c h a p t e r 2

I awoke the next morning just like I did yesterday. My roommates were out, taking advantage of Spring Break I was guessing. I got up and pulled a shirt on, this time combing my hair.

I walked out of his room, ignoring the admiring looks of some new girls that walked past me. I only wanted to see the look in their eyes from Stellar.

People often wonder why I show my chest off with the types of shirts I have, when I don't want that kind of attention. I just think they are comfortable.

I walked out of the academy, walking along the sandy beach and staring at the ocean. I missed her so much. I missed her smile, her warm embrace... everything. That's why my hopes were high in meeting her again.

I ran a hand through my sky blue hair, which everyone admired, and layed down on the sand, staring up at the sky.

'Stellar.. '

I could almost hear her laugh, I sat up. Wait. I actually could hear her laugh.

I hesitantly turned my heard to the direction where I heard the soft tinkly sound. My eyes widened. Stellar. There she was, right in front of me. But.. there was something wrong with this picture.

Shinn.

She was dancing in the ocean's shallow waters, dipping the ends of her unique dress in, then twirling around. Shinn was with her, chasing her around happily.

"Shinn! Shinn!" She laughed, embracing his name as if it was some kind of god.

The two acted like a couple, it sickened me. NOBODY should have been treating her this way but ME. I was the one supposed to be laughing and chasing her around happily, not Shinn.. not anybody! Shinn had grabbed her and pulled her into a tight hug, and I saw her relax in his arms, as if they hugged usually.

Shinn's face were stained pink, but Stellar just thought of this as a kind gesture, nothing at all romantic. I was sure of it. The two pulled away, and when Stellar turned around to continue getting chased by Shinn, she saw me. Her eyes widened with happiness, and I swore I could see a tear appear in her eye. She ran to me with open arms, and I stood up, smiling at her.

"Auel!" She gasped, now embracing my name with her voice. "Auel... Auel!" She smiled, launching herself into my arms. I fell back onto the sand as I held her, almost crying from joy.

"Stellar.. " I said, happy tears falling from my eyes.

She looked up at me with those big and sparkley magenta eyes.

"Stellar knew she would meet Auel again..."

Tears streamed down my cheeks, as I grinned, "I did too."

Stellar seemed to not notice the tears falling from her own eyes, but only noticed mine, she reached up and wiped them away with a concerned look on her face, "why is Auel crying? And smiling too?"

I laughed, then brushed away a tear that fell from her eye, "the same reason you're crying as well, Stellar."

She smiled, then burried her face into my chest, "Stellar missed Auel.." she murmured.

My face turned scarlet, "I missed you too, Stellar."

Shinn watched us, smiling, but I saw his hands clenching into fists. Stellar stood up, as did I and I saw her running back to Shinn, grabbing his arm and pulling him toward me.

"Stellar made a new friend, Auel!" She said, still holding his hand and grinning. Shinn let out a smile as well, and I could see the green in his eyes.

I smiled, "I know, he's my roommate."

Stellar smiled, feeling very, very energetic after having a reunion with me. Then she grabbed my hand, then waved goodbye to Shinn, who said he had to go somewhere. I smirked, Shinn was just backing off ... for now.

I wiped away the last of my tears, it wasn't like me to cry, and I wouldn't show anybody my weakness. Stellar had taken me to another part of the beach, and I saw the pink haired and the other blonde there.

"Lacus-sama! Cagalli-san!"

They both turned to us, and I could immediately read their thoughts. The pink haired was the kind one, I could see it in her smile. The other blonde was probably the stubborn and rude one, I could see it in the frown she gave me.

"Stellar, who's this?" I heard the blonde ask.

The pink haired frowned at her, "now, now, Cagalli.. don't be rude."

The blonde, Cagalli, glared at her, "who gave you the right to boss me around, Lacus?"

Lacus gave her a stern look, then looked to us and smiled. "Hi Stellar, we were wondering where you disappeared to with Shinn."

I frowned when she said that, but looked at Stellar, and my frown disappeared. Stellar was grinning, "Stellar met Auel again!" she said excitedly.

The two looked at me, and I raised and eyebrow, wondering what they were thinking since they both looked surprised. Cagalli smirked, "so this is the guy you've been murmuring about in your sleep."

I blushed dark, 'Stellar dreams of me...?'

I turned to her and saw her face also pink, it wasn't like her to be embaressed. "Auel goes to this academy too! Stellar didn't know that and saw Auel over there!" she said, then turned around and pointed into the distance, probably where I was laying.

Cagalli scoffed, "why are you so excited about this Auel guy anyway? He doesn't look so great?"

I twitched, "what was that now?" my voice grew low.

Cagalli smirked, "oh.. hit a tender spot, eh?"

Stellar pouted, "stop fighting!"

Lacus sighed, then bonked Cagalli on the head. "Stop doing that Cagalli, it's not very nice, Auel is Stellar's very good childhood friend."

The fiery blonde glared at her, holding her head where a large bump had grown out of of, but didn't say anymore. Stellar smiled, "Auel was always in Stellar's mind! Stellar knew she would find Auel again!"

Lacus smiled warmly at me, "hi, i've heard a lot about you, my name is Lacus Clyne."

My eyes widened, "Clyne? So your father is the owner of that HUGE Clyne faction company?"

She nodded, "yep. And this is Cagalli Yula Athha."

I slapped a hand to my forhead, "Athha? Her father owns that Orb thing right?"

She nodded, "yeah."

Stellar smiled, "Lacus and Cagalli are my bestfriends!"

I wondered why two rich girls would have the decency to hang around with someone that wasn't up to their social standards. I was used to the snobby rich people. Stellar didn't really have a family, and she didn't remember if she did anyway and was living with a man named Neo. He was the father she never had.

I didn't feel like socializing and meeting a whole bunch of new people, all I wanted was to spend time alone with Stellar again like we used to.

Lacus seemed to have read my thoughts, "well, Cagalli and I should get going, we are meeting Kira and Athrun later."

I mentally sighed with relief, but didn't show any emotion on my expression. Stellar didn't seem that disappointed either, "okay! Bye Lacus-sama! By Cagalli-san!" She called, waving as they made their departure.

She turned to me, "Stellar wants to see Auel's room."

I nodded, "but why? It's a mess."

She grinned, "you'll see."

I blushed as perverted thoughts entered my mind, why did she want to go to my room? What was she going to do? Was she going to do anything to me? I shook my head, trying to block out the perverted thoughts.

I took Stellar's hand, then led her into the building, taking her into the elevator. My perverted mind wandered again as we were in the elevator. I had seen many teenagers doing some... things.. in here and that just made it worse.

Once we arrived at my floor, I led her to my room, then unlocked the door, opening it and walking in, Stellar following me.

I felt my face burning as the door closed behind her, and we were now alone in my room. Stellar smiled, looking around, "Auel is messy like he was before too.." she murmured.

I blushed as she walked up beside me, resting her head on my shoulder.

She noticed how tense I was and looked up at me with sparkling eyes, "is something wrong with Auel?" I had the biggest urge to kiss her, but...

I sighed, "yeah, I'm fine Stellar."

She smiled, "okay! Let's go downstairs now!"

I smiled, "I'm feeling a bit tired Stellar... maybe later?"

She frowned, "we just met eachother again and Auel is tired?"

I nodded, "yeah... I'm sorry, I just feel a bit tired."

Stellar nodded in understanding, "Stellar will stay with you, then."

I smiled, "thankyou."

I went over to my bed and took my shirt off, that's how I usually slept, and crawled in, covering my body with the blankets. I closed my eyes, but then was surpised to feel my bed move from extra weight that had went on it. I opened my eyes again and saw Stellar beside me, in the blankets as well.

My face turned scarlet, "wh-what are you doing!"

She looked at me, "staying with Auel."

I blushed with embaressement, acting like my real self again, "ACKK! Stellar! Get off!"

She blinked, sitting up, "what?"

I calmed down, this wasn't anything nasty, it was completely innocent. I turned around and slept on my side, not facing Stellar. I knew she could hear me grumbling and muttering to myself.

I heard her giggle, and I looked over my shoulder at her, "what's so funny?"

"Auel is acting just like he did before," she snickered, "Stellar thinks its cute."

I raised an eyebrow, then shrugged and turned back around, closing my eyes. My eyes shot open when I felt Stellar put her arm around me, and I saw her tiny hands at my chest. I blushed, the pretended not to notice, closing my eyes again, falling asleep...