Disclaimer: I don't own 'Pickin' Wildflower' by keith anderson…

Maiden of the Blue Rose…

I'm Alexis Rhodes, an Obelisk blue 3rd year. I consider myself a pretty good duelist. And hey, what more could I ask for? But lately I have this strange feeling I'm missing something and the way my life is going I may never find out. But then again what I never do? I feel like the point has just gone right over my head. Why am I talking about this? None of you people have any idea what I'm going through. Now most of my friends are Slifers… Weird. I know. But they aren't bad people. All this rivalry is truly pointless. We're all here to learn to be better duelists, not to put each other down. I bet if we took of the jackets, amd just went wandering around we'd walk past each other and wave without a second thought. Jaden's starting to bridge that gap and it's turning this school upside down. Personally I think that's just what this school needs…

People all around me were yelling and screaming for an encore from the band. By now must of them were swaggering a bit, and slurring their words. Someone had gotten the brilliant idea to spike the soda. It had taken me about four cups of soda before I realized it. Most of the girls had long ago changed into jeans, but some of the ones still in skirts wouldn't risk getting up from there spots on the ground. I listened as Loki sang into the mic his eyes on Melody who was sitting next to me on our tarp,

"Hey baby whatcha doin' this evening?
Can you meet me down at the railroad tracks?
I got Tom Petty playin' in my Silverado,
And I iced down a six-pack.

Hey lady don't you worry 'bout your mama,
Like 007 we can keep it covert.
Undercover on the ground by the water
Gonna get a little peace... on earth."

I could not believe Melody as she got up and went to the front of the dance floor with almost every boys eyes on her,

"Baby whatcha say we go pickin' wildflowers?
Got a spot way back in the woods.
Sneak away for a couple of hours,
You and me baby, pickin' wildflowers…"

I couldn't figure out why Melody was up there. But as she danced to the chorus I saw her eyes never left the singer. She was flirting with the boy. I'd known Melody for a long while and she never flirted with anyone. Ever. But here she was shaken her behind with this weird look on her face. Even Zane had made it to the dance floor spinning around Margarita like a little yellow top,

"…Take a trail ride if you know what I mean.
Hey baby won't you come with me?

Baby whatcha say we go pickin' wildflowers?
Got a spot way back in the woods.
Sneak away for a couple of hours,
You and me baby, pickin' wildflowers…"

The song then began to wrap up, and Melody got up on the stage and stood next to Loki. He twirled her around once and spoke into the mic, "Thank you everyone. We are all a bit tired so we're going to have a DJ at the table where we were having request thank you everyone and give it up on last time for 'Up a Creek'!" the crowd roared and Loki walked off stage with an arm around Melody.

Then Jaden walked up and stood above me, "Hey, Alexis. You wanna come to the fire? We were just about to roast Marshmallows."

"Sure." I said standing up, we started to work are way through the crowd when the space between everybody began to shrink and I felt extremely dizzy. The volume on the crowd seemed to turn to max as I slowed down to regain balance. When the world stopped spinning I saw Jaden back track to me.

"Come on!" Jaden yelled over the noise, and grabbing my hand. A strange sensation went through me like a wave. My face became hot and all I could do was let Jaden pull me along. When we finally made it through he didn't let go as I thought he would. Instead he stopped to talk to some people from his dorm. A few feet away Zane and Margarita seemed to be arguing. Over the noise I strained to hear what they were saying.

"…I saw the way you were talking to Jaden earlier. You were all goo-goo eyed over him." Zane said in his usual calm tone except now it had a hint of anger. "You'd flirt with anything on two legs. I seriously don't know what I saw in you."

"Oh, yeah? Don't think I didn't see the way you watched that super star dancing! You watched her like she was going to give you the phone number to win a million dollars!" Margarita was stumbling over her words obviously dizzy from the hot sauce.

As it turns out, Syrus had just walked by. He stopped at Zane's words and turned to him. "Brother, that is no way to talk to a girl! You should know better. You only said those things because you were jealous, and you should be ashamed to suggest such a thing of Margarita."

Margarita gave Syrus a tender look then glared at Zane, "You should listen to your brother Zane. At least HE knows how to treat a lady." then she turned to Syrus. "Would you like to go to the dance floor. It's a little CROWDED over here." Before Syrus could reply Margarita grabbed his arm and pulled him away. Zane however stomped off angrily in the other direction, grumbling something about a hut or mutt or something like that. Jaden wrapped up his conversation and we made it to the fire. Bastian sat leaning against a tree with a girl on each arm like a pimp, and strangely not enjoying himself. He persistently told them his heart belonged to another and that he thanked them for their affection but they should seek another candidate. The girls laughed and hiccupped dizzy from the spiked soda. Bastian sighed and tried to get up to no avail. I heard snoring from the trees behind us. There with a bottle of strong hotsauce in their hands were our chaperons Loki sat with an arm around Melody waving a card that was in his other hand just out of Melody's reach. She whines like a baby and throws herself across his lap to get it back. He smiles asking what she'll give him for it. She leans in and gives him a kiss, and I don't mean the kind you'd give your mom. I mean a wet lip-lock. Pulling back she puts her head on his shoulder, forgetting all about the card. I shiver from the cold and rub my hands together. Jaden sits down next to me taking off his Slifer jacket.

"Here, put this on." He says wrapping the jacket around me. I lean against his shoulder and stare into the fire. Suddenly drowsy I yawn, which causes a chain reaction. First Jaden yawns, then Loki and so on around the fire. Only Chumley doesn't yawn. He's wide awake and making ten marshmallows on one stick. The two girls next to Bastian giggle, and hold him tighter. Bastian sighs and gives up. Isabelle joins the circle sitting across the fire from Bastian and his new sleeves. She is glaring at them. Bastian seems to be bleeding for help. None arrives. The girls giggle and the one on the right plants a kiss on his mouth. Bastian tries pulling away but just as he does the other kisses him as well. Isabelle, looking shocked and hurt. Gets up and runs back toward the party. Bastian somehow fines strength to pull himself free and runs after her. The others don't seem to notice the commotion. Loki, Melody and a few random people I don't know have fallen asleep. Chumley is cooking marshmallows, a group of boys are dueling, and Jaden is just staring into the fire.

Still a little drowsy I look up at Jaden, "Hey, Jay?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you like me?"

"Of course I like you, Alexis. Why do ya ask?"

"Just curious…" Then I stare of into the fire. The silence seems to last forever when suddenly Jaden asks,

"Do you like me?"

I think about this for a moment. I'm about ready to fall asleep and this is a bad time to be asked such an important question. Before I can think of the answer the words come out by themselves, "No, Jaden. I love you." Then it all went black.

(LunarFlare14)

Hey everybody! It's LunarFlare14! I hope you've enjoyed the story so far. The next Chapterfeatures everybody's favorite Ra formulator Bastian Misawain Knight of the Yellow Sage! See you there!