Sorry it's taken so long. I do think you guys will like this one though ;).

Dani

At lunch Raidon seemed really tense. He ate his food without looking up from his plate or talking to anyone. I was seriously starting to wonder if he was sick or something. "Are you okay Raidon?" I asked him, putting a hand on his shoulder.

He looked up startled, but then nodded his head slowly. I really doubted his answer though, so I crossed my arms over my chest, in both non belief and a warning gesture.

"Fine, I'll tell you during free time." he told me. I smirked in victory and then continued eating my food in silence.

When lunch was finally over I dragged him to my room and closed the door so that Mia would have to go to Astrid's room or something. "Spill." I told him. Raidon sat on my bed nervously and I sat across from him on Mia's so that I could see him while we talked. He ran a hand through his hair nervously.

"So, I have a confession to make," he started, looking down at his hands nervously. I nodded encouragingly for him to continue on. "I have a crush on Mia." he finished in a whisper.

"That's it?" I questioned. He nodded his head, a look of shock on his face.

"What do you mean 'That's it'?" He questioned me.

"You have got to be kidding me. It was really obvious Raidon." I answered him. "Now, I want you to ask her out."

"What?" he yelled. "What if she doesn't like me back?" he looked panicked, I could tell that he really cared for Mia and he wanted this to work out. Until he knew that she liked him, he was going to hold on to a fantasy of being okay without her.

"I'll find out for you, ask her if she likes you or not."

"She's smart Dani, she'll figure out that I like her if you do."

"No she will not, I have a plan," I told him with a smirk. "You'll know by tomorrow after free time at the latest." Then I shooed him out of the room.

It was night now, right before lights out. I was brushing my wet hair out after my shower and Mia was brushing her teeth to get ready for bed. "I have a question for you." she told me.

"What?"

"Do you like anybody?" This was going to be easier than I thought.

"I...maybe." I answered, my voice slightly higher than normal. I wasn't really sure yet myself. Why was I sharing?

"Who?" she asked.

"Do you like anyone?" I questioned. She seemed to get that I wouldn't spill until she did, so she opened her mouth and sang like a canary.

"I like Raidon, please don't dislike me for it." she answered in one breath. She looked down nervously and I had to laugh. Mia glanced at my face and started laughing herself at how ridiculous she sounded.

"Of course I don't care. I'm very happy for you." I told her. Then I walked to my bed and pulled the covers over myself, feigning sleep so that I wouldn't have to answer who I liked. Mia finished brushing her teeth and then slipped into her own bed. Victory! I thought.

"So, who do you like?" she asked me after clapping her hands to turn off the lights. I groaned and then rolled over to face the other way and whisper the said person's name. "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that."

"Fine, I may have the tiniest crush on...Cole." I answered, my face burning.

"Got it!" she said with a smirk.

"Got what?" I asked, slightly scared of what she meant. I turned around to face her and saw her holding up her phone. "Did you video that?" I asked.

"Maybe…" Then I jumped up off of my bed and pounced on her. She turned around quickly so that I didn't land on her though. So I grabbed Mia and pinned her down onto the bed so that I could grab the phone out of her hands. She stopped struggling so that I could look at the screen. A blank, black screen.

"You didn't really do it." I accused. She just shook her head no, not able to stop her laughter long enough to get any words out. Then I settled down beside her in her bed and we started talking again.

"I don't see how you could like Cole." Mia told me offhandedly.

"Why?"

"He's just so...icy towards everyone. Pun intended." she answered.

I shrugged and then told her, "It doesn't feel like that when he isn't teaching, and after you get to know him he's funny and nice. He just doesn't really know how to show it. Would he have saved us from the ED's if he wasn't a good person?"

"That's different, he needs us." Mia said.

"Ok, you remember that day when we made the tornado?" I questioned. She nodded and I continued. "After he took me to the infirmary he made sure I was ok and took me to our room. He really is a nice person." I reasoned.

"Well, I have something to tell you...You have to pretend you never heard it from me!" Mia said, and my stomach started fluttering with apprehension.

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Cole likes you too. I sort of...blackmailed him? Only a little!" She said a little bit guilty.

"Mia!"

"I'm sorry." she told me.

"Don't be, that was clever. How did you do it?" I asked with a trace of a smirk.

"I was sick and tired of his attitude, so I told him that he better be nice to me or I would tell you that he likes you."

"But you told me either way." I accused, then we both started laughing and then fell asleep.

I couldn't stop thinking about what Mia had told me last night as I got ready. Cole likes me! I may or may not have done a little something extra to my hair, added a tiny braid that wrapped around my ponytail holder. Mia got dressed up too, her hair was down and in curls. I pointed out that she would want it in a ponytail later, so she grabbed a ponytail holder and put it on her wrist.

Then we headed off to breakfast. On the way we bumped into Conrad and Raidon and we started walking with them. I pinched Mia's hand to get her attention and winked at her. She winked back and then turned around, claiming to see Astrid and went to go walk with her.

"I asked her if she liked you last night." I told Raidon.

"Wait...does Raidon like someone?" Conrad asked confused.

"He likes Mia." I told Conrad.

"And she likes me back!" he yelled doing a weird hop right before we reached the cafeteria doors.

"Shhh," I hissed. "She still might be able to hear us." He calmed down then and sat down in his spot at the table. Gale and Iris had already gotten to the cafe and were talking to each other. Then Iris came over to me and asked to sit by me and I obliged.

"What does it mean to like someone?" she asked me, her face innocent. I smiled at her and held in a laugh at the adorable question.

"Well, that depends. What do you mean by 'like'?"

"When you like them for a boyfriend." She answered.

"I'm not entirely sure myself, but I do know that when you really like someone you would do anything for them. You find yourself watching them whenever they walk into the room and your heart skips a beat whenever they say your name, or even look at you. I still haven't decided whether 'liking' some is a good thing or not yet though." Halfway through what I was saying Cole walked into the room and was listening intently to what I was saying, not even trying to hide the fact when he knew I was watching him.

"Will anyone ever like me like that?" Iris asked me.

"Of course sweetie," I told her. "Now, let's see what you got for breakfast." I did a little drum roll, making her giggle and then she took off the lid with much gusto. She had a salad without any kinds of meat, just lettuce, peppers, and other vegetables.

"What do you have?" she questioned me. I then opened my tray with a grand gesture and peeked inside.

"It looks like an omelette with a lot of hot peppers in it." I answered.

"Those are Ghost Chili Peppers!" she exclaimed. "How do you eat that?"

"Our taste buds changed when we got our elements. It made it easier for me to eat hotter foods and hard to eat cold foods." I told her.

"Oh, what's a taste bud?" she asked me. I had to chuckle a bit at that.

"That's the little bumps on your tongue that tell you what foods taste like." I answered. Iris nodded in understanding and then started eating.

Once we had finished Iris took my hand and lead me to the training room to start weapons training. I was touched by the small sign of trust that Iris just showed me. It made her even more adorable.

Cole was waiting for us in the room, his arms crossed as if to say what took you so long, even though we were actually early. However, his expression did lighten when he saw me and I remember what Mia had told me last night. He likes me! I smiled back and then Iris pulled on my arm.

"Do you like Cole?" she asked me.

"Why?"

"Because when you came in the room you watched him like you said you did when you like someone."

"I'll let you in on a little secret," I whispered in her ear. "I do 'like' him." She squealed and then ran to Jade, probable to tell her the news. I watched as they both jumped up and down excitedly and chuckled slightly.

Then I caught up to Raidon and asked, "When are you going to ask out Mia?"

He choked slightly and then said, "Sorry?"

I laughed and then reminded him of our little deal. "You have to ask out Mia because I found out that she likes you. That took a lot of hard work." That, of course, was a lie. Mia actually brought the subject up.

"What if she says no?"

"Stop being such a wimp and ask her already." I said, pushing him slightly towards her.

"Fine, I will. Just, not yet. I want it to be special." he said with a smirk. I wasn't sure whether or not I should be scared about him wanting it to be special.

"Today we'll be working more with your elements than your weapons." Cole told us. "I'm going to put each of you with someone who will challenge your powers. So, Iris and Jade will fight Gale, Raidon will fight Mia-"

"That doesn't make any sense." Astrid interrupted.

"I have my reasons." Cole told her.

"Care to share?" she continued.

"Not really. Astrid will fight Conrad." Cole finished. I didn't have anyone to fight though.

"What about me?" I asked him. He turned to me and simply said,

"I'll fight you."

My eyes widened at this, I was supposed to fight Cole! Cole may not have had the strongest elemental powers, but he did more than make for it with his ability with a sword. I looked at Raidon and said out of the corner of my mouth, "At my funeral I want lilies." He just nodded his head, mouth wide.

"Now, I want you to figure out how to use your powers to help you with your weapons." Cole told us. Then he stepped towards me and everyone took that as their cue to start fighting. Some gave me nervous looks, but I tried to ignore them. I could do this.

"So, what do I do exact-" but I didn't have time to finish my sentence because he had shot an ice crystal at my head. It was pointy too. "What happened to using your weapons?" I asked in alarm while ducking down.

"It's coming." Then he pulled out a sword and swung it at me. I quickly pulled out my knife and blocked him. Then I caused the knife to heat up, making Cole have to drop his sword and clutch his hand.

I kicked the sword away with my foot and then put the knife to Cole's throat. "Feel the burn." I told him with a smirk. Cole then grabbed the hilt of my knife and turned it around so that I was presses against his chest with the knife at my back.

"That was almost good enough." he told me cockily. I kneed him in the stomach and then kicked him onto the floor. Opening my fist, I let a ball of flame form and then threw it in between his legs just close enough to scare him and make him jump. Then he made the climate so cold I knew I would get ill if this fight didn't end soon, I did not like the cold.

A blizzard started then, making it to where I couldn't see a single thing. Cole snuck up behind me and put the sword to my throat. "Ready to give up?"

"Never." I answered. Then I kicked him in the shins.

I think I might have heard him say, "That's my girl" but I let it go and continued fighting as if my life was at stake. He ended up falling to the floor and I waited for his next move, which happened to be to kick at my feet so that I lost my footing and fell on top of him. The blizzard slowly got smaller until it was only a few inches away from us, it's sole purpose to shield us from view, and then we kissed. It was small, but it left my entire body tingling.

Eventually, half the circle became fire and the other half remained a blizzard. I couldn't control my element, I accidentally set Cole's shirt on fire. Now it was burnt off and I could see his chest. Cole slowly stood up, causing me to sit too, and then kissed me again, not caring about his missing shirt.

"So, I guess we're dating now." I said laughing, my forehead resting against his.

"Yep."