Only one day remained until the party.

Kirb paced nervously around ;Lavendara, small beads of sweat clinging to his neck. Kizuna hadn't responded via phone yet. Chris wondered if she was just going to show as Rollergal and pretend Kizuna didn't come… No, but she knew that he knew her real self. What on earth was she planning? Was she even going to show at all?

"I never should've pressured her like that…" he mumbled to himself, sitting beneath the shade of a tall purple tree. "I would've hated it if Alpha and the others did that to me…"

But it was too late. Explaining that he knew her double-identity now would cause even more last-minute confusion and explanations, and he wanted to procrastinate that sort of stuff for as long as possible.

"Gotcha!"

Kirb shrieked, caught unprepared by the redhead smirking down at him. The blue figure was soon thrown backward by his opponent's powerful fire fist, and he wasn't prepared enough to retaliate.

Lose! the game declared, the floaty white letters teasing Kirbopher by floating out of reach over his head. Smiling, Kirb put up his hands.

"Alright, alright. You ACTUALLY caught me lost in thought that time, not an excuse. What're you doing?" he asked, getting up with help from Alpha.

"Ah, not much. I was just going to see if Stephanie was online when I noticed you sitting all alone over here. What are YOU doing is the real question?"

Kirb looked down awkwardly. "Um, actually, I was thinking about tomorrow." He hadn't told his friend about Rollergal yet- he hadn't told any of them.

"Yea! I'm excited!" Alpha exclaimed in response, then noticed Kirb's worried face. "You alright?"

"Yea. Just…" he paused, not sure what to say. "It's nothing. I don't know if she wants me sharing anything with you guys. You'll get what I'm talking about tomorrow."

Almost giving off a fangirl-like shriek, Alpha whistled. "Now I'm curious. What, exactly, does Rollergal not want you to share with us?"

"What? AUGH! NO!" he shouted back. "Not Rollergal! GAMECRAZED doesn't want me sharing things. There's three girls in our group, why do you automatically jump to Rollargal?"

Alpha chuckled, glad for another opportunity to embarrass his friend. "Oh, I don't know… You hang out with her most often, it's not a bad guess. Now, I'm sure I don't know WHAT you get up to in the quiet recesses of ;Sanctuary when we aren't around…" he winked.

"Ack! Alpha… please," he sighed. "Look, I'm REALLY not in the mood for this right now."

The boy's face turned from glee to concern. "Alright. Are you sure you're okay?"

He sighed. "I guess. Just… well, like I said. You'll get everything tomorrow. Everything should be cleared up then."

I hope.