Chapter 7

This story has gone on for ages now, but for the people still reading, this is the penultimate chapter! Yay! P.S: if you are still reading, a review would be lovely.

Yorkie didn't understand. He just didn't. Why was Torvald glaring at him?

He reviewed the times he'd actually interacted with her. Well, they'd only properly met yesterday … then this morning she'd seemed fine with him … what could he have possibly done in the last hour to make her so angry?

Torvald glared at Yorkie. How dare he! Toying with Miela's emotions then revealing he was actually going out with Sakura! What a pig! And Saki herself! Why wouldn't she had told her cousins, nay, her best friends about this?

Sakura was working. But she could feel eyes digging into the back of her head. She didn't want to turn around, but she did. And she was very surprised by what she saw. Why would Torvald be looking at her like that?

Miela was sad. She kept glancing at Yorkie and Sakura, sitting next to each other, probably because they were dating. She didn't like it. Plus, every time she looked at them, the teacher would stare at her until she started working again. Not fun.

After Racing Theory, all the kids went their different ways, all feeling a little more uncomfortable. Miela went to the common room, and who should she find there but Candlehead, staring intensely at a … piece of paper?

"Hey Candles." Said the dejected girl, falling onto the seat next to her. Candlehead jumped into the air, and folded her drawing quickly, stuffing it in her pocket. Curiosity got the better of Miela, who jumped at it. "What's this?"

"NO! You can't … take it …" Said Candlehead, struggling with Miela for the paper, who laughed and pulled it out of her hand. She smoothed it out, and held off Candlehead with one hand as she looked at it.

It was a picture taken in front of the finish line on the mainland sugar rush race track, of two people; Candlehead, a cheerful smile on her face, waving towards the camera, and Gloyd, one arm casually thrown around her shoulders, smirking mischievously. In the corner it was scribbled: "Saw you were down in the dumps today Candles. That's not like you! So I thought I'd give you this. Gloyd's favourite photo you know. He's got it framed and everything. Swizz x"

"Wow, Swizzle is more caring then you'd think." Said Miela, smiling at the photo. "Yeah, he's a real sugar plum. Unlike some people!" Said Candlehead, grabbing at the photo.

Miela gave it back, then grinned at her friend. "I'm in the same boat as you Candles. Turns out Yorkie has a girlfriend." She sighed.

Candlehead frowned at her. "What? Then why was he wandering around earlier asking everyone if they'd seen you?"

Miela's heart looked up from the bottom of her chest, where it had been weeping. "Wh-what?" She asked nervously. Candlehead furrowed her brow in thought. "He said if I saw you, I should tell you something… uh…"

"What?" shouted Miela earnestly, grabbing her friend's shoulder. "Hmm. Can't remember…" Replied the candle-hatted girl. Miela bit back a scream of frustration. "Come on," she said, pulling the other girl to her feet. "We're going to find him. Now."

Meanwhile, our golden girl's family, minus Sakura for unknown reasons, had gathered on one of the tables outside to help each other with their new costumes. They had been given the afternoon off lessons as it was Halloween, so they decided to use it to look as spooky as possible.

Minty had managed to acquire some greyish green taffy skin paint, which Torvald had the pleasure of flinging at her until she was completely covered. Luckily, it dried quickly and comfortably. She'd also got a very old looking suit that had belonged to their step-dad's dad, and two of the fake nails to go on her neck. Torvald herself had tied her hair back into a little tiny ponytail, a very rare occurrence for her, and got a short orange sundress dress. To make it more of a zombie dress, she'd torn the edges of the skirt and splattered some fake blood near the cuts. She'd also put a lot of fake blood on her arms and legs - the scarlet stains were very effective.

The other cousins and half-siblings hadn't gone quite as wild: Sticky had a bright green top and leggings, complete with a brown tunic and brown boots, and she'd got a long hat to match the colour of her top. The hat came with fake ears, but unfortunately the whole thing was a little too big and kept slipping down her face. Swizzle, who could be rather a perfectionist about some things (you should see his room) kept pushing it back up, Sticky blushing a furious red when he did, to the great amusement of the other girls.

The unicorn pop boy himself had gotten his vampire costume quite a while ago, but now he was customizing it. He had decided to go with a dark blue cloak with dark green lining, and a dark blue suit. He had little fangs on, and his usual beanie had been discarded for the night, his green waves loose around his face. He kept blowing them out the way, but apart from that he looked very happy with it.

"Torvald?" Asked the vampire boy suddenly. "Where's Saki?" Torvald snorted. "Probably off with her boyfriend."

"What?" Cried the other three, all turning to look at her. "Who?" Asked Minty.

"Yorkie." Replied Torvald with a grimace. Swizzle frowned at her. "Nah, that can't be right. York's head over heels for Miela." Torvald shook her head. "That's what we all thought, isn't it? But Miela told me."

Sticky joined the frowners. "But Sakura wouldn't just not tell us!"

Minty raised an eyebrow. "I must say, I'm sceptical. Since when has Miela ever been the best source of information?"

Torvald jumped to her feet. "Don't insult my friends Minty!"

Swizzle tugged at the hem of her skirt, "Sit down Torvie – Minty didn't mean that, did you Mint?"

Minty crossed her arms. "Didn't I? Since when have you defended your friends over your family, Tor?"

"Come on Mintz, Tor wasn't choosing Miela over us, she was just watching out for her friend, like any good person would do. Calm down." Said Sticky in a quiet, pleading voice.

"Well if my family is going to treat my friends like that, maybe I will!" Exclaimed Torvald angrily, fire growing in her eyes. "Oh relax Torvie, she barely said anything about Miela!" Said Swizzle, rolling his eyes.

"Oh so your siding with her now, huh? I see how it is!" Shouted Torvald. Just then, Sakura appeared. "Hey guys! Look, I've finished my costume!" With an exasperated noise, Torvald stormed off.

"What did I do?" Asked Sakura to the rest of the group.

Torvald walked for a while, not sure whereS she was going or why. She was muttering and glaring at the ground – until she felt a pair of arms wrap around her from behind. "What's got my golden girl in a mood?" Came a voice next to her ear. She grinned, turning to face her boyfriend. "My fudging family."

Rancis laughed, and then let her go, holding her hand instead. They walked along, Torvald describing in depth her conversation with her family to Rancis.

"So yeah, that's it really." Rancis laughed. "It seemed you got yourself tangled up in a real mess Torvie. But you know," he turned to face her, grabbing her other hand, "I really do think Yorkie likes Miela. You should have seen him at breakfast, he was looking everywhere for her. Have you even asked Yorkie or Sakura?"

Torvald looked away. "No."

Rancis shook his head with amusement. "Come on. We'll go together."

Torvald smiled, and they made there way towards the school.

Then, the daydream struck.

"Are you sure, Torvald?"

"Yeah, it'll be great fun! Come on!"

"Ok then…" Said Rancis, looking uncertainly down the long room that was the boys' dorm. Harry had gone to the track with Swizzle and Gloyd, so the boys' dorm was unoccupied. Rancis and Torvald had been enjoying some time together in the common room when he had mentioned this fact, and Torvald had had her 'brilliant' idea.

So they'd piled most of the beds up against one wall, and moved all the furniture to the side so they had a clear runway. Now, Rancis was starting to doubt the intelligence of this decision.

But Torvald was persistent. So, he climbed into the bed, and Torvald got ready to push. "Three, two, one, GO!" She shouted.

"AHHH!" Rancis screamed, eyes wide as the bed ran into the wall and collapsed.

"Rancis!" Cried Torvald,crunching over to him. She pulled off a duvet and found him lying still, eyes close. "Rancis!" She shouted again, her concern growing as she shook his shoulders."Wha…what?" Asked Rancis, opening his eyes groggily. Torvakd sobbed with relief and hugged him tightly.

"Hey, Torvie, I'm okay." Said Rancis, pulling himself to a sitting position, one hand on his head. "No need to turn on the waterworks!"

"But I told you to do it! You could have gotten seriously injured and I couldn't ever forgive myself!" She said, buried her face in his jacket. Rancis was quite surprised – here was his usually so tough and tomboyish girlfriend weeping into his chest. But he still wrapped his arms around her without uttering a word and kissed her forehead gently. "I'm fine Torvie. I'll always be fine with you here."

"Tooooooooorvald?" Asked Rancis for the sixth time, waving his hand in front of his girlfriend's blank face. She blinked a few times, and shook her head. "What was that?"

Rancis frowned. "These daydreams of yours are almost like blackouts. Have you ever asked anyone about them? Like, a doctor or something?" Torvald waved away his concern, saying "Oh they're nothing. Let's go find Sakura – or Yorkie."

Surprisingly, they found Yorkie first. He was wandering around, trying to find Miela, when he literally ran into Rancis. "York! There you are!" Cried the peanut butter boy, straightening and grabbing the other boy's shoulders.

"Now tell us: are you going out with Sakura?" He asked. Torvald cracked her knuckles, saying "And believe me, now is not the time to keep it from us."

Yorkie frowned at them. "No! Of course not! I told you, I like Miela! Where on earth would you get that idea?"

Torvald sighed happily and smiled. "That's fine then. But you really should tell Miela, she was in a real state this morning after she saw you two holding hands."

Yorkie's frown deepened. "When was I holding hands with Sakura?"

Torvald shrugged. "I don't know – that's just what Miela told me. I guess we'll see you later then." She said, grinning at him as Rancis slung an arm around her shoulders and they walked off, leaving Yorkie, once again, in a state of confusion. Every conversation he had with Torvald seemed to end like that.

"Well… That would make a brilliant soap opera." Said Rancis with a crooked smile.

"Aw shut up." Smiled his golden girl, leaning into his side.

Last chapter next time, and I'll get it up as soon as possible! Then, next term, Swizzle's POV of his Christmas term!

This is Sticky (a.k.a Miss Wipplesnit) signing out for the night! Goodnight!