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Hope stared at Snow for a second, wondering what he could possibly want to talk to him about in relation to Noel and Serah. Hope had always hated Snow, he always thought that Serah could do better than him.

'Hope, I need Serah back, I am nothing without her, you gotta help me man!' Snow pleaded

Hope really didn't care, he hated Snow and there was no way he wanted anything to do with getting him back with Serah.

'No'

'Aww, c'mon Hope, I know you don't like Serah having a boyfriend, but you have to face it, she's just not interested in you like that'

Hope's face went bright red; it would have been difficult to tell whether it was because of embarrassment or anger.

'What?! Snow I am not interested in Serah like that, we're just… friends'

'Ah, c'mon hope anyone can see that you like her as more than a friend'

Hope didn't even know what to say, he was completely dumbstruck, he didn't know how to convince Snow that he didn't like Serah like that. So Hope just spun round and walked off to his next class. Luckily Snow was 18 years old and so he was in the year above Serah, Hope and Noel, meaning he was not in any of their classes.

'Yeah, that's it Hope, just walk away from the truth!' Snow shouted as the silver haired boy walked away from him.

Hope walked to his next class with a hundred thoughts bouncing round in his head, mainly concerning Serah and Noel. Hope had always hated Serah having a boyfriend, but then again Snow was Serah's first boyfriend and he simply hated Snow .But with Noel it was different, he didn't like them being together because he was jealous of the time that Serah spent with Noel.

Hope walked into his music class, still caught up in his thoughts.

'Mr. Estheim, it is not like you to be late to class'

Hope snapped out of his thoughts to see a disapproving look on his music teacher's face. Hope glanced around the classroom to see Serah covering her mouth and giggling and Noel sitting next to her with that trademark smirk on his face.

'I.. I'm sorry' Hope simply responded before walking across the classroom and taking an empty seat next to Serah.

The class resumed as normal and the teacher was babbling on about something whilst facing the board.

'Hey Hope, why were you late to class? That's not like you' whispered Serah from his right.

'Err.. I had to go to the toilet' Hope stumbled

'Hope you can't lie to me, I've know you forever and you're my best friend, so what's the real reason?'

There was a slight pause, before the teacher turned back around and both Serah and Hope buried their heads in their books so not to get in trouble. Hope had been saved, but he knew Serah and he knew she wouldn't forget about it and that he would have to come up with an excuse for why he was late and an excuse for why he lied to her about it in the first place.

A few minutes passed before Serah silently ripped a piece of paper out of her notebook, wrote on it, folded it up and slid it along the table to Hope, without looking at him.

Hope picked up the folded piece of paper, unfolded it and read it in his head

Hope, come to my house after school today, Lightning won't be home until 7 so it will give us plenty of time to talk x

Hope was relieved that he would have plenty of time to come up with a decent excuse and excited to have some alone time with his best friend. He flipped the note over and wrote on the back.

Ok I'll be there x

Hope folded the note up and slid it back across the table to Serah. Hope glanced over to Serah to see her holding it in her left hand and smiling, Hope then let his gaze fall downward to see she was holding Noel's hand underneath the table, Hope's heart fell slightly in his chest. Hope wanted that to be his hand touching that smooth skin.

The rest of the day passed fairly normally with Noel and Serah being inseparable, always kissing and holding hands whilst Hope just stood alongside them, looking and feeling slightly awkward. Serah always tried to include Hope in hers and Noels conversations and Noel was always happy to deliver the odd cheeky remark and ruffle Hope's hair, but despite this Hope always just felt like a third wheel around the couple.

When the final bell rang and school ended, Serah, Noel and Hope all headed for the front gate.

'Hope, I'm going to go hang out at Noel's house for a bit, drop by my house around 5ish OK?' Serah said with a smile on her face.

Great. Hope thought to himself, this means he had to walk home on his own just so Serah could spend more time with her precious boyfriend. Hope tried to hide his disappointment.

'Okay, Serah I'll see you later, bye Noel' Hope said with a forced but convincing smile.

'See ya Hope' Noel said reaching over and ruffling Hope's hair, again.

Hope shook his head in an attempt to make his hair fall back into place again, before waving and turning round to head home. Hope spent the whole of his walk home thinking about how much he was looking forward to spending some alone time with Serah.