Mindless fluff that I wish to get out before the murderer is revealed. Mainly about Lloyd and Colette.

Don't own anything other than the made up characters

CHAPTER TEN: LOVE PROFESSED

Around noon, Charles summoned everyone to the living room for the briefing on his progress. He wanted to tell everyone that he was close of solving the murder.

"Rest assured folks, everything is alright. I just wanted to tell you that we are near of solving this mystery."

Everyone sighed, relieved that the murder was coming to an end.

"We just need to finalize a few things. Please, just hold on tight for a few more hours. We'll call you when were done."

Everyone began to leave the room. Charles and Jean were muttering about the evidence that they have found in various places (just to sum up what was found, there was red hair, footprints thought to belong to the perpetrator, cloak that the perpetrator wore on the night of the murder, and a stiletto used to kill Kate Ashford).

"We also confirmed that Sheena was in fact with Zelos the night of the murder," Charles muttered to Jean.

"Why did she lie to you?" Jean asked.

"Because she thought it was 'embarrassing' to ask a question like that to the Chosen."

"I see…"

Lloyd and Colette were found sitting on the porch, talking to one another.

"Man, I can't wait 'till this thing is over and done with," Lloyd said, irritably. "I want to leave this place. I mean the food is good and all but I don't actually want to live here the rest of my life!"

"Uh…yeah…" Colette replied.

"Anything the matter?"

"No! Nothing's wrong. Everything is fine…"

"Then what did I just say then?"

"Uh…I think you said something about the weather…"

"Ah-ha! See? You weren't paying attention. What's on your mind?"

"…no…nothing."

"Stop lying. I can see that you don't want to tell me something."

"I…want to tell you…but…"

"Come on; just say what you want to say."

"But…"

"Colette! I've accompanied you on your journey of regeneration. We got your soul back, cured your sickness, defeated Mithos, and saved the world together. But after all of that, you still can't trust me!"

"…….it's not like…I don't trust you…"

"Then what is it?"

"………"

"Please, Colette if we are to be friends then we have to form the foundation of that friendship. And that foundation is trust."

"I know that."

"Then tell me what you're hiding from me!"

"……Lloyd…I…"

Genis called Lloyd and Colette saying, "Hey guys! We're playing a game of volleyball! You wanna play?"

"Sure, Genis!" Lloyd replied. "I'll be there in a…"

"He's busy!" Colette snarled.

"Oh, alright!" Genis replied. "You know where to find us if you need us!" He walked off.

"Why did you do that for?" Lloyd asked.

"There is something that I needed to tell you for a long but I…"

Zelos walked by and called out, "Hey guys!"

Colette yelled, "Piss off!"

"Geez, alright, alright," Zelos replied, continuing to walk.

"Colette?" Lloyd said, nervously, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine! I just needed to tell you that I…"

Charles walked over to Lloyd and Colette. "Mr. Irving? How are you doing?"

Colette got really upset and yelled, "Why can't everyone just leave us alone!"
Charles looked at her funny. "Why is it that when I'm around, you start yelling? What are you guys doing?"

"Colette was about to tell me something important," Lloyd replied.

"Oh! Okay, well, don't let me keep you." Charles walked off.

"Okay, Colette, what is it?" Lloyd asked.

"Lloyd, I love you!"

"I know that already, Colette! I love you too. We're suppose to love each other. We're friends after all."

"That not what I meant…"

"What?"

"Nothing," Colette said, obviously upset.

"Now what is it?"

"It's nothing!" She got up and ran off into the house.

"What's gotten into her?" Lloyd asked aloud.

"Boy, are you in trouble," Kratos replied, coming out the back door.

"What do you mean?" Lloyd asked.

"Son, when a woman says nothing's wrong, it means everything's wrong. When a woman says everything's wrong, it means everything's wrong. And when a woman says that something isn't funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off!"

"Hmm…I think I'll find out what's going on."

Lloyd went inside and approached Colette's room.

"Colette, are you alright?" Lloyd asked.

"Go away!" Colette replied, her cries were heard from the other side of the door.

"Colette, did I say something wrong?"

"………"

"Colette? Answer me!"

"Why did I have to like the dense one?" Colette asked.

"What?"

Raine walked over to Lloyd and asked, "What are you doing?"

"I made Colette upset," Lloyd replied. "I don't know what I did."

"Well, what did she tell you?"

"That she loved me. Then I said I loved her too and we're suppose to love each other because we're friends after all."

Raine slapped her head. "Lloyd, I don't think that what she meant."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, Lloyd, let's think relationships. The relationship that I have with Genis is called brotherly love in his view and sisterly love in my view. The relationship that you and Genis show is friendship love. The relationship that Sheena shows Zelos is tough love and the relationship Kratos showed your mother, Anna, would be considered true love."

"What's your point?" Lloyd asked.

"The point is, Lloyd that Colette thinks the relationship you have is what Kratos and your mother had."

"And that is?"

"True love."

It took a while for Lloyd to finally get what Raine was trying to say. "What! You mean that Colette actually loves me!"

"I tried to tell you that you damned idiot!" Colette yelled behind the door. "You're just too stupid and dense to actually think! Try getting some oxygen to your head you dolt!"

"And I think that Colette is still mad at you," Raine replied.

"Ah…crap…what the hell do I do now?"

"Something incredibly romantic."

"Like what?"

"Roses and stuff. I don't know, ask Zelos."

Lloyd asked Zelos what he should do to impress Colette. He came up with roses and boxes of chocolate, or a bathtub full of rose pedals or singing a romantic song. Finally, Zelos came up with an idea that Lloyd agreed on; making Colette something beautiful. It took three hours non-stop but he finally finished. Lloyd went up to Colette's room.

"Colette?" Lloyd asked. "Are you alright?"

"Why do you want to know?" She asked, bitterly. "You just don't love me enough to even care!"

"Colette, I didn't know how you felt. Until the professor explained to me what you really needed. I made something for you, a gift. All I ask of you is to open this door."

"………"

"Please?"

Colette opened the door, her eyes still red. He looked at what appeared to be an angel fashioned from glass, wood and beautiful stones.

"It's beautiful," Colette whispered.

"Like you," Lloyd replied. "Colette, I love you. And I really mean that."

Colette started to blush. Charles came up and said to the both of them, "Can you guys round up everyone?"

"What's going on?" Lloyd asked.

"It's time for the murderer to be revealed."

Finally, enough of this romantic stuff, let's get this murder solved already!