Hey everybody! Things seem to be heating up, but I think I'll push Homecoming out 2 chapters back, but keep those votes rolling in! So far Kira and Lacus have the lead, but we'll see! So read away!

Fllay Allster sat in the front row of her Trigonometry class looking bored as usual, waiting for her running mate, Nichol Amarfi, to emerge. "What's taking him so long" she asked herself impatiently.

"Hey Fllay!" a giddy voice called from behind her, and then a brown-haired, freckle faced girl popped in front of her. "You know I'm voting you for Homecoming queen right?"

"I know…everyone is…" Fllay said in a very bored tone

"So will you come to my after party! It's gonna be huge! I only want Phillip Lock's best to be there! So what do you say!"

"I'll think about it." Fllay said again, not very looking up.

"Oh thank you Fllay!" the girl hurried and ran back to her seat as the bell rang and Nichol walked in, of course all eyes were on the only junior running for the Homecoming King title.

"Sorry I'm late Ms. Fujisawa, I had to get something's taken care of at the library." Nichol said apologetically.

"It's alright just take your seat, we're having a study hall today, so cram for the exam next week." Ms. Fujisawa, a vibrant young woman in her late twenty's, said reassuringly.

Fllay's slender gray eyes quickly rested upon innocent Nichol who began to get out his books. "Pull out of the race…" she muttered.

Nichol looked over at her, quite annoyed actually, "Fllay you should be the last one of us who's talking, you barely passed geometry last year."

"Nichol…" Fllay cooed innocently. "Kira and I….we really need to win this, please, you can be King next year." She winked.

"No thanks, now study." Nichol commanded as he pulled a book up to his face as well.

"Okay fine, I guess I won't tell you what the Meyrin girl thinks of you, but I guess you really didn't want to know in the first place, you were being so rude…" Fllay began.

Nichol looked surprised. "W-What…you talked to Meyrin…about me?"

"Yeah, but you've got some pretty good competition, Yzak thinks she's a doll." Fllay replied.

"Yzak and I don't exactly see eye to eye…" Nichol's voice trailed off.

"Well, she might just go to Homecoming with you, but to get a girl like that I'd go all out for her if I were you." Fllay said.

"Sometimes you can be really despicable you know that?" Nichol replied angrily.

"Well at least you're going with the girl of your dreams, if you think about it you're the real winner Nichol…now study, I wouldn't want you to fail that big exam." Fllay winked and pretended to preoccupy herself with the large text book and tiny print in front of her.

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Shinn looked around the gymnasium in terror as Stellar looked around for Athrun, Kira, Dearka and Lunamaria. "Great, another year of guys that are bigger than me trying to impress the girls who will never look at me…" he said lamely.

"I see them over there, come on!" Stellar exclaimed again grabbing Shinn and running over to Athrun, Kira, Dearka and Lunamaria's court, and Shinn almost wet himself.

Athrun, Kira, Dearka and Lunamaria were actually talking, she was giggling and the was smiling and everything. "Maybe we should leave them alone." Shinn moaned.

"No wonder you're a geek you don't know how to stand up to people, come on!" Stellar exclaimed dragging Shinn over to the group. "Hey! Shinn's got something to say to you guys…Shinn." Stellar roared, and then silently pushed Shinn up to his tormentors.

"U-Um…um…HOLY CRAP THIS GYM IS AWESOME! I LOVE GYM! HAHAHAHAH!" Shinn exclaimed awkwardly, but laughing at the same time.

Dearka was about to bust at the seams with laughter, but Kira and Athrun just stared at each other. "Look Shinn, Athrun wants to apologize." Kira started.

Shinn went pale, and then said foolishly. "No that's okay! He doesn't have to! Really I'm FINE!"

The gym stopped and everyone just stared at Shinn. "I think this would be a good time for you to just shut up and listen." Stellar whispered to him.

"Shinn listen, when I first saw you I thought you wanted Lacus, and that kind of made me jealous, and now that Lunamaria's explained everything, how about we bury the hatchet?" Athrun asked extending his hand to Shinn, and Lunamaria just watched from behind them.

"After all the humiliation and grief you've caused Shinn! No way he's gonna be your friend! So you can just forget!" Stellar roared.

Shinn's jaw dropped Okay, my life is over… he thought dryly.

Lunamaria just looked at Shinn, like he'd ruined her entire life, she looked…frightened…

Shinn's mouth twitched, Lu…na…maria…?

"Hahahahahahaha!" she was giggling! Lunamaria wasn't upset, it seemed like Shinn actually made her seem more comfortable.

"Oh, so that's why you're a geek, because she loves you." Stellar whispered to Shinn, she nudged him with her elbow while saying this.

Shinn just gazed at Lunamaria as she giggled, as if no one else were there, it was just them in a dark room alone, with just the spot light on them, She loves me! Shinn blushed.

"Okay, how about we talk about this apology thing." Athrun said as he and Kira led Shinn away from the group, Shinn looked back, he saw Stellar scamper over to Dearka and Lunamaria, they were all talking and smiling too! Can this be real Lunamaria? Shinn thought as Athrun just rattled off to him, Are we finally fitting in? Have we finally found a place where we belong…?