A/N: Well, its Monday, and all of us are fully hung over from too much soda (what? we're barely teenagers!) and dancing, and I'm typing super-slowly right now. Whooo. Oh, and I learned a little bit of the Soulja Boy dance. I couldn't get it all down, cuz it was an awfully crowded hotel room… (-flashback to tripping over suitcase- Ugh! –shudder-)

I want cheese…

Anyway. R & R! (Yes, this means you! The views are climbing and my only reviewer is NBB! What gives, peeps?)

Kaede sat up, her wide eyes blinking at the light streaming through her open window. The Rusty-era curtains blew lightly on the breeze. She rubbed her eyes sleepily, studying our faces. Her small, delicate mouth curled down into a confused frown. "What the heck?"

"Kaede," Ruri said happily. "You're awake!"

"No way," Kaede said, sarcastically.

I giggled into my palm. "We've been waiting for you to wake up for like, two hours."

"Wow. What happened?"

"We had a sleepover, and you passed out around two am," Yuki responded.

"Quite literally," Akako added. "You were sitting up, and you just like fell over all of a sudden."

"In the middle of What Would You Rather, too," Chiho piped up, her legs folded into the butterfly stretch. "It was like this!" She purposely lost her balance, falling backwards and landing on the soft floors with a thud. She managed to keep her legs pressed flat against the ground, still in the butterfly stretch, minus the perfectly straight posture.

We laughed.

"Wow," Kaede repeated. "I don't remember any of that!"

"Really?" I glanced at Yuki. "That's so weird."

Chiho swung herself back up without using her hands. "Nothing?" she asked.

"Well, I vaguely remember some people coming into my room…with Ruri, I think…and I remember talking with them, and laughing," Kaede said thoughtfully. "But the faces are fuzzy-looking."

Ruri blinked. "That was us. I came in with these guys"-she gestured towards us-"and then you guys had the whole sappy reunion thing and decided on a sleepover."

"Huh. I don't remember any of that," Kaede said lightly, seemingly unperturbed by her memory loss.

"Whatever," Chiho said. She was from Soul Kingdom; she was used to weird things happening all the time.

But the rest of us weren't.

What was with Kaede's memory loss? I studied her. She was chatting again, smiling and gesturing to a captivated Ruri and Chiho. They didn't even notice that the rest of us were totally tuned out. She seemed so carefree and completely unconcerned by it…

Just like the old Bubbleheads, pre-Mind Rain.

Did it have something to do with the Pretty surge?

A/N: Okay, I hate to ruin the serious vibe here (not really…-.-) but I found my favoritest quote ever:

"'That's one f---ed up little prince,' said the caterpillar to the butterfly."

-pg 140 of "It Had To Be You" by Cecily Von Ziegesar

HA! I LOVE THAT!

A side note: I'm sorry I'm been posting such short chappys for this story! I really am!