*Sorry I haven't updated in a while... I've been grounded, and I can't update when that happens! I'm a terrible author! ; _ ;*

Today was the last day before our winter break. It wasn't very snowy, but it was cool outside, and I was looking forward to the break in my senior year.

Sutokiz would need walking.

My college exams were in, and I'd already decided on which I was going to.

Now, all that was left was this practice, hosting, and I was free.

It was the home stretch toward break.

I picked up my sword, training robes tied tight around me, ready to swing into action when the coach's whistle blew.

I stared my first year opponent in the face, not seeing him particularly, but seeing his fear. Coach had put me with him to help him get better. I was by far the best in the club, but I knew how to control myself, so I was good to train with. I sighed.

This was going to be far too easy.

Rebekah is going to be waiting... I thought while blocking his well-placed strikes. Oh, he's pretty good... I wonder how long hosting will take today... He nearly struck me, I upped the skill level to challenge him. What time is it...? I get out of here in 20 minutes? It can't really be that long... The boy struggled some more, I relinquished my power slightly. This is taking forever...

And so the next 20 minutes passed... Me simply adjusting my power level, and thinking of the time when I'd be hosting. Tamaki had debated holding a Christmas party again this year (the last one had been a tremendous success), but it seemed that he'd rather take a trip with our gender-confused friend Haruhi. They were going to the mountains.

Thank God. That meant I'd be free to be with Rebekah all of break.

However, she said she'd made some plans... I wasn't sure what those could be, but she kept saying that she wanted me to come with. Of course, I could if I wanted, but I'd have to talk to my parents(even though I was of age), and she'd have to tell me where so I could pack accordingly.

I didn't understand what would be wrong with a little house hunting, but we still had to wait a half a month until she was 18... January 15th, to be specific... So her family was still struggling against her slightly there.

My thoughts wandered around like that until I got to the Host Club, Mitskuni tackling me, and Rebekah smiling keenly at me from across the room, where she was hosting Aina... The girl looked flustered.

I caught a snippet of the conversation as Aina worried herself.

"I just don't know what I'd do! Do I have to dance with him every song, and do I have to hold his hand? What if he tries to kiss me!?" Her voice raised and fell with emotion, mostly horror. I laughed to myself.

Before I knew it, we were done hosting. I couldn't believe how quickly the time had passed. Rebekah and I walked to her house. I hooked Dakota onto her leash while Bekah went upstairs to change. I nearly followed her... She returned quickly, dressed in a light sweater and jean capri's. She was tying her hair up and slipping on tennis shoes while I flipped through a book I'd picked up off the shelf by the door. The title read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. She looked up at me and blushed a little.

"Oh, that... Yeah, I'm a huge fan... See, I keep that one because for the longest time, it was the only one I didn't read, but then when I finally did, it turned out to be my favorite."

I nodded. "Seems like a good series, I've never read it, or watched it." After a few seconds of silence, I looked up at my fiance.

Her mouth hung open, her second shoe halfway onto her foot. She slipped it on and straightened up. "We're going to have some serious relationship problems now."

We laughed together as we set off for my house, Rebekah slinging her ever present purse over her shoulder, containing a change of clothes and some shorts.

Time seemed to slow down, thankfully. I loved being around her... She was such a mellow change from my crazy, shifting world. The sun sank slowly beneath the hills as we walked, Dakota lunging and slowing at her leisure, not caring about the pace of her walkers. Hands intertwined, we eventually, and regrettably, reached my house.

When I opened the door, the ringing silence of an empty house greeted us. I grinned down at her as she released Dakota into the house ahead of us, then picked up my love bridal style.

She laughed breathlessly, airily, and kissed me willingly.

Then there were footsteps. I hastily set Rebekah down, jarring her slightly in my hurry.

"Ouch! Oh, no, I'm fine..." She glanced up the stairs at the darkness. There was a glimmer of golden light from a room light snapping on. "Hello?"

Ouka scampered into view, a bat in her hands, held high. Her eyes got a little wider when she saw who was standing in her doorway. Her arms went limp. "Oh, hello, Rebekah-senpai."

"You know you can call me Bekah-chan, even in the evening." She smiled, confused. Ouka was usually so excited to see her, and now... She just seemed so tense... "What's wrong?"

"Oh, no I know that... I just... I didn't expect to see you so soon, let alone so late at night... Are you... Are you staying?" She blushed profusely, "Overnight, that is..."

Rebekah's face was on fire, lit up like a red neon sign. "Uh, yeah, I am... But, it's not like... Like we're..." She gestured uselessly to me, and I shook my head, nearly in tears from keeping in my laughter. Rebekah looked at me, almost insulted, trying to find the right words.

"No, little sister, nothing like that. Simply a sleep-over, nothing more." I looked up at her suspicious face. She registered the truth in my eyes and nodded slowly.

"'Kay... Well... I'll hear you if anything... ODD... happens..." She stepped carefully back into her room.

Rebekah and I looked at each other and laughed. So much for anything frisky.