It didn't take a genius to work out what Chazz had been going to say in the corridor that lunchtime, which meant that Zane, who could quite possibly be a genius, was not going to ignore it. No way. He was going to get it out of Chazz even if it was the middle of the night… He'd got into Chazz's room before – he could do it again, right?

Usually Zane didn't resort to sneaking into people's bedrooms late at night, but Chazz was… difficult. Unlike anyone Zane had ever liked before he had this certain feeling about Chazz; he'd never been so sure about someone before. And he'd never craved attention from just one person like this before – it was kinda odd, he admitted it, a little, but it was like some weird obsessive…obsession and it wasn't even as if it was a new feeling. There was just something about the Princeton; his untameable quality – the spark in his eyes, the passion Chazz had when he duelled, even though he knew he might not win Chazz always gave it everything he had. But more than all of Chazz's harsh exterior, Zane loved the fact he knew Chazz was all kind of cute and marshmallowy inside; there was just something in Chazz that made Zane want him with all his being, not just want – love.

The Slifer dorm had always been a mystery to Zane; it was small and dirty, how could people survive there? He's only lived there a couple of months in his first year before moving from there to Ra, and shortly on to Obelisk. But surely the kids at the school getting the worst grades were the ones who needed to study more, and how were you supposed to study if you had cockroaches crawling all over your work all the time.

Zane of course knew where Chazz's room was already, but was surprised to find it unlocked. It was late and usually Chazz locked the door, at least it had been locked last time Zane had turned up – he'd managed to get in because Atticus had shown him this amazing trick with a credit card…

The room was empty, it was apparent as soon as he entered. Although dark, the bed was obviously unoccupied, in fact the sheets were all ruffled up at the end of the bed in a very un-Chazz like manner. Zane frowned and noticed something on the ground next to the bed. Moving over he picked it up; Chazz's 'Ojama Yellow' duel monster card… odd. Still frowning Zane dropped the card onto the bed and folded his arms in thought.

Who the hell was Chazz Princeton spending the night with?

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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

A lazy hand reached over and smashed the alarm clock, which had been resting next to his pillow, off. Was it seven already? He felt like he hadn't slept a wink, though, he had been asleep for nearly ten hours straight. Maybe he'd had a bad dream, he decided, or perhaps it was that test they would have in class later that had made him have such a restless night. Well, whatever it was, he couldn't let it bother him now; he had to get up, get dressed, go eat breakfast and go to class.

He sat up, only to collide with the bunk bed above him with a smash, and lie back down again. Syrus had slept in the same bed for nearly a year, yet he still forget that Chumley's bed was on top of his. At least if his alarm clock hadn't stirred the giant, Kuala loving, duellist, that would have. Sighing, and rubbing his temples with his hand Syrus sat up again, this time much slower and swung his legs over the side of the bed to slide off gently onto the cold floor.

The youngest Truesdale then went over to the cupboard, pulled out his clothes, and arranged them in order of which to put on first, on the chair and yawned. There was a sheet on the floor for no reason, so he picked it up and slung it onto the desk; he would always have time to clean up after lessons.

Sighing again, he turned to see that Jaden's bed was still occupied – same routine every morning; try to wake up Jaden, only to have the other boy sleep through everything the blunette could through at him. He bent low and ducked under his own bed to shake Jaden, only to jump back a little, smash his head again and squeak slightly. What he had just seen frightened the boy to core; it seemed that his best friend had somehow morphed, during the night, into the terrifying Chazz Princeton.

Syrus bit his lip and lent over the other teen again to confirm what he thought he'd seen. It was indeed Chazz – a sleeping Chazz. Syrus frowned, he'd always heard Chazz was a very light sleeper; surely he would've been woken by the alarm clock? Then he realised the pale boy was wearing earplugs; well that explained it.

He straightened up and wondered if he should wake Chazz up, maybe he'd get yelled at? Suddenly the door opened and Syrus jumped almost a foot in the air.

"Hey Sy," Jaden laughed; "Up already?" he shut the door and stood expectantly.

"But – he… you – what?"

"What?"

"Chazz is in your bed…!"

Jaden just continued to grin, "I know. Hey hurry up; if we get down to breakfast first they might have some bacon or something…" obviously this was a big deal for Jaden, because he was never awake to eat much in the mornings.

Syrus eyed him suspiciously, "But – why is he there?"

Jaden frowned at Syrus, "Why is who and the what now?" he scooped up his deck of cards off the desk and lifted up the sheet with a quizzical expression, before dropping it back on the table.

"Jaden! You're not listening! Why is Chazz in your bed?"

"Oh that. Well he kinda turned up in the middle of the night. Hey do you think we should wait for Chumley before we go eat?"

Syrus shook with contained exasperation, "But why did he turn up!?"

"I dunno," the brunette shrugged, "You still going on about that?"

"Well, yeah. He does have his own room you know – you coulda just sent him back to it," it wasn't that Syrus was genuinely being mean, more the fact that he was so scared of Chazz that the knowledge he'd spent the entire night in the room with the guy chilled Syrus to the very core.

Jaden scratched his head in thought, finally concentrating. "I guess… but he looked really… sad – and he said 'please'…"

Syrus stared, Chazz… sad? Chazz actually asking politely? Jaden up early? It was like he'd been teleported to some new, extremely odd, alternate universe. Next thing he knew Chumley wouldn't be eating, and Zane would turn out to be some kind of insane rapist.

"Hey – you guys – I'm not coming to breakfast today, I'm going for a jog with Bastion's friend; trying to loose weight…" Chumley said as he climbed down from his bunk, grabbed his clothes and left. His roommates stared after him.

"Anyway – I don't think he's feeling too good, maybe we should just let him sleep?" Jaden suggested, nodding at Chazz's snoozing form.

Syrus nodded, "Uh okay. Let's get going…" with that Jaden made his way from the room, forgetting his smaller friend was still to get dressed.

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Alexis shook her friend off her arm, "For the hundredth time, yeah Jazz I'm sure Chazz is fine, there are other reasons than death that people don't turn for class…"

Jasmine, one of Alexis' best friends, had been in love with Chazz for almost forever, but just recently she'd got a whole new passion for it. It was 'Chazz this' and 'Chazz that' and since the incident at the beach, Alexis was getting pretty damn tired of hearing about The Chazz.

"But I've been here all the time Chazzywazzy has been, and I've never known him to miss a class. Not ever. Not even when he had that really bad cold – do you remember, and his ickle nosey was all red and he kept sniffing…" Jasmine grinned and squeaked slightly. Whatever her feelings were at the moment Alexis couldn't help thinking she was doing a really good impression of a fan girl.

"Well I'm sure 'Chazzwazzy's ickle nosey' is just fine. Really Jazz – is he the only guy you ever think about?"

There was a short pause before Jasmine replied brightly with a "Yeah! He's the best isn't he?"

"The very best," Lex replied, the sarcasm of her words seemed to be lost on her friend however.

"He's so cute and cuddly!"

"Mmm…"

"And I just know he likes me back – I really, really want to go on a date with him…"

"What?"

Jasmine looked over at her friend, "I said, I really, really want to go on a date with him…"

Alexis narrowed her eyes at Jasmine, a light bulb flicking on in her mind. She might have to wait to put the full plan: humiliate Chazz so he leaves duel academy, into practise, but here was something that miraculously popped up; plan B: get Chazz out of the way.

"You know what?" Alexis said, turning and presenting her friend with a huge, very fake smile, "I don't think that's a bad idea at all – you and Chazz! – I reckon it could be arranged…"

"You think Lex?" Jasmine shrieked.

"Just give me some time to play cupid; and I'm sure of it…"

"Oh my god! Wow! Thanks Lexi…" with that Jasmine linked arms with the Queen of Obelisk and the pair continued down the corridor chatting idly, no one noticing the rather evil smirk which had crossed onto Alexis Rhode's features.

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Chazz rolled over and stretched; wow that had to be one of the best nights sleep he had had for a very long – wait… why were the sheets so scratchy? And why the hell did he only have one pillow?! Chazz sat up only to whack his head, Syrus style, on the bunk above the one he was in. As he lay back down on his pillow, head throbbing, it all came back to him. Zane, the dream, asking to sleep in Jaden's room… all of it.

He squirmed slightly in the bed, than yet another thought struck him – where was everyone? He pulled out his earplugs, expecting to hear noises of people getting ready for the school day, only to be met with silence. What was going on here?

He rolled over to see an alarm clock on the floor; it was ten past two in the afternoon. Shit! Chazz didn't even know why he'd slept for so long; the bed wasn't even comfortable… however it had been a lot nicer than his room, when he'd know he had friends – uh he meant, useless idiots around him. It was kind of calming.

Now came the question, what should he do now? Should he go to class? He'd get yelled at for sure, he had Crowler for all his lessons today. But he couldn't just stay here, in Jaden's bed, could he? No, he was too awake now.

Climbing lazily out of bed, Chazz exited the room and entered his own. After a quick scan of the room he saw everything was still as it had been when he left, and as he thought about why he had done so he shivered slightly. He washed quickly at his sink and changed into his clothes; the usual black trousers, top and took his trench coat out of the wardrobe to place it over the back of his chair so it was ready for when he left.

However, it was as he inspected his room further that he noticed something slightly off; there were two pieces of paper by his pillow, he picked the first one up. It was ripped off a large sheet of paper and Chazz, to his own annoyance, found his heart skip a beat when he saw whom it was from, Zane. It was a simple note containing only three words and a scribbled signature, the note had obviously been written in a hurry.

'Where are you?

Zane'

Chazz folded the note between his fingers and flopped down on his bed, mulling over this information. Obviously Zane had come looking for him yesterday night, after the dream. He wondered what Zane had thought when he found that no one was here… Then he wondered what to tell Zane; the truth was the obvious answer, but something told Chazz that the Obelisk wouldn't take it too well if he said he was 'in Jaden Yuki's bed'. The words even sounded wrong in Chazz's head.

But why should he explain himself to Zane? Chazz shook himself mentally, the teal haired teen had no hold over him, no; Chazz could sleep where he wanted, when he wanted, without answering to some jumped up seaweed head. Since when did Chazz Princeton answer to anyone anyway? He crossed his legs on his bed as he thought. It was kind of sweet, Zane's concern though – he'd come all the way down here just to see him… Again Chazz shook himself mentally – Zane had probably come down here to pick up where he left off in Banner's office the other day… though, it didn't seem like such a bad idea… No! This is Zane you're thinking about! Bad Chazz! He slapped himself emotionally, Zane was evil and he didn't like him. Yesterday in the corridor had just been… a weird, crazed experience, he'd got caught up in the moment, he did not 'want Zane'.

In all his thoughts over Zane, Chazz had almost forgotten about the second note. This one was much neater, and folded in half in the centre of the page.

'Chazz – could you please do me a massive favour? Meet me outside the Obelisk dorm tonight at eight.

Thanks,

Alexis

x x x'

Chazz frowned, favour? For Alexis? It couldn't be that bad, right? It might help him take his mind off of a certain person. He pocketed the note. The Obelisk dorm at eight. Why not?

A/N Whoo another update! Okay warning for next chapter there will be some one sided JasminexChazz, but, because most of you didn't like the idea I won't be including any JadenxChazz – it was just an idea and I don't mind . For those who like JadenxChazz I have another fic called… uh…-thinks- 'You're Not Alone' which includes that pairing, more in later chapters, it's kinda angsty and stuff but check it out! –is shamelessly advertising- Hmm thanks for all the reviews everyone! And I forgot to put this up before, but thanks so much for putting this on the C2 'The Best Stories I've Ever Read' – it means so much to me to have my work appreciated, and that was really sweet :P. Okay check for another update tomorrow, I can't promise anything, but I'll probably get something up, and if I don't this one is extra long cause I'm going to Germany for a long weekend on Friday so you'll have to wait until Monday evening/ Tuesday for another update. But enough from me. XD. Any ideas for anything please post them in your reviews I love the input you guys have and it helps me make the story more interesting for you!