BP: I wonder when the last time I updated this is. I hope you enjoy this story, since I have writer's block. But I am not giving up!

"I'm sorry. We'll have to break up." Shizuka said to Atobe. After hearing what her friends had to say, it was the best thing to do.

Atobe was puzzled. "But why? We were so happy together!"

Shizuka shook her head. "No, we're not. At least, I'm not. I found out you have been cheating on me with 3 other lovers. We can't be happy like this. It'll only lead to misery." She touched Atobe's arm gently. "Don't worry, we can still be friends, but, you can't live in my apartment anymore. You and your lovers will have to pack up after school." She nodded, and left towards her crowd of friends. She walked towards the school garden, and slumped against the tree trunk, and slid all the way down until she was sitting on the green grass- with her face in her hands. She felt, rather than saw, her friends sliding down on the grass beside her.

"Cheer up, Shizuka." said Pakunoda. "You had a good run."

"All that work." She muttered, to her knees. She wasn't crying. She wasn't. Ok. She was. Her skirt did an adequate job of absorbing her tears. "I did so much to keep my relationship with him. I was so happy. And all for nothing." She felt Feitan's hand on her back, patting her comfortingly…not unlike the way he comforted her back when she vomited after the roller coaster.

"It was a total waste of time and energy." Shizuka mumbled.

"Hey, it's not worth crying about. He's not, anyway." Ringo said comfortingly.

"I know. To think I even let them live in my apartment." Shizuka muttered bitterly.

"There's a new movie I rented called Valley Girl." said Ryoma. "Want to watch it with us after school? You can spend the night if you want" Shizuka wiped her tears, and nodded.

Shizuka wondered why she always had such a good time when she spent the night at their place. It's not like they got stuff she doesn't have. In fact, she had better stuff. They only had a couple of movie channels, and because she took advantage of the last time Warner Cable bonus offer, she had all of them, Cinemax and HBO and Showtime, for the low, low rate of 1240 yen ($20) per month.

Plus, she has way better people to spy on through her windows, like this young woman Yuri, who used to be Yuki but is called Yuri, who has a lot of big fancy parties; and this foreign couple from England who likes to wear black all the time, even in summer, and never pull down their blinds. At her friends' apartment, there's nobody good to look at, if you count children playing with ducks. She doesn't see anything good through their windows.

But, every time she spends the night here (she spent the night here a few times before), even if all they do is hang out in the kitchen eating left over noodles form Number One Noodle Son, or eating leftover pizza, she had such a good time. Maybe it's because Pakunoda never forgets to buy orange juice, and remembers she didn't like the pulpy kind, and sometimes, if she knows she's staying over, she'll pick up a vegetable lasagna instead of a meat one for her, like she did tonight.

Shizuka never finds moldy old containers of anything in their refrigerator either. Ringo throws away anything that's even one day past their expiration date. Even sour cream that still has the protective plastic around the lid. Even cans of Tab. Her friends usually talk about normal stuff, like what a great deal they got on a Calvin Klein panty hose, talking about their results and wondering why they got bad results or whatever, and ask Shizuka on tips on how to improve their results. (Shizuka is in Accelerated Programme classes), or talking about interesting events that happened in class today.

They will never talk about themselves, unlike her previous lover.

The best thing about going over to her friends' is that while she is there, she doesn't have to think about her homework, or how her lover was cheating on her. She can just enjoy some real homemade Poppin' Fresh Cinnamon buns and watch Ryoma chase Feitan for eating his chocolate, and laughing at Shalnark's jokes.

Tonight was totally fun. Shizuka and her friends made this huge vat of popcorn and watched Valley Girl. It was about a girl who seems to have it all: good looks, popularity, and a handsome Valley dude boyfriend. However, she has grown tired of his lack of respect and arrogance towards her. At the end of a shopping trip with her friends, she ran into Tommy and breaks up with him, returning his bracelet. She spotted a handsome man at the beach, and later at the party, but her blossoming romance with that man disgusted her friends, because that handsome man is a punk and not from the Valley. They threaten the girl with the loss of her popularity and their friendship if she continues to date that man. She reluctantly got back together with her ex-boyfriend, and he put his bracelet back on her wrist. But the handsome man was determined to win her back, and crashed her prom. He eventually got her back, and they went back in the limo, and the girl threw her ex-boyfriend's bracelet out the window.

They also ordered pizza and watched all 8 Harry Potter movies in a row at HBO. They had a vacation right there on their beds, and laughed at funny parts, stayed solemn at the sad parts. It was 3am before they finally went to bed. Ryoma sent one last message to Atobe before he slept, though.

Now I know TWO secrets. Atobe got dissed... and Fuji got KISSED! –R

Atobe sighed. Who is this stalker, who even knew about his breakup with Shizuka? He was sure it was a private place, and no one overheard them. Unless….unless Shizuka herself was R! That is probably why R knew. He needed to talk to her. However, every time he glimpsed her that day-during break, during lunch ended, and once on the way to History class-she was surrounded by friends. Didn't she ever go anywhere alone? Could he perhaps ambush her as she was going to the bathroom? But no- she even seemed to go there with an escort of 1-3 girls. Yet if he didn't ask her soon, he was bound to lose his chance to talk to her. His eyes lit up. He could ask her for a private word that is all. He raced through the crowd looking for her, and found her emerging from an English class.

"Er….Shizuka? May I have a word with you?" said Atobe. All her friends giggled, but Shizuka glared at him, before saying, "OK", and followed him out of earshot of her classmates.

Atobe turned to face her and said, "I'm sorry for yesterday."

"Is that all you have to say? Forget it, Atobe. We're over." She tried to get away, but Atobe grabbed her wrist. "Are you one of the R people?"

"Who's R?" Atobe stayed silent. Shizuka wrenched her hand, and walked away.

KISS BYE BYE TO YOUR LOVER

Fuji bit his lip. Which lover is he talking about? His English teacher? Tezuka? Atobe? Sanada? Which?

"It'll probably be your English teacher." said a voice

He widened his eyes in shock. It was the boy he bumped into a few weeks ago.

Ryoma smiled at his expression.

BP: This is bad, because I only had like ten minutes, and I had writer's block. Please review!