Chapter Seven: Complications
"Yo Hitomi!"
The brown haired girl saw Allen waving at her and a huge smile appeared on her face. 'This is it. He's going to ask me.' "Go ahead Mel, I'll catch up with you later," she said to her friend who was walking with her to class.
"Okay…" Millerna replied. "Hitomi…"
"Yeah? What's wrong?" she questioned.
"Um…never mind, good luck." Her friend said quickly, then, walked away.
'I wonder what's wrong with her today, she's acting all weird.' Hitomi turn her attention back to Allen, who was walking towards her.
"Hey you," she smiled.
"I wanted to talk to you," Allen said as he gave her one of he's famous smiles, "you doing anything tonight?"
"Now that you asked, maybe I am," she replied, surprised at her own words.
Allen smiled and continued, "Great I'll pick you up at 6 for the dance. I gotta get to class, I'll call you." Giving her a quick peck, he walked away.
'Wow, that was fast, at least I got a kiss," she smiled happily walking to class.
***
"Attention classe! On a un nouveau étudiant." (Attention class! We have a new student) Hitomi's French teacher said. "Je suis sure que vous le connaissez déjà. Je comprends qu'il est très populaire avec les filles,(I'm sure you all know him already. I understand that he's very popular with the girls)" he added with a smile.
'Great, another new person. Hope this one can at least speak a little bit French.' Hitomi thought as she sat in her French 5 class. Lately, they have been receiving many new students because French 4 was becoming over crowed.
"Alors, qu'est-ce que vous attendez? Entrer monsieur!(So what are you waiting for, enter!)? " He said to someone outside the door.
Hitomi was surprised to see a familiar person enter. 'I didn't know that Van takes french…" she thought to herself as she watched him walk up to the front of the room.
"Alors, je vous presente monsieur Van Fanel (I present to you, Van Fanel)." Mr. LaFortain said to the class. "Voyons, où est-qu'on va te placer? (Let's see, where should be place you?)"
Many hands went up, girls signaling the teacher to place Van beside them.
"Ah oui, à coté de madmoiselle Kanzaki, S.V.P. (Ah yes, next to miss Kanzaki please.)" the teacher directed the 5th MGM to the seat next to Hitomi. A clear "aww" of disappointment could be heard from the other girls.
"Mr. LaFortain is right, you are popular with the girls," Hitomi said to Van as he sat down beside her.
As it turned out, Van spoke French perfectly, even better than Hitomi. It wasn't until after class that Hitomi got to speak to him again, that is after the group of excited girls finally gave him enough space to sneak away.
"Man, are those girls always that crazy?" Van asked as they walked out of school. French was the last period of the day and Van offered to walk Hitomi home. Considering all the books she had to carry, Hitomi gladly accepted. 'It will give me a chance to fix him up with Merle," she thought to herself.
"No, only around the most gorgeous guys," Hitomi giggled.
"Oh so you think I'm good looking?" he asked with a playful smile.
Hitomi blushed, realizing what she just said. "So where did you learn to speak French?" she asked changing the subject.
"My family moves a lot, I think it's safe to say that we've practically lived all around the world. My parents are architectures and they like to travel." He said with a laugh, "and of course, I have to tag along. I also speak Spanish, Italian, German and Japanese."
"Wow…so what made you guys come here? I seriously don't think you can find any lost cities or huge dinosaur bones in this small town," Hitomi joked.
"*Laughs* my parents have always been fascinated with Atlantis, but after years of searching, they've decided to settle down." Van replied.
"Don't you feel bored? I'm mean, after traveling the world, a small town like this would seem extremely boring."
"Nah, I like it here," he said simply, then turning to face Hitomi, he added, "plus it is home to the most beautiful looking girl I've ever seen."
Hitomi blushed really hard, 'I hope he doesn't mean me…'
"Listen I've been meaning to ask you," he continued, "it's a little short noticed but as you might have heard, there's a dance tonight and I was wondering if you wanna go with me."
'Oh no! What have I done? I didn't mean to give him the wrong idea by letting me walk me home! Damn you Hitomi." she mentally cursed at herself.
"Van…I…I'm…going with someone already…" she managed to say.
"Oh…I'm sorry, I should have known," he said disappointedly.
"I'm so sorry Van, Allen asked already and-" Hitomi tried to say but got cut of.
"Allen…isn't he the captain of the football team? That really popular guy?"
"Yes," Hitomi said, "I mean, no! I…I'm sorry."
"No, it's not your fault, I should have known that you'd be taken already," he said silently. By now, they have stopped walking. They just stood there not saying a word.
"Hey, I know a friend who would love to go with you though," Hitomi said breaking the silence.
Van turned around to meet her eyes. Those beautiful deep dark blue eyes were now filled with emotions that she couldn't understand. (A/N: kinda like when he saw Allen and Hitomi kiss on the bridge. Sniff sniff.)
'Damn! You're so stupid!!!' Hitomi screamed in her mind, 'you just turned him down and now you have to make him feel worst by making him feel like he's some kind of toy that you don't want anymore and you're passing it on to a friend. Stupid, stupid, stupid.'
"It's okay," Van managed a sad smile. "I gotta go, I'll catch up with you later." With that he turned around and jogged down the street leaving Hitomi standing there all alone.
***Sniff sniff, so sad…poor Van…hoped you liked it. Next up, the dance. As always, R&R***
"Yo Hitomi!"
The brown haired girl saw Allen waving at her and a huge smile appeared on her face. 'This is it. He's going to ask me.' "Go ahead Mel, I'll catch up with you later," she said to her friend who was walking with her to class.
"Okay…" Millerna replied. "Hitomi…"
"Yeah? What's wrong?" she questioned.
"Um…never mind, good luck." Her friend said quickly, then, walked away.
'I wonder what's wrong with her today, she's acting all weird.' Hitomi turn her attention back to Allen, who was walking towards her.
"Hey you," she smiled.
"I wanted to talk to you," Allen said as he gave her one of he's famous smiles, "you doing anything tonight?"
"Now that you asked, maybe I am," she replied, surprised at her own words.
Allen smiled and continued, "Great I'll pick you up at 6 for the dance. I gotta get to class, I'll call you." Giving her a quick peck, he walked away.
'Wow, that was fast, at least I got a kiss," she smiled happily walking to class.
***
"Attention classe! On a un nouveau étudiant." (Attention class! We have a new student) Hitomi's French teacher said. "Je suis sure que vous le connaissez déjà. Je comprends qu'il est très populaire avec les filles,(I'm sure you all know him already. I understand that he's very popular with the girls)" he added with a smile.
'Great, another new person. Hope this one can at least speak a little bit French.' Hitomi thought as she sat in her French 5 class. Lately, they have been receiving many new students because French 4 was becoming over crowed.
"Alors, qu'est-ce que vous attendez? Entrer monsieur!(So what are you waiting for, enter!)? " He said to someone outside the door.
Hitomi was surprised to see a familiar person enter. 'I didn't know that Van takes french…" she thought to herself as she watched him walk up to the front of the room.
"Alors, je vous presente monsieur Van Fanel (I present to you, Van Fanel)." Mr. LaFortain said to the class. "Voyons, où est-qu'on va te placer? (Let's see, where should be place you?)"
Many hands went up, girls signaling the teacher to place Van beside them.
"Ah oui, à coté de madmoiselle Kanzaki, S.V.P. (Ah yes, next to miss Kanzaki please.)" the teacher directed the 5th MGM to the seat next to Hitomi. A clear "aww" of disappointment could be heard from the other girls.
"Mr. LaFortain is right, you are popular with the girls," Hitomi said to Van as he sat down beside her.
As it turned out, Van spoke French perfectly, even better than Hitomi. It wasn't until after class that Hitomi got to speak to him again, that is after the group of excited girls finally gave him enough space to sneak away.
"Man, are those girls always that crazy?" Van asked as they walked out of school. French was the last period of the day and Van offered to walk Hitomi home. Considering all the books she had to carry, Hitomi gladly accepted. 'It will give me a chance to fix him up with Merle," she thought to herself.
"No, only around the most gorgeous guys," Hitomi giggled.
"Oh so you think I'm good looking?" he asked with a playful smile.
Hitomi blushed, realizing what she just said. "So where did you learn to speak French?" she asked changing the subject.
"My family moves a lot, I think it's safe to say that we've practically lived all around the world. My parents are architectures and they like to travel." He said with a laugh, "and of course, I have to tag along. I also speak Spanish, Italian, German and Japanese."
"Wow…so what made you guys come here? I seriously don't think you can find any lost cities or huge dinosaur bones in this small town," Hitomi joked.
"*Laughs* my parents have always been fascinated with Atlantis, but after years of searching, they've decided to settle down." Van replied.
"Don't you feel bored? I'm mean, after traveling the world, a small town like this would seem extremely boring."
"Nah, I like it here," he said simply, then turning to face Hitomi, he added, "plus it is home to the most beautiful looking girl I've ever seen."
Hitomi blushed really hard, 'I hope he doesn't mean me…'
"Listen I've been meaning to ask you," he continued, "it's a little short noticed but as you might have heard, there's a dance tonight and I was wondering if you wanna go with me."
'Oh no! What have I done? I didn't mean to give him the wrong idea by letting me walk me home! Damn you Hitomi." she mentally cursed at herself.
"Van…I…I'm…going with someone already…" she managed to say.
"Oh…I'm sorry, I should have known," he said disappointedly.
"I'm so sorry Van, Allen asked already and-" Hitomi tried to say but got cut of.
"Allen…isn't he the captain of the football team? That really popular guy?"
"Yes," Hitomi said, "I mean, no! I…I'm sorry."
"No, it's not your fault, I should have known that you'd be taken already," he said silently. By now, they have stopped walking. They just stood there not saying a word.
"Hey, I know a friend who would love to go with you though," Hitomi said breaking the silence.
Van turned around to meet her eyes. Those beautiful deep dark blue eyes were now filled with emotions that she couldn't understand. (A/N: kinda like when he saw Allen and Hitomi kiss on the bridge. Sniff sniff.)
'Damn! You're so stupid!!!' Hitomi screamed in her mind, 'you just turned him down and now you have to make him feel worst by making him feel like he's some kind of toy that you don't want anymore and you're passing it on to a friend. Stupid, stupid, stupid.'
"It's okay," Van managed a sad smile. "I gotta go, I'll catch up with you later." With that he turned around and jogged down the street leaving Hitomi standing there all alone.
***Sniff sniff, so sad…poor Van…hoped you liked it. Next up, the dance. As always, R&R***