Hey everyone! Thank you so much for the reviews! I'm sorry it took so long to update - finals were coming!

ANYWAYS, please enjoy chapter 4 of It's All in the Stars.

-Hari

Raine looked up from her book and saw Lloyd fretfully sitting in a chair. Raine watched, clearly fascinated by the boy's behavior – he couldn't sit still and was wiggling in his chair one minute, tapping his fingers on the chair the next, blinking rapidly seconds later, and then starting the process all over again. At first, it was quite amusing to watch, but after a while, the act became irritating. "Lloyd!" Raine yelled. Startled by the sudden noise, Lloyd jumped up.

"Wh-what?" Lloyd stammered, clearly confused.

"You've been acting quite strange." Then, Raine said quietly to herself," Not much stranger than usual, but still."

"I'm waiting for Colette to come back!" Lloyd suddenly blurted out. Raine eyed the young swordsman. "She went out with Sheena and Presea to the hot springs, and to get Genis some medicine… and then I saw Zelos walking around the main entrance as if he was going to commit a terrible deed." Lloyd sat still, deep in thought.

What's there to think about? Raine thought. A pervert following some girls to a hot spring? Obviously something bad is going to happen. As tempted as she was, Raine kept her mouth shut – she wanted to see if her student could figure this one out on his own. The seconds turned into a minute; the minute soon turned into 20. Raine had had enough. As magnificent as teaching is… Lloyd makes me actually consider another career. She rose out of her chair and headed towards the door.

"Professor!" Lloyd cried out as he saw Raine heading for the door. "Where are you going?" Raine glared at him with one of her it's-none-of-your-business looks and walked away. "…I only wanted to know where she was going." Before Lloyd could concentrate further on his thoughts, a loud sneeze could be heard echoing through the hallway. It must be Genis… Lloyd thought as he walked over to the first room in the hallway.

The young half-elf boy looked terrible. He was sitting up in his bed surrounded by a sea of used tissues. Genis looked up from his sneeze and found Lloyd standing at the foot of his bed. "Hey Lloyd," Genis barely managed to say as he was holding in another cough. Suddenly, Genis' face wrinkled up and he was thrown into a coughing fit. Lloyd rushed to his friend's side and began to pat his back. Lloyd didn't know what patting people on the back did when they were coughing, but he had seen Raine doing the exact same thing a couple times earlier that day. Suddenly the coughing ceased and Genis settled back between the blankets and the mattress. At that moment, the door burst open and angry shouts could be heard emitting from the open door.

"YOU PERVERT!" a voice yelled.

"But Sheena!" was the pitiful cries of Zelos. Unable to contain his curiosity any longer, the young swordsman cautiously peeked out of the doorway, but what he saw wasn't exactly the prettiest sight – Raine and Sheena clobbering Zelos… together. Lloyd winced, he knew how much pain the Professor's punishments could bring.

Oh well… thought Lloyd as he walked back to Genis' bedside and took a seat on the chair.

"What's going on?" Genis asked.

"It's nothing… Zelos was simply being a pervert again, I think," answered Lloyd. A moment later, Colette appeared at the doorway, smiling her usual bubbly smile.

"Genis, I brought your medicine," Colette announced as she walked in through the door and placed the brown bag on the small table near the bed. She slowly took out the bottle, unscrewed the cap and carefully poured the liquid into a spoon. The next thing she knew, she was on the floor, the red liquid in a puddle around her feet. "I'm sorry!" she cried as she began to clean it up. "I'm so sorry!" Lloyd smiled.

"It's not your fault," Lloyd said trying to reassure her. "The bottle's slippery." He bent down and began to clean the medicine up.

"There!" Colette cheerfully announced. "It's all clean." She paused for a moment, wondering what to do next, then headed for the door.

"Where are you going Colette?" Genis asked, holding a tissue up to his nose.

"I dropped all of your medicine so I have to go buy some more." Noticing that this was a chance to spend time with Colette, Lloyd bolted up and blocked the path to the door. "Lloyd?"

"Maybe I should go with you!" Lloyd blurted out. "It could be dangerous after all…it's getting late."

"Lloyd, it's only 3:00 in the afternoon," Genis retorted.

"Well… I uh," Lloyd stammered. He had thought of the part where he would ask to go with Colette, but not the part where he would explain why he wanted to go with her.

"It's okay, Lloyd can come with me… I'd appreciate the company." Relieved that Colette understood his intentions and allowed him to ho with her, Lloyd smiled and followed Colette out the door.

"So, where is this medicine?" Lloyd asked as the two of them stepped onto the porch of the inn they were staying at.

"Flanoir," Colette simply replied.

"It's that far?" Lloyd wondered out loud. "We should probably take the rheairds then." Colette nodded as the two made their way to the back of the inn where the rheairds were being parked. "Which one are we taking?"

"Well, two of them are being used by Regal and Presea so there are two left." Colette suddenly flashed a smile, hoping that Lloyd would catch her drift.

"You wanna, share?" Lloyd cautiously asked. He wasn't quite sure if Colette had intended to share, but he felt that he should go for it. Colette nodded, a small hint of red painted on her cheeks. Lloyd smiled as he helped Colette board the rheaird. The air rapidly sped around them and it seemed as if time had actually stopped and before long, they had arrived at the snowy city that was known as Flanoir.

"Lloyd? Aren't you going to get cold?" Colette questioned as she placed her feet on the crisp snow, shivering slightly.

"I might, but it looks like you need the warmth more than I do." As he spoke, Lloyd began to unbutton his bright red shirt, revealing another red long-sleeved shirt inside – which was still quite thin. After the jacket was completely off, he walked over to Colette and wrapped the bright red article of clothing around the angel's shoulders, causing her to blush.

"Lloyd! I can't, you'll get cold," Colette began before Lloyd placed a finger to her lips, silencing her.

"Not another word, okay? I don't want you getting sick, now let's go get that medicine." Colette was shocked – did Lloyd really care about her that much? Her head began swimming in new thoughts that engulfed her mind.

Does Lloyd really like me, the way, I do? I really want to tell him… but what if I'm wrong? What if he doesn't like me that way? I- I don't know! Colette placed a hand to her forehead in an attempt to calm herself down and organize her confused thoughts and feelings. Noticing that Colette hadn't followed, he asked:

"Colette? Are you alright?" Lloyd gently asked. Colette looked up and met Lloyd's gaze and saw deep brown eyes that were so warm and gentle. Lloyd gazed back and saw crystal clear blue eyes that greatly surpassed the stars in beauty. He blushed. "Colette…" As he continued to stare into Colette's eyes, he was not aware of his actions – his hand began to caress the angel's cheeks.

Colette let out a small gasp of surprise; Lloyd's last action caught her completely off guard. Although Lloyd's action really surprised her, she felt happy or something close to it. Colette couldn't explain why she was happy, but it seemed as if that word was the only way she could put her feelings into words. Noticing that a small smile began spreading across her cheeks, he pressed on – proceeding to lifting her chin up in preparation for a gentle kiss. Noticing what Lloyd intended to do, Colette's heart began hammering in her chest, blood surging throughout her body, causing her to cheeks to become as red as a ripe strawberry during the summer. W-why is my head spinning? I feel like… like- Colette began to think as her body slumped onto the ground. The last thing she could hear before the blackness completely seized her was the frantic cries of Lloyd calling her name.

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