~ Ok, I had the worst day in school! I'm pretty sure my heart split into 1,000 pieces, but I had no desire to pick them all up. Today I'll introduse a character a little different from the rest.~

Natsumi woke up to giant eyes staring at her. She immediately slapped it away.

"Ow! Natsumi!" Nanaka yelped.

"Oh, my God! I'm so sorry!" Natsumi laughed. "Are you ok?" She hugged her friend trying to make her feel better.

"Yea, I'm fine."

"No, I mean are you O.K?" Natsumi eyed her pretending to be a police man. "Is there anything wrong?"

They both laughed. The bus stopped and Kyoko, who was still asleep, flew into the seat in front of her, and got stuck. Nanaka and Natsumi started laughing again. Kyoko just sat there.

"We there yet?" She asked.

"Yea." Nanaka and Natsumi said at the same time, then once again broke into a fit of laughter.

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The girls' room was on the third floor, right across from Inu-Yasha's room. There two rooms. One had three beds in it and the other was a kitchen/living room/dining room. The view wasn't that great, but the most annoying thing was that they had ten minutes to change and go to the ballroom for the dance. And you had to be there.

"We could pretend that we ate some of Kyoko's chips and they made us sick." Natsumi suggested as she rummaged through her bag looking for some shorts.

"No, I asked Mr. Keil, and he said that we could go to our rooms if we wanted to after dinner." Nanaka yawned.

"Well you guys can leave, but I'm staying with Sesshoumaru." Kyoko sung happily.

"Whatever." Natsumi snapped back thinking about Inu-Yasha. He'd probably have Kikyou all over him.

"What's your problem?" Kyoko barked.

"Nothing!" Natsumi yelled, and Kyoko just stormed out.

"I know why you're so cranky." Nanaka said in a baby voice.

"Keep it to yourself."

"It's ok," Nanaka gave Natsumi a hug. "You've always got me."

Natsumi looked at Nanaka and rolled her eyes. "You're pathetic."

"I know." Nanaka agreed.

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For dinner they had pizza. For such a fancy hotel, they had lousy food. Natsumi saw Inu-Yasha get pushed onto the dance floor by Kikyou. They were dancing together and she had her hand on his butt. Looking at the situation, he didn't mind at all. Natsumi's jaw dropped.

"Oh." Nanaka put her hand on Natsumi's shoulder when she saw that. "I'm so sorry." She turned to Kyoko, but she was already gone. With Sesshoumaru somewhere, she thought.

Natsumi felt tears swell up in her eyes so she wiped them away quickly so no one would see. "Whatever. Who cares?" She mumbled.

"Well I think Meghan does." Nanaka pointed to one of their classmates. Natsumi would never forget that expression. It was pure disgust. But suddenly Natsumi's heart was racing. Did she like him too? But she has a boyfriend. What's going on?

"She doesn't really like Kikyou." Nanaka continued. "Before when she saw that she looked over at you. She told me once she thinks you guys would make a cute couple."

"Yea, you told me that." Natsumi turned away to look at her half eaten pizza. "I wish we made a perfect couple." She thought. A picture of them together popped into her head. They were walking hand in hand down the hall with Kikyou glaring at them, and everyone else just staring. "Listen I want to go back to the room, ok?" She finally said.

"I'll come with you."

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They got changed without saying a word to each other. But when they got in thair beds Nanaka asked. "Do you really like him that much?"

"Yea." Natsumi nodded. "It's weird. I've never felt this way before. Whenever he's around me I feel all light and happy inside. A while ago when I saw.that.I was so mad and jealous. It just hurt so much." A tear ran down her cheek and onto the pillow. "I." Natsumi took a deep breath and let it out. "I think I'm in love with him."

Nanaka didn't answer. It was ether because she couldn't or maybe she was asleep. Natsumi liked it better this way. She really didn't like telling people anything this personal. Besides, she was even surprised to hear herself say that out loud. Admitting it after such a long time.

~ Well this is sort of what happened today. I really didn't have a talk like that with my friend, but maybe it would've made me feel better. The thing is, I really like this boy. For about four years now. Ever since I met him.~