I left with my Dad, and was taken back to Ashford. Lelouch had disappeared. As soon as I returned, I went to the secret headquarters. C.C. wasn't there. Suddenly an unseen door opened and Lelouch came out.

"Where's C.C.?", I asked.

"She's. . . recuperating", it sounded like he hesitated.

"What happened?"

"It's nothing. You're more important now."

"Me?" What did that mean?

"We must figure out what type of geass you have", he sat down at the table and opened his laptop.

"Why is that important?", I asked.

"The more we know about it, the more we can plan."

"How am I supposed to figure it out?", I asked.

"Go back to your dorm and get some sleep. We'll deal with this in the morning", Lelouch said.

"Now you feel worried about me?"

He looked up from whatever he was doing, and looked me straight in the eyes. It was a little intimidating.

"I'm always looking out for you Alex, don't ever forget that."

Why did those words seem to have a deeper meaning? I wish everything was straightforward. Why can't people just say what they mean?

"Just go to bed", he said again.

I guess it was for the best. Today was a pretty exhausting day. I went back to my room and found Casper looking outside the window with the lights off.

"What are you doing?", I asked, turning on the light.

"I think someone's out there. I wanted to go out and see, but Rolo warned me to stay."

"Rolo huh?" I opened the window, and tried to see what Casper was seeing.

Suddenly, something flew toward the window. Before I could react, I was hit on the forehead with something really hard. I fell back and whatever it was, landed in front of me. Casper picked it up.

"It's a rock, with a note for you", he said.

"Can we focus on my head injury first?"

A few moments after cleaning up my forehead, I read the note.

Come to the clubroom with those weirdos tomorrow.

I was told weirdos was vague, so come to where ever Citrus and her friends meet.

Apparently her name is spelled 'Sidra'. You attract the strangest people.

I'm running out of space, so this is the end.

Cassandra

"That damn girl has my phone number, she knows where my dorm is, and even then, she could've told me tomorrow!"

I put my head outside my window and started yelling, "Cassandra! Next time use a damn phone!"

A light turned on two rooms down. Vince poked his head out. "Alex shut up! I'm tryin' to sleep here!"

Then a window one floor below Vince opened. Jun looked up. "You guys, its really late. Can't this wait until morning?"

"That's what I was telling Alex!", Vince yelled.

"I just got hit in the head with a ROCK!!"

"Go back to bed!", Leo yelled from above my room. "We've got classes in the morning!"

Jun sighed. "We have each other's numbers. Why don't we just talk this over on the-"

"HEY! You boys be quiet and get to sleep!", we could hear Ivana yelling from the girls dorms.

"Shut up!", Vince yelled.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?!"

I swear I felt the ground shake. All of us went back into our rooms and shut the window. I stared at the note again.

"She probably left right after she threw it anyway. I should be glad she waited until I opened the window, otherwise I'd be pickin' up broken glass."

For once I wish Cassandra was just a normal girl with common sense. The way she is now, she's like an annoying younger sister. I went to bed, trying to forget about the biography that was due in a few days.

- - -

Jun looked over at his still sleeping roommate.

"This guy is like a bump on a log.-yawn- How can the other guys be so energetic at night?"

Jun's cell phone rang next to the lamp. He picked it up and said in a yawning voice, "Jun here."

. . . "Huh? Already?" . . . "No, he hasn't but-" . . ."I can't do that to him." . . . "Yes. I understand." . . . "She's already called him. I'll be with her tomorrow." . . . "Right. After school."

He hung up the phone. Brown eyes glared at the moon through the window.

"Tomorrow, we'll be enemies, won't we?"

- - -

When I was walking to class, Jun was giving off a weird aura. Cassandra approached me like she didn't hit me in the head with a rock last night. After yelling at her in the middle of campus (earning a lot of stares) I tried to talk to Jun again.

He's my best friend should really know what's been going on. Jun really didn't like dishonesty. Hmm, I guess technically it's not like I'm not telling the truth, just not the whole truth.

"Just great. I'm more honest to the court system then to my friend."

I remembered something I saw on the internet. What was it? 'A friend is honest, but a best friend will lie their ass off at your trial'. . . or something like that. As thought that, Astra ran up me.

"Alex. There's something I wanted to tell you. Sidra told me to wait, but I just can't anymore."

"I'm coming to your club after school. Can't this wait?"

"No! I just said it can't!", her blonde hair bounced around her. You know despite her strangeness, Astra is actually pretty cute.

I sighed. I really didn't want to deal with this. I felt something within me activate.

"Astra, can you please just leave me alone?"

She looked surprised. I don't know why, I wasn't yelling. Then her face broke out into a smile and she started dancing around.

"Haha! Come on Mr. Bunny! Like this!", she exclaimed twirling.

What the hell? Was her club doing drugs? I left Astra to her dancing and tried to catch up to Jun, who already went to class. I found him sitting at his desk as usual.

"Hey Jun-"

"Jun!", Marie barged into our classroom.

"Good morning", he said.

"Jun, I need you to stop by the council room during lunch", Marie commanded, no questions asked.

"For what?", Jun asked.

President Marie had an evil glint in her eye. "You'll know soon enough."

Then she just skipped out. Then our teacher came in and I wasn't able to talk to Jun. Is there something conspiring against me telling Jun about my geass? What was my geass anyway? Nothing strange has happened since I made the contract with Lelouch.

Well, except Astra's sudden dancing. Then again maybe that's what she wanted to tell me. Or maybe she had a disease that makes her due random movements. If it was tied to my power, what did it mean? That I can make people dance? How am I supposed to fight with that?

- -Lea and Ivana omake!- -

"Hey, Iva-chan?", Leandra called, brushing her hair.

"Chan?"

"I've been reading a lot of manga lately. I think it fits you."

Both girls were getting ready for bed. Ivana was already under her covers, sitting up.

"Anyway", Lea continued, "Have you notice Alex acting weird lately?"

"You mean by not acting like an animal?"

"I'm serious. He and Jun don't hang out as much. And, well. . ."

"Lea, don't tell me you like that idiot?", Ivana's eyes widened.

"What?! No! I mean, he's cute sure. But Alex isn't really. . .", Lea trailed off.

"Isn't really?", Ivana joined Lea by her mirror.

"My type. I like more sensitive guys, with strong morals."

Ivana chose the first name that popped into her mind with those words. "Jun?"

"Jun!?", Lea's cheeks flushed. She pulled some of her hair between her fingers. "Well, he is pretty cute."

"Lea likes Jun. Lea likes Jun", Ivana teased.

"Stop that!"

"Cassandra! Next time use a damn phone!"

"Alex shut up! I'm tryin' to sleep here!"

"What was that?", Lea looked toward their window.

They opened it and heard more voices.

"Go back to bed! We've got classes in the morning!"

"That's my brother's voice", Lea said.

Ivana yelled outside the window. "HEY! You boys be quiet and get to sleep!"

Vince answered. "Shut up!"

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?", Ivana screamed back.

She slammed her window and went to her bed. "Boys are so immature."

"I didn't hear Jun's voice", Lea said.

"He was probably trying to get the others to calm down", Ivana said as she laid her head on her pillow.

Lea turned off the light. "Oyasumi Iva-chan."

"English please Lea?"

"Good night. How do you go to a school in Japan and not know the basics of the language?"

"Lea, don't become an otaku. Manga is the reason Marie is into boys crossdressing."

"You don't have to worry about that. I'm more into mecha!"

Ivana sighed. "I'll deal with whatever that is in the morning."

- - - - - - -

Up next: Alex meets with Cassandra, and a secret is revealed.

Big thanks to Digimon Dreamer for giving me the idea for Alex's geass!