Tancred had driven himself into a corner and he found it impossible to get out of. None of his friends would talk to him, and no one else was there. He thought he was seriously all alone in the world until his eyes fell upon a blond girl that reminded everyone of Emma (Or is it that Emma reminds them of her??). He approached her cautiously, hoping that she didn't kill him for coming back to her after breaking up with her.

"Hey, Tancred," Jamie smiled at him when she saw him coming towards her.

Tancred sighed with relief. "Jamie, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for hurting your feelings. If it's okay with you, I'd like to go on a date, you know, the one we had planned?"

"I'd love to, Tancred," She said without a moment of hesitation.

"Great," He sighed again, and turned away. "I'll see you around, Jamie,"

"Bye Tancred! Thanks for coming to your senses. I'm so happy that you saw I was better than that Emma girl."

That made Tancred stop in his tracks. But she wasn't better than Emma, not by a long shot. She was just the only person Tancred could think of to run to with his tail between his legs. After a moment of realizing how horribly he had screwed his life up, he continued on towards his next class.

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Emma and Ben became inseparable. Their date was only the next day, and the already were unable to leave each other's sides. As they walked, Emma felt a strange pang of guilt every time she looked at him, but why?

"So, I can't wait till tomorrow," Ben told her.

"Neither can I," Emma said half-heartedly. That's all the joy she could put into those words, and it wasn't enough to please Ben.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Emma lied. She couldn't help but think of what Tancred had told her, that the way Ben treated her was just an act, she couldn't help but wonder if Tancred was telling the truth, and she couldn't stop thinking of Tancred. Many times in the coarse of the day, she had almost blurted out Tancred instead of Ben.

"There's something wrong, so what is it?" Ben inquired.

"Well, Tancred told me that you were acting nice just so I would date you, and I was wondering if it was true," Emma admitted.

"Of coarse it's not true. I would never do that to you, Emma. You're special."

The way Ben said these words made Emma uncomfortable. Was she really going to believe Ben, who she had just met, or Tancred, who she'd known for a while longer?

"Anyways, Tancred doesn't know what he's talking about. He's just trying to ruin your life. He thinks he'd be helping a friend, when he'd actually be hurting you."

Emma sighed and dropped the subject, going back to walking around with Ben, looking happy, like there wasn't a care in the world.

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"Lysander!" Olivia caught up with the African boy as he came outside at break. He looked kind of lost without Tancred with him. Those two had been inseparable for as long as anyone could remember. "Our job as matchmakers just got easier."

"Why?" Lysander wondered.

"Well, I just figured out that Ben and Emma are going to this one fancy restaurant up by the cathedral." Olivia told him.

"How will that help?" Lysander grumbled. He'd also gotten irritable since his friend started hanging out with Jamie.

"Well, Tancred and Jamie are going to the same place at the same time."

"And?" Lysander wondered. Last time he'd checked, Emma was mad at the storm boy.

"And something is bound to happen. Tancred can't even think of Ben without wanting to zap him with a lightning bolt, so just think of what he'd do if they were in the same room."

"Olivia Vertigo, you've got a twisted mind." Lysander chuckled.

"Yeah, and I also decided that you and Lauren could go there, too, just to keep an eye on things."

Lysander rolled his eyes, "Do you have to drag me and my girlfriend into all of this drama?"

"It's for Tancred and Emma, who are supposed to be our best friends, Lysander. Just do it for them. And, anyways, you were saying you wanted to take Lauren out this weekend but didn't know where to take her."

"Fine," Lysander gave in.

Olivia gave a little cheer and hurried away to join her friends.


i'm super sorry it's taken me this long to update. during last week, i was so tired with school work and i had writers block. i was going to update sunday, but fanfiction wouldn't let me. so, now please review, and I'm changing it to 4 REVIEWS PER CHAPTER PLEASE!!!

xoxo, alliey1213