A/N: And we get another step towards the end! I'm currently working on a sequel. I have no idea when that will be published but hopefully it won't take too long.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Yu-Gi-Oh GX nor the song with which this story shares a title.

Chapter 11

Aster POV

As I listened to Dana share every secret about her life, I just couldn't believe she never told any of us. Why did she feel the need to hide it from us? Especially me. I know people. I could've gotten this to stop. Or at least make sure she is under watch by some of my elite body
guards.

She would occasionally pause her story to hide her tears but I convinced her that it was better to cry. When she was finished, I let her words sink in.

Words about her lonely life for ten years, her brothers, her parents, her claim to the company that she no longer wanted, her lies to all of us, her encounters with Kyper, her want to protect everyone, and her more than meets the eye strength to have held this all in for so long.

"Who is doing this to you?" I asked after moments of silence.

She turned away. She knew who it was but for whatever reason she wouldn't tell .me. Eventually I would find out somehow. "You don't have to tell me, but I won't let this continue." I got off the bed and went to the door. "We better go tell the others." I opened the door just slightly.

Dana jumped up and dashed over to where I was standing. "No!" Her body crashed against mine, the momentum of both of us closing the door.

I turned to face her, astounded. "Dana, we have to. The first person we have to tell is Hassleberry. He has a right to know."

She was silent but her hand stayed on the door, keeping me from opening it. "I can't tell him. He would be devastated."

"Of course it would! Still he has a right to know that his girlfriend are her family are being threatened."

She turned away immediately, obviously hurt, but hopefully she would understand what would have to be done. She walked over to the bed and collapsed onto it. She put her head in her hands and sat there for a long time before speaking again.

"I can't get anyone else involved. Bad things will happen to those I get involved. I shouldn't have told you. This is something I have to sort out and if we tell someone else I'm scared."

She layed down on the bed and started to cry. I was confused. I went over to the bed and laid down in front of her. "Scared of what?"

She seemed hesitant to answer but still she said, "I don't want his father to do something bad to them." She sat up again

I sat up with her. She looked to me and her eyes said what she couldn't. I couldn't tell anyone. She didn't want to hurt anyone else. Her family was already at risk. She did want her friends at risk too. Especially since she hasn't had friends for ten years.

I nodded to her and she smiled slightly before laying her head on my shoulder. Even if she didn't make it seem like she was crying I felt her warm tears drip onto my shoulder. I picked her up and set her in my lap. This time her head landed on my chest. I wrapped my arms around in an attempt to comfort her.

"Thank you,Aster." It was a whisper but I was positive she said it. I tightened my
grip on her.

I wouldn't tell anyone of her secret but, "Promise me something, Dana." She didn't say anything but she nodded slightly lightly. "You won't go anywhere alone. This has to stop and he won't do anything if you're with someone."

"But I can't tell them anything about him." She looked towards me again.

"Then I'll stay with you. Wherever you go I will go with you. I won't leave you unguarded until you get back to your dorm."

She said nothing, but I knew she agreed. We sat there for what seemed like forever. Then our thoughts were interrupted.

The door opened and a certain dark haired male walked in. "After you left your door unlocked. You really-" He was obviously taken aback by the situation I was in. "Aster... am I interrupting something."

Of all people why did it have to be him? Why did half to my boyfriend to catch me like this?

"Zane this is really not what it looks like."

"Aster you'd better start explaining or I'm going to assume Dana's cheating on Hassleberry and that you are not really gay because I can't be a good enough boyfriend to you."

I jumped immediately. "Zane the truth is..." I paused and looked to Dana for help but the look she gave me said that I was on my own. "Uhhh..."

"Why were you two sitting together like that on the bed?" Despite his tough exterior, he was starting to sob. He hid it well but not well enough.

"Well we were-"

"I told Aster about some of my problems and he was comforting me."

Zane wasn't convinced. "If you're going to lie to me at least come up with a believable one." He went straight past me and to Dana. "And you have a boyfriend so don't go messing around with mine."

Dana collapsed on the bed, obviously scared by Zane's mood. "We weren't doing anything I swear." Dana tried so hard to get him to left off.

"I come to see my boyfriend and instead I walk in on him with his arms wrapped around a girl and you expect me to believe nothing was going on?"

I couldn't let this continue any more. "Zane that's enough." I walked over to him, grabbed his shoulder and made him face me. "You don't believe us? I'll make you believe." I grabbed the collar of his coat and crashed my lips against his.

He seemed surprised by my kiss, but he wasn't resisting. In fact, he wrapped his arms around my waist and lifted me onto my tip toes. In response I wrapped my arms around his neck to support myself. I could feel his tongue requesting entrance and I gladly opened my mouth. Our tongues battled but as always, I won dominance.

As soon as I was positive he was convinced, I stopped. "We will have to take a rain check on going any farther." He seemed disappointed. "Well we kinda have a guest if you forgot." I
gave him another kiss.e

He looked down at me. "I guess I can believe you."

I smiled. "Zane, I may be a lot of things, but I am not unfaithful." He leaned down and kissed me again.

He walked over to Dana and avoided eye contact. "I'm sorry, Dana, I over reacted."

Dana just smiled. "Thanks Zane." She then hugged Zane. She was a very small girl but she seemed to handle Zane just fine. I felt a twinge of jealousy as she wrapped her arms around his waist. After a minute, his arms drifted to her shoulders.

After a while, Dana let go. "Well I'd better get going."

"I'll walk you back to your dorm." I opened the door and she walked out. I was about to follow her when I caught a glimpse of Zane. He had his arms crossed over his chest. "I'll be out in a minute." I left Dana to wait in the hall for a minute.

I walked over to Zane and put my hand on his neck. "I'll say it again. I am a lot of things, but one of those things is not unfaithful." I kissed him one last time. "I'll be back soon. Then we can deposit that rain check."

I turned to leave but I didn't get more than two steps before one of Zane's arms wrapped itself around my waist and his other grabbed my chin and pulled my lips to his. After he stopped kissing me he just smiled, but didn't say anything.

He finally let me go. I gave him one last look and followed Dana through my dorm door.

Dana POV

Aster walked me back to my dorm and he didn't let me get more than two steps away from him. I never thought that Aster and I would be like this. I never thought that I would tell him such secrets. He knew everything. Even Bastion didn't know about Kyper.

When we got to the dorm he stayed in my room for a moment longer. "If anything happens or you're afraid something will happen, you get me. I don't care what time it is. You tell me. and I will help you."

"Okay, Aster." He smiled at me.

"You gonna be okay by yourself?"

"Yes. I'll be fine."

"Okay. If you need anything, you know where to find me." Then he hugged me. He actually hugged me.

He pulled away and gave me a kiss on my forehead. "You're not alone, Dana. Remember that."

Then he left. It was weird to think that Aster really cared for me. A week ago I barely knew him. And now he was dedicated to protecting me.

The only thing that pulled me from my thoughts by a ringing. Chancellor Sheppard had given me a phone so that I could talk to my parents without having to go to his office. They were the only ones who would calling.

"Hello."

"Dana, I was hoping you'd answer." It was my mother.

"Dana we have some news for you." That was my father. I wasn't able to see his face so I wasn't able to tell if it was good news or bad news. "First, there's someone who wants to talk to you.

Was it Jason. I would love to talk to him again.

"Hey, Dana."

I froze. I couldn't believe it. "Matthew?"

"It's me." He was really talking to me. He was home. That meant . . .

"We think they tracked down the people that have been threatening us, but before we talk about that, Dana. I missed you."

"I missed you too." Jason was my older brother by five years and we were very close, but Matthew was my twin. Two people could not be closer. It had been months since I'd even talked to him. To hear his voice was unexpected, but welcome.

"This will all be over soon. Then we'll see each other again." I'd heard that so many times, but when Jason or Matthew said it, it made things just a little more bearable.

"We believe the company behind this is Giant Skies." That was my dad again. I let out a breath of relief. They were on the right track. "The CEO of that company is ill tempered and hard to work with. He has a son he is passing the company to and he is upset that we're higher in the company rankings and thinks of us as a threat to his sons future. But now that we know who's behind it, we can stop it."

So it really was close to being over. The school year would be over in a month too. "Is Jason there."

"Of course, Baby Doll."

"Jason, Matthew. One month, okay. One more. Then We'll see each other again."

"One month."

"See you soon, Baby Doll."

Then we said goodbye. My brothers were so close yet so far away. They were half way around the world back home.

I was sitting on my bed in a T-shirt and sweatpants thinking about all that had happened. And all the lies I was telling every day. I had made friends, found an old one, even started a relationship.

But based on what? A lie. Kenzan doesn't know who I really am. He doesn't know that I'm not who he thinks I am. What was he going to do when I found out about all the things I'd been hiding from him?

It wasn't like I could go to him and say 'Hey, everything you know about me isn't true. My name, my stories, my family, everything. But hey, I still like you.'

At least that much wasn't a lie. There was one thing about my life here that was true.

But was was going to happen when I had to leave and go back to London? I'd have to just abandon him here, and he'd never see me again. He'd hate me.

At least he'd forget about me easier.
But then I wouldn't have to lie anymore and my life would be real again.

There was a knock on my door and I froze. I got up to answer the door and was surprised by who I saw.

"Hey Dana." It was Kenzan. He had his usual smile on and when he walked into my room he greeted me with a small kiss.

I was so relieved that it had been him and not someone else. I gave him a second kiss which made him smile more.

"I thought you were busy tonight, Kenzan. You said we'd have to postpone our date."

He wrapped his hands gently around my waist and I left my arms fall to his broad chest. "Well I got finished early." He pulled me closer. "So what do you wanna do? Walk on the beach? Midnight picnic in the field? Anything you want."

I thought about his offer for a minute. It was already dark outside, and even with Kenzan, I didn't want to be out there.

"Can we just stay here? Play a board game? Eat some snacks? That's what I wanna do."

He smiled and kissed my forehead. "Okay." He broke his embrace to take off his shoes and his jacket.

We ended up playing some card games on my bed for a few hours. We had just finished our last game when I got up to take our water glasses back to my kitchen area. I turned around and saw Kenzan sitting on the edge of my bed looking at me. He had this comfortable look on his face, but he didn't say anything. I walked slowly over to him gauging his thoughts. I had no idea what was going through his mind but I doubted it was anything sinister.

"What are you thinking about." He didn't answer right away. As soon as I was within arms reach, he folded his arms around my waist pulling me closer. He was still sitting while I was standing and he looked up at me.

"I was just thinking about how beautiful you are." I didn't say anything. If only he knew the truth, he'd think I was ugly and disgusting. He brought up a hand to brush my bangs out of my eyes. "And about how lucky I am."

I leaned down and kissed him, if only to get him to stop talking. All I wanted to be fooled for one moment that my life wasn't a complete mess. That I wasn't constantly lying to the one person who I ever cared about and who actually believed me to be a good person.

I crawled onto his lap, not breaking our kiss. He wrapped his hands tighter around my back as I let my hands settle on either side of his neck. I wanted to feel something real, something comforting. For so long now, have been resigned to the pain that Kyper had forced me into. I wanted to forget about him if even for a short while. I wanted this to be my choice and I wanted to let myself be apart of someone I trusted so completely.

I broke away hesitantly. "Kenzan. . ." I looked into his eyes, trying to make my thoughts known to him without having to say anything.

"Dana." He brought his hand to my face and I leaned into his touch.

Yes, I wanted something real, something that only Kenzan could give. "Do you trust me?"

He looked surprised, but only for a second. "Of course."

I pulled my hands away from his face slowly and let them drift to them hem of my shirt. I slowly pulled it over my head, throwing it to the floor leaving my torso covered only by my bra.

"Dana?" He was unsure I could tell.

I put my hand over his mouth to stop him from speaking and then moved my hands to the hem of his shirt doing the same thing, throwing it to the floor.

I kissed him again, slower this time as if to convince him. pushed him down, breaking our kiss, so he was laying flat on his back and lowered my hands to undo his belt.

He shot up immediately, resting his weight on his left elbow as his right hand came up to the side of my face. "Dana-"

"Shh." I stopped him. I kissed him again and when I broke away paused for a moment. I needed to quell his fears. I put both my hands on his face and looked him in the eyes again. "Don't think."

And he didn't.