Once again, the weekend passes, and a very happy Shakon is running to school. She had gone out with Rei the previous evening and the date went exceedingly well.

She was also very happy because she was completely free of her old reputation, and she was creating a new one that suited her much better.

The girl was wearing black jeans, a blue t-shirt, and a black tank top over the shirt. She also wore a blue toque, and hoop earrings.

She finally got to the grounds and ran over to Satsuna. "Hi!" Shakon greeted happily.

Satsuna smiled. "Good morning."

Shakon smirked. "How was mouth-to-mouth with Max?" She asked, partially curious, and partially because she loved torturing Satsuna about it.

Satsuna glared. "I told you, drop it!" She said, angrily.

Shakon laughed. "This time I'm serious!" She looked at her friend. "Is he a good kisser?" She asked.

Satsuna blushed. "Uh… I guess…" She replied.

Shakon sighed. "Well, I guess I shouldn't tease but… HOLY SHIT, RAN!" Ikenara burst out laughing, causing her comrade to sweatdrop.

"Is someone talking about me?" a voice behind the girls asked.

The two teens turned around and saw Max standing there.

"Yeah, Max, we were." Shakon smirked.

"I told you, shut up Ikenara!" Satsuna snarled.

Max, through the blush, laughed. "Well, I guess you have a right to tease as you know what it's like, right?" He asked Shakon.

Satsuna looked at a nervous Shakon. "Uh, wh-why would you say that, Maxie?"

Max grinned. "Rei tells me things."

Shakon's eyes widened and her cheeks turned crimson, and Satsuna gasped.

"Wh-what was there to tell?" Shakon asked nervously, wondering exactly what Rei said.

Max chuckled. "More then what Satsuna and I have to tell, I assure you."

Satsuna burst out laughing and Shakon was completely humiliated. "Oh, shut it, Ran." She said dully.

Satsuna wasn't able to breath she was laughing so much. Shakon stalked off mumbling how she was going to "kill that boy".

Max rolled his eyes before making sure Satsuna was going to live. "Are you okay, Satsuna?" He asked the girl, who was still laughing quite hard.

Shakon walked through the main doors and looked at the bulletin board. She went through the "Student Employees wanted" and the school club bulletins until one caught her eye.

"Dance Club Tryouts?" Shakon read out loud, very interested. She read the poster. "After school, Wednesday, bring own music, appropriate work-out clothing… prepare to stay 'till 5:30PM?" Shakon smiled. Something to get me out and about… Sounds good. She thought, writing the information down on a sheet of paper.

Once all the information was down, she went to her first class: Science. She sat in her seat in the back, put on her MP3 player and started going through the music on it to see if there was anything she could tryout with.

Later on, at lunchtime, Shakon sat with Rei, Satsuna and Max. Shakon was feeling very ticked off with Rei at this moment, and the poor boy felt it. Oh, boy did he feel it!

"Shakon, are you mad at me?"

"Did I do something wrong?"

"…"

"What'd I do?"

"…"

"Why are you ignoring me?"

"…"

"Max, you know why she's ignoring me?" He asked his friend.

Max smiled and nodded. "Because you told me." He said.

The corner of Shakon's eye twitched, and Rei understood. "It… just slipped out. I didn't mean to…" He tried to explain himself. Shakon turned her head so Rei wouldn't see that she was starting to smile and give in.

"Shakon…" Rei was trying to get her to forgive him, and the poor guy was starting to get desperate. Max and Satsuna were holding in their laughter because they could see quite perfectly what was going on: Shakon was stressing Rei on purpose so he'd get worried and do something drastic. And she was succeeding.

Rei wrapped his arms around the girl and pulled her close to him. Shakon burst out laughing, making Rei confused. "Wha-?"

Shakon regained her composure slightly. "Gosh, you're easy to stress!" She told a now blushing Rei.

Rei rolled his eyes and realized that he was still supporting the girl in his arms. The two teens made eye contact, and Shakon blushed.

Just when she thought something was going to happen, Rei let go of the girl and made her lose balance and fall to the floor. "Ahh!"

Satsuna, Max, and Rei laughed at the girl who was propped up on her elbows quite furious with herself for not seeing that coming.

After the 4 teens had finished eating, they got up and walked around the school. They heard little groups whispering about something until Shakon heard Terrance's name come up.

"What was that? She used to be lesbian?"

"I think she still is, I don't know."

"Maybe. She hasn't dated in a long time."

"Well, whatever. It doesn't really surprise me."

"I also heard something about Yuriy."

"What?"

"I heard he tried to rape Shakon in the park, Friday night."

"Really? Was he able to?"

"I don't know. We'll see though, won't we?"

Satsuna, Max and Rei looked at Shakon. "What… are they talking about?"

Shakon blushed slightly. "Which part?" She asked, knowing full well what part they meant, but trying to stall.

"The part about you and Yuriy." Rei said, concerned for "his girl".

"Oh." Shakon turned crimson. "It… was nothing." She said.

They looked at the girl sternly. "Rape isn't nothing." Satsuna told her.

"That's right of course, that is if the guy was successful." Shakon said, shyly.

Rei was surprised. "It's… true?" He asked. "He really did try?"

"Tried to… Not did." Shakon said.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Max asked.

Shakon smiled. "I'm fine!" She said, trying to convince her friends. "I wouldn't have… uh, gone out and… y'know… with Rei last night if I wasn't!" She said.

The group sighed relief. Satsuna smirked. "Which reminds me of a question for you both." She said.

"Alright…" Rei said, not sure if he wanted to answer the question.

"Are you two still virgins, or did you do that last night?" Satsuna asked.

Shakon and Rei's eyes widened and they crimsoned out.

"Hell! I like the guy, but I'm not going to do that with him!" Shakon yelled, totally grossed out.

Max and Satsuna laughed at their reactions. "If you say so!" Satsuna teased, acting as if she didn't believe them, knowing full well that they were telling the truth.

Just then, a girl accidentally knocked into Max, unintentionally knocking them both to the floor.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" The girl said, picking up her binder and pencil case. She had very short, red hair, glasses, an elbow-length green shirt and a jean skirt that reached her knees. She seemed very familiar to Shakon.

"S'alright." Max answered, getting up, and helping the girl with her things.

When she stood up, Shakon recognized the girl. "T-Terrance?" She asked in disbelief.

The girl laughed. "So, you recognize me." She said. The other 3 teens stared in disbelief.

"But you look so…" Satsuna started.

"Feminine." Max finished, earning a whack from Satsuna. "Ow."

"Wow, Terrance." Shakon said. "You changed."

"Not really. Like you, I was just faking it." She said. "Unfortunately, Linea's spreading my past around because I quit her little gang." She finished.

Shakon gasped. "That jerk." She said.

"What? What's she been saying?" Rei asked.

"Terrance… used to be… Lesbian." Shakon said sadly. "She's not anymore, but she made the mistake of letting that one simple fact slip to Linea."

Terrance blushed when 3 of the 4 teens looked at her weird.

"Seriously?" Satsuna asked.

Terrance nodded. "I'm not anymore though." She said, confirming it again.

"So, why'd you quit the gang?" Shakon asked.

"Well," Terrance began, "This is my last year in school, and I decided to start working on my career choices… And I thought that being in a gang wasn't going to help my resume much." She explained.

Shakon nodded. "That's why you were wondering about hiding your grades." She thought out loud.

Terrance nodded. "Yup. I've been doing the same thing you have ever since May of last year."

Just then, the bell rang. "Well, I'll be seeing you guys around, alright?" Terrance said, heading to her next class.

"Bye." The four teens said, to each other heading for their own classes.

Wow, I can't believe things are going so well for me. Shakon thought, taking her seat. And I'm sure they're bound to get better.

Later on, after school, Shakon and Satsuna were walking home together, as always.
"I think I'm gonna try out for the dance club on Wednesday." Shakon mentioned.

Satsuna smirked. "You could defiantly make it, y'know."

"Yeah, I know." Shakon said. "And I think it's a good idea. I just don't know what music I want to use at the audition." She finished.

"Why don't you use one you made?" Satsuna asked.

"Maybe, but those are much better in a group." Shakon said.

Satsuna thought for a while. "Well, you know any songs you like?" She asked.

"Well, yeah…" Shakon answered. "But not any I can really dance to."

"Well, it's just an audition." Satsuna said, thoughtful. "It's not like the whole school's going to see. And it's not going to be at the club."

"Maybe. I'll just have to look a little harder when I get home." Shakon said.

"Yeah."

Later on, at 6:40 PM, Shakon was sitting in her room going through her CDs. "No… no… Gosh, nothing I have is good enough!" She sighs and closes her eyes, putting Jump5's "Mix it up" and turns it to the twelfth track: "Celebration"

As the music plays, her eyes snap open.

She couldn't believe that she had already found the most perfect song, yet she had done it. Now, to make a routine for it. She thought, getting up, and getting her ideas flowing from her mind into her actions.