11. The Way I Loved You – Taylor Swift

1:30 am

Elesis opened her eyes again, finally deciding that she won't be getting sleep any time soon. Folding her hands behind her head, she growled and opted for glaring at the ceiling.

This time, it wasn't her brother's loud snoring from the next room that kept her awake. Usually, she would have fallen asleep through that with ease, but that wasn't the case (she was a heavy sleeper). It was a certain blue-haired best friend of hers that was keeping her awake. Or rather, thoughts of him were.

Every time she attempted to get some sleep, her thoughts almost automatically wandered to Ronan, keeping her awake. He confessed a few days ago, and at first she thought he was joking and went into a laughing fit, but when Ronan had pulled her to him and kissed her, told her that he truly did love her... that was when her mind started going crazy. She still hadn't told him her answer yet, but he said he would wait. The way he held her, kissed her, was gentle, and it felt... good, a roller coaster kind of rush... and she couldn't deny she enjoyed it.

He was a gentleman in every way possible. Holding doors, pulling out chairs, kissing the back of her hand (he did it sometimes just to annoy her, though he'd removed the bowing part, she threatened to smack him if he didn't) every time they met on their own time. He seemed flawless. Sensible, always knew what to say, always knew how to trigger each of her emotions.

She was the girl with red hair and was impulse driven. She could be highly volatile, impatient and obtuse. Never did she have any reserves about violating, blackmailing or screaming when the situation called for it. She was smart, but preferred to rely on instinct and guesses. Almost impossible to get along with. Easy to catch and hard to keep. She acts like a guy, never once concerned about how she looked. Anger her and you're gonna be wishing that you hadn't.

So, of all the girls to fall in love with... why her?

That was all what was in her mind right now: why on earth, her?

The redhead groaned irritably and buried her face into her pillow, muttering a few curses and punching (harshly) the soft object a few times. Could she possibly love him too? What would she do if she did? Was he going to be angry or sad if she rejected him? Or maybe he was going to get depressed and...

Elesis stopped herself before even thinking that her best friend would do that. He always thought rationally, and he wouldn't even think of doing that to solve his problems. Someone as level-headed as him wouldn't something as absurd as that. She rolled on her bed and faced her clock.

2:00 am

Great, her thoughts had wondered to him… again.She was getting frustrated now.

"Damn... stupid Ronan... you just had to go and... and... argh!"

She lay on her back, thinking on how she was going to take her mind off of the issue... and snapped her fingers when she had thought of something.

She'd try and settle things with him at school on Monday... hopefully, she wouldn't break his heart.


A/N: haha *scratches head*... sooo... sorry for the long time i haven't been updating my story... school things and such... i'll make up for it by another chapter later..

please tell me of what you think about this chapter... again, reveiws are very much appreciated! :3

btw, i've been thinking on working on two other stories, still about the Grand Chase, but i need your opinion on which of the pairings i should use on...

New Story #1 : You Belong With Me (based from the song from Taylor Swift... again... :D but this won't be a songfic that i'll add here, it will be a multiple chapter story, and i'm deciding on: Ronan x Elesis, Amy x Jin or Lass x Arme)

i'll be using all the pairings on story #2, so i don't need to worry about that...

anyways... until the next time~!

- Mayonaka, Kazuki :3