Horo Horo, Yoh and Ren were sitting in in Yoh's pool. Yoh and Horo Horo were in deep convosation while Ren listened - he didn't feel like talking much anyway.

"Our training is just rediculous." Yoh sighed. "We have been doing his for a week now and i think it has done more bad than good."

"Yeah i know. What do those girls think they are doing. Jess is so strange. One minute she will be bossing me around the next minute she will be avoiding me. She has been like this since..." his voice trailed off. "Well...a while." Yoh smiled. He could guess what had happened. "Ren," Horo Horo said changing the subject. "You are even more quiet than usual. Whats up?"

"Nothing." Ren said shortly.

"You are far more jumpy than usual too."

"It is nothing." Ren repeated and got out of the pool. He didnt enjoy being questioned. He wrapped a towel around himself and walked back to his room. But he walked into someone along the way. Ren groaned.

"Hi Ren," Kacia greeted. She looked miserable and a little afraid.

"Are you ok?" Ren asked. She looked at him and came very close. Ren felt uncomforatble. He wished had more covering him up.

"He will arrive soon." she hissed.

"Who?" Ren said, his voice unusualy high, reflecting how embarased he was at being discovered with only a towel protrecting him from the outside world.

"I can not say." Kacaia said sadly.

"Why?" Ren asked. Kacia shook her head. "Well, I need to go in here..." Ren muttered while rushing into his room and slamming the door shut. He leant on the door and slid to the ground. What on earth was happeneing to him? He hated it so much. He never used to be like this.

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Horo Horo was the next to leave. He, like Ren, covered himself and left the room. But this time he looked around. There were no signes of Jessica so he dashed to his room to get dressed. Now he was dignified he walked out to meet Anna.

"Have you seen my dear cousin anywhere?" she asked him coldly. Horo Horo shook his head. "Hmmm." she sighed to herself. Horo Horo was secretly pleased to have not seen Jessica. After all she would have either ran away from him or yelled orders at him. He smiled at a thought came to him. Maybe she felt more than emarased at seeing him in the all together. If it had been Anna who had walked in on him she would have either yelled at him or acted coldly indifferent. Jessica on the other hand was making an awful fuss. Why was that? Horo Horo was smirking for the rest of the day.

At dinner time Horo Horo sat next to Jessica to see what here reaction would me. She smiled weakly at him and he returned the smile. Yoh was busy eating, as was Ryu. Anna and Kacia were talking. Ren had not left his room since his meeting with Kacia earlier. But no one was all that surprised. Everyone else had managed to work out why Ren was so jumpy. Kacia just thought he was nervous because of the warnings she had given him. Everyone had decided that it would be too cruel to tell her the truth.

On several occasions during that dinner, Horo Horo found himself gazing at Jessica. Her dark eyes were so enchanting. She would sometimes look at him and Horo Horo would turn away grinning. He didnt know what was coming over him but he noticed that he felt very warm inside.

Towards the end of dinner, Ren emerged looking sour.

"Hey there Ren." Yoh said. "how are you?" Ren looked at Yoh for a few seconds.

"I am sorry did you say something?" he asked.

"Yeah," Yoh said looking worried. "I asked how you were." Ren pondered this question.

"Tired." he said finaly.

"Is there anything wrong?" Yoh asked. Ren's eyes darted to Kacia, but only for a second.

"No, i am fine." he said. He looked at Horo Horo. "What are you smiling at?"

"Nothing?" Horo Horo said but the smile did not fade.Ren smirked. He might not know a lot about love, but he wasnt stupid. Over the week he had noticed the sighns and knew exactly what Horo Horo was feeling. But he decided not to say anything. Horo Horo got up. "Jess, i need to talk to you about our training." he said. He walked out of the room and Jessica followed. They stepped outside and Horo Horo asked, "Are you alright, you have been acting quite strangly around me."

"No i am fine." she said to her feet.

"Jess? I need to tell you something." he said. Jessica looked up at him in surprise. "I...I really like you."

"I like you too." she said.

"No...its more than just like. I think I... i think i lo..."

"Shhh." Jessica interupted. "Me too." They walked away hand in hand into Yoh's garden, were they might, if they had time, talk about Horo Horo's training...

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(A/N) Yeah that chapter was alittle bit too short, but i have major writer's block at the moment. Sorry about that. If you have any requests of what will happen next i will try and put it in there . Please R&R. Thanks.