Later that night, at dinner, Euphemia made a very cheerful announcement.

"I gave Suzaku a cute nickname!"

I nearly choked to death because I was laughing while trying to swallow. Meanwhile, all C.C. could do was bite down on her napkin so she didn't burst out laughing. To be honest, it wasn't going st well. Suzaku tried and failed to hide his blushing face. Euphemia just looked at us, confused.

I looked over at my best friend. "So, what's this 'cute nickname', Suzaku?" I asked.

He kept his face down. Euphemia looked at him. "Come on, Suzaku. You can tell them!"

He took a deep breath and looked up. He replied strongly, "It's Suzu."

I have to be honest; I died laughing. C.C. looked at me, smirking. "Maybe I should start calling you Lulu, Lelouch."

I stopped laughing. I looked her in the eye. "Call me Lulu, and I swear to god that I'll kill you."

She shrugged. "Swears to God have no effect on me, Lulu. I'm Wiccan."

"I'm non-religious, so I can swear to a piece of pie if I want to."

She raised a brow. "The emperor of the Holy Empire of Britannia isn't religious?"

It was my turn to shrug. "I don't care for that kind of stuff, to be perfectly honest."

She reached for her fourteenth slice of pizza (I've been counting, trust me.). Euphima looked her up and down. "C.C., if you keep eating so much pizza, you'll get fat."

Her older sister took a bite, the cheese stretching out in a long, thin string. "I don't get fat," she murmered, her mouth full of pizza.

"That's because you have such a high metabolism," a voice said. We all turned around to see Kallen standing in the doorway. She walked forward and tossed something onto the middle fo the table. It was a crossbow.

She said, "I found this, hidden next to a pillar. This is what launched the arrow that almost went through C.C.'s head. It was linked to a motion-activated device. I doubt that the arrow was meant to kill, considering what the note attatched said. I was going through C.C.'s room, trying to find any signs of Zero having been there. I found a note addressed to her highness." She handed C.C. a note. "I didn't look at it, so I don't know what it says."

C.C. nodded, stuffing the note into her back pocket. "Thank you, Kallen. You never fail to go above and beyond my expectations."

Kallen bowed. "Thank you , milady." She decided to take that moment to leave.

After dinne, C.C. pulled out the note and began to read it . I went behind her and wrapped my arms around her shoulders. I looked over her shoulder, reading over her shoulder. All I could tell from the ntoe was that Zero was in the castle and was going to kill her when she least expected it. I whistled. "That's pretty creepy," was my only comment.

She shrugged. "I've been through worse."

I buried my face in her hair. "Yeah, Mao was pretty bad."

She chuckled. "Actually, I was talking about you, my dear Lulu."

I smiled. "Hmm... maybe you're right. I mean you never know when I might pull out a chainsaw and try to make you compact."

She laughed. "Then you might take me on a plane and we'll go to a nice, quiet, big, white house in Australia."

I chuckled. "Don't tempt me Ceceniah."

She sighed and closed her eyes, leaning back in her chair. "Can you say my name again, just as you did a second ago?"

"And how did I say it a second ago?"

"With kindness and warmth, like you treasure it in your heart."

I silently whispered her name into her ear, "Cecenia," I smiled, "how was that?"

She smiled, grabbing hold of my hand. "Perfect."

A/N: Oh, wow. This long chapter is what was born from writers block. If you liked my facebook page, then you know that I was banned fro the Internet. So, I'm writing these chpaters down on paper and giving them to my biffle, Em-chan, to post for me. Yay for Em-chan! =3 I woul dlike to request that you all review on this chpater. Life's been kind of a downer lately. And seeing your guys' reviews puts a huge smile on my face (I can see them on my cell.). So, please review. ^.^ P.S. I am now half dead. X_X, so a review would be nice.