A/N: Hello, everyone! I really thought I'd be able to update faster, but I've been working on my Piczo site for the last few days. Check it out in my profile; I think it's the first non-crappy thing I've ever created :D

Speaking of non-crappy things, I'd have to say that this is my favourite chapter of Shuffle 2. Everything's starting to go down hill for everyone… why do I laugh at this-?

Oh, and even better then that, no more Nicol and Fllay together! YAY!

CHAPTER VIII FALSE ALARMS, BREAK

UPS & NEW OUTLOOKS

As Dearka and Yzak walked back towards the subdivision, they heard a scream from the park. Two minutes later, Lacus came running out of the park, crying; her face covered in puke. Not far behind her was Kira. He too was covered in puke. "Lacus! Wait!" He cried, chasing after her.

Dearka and Yzak watched in silence until they were out of sight. Yzak was the first to break the silence "No, freaking way! I never thought it'd be that good! He had a date! And he puked! In his girlfriend's mouth! Well, she's not his girlfriend anymore!" He laughed. "Um… Yzak…" Dearka finally spoke up. "I'm kind of lost here… did you have anything to do with that?"

"You bet I did! You know those "Puke Pills" we made when we were 14? Well, Cagalli and I slipped two into his glass of water and look what happened! Isn't it hilarious?" Yzak continued to laugh. "Yeah… I guess…" Dearka muttered, beginning to feel like their little 'Gruesome Twosome' was falling apart. "Wasn't the whole pranking idea our thing?"

"Shut up, Dearka," Yzak said briefly, pulling his cell phone out of his pocket and text messaging Cagalli:

"Hey, you'll never guess what happened.

The puke pills kicked in when Kira was on

A date with Lacus. He puked in her mouth

And not to mention all over her clothes."

At Cagalli and Kira's "PLACE,"3:00…

Cagalli read Yzak's message and burst out laughing. She text messaged him back:

"That's so funny! Wish I could have seen it.

But I guess I'll get to make fun of ol' Kira

When he comes home."

Back with Yzak and Dearka In, You Know, a Random Place in the City…

Yzak read her message and text messaged her back rather harshly:

"You know, you did a pretty crappy job convincing Kira to drink that water." Back at Cagalli and Kira's "PLACE."… When Cagalli read Yzak's message, she boiled over with anger and did something she knew would eventually end up happening: "You know what, Yzak? I did a damn good

job. And you know what else? You're a

fucking jerk and we're through. Bastard."

Once More, With Dearka and Yzak…

Yzak read her message and stared with disbelief. "What? What does it say?" Dearka asked looking over Yzak's shoulder with curiosity. "-What? No… she didn't…" Yzak murmured looking even closer, "She did! She just dumped me!"

"That's cold…" Dearka said dully, secretly thinking: "Serves the bastard right…"

Not far down the street, Shiho was just out for a walk; simply brainstorming on what else she could do to get closer to Yzak. When she saw them just up the street, her heart raced and a very nasty idea popped into her head: "If I can't get close to Yzak by myself, I'll use his friends…"

With that, she ran to them. "Oh, God… here comes Shiho…" Muttered Yzak, thinking she'd for sure be trying to throw her arms around him and get him to make out with her. But he was astonished when she threw her arms around a surprised Dearka. "Oh, Dearka! You were just the guy I wanted to see today! I couldn't stop thinking about you last night and I just couldn't get to sleep. But when I finally did, all I dreamt about was you!" She cried then began kissing him deeply. Dearka's eyes were wide open- he tried to pull her away but she pinned him to the nearest building and kissed him even deeper. Yzak just continued to stare in utter shock. And on top of that, he couldn't help but think Shiho looked hot with her new Gothy appearance. The tables had turned. Dearka was no longer struggling against her; he looked to be kissing back a bit. "This throws my whole perception on reality into question…" Yzak muttered, eyes wide open.

At that very moment in time, Miriallia just happened to walk by on one of her afternoon walks. When she realized the person Shiho was making out with was Dearka, she stopped and stared in disbelief and shock. As if he knew she was there, Dearka's eyes flew open and he paled. Shiho just continued to kiss him. Trying not to be too hard, Dearka gave Shiho a light punch in the stomach. She pulled away coughing. "-Miriallia! I can explain!" He cried. She probably would have bought that- if there weren't any black lipstick smeared all over his face from Shiho making out with him. "Well I don't want to hear it! I know what's going on here!" She screamed, taking a deep breath. Dearka braced himself for her next words. "YOU UNLOYAL BASTARD!"

With that, she suddenly lashed out and grabbed Yzak. She wrapped her arms around him and he just looked at her, confused. "Tell me how you like THIS!" She shrieked, then pressed her lips to Yzak's.

Dearka stared, heartbroken. And so did Shiho. After all, Yzak was the whole reason she'd made out with Dearka.

After about thirty seconds of Miriallia kissing Yzak deeply, Shiho just couldn't take it anymore. She tackled Miriallia to the ground and was just about to punch her when Dearka pulled her away. Shaking his head, Yzak turned and left. Dearka sighed and offered a hand to Miriallia, who was still on the ground where Shiho had tackled her. "Leave me alone, Dearka!" She cried, refusing his hand and getting up and leaving on her own. "Dammit!" Dearka shouted in anger, punching the side of the nearest building.

At the Allster Residence, 4:00…

"Mom! Mom! Guess what!" Fllay shouted happily, running into the living room where her mother sat mulling over the fact her sixteen-year-old daughter was pregnant. "What is it Fllay?" She asked dully. "I just got my period! I'm not pregnant!" She said happily. "Oh, Thank God…" Mrs. Allster whispered, breathing a sigh of relief. "I'm going to call Nicol now and tell him the news. Apparently he just got home from the hospital this afternoon," Fllay said walking up the stairs and grabbing the phone. She dialed Nicol's number and the phone rang once… twice…

"Hello, you've reached the Amalfi residence, who may I ask is calling?" came Nicol's polite voice. "Hi, Nicol! It's me!" Fllay said perkily. "Oh… hello, Fllay…" He said, any enthusiasm there was there dying from his voice. "Guess what?" She went on. "Give up? Okay, I'll tell you: I'm not pregnant! It was a false alarm!"

"Oh, wow… that's a relief!" Nicol said happily. "Now that's over, I just want to tell you that- I'm dumping you," Fllay said. "You're dumping me? –But… why-?" Nicol asked, clearly upset. "Well- I want a more masculine guy… Sorry Nicol. Hey, don't take it too personally… but you're kind of a wimp…"

"A wimp-?" Nicol asked, his voice shaky. "Yeah, a wimp. You know, timid, cowardly, ineffectual, colourless… need I go on?" She asked harshly. "No, Fllay…" He muttered sadly. "Okay, bye forever!" Fllay said cheerfully, hanging up.

Nicol just stood there, quiet and in shock. Mr. Amalfi walked into the room and looked at the shocked expression on Nicol's face. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Fllay really isn't pregnant… and she dumped me…" Nicol said sadly. "She isn't pregnant? This is wonderful! I've got to go tell your mother!" With that, he ran out of the room. Sighing, Nicol set the phone down and began crying. Again.

At Cagalli and Kira's "PLACE," 4:30…

Kira had come home half an hour ago, covered in his own puke. Muttering to himself, he washed his um… "DIRTY" clothes and gotten a shower. Frankly, he was surprised that Cagalli had come to rub it in yet that he'd puked all over himself. –And hopefully she'd never find out that he'd puked all over Lacus and in her mouth as well…

As he walked to his room he stopped when he heard crying coming from Cagalli's room down the hall. He cocked his head the side in confusion. Cagalli rarely, if ever cried. Concerned, he went to investigate. Knocking lightly on her door, he called: "Cagalli, what's wrong?"

"Go away!" She shouted to him. "Please let me come in… whatever's wrong; I want to help…" Kira said softly. There was silence for a moment. Then the door opened just a crack and Cagalli peered out. "Why do you want to help me?" She hissed.

Her eyes were red and puffy and her cheeks were wet from crying. "Because I love you, Cagalli… you're my sister…" His voice was so gentle. She could tell he truly meant it. Sighing, she opened the door wider and invited him in. They both sat down on the bed and Cagalli fought back the urge to start crying again. "What's the matter?" He asked. "Yzak's such a jerk… I-I broke up with him…" She answered, her voice shaking. "And I actually slept with that silver-haired bastard…"

"Somehow 'I told you so' doesn't really fit the situation right now," Kira said. "See, Cagalli, the only girlfriend Yzak will ever be able to get will have the pathetic patients for him and will love him so much that she won't mind him taking shots at her self-esteem."

"You're right…" She muttered. "I should have listened to what everyone was saying…"

"Why don't you go back to Athrun?" Kira suggested suddenly. "I've told you like, twelve times already! I won't! I mean, I almost puked in the guy's mouth! Do you know how embarrassing that is!" She shouted. "You have no idea…" He said darkly. "Hey, it just occurred to me that if you almost puked in his mouth, then you did kiss him."

"Yeah, you would have never figured that out on one of your stupid days…" Cagalli muttered. "Pardon?" Kira asked. "-Nothing," She said quickly. There was silence. "I'll tell you something if you promise not to laugh…" Kira said, breaking the silence. "I promise," She assured him. "All right… today… I puked in Lacus's mouth…" He told her- with great difficulty. Somehow it didn't seem funny anymore. She felt terrible about it. Here was Kira comforting her after a break up and she'd broken him up with his girlfriend. "-Oh, I'm so sorry Kira…"

"It's not your fault… I mean it's not like you made me puke…" He muttered. "Uh… yeah…" She said sheepishly. "Just be happy you didn't actually puke in Athrun's mouth…" Kira said. "God… I thought Yzak was so great… I loved him… and- was he ever good in bed… -but… did he actually love me-? I wish I knew…" She said quietly. "Don't worry Cagalli," Kira said kindly. "You're a great person. You'll find another boyfriend. Better than Yzak."

The Next Morning (Wednesday) 8:00…

School was back in session and man, oh man, was it ever a crappy day. It was raining heavily, thunder sounded and lightning flashed and Yzak and Dearka complained about pretty much everything while good ol' Nicol patiently listened.

"I hate my life…" Dearka said rather un-Dearka-like as the three of them stood outside under an overhang so they didn't get wet. "I hate your life more…" Yzak muttered. "But not as much as I hate my life…"

"I bet I hate your life more…" Dearka muttered. "But I still hate my life more than yours…"

Yzak looked at him. "Shut up, Dearka."

"Yeah, up yours, Yzak."

"What?"

"Fine."

"Maybe if you stopped looking at the negative things in your life and started looking at the positive things, you might feel better," Nicol said sweetly. "Hey! Who said you could talk!" Yzak shouted. "Oh- sorry…" Nicol apologized. "I just can't believe what Shiho did…" Dearka muttered. "Yeah pretty weird… I just can't believe Cagalli dumped me… I really liked her… she kicked ass…" Yzak sighed. "I know how it feels, Yzak… Fllay just dumped me… it was really hard… but-" Yzak interrupted Nicol. "You know what, Nicol? I don't even know why Dearka and I let you hang around… I mean, you think can just walk into a friendship as old as you are and act like you've been a part of it forever. Well you know what? I won't stand for it! I don't know who you think you are!"

With that, he suddenly punched Nicol in the face. The younger boy cried out in shock and pain as he fell back, landing in the mud. The damage didn't appear to be that bad. He had a simple bleeding nose and what looked to be the start of a black eye. In addition to that, anyone could plainly see he was also emotionally hurt as well. Nicol lifted his head out of the mud and just continued to lay there, crying and not even bothering to stand up.

At the sight of this, Dearka just felt something snap. Nicol didn't deserve this. He was just trying to make Yzak feel better.

"Yzak!" He finally shouted. "You know there's still a line! And whether you know it or not, you just crossed it!" With that said and made clear, Dearka helped a surprised Nicol up.

Fllay was just coming onto the school grounds when she saw Yzak punch Nicol. Remembering she was single again and on the hunt for a more masculine guy, a smirk spread across her lips. He was exactly what she was looking for. She approached them while giving Yzak the lookdown.

He opened his mouth to apologize to Nicol- ignoring the fact that Fllay was standing there. But she refused to be ignored. "I know, I hate these retards too. So… wanna go out sometime?"

"Uh… whatever…" He answered quietly, the opportunity gone. "Great! Walk with me, talk with me!" Fllay said happily, grabbing Yzak by the arm and walking away with him. She then called over her shoulder to Nicol before disappearing inside the school with Yzak: "Sorry Nicol!"

Nicol whimpered sadly. Dearka felt horrible for him. First Yzak punches him, then he goes off with Nicol's ex-girlfriend. That was low even for him.

"Hey, you and I; we're brother's now, got that?" Dearka asked suddenly, looking into Nicol's angelic face. "R-really? You care that much? About me?" He whispered in disbelief. Dearka sighed. "You bet. And just like a brother should, I'll make sure Yzak stays the hell away from you," Dearka said, then just hugged him. A surprised Nicol hugged him back. "Thank you…"

Dearka smiled. "No problem, bro."

At the Haw Residence, 10:00am…

Miriallia had decided it be in her best interest to stay home that day since she was still extremely broken up over Dearka. How could he do that? She thought he was so much better then that… More tears formed in her eyes and she just decided to let them come.

"Miriallia…" She heard a soft familiar voice. She then felt an arm wrap around her shoulder. In surprise, she quickly looked and saw- Tolle.

"Oh My God! Tolle!" She cried in horror jumping up and away. "Why are you here! You're-!" She stopped and just broke down in tears, not bothering to finish her sentence. "I'm here because you need me. I promised you I'd always be here for you, did I not?" He asked.

"You did…" She whispered sitting back down beside him again. Once again he wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

"Miriallia, Coordinators are not nice people," Tolle began. "I don't really have anything against them, it's just their attitudes. See I don't want you to get hurt. Please just stay away from Dearka; he's a jerk and I don't want to see you broken again… I can't stand seeing you like that…"

"You're right Tolle… I think… I'll steer clear of Dearka and anyone else like him from now on…" She said quietly. "Good. Go for Kira. He's a really nice guy- for a Coordinator…" Tolle said before disappearing. Miriallia sighed heavily and made a point to drive every thought of Dearka from her mind.

A/N: I know the whole Tolle thing is a little far-fetched but… it's good this way. Poor Miriallia:(

Next chapter, Dearka's in for a little bit of trouble… -in another far-fetched way. :D

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