AN: Hey all, I'm back. Thanks to everyone for the lovely reviews! As I said to my dear friend, Kat: Reviews make the world go round. Yup, not gravity, but reviews. Speaking of Kat, go and visit her wonderful 'Randomness Boards'. She's 'UniversalCall' here, and I suggest you go and read her wonderful story too. And review it, of course! Just review her story and I'm sure she'll update with the website.
Now, I really do have to apologise for the really late update of this, but what can I say? I've been really busy. I also have a month long Internet ban starting today, so technically I'm not supposed to be online. But my parents have gone to bed and what they don't know won't hurt them, eh? So I'll have hours to write, with no distractions, so hopefully I'll be able to update at a quicker pace. I guess it all depends on whether I can actually stay awake until after my 'rents have gone to bed.
Yessum. Well, I don't have anything more to say, other than Please Read, Review and Enjoy!
Lilly was pleased. Mia had been avoiding Michael for a full day, and Michael had been running around like a headless chicken – oh the irony – the whole time, trying to find her. According to Tina, Mia had spilled all to her about liking Michael, which confirmed her suspicions. Michael liking Mia was a given, of course.
Now … how to get them to admit it to each other, but still get a few laughs for everyone else out of it? Hmm, that one was going to take some considerable thought on her part.
What she needed to do, was make sure that her lovely best friend, and her dopey brother failed to do their dares. If they failed, they'd both be stuck in a hilariously funny situation for a day, which would not only fill up her photo album, but also give everyone else stitches.
Well, one way would be to give Michael another little … consequence. Yes, that's it. But what should it be? Ah, this would take some major thought. Well, one of them would be dressing up. And as their costumes would be Easter related … what could she do to make it worse for them?
Oh, what if she had the one who failed, walking around, giving out chocolate eggs?! Oh that's perfect. Simply brilliant. Michael would have to be the one though. I mean, what normal girl would want to embarrass her best friend? Then again, Lilly wasn't normal.
Michael was stressed. How could that girl just disappear into thin air? Wasn't she meant to be a princess, and therefore always in the media? Maybe if he tuned in to "Royal Watch" from the teachers lounge, he'd see Mia walking down the French corridor. Ok, probably not, but he was desperate right now. Where the hell could she be?
He'd been looking for her for just over an hour now, and hadn't eaten at all. Oh well, at least he had G&T (A/N: That doesn't sound right. I swear that's a drink – Gin and Tonic. Enh, I don't have a book on me so I have no way of checking, but if it's wrong, just ignore it) next. Their teacher was never in the room, so maybe he'd be able to wolf down a sandwich then talk to Mia. Yes, talk to Mia.
Half an hour later, Michael entered the classroom and started looking around for Mia. Spotting her sitting by the wall with Lilly and Tina, he marched over to her and stood right in front of her, so it would be impossible for her to miss him.
"Mia? I need to tell you something. It's kind of important … can we talk? In private?"
She looked up at him, then away, which only served to make Michael even more nervous then he was already. Oh he looked quite cool and collected, but inside he was an enormous bag of nerves.
"Go away, doofus." Lilly snarled at him. He grabbed his sisters arm and pulled her over to a corner.
"What are you playing at? You told me I had to tall Mia my … feelings. How can I do that when her friends, and my own sister, won't even let me near her?!" He hissed at the girl in front of him, waving his hands about for emphasis.
"Aww, you didn't think I was going to make it easy for you, did you? Oh poor Michael. So naïve. And could you stop waving your arms around? You look like a broken windmill." She bit back, hitting one of his arms and producing a loud "Ouch!" from him.
"Ok, I don't hate you. I do not hate you. No I don't." He started repeating over and over to try and stop himself from reaching out and shaking the snickering sibling in front of him.
"Michael, Michael, Michael. What are we going to do with you? You know you'll have to tell her before the tie is up, don't you? No dawdling. Hah, what am I talking about? You know all this … don't you. Ta tah, dear!" Lilly finished her little speech and made her way back to Tina and Mia, who had been watching with interest as Michael flailed about like a fish out of water, and Lilly snapped … as usual.
Did this put Michael off? Of course not. He wasn't one to quit when it came to affairs of the heart. Well, ok that might not be completely true, but it was the only thing that was going to get him through the week. Apart from the thought of what Mia was going to say when he finally got to tell her that e loved her. But that didn't exactly fill him with happy thoughts.
Of course Mia was going to laugh in his face, and then proceed to tell him that she was looking for someone with more class and stature, rather than a musician, who is three years older than her and is practically on the computer 24/7. Oh the life of a seventeen year old male.
