Howdie!!!!!! Soz that I haven't updated for ages! My sister killed me! Anywayz, here's the 3rd chappie just for you guys!

Chapter 3-Friends Again?
Van walked to school the next day grinning from ear to ear. He thought of the events of Friday. He grinned even more, if possible.

He entered the gates of Asturia High, and walked over to his friends. Dilandau saw him, scowled, and went to join his fan club he liked to call the 'DragonSlayers'

Van returned the scowl, and went to join the others.

"Hey!" he said to them.

"Hey Van," said Dryden.

Millerna looked over at Van, and whispered something into Hitomi's ear. They both started to laugh.

Van walked over to them, and noticed that Hitomi had a purple bruise on her cheek, and had unsuccessfully tried to cover it up with make-up.

"Hey," he said softly as he stopped by them.

"Oh, hey Van." said Hitomi. "Do anything interesting over the weekend?"

"No," he said. "You?"

"No, not really. Oh, but I DID meet this really cool guy, Miguel. I think he's part of Dilandau's little fan club. He is so totally cool at skateboarding. And snowboarding. And surfing."

Van's face fell a bit.

"Oh, but," Van said, feeling disappointed. "Did you enjoy Friday?"

"Oh, yeah!" said Hitomi. "Apart from the thing with Dilandau," she touched her cheek, as if reminding herself. "It was really cool. I especially liked the dancing."

"Hitomi?" he asked. "Can I speak to you for a minute?"

Hitomi glanced at Millerna, and they both smirked.

"Kay," she said.

They went away from the others, and sat on a bench.

"So.what?" asked Hitomi.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Van. "Don't you remember what happened on Friday?"

"Well, I remember going out to Indigo, and having fun and stuff."

"Well, what about the kiss?" Van asked.

"Wha..oh yeah!" said Hitomi. "That!"

"What do you mean, 'that'? Asked Van.

"Well...it was just kinda a spur of the moment kinda thing. You don't really think that I would just kiss you because I fancied you?! Oh, you did? That's so sweet!"

Van was staring at her in shock. How could she do this to him?! You don't just go around kissing people then telling them that they didn't mean it!

Hitomi started to get uncomfortable by the silence.

"Well, I can see Merle with Millerna, and I really have to ask her about this new dress that she bought on the weekend. Bye!"

She stood up and walked away in her tight jeans and green strappy top. Van stared after her, and saw Millerna and Merle look over at him as she whispered something to them. They both burst out laughing and came out with things along the lines of:

"He didn't REALLY think that, did he?!" and "Oh my God! What an idiot! How stupid can you get?!"

'Great,' thought Van bitterly. 'She'll be telling everyone that. I'll be the laughing stock of the whole school. I've practically been dumped before even going out with her.'

Van slumped down on the bench and thought hard. A smile came up on his face.

'Maybe if I get her jealous, she'll want me!'

Sure, it was desperate, but there was nothing else.

And Van got up and walked away to his first class.

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Van slung his backpack over his shoulder, and walked over to the cafeteria for his lunch. He spotted his friends, including Dilandau, and walked over to their table.

They both scowled at each other as he sat down.

"Right, that's it!" said Allen, "Your both really good friends, and it's stupid to fall out and have pathetic arguments. Why don't you just both make up?"

"Not until he apologizes to Hitomi for hitting her," snarled Van.

"Why?" said Dilandau. "I don't regret it."

Hitomi was sitting there, smiling. She was obviously enjoying the attention Van was giving her.

"Well, you should do. It's weak to hit a girl, especially when she's done nothing wrong."

"Well," shouted Dryden. He was starting to get annoyed with Hitomi's smug attitude. "I think you should ask Hitomi if she really has done nothing wrong."

Hitomi's face fell a little. Van looked at everyone, confused.

"What?" he asked.

"I haven't done anything wrong," said Hitomi.

Dilandau roughly pushed his chair back, and stood up.

"Liar!" he hissed. "You said some bloody horrible things about Van's mum. Why don't you admit it?"

Everyone looked at Hitomi, including Van.

"Well?" Dilandau said.

Hitomi smirked.

"I don't have to put up with this," she said.

She looked at Millerna and Merle, indicating that she wanted them to follow. They both got up, and stalked off with Hitomi.

Van sat down, staring at the floor. His eyes became sad.

Allen, Dryden and Dilandau all knew that he was upset because of Hitomi's comment about his mother. They all knew that he missed her, it was no secret.

Van looked up a little.

"Look," he said. "I'm really sorry Dilandau. I-"

"Forget it." Said Dilandau.

"But-"

"I said forget it."

Van smiled a little.

"Friends?" he asked.

"Friends." Dilandau confirmed.

Allen smiled.

"That's more like it!" he said.

Suddenly, Miguel, Dalet and Chesta, 3 of Dilandau's Dragon-Slayers came running up to them.

"Dilandau!" Dalet shouted.

"Yes?" he asked.

"We, we just saw your locker." stuttered Chesta.

"And what about it?" asked Dilandau.

"Well, someone's completely trashed it. All of your possessions are everywhere." Said Miguel.

Dun dun dun!!!!
Pretty lame, but who cares. Sorry it's so late out! It's my sisters birthday today, so I had to do something nice for her. How unfair!!! She's 15.

Now she's gonna be even more horrible. God help me!!!

Read and Review my happy campers!!!