Shirley staggered home in a daze, her mind kept replaying the scene over and over. The mysterious green-haired girl kissed Lelouch and then they went into his room together.

Shirley barely noticed when she finally reached her dorm room, collapsing on the bed. Her roommate Sophie's inquires about her wellbeing went unanswered. Shirley's thoughts were completely focused on the recent events with Lelouch. Chilling ideas began appearing in her mind. Was his increase in skipping school because he was with this girl? Were they dating? What were they doing in his room together alone? These questions cut deep into her, tying her stomach in knots.

She spent most of the night writhing in uncertainty till morning light began to peek through the window. Shirley slowly rose from bed; the alarm said 6:10. It was earlier than when she normally got up but there was no point lying in bed any longer. Reluctantly Shirley got up noticing she was still in her uniform. She had been in such a daze she had forgotten to change. She slowly removed the sweat-stained clothes and got into the shower. The feeling of warm water cleaning her body made her briefly forget the cloud of misery that hung over her. This reprieve was short-lived, as the memory of Lelouch and the other girl quickly returned.

Shirley turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. She could hear Sophie's alarm going off and quickly dried herself and got dressed. After a brief exchange with her roommate, Shirley forced herself to eat breakfast and set off for the student council room.

Walking near the same corridor as the previous day made Shirley's chest tighten. The thought of bumping into Lelouch made it hard to breathe. What would I even say to him?

She arrived without event at the clubroom and stood hesitantly outside the doors. As she struggled with how or even if she should enter, the door suddenly opened from within.

"Oh, hey Shirley. What are you doing there?" The door opener was the student council president Milly Ashford. She brushed her blonde hair back and gazed at Shirley quizzically.

Shirley looked away in embarrassment. "I was just, you know…"

"Well never mind that, come in already." Milly eagerly grabbed Shirley by the hand and pulled her into the clubroom. She began going over with her details for the next school festival but Shirley only gave lackluster replies. After several minutes of dry conversation, Milly finally inquired about Shirley's disposition.

"Okay, spill it. What's wrong?"

"Huh? Wha-what do you mean?"

"You've been out of it since you got here, something happen?" Milly sat on the table next to her, stretching out her long bare legs and kicking her feet like an anxious child.

Shirley stared blankly at the forms in front of her, avoiding Milly's gaze. Should I tell her? Finally, after deliberating for a moment, she informed Milly about the events of the previous day.

Milly leaned back on the table laughing, "Oh, come on Shirley. You really think Lelouch of all people is sneaking girls into his room for naughty fun?"

"I saw it; she kissed him on the cheek and then they went into his room together!"

Milly stopped chuckling and leaned forward with a serious expression. "On the cheek you said though, and come on; do you really think Lelouch would have a secret girlfriend?"

"Why else would they go into his room together and why didn't he get flustered after she kissed him?" Shirley balled her hands into fists.

"How often do you ever see Lelouch get flustered? He was probably helping her out with something; they probably went into his room because it was something against school rules."

"But think about it, recently Lulu has been missing school a lot; he's always asleep in class and disappears all the time."

"That doesn't mean he's spending all night with some girl-"

"Then what does it mean?" Shirley interrupted, suddenly standing in frustration.

Milly looked away and was silent for a moment before responding. "Look Shirley you're letting your imagination run away with you. You should just ask Lelouch who the girl was-"

"I can't do that!" Shirley ran her hands through her orange hair in irritation.

A mischievous smile formed on Milly's lips, "Well you could always just tell him you like him. That would cut right to it."

Shirley's face quickly flushed red. "No way! I can't do that either!"

Millie sighed loudly before continuing. "Well, what if we found this girl and asked her?"

Shirley was silent for a moment, straightening her hair while thinking. Finally responding, "I don't think I could ask her about Lulu…"

"Well then, I will! Once we find her I'll ask her. Don't worry, I'll be discrete." Milly's mouth curved into a wry smile as she quickly leaped to her feet.

Shirley's yellowish-green eyes widened, "But I don't know her name or anything about her. How would we find her?"

Milly giggled mischievously, "Well, that's simple. All we have to do is look through the Ashford Academy database at all the female students till you recognize her."

"Huh? You can do that?"

Milly put a finger to her mouth, "I can't… but Nina can." She then gestured to the bespectacled green-haired girl at the desktop computer in the corner.

Shirley jumped in surprise, she hadn't even noticed Nina there when she entered the clubroom. "Oh! Sorry, Nina, I didn't see you."

"That's okay, I don't mind;" Nina answered in her typical timid voice, not even look away from the computer screen.

Milly walked over to Nina, affectionately putting her arms around her neck. "Nina, could you pull up the photo ID roster for all the female students?"

Nina nodded, "Sure." Her hands moved in a flurry of quick movements.

"I-is that allowed?" Shirley inquired as she joined Milly and Nina in front of the desktop computer.

Milly giggled and winked at her. "Not really but it's for the greater good right?"

As they waited for Nina to pull up the roster realization dawned on Shirley. "Wait, President! You told Nina how I feel about Lulu?"

Milly rolled her dark blue eyes, "Everyone knows how you feel Shirley, except Lelouch."

Shirley's eyes widened and her face turned red. "T-they do?"

"Don't freak out, its fine."

Nina pushed her chair back from the computer desk, turning to face them. "It's ready."

Shirley quickly pulled up a seat and scanned through the roster, looking closely at each student's picture. After several unsuccessful searches, she finally relented. "I don't see her here."

"Are you sure? Maybe you missed her, go through it again."

Shirley crossed her arms. "I'm sure; I looked through it three times already. She's not in there."

Milly looked at Nina. "Is this all the female students currently enrolled in Ashford?"

Nina nodded, "Yes it is, there's no mistake. If she's not on here, then she isn't a student of Ashford."

Shirley stood up and walked away from the computer, pacing back and forth in front of the wooden council table. "If she's not a student here, does that mean she wore the uniform to sneak in?"

"Oh yeah, I'm sure. Lelouch probably keeps a supply of female uniforms to slip girls into his room," Milly joked.

Tears welled in the corner of Shirley's eyes as she struggled not to cry. "Lulu…you…"

Milly quickly realized her teasing went too far and tried to reassure Shirley. "No calm down Shirley. I'm sure Lelouch isn't sneaking girls in. There's got to be another explanation. I mean its Lelouch, right? He wouldn't do that sort of thing."

As Milly wrapped her arms around Shirley to comfort her, the door opened and a blue-haired male student walked in. "Hey, guys! Oh, is something wrong?" Rivalz paused upon seeing Milly embracing a near crying Shirley.

"No, nothing serious. Shirley's just a little upset about Lelouch."

Rivalz sat down at the table across from Milly and Shirley. "Oh, what did he do now?"

Shirley broke out of Milly's embrace and wiped her eyes, turning her back to them. "I'm okay, its nothing."

"Well, Rivalz, maybe you can help us out. Does Lelouch have a girlfriend?"

Shirley froze as the president asked the question, keeping her back to them as she focused her hearing closely on the conversation.

"Huh? Lelouch? Are you serious?" Rivalz paused briefly before responding, "That guy has no interest in girls at all. I onc-, er, I mean someone once showed him a gravure model magazine and he didn't even look at it. He just called it useless trash."

"There see Shirley, he's not a pervert like Rivalz." Rivalz responded with a 'huh' noise and argued with Milly about the lecherous label.

Shirley put on a composed expression and sat down at the table across from Rivalz. Once he and Milly's exchange paused she interjected. "Have you ever seen a girl with long green hair and amber eyes?"

Rivalz looked quickly between Shirley and Milly briefly before leaning back in his chair and entwining his hands behind his head. "A girl with long green hair…that's pretty rare…no I don't think so."

"There see Shirley, there's nothing to worry about. Lelouch is all yours."

Shirley jumped up and leaned over the table desperately trying to cover Milly's mouth. "W-what are you saying?" Don't say that in front of Rivalz!

Milly avoided her attempts and stepped away from the table. "Oh calm down, I told you everyone knows you like Lelouch. Even Rivalz."

Shirley awkwardly froze while leaning over the table, quickly looking to Rivalz.

Rivalz met her gaze and smiled. "Well, yeah, everyone can tell you have a crush on him."

Shirley's face turned beat red as she casually stood back up. "Oh, uh, I see…they do…" She awkwardly sat back down in the chair staring down at her hands, desperately avoiding everyone's gazes.

"Don't worry, Lelouch is clueless. As smart as he is you'd think he would notice." Rivalz quickly added. "So ah, what's going on?"

Milly gave Rivalz a quick explanation how Shirley saw Lelouch with the green-haired girl. Rivalz reassured her he never saw him with the mysterious girl or any girl in that way. Both of her friends began assuring Shirley that she was overthinking things. She almost allowed herself to accept their consensus but the image of the girl kissing him kept resurfacing in her mind. Shirley suddenly crumpled up the papers in front of her. "No! I can't calm down till I know who this girl is!" I will find out what their relationship is!