This has been too long since I last updated this. Forgive me!

Disclaimer: I do not own Grand Chase. Because I wouldn't make 4th MP bar skills so hard to get.

Btw, it is supposed to be confusing to figure out who's POV things are from. That's the point. I don't know why, but it is. If you couldn't figure out who the POV was from in the last chapter, tough love. You can guess at it.

After getting bitched out yet again for something I didn't do, the last thing I wanted to do was go back into the school building. I was half tempted to ditch out of the afternoon period of classes, but I knew it'd never end well. I'd have to come back to the school eventually; I lived in the school dorms, after all. They'd have someone waiting for me, and I'd only see more shit hit the fan. No, I'd had enough of that for one day. It wasn't worth it to cut classes here. It never was. So I headed back into the school building.

When I got to my locker, however, I noticed something sticking out of it. It looked like a simple piece of paper at first glace, but when I opened my locker door and watched it float down, I noticed it was some sort of expensive parchment. I snatched it when it reached level with my hand, slightly pleased with myself for my quick reflexes. The paper had a slight pink tint, and looked like the kind of paper that magic classes used to write their spells down; it was special paper that wouldn't activate the spells or whatever. I didn't really pay attention to that stuff, as I was in the thief class. We didn't use spells.

The paper was folded up in a neat square, so I unfolded it to see if anything was written on it. Since I figured that if someone was trying to spell my locker or something, they wouldn't use this kind of paper, I assumed it'd be safe to open. I was still shocked at the contents, though.

It seemed like some kind of love letter.

When Ronan asked about it later, I simply told him it was someone playing a practical joke.

My morning so far had been hell. I had been up all night with anxiety attacks, and had slept through my morning White Magic period. I've never fallen asleep in class before, I've always been such a good student. I was so embarrassed. When lunch period finally arrived, I couldn't have been happier. Finally, I could ask Ronan if Lass had said anything about the letter. I could know how it went. I could stop panicking and over thinking things.

I found Ronan with Elesis on my way to the cafeteria. Elesis was showing him a new sword technique, which I knew wasn't something anyone was supposed to be doing in the halls. However, this hallway was empty, so when I called out to Elesis, she quickly hid her sword behind her back and tried to act like she hadn't just been breaking the rules. When she noticed it was me, however, she stopped hiding her sword, and tried to show Ronan the technique again. She dropped her sword, and the hilt hit Ronan in the shin. Ronan had not been watching the sword at all, I knew he had been staring at her and hadn't been paying attention. When Elesis and I began laughing at him as he hobbled around holding his shin, he tried to blow it off by bringing up a different topic.

"Arme, Lass found your letter yesterday," Well duh, of course he would. That's not what I wanted to know, but I managed to bite my tongue and wait for Ronan to elaborate further. When he didn't, it was Elesis who prompted him to continue.

"Well? Did he say anything about it? You can't just leave us in suspense like that." I laughed, Elesis rarely cared about such things.

"Well, uh…" I could tell Ronan regretted bringing this up now. Oh dear, he had hated it or something, or had a girlfriend already, or- "He thought it was a prank."

My heart sank. "Oh, that's not SO bad! That just means Arme needs to send more letters to prove that she's serious! Right, Arme?" Elesis turned to me and grinned widely, and as usual, her overconfident grin managed to cheer me up.

"Uh, sure, I guess I could do that…" I mumbled. I really wasn't looking forward to writing another one. The first one had been hard enough to write.

"We should get to the cafeteria. I'm sure Ryan and Lire are waiting for us." Ronan stated. Elesis then burst into laughter.

"Psh, like they miss us! They're probably making out in our absence as we sp-" Ronan cut her off.

"Can we not talk about that… It was bad enough yesterday…" Elesis then began laughing at him again. How Ronan liked her and put up with her, I'd never know. There were a lot of girls he could get in this school, yet he chose to pad after Elesis. Perhaps he liked the challenge.

Yesterday, while Elesis and I had stuck my note in Lass' locker, Lire and Ryan had forgotten that Ronan was with them, and had started making out during the big duel that had happened during the break. Poor Ronan couldn't find the courage to speak up and remind them that he was still there, and it had been Elesis and I who had ended up getting them to stop. Lire hadn't been able to talk after that out of embarrassment, and Elesis spent the rest of the duel teasing Ronan about how he had no courage. Elesis was really the only one able to talk about the incident so lightly, even still.

I shook my head and laughed it off. I agreed with Elesis, though. Lire and Ryan were probably at it again already. I sighed, envious of them. When Ronan placed his hand on my head and asked me if I was envious, I straightened up and turned on the spot, pointing my arm ahead of me and shouting that lunch we would miss lunch at this point, and that was enough to get Elesis to start running. Ronan ran after her, and I was saved from having to answer Ronan's awkward question.

Elesis was with me again while we stuck the next note in Lass' locker. This time, though, he didn't show up, so it went by much easier. When I asked Elesis why she was the one helping out the most with these notes, she blushed and stuttered for an answer for a while, before ranting off that she enjoyed how embarrassed I got about it. I knew she was bullshitting, but I didn't say anything further.

"So what did you end up writing in it this time?" Elesis asked after we had walked in silence for a while.

"Well, I had wanted to mention that it wasn't a joke, but then I realized that the only way I know that is from Ronan, and Lass would be able to figure out from that who Ronan could have told about it."

"I didn't ask what you didn't write, I asked what you DID write." She looked at me out of the corner of her eye, her hands crossed behind her head as she walked.

I sighed, realizing that I couldn't trick Elesis so easily. "I wrote that he has really beautiful eyes."

Elesis smirked. "What else?"

I fumed, realizing that now that I had started, she wasn't going to stop until I told her everything. "I wrote that I don't believe the rumors about him, and that I think he just needs people to get to know him and then I'm sure he'd-"

"Oh Arme… That's pathetic!" She turned on the spot. "Come on, we're going back, and you're taking that note out of his locker and we're writing something decent!" When I didn't move, she grabbed my wrist and began pulling me along. "Quick, before he reads it first!" This panicked me, and I ran with her. She pulled the note out and promptly tore it up. We then walked down a different hallway, sat on the floor, and spent the entire break writing out a new note. I never knew Elesis could be such a romantic. She was serious about helping me.

But when we met up with Lire later, she joked about the original note I wrote, and I knew that if I wanted to continue to receive her help, that I better not let anyone know about it.

A/N: Ok, another chapter done! I didn't read this over, as usual, so I'm sure it's full of typos and mistakes. Yes, I took forever to update again. I make no promises and have no schedule for a reason, life always gets in the way when I do. And Grand Chase, it gets in the way too. I've been playing it too much recently. I finally got a level 70, after more than 3 years of playing. Don't judge. XD

Instead of writing this chapter more than a week ago, I got writing The Fall, because Dio and Zero aren't in this story (but they might be now... :3) and I wanted to write about the two of them. If you don't mind fluff, light boys love, or terrible language, I suggest you go read it, because I'm quite proud of it (not really).

I think there was more I wanted to add, but I can't remember it. This chapter is also rather uneventful, and I feel like this story is progressing so slowly. Let me know what you think.

I stuck to the plan almost spot-on with this chapter, and that helped me get it done in less than an hour, which is a new record. Despite Facebook and Grand Chase distracting me. I'm glad I have a plot plan, it's making this so much easier to write.

Also, since (I'm pretty sure) next chapter is going to add in a bit of Arme's actual classes, that means that OCs are going to have to be present, because there aren't any other mages in Grand Chase I can have her interact with. I really suck at making up OCs. REALLY suck. So if you have any suggestions, ANY AT ALL, don't be afraid to PM me with them! I WILL SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE THEM! Even if it's just a name! Though a personality or something would be helpful. Really, I'm kind of desperate, because my own friends are a bit useless when it comes to this part as well.

Anyways, as always, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Constructive criticism is super welcome, it's how I get better, so don't be afraid to dish out your worst! I like to know how I can improve (besides updating more).

-Barrows

(Also, if anyone listens to the Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Orchestra CD... That's what this chapter was written to. Just thought I'd let you all know.)