Cissnei, the best student in stunt training, poked Anne curiously as she slept through the fifteen minutes of registration. She took one look at her trousers, sighed while rolling her eyes and pulled out a sticky roller to get rid of the cat hair. Anne slept heavily on oblivious to her. Sighing and shaking her head, Cissnei pulled her brush out and began to brush out most of the thick knots in her hair. Anne grumbled in her sleep and tried to pull away. Cissnei kept her still while brushing consistently. Anne moaned as she stirred awake and tried to pull away again.

"Cissy, that hurts," she whined as Cissnei persistently held her down and forced the brush through her hair "Ah!"

She fell over as the bell for the first lesson rang. The class giggled as she got up and shook her head. Cissnei giggled and helped her up.

"I've got to get to Stunt Training now," she said "What do you have first?"

Anne yawned loudly as she threw her shoes on the floor, slipping her feet into them blearily. She rubbed her tired red eyes as she stuck her hand into her satchel and pulled out her timetable.

"Free period," she replied and yawned again "And after that is another free period. I'm going to use them to catch up on some extra sleep."

Cissnei rolled her eyes as Anne went out of the classroom and called for the lift.


Sephiroth twirled the brush in his hand around thoughtfully as he and Genesis stood outside the band practice room, waiting for a teacher to come and unlock it. Genesis read Loveless as Sephiroth noticed that he looked…untidy.

"Genesis, what happened this morning?" he asked.

Genesis lowered his book and looked at him.

"Why do you ask?" he inquired.

"Your…hair looks unusually dishevelled…"

"What?!"

Genesis pulled out a pocket mirror and gasped at the sight of his hair then pulled out a comb to neaten himself up.

"Anne is what happened," he grumbled "Decided to leapfrog over me by the staircase, so unladylike of her."

Sephiroth perked up in interest.

"Anne? Anne Lockhart?"

Genesis scowled and put away the comb and mirror once he was finished.

"What other Anne is so much of a pest that she becomes the bane of one's existence?"

Sephiroth blinked in bewilderment.

"You know her?"

"Well of course I know her, I share four classes with her and nearly everyone in this school knows her!"

He cast a look at Sephiroth and sighed.

"Don't you know her? You've surely dated her before, haven't you?"

Sephiroth shook his head and Genesis sighed.

"She's in our Japanese class, front row."

She is? Sephiroth never noticed her before. Seeing his clueless look, Genesis rolled his eyes.

"She's the dork with the red waistcoat," he gave another clue.

Red waistcoat? Thinking about how she crashed into him, she was wearing an odd waistcoat with her uniform… Genesis felt frustrated when Sephiroth gave him another blank look. Why was he even trying to get Sephiroth to remember Tifa's annoying little sister? Giving up, he resumed to reading Loveless.

"Do I share any other classes with her?"

Genesis felt his blood boil at the question but calmed himself, glancing at Sephiroth briefly.

"How am I supposed to know?" he asked dryly.

"You know nearly everything about everyone you know."

Genesis sighed and placed a bookmark on the page he was reading before closing the book.

"She takes creative writing, dance, drama and Japanese alongside me," he said and leaned back on the wall "She also takes athletics, singing, horse riding, ice skating, trampoline and archery."

Sephiroth blinked. He shared three classes with this girl and he had never noticed her? And judging by Genesis's description, she was not easy to ignore. Maybe she just never fit Sephiroth's criteria of a girlfriend? Staring down at the brush, he frowned. The next time he would see her was in their singing class and that was after the lunch period. Maybe he could find her during the lunch period… The door unlocked itself and it swung open to reveal Cloud and Angeal inside, discussing a few things about their new song. Blinking, Sephiroth saw Selena take out a key from the door and waltz past them. Smirking, he grabbed her by the elbow and dragged her towards him.

"How about that date?" he purred into her ear.

Selena's golden gaze turned fiery.

"By date, you mean hockey practice," she countered coolly "You need to clean up your act, Valentine, because that match next week won't be easy."

Sephiroth smirked all the wider and kissed her cheek.

"Whatever you say, Kelly," he said as he let her go and went to the corner to sit down and tune his guitar.

Selena wiped her cheek, snarling to herself before grabbing her flute and warming up on the other side of the room. Genesis sighed as he fingered his keyboard.

"Once a playboy, always a playboy," he muttered and began to play a song from the top of his head.

As Genesis played, he began wondering why Sephiroth wanted to know about Anne. That was her brush in his hand, Genesis remembered seeing it tangled in her hair as she ran off after she had leapfrogged over him. Genesis glanced at Sephiroth wearily after a while. He couldn't possibly think of playing around with a young thing like her? She was far too innocent to mix in with his kind plus she had Asperger Syndrome which made her oblivious to nearly everything. Genesis blinked then began playing a more complicated song to clear his head. Why should he care? It was none of his business to know who Sephiroth was going to target as his new plaything and he certainly did not care about Anne's safety either! Period.

"Uh…Genesis?"

"What?!" Genesis snapped and looked up.

Benjamin blinked in surprise, stepping back slightly before clearing his throat.

"When's your next free period?" he asked.

"Fourth, why?"

Did Genesis really have to deal with an idiot like Benjamin now?

"Uh, I need help with the homework for Computers," Benjamin rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Fine," Genesis waved him away "I'll meet you in the Common Room with my laptop."

Benjamin muttered a thank you before going to his trumpet to warm it up. Genesis sighed and began playing again. Could this day get any worse?