agreement.
"I totally understand.." He said softly. "Id do the same thing for a friend.." The two then stared into each others eyes as the situation became very awkward and Scarlet cleared her throat and stood up from the bench.
"I better go find Andy..." She said blushing. "He will be looking for me..." Ronald sighed and stood up.
"Yeah me too.." He said scratching the back on his head. "Got some paperwork to get done.." The two then went their seperate ways, Scarlet heading to look for Andrew and Ronald heading for his office.
(Andy's point of view)
After a while of searching for the red head, Andrew was about to give up and head back to him room when he saw something through the window that looked like Scarlet sat outside in the gardens with someone . He looked closer and saw that was her and Ronald sat outside. Andrew scowled and looked down at the floor. Its probably nothing... He hoped. He looked up again and saw Scarlet kissing Ronald. Andrews heart sank... No!.. He felt so stupid to have trusted Scarlet. I thought you were my friend... He scowled and stormed to his room, slamming the door behind him.