"The next topic of today's meeting is . . ." Milly paused for a minute, glancing around the table and taking in everyone's expression. I'm guessing it was full of bored looks, since we had just spent the last hour and a half deciding what color we should paint the new Student Council office. Everyone was open for anything, except Millie and Rivalz. They thought the color was an important attribute to one's learning environment. Finally though, they all agreed on a soft neutral tone after Lelouch stepped in. And everyone was thankful for that, but Milly still didn't think we had discussed enough for one meeting, so she decided to continue and start something else. "ZERO!" A few heads looked up and met the eyes of Milly. I looked down the table at Kallen, who coughed lightly into her hand, giving a slight shake of her head.

"Awwwhh, come on Miss. President, we don't want to talk about that scoundrel! He's an insult to Britannia! And I'm sure you're new fiancé would wouldn't you talking about such things." Rivalz said quickly, shaking his head back and forth, causing his blue locks to dance around his face.

"Now, now Rivalz, I am Miss. President and I think it is an excellent topic to discuss! I want to get everyone's input on what they think of the new masked man!" Milly's smile widened as she looked eagerly out on all the faces at the table, probably hoping to get a reaction out of someone. "Don't be shy. Come on, someone say something."

The room stayed silent for a moment, everyone looking at everyone else waiting for someone to say something. They were probably afraid of what would happen if they voiced their opinion. If they said that he was wrong, then they'd come off as rude and possibly offend Suzaku, who is an honorary Britannian. And if they say he is right to what he is doing, then they'd be standing up against Britannia itself, which could be called treason if they wrong person heard it.

"So, no one has anything to say about him?" Milly's lower lip putted out, sad that no one was excited about her idea of a great discussion. She looked at a few select faces around the table, trying to give them looks to speak up and that people want to hear what they have to say and then her eyes fell on me.

"What about you Mimi? You never get involved in our discussions, what do you think of the Leader of the Elevens?" Everyone's eyes followed Milly's till they were all on me, causing me to squirm under all their stares. I looked across the table at Momo and her silver eyes took on a hardness. She was in the military, so she hated Zero and what would my best friend think of me, if she knew I agreed with him? Would she then hate me too?

"Well, um . . .I kind of think he's interesting." I looked around the table and met everyone's eyes and I was shocked to see that even Lelouch was looking at me. His amethyst eyes bored into mine as if he was trying to read what was on my mind. I felt a blush rise to my cheeks, so I quickly looked away.

"Really? Do you mind if I ask why?" Milly rested her head on her upturned hand, intrigued to what I was saying.

"No, not at all. We are all friends here right?" I laughed and gave a sweet smile. "I don't actually know why, but I guess, now I'm not against our government or anything, but I kind of agree with what he's doing." A few people broke out in whispers, probably shocked about what I had said and a few others just stared. Lelouch smiled, his eyes sparkling mischievously before looking over at Milly.

"I'd have to say I agree with Mimi." Milly's eyes left my face and looked over at Lelouch, her gray eyes wide and growing excited. She nodded Lelouch on, hoping that he'd continue and possibly get a few other people into the discussion. Secretly I think she was hoping for a debate to break out and make things really interesting, but with Milly, there was never really telling. "Well, he seems smart and from I could get, he doesn't want to hurt people, just help the Elevens."

"But there are ways to do that without going against the military." I looked over at Suzaku, shocked that he spoke up. He usually stayed quiet and didn't say much. He didn't think he really fit in here. He looked around the table before taking a breath and continuing on. "I think that if the right people try and join the military then maybe we can fix it from the inside."

Lelouch furrowed his brows, resting his head on us up raised palm. "But what do you do Suzaku, when what needs to be fixed, doesn't want to?" Suzaku stayed silent, probably not knowing what to say to that and I had to agree. I had never heard of or seen the government do anything to try to fix what they destroyed. Japan used to be a peaceful place, I remembered from when I was younger. Everything just seemed easier, people were happier and it didn't matter where you were from or how much money your parents made. We were all just people, but then things went wrong and now look at us today. We have the rich and the poor and of course the rich are the more powerful.

"But how can Zero, fix by destroying? I personally don't think that is possible." I was pulled back into the conversation at the sound of Momo's voice. It wasn't soft, like it usually was when she talked, but stronger and when she mentioned Zero's name, hate was dripping from it. This made it obvious to me of how she really saw Zero. She hated him, with a fiery passion.

Lelouch looked over at Momo and smirked, dropping his palm from his face. He gave a nonchalant shrug of his shoulders before saying, "I guess will find out, because I have a feeling he's not going to be going anywhere for quite a while." The table fell into an uneasy silence and I couldn't help but notice the glare that Momo was shooting towards Lelouch, who seemed unaffected by it. He continued to smirk while he wrote something else down on the piece of paper in front of him.

Milly stood up and started to ramble about something getting a few people's attentions while others continued to sit and think over what was just said and I couldn't help but wonder what was to come in the near future and what my part would be in it all. Zero had personally told me that he wanted me to work for him, but I was never really one to like to work for people. But who knew, maybe this is what I had been waiting for all along.

My way to change everything.

"I hope this isn't going to be another one of those pointless trips." I sighed leaning my face against the glass of the window. The scenery was flying by, just a mass of greens and browns.

"Milly assigned it Mimi, you know it's going to be pointless." I glanced over my shoulder smiling at Momo, who had a small smirk on her face. She had a book laid out on her lap, which she had been reading since we got on this small train. I shook my head, my purple curls bouncing wildly before turning back and looking out the window. Milly, our wonderful Student Council President, thought it would be a great idea to go on a little trip! Our reasoning, welcoming Suzaku Kururgi to the Student Council once again. It was starting to make me wonder how many parties we could actually throw for one person because they joined the Council and not to mention that he wasn't even able to come to his own welcoming trip, if you could call it that. Then again, it probably didn't matter since they were all Milly's ideas. She could do whatever she wanted, not only was she president, but she was also the granddaughter of Ashford Academy's owner, allowing her to do whatever she wanted.

Which was bad for most of us and meant we had no choice in the matter. We did what Milly wanted, no matter how ridiculous or awful we thought they were. It's just how things went around here and I guess it did get us out of class sometimes. That was a good thing and meant no homework!

Momo and I continued to sit in a comfortable silence and I sighed, leaning my head against the cool glass of the window. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly and the window fogged up. The ride was kind of boring and I was hoping to sit with some friends, but they were all really full and Momo didn't want to sit with anyone else. She had been distant from everyone lately since we all found out that she was in the military. I don't think that really bothered her that everyone knew, I think her father had done something to her. Again. I had seen her pull down the sleeve of her shirt, probably hiding fresh bruises. Her dad was such an ass sometimes.

I drew a smiley face in the fog on the glass and pulled away, pulling my legs up under me and looked around the cart that we were sitting in. Momo continued to sit there and read her book perfectly content and I sighed, the boredom continuing to grow. I needed something to do or I was going to go crazy!

"Hey, Momo, do you know how much longer till we get there?" Momo didn't look up from her book but turned the page and shrugged her shoulders, causing a curl to fall in front of her face.

"I'm sure we'll be there any minute Mimi. Just be patient." I rolled my eyes and pouted, throwing my head back against the seat and looked back out the window. The scenery hadn't even changed. How many trees could actually be on this Earth? Momo was right a few minutes later, the train slowly came to a stop and the doors of carts were thrown open and laughter and chatter filled the hallway of the train.

"FINALLY!" I jumped up and threw my arms in the air, a smile stretched across my face. I quickly pulled my luggage down and grabbed Momo's out behind me. She slowly stood up from her chair and tucked her book into her bag and smiled.

"See, I told you we'd be there any minute." Momo grabbed her luggage and left the cart. My smile grew and I chased after her, only to bump into someone in the small, cramped hallway. Two arms, slowly wrapped around me and steadied, keeping me from falling on the floor. I slowly looked up and my eyes met two amethyst ones, that held amusement.

"Alright there?" A smirk slowly grew on Lelouch's pale face and I instantly felt my cheeks heat up and my breathing to catch in my throat. Not trusting my voice, all I could do was nod. Lelouch's smirk grew and he nodded his head and he slowly unwrapped his arms from around me. "Mimi right? Your Momo's friend?" I nodded again, staring up at him with wide eyes. Lelouch's smirk changed to a warm smile, and he nodded his head.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Mimi." He stared at me for a beat longer and then through his bag over his shoulder and slowly walked off, I stood there, stunned for a minute, before I was able to get my composure back under control.

Lelouch Lamperouge knew my name and he actually talked to me. I think it was safe to say that today was going to be a really, really good day.