Chapter Fifteen: Mistakes

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were sitting here," Merle apologized as soon as she found her voice.

"Well didn't you see my books?" Folken didn't sound too happy. He was good looking but it didn't stop Merle from feeling extremely irritated.

She searched the table for his books and finally found them lying on the ground, `I must have been in such a hurry that I missed them, but he still has no right to snap at me. Everyone makes mistakes. No wonder why he hasn't dated anyone in a while. Who would wanna go out with an ice man?'

"I said I'm sorry. What do you want me to do, get on my knees and beg?"

To her surprise, Folken almost smiled to the idea.

"Okay, look, I got Spanish next period and I really need to get my homework done."

"Why should I care?"

`This guy was seriously starting to push my buttons...'

"I don't have time to argue with you." She blurted out quickly. "My Spanish teacher said that if I don't do my homework again, she'll fail me. If she fails me, I'll get kicked of the school newspaper and I can't let that happen because...because I can't! This table is the only one that's open and it'll be big enough for the two of us if I move my books. Just let me crash here for now and I promise, I'll never bother you again."

"Okay okay! Just shut up."

Merle grinned victoriously. No one could ever out talk her. She put her books onto the floor, pulled up another chair (A/N: don't ask me where the chair came from, just work with me here.) and started to work.

"You should maybe consider doing your homework at home." Folken asked a few minutes later.

"I don't remember asking for your advice, plus I have a busy life. I don't have enough time to work on Spanish."

"Yeah, that some hell of a life, worrying about being kicked off some stupid newspaper."

Merle hated when people said things about the school newspaper. It means a lot to her, and she never lets people mess with the things she cared about. She could feel the blood rushing up to her face, and before she could control herself, Merle shout back, "well at lest I don't spend my time being upset over some dead old girlfriend!"

"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SORA!" Folken jumped up and yelled. He slammed his hands on the table so hard that most of the papers came flying off. With his face all red and full of hatred, it looked like he was about to hurt her. Instead, he just grabbed his books and headed out the door.

Merle saw confused eyes looking at her. The loud scream has obviously caught people's attention.

There are times when having a big mouth can cause big problems. She didn't mean to say the things she did but it seemed like her mouth had a brain of it's own. `Well at lest I have the table to myself now.........man, I'm a huge loser...'

***

`God I hate biology. The teacher is horrible, the class is lame and the room always smells like a bunch of dead fish.' Hitomi thought as she walked out of class. `Well, at lest I have vocal ensemble next, I class I can actually look forward to...' She was so caught up in her own thoughts that Hitomi didn't here a person run up behind her.

"Hey baby," Allen suddenly grabbed Hitomi by the waist to give her a kiss.

Even if it wasn't the first time Allen has done this, Hitomi was still very surprised. She smiled and returned the kiss willingly but began to feel uneasy as she realized that Allen wasn't planning to stop. She tried to pull away but he just pressed harder. Hitomi's back was soon pinned against a wall, and she shivered as she felt Allen's hands move down her body.

"Allen! Stop!" Hitomi managed to say between breaths. "Let go!" With one strong shove, she pushed Allen off of her. After catching her breath, Hitomi began straitening her shirt, trying to smooth away the evidence of her last activity.

"Sorry `Tomi, I guess I got a little excited," Allen apologized with a lazy grin. His lips were swollen red from the kiss, and despite her anger, Hitomi found him to be even more attractive this way.

"Yo Allen!"

Hitomi turned around to see a good-looking guy walk up towards them with his arms wrapped around a young, yet very beautiful girl. (A/N: have you noticed that everyone seems to be good looking in this fic? ~_~;; what can I say, Escaflowne is just filled with good looking characters.^_^) As they approached, the blond girl ran up to give Allen a hug. Hitomi felt a hint of jealousy but it quickly vanished as she saw the resemblance between the two.

`This must be Allen's younger sister, Selena!' Hitomi thought.

"Yo, what's up?" Allen raised his hands to high five the guy.

"Just chilling and spending quality time with my lady," the white-haired boy said winking at Selena. "And I see that you had the same idea."

Hitomi blushed, hoping they didn't see what just happened between her and Allen.

"You must be Hitomi," Selena said with a smile, "I've heard a lot about you."

"And I'm guessing you Allen's sister, Selena. It's nice to finally meet the other famous Shezar. Your even prettier than they say."

"I think I deserve to be introduced too."

"Oh yeah, `Tomi, this is Dilandau." Allen said.

`Why isn't he a MGM. He sure has the looks to qualify...' Hitomi thought.

"So you are the one who rumors say, `have tamed the wild beast'." Dilandau said looking at Allen's direction.

Blushing, Allen released his sister and pulled Hitomi in for a hug. "Yup she's the one."

***

"Is what Dilly said true, Allen?" Selena asked after Hitomi walked away. "Are you really going serious with her?"

"Selena, you really think you brother would give up his reputation for her?" Dilandau asked his girlfriend with a strange smile.

"I don't know, she seems really nice..."

"Yeah but she doesn't really strike me as the normal type of girl Allen goes after."

"Who knows, I might just surprise all of you." Allen said with a mischievous look on his face.

"Man, are you serious?" Dilandau's jaws dropped. "You're giving up Meredith for her?"

"Who said anything about giving up Meredith?"

"Well, than what are you going to do brother? You have to choose." Selena asked.

Allen paused for a moment before he answered, "I just might choose to have them both."

***This chapter is surely gonna satisfy most of you. It has Dilly and Folken. Lol. Well for those Folken fans, you in luck, there's gonna be more of him. He might be a hard cookie now, but he'll soften up. About Dilly...I'll add him whenever I can. Isn't Allen a jackass? Don't worry, I'm gonna make him pay later. Hehehe...ne ways, hope you liked it. R&R~Bishouji88***