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Righto. It's fourth of July, and I'm super duper pooper scooper bored. So... yea.

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(Author Agnst)

I ALWAYS ACT BEFORE I THINK!! I'M THE WORST THING ON EARTH! EVER! I MESS UP EVERYTHING! WHY???? I want to learn from my mistakes but I make the same mistakes again and again and I don't know why I can't stop it's like I'm drowning swirling down and down until all I see is nothing but black.

(sorry about that. I got my cousin angry with me again and I don't know how to make it up to him.)

After finally digesting a little of their food, the crew came in to apologize to me. Even if you could hardly tell it was an apology.

"Get up. We're watching a movie." Kazune demanded, pulling me up by my arm. Karin gave him a good thwack and he let go and turned around to squabble with her, then Himeka flustered about exclaiming in a flurry of mismatched words that she was sorry. Raymond watched her like she was the rarest species of insect he'd ever had the pleasure to see. Micchi clamoured over through it all to take the arm that Kazune had left, leading me to the couch and pressing the D.V.D. into the expensive D.V.D. player. We sat on the couch we had before, making a wildfire spread across my face. Micchi smiled softly at me and pressed play on the remote, the others following our lead one at a time. The extravagant surround sound bedazzled me as we watched a pirate film. I felt as if I was actually on the ship, and I clutched at Micchi's arm, flinchiing at every sword clash. Karin giggled and teased Kazune.

"Kazune likes his high-tec toys." She declared in a sing-song voice, nudging him on the love seat they shared. He scoffed and watched the movie, ignoring Karin. Raymond and Himeka were sharing another love seat opposite them, both of them entranced by the film. They uncontiously held hands, and every time they realized that their fingers were entwined, they would blush and look back at the movie. It was adorable to watch when I was shifting my gaze around the room at the scary parts. Micchi held me close, laughing accationally at my figgeting. Shi-chan joined us eventually, clawing at a stuffed toad with big, haunting, plastic eyes.

The movie advanced wildly through the action and the romance, leaving us with a dash of drama at the end when some unlucky pirate died. It was enough to make me forget their ungratefulness. Tears sprung to my eyes as the dieing captain and his first mate Polly exchanged final heartfelt words. Micchi saw the tears seeping down my face and was quick to react. His tongue slide over my sleek skin, makeing me stop moving all together. He drew back a little, savouring my reaction. Then he wiped the rest of the tears away with his hand.

"Mmm... salty." He whispered, smirking directly at me. I pushed his hand away and watched the credits blankly, boiling over with embarrasment and fury. Maybe a little bit of pleasure... He chuckled and played with my hair, my annoyance increasing with his ignorance. Thankfully Karin yanked me away from him, pulling me all the way up to her room and leaving me on the floor. Himeka and her flounced onto the bed, giggling and smiling wider than the expance of their faces. I looked at them quizzically, my eyes doing all the talking. Karin laughed a little more before filling me in on what was making them so giddy.

"So what happened on the date?" She inquired rapidly, bursting from the seems to keep in her excitment. I shrugged and grined, joining them on the bed, our bodies forming a triangle. I shushed them down to a whisper, making Himeka go turn out the lights. Then we propped the sheets above our heads, making a tent. I grabbed a stray flashlight and held it to my face, screaming "BOO!" the other two looked at me like I was stupid, and I sweatdropped. Tough crowd.

"Okay, here's what happened." I began, letting the anticipation grow a considerable amount before continuing. I had them in the palm of my hand. To bad I can't tell a good story. "So he rings the bell after I eat breakfast, and he says, 'I know it's crazy luv, especially since I saw you only hours before, but I missed you last night.' Then my G-ma practically kicks us out the door."-this comment recieved more giggles-"He said we should go to the park. So we started to walk there, but then he got bored of walking and he ran. Well, since I was in heals, I tripped. I knocked him over into the grass with me, and then I told him."

I was animatly showing them the story as well as telling them, until Himeka broke my flow with a gittery question.

"What did you tell him?" She squeaked, hugging her pillow with anticipation. I grinned and tapped her softly with a teddy bear.

"Be patient, and you'll find out." I replied curtly, plopping the teddy into my lap in case of further inturuptions. I began again.

"Anyway, that's when I told him. I told him I wanted him to be my boyfriend." I flourished my story with a lovesick sigh and a squeeze of the teddy. The other two exchanged happy looks, returning their attention to me. "He gave me this necklace, see?" I rasped with pride, my voice loosing it's thunder. My cooking was truly terrorfiying. My two friends STARED at it with awed expressions, taking turns holding the golden butterfly between them. When they flashed the flashlight on it just right, the rainbow colors would paint the sheet above us like magic.

"After that, he took me to the camping site over the hills there." I proceeded gleefully, pointing out the window towards some dark hills. "We swam in a lake, and we ate the fruit growing there. It was really yummy." I rubbed my tummy, exaggerating the moment. "Oh, I also met Raymond and Madeline that night at the bonfire."

This caught Himeka's attention. She swooned at the name, her eyes automatically trained on me like I was a target. Karin laughed and threw her arms around a slightly pink Himeka.

"Himeka really likes him. Did you know they both like bugs?" She informed me, smiling kindly at Himeka, who was blushing furiously. I hugged her, beaming.

"That's great Himeka! Now we all have someone!" I cheered, crawling back to where I was sitting on the queen-size bed. Himeka froze, a question on her face.

"All of us? You mean Karin too?" Himeka asked, inducing a mental slap to myself from myself. Nice job Jilly. I looked at Karin, who looked at me, who looked at Himeka. It was too quiet for too long, and only after I had broke out into a sweat did Karin say something.

"Um Himeka..." She gulped loudly, wringing her hands around a stuffed toads throat. I cringed on behalf of the toad and Karin, slinking into a guilty conscience. "I l-like Kazune." She blurted, making Himeka jump. Karin looked down at the toad, who was looking relieved to be rid of a mysterious neck pain. Himeka was quiet too, then she rebounded.

"That's good." She sighed sincerly, smiling joyously. Karin and I did a double take. Himeka cocked her head to the side in a question, then she leaned over and patted Karin on the head with a renewed grin on her face. "I thought everyone knew! It's obvious he likes you Karin!" She revealed, making Karin freeze in a state of shock. Himeka patted my head also, shooing me off the bed and onto my sleeping bag. I thought, great, Karin is frozen with shock, and Himeka thinks I'm as daft as a board. I clutched the teddy to me as I drifted off to sleep, thinking happy thoughts of Himeka, Raymond, Karin, Kazune, and Micchi. I wished the night would never end. My night of sanctuary before the big challenge; would I be able to act for the hidden cameras at my house?

I dreamt of my parents again. But instead of seeing them with the affection I have for them now, I was remembering them a different way. The way they first looked to me when I was freash to their home, a new addition to an un-fertile couple. They were annoyingly optimistic to a brocken-hearted girl like me, and all I wanted was to excape them and their huge hearts and open arms. I resisted as mush as I could before I finally caved to their undieing understanding of things they wouldn't understand. I would have given anything to protect them after that, because unlike Dr. Kujyou, when I loved them, they loved me back.

Micchi woke me that night, his hand rubbing my arm. I sprang upright, my head feeling sudden jolts of pain. He looked at me quizzically, as if it was a normal thing to have someone rubbing your arm in the middle of the night. I let out the breath I had been holding, slapping his leg. He watched me gasp for air. I glared at him with bloodshot eyes, making him shrivel back into MY blankets. I pulled them off of him, adorning them myself. He looked at me with puppy dog eyes, but in my sleepy state I was not moved.

"What are you doing here?" I dead-panned, my eyelids drooping already. He perked slightly at the sound of my voice.

"I couldn't get to sleep in the guest bedroom, so I thought I would be more comfortable with you on the floor." He replied in a whisper, reminding me that Karin and Himeka were sleeping.

"Why do you get a bedroom and I don't?" I asked, offended. His expression stated that it was obvious, but I didn't know.

"Well, Q-chan gets one, Madeline gets one, Raymond gets one, and because I called it I get one too." He answered, totally believeing it made complete sense. I felt a vein pop on my head.

"You called it, so you get the last room?" I growled menicingly, fuming that I had to lay there and get cramps and muscle pains when he had a big fluffy bed that he couldn't sleep on. Micchi didn't sense my hostility. He nodded and smiled, snaking back into my sleeping bag. I got up quickly and sped to his room, leaving him on the floor in Karin's room. I leaped into the bed, the cushions embracing my every curve like it was made for me. I sighed happily, snuggling into the covers. Micchi closed the door behind him as he snuck in, plopping on the bed similar to the way I had. I gave him the look of death again, signalling that he should go back and sleep on the floor. He ignored it, and he got under the covers with me, using the other pillow to prop up his head.

"You did that on purpose so I would come in here, didn't you?" I hissed, turning away from him. He chortled at me merrily, kissing my neck. I yawned, the warmth of the blankets and his lips on my clammy skin making me tipsy with exhustion.([omg I used chortled. I hate that word. No, I despise it. But it's in my volcabulary, so why not use it?)

"I love you." He whispered, putting his arm around my waist. I let my eyes flutter closed, enjoying everything around me. I felt my heart swell with humungous feelings that spun out of control, my words flooded with the wild swirl of my heart.

"I love you more than the color green." I cried, turning to face him. He gave me a look to notify me that I was crazy. I laughed heartily, kissing him full on the lips. My tongue protruded out of my mouth, commanding entrance. I felt safe and protected with Micchi, I trusted him with everything. That came crashing down soon enough... But then I was so young, telling that boy things that I really felt deeply, just so he could rip them to shreds with one piece of paper. We slowly stopped kissing, his hands fell away from my head, stroking my outline down to my waist. His hands laid there as we drifted off to sleep, the taste of passion on our tongues and the delicate hope floating in the air.

"BLAST!" Kazune bellow in sheer surprise after he found us both laying in the same bed. I turned lazily toward the clock on Micchi's bedside table, ignoring Kazune's bewildered screams. It was late! I needed to get ready for school! Micch was looking at Kazune as if he were in a dream. I smirked and lept out of the bed, running back to Karin's room. Leaving Micchi with the flipped out Kazune. Karin yelped as I came in, her uniform half way on. Her eyes became wide and buggy as soon as all clothes were on.

"I hope there has been no scandal, Jilly." Karin said, letting the unspoken question hang in the air between us. I would've spewed milk out my nose if I had been drinking any. The stuffed toad eyed me carefully as well, suspicion in his steely plastic gaze. I held up my hands innocently in attempt to convince the toad and Karin that I was innocent.

"I am a virgin." I insisted, taking my clothes and fleeing their prying eyes to the bathroom. I changed quickly and quietly, enjoying that I wasn't being watched. I headed down for breakfast in a hurry, grabbing a piece of toast and heading for the door. Karin was already down the steps at the table, and Himeka had her apron on, Raymond raving about her cooking again.

"Bye, Jilly! See you at school!" Karin waved through a piece of toast dangleing from her mouth. Himeka waved also, juggling an egg and a frying pan.

I was running back to my house to get ready for school. My ring was flashing the sunlight back into my face, making it hard to see. I finally flung myself through the door of my house, willing myself to look away from the sneeking boxish spies. There was no time to be embarrased of my exposed skin or the way I acted. I ran up to my room, wolfing down the toast as I went. Once the uniform was on, I grabbed my school bag and was off, running away from the cage that I would be watched in every single moment from now on. I got into homeroom sweating, wishing that I didn't run so hard. I was early and not one of my friends was in yet. I saw Yuuki come in, and I waved at him good naturedly. He hesistated before waving back, like he was scared. I wondered why he would be scared of little 'ol me. Then Rizu came in, wrapping her arms around his neck. She didn't look like she was innocently expressing affection. It looked more like she was giving a dog a treat. It sickened me and I looked away from Yuuki's red face and Rizu's dark eyes. I felt her STARE at me for a while, almost taunting me to turn around and talk to them. I didn't, not giving into their trap. I felt my fingers tingle. I turned around quickly, just in time to see a black ring slip underneath Yuuki's long sleeves. I looked at Rizu's hand also, seeing a hot pink glow from under the frills of her sleeve. I got up, ready to defend myself. Then Miyon waltzed in, oblivious to the danger. She waved to me and went immediatly to Yuuki, giving Rizu an odd look. Rizu greeted her with a airy smile, going back to her seat. I sat down. Rizu has a ring... I have to tell the others.

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