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"Thats what they're mad about?" Crowley exclaimed. Halt nodded. "Why? That's something so stupid to be mad about."

"I know. You'd think they'd be a little more mature." Halt said, annoyed. "It's one girl." After the akward dinner last night, Crowley had approached Halt, wondering why the two young men were at odds. Now, instead of worried about them, he was slightly annoyed.

"Well, I think I'll have to talk to them about it."

"Good luck." Halt had tried, to no avail.

Gilan was out at the targets, practising. Crowley approached him, saying "You're a little low." That wasn't true, though. His arrows were all dead center.

Gilan turned around, gave him a look, than said, "Not my fault, the target's crooked."

Crowley smiled, then said, "So what's with you and Will?"

Gilan was silent for a moment, then replyed in a low voice. "You know."

Crowley looked at him, saying "No, actually, I don't." He did know, he just wanted to get Gilan talking. "Care to explain?"

"Well, since I just had to break up with, you know, Will's been mad at me."

"That's not my fault." Crowley remarked. Gilan glared at him.

"Well, I wouldn't have if a certain someone didn't order me to," Gilan replyed sarcastically, "so it is partly that certain someone's fault."

"Well, that certain someone didn't tell you how you had to break it off."

"I wouldn't have anyone mad at me if you didn't order me to!" Gilan snapped. "Will won't even look at me!"

"Gilan, I don't control how Will reacts, and I don't control how you break up with people. You can't blame me for everything!"

"I can try." Gilan said rebelliously.

"Look," Crowley said, "I'm sorry you had to break it off, but you were ditracted. your relationship with Janice-"

"Jenny." Gilan interjected."

"Jenny, then. Your relationship with her was distracting you from your job. I didn't want to, but I had to."

Gilan really wanted to hit him. Hard. Not a good career move, though. Hitting the Corps Commandant wouldn't be wise.

"Please try to cheer up, I hate seeing you like this." I hate hurting the people I love. Gilan thought.

Jenny was clearing dishes from a table when he appoached her. "Do you need any help with that?"

She looked up, about to say no, but saw handsome yound man beside her.

"Uh, sure."

"Great," he smiled at her, "My name's Steven, by the way."

Jenny smiled back. "Jenny." Instantly, she dropped the sour mood she had been in all day. it was nice to have friendly company.

After clearing away the dishes, they sat and talked for a little bit. Business was slow, and Jenny had nothing better to do. Once, Steven noticed the yellow bruise on her forehead; she was trying to hide it with her hair. "What happened to your head?" He asked, concerned.

"Oh, yeah, that. Well, I was running, and I-"

He heard her hesitation, and was suspicious. "You what?"

"I ran into a branch."

He look at her, slightly shocked. "Really?"

"Ya, I was running pretty fast." He looked suspicious still, as they had been talking about her relationship status. But he let it be and moved to another subject.

About ten minutes later, he stood up and said, "Well, I'd better get back to work," Steven said, "else the boss will be on my case. It was nice meeting you, Jenny."

"Nice meeting you, too." Jenny smiled at him. They gave each other a brief hug, then they both went back to work.

"Well, he was friendly." Jenny turned around to see Rafe looking at her expectantly.

"What?"

"That man you've been talking to," he said, gesturing to the door, "He sure was interested in you."

Then Jenny saw what he meant. "Oh, shut up," she said, blushing slightly. "he was just helping me clean up, that's all."

"Okay, if you say so." He replyed, walking away, his tone suggesting otherwise.

Crowley walked up to Will, who was coming back from a tracking excersise with some first year apprentices. Will, noticing him on his right, said, "Hello, Crowley."

"Hey, Will."

They walked in silence for a few minutes. Will sensed there was something Crowley wanted to talk about. "Is there something you want to talk about, Crowley?"

"Yes, there is, actually. I've noticed there is a certain amount of tension between you and Gilan." He saw Will's jaw clench at that. "Want to talk about it?"

"Not much to say," Will replyed tersely.

"Really? It seems like a lot went on."

"Well, let's just put it this way, he got a little too mean breaking up with Jenny."

"You mean you're mad he broke up with her?"

"No," Will said angrily, "I'm mad that he hit her."

Crowley stopped in his tracks. "What?"

"When I went to talk to her about it, she had a bruise on her forehead. She says she ran into a branch."

Crowley continued walking, shocked. He didn't think Gilan was the type to hit women. "I can see why you're mad."

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