Author's Note: Wow! I would never know that I would get this much reviews. Seriously though. 6 reviews to me is quite a lot ^_^. I'm so lame, I know.  So thanks a lot to all of the reviewers so far. Oh yea, I guess I'll start answering to questions and comments more. So this is chapter 7, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, and keep on reviewing!!

Answering to Questions/Comments:

To Duggy: Well not all of them are 15, I was trying to make that obvious but it's kind of hard.  Laurette, Rosemarie, Garland, and Jules are 15. Ivens is 16, and Aleron is 17. The new guy, Arnoux is 15, and so is Laurette's ravel, Adrienne. So yea. I don't know why I paired up Zell and Ellone (Because if you look at Ellone's name, it says 'alone') so yea.  I'll try my best to make the story more better sounding.  ^_^; Good day!

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Chapter 8

"Garland!! Laurette!! Open up!! It's an emergence!!" it was only 6 in the morning and Rosemarie was already banging on her door. "Huh? Rosemarie?!" Garland said quite surprised as she opened the door. It was usual the one Laruette was up  who woke Garland up, but never in a million years that they would thought Rosemarie would wake up at this time.  According to her, she always wake up at 7:00 because she needs her beauty sleep. Rosemarie came in with her face all red and her hands behind her head. Laurette came out of the bathroom and cocked an eyebrow. Garland looked at her and shrugged not knowing what the heck Rosemarie was doing in their dorm room area. Garland then manage to drag Rosemarie down to sit on her couch. "What's going on?" Garland asked. Laurette then came out quietly staring at her two friends. Rosemarie was still kind of shocked of whatever it was she was shocked of. "Calm down, take deep breaths." Garland recommended and Rosemarie followed.  She inhaled and exhaled and repeated. After a few minutes she finally calm down. "Now, what's wrong?" Garland re-asked. "Iven…he-he…we kissed…" Rosemarie said. "Oh my! That's wonderful!! Did he ask you out?" Garland quickly exclaimed. "Wonderful?!!" Rosemarie asked. Garland looked at her weirdly. "I thought you've liked it him for the longest time!!" Garland stated. It was true that Rosemarie have liked Iven for a while now. "Well the kiss was wonderful…but I hope he isn't playing with my heart…" she said and placed a hand on her chest where her heart was located. "Te-he!" Garland giggled. Laurette just stood there in silence, having no comments what so ever. "Well I guess it's safe to tell you that my brother has liked you for a while…" Garland trailed off with a dreamy sigh. "How lovely…" she added on. "Whatever…" Laurette thought and rolled her eyes. "What?!! He has?!!!" Rosemarie said after getting the words through her head. Garland nodded. "Then why didn't you tell me?!!" Rosemarie asked a bit disappointed. "Well, he told me around the same time you told me, and then he told me to keep it a secret, and not to tell anyone, and you did the same, so it's only my thing to keep it a secret." Garland explained rather quickly. "So there you have it!" She smiled and cupped Rosemarie's hands. "This is so cool!! You and my brother looks so good together!!" Garland giggled and almost jumped out of her seat. Laurette sighed again and looked at her watch. "Don't you think so Laurette?" She then tried to include Laurette in the conversation, even if she knew Laurette wouldn't give in to girl talk. "Err…sure." Laurette answered and got up for her seat. Rosemarie and Garland giggled somehow knowing that Laurette would said something like that. Before Laurette went back to her dorm, she turned around and looked at her two friends. "Well, you two better go get ready, we have to meet the boys for breakfast, remember?" Laurette pointed out, but showed no hints of excitement knowing that she'll get to see Arnoux again. "Oh yea…hehe! Lets go Rosemarie, I'll make you all pretty!!" Garland said and then dragged Rosemarie and herself to do make up and all. "Catch you later Laurette!!" Rosemarie quickly said before the hyper burette girl pulled her out of the area. Laurette sighed and shook her head and went back to her dorm room to change out of her pajamas and into her normal clothing.

"Good morning Laurette!!" Jules greeted eating his daily morning plate of cookies and of course with milk. Laurette waved and took a seat. "Howdy." Iven smiled and tipped his hat. "Hey." Laurette said. She looked over to Aleron just looking away from her not even wanting to look into her eyes. "Where's Garland?" Jules then asked. "Yea, and Rosemarie." Iven added on. "Well…they're doing girly stuff…" Laurette just said very simple, not wanting to go into details of what happened this morning. Iven chuckled. "I see." He then sighed with a smile. "So where were you last night Laurette? I didn't see you since after we departed."  Iven asked. "I was hanging out with a friend, who will be joining us for breakfast." She told him. "Oh, are you talking about Arnoux? That's awesome!!" Jules finally looked up from his plate of cookies. Laurette nodded causing Aleron to murmur something under his breath. "He's pretty good, with those daggers of his. I would have taken up the daggers as my weapons, but I prefer martial arts!" Jules started to talk. "Yea, I've seen him use those daggers yesterday…" Laurette said referring to when Arnoux saved her from Aleron. Aleron then shot her a death glare. She gave him her 'whatever' eyes. "Hey guys!!" an always cheerful voice called out. Everyone knew it was Garland. "Hey you two. Sit down already, we've been waiting forever!!" Jules joked. Rosemarie was about to take a seat next to her brother, but before she did, Iven got up and pulled out a seat for her next to his'.  She blushed a bit but accepted it. Garland giggled as she sat next to Jules. "Awww, is Rosemarie blushing?"  Jules asked with a grin on his face. She turned ever redder when Iven put his arm around her shoulder. "Don't worry, we all know." Jules explained. Rosemaire then looked down. "Hey, hey don't take it as a bad thing, I mean millions of girls here wish they could be with me…and I choose you…" Iven joked causing Rosemarie and elbow him in the ribs playfully. "Easy there missy, I was just kidding ya?" He laughed.

A figure then popped up behind Laurette. She looked up to find Arnoux standing there. He looked at her with a smile. "Hey…" He said. "Arnoux! Hey!" Laurette stood up next to him. "Guys this is, Arnoux. Arnoux this is Iven, Rosemarie, Garland and Jules. Oh and you've already know Aleron." She said trying to make him feel welcome. "Hey Guys!" Arnoux greeted in his usual cool voice. He then sreached across and gave Jules a little high five. "Hey man what's up?" Jules asked. "Nothing much, I never knew you hung out with Laurette." He said. Jules just nodded. Arnoux then shook Iven's hand, and he did the same to Garland and Rosemarie.  "Nice to meet ya!" Garland said in her usual cheerful tone. He nodded. "Hello." Rosemarie greeted. "So have a sit down, we're not going to bite." Iven gave him a reassuring look. "Sure." And then Laurette found herself sitting between Aleron and Arnoux. "So what are you all up to today?" Arnoux asked. "We don't know yet, since we're not assigned a mission yet, we just have a free day off, unless the commander or headmaster calls for us." Laurette said. "Oh I see, but what do you guys usually do?" He asked. "We usually go and practice with in our band when there's nothing to do." Garland explained. "Raw Image right?" He asked. "Raw Image, yea that's us." Jules said. "Yea, I heard you guys at Balamb once, just passing by, not bad." He commented. "Thank you." Rosemarie said on behalf of the whole group. "So, who plays what? All I know is that Jules plays the bass." He said. "Well, I play the keyboard, while Garland takes up the drums, Iven here plays the acoustic guitar and sometimes electric. Jules plays the bass of course, Aleron here now plays 2nd guitar, and as for Laurette, she's the lead." Rosemarie explained. "Laurette lead? Wow, that must be great. I really wanna hear you guys play now." He said and looked over at Laurette. She just smiled. Aleron seeing this groaned. "So do you play anything Arnoux?" Garland asked. "He plays guitar." Jules butted in. "Really? That's great! I would love to hear you play." Laurette all of a sudden said. The group would never expect her to say something like that. Arnoux smiled at her. "Yea you will. Promise." He nodded. "We would love too." Iven said. "How long have you been playing anyways?" Garland asked. "Since I was 4." He answered. "Wow! You must be really good then!!" Garland then exclaimed. Rosemaire and Garland started to chatter up and kept on commenting Arnoux. Arnoux blushed a bit. "Enough!!" Aleron then got up and rushed out of the area. "Geezes, what's up with him?" Jules asked. Laurette and Arnoux exchanged glances but didn't say a word. After a while the group talked again and ate.

Aleron stomped his way to his dorm. He didn't want to think about what was going on back there. "Damn him, who the hell do he think he is anyways?"  his anger ran through his boiling blood. As soon as he got to his dorm, he started to throw stuff off his desk and started to smash things with his gunblade. He was turning mad as he toss the picture of Laurette and himself off his desk. The frame shattered into pieces leaving the tiny bits of glass everywhere on the red carpeted floor. He then picked up the picture, not afraid about getting his hand cut because of his glove. "Soon…I will have you…Soon you'll be mine…and only mine…" He smirked evilly and fell on to his messed up bed. "And soon…Arnoux shall be GONE!" He laughed like a mad man. 

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