A/N DAMN! Longest chapter I think I've ever wrote... It's not over just yet! We still have Valentines day to come!

The next day I got to class, I knew I was shaking slightly... and I still had a whole day before I made the decision finally... I mean I could decide now, but I'd easily change my mind over the course of the day.

I sat in class, chewing my pen, trying to forget about it... But I couldn't. Gui was late as well for the lecture, everyone else made use of the time to chat about Second Life and stuff. I rubbed my temples a little... Gui came stumbling in, flushed red, with files and books piled under each arm.

"Sorry I'm late class!" he cried out dumping his things down and slumping into his chair at the front.

"I had a late night delivering invites with Prince and then I realised I'd forgotten to mark your papers..."

"That's fine," I replied jokingly, Gui gave me a strange look as everyone agreed with me laughing.

"I got my invite, I'm totally gonna win and be Prince's valentine!" Some girl cried out... and an argument ensued, I just slouched further and further down in my chair hands over my face. When I actually looked up again Gui was shaking his head... almost laughing then he looked at me, as if checking my reaction... could he know... or maybe he was just worried because he knew I was close to Prince... Don't be stupid Xiao Lan, I told myself... He must know.

I stood in the corridor a little disorientated, I was staring at a poster for the ball tonight, it seemed to be all I could do to stop myself from running away from school like a maniac... I'd rather do that when there weren't loads of people around... I'd sort of thrown away my fears about him finding out when I gave him the first clue... but now it was actually coming to it... I was once again unsure if I really wanted him to know. I laughed all of a sudden, startling a few people around me, I'd just been reading the poster and come across the last little bit :

-Mask is Optional for the ball

Maybe I ought to take one...

That evening I stood in the class room, it was getting darker and I couldn't be bothered to get up and turn the lights on... leaving them off would only prolong his finding out anyway... by a second or two... I heard running footsteps outside... My stomach did a few somersaults as I waited to see whether the door was opened or not... I'd already had three people come down the corridor and then proceed to walk past. I took in a deep breath as the steps got closer... whoever it was, they were in a hurry. The door was flung open and Gui stood there, blinking a little confused at the darkness of the classroom, he reached out turning the light on and then stood there in the doorway. I slowly took off my mask.

"Well then... It's me." I whispered. He nodded, closing the door behind him and walking over to me.

"As I guessed."

"What!" I cried out as he sat beside me on the edge of a desk. I mean I'd known he knew... but I still hoped he didn't.

"Last night, when we were making planes, it struck me... you and Prince were too alike just to know each other... I thought you must be one and the same... The only thing that didn't make sense was the gender rule."
I shrugged, unsure what to say at this point, he then proceeded to pull a mask out from behind his back, a grin spreading across his face, I laughed picking mine up off the desk.

We entered the hall together, both with masks on I heard a lot of muttering of, "Is that the professor?" and "I thought he was gay..." and then, "SO WHO ON EARTH IS THAT WITH HIM!"
Ignoring everyone else we danced, talked and laughed, and in general had a good time.
"Can I be your valentine?" he asked after a while.
"Sure."
"Even in second life?"
"Might as well... Hey why don't you dress up as a girl for it!" I suggested as a joke...

That evening I logged into second life, Lolidragon was laughing her head off so loudly I could hear her from my chambers... and I didn't even know where she was... I had a load of weird PM's from her too. I opened them up.
What have you been talking to Gui about...

He has a really weird request seriously, was it your idea?

Prince hurry up and get your butt online you're not usually this late!

Oh I get it you got lost on the way home didn't you, that's why you're so late on...

Why didn't Gui walk you home?

He's such a dunce sometimes... You know what I'll hit him for you...

I sighed, what on EARTH was she on about, I decided to get up and go find her... Stepping out my chamber door I only had to follow the screams of laughter over to the team meeting room which we didn't really use an awful lot, we were too busy with our duties for the city to go out as a team together. There was a girl standing in front of Lolidragon, blushing furiously but not saying anything. I walked towards the pair, it was only as I got closer that I noticed how much the girl looked like Gui... Then it struck me.

"I didn't expect you to take that seriously!"

"Well you're not gay and I wanted people to know that you weren't and I thought Lolidragon would see it reasonable that I be temporarily turned into a girl, for the rest of the valentines celebrations... After all when I first joined this team you didn't want me in because you were 'protecting your chastity' or whatever you said... You can't exactly do that when thousands of girls are fighting against each other to gain your favour... or in the current circumstances to get you as their valentine!" Lolidragon had fallen silent, along with me as we stared at Gui in disbelief.

"Gui managed to go five minutes making sense and not spouting drivel about his love for me!" I cried out.

"Gui why don't you enter the competition?" Lolidragon asked.

"But... I'm a guy... It wouldn't be fair."

"I guess not," she replied sighing, "If there were more gay second life players then maybe we'd let guys participate too... but I think most guys know better than to challenge Princes fangirls..."

Wicked came running in.

"The hell?" he cried out seeing Gui.

"This is Gui's sister," I said joking, to see if Wicked would believe me. He rolled his eyes.

"So this is what you come up with to avoid girls on valentines day... I see. Good luck," he turned to leave.

"Wicked what did you come in here for?"

"To suggest you just don't log in or something."

"Yulian would KILL me if I didn't log in." Wicked nodded, shrugging and leaving.

"Well that's that, there doesn't seem to be any opposition from your other love rival Gui so Prince is all yours for now," Lolidragon said cheerily.

"The fan girls won't be happy..."

"Maybe you should just hide and we use Wicked instead," Lolidragon said smiling.

"You're evil..."

"No I'm not, Wicked will be lonely otherwise won't he," Lolidragon said casually.

"You can deliver the news," I replied crossing my arms and smiling dangerously at her.

"I can do that," she replied, "First I'll go discuss things with Yulian since I know you're too scared of her to do that, but since it appears we might have another candidate and she did say on the fliers that the conditions may change if Prince found someone..."

"I thought the girl was able too..."

"Yulian didn't want to make it that specific on the fliers," Lolidragon replied, "you handed all those fliers out and you didn't even read them?"

"We're you not outside when I was giving them out?" I asked.

"No," she replied. I laughed.

"I kind of made them into paper aeroplanes and threw them out the window so I didn't get torn to shreds."

"By yourself?" She asked knowingly.

"No Gui and Wolf helped..."

"I'm guessing Gui knows who you are in real life now then?" I nodded smiling sheepishly.

"So he's told you he's not gay then?"

"No... Wait. WHAT!" I cried out turning to him. He shrugged shying away a little... I would throttle him but as a girl he looked too shy and cute...

"I guess I forgot to ask why he was so okay with it... I was all surprised by him actually working it out..."

A/N And that's all for now, I shall post more soon :) The stories not done yet!