FASH: Here we go, I'm skipping to the future a few weeks, into, the summer vacation, because then we don't have a school to interfere with our getting Lee and Keely together.

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It was summer vacation (As stated above.) and Rei had come back, which made Mariah go crazy, which annoyed Keely and so the cycle went on. Rei and Keely seemed to get along okay together, although they didn't really talk much, they just found it easier not to make any awkward attempts at talking to each other.

Over the last few weeks of school Keely had opened up some more, and she didn't seem to be too insecure about having a relationship, much to Lee's delight.

"I just know it!" "Know what?" Lee sweat dropped, it seemed that Mariah and Rei had walked in on him while he was vowing to himself. "Oh the usual, he's going to try and win Keely over this summer." Mariah replied with anticipation. "And then." Her eyes got all starry. "We can be sisters!" Lee and Rei sweat dropped at the pink haired girls' exuberance.

"So Keely, when is your birthday?" Karrie had been trying to coax that information out of said girl all week long, Keely was beginning to get annoyed with her persistence. "It isn't right now and that's all that matters." She said, crossing her arms, Maya and Star watched in amusement. "Oh come on! Just tell me, it's not like I'd make a big deal out of it anyways." Keely gave her a look. "Okay, so maybe I would, but look at it this way, you'd get free stuff! I love gifts! Don't you?" Keely just sighed. "It's on the twelfth." Karrie gapped at her. "What did you mean 'it isn't right now' that's in two days!" "Karrie, I swear to God if you start planning anything I'm going to make sure all your favorite black clothes are nothing but ash when I'm through with them."

"Why would Karrie be planning anything?" Kevin suddenly popped up from Only-God-Knows-Where and Karrie, of course, had to tell him. "Keely's birthday is in two days!" Kevin looked at Keely. "Why didn't you tell me this?" "Because you didn't annoy me for a week to get it out of me." Keely replied with a sigh. 'I'm becoming soft.' She thought, how horrible! "Anyways, I'm going, somewhere." She started walking off in no particular direction.

"So then, what do you think we should do for her birthday?" Maya asked and Karrie grinned wildly. "I've got the perfect idea." She looked over at Kevin. "And you're going to help us." Kevin gulped, it was one thing to disappoint a bunch of girls, but to be pummeled by another girl for helping the other three girls was something he wasn't willing to risk. "No thanks, I've got things to do." "It's summer and you don't have a job, you have nothing to do." Maya replied lazily, and Kevin suddenly felt very freaked out.

Keely was walking around, she hadn't really explored the village much, she'd always had other things to do, get dragged around by Mariah, talk with her friends, get dragged by Mariah to the mall, school work, get dragged by Mariah.....

"I think I need a hobby." Keely said to herself as she approached the sound of a water fall, she walked out of the foliage, but immediately jumped back in, hiding from the person standing under the water fall, who happened to be Lee, a very topless Lee.

Lee turned to the forest border by the water fall, he as sure he had heard something move, and it was far too big to be an animal. 'I hope one of Mariah's friends isn't spying on me.' He thought with a shudder as he looked through the dense green, trying to find whatever was watching him.

Keely would have moved back, but that would have just attracted more attention to her spot, she didn't have to many forests to play in up in the mountains, she was silent and undetectable on that kind of terrain, but with each small movement she made in a forest, the leaves would shuffle and she couldn't let herself be detected. She shuddered slightly as Lee's eyes went over the spot she was hiding again, but sadly for her, the leaves rustled due to her actions and Lee's eyes were drawn to her hiding place.

"I know you're there, just come out already." Lee said, trying his best not to sound annoyed, and his eyes widened slightly when Keely, reluctantly, came out from the underbrush. "Keely, what are you doing here?" "Oh, you know, I was on a walk and decided to stop and enjoy the scenery." Keely replied with a shrug on her shoulder, although a nearly invisible blush had made its' way to her cheeks. "What are you doing out here, under a water fall?" Keely asked as one eyebrow rose up. "Training." Lee replied as he tried to concentrate on anything but Keely. "Interesting." Keely kicked off her shoes and pulled off her socks, before going under the waterfall. "And how is this training?" She asked loudly so her voice could be heard over the roar of the fall. 'it builds up endurance."

Kevin did NOT want to do what the girls told him to, but he knew someone who did. 'Lee said he'd be at the falls, and he's probably still there, hopefully.' He thought as he began making his way through the forest on a worn path to the water fall, and when he got there he couldn't believe what he saw. 'Keely's here too! I can't ask him to do THAT with Keely around!' Kevin thought helplessly, but lucky for him, Keely didn't seem to want to stay under the waterfall any longer. "I'll se you later Lee." She said as she bent over to put on her socks and shoes, unknowingly giving Lee a rather nice view, and he was now very thankful that the water was cold.

Once Keely was gone Kevin popped out of the forest. "Lee, could you do me a favor?" "That depends on what it is." "Well, it's something Star, Karrie and Maya want me to do for Keely's birthday." Lee had just been wading to the shore line, when his head snapped up. "When is Keely's birthday?" He asked. "In two days." Kevin replied with a shrug of his shoulders. "Anyways, here's what you'll have to do for the girls." And Kevin started whispering what Lee had to do, both boy blushed

FASH: What is it that Lee has to do? Find out next time, oh I know what it is and you don't! Hehehe!