"Ally!"

I turned around to see an ultra cheery Rhode skipping towards me with her arm flaying in the air. What I immediately noticed was that Rhode was wearing different clothing that she usually wore. She wore a tank top with jeans rather than her gothic dress.

"Erm, Rhode, what are you wearing?" I asked while observing at her up and down.

"Oh silly Ally, why, I'm wearing the more fashionable trends. So that way I could steal Lavi away from the evil crutches of that bitchy Ashley!" Rhode, very horridly, answered in a somewhat cheerful tone. It made me shiver.

"Uh, okay…" I feebly replied back. I had no idea Rhode had this much of strong feelings for the red head.

"Yo, Al," Daisya called behind me.

"Yo," I greeted back. Then I felt a sharp slap at the back of my head.

"Ow! What was that for Rhode?" I shouted, clinging onto the pain.

Rhode just looked at me with squinted eyes and a frown turned her lips. Her arms folded across her chest. Uh oh, now I knew I was in trouble. "Allen," she said in a dangerously tone, "you have to get rid of this pathetic tomboy streak! How else are you going to get any boys chasing after you?"

I nearly felt my eyes drop out of my head, it already happened to Daisya. Was Rhode joking? When in the world did she start acting like this? She would never care if I was a tomboy, and now she does? And has the desire of wanting Lavi to be her boyfriend caused her to dress like…this?

"Um, Rhode," I said after regaining my calmness in a few seconds, "I have white hair, a scar that runs down my face, and I wear gloves all the time. Not to mention I can't possibly grow boobs! How in the world am I going to attract boys if I just suddenly stop acting like a tomboy?"

"Well, for starters, you could get rid of this hideous hat," Rhode said while snatching the cap off of my head.

I blinked in surprise, then growled in annoyance, "Rhode, give that back," I sharply retorted.

"No~pe!" Rhode singed, then she daintily skipped away down the halls.

A vein shot out of my forehead in utter frustration. If you do not know, I DID told Rhode that the cap was from my deceased foster father. And I did tell her that I would never get rid of it because it's seriously special to me! Now Rhode has taken away my most important treasure. Gah, she won't get away with this!

I dashed behind her with my fists clenched into tiny balls. Daisya was jogging up to me.

"Hey, you're not going to kill her, are you?" asked Daisya.

"Killing is a sin, it's written on the Ten Commandments," I stated.

"Er, right. Anyway, what do you think has gotten into Rhode's mind? I mean, I never heard her say anything like so, or wear those clothes," he pondered.

I sighed, then recaptured a huff of air. I didn't answer his question, cause that way I'm for sure that he will explode. Rhode must be so happy about finally hanging out with the most popular guy in school that she must have rushed to the mall to buy trendy clothes. And I even saw her wear make up! The Rhode I know NEVER wears make up! I felt a rush of guilt spread to my body. This was my doing, I told her about Lavi and now she's gone. The old Rhode, I mean.

I halted, Daisya jerked to an unsteady stop, "Huh? Al, what's the matter?" asked Daisya.

I didn't reply, why was it so hard to just tell my friends the truth? Then I'll get over with it, and I could bear the part about the twins' stupid taunts. Yeah, that would be much better than loose my friend and ditch the boys.

"Allen?" Daisya said again, he laid his hand onto my frail shoulder. I slightly flinched at his touch. "Allen," he said with more force, "there's something wrong, isn't there?"

"There's nothing wrong," I said before sighing.

"Then why is Rhode like…that? You know that I know that you and Rhode are really close. Close enough to tell each other secrets." Daisya said with a slight tense in his voice, "And…well, tell me why is she not acting like herself?"

"I…I don't…" I began with uncertainty. I was about to lie when all of a sudden, one of each hand slapped our backs. We nearly had our eyes popped out of our sockets. I was heaving and restraining from wailing out the strong pain. Daisya, on the other hand, had a crucial look on his face.

"What up jester, tomboy," said Debitto in his loud, obnoxious voice. Jasdero was joining in amongst the background. I stared at him wide eyed, Debitto…stopped ignoring me?

"Ow, damn you! That hurt like hell you bastard!" cursed Daisya.

The twins just laughed. I rubbed my back to soothe away the pain. Then to my surprise, Debitto whipped his face to me from Daisya. He had a slight frown with his eyebrows evened out. I creased my forehead, waiting to hear what he needs to say. Before he could say what he wants, he looked at me with interest.

"Hey tomboy, where'd that filthy piece of trash that you wear everyday go?" Debitto asked. Jasdero was giggling like an idiot.

I frowned and glared at the discolored boys, "That sister of yours snatched it away from me, that's what." I muttered.

Debitto raised a brow, "Why would that bitch want your trash?"

"First of all, it's not trash. Secondly, you might as well ask her. And thirdly, MY NAME IS ALLEN!"

Jasdebi chortled into laughs, then they stalked away. I huffed in frustration. I rather had the angry Debitto back.

~at class~

I slumped even further into my seat. The bell didn't ring yet, but boy, did I sure want it to ring. Remember how Lavi sits behind me in class? Well, thanks to me, Lavi has his new 'girlfriend' sitting on his lap. They were cooing each other, making all this disgusting noises, you know, lovey gaa gaa crud. All this noise was all to gross! And I now realize that Lavi wants to do that to me! EEWWWW! I just know that the idiot red head is smirking behind my back, just thinking that I'll be jealous just like that. Well, I'm not, I'm just disgusted, that is all.

There was a horde of admiring and envying people surrounding the 'lovely' couple. They went on and on about how much a good couple they make and how did they got together. Ashley went on about how they fell in love in first sight. Lavi just joked about it. I just sat there praying to God that the bell would ring REALLY soon.

'God, why me?'

Maybe cause you like the guy?

'God, why do You have to be so cruel?'

Hah, hah, very hilarious. But it's true.

'NOOOO! I don't want it to be true! I don't even like the guy!'

Yet.

I inwardly groaned. But I'm pretty sure that He heard me.

You know, you have been one of my most reliable and devoted follower. Never sinned, much. And you always do good than evil. So now I'm giving you a present, you might as well take the offer.

'Wait, so, this is an offer, right? Like, I don't have to take it?'

You'll soon want to.

'Yeah right.'

Hey, who's the Creator of the universe here? You or Me?

Drat, He got me there. When I didn't reply, He sighed then left. It's not everyday that you get to have a conversation with God. Then finally, the bell ringed. I inwardly cheered as the others groaned and went to their seats. Kanda made it in time and hurriedly went to his seat besides me. Ashley and Lavi were having a make out sensation, which made me want to hurl.

"Hey, idiots, quit tongue wrestling and get back to your seats," Kanda muttered.

"Ah, is Yuu angry that he hasn't have a girlfriend?" Lavi teased. Kanda grinded his teeth together.

"No, the only thing that makes me angry is seeing you doing mouth to mouth even though there is no need for CPR," Kanda commented rudely.

Lavi laughed, I heard him give a quick kiss to Ashley before she would leave. Kanda muttered something inaudible as he glowered.

"Can't agree more," I murmured.

"What?" Kanda muttered back.

I leaned to Kanda so that Lavi wouldn't hear, "Them making out, it's so revolting," I whispered.

Kanda grunted in reply then rolled his eyes, "Che, you're revolting enough to cough up my breakfast,"

I scrunched up my face in frustration, "Why you…why do you always have to make up harsh comments like that!" I whispered a little louder.

Kanda smirked, "Cause I don't go nice,"

"Rather obvious," I muttered.

"But you're right."

I faced to him again with surprised eyes. Did Kanda agreed with…me? Wow, there's a shock. Why would he acknowledge my thought? Was it because he felt the same way? Well it was apparent that he DID think it was bad. Disgusting. Disturbing. Gross. But still, I could have never imagine that he would actually listen to me. Was it because the Naruto incident?

Kanda looked irritated by my flabbergasted stare, "What?" he retorted sharply.

"Eh? Uh, nothing. Just surprised that you agreed with me. I would have never thought that you would be so…reasonable."

He snorted, "Che, you're an idiot,"

I glared, "How am I an idiot? Looks whose talking Mr. I-wear-cosplays-for-a-living,"

I smirked as I saw an intense grimace on Kanda's face. Before he could say anything, Mr. Wenhamm entered the room. Kanda glowered and mumbled something inaudible. I restrained a rush of shivers, due to Kanda's killing atmosphere, but I held up the proud smirk.

Lavi's POV

I wanted to barf. Her kisses wanted me to gag. But I kept my false form, pretending to actually love her when I already love someone else. Someone who doesn't love me back. After the several attempts I try to pull, she doesn't fall back. I was lucky enough to know that she now goes to every class I have and that I know where she works. But she still holds the annoyance and hatred against me. It made my heart sunk. Until I found out that my 'love' with Ashley had caught her in a weakened state.

I was happy, very happy until Yuu and Allen starting whispering to each other. I felt a pang of pain in my chest. When did Yuu have an interest into talking? Wait, don't tell me that he likes Allen too? No!

When Mr. Wenhamm wasn't looking, I poked Allen's back. But she wouldn't turn around. I poked her several times until she cracked. "What?" she hissed after turning her head towards me. I matched the vibrant gray eyes that rest in her pale face. Her ghastly hair adorned her soft cheeks and exposing her jagged scar. Even when angry, she was still adorable. It made me want to flutter!

I leaned towards her and whispered, "You still remembered what today means?"

She slightly groaned, making a regretful face, "Today is when I have to start hanging out with you and your friends," she dully replied.

A hurt feeling was cast inside, "That's right." I said in a cheerful tone, I kept a smile to hide away the sulking.

Before she could turn around, I said, "So, what did you and Yuu talk about?"

"You and you? What do you mean?" she said in the most manifest puzzled tone. I could swear that she added sarcasm in there.

I prevented myself from rolling my eyes, "Oh, you know what I mean!"

She sighed and scratched her head, "Nothing important," she muttered.

"Well it's actually important to me,"

"Then why don't you discuss it with your girlfriend?" her tone dripping with so much sarcasm. Then it got me the hint that I desired.

"You're jealous, aren't you?" I said slyly. I smile spread throughout my face.

Her shoulders raised in surprise, then glowered, "Like that would ever happen," she whispered back, "I'm just merely disgusted by the way you two would make out, even in class!"

I inwardly chuckled, preventing Mr. Wenhamm from noticing that we're not paying any attention. "You're jealous!" I sang.

Allen gave me a scowl, then turned around. I, instead of hurt, felt relieved for some reason. I know that she's not jealous, she's a Christian after all. But the way that I tease her is really fun. I think I'll get her this way too!

~lunch~

"YUU!" I called out to the long haired Japanese. He grunted then started walking towards our table. Ashley was sitting on my lap again. Dang, she's light, does she starve herself or what? Lenalee was chatting away with her other friends. Then I saw Allen. My heart fluttered in glee, I even saw her friend. Her friend looked like as any other slut or whore in school, except her hair is kind of short. She was pulling Allen to our table. I smiled.

"Uh honey, why are losers coming to our table?" asked Ashley.

"Well, babe," I said in a seductive voice, "it's just some friends that I invited to join us. You don't mind, do you?"

"N-not at all," she squeaked, she looked rather dazed. I smiled pleasantly as the two ventured in.

"OMG, OMG, OMG!" shrieked the short haired girl. Everyone in the table besides Lenalee, Yuu (who was concentrated ignoring the rowdy fan girls), and I glared at her. They started mumbling about why are they here or why did I invite these losers. Allen closed her eyes and yawned. I held back a laugh at her funny face.

I stood up to greet them, "Hey Allen, hey, erm. And you are?" I asked to the short haired girl. She shrieked again, causing another headache for everyone. I kept on a smile, little quivering due to annoyance, but still did.

"Ohmigo-"

*Allen glare *

"Gosh…" she glared at her back, then turned to me, "I can't believe Lavi Bookman asked me for my name!"

I mentally groaned out of annoyance, great, another fan girl following wherever I go. I thought Allen didn't like fan girls, or whores.

"Uh, so…" I tried again.

"It's Rhode! Rhode Camelot!" she said with a full blast of eager.

"Erm, well, it's nice to meet you…Rhode," I said, kind of nervous. Well, there goes my plan.

Allen's POV

When we sat down with our lunch trays, Rhode was busy having a glaring contest with Ashley. I sighed, everyone was looking at my tray of food with bewilderness.

"What?" I asked.

"Um, are you going to eat all of that?" asked an Asian girl. She looked rather pretty. I could imagine that every single guy would chase after her. Her two long pigtails were tied up high, she had big dark eyes, and bangs that hung up to her brows. Her long legs were covered by a miniskirt. I suddenly felt a pang of jealousy; compared to her to me, I look like some shrimp, some non curvy shrimp.

"Yeah, why?" I said.

"Well…it seems… a lot," she said.

I shrugged, "I usually get hungry all the time so I want to fill myself up."

"Glutton," Kanda commented, everyone was laughing at the comment.

I glared at Kanda, "You know what, why don't you keep your mouth shut you retard,"

There was some 'ooh's and 'oh, he did not just say that' and 'he's a gonner'. Apparently these people don't know that I'm a girl. Go figures.

"Che, will do if you do yours," he replied back. Everyone gasped, probably because he didn't beat me up or something. Maybe it's cause that I contain his most valuable secret and he's afraid that I might spill it out. Hey, does Lavi even know about this?

"No, no, you go first. After all, that is the way that a gentleman should act. Oops, I'm sorry, I must have forgotten that you're a Neanderthal, after all," I politely said. Everyone's jaw dropped, except those who are paying attention to Lavi and his lovely girlfriend. Majority of them anyway. The Asian girl was DEFINITELY paying attention.

Kanda's eyes narrowed, "How about you get a gender transplant, that'll get you somewhere,"

Half the crowd was laughing and the other half was murmuring that whether I'm a guy or a girl. I rolled my eyes, "Same for you, hey, ever considered chopping off that LONG hair of yours? It might stop the confusion whether you're a guy or a girl,"

"Ever considered getting a wig? It's too hard to tell whether you're an old man or some retarded kid who stupidly dyed her hair,"

Now everyone knows that I'm a girl.

"Then get some glasses, retard," I retorted. Again, everyone 'ooh'ed.

"Same for you. It's pretty obvious that I'm a guy. Stupid beansprout,"

"MY NAME IS ALLEN!"

Kanda and I quarreled for a while until Kanda lost interest and started to ignore me. I sat there and sulkingly ate my food. Rhode was so absorbed into what Lavi has to say. I rolled my eyes and ate in silence. Until, that is, when the same Asian girl started to talk to me.

"Hey, umm, aren't you that girl who always talk to Kanda?"

I cocked my head slightly, "Um, yeah…I guess." If by talk, I think she meant by arguing.

She smiled, then slightly squealed the same way that the old Rhode does it, "Oh, this is so exciting! Anyway, I'm Lenalee, nice to meet you!"

"I'm, uh, Allen, likewise."

"So Allen, when was the first time you met Kanda?"

I raised a brow. Lenalee seems like she has an interest into talking about Kanda. Is she some Kanda fan? Is she going to pretend to be nice to me but actually is some slut? My toes curled inside my sneakers, waiting for the correct answer to pop out of my head.

"Um, I met him at a park." I replied, carefully.

"Allen, are you nervous about me being some Kanda or Lavi fan? Or some kind of whore?" Lenalee asked.

My eyes widened. She just read my mind, wow, "Erm, well sort of."

Lenalee made a gagging noise, then started to laugh. She then looked at me with understanding eyes filled with some humor. I immediately felt reassured.

"Don't you worry about a thing, I see those two boys almost as my brothers! We were friends ever since we were young," Lenalee explained before laughing again.

I looked at her oddly, then sighed in relief. Rhode was still looking at Lavi, weird. Then I faced Lenalee again, I felt really comfortable now, "Actually, I met Lavi first, then I met that demon,"

Lenalee rolled her eyes that held a comical glaze, while her smile is bright, "Oh Allen, don't think of Kanda that way. He's actually a good guy, you know?"

I over exaggerated the heart attack gig, "Yeah, sure Lenalee, sure," I said with sarcasm dripping each word.

She pouted, "It's true! He really is nice once you get to know him better,"

"I known him long enough. I don't plan on knowing him even more."

She tapped her fingers to a beat, "Suit yourself!"

I scratched my head, "Hey Lenalee, why'd you mention about Kanda? Is it because we argue a lot?"

Lenalee had the same expression that Rhode had when she was hiding about what Debitto wanted to confess to me about. I still want to know what the secret is!

"Oh, you'll find out soon. Kanda doesn't know it himself either,"

I looked at her puzzled. What does she mean by that? And…Kanda doesn't know it himself? What the heck! But I didn't go on further. I scratched my head again, there was something different. Did I have lice? I scratched it again, then I remembered something.

"Rhode!" I said, grabbing her shoulder.

Rhode roughly slapped my hand away, "What?" she hissed. Her eyes contrasted into mine, but they were filled with angry annoyance. That caught me off, it made me want to turn around and say that it was nothing. But I stayed strong. I apparently disturbed her conversation with girls who are madly in love with Lavi and thinks that Ashley is a…something, something, no rights, something, girl.

"Where's my hat?" I asked, roughly back.

She rolled my eyes, adding the pain inside of me, "Debitto has it,"

"WHAT!"

"Debitto has it! Jeez, what's with you?"

I looked over at where the boys were sitting. They were laughing, I immediately felt homesick. I wanted to run over them and, even if it's not me, give them a big hug. I could even kiss Debitto! Which I will never ever do in a million, or a trillion years. Sick. I especially wanted my own hat back. It was frustrating. It didn't matter if it was sitting on top of Debitto's hair. But that's not the point. The point was that Rhode is acting like a female dog and she's being stupid because all for the sake of getting one guy, who, in fact, is in love with me *shudders * and is pretending to be in love with a slut.

"Rhode, I really want to go back," I muttered after heaving a sigh.

Rhode rolled her eyes, "Well you can't. You made a bet with Lavi, so you have to stick with it."

I jerked a brow, "Eh, Rhode, is there sarcasm in your tone?"

"Noooo, I'm actually sitting here while doing acrobats and painting the Eifel Tower, AT THE SAME TIME!"

"Whoa, okay there, hold up the sarcasm," I said, putting my hands up in front of Rhode.

She looked irritated, "Allen, why won't you shut up."

I scratched my head lazily, as if an excuse to not care which I already do, "Uh, right. What's the main reason for this Rhode?"

She narrowed her eyes, "What reason?"

"Oops, my bad, as if I didn't know already. You're acting and dressing this way just to impress Lavi, right?"

Rhode had shock in her eyes, then recovered quickly, "So what if I am?" she retorted sharply.

"Rhode," I said after sighing, "I don't think that he has a fetish for those types of girls."

Her eyes widened, "How do you know?"

How do I know? Good question, I never went up to him and asked what type of girls did he like. But then again, if he did like them he wouldn't have liked me.

"We…talk," I responded.

She narrowed her eyes in suspicion, "Oh really?"

"Yeah, you can say that he…likes me as a friend." I quickly replied.

"Is that why you and Lavi talked at the back of Starbucks?"

"Um, yeah." Not.

Rhode sighed, then buried her face into her arms that were folded onto the table. She was dramatically groaning, "Disappointed?" I asked, rubbing her back.

"Yes," her voice was being muffled by her arms.

"Don't fret over something so little. Things will go around smoothly soon." I reassured her.

"But Allen," she said now with her head looking at me, "I really like him! I thought that if I dress like this then-wait, if he doesn't like those kind of girls, then why is he dating Ashley?" Rhode asked.

"Uh…" oh crud! What am I going to say for this one? 'Oh, it's because Lavi's doing a poor job of making me jealous!' NOT! "Well, that's kind of a long story,"

"Don't worry, I love long stories," Rhode implied.

"Erm, Rhode, when I say that it's a long story, it IS a long story," I urged.

"Oh, I understand. It's just another secret that you're keeping away from me. I totally understand," she sniffed.

I groaned, "Ah Rhode, don't be like this again!"

"I can be like this if I want to Allen!" she retorted.

"Hey, on the bright side, you know that you can finally go back being your old self, right?"

Rhode tipped her head slightly to the side, "Hmmm, yeah, I guess so,"

I silently cheered, Rhode giggled, "Oh by the way, what did you say to make sure that the guys didn't know that we're hanging out with Lavi?" I asked.

"Oh that, I just told them that we were going to help a teacher out during lunch period."

"Wow Rhode, you're master of lies, hope you realized that," I muttered.

She laughed, "I get my ways around!"

"Whatever, anyway, why do you like Lavi only? I thought that you'll go for Kanda too," I asked.

"Well, about that…"