The next day at school, Mina sat Indian-style on a bench, underneath the comfortable shade of a tree, as she tried to do her math homework. She stared in deep concentration at one problem that just seemed to like to piss her off until she got fed up. Sighing heavily, she put her pencil back in her backpack and closed her math book, with her homework inside of it, placing the book inside her backpack as well. She took in a deep breath as she leaned back against the bench and closed her eyes. She could feel her body begin to relax, the tension start to slip from her muscles.

She sat like that for a few minutes, just enjoying the peace of the day. She wished she could go home. She didn't have any more classes for the day and she was basically free. But, she was on a closed campus, which meant she couldn't leave until the school opened up the campus. Which was ok with her sometimes because it gave her time to do her homework.

Mina started to drift off when she received a prickly feeling on the back of her neck, like she was being watched. She lifted her head and opened her eyes to peer around her. She looked to her sides before focusing in front of her. What she saw there, she was completely unprepared for.

Standing there was Andrew with his arms crossed over his chest and mock annoyed look on his face. Her eyes widened before she jumped up off the bench and ran towards him, tackling him in a Mina-hug. Andrew was nearly knocked to the ground with the force of Mina's hug, but he managed to stay upright.

"It's about time you noticed me," Andrew said as he hugged her back, "I was standing there for a couple of minutes, just staring at you, waiting for you to notice me. What happened to your warrior skills?"

"They've kind of disappeared," Mina said, disentangling herself from Andrew's hug, "We haven't been fighting a lot lately. I guess I've gotten lazy."

"I say you have. You need to get those skills back up." Mina on gave Andrew a reprimanding look as she grabbed his hand and led him over to the bench that she was sitting at.

"So, why are you here?" Mina asked as they sat down.

"Just because I wanted to visit you. The other guys are here as well and we thought it would be good for you girls to unwind with your guy friends for the weekend because God knows you deserve it." Mina smiled up at Andrew warmly before she spotted a moving figure of out the corner of her eye. She looked at it and found that it was Cye, who was storming away from her.

"Hey Cye!" Mina cried out, but he ignored her. Mina's face took on a hurt look as Cye failed to respond.

"Is that the famous Cye I keep hearing so much about?" Andrew asked.

Mina nodded and said, "I wonder what's wrong with him? Why didn't he answer my call?"

"He probably is just having a bad day," Andrew supplied, trying to ease Mina's anxieties.

"Yeah, you're probably right." But the worried look didn't fade from Mina's face.

***
A few minutes earlier, Cye was standing way off to the side as he watched Mina do her homework, thinking about how beautiful he thought she was. He watched as Mina gave up on her homework and took the time to relax on the bench.

Ok, this is it. I'm going to march over there and tell her that I love her. I've dragged this out for too long. I've been avoiding the issue, trying to skirt around it, but I have to tell her now, Cye thought as he tried to gather up his courage. He was about to walk towards her when he saw her look around briefly before bolting out of her seat, running towards a guy who was about 20 feet in front of her. She launched herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.

Cye felt his heart break as he hugged her back. By the looks of it, the two of them were really close. Yeah, with the way she's looking at him and talking to him, I'd say he's her boyfriend. Cye's eyes filled with tears at the thought. Why didn't she tell me she had a boyfriend? Did she not trust me enough to know? Well, all I know is that I was a fool to fall in love with her. I opened myself up to her and look what happened. I'd be better off staying out of her life. With that thought, Cye turned around and started running out of there.

He heard Mina call out to him as he ran away, but he ignored her. Probably wants to introduce me to her boyfriend. I don't think I could handle seeing her with another guy. As Cye ran, a couple of tears escaped his eyes and ran down his cheeks. He felt bad for ignoring her, but nothing felt as bad as the heartache he was feeling. He had fallen in love with Mina and because he'd been too cowardly to tell her that he loved her, he had lost her instead.

***
Lita half smiled, half cringed as she felt a satisfying pop in her neck as she cracked it. God, doing this Literature essay is hard, Lita thought as she looked down at the papers in front of her. Already, the paper was 8 pages long and she wasn't half finished. Well, this is my fault for choosing that class this semester, however much I may love it. Lita put the papers in her binder so they wouldn't blow away with the slight breeze and lay back on the grass that she was sitting on, looking up at the slightly cloudy blue sky.

"Oh yeah, it's spring alright," Lita said as she surveyed the sky. Her view of the sky continued to be unobstructed until a head popped into her vision, looking down at her with a smile on his face. It took Lita a few moments to identify who it was, but when she did, she was pleasantly surprised.

"Ken?" she asked, smiling widely. She stood up and looked at her best guy friend before pulling him into a tight hug. His arms wrapped around her waist as they hugged, pulling her closer.

"Surprise!" Ken said. Lita pulled back, but didn't pull her self out of Ken's arms. Her hands rested on his arms while his arms were still loosely wrapped around her waist.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming out to visit me?" Lita asked.

"Didn't you hear what I just said?" Ken said with a smile on his face, "Surprise. If I had told you, it wouldn't have been a surprise, now would it?"

"No, I guess not," Lita said with a slight frown on her face before her face brightened up.
"But now, you can meet all of my friends here!"

"Yeah, and I get to meet this famous Kento, right? The guy you seem to be so in love with?" Lita blushed and Ken knew that Lita was truly in love with him.

Lita, in an attempt to change the subject, said, "So, how's Leah?"

"No you don't. Don't go changing to the topic to my girlfriend. This is about you. Do I get to?" Lita sighed.

"Yeah, you get to." Lita had finally disentangled herself from Ken's arms and was about to sit down when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

She turned around to look at it was and was shocked to find Kento standing there with a look of rage on his face.

"So, do you mind introducing me to your boyfriend, Lita?" Lita's mouth fell open at those words.

"Boyfriend? He's not..."

"Don't even try to lie to me, Lita. I don't want to hear it. I saw you in his arms. There's no need to lie to me. I opened up to you. I thought we were getting somewhere in our relationship. Well, I can see that all along, you were just misleading me. I was a fool to trust you." Kento turned around and began walking away.

"But Kento..."

"I don't want to hear it Lita!" Kento's final words were before he ran off.

Lita stared at Kento's retreating figure with shock on her face. She couldn't believe what had happened. Her life had spun out of control way to fast for her to even comprehend.

"So, that was Kento?" Ken asked. Lita nodded dumbly. Ken noticed that Lita was getting worked up over the incident. He sat down and pulled her to a sitting position as well. Looking at her, Ken could see that there were tears forming in her eyes.

"I'm sure that everything will be ok, Lita. Don't cry over it. It's just a misunderstanding. I'm sure once you tell him who I really am, everything will be cleared up."

"Yeah, I guess you're right. I'll just try and talk to him later once he's cooled down. We're supposed to get together on Sunday. Maybe I can talk to him then."

"There you go," Ken said with a smile on his face, "Think of the solution, not the problem. I know everything will be ok. Besides, how could he resist your beautiful smile?" Lita blushed and hit Ken on the arm.

"Shut up, you're embarrassing me. Besides you have a girlfriend. I'm sure Leah wouldn't be too happy to hear that you were giving compliments to your best friend."

"Leah's not here right now, so what she doesn't know can't hurt her, right? Besides, she knows I love her more than anything else." Lita smiled at Ken, thinking about how lucky he was and how she wanted to be as lucky as him.

***
Kento walked away at a pace that was practically running from Lita and her boyfriend, the one that she had failed to mention to him. Kento had seen the way the Lita had acted inside his arms. They looked good together and who was Kento to get in the way of true love? I can't believe I let her lead me on. Why didn't I see it earlier? I'm just a stupid fool to believe that she would want to have anything to do with me, Kento thought. His heart irrevocably broken, Kento made his way home.

***
Ami smiled at Raye.

"You got it right. Congratulations. See, I told you. You can do chemistry." Raye smiled at Ami's words.

"Right, but I wouldn't be able to do it without your help. So, I accredit all of my chemistry success to you, Ami. You are a wonderful tutor." Ami blushed.

"No I'm not really that great. You have it in you to do chemistry. You just needed a little push." Raye smiled at Ami and was about to thank her when she was interrupted.

"Hard at homework I see."

"Yeah, same as usual. You two are such workaholics." Raye and Ami behind them to see Chad and Greg standing there, smiling at them. The two girls smiled, knowing that Serena had something to do with this, and got up, walking towards their best friends.

Raye ran towards Chad and threw her arms around his neck. Chad's arms circled her waist and he picked her up, spinning her around in a big hug. Ami was a little calmer about the situation. She too gave Greg a hug but as soon as she pulled away from the hug, she stood on her toes to give Greg a kiss on the cheek in welcome.

"So, what are you two doing here?" Raye asked as Chad put her down and she pulled away.

"Well," Greg said, "We came to visit you. Ken and Andrew are also here with us, but they're with Lita and Mina. Do you know hard it was to find you on this campus?" Ami smiled at her best friend.

"Yeah," Chad agreed, "We walked around the whole campus, like, 3 times, trying to find you. You two are hard to find. Even with you guys' hair colors."

"Oh, come on, I'm sure it wasn't THAT hard to find us," Raye said, "You're just over exaggerating...again." Chad smiled sheepishly and changed the subject.

"So Raye, when do I get to meet your boyfriend?"

"Boyfriend?" Raye asked, "When did I manage to get a boyfriend Ami?" Ami shrugged as Raye looked at her with confusion.

Turning back to Chad, Raye said, "Who are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about Sage. Or is he not your boyfriend yet? If he isn't, then let me tell you, you talk about him like he is." Greg had to agree.

"Yeah, you too Ami. The way you talk about Rowen, I swear, he sounds like he's your boyfriend."

Ami blushed and said, "Well, he's not my boyfriend. But, now that you're here, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to meet him."

"Yeah, Chad, you can meet Sage. This is perfect." Raye smiled at her best guy friend. As she looked up at him, she spotted a head of blue hair next to a blonde one. Looking over, she saw Sage and Rowen, looking at the group of 4 with dismayed looks on their faces.

"Look, there's Sage and Rowen," Raye said before she noticed the looks on their faces. The whole group turned to look at Sage and Rowen.

"Which one's Rowen, Ami?" Greg asked.
"He's the one with blue hair. Just like mine."
Raye was about to call out to them when she suddenly noticed the looks on their faces, just as Ami did.

"It looks like something's wrong," Raye said.

"Yeah, I wonder what's wrong." Raye and Ami looked at Sage and Rowen with worried gazes as the two guys turned and walked away, looking all for the world like they had been defeated. Raye and Ami shared a look. They would figure out what was wrong if it was the last thing they did.

***
Sage could feel the tears rise in his throat.

"Rowen, remind me never to fall in love again."

"No problem, but only if you do the same for me," Rowen said, his whole body trembling. Rowen and Sage had seen Raye and Ami with those two guys.

"I wonder if those guys are their boyfriends," Rowen asked.

"They have to be," Sage said dejectedly, "I mean, look at the way Ami and Raye acted around them. They have to be their boyfriends. Otherwise, who could they be?"

"I don't know. Though I wish I did," Rowen muttered.

"Well, that is the last time I fall in love. Look what happens when you do? You only get your heart trampled on." Rowen nodded in agreement. He felt like someone had ripped out his heart and shattered it into a thousand pieces, leaving him to collect all the pieces.

Both of the guys were heart broken and were sure that no amount of caring would ever fix the pain they now felt.

***
Serena opened the door to see a confused, pissed off Ryo standing on her front step. Before Serena could say anything, Ryo walked into the house and sat down in the living room.

"Come in," Serena said sarcastically as she shut the door.

Serena took a seat next to Ryo, waiting for him to say something. He must have a reason for barging in like this and if he doesn't give it to me soon, I'm just going to ask him or beat it out of him, Serena thought as she looked at Ryo, who now wore a pensive look on his face, as if he were gathering his thoughts.

Turning towards Serena, he took in a deep breath and spoke.

"Serena, do the girls have boyfriends?" Serena's mouth fell open in shock. How was she supposed to respond to that?

"Of course they don't!" Serena exclaimed, "Where did you get an idea like that?"

"From the guys. After they came home from school this afternoon, they were all in bad moods and it turns out that they think that the girls have boyfriends."

"How did they come to that conclusion?" Serena asked; she needed to get to the bottom of this.

"Well, they saw the girls with other guys that they seemed to be rather close to. I really don't know because I wasn't there, but from what I could get from the guys, these supposed 'boyfriends' were rather close to the girls. What's up with that Serena?"

"I don't really know any guys who could be close to the girls except..." Serena trailed off as realization hit her. Slapping a hand to her forehead, she groaned.

"Oh God, I messed everything up. Ryo, this is all my fault."

"How is it your fault, Serena?"

"Well, you know those guys that we're talking about? Those are our friends. They're our best guy friends: Andrew, Ken, Chad, and Greg. Darien and I brought them out here to surprise the girls and to cheer them up because we thought that they needed a taste of home." Serena sighed and slumped back against the couch.

"It turns out that instead of doing any good, I only made things worse." Ryo gave Serena a reprimanding look.

"Well, Serena, this is all just big misunderstanding. I'm sure that once things are explained, everything will be back to normal."

"I hope so. They were all so close to hooking up and we're so close to leaving."

"Well, you girls aren't all that far away, you know," Ryo said comfortingly.

"No, we're only all the way across the country."

"But, you'll only be like that for a couple of months." Serena looked at Ryo with a perplexed look.

"What are you talking about Ryo?" Ryo smiled.

"Well, let's just say that, with Mia's help, I've managed to arrange it so that the guys and I are going to school with you next year." Serena looked at Ryo with shock before her face broke out into a gigantic smile. She threw her arms around Ryo in a hug.

"Ryo, that's the most wonderful news I've ever heard. That's terrific."

"You can't tell the girls, however. It's supposed to be a surprise, but I thought that you should know. So, can you keep this a secret?" Ryo silently prayed to Serena that she would be able to keep it a secret. If she spilled it, the whole thing would be ruined.

"Yeah, I can keep it a secret. I'm good at keeping secrets. So, when do the girls find out?"

"At the end of the school year. Think you can hold it in that long?"

"Of course I can. They won't hear a word about it from me, promise." Ryo smiled at Serena.

"I knew I could trust you, Serena."

"Yeah, you can. Now, what do we do about this whole misunderstanding?"

"Wait for it to pass, if it will. There's nothing else we can do."

Serena sighed deeply at Ryo's words. She hoped for the sake of her friends that everything worked out. They had more connections to each other than they knew, connections that could never be broken.

"It will pass," Serena said confidently, "It will pass."