Hey guys! I'm sorry I didn't write for sooo many days. I was so busy with all the homework and studies I really didn't get any time.. Well.. I guess I'll just start the story cuz I have nothing to say except sorry and some condolences ;) Happy Reading!

Oh, btw there's a Divergent reference too ahead!

Frank cleared his throat. His awkwardness still didn't give way so he tried to ignore it. "Hazel, will.. will you dance with me?" Frank had been practicing the whole evening for the line and he still couldn't say it without stutters. He had been in the bathroom for so long practicing and had only got out when Jason said,"Hey, Frank! Are you gonna hog the bathroom all day! We guys need to have a go too!"

Frank took a deep breath and stepped up to Hazel who was chatting merrily to Reyna. "Hazel.. Uh.. Would you.. Would like to dance with me?" He had said it finally, and a sense of relief prevailed to him as Hazel smiled.

"Of course. I would love to." Hazel turned to a smirking Reyna who laughed and hugged her while gently whispering in her ear."Love is in the air, Hazel Levesque!"

Hazel pulled away with a shocked expression. "Oh, Reyna! It's only a dance you know!" Hazel pouted as Reyna laughed lightly. But then her eyes lit up. "Oh, love is in the air for you too Reyna!" She gave a wicked grin as her eyes looked pointedly to a boy standing behind Reyna who was gazing in their direction.

Frank smiled as Hazel turned towards him, her purple dress twirling around her and unfurling again. As he noticed how cute she looked with her soft brown eyes, he suddenly lost all his nervousness.

"So, do you know how to dance?" Frank asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, yes. I mean, I don't know the details of it but yeah mostly." Hazel looked at him as he led her to the dance floor. She looked at her side and bit her lip as if she tasted something sour. Percy and Rachel were dancing together as if they would never let go. Frank noticed her look and asked, "Hey, what's the matter?"

Hazel poured out the story to Frank who listened with a grave face. "I'll talk to Percy tonight. I mean, we all got to know today that Rachel doesn't have a good personality. I don't know how he's dating her."

Hazel's face lit up, "You will? Thanks, Frank. But you know what? Let's not get all these issues in the middle. Let's talk of something nice, more cheerful."

Frank smiled again. "Whatever you say. What shall we talk about?"

Hazel thought about it for a while then came up with an answer, "Let's play Candor." When Frank's face showed confusion, she explained the game. "It's like Truth and Dare only the Dare doesn't count. You can only ask a Truth."

"Me first." Frank said, with a mischievous grin. "What is the most embarrassing incident that ever happened with you?"

"Hmm.." Hazel thought for a moment. "Yeah, I remember. On my tenth birthday, I was given a box as a present. It was shaped like the kind of box you would keep pretzels in and I loved pretzels at that time. I wanted to save those pretzels for later and so I did. After two days when the excitement had died down, I opened the box and guess what there were no pretzels! It was just a treasure box! That's why no one told me to open it. They thought I was admiring it from the outside." Frank burst out laughing. "Well, I was practically still a child and I had really wanted those pretzels so I started crying. I made it worse though. I said some rat had got into it and stolen my pretzels. Everyone laughed and told me there were no pretzels in that. Pity, because I wanted to share them with.." Her voice trailed off.

"With..?" Frank prompted her, gently.

"With.. no one." Hazel had gone a little pale and the sad look was back in her eyes. "I've been ranting for while now. It's best that we take your chance in the game now." She gave a half-hearted smile but Frank was not quite convinced. Still, he nodded.

"So, what is your favourite colour?" Hazel asked, not quite paying attention to the game and how stupid her question looked compared to Frank's.

"Seriously? That's all you want to ask?" Frank raised an eyebrow at her. Hazel thought for a while. "Okay, so, what is your favourite color, why it is your favourite and who does it remind you of? Better?"

Frank grinned. "Much better. My favourite color is red. Why is it my favourite color? I don't know. I just like it. Who does it remind me of? It reminds me of that phoenix bird we see in some movies and I love that bird. It just looks so.. red."

Hazel laughed. "It looks so red? Really, Frank, I think that description is quite unfair on the part of the phoenix."

Frank smiled. "Just my views. So, my turn. Who was it that you wanted to share the pretzels with?" Hazel paused mid-laugh and just stared at him like her was a burglar.

"Why-Why do you want to know?"

"Just asking. It's okay if you don't want to -" Frank replied, clearly doubting whether it was a 'special' boy in Hazel's history.

"No, it's okay. You remember the brother I was talking about today morning?" Frank nodded. "It was him and his sister. We used to have such fun times. I haven't had so much fun in my childhood since they left."

"They were your cousins?" Frank asked.

"I don't know. Father refused to talk about it since they left and they were too small to tell me anything." Hazel looked at Frank, the hurt shining in her eyes.

"Have you tried searching for him? I mean, have you contacted the police?

"That's the worst part of it. Father didn't do anything when they left. He just said, 'Now that they're gone, they can stay gone. Thank the Gods I don't have to look after them anymore.' I begged and begged but he refused to do anything." Hazel looked as if she was far away, lost and engulfed in the deep, painful memories.

Frank made a silent decision to himself. If her father didn't do anything, he would. He would search for Hazel's lost brother and bring him back after six years. "I'm sorry, Hazel. I just want to ask one thing. What did you call him?"

Hazel replied in a downcast voice, "I called him Nick."

So hey! I finally finished this chapter.. Hope it lightened up your mood a bit because I didn't want the "OMG PERACHEL SUCKS!" mood through my story XD! Anyways comment comment comment! I love your reviews so far and I love everyone who wrote them, voted and read my story and reached this far! Love you! We'll meet again on the 26th chapte