Summary: Chris finds a girl on the streets and takes her home with her. Can he help break the wall she has set around her heart? Pre-Alice 19th
Rating: K+ for now, may rise
Pairing: Eventual ChrisxOC
Disclaimer: Alice 19th belongs to Yuu Watase. I do not own it. I write purely to entertain. However, I do own all unrecognizable characters.


"Alicia…Alicia!"

Alicia woke with a start. She looked up and saw a pair of brown eyes staring back at her. "Geez. Andrew! Don't scare me like that."

Andrew glared softly at her. "Well it is kinda hard to act out Romeo and Juliet without a Juliet."

"Oh. Sorry." They were acting out Romeo and Juliet as an English project. All the boys in her class chose her to be Juliet. She didn't mind because she loved acting. However, they couldn't agree on who should be Romeo. After Mercutio, Romeo was the best guy in the play. In the end, Andrew was Romeo.

"Why don't you say your lines from the balcony scene." Andrew suggested.

"Okay…'Goodnight, goodnight. Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I should say goodnight 'til it be morrow.'" After a brief kiss with Andrew, she continued her lines.

Finally the teacher dismissed them. Alicia was about to go to Orchestra when Andrew stopped her. "Hey Alicia, what's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?" she asked puzzled.

"You have been completely out of it. On top of that, you've been sleeping in class, you forgot half of your lines in the play, you left-"

"Okay, okay. I get it." Alicia stopped him from going on some hour-long rant.

"I take it that this has something to do with those girls on the roof?"

"Yes…" Suddenly what he said sunk in. "How do you know about that." The girls had been quiet and she and Chris hadn't said anything.

"Philip. That man knows everything about all Lotis Masters' lives." he stated.

"Let me guess. You're a Lotis Master?"

He rolled down his sleeve down enough to expose his upper arm. Dangling from his wrist was a bracelet with six beads on it. "You and Chris are not the only Lotis Masters at this school. I am one of the British Chapter's finest neo-masters." he said with pride and a hint of arrogance.

"Fine. Meet me and Chris on the on the roof at lunch."

"Huh?" Andrew looked confused.

"You dimwit." Alicia rested her head in her palm and sighed.

"Hey!" he warned. "Watch it."

"We're going to exorcize that girl during lunch and I'd feel better if you were there." he said.

"Okay." Andrew replied. He turned and walked away. "I'll be there…"


Andrew raced up the stairs. 'Aw man! Lunch started 10 minutes ago. Alicia was going to be pissed!' He ran through the door that led to the roof.

"You're late Andrew."

Andrew turned to his right and saw Alicia and Chris standing by the door. He moved to stand next to them. "Sorry. Mr. Adams kept me late."

"What are you doing here?" Chris asked in the coldest voice he could muster. He had never been overly fond of Andrew. All the masters at the sanctuary favored him because of the speed at which he was learning the words.

"I was invited." Andrew retorted with a hint of arrogance.

Alicia put herself in between the two boys. "Now, now. Can we please save our arguing for another time?"

"Fine." Chris replied.

"So Alicia," Andrew asked, "how do you know that those girls will come after you?"

"I heard them talking about it when I got to school this morning. You would think that if someone was plotting something, they'd do it in a more quiet place." She grabbed a peach from Chris and began to nibble at it. "So…how do you get into the inner heart anyways?"

Chris sighed. He had forgotten that Alicia knew so little about the inner heart. "Just stay with us and we promise that you will get in."

Suddenly, the door opened. Inside stood the people they had been waiting for. Chris, Andrew, and Alicia could feel the mara radiating off of them, especially the girl in the middle.

Andrew walked up to them. "Now, now ladies. Certainly you don't want to fight us."

"Matsu (restrain)." The girls on the sides said. Ropes appeared from nowhere.

"Pity." He shook his head. "Vimuku (release)!" The ropes loosened and fell.

Chris ran up to the girl in the middle and held his hand towards her head. "Na Sadaru Lotis Ran!"

Alicia saw a flash of light. The next thing she knew, she was standing in a winter wonderland. Red and Gold ribbons draped her back and chest.

"Welcome, my lady," Andrew said, "to the inner heart."


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