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Betrothed is a bad word

I snuck into the lunchroom with my just bought 'seems-to-be-mashed-potato-but-is-actually-ravioli' meal and quietly placed my tray between Will and Maj. They noticed my James Bond-ish-ness and quirked their eyebrows.

"What are you doing?" Maj asked bluntly and tapped my hand with her fork.

"I promised Lash could eat with us but that doesn't mean I want him to. So I'm hoping he doesn't see me, or if he does, he won't be able to sit next to me," I explained my eyes moving swiftly to spot his infamous striped sleeves.

"But, if he sees us, he'll still know you're here because you always eat with us," Will laughed at my stupidity and I smacked my hand to my mouth in shock.

"Oh yeah! I gotta move!" I hastily picked up my tray and stood up but was pushed back down by a strong pair of hands.

"Oh, no. You're going to let me sit with you, remember?" Lash smiled sweetly and I almost gagged. He was a pretty good actor though, I had to give him that much. He moved round the table and sat opposite me and smiled again.

"When's the marriage anyway?" He asked in his best 'innocent' voice.

"When we're 17," I growled and kicked him to get him to stop speaking to me.

"Ow!" He shrieked in surprise and I smiled this time. It was time to begin the Hunt for Good Lash.

"Laaaaaash?" I asked drawing out his name as I said it.

"What?" He asked paying more attention to how much 'seems-to-be-mashed-potato-but-is-actually-ravioli' in his mouth.

"Can I ask you some questions?"

"Shoot," he answered showing me a mouthful of half-chewed food. I grimaced and began.

"If I was falling off the school, since I can't fly… What would you do? A: Reach down and save me. B: Get my Mum, but it'd be too late. Or C: Leave me to die."

He actually thought about it for a second! The nerve of the guy.

"Hmmm… I think I'm supposed to say A, so, A," he replied cheekily and winked again. I kicked him again, and sighed. He was impossible. Then Speed came walking over not-so-subtly with a whole group of giggling followers.

"So, Lash. Have you and your secret girlfriend made-out yet?" He laughed and snorted so hard his belly wobbled. I slowly pushed my 'seems-to-be-mashed-potato-but-is-actually-ravioli' away as Speed jiggled. Lash raised one eyebrow like Maj and Will did earlier and said,

"What's it to you?" Speed stopped laughing and almost choked.

"You mean you have? Oh, gross! Lash, your taste in chicks really has gone downhill!" I turned bright red and I got goose pimples all up my neck and on my face like I do when I'm upset. Seems weird but it's not. I just wanted to crawl in a hole as all these giggly followers were laughing so hard they could bust a gut. Suddenly Lash stood up and pushed Speed, hard.

"You're so gay Speed! Just go hang out with your other gay mates rather than bugging us!" He grabbed his now empty tray and turned around to leave. "I did mean the A answer," he murmured and left, leaving me helplessly watching as Speed stalked off and the realisation of what Lash had said settled in.

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