Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I don't own Golden Sun.

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Mia's POV

I heard what Jenna was saying to Sheba the other night. Yeah, I eavesdropped, but it was only by accident. I know Jenna jealous of me for some reason, and I guess that explained it. She thought Isaac liked me better. It's funny how it all works out, because actually, I was jealous of her before I even met her. Yeah, I like Isaac a lot. He's cute, sweet, quiet, yet willing to stand up for what he believes in; all the qualities I look for in a man. But he was always talking about Jenna. He was always so worried about Jenna. Of course, it was nice of him to care about her like that, but since I liked him so much...

I knew they were betting on us the other night. And that put me in a really bad mood. It made me kind of feel like I have to compete with Jenna. I barely know her, but somehow we're like distant enemies. It made me sick to think about it that way. I saw how she looked when she came in from helping Felix. She was crying, though I could barely tell since she was soaked to the bone. Then I went down, and I heard them.

Last night, as I was lying in bed pretending to fall asleep, I thought about it all. I liked Isaac a lot, but it was obvious that he liked Jenna better. It doesn't take a genius to figure that how; you can tell by the way he looks at her and talks with her, and Jenna herself is different around Isaac. They were meant to be, I can tell now. But who am I meant to be with.

'You're still young,' I thought to myself. 'It's not like you have to find Mr. Right now.' It still didn't console me any. Then something else happened.

We went ashore, and we (Jenna,, Sheba, and me) were all wondering what was going on. We went above and out, and saw a weird sight. Piers was doing something like cutting some trees down in a pink robe and fuzzy slippers. The other boys were standing around, laughing to themselves.

"You know, I don't have to do this!" Piers yelled.

"Of course not, but then again, you'll never fix your ship that way!" Felix called back.

"Arghh!" Piers knew he was right.

"Hey, boys, what are you doing?" Sheba asked.

"Some repairs that's all," Garet said with a smirk. He came up the gang plank, and gave smile gave another smile to us. "Hey, Jenna, Isaac might want to see you." I saw Jenna blush and my stomach sank.

'Stop thinking about it' I thought. No luck. I walked away, back into the ship.

"Hey, Mia!" Garet called out. I just kept walking. I entered and ran down stairs, but Garet caught me first. He grabbed my arm, and pulled me back.

"Something's up with you," Garet said. "Now tell me what."

"That's not how you get a girl to talk to you," I snapped. I was feeling awful for some reason, the worse I've ever felt.

"You've never acted like that before, and keeping to yourself ain't going to make it any better," Garet said.

"It has nothing to do with you," I screamed. Even I would admit that I was acting pretty bratty, but somehow nothing seemed fair anymore.

"Oh, I see," Garet said. "I don't know why you like Isaac that much. He's really not that cute." What a blunt way to put it. Suddenly I couldn't hold it back anymore. I felt tears roll down my cheeks, no matter how hard I tried to hold them back. I felt Garet's arms go around me, and he held me tight. It was actually pretty comforting, and it sent shivers up my spine. "I might be an idiot sometimes, but you can talk to me if you want." I looked up, and saw a warm smile on his face, unlike anything I've seen on him before.

"C-can we go somewhere a little more private?" I asked, not believing my ears.

"Of course," and he led me to the deepest part of the ship I had never been before. "Now spill it."

It took me a second before I replied, "It's not fair Garet. I live in tiny village north of every where, where all the guys treat me as if I am an untouchable and my closest friend betrays me, then I finally find I guy I really like, and he gets another girl. No one will ever love me. They all think I'm too stiff, too sharp tongued, too smart..." Garet laughed at that last one. I glared at him. "And you just think it's all a joke. You really don't know how to treat a girl, Garet!"

"Sorry, but I can't believe a guy would dis-like you because of that, when that's just one of the things I like about you," Garet explained. I didn't realize just what he was saying.

"yeah, but then you go off betting like we have no feelings. How do you think that made me feel!" I cried out.

"If you didn't like it so much, then how come you bet as well," Garet asked.

"What do you mean? I didn't bet anything!" I exclaimed not sure what he was talking about. Garet was silent for a minute, then angrily left the room, leaving me alone.

Garet's POV

I can't believe that wrench! Why would he place a bet in Mia's name. He is going to regret that action dearly.

I ran down the gangplank. Everyone was staring at me, but I didn't care. Piers was still working through his first tree. For someone who had so much muscle, he was really slow. I slammed him against the tree.

"Hey, old man!" I said. "Why don't you explain to me about Mia's bet, eh?"

"W-what do you mean!" He asked.

"I said why don't you tell me why you placed part of your bet in Mia's name," I demanded. I made a few flames lick around his feet, and then he answered.

"Betting like that is a low thing to do," Piers stumbled through his words after his pants caught on fire. "If Jenna found out..."

"Well, you know what, if you ever do something like that again, I swear over my dead body that you will live to regret it," I walked off towards the rest of the group. "I withdraw my bet." I told Ivan.

"Bet? What bet?" I heard Jenna ask.

Mia's POV

I was in there for at least ten minutes sobbing uncontrollably before I heard Garet come back in. I looked up at him, and he had this big cheesy grin on his face.

"Well, some of your problems are solved," He said.

"What do you mean," I asked, tears still rolling down.

"Mia, Mia, Mia, you'll find out one of these days," He said, and for once, Garet was actually the one to leave me dumbstruck.

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