FE Frog: Oh. My. God. I finally finished it! *dances around*

Oddly enough, I had most of this typed, up until she's leaving the little store since, like, February... But never knew what to write! I had no idea what my little problem was going to be... AND NOW I FIGURED IT OUT! So there's going to be more chapters than I thought there was going to be... Unless I randomly change it because I can't figure out how to work around this problem... Turns out rereading it really helps! And rereading all your reviews too... For inspiration~

So hopefully you guys are still out there, somewhere. And for the record, remember that story I was telling you guys about? (I don't like to think of it as a book to be a little mdoest... XD)The original one? I Finished the first draft yesterday XD ANdsince I got to stay home today (long story short, there was no point in going to school cause I wouldn't have any classes) I didn't work on my biology project which is due on Friday, nor did I study for my Religion unit test tomorrow JUST so I could re read this, finish the chapter, think of ideas for the next one (already started writing) AND come up with a brand new (actually more like MAJORLY modified) plot for the possible sequel... All for you guys. SO BE HAPPY!

Anyways, dunno if you guys are still going to read this, but... Thank you too:

XxSecretStoriesxX
anonymous (dunno who you are XD)
HaveAHeart0301
spygirly
and HotDiggetyDog *starts singing Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song* Keke, sorry ^^

Enjoy guys!

"Sooooo..." Mia sighed, fiddling with a random pencil, "Whatchya gonna do now?" The purple haired freshman had been sitting on the love seat in the Princess' room listening to her highness rant on and on and on about... Oh, Goddess, what was it she was mumbling about again?

Elincia continued sobbing into her pillow, "I still can't believe he-he-he..." and she started bawling again.

Mia put the pencil down, "I think you're over reacting."

The Princess shot her roommate a death-glare. If looks could kill... "You have no idea what it's like to have such a wonderful boyfriend!"

Yeah... Wonderful alright. He did make the right choice in dumping her. Goddess, she's impossible to live with... Mia rolled her eyes, picking up a hairband and absently stretching it between her two fingers, "Listen, I've had some experience, believe it or not. Haven't you noticed I have an awesome boyfriend now?"

"Oh yeah, him..." Elincia's mascara had given up running and just totally came off into the pillow. She didn't look like a Princess in this state, and Mia couldn't help but feel even a little bit of sympathy towards her. Not enough to actually show it, of course. Elincia trembled, "At least you have a boyfriend! I've never gone this long between boyfriends!"

Mia blinked, "Er... you do know it's only been 10 hours, right?"

"Exactly!" she began bawling into the pillow again.

Mia stretched the rubber band so far, it snapped and flung itself at the open door.

"Ow." came a barely audible voice, "Who flung that?"

Elincia cried harder, while Mia jumped from her seat and ran out, jumping at her boyfriend. After a quick kiss, she whispered, so Elincia could not hear her, "Thank you, Ike... You saved me."

Elincia listened for the door that closed. Mia was gone. She grinned, now to get on with the plan.

-oOo-

Nephenee was at the library studying for a huge test Prof. Mizarsky had planned for the class.

The fire crackled in the fireplace, two seniors, by the looks of it, snuggling on the couch in front of it. Nephenee was envious, wishing she had someone who she could snuggle up to on cold days like today. Of course, the only one that came to mind was an impossible candidate. Instead, the turquoise-haired girl concentrated on her studying, making sure she would not fail this test. No, she needed the best grades. That's all her family expected from her; that's all she expected from herself. There could be no distractions from her and her education.

Someone new entered the library, but as always, Nephenee didn't bother to look. Not until the new-comer sat in front of her, that is.

"Hello!" the girl greeted.

Nephenee looked up from her book to see Geoffrey's sister smiling at her. Lucia, was it? She raised a hand, "Hi."

Lucia pulled out some of her own books while also draping her brown pea-coat around the back of her chair, "What are you doing here all alone? Isn't my Geoffy your study-buddy?" she dropped her heavy books onto the solid wood table, "He talks about you a lot. Thinks you're really nice, and sweet, and extremely smart."

Once again, even mentioning Geoffrey actually telling others about her made Nephenee blush, "Really, now?"

The blue-haired noble nodded, "Mm-hm. He also..." Lucia looked around before leaning in to whisper, "... He also thinks you're really pretty."

Nephnee's blush grew, making her face a startling red that contrasted rather unpleasantly with her hair, "R-really?"

"Yup. He always seemed to notice those kinds of things in the normal people." Lucia opened her book to the appropriate page, "Then again, I doubt you're all that normal if Geoffrey's taken a liking to you. And then Elincia... maaan, I think she's jealous."

Well that's reassuring! Nephenee thought sarcastically, The last thing I need is to make enemies with the Princess! Nephenee chuckled, "What's there to be jealous about? Elincia has Geoffrey wrapped around her finger. She's a Princess! Who wouldn't fall for her charms?"

It was then that Lucia's face went dark, "You haven't heard?"

That was a bit unnerving. Nephenee furrowed her eyebrows, "Er... heard what?"

"Last night at the Apostle's ball, Geoffrey dumped Elincia. It was HUGE! It really looks bad on Elincia's reputation too."

Holy sh- Nephenee put a hand to her mouth in shock, "Oh, Goddess... Really?" She had forgotten to look over the latest issue of that magazine Calill always had lying around. It was a huge shock, yet a little part of her was doing a cute little chibi happy dance, knowing now she actually did have a chance. Wait... she had a chance? No way! How many times did she have to repeat that to herself? Geoffrey was a God to most girls in Crimea. He was hot, smart, and rich. How much better could it get? There was no way a lowly farm girl could even hope to get a guy like him. And that's, what, the 5th time she explained that?

Lucia pulled out a granola bar from her bag and opened it, "Well, they weren't the best together, anyway. No offense to Elincia, but she was starting to get on my nerves as well. I miss the old Elincia, where she was always so cheerful and happy, willing to get into trouble, but definitely not the kind of trouble she's in now. I also feel bad for her," she stopped to take a bite, "a lot has happened in her life, and I guess that's just her way of coping."

That was exactly what Geoffrey had said before... But, really, Nephenee just thought that fame had done it to her. Pressure from the media. It happened to everyone. "Well," Nephenee collected her books, "I have to go home, okay?" she put her books in her bag quickly and grabbed her coat, scarf and gloves. Before leaving, she waved to Lucia, "I'll see you, er... Later! Bye!" And with that, she was gone.

-oOo-

"Nepheneeeeeeeeeee!" came the shrill. Nephenee groaned and leanded back to grab her pillow, holding it on her head, trying her best to cover her ears. That didn't stop Calill. The blonde burst into Nephenee's room, "What are you doing, Neph?" she squealed. So much for trying to do that essay due tomorrow...

"Isn't it obvious?" her voice was muffled by the bag of feathers, "I'm trying to work."

Calill huffed, "Well, you're not trying very hard if you're talking to me."

Nephenee removed the pillow from her face, giving Calill the classic 'WTF?' look. She rolled her eyes, "Well, since I'm not getting any sleep today, what did you want?"

The blonde came and sat down on her friend's bed, immediately going into panic mode, "Something is wrong with Marcia!"

That got her. Nephenee stared at her roommate wide eyed, "What happened?"

Calill's lip was quivering, "Marcia, she's... She's... She's putting on make-up."

Nephenee both wanted to laugh as well as slap Calill across the face for being so mean, but the latter stayed in her head.

Calill put her hands on her hips and set her face in a stern glare at her shy roommate, "It's not that funny! It's scary! Now come talk to Marcia, because she just keeps telling me to shut up and leave her alone."

Nephenee's laughter stopped and she rolled her eyes, "How am I not surprised..." But she got up anyway to help her friends-in-need. She left her own room for the bathroom, where Marcia truly was applying mascara. Miraculously, she didn't mess up or accidentally poke her eye as Nephenee often did.

Marcia's face lit up when she saw Nephenee enter through the mirror, "Neph!" She spun around, "Do I look okay? Is it too much?"

"Marcia..." Nephenee sighed, "Why are you doing this?"

The pink haired girl sweat-dropped, "I have a date."

"Oh."

Calill came in behind Nephenee, being careful to stay behind... Nephenee. "Yeah. A date with that red-headed guy we saw at the mall. The grumpy one."

Marcia's face turned red and she picked up a Kleenex box from the counter and threw it. Calill thought she was safe behind her turquoise haired shield, but the box rebounded off the wall and hit Calill in the back. "He's not grumpy! If he was grumpy he wouldn't have sought me out between classes and asked me out!"

Nephenee rolled her eyes again, "He is grumpy. One of his cousins lives in Ohma and he came to town a couple times. The only time he's not grumpy is when he's had too much to drink, but you don't want to see him the morning after."

Marcia's eyes widened, "Holy shit... You know him?"

Nephenee took a step back, "I don't know him personally. I only talked to him once when he bumped into me on my way back from a friend's place. He was drunk and it wasn't a pleasant meeting."

The pinkette grabbed her roommate by the shoulders, "Tell me whatever you know!"

Now Nephenee was scared, and Calill even flashed her a sympathetic look, but it was obvious she was just about as curious as her pink-haired counter part. "I-I-I... He's, like, 24. My parents like his cousin just fine and he always talks about him..." Nephenee looked down at her watch, "Now would ya look at that! I have to go for my daily walk! See ya!" Nephenee sprinted for the door, hearing the last few loud exchanges before she shut the door on the noise.

Peace at last... She thought, casually making her way down the hallway. It was only five o'clock, and she knew the little store right outside her building was open, which meant she could go down and get a coffee and some chocolate, or just the latter.

In the little store Nephenee was greeted by the young woman behind the register. The store was empty and probably had been for a while.

"How's it goin'?" Nephenee asked politely.

The woman behind the register sighed and leaned against the counter, "Slowly. The last person came in about 20 minutes ago. He was pretty hot too, but he was huge." The woman smiled, "You?"

Nephenee shrugged, "Life could be better, but it's going pretty well." She went over to the shelf where all the chocolate was set up.

The woman who was behind the cash register came up from behind Nephenee and grabbed a chocolate bar whose wrapping was a shiny gold color, "These are the best, if you ask me." She tucked her messy blonde hair behind an ear and pulled down the wrapper to take a little bite, "The best chocolate comes from Gallia."

Nephenee chuckled, "That's arguable. I find the best chocolate is from Persis." She picked up a large bar of chocolate and held it up.

The blonde leaned in, almost pressing her face up against the chocolate. Her cat-like purple eyes were examining it thoroughly. Then she sniffed. "Smells good."

"Are you Gallian?" the question came out before Nephenee could even think it over. The blonde young woman had all the Gallian features: slanted feline eyes, a sensitive nose, and... a biased opinion.

She snorted, "Yes. So? What of it?" She poked Nephenee's shoulder, "Are you from Begnion? You're bluntness makes it apparent."

Nephenee stepped back, face turning red, "Um... I'm actually from Crimea. I'm from a little farming village. I'm sorry if I offended you, I was only curious."

The blonde backed off and smirked, "You know, I like you." She held out a hand, "Name's Lyre. Lyre Hendres."

Nephenee felt a smile creep onto her own face, "Nice to meet you, Lyre. I'm Nephenee. Nephenee O'Malley."

Lyre chuckled, "Cute." She went back to her cash register and continued eating her chocolate, slipping in a piece of gold for it. "You gonna buy that?" She nodded towards the chocolate in Nephenee's hands.

Nephenee smiled, I think I will. I have this craving right now."

The Gallian nodded, "I know exactly what you're talking about. Except mine usually come when my sister is around."

"Really now?" The Crimean took out a piece of gold from her pocket and put it on the counter.

Lyre sighed, "Yup. She's my twin... And absolutely infuriating sometimes. She's in Gallia... I kind of miss her, actually."

"Do you go to the university here?"

She laughed, putting the gold in the cash register. "Aren't you hilarious! The Begnions would NEVER let a common Gallian into their university. It's almost as bad as Daein, except at least Daein is trying to do something about it." She sighed again and leaned against the counter, "I came here to get out of my military service. In Gallia we HAVE to- No choice. Personally, I hate fighting... Or anything like that. Although I miss Gallia, so I think I'll go back eventually, whether I have to or not."

Nephenee looked at the blonde with sympathy, "Aw. I would hate fighting. Can't you do community service or something instead? I think they have that in Daein..."

"Nope."

Nephenee sighed, "Well, I wish you luck with that. I have to get going soon so I can finish my essay."

Lyre stretched out her arms, "Okay. See you later, Nepehenee!"

By 8 o'clock that night, Nephenee managed to finish her essay. How? Over chocolate of course! After her essay was done, though, there wasn't much left to do... She sat in the living room and tried watching some TV, but when the first channel was a gossip channel that was going over Elincia and Geoffrey's break up, she got up and went into the kitchen. She left the TV on in case something interesting came up.

Neph was in the midst of making herself a cup of tea when she heard something that had her running back to the living room.

"... when Elincia began accusing him of cheating on her for another girl. The two were apparently seen in the university library together as one instance, again in a cafe on campus for a 'secret date' and-" Nephenee turned off the TV and fell back against the sofa. Cheating? Secret dates? Her? The latter was the biggest one. Never in her wildest dreams (or nightmares) did she think she could be in the news. Especially celebrity news.

One of the things that got her the most was... What were their sources? As much as she thought about any of the times she had been with him, replaying each moment carefully... They were jsut friends. Sure she wanted something different, but it never happened! They made it sound like she was just his secret plaything or something... It made her feel disgusting, whether she actually did those things or not.

The phone started ringing. Nephenee was too shocked to get up for it. She ignored the ringing and jsut sat there, eyes wide and mouth open. She thought about what Lucia had said, how he told her about everything. How he told many people... Was he the one who spread the rumors? No, he wouldn't. He wasn't like that... Right?

The ringing stopped and Nephenee was lying on the couch. What was she going to do?

FE Frog: Well, hopeful I can post the next chapter soon, cause I'm on a roll! I think... And I probably just jinxed myself... *knocks on wood*

I'm not too fond of this chapter, but... It was kinda, like, my comeback piece, so... :( Oh well, I'm a pessimist...

Oh... Now I'm sad. The review button isn't green anymore ;_; I've been gone too long...

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