Welcome back! I want to wish everyone a special Valentine's Day and I want to thank everyone who reviewed so far. So this is the list of everyone who reviewed. Thanks everyone! To everyone who has read and supported ANTB so far! Eleven chapters is a big sum for me. I think the story will be around twenty chapters. It just depends on how far I want to go. Of course I will still write in the Beauty Pop category after this. - I might even write a naruxkiri. Who knows? I also want to try a one-shot so look for that soon! Anyways, here is your long-awaited next chapter. I hope it will be thrilling!

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"What is the web address again?" Stratton asked.

" Rena answered. Stratton typed in the address and a video began to play. It was Jacob.

"I know a lot of people have seen a video of me doing something I should not have done. I made this video to say that I'm sorry. I don't even know how to explain how sorry I am", Jacob said with an emotionless expression on his face, "I don't even care if you continue to hate me after this, as long as people know that I made a mistake and I learned from it. I did not know what I was doing and I was stupid. I need to apologize to everyone that voted at the haircut battle and most importantly, I need to apologize to Rena. It was not fair to her. She went out there and did her best and I took it all away from her. The credit for winning the haircut battle should go to her. I definitely do not deserve anything. I could keep apologizing, but it still would not be enough to make up for what I have done. Thank you for your time and I hope all of you will not hate me so much for this."

Rena gaped in surprise at the video. He apologized?!!!! He even apologized to me? What's with this guy?

"Stratton?" Rena said without removing her eyes from the screen.

"What?" he asked.

"I feel really bad now. He's the one who cheated and I feel like the guilty one", Rena replied.

"I know. " he said with a sigh.

"Suddenly, he doesn't seem like a bad guy after all." Rena said.

Then they sat in silence, thinking about what they had done.

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"Hey Stratton", Rena greeted. It was another club meeting. The first one since the haircut battle.

"Hey Rena. What's up?' he smiled.

"Uh nothing really. Just waiting for the club to start." she answered.

Ryan came in with his skateboard tucked in his arm. Then he sat in a nearby desk and stared at the wall, looking bored. He had spiked up his hair today, so wearing a hat would have been useless. He wore a blue shirt that had the famous stars and straps symbol and blue and black shorts. His shoes were blue and black skater shoes.

Samantha and Jamia walked in, arguing again about something. Samantha's outfir was themed around purple and white. A purple dress covered in white lace and ribbons. Her hair was put up in loose buns and and purple and white lacy bow covered the top of her head. She wore white tights and purple high heeled mary jane shoes.

Jamia wore a black t-shirt with a long sleeved black shirt, black tight pants and her black boots. Her hair was left normal and her eyes were perfectly lined in black. The rest of her face was left alone.

Sarah came in timidly with her hair in pig tails and wearing glasses. She wore a light pink zip-up jacket and a white skirt that went to her knees. White socks were bunched around her ankles and her white tennis shoes had pink laces. Sarah blushed when she noticed Rena staring at her.

"I...uh...it just wasn't my style!" she protested.

"It's ok", Rena smiled.

Samantha hovered around Sarah and demanded, "Why did you change back? You looked so cute?"

"I...uh...i...thought...i", she stammered, looking confused. Rena put an arm around her shoulder and smiled.

"Leave her alone. Chill. She's delicate", Rena told Samantha. Samantha rolled her eyes as if to say, whatever and walked away.

"Thanks", Sarah said quietly.

"No problem", Rena reassured her.

Rena clapped her hands and said, "Okay, it's time to start the club. Everyone should know what to do by now."

Rena stretched her hands and got ready to work. She was in the mood to practice hair cutting. For the rest of the meeting, Rena worked hard and only paused to give Sarah some tips and making sure everything was going smoothly.

When Rena looked at her watch, she was shocked to see that two whole hours had gone by.

"Uh guys, it's 5:00", she announced. Ryan's eyes opened wide and he leaped out of his chair.

"I need to meet my friends at the skate park!" he exclaimed. Then he ran out the door.

Samantha waved goodbye and yelled, "See you guys later!" Jamia followed after her.

Sarah finished cutting her mannequin head and packed up her stuff. When Sarah finally left the room, Stratton looked towards Rena.

"Are you going to walk home right now?" he asked her.

"Yeah, why?" she answered. He shrugged and picked up his bag.

"I dunno. I just thought that maybe I could walk you home", Stratton mumbled.

"Alright, are you sure you want to? Do you live near here my house at all?" Rena questioned.

"Well, kind of. Anyways, let's go. It's already late", He suggested.

"I agree. Let's go", she stated. Then they both walked out of the room into the darkened hallway. The sky was purplish-bluish-pinkish and the colors contrasted together into a shade of pure bliss.

They walked for a few minutes in silence, but when they got outside of the school, Stratton struck up a conversation again.

"So, are you a sophomore or a freshman?" Stratton said.

"I'm a freshman", Rena answered as she kicked a rock that skittered off the grey sidewalk and onto the street covered in shadows from the trees under the setting sun.

"Oh well I'm a sophomore", he added with a grin. Rena thought, I know. You signed up for my club remember?

"What made you decide to become a beautician?" Stratton inquired. Rena sighed and prepared for her story.

"When I was eight, I wasn't very popular at school and everyone called me "helmet-head" because of my hair. It was terrible. All of the boys made fun of me and I didn't have any friends. But then I met Kiri Koshiba and she gave me a haircut that changed my life. I wasn't the loser I used to be. I know you're probably thinking that why would you be friends with people that couldn't accept you for who you are? The thing is that that hair wasn't me and when Kiri cut my hair it was if she had uncovered myself. I felt like a new person. It inspired me to help other girls like me and help them find themselves. It's not just about making girls prettier. It's also about helping girls find their confidence and help them be the people they want to be. I want to make a difference in this world", she told him with a dreamy look in her eyes. They continued walking down the empty street, the sky now completely darkened.

"Wait, you mean the Kiri Koshiba? The best beautician in Japan?" Stratton blurted out. Rena nodded and turned to look Stratton in eyes.

"Wow, I never knew. That's pretty impressive", he said quietly. He followed after Rena when she turned a corner.

"I didn't expect you to", she told him with serious tone. A couple minutes of silence followed her statement.

Rena stopped suddenly when she realized she had finally reached her house. The house looked somber. There wasn't any light emanating from the windows. Mom must be out again, she thought.

Then Rena turned to Stratton and said, "Well this is my stop. Thanks for walking me home." She looked up and met his eyes again.

"It was no problem. Plus, I couldn't let a girl walk home all by herself in the dark", he added.

They both looked in each other's eyes for a few small seconds without saying anything. Then, Stratton looked away and said, "I better go. My homework is burning a hole in my backpack."

Then after a short wave goodbye, he began to walk back down the street. Rena stared after him, wishing he didn't have to go.

A couple of minutes later, after Stratton was completely out of sight, Rena realized she had spaced out. She shook her head and took out her key to unlock the door.

She entered the dark home and closed the door behind her. Rena began the small journey up her stairs and entered her room with a sigh. When she closed the door and jumped on her bed, she finally realized that a small blush had appeared on her cheeks.

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Sorry for taking longer than a week. I feel bad for doing that to you guys. But fear not for I will post two chapters next week! I will promise you this on this chapter because if I don't put this in writing, then I will end up failing you all. I know my chapters are kinda short, they average around a thousand words, but I update kinda quick, so it's all good. I've just been kinda behind because my teachers are evil and they love torturing me with homework. But because I love you guys so much, I write out my story on paper during in math so I can type it faster. Don't fear for my math grade because I have a B ! HA HA! I pown multi-tasking! Okay, I'll let you guys go because you are probably really tired of my weirdo-crazy-on crack-delirious speech. Muwah! I blow a kiss to all of my fans cuz' I love you all! Happy V-Day! Or for all you bah humbugs Happy S.A.D. day!(Single Awareness Day)

Also, I have a poll on my profile with a list of all the characters (at least just the important ones in the story). You only get one vote, so think CAREFULLY! The poll will run until the last chapter of this story and then it's over! I will tell you the results on the last chapter. I have also enabled anonymous reviews for all of you lazy people who don't want to sign in or haven't made an account yet. So no excuses this time! Jk jk…. I also know there are more than seventeen people that read this story so review dang it! And vote! You don't even have to review if you don't feel like it but at least vote! But still keep in mind the five review rule. I might change it to ten reviews but not until I post a couple more chapters. Now I will finally let you go. Sorry for turning this into an author note/chapter. See you next time and please review! XD Dang, I don't know how I managed to type all of this. It must be the sugar rush from Valentine's Day candy….

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Camisado by Panic! At The Disco(I don't care if they took the exclamation o

Next chapter:

Something is announced(What could it be?) and more things develop