Disclaimer: It's obvious I don't have Tales of Xillia, because it was properties of Bandai Namco.

Okay, here we are on the next update of this story! Yay for me and thank you for anyone who bothered to read my story about school drama~ I won't start a riddle about who is the person Milla saw because it was so obvious. Anyway, let's just get on the story and again if you want to please review~ Oh you might start wondering whether this was the same chapter or not, well let me answer that for you. To be completely honest, after I updated using the Draft, my proofreader suddenly, as sudden as it sounded, sent me the checked version like… an hour after I did that. I flipped the table at first because of no reason.

Milla POV

After ten minutes of trip, the bus finally stopped. I quickly gathered my stuff and walked quickly to the bus door so I won't appear pathetic again in front of him. When I got down he wasn't here yet but nonetheless I continued my walk to the school. I didn't want to appear as a crazy high school girl with a fetish on glasses and had developed a stalker-ish personality because of it.

I admitted that he was handsome and attentive but that's not enough to make me lower my pride. As the heir of Maxwell Corporation, I needed to hold my head high, or so Father taught me.

I made my way to the Auditorium and found that many people wear… interesting uniform (at least no one here was crazy enough to wear cosplay). I didn't want to note it just yet and instead looked for an empty seat in the middle row, so no one would take a notice of my presence. My eyes landed on a seat beside of a girl with hazel colored hair with emerald eyes. She wore a black beret with diamond pattern on the tip of it that well… looked interesting, if it was put on word.

I approached her and then I breathed deeply to gather my courage. First impression is important to make friend. It had been a while since I talked to other that I didn't know. After all, I had been in dormitory with close to zero new face to see since I was still 6 until 14. Then as softly as I could I asked, "Is this seat empty?"

She turned around to see me and I found that she actually looked cute and had a cheerful aura surrounding her. She looked like a good person. Her eyes widened a little and then slowly she smiled before saying, "It is. Go ahead."

After she said that I sat beside her and took glance to her. There is no obligation for us to wear our nametag but this girl had hers placed on her blazer. Who would after we had the freedom to choose our clothes? I wonder did she like to wear hers.

"Leia… Rolando…" I murmured slightly as I read her nametag. I felt like I had heard of her name from before but couldn't pinpoint why.

It seemed that she felt that she was called and then asked, "What is it?"

I quickly shook my head before saying, "Ah, no, I'm sorry if I was rude. I was just reading your nametag and wonder why you wear it… if I didn't remember it wrong we have no obligation to actually put it on so no one actually bothered to wear it…"

She looked surprised when she heard about the nametag regulation. Apparently she was surprised enough to instantly stand up and shouted quite loudly shouting a 'WHAT?!' as she looked at me with wide eyes. I felt the intense gaze from all around as I pulled her hands by saying, "L-Leia, calm down… everyone is watching!"

Leia quickly turned red and she as quickly sat down once more. I could see that she is embarrassed. Who wouldn't after everyone in the Auditorium looked at her in that weird manner? If it was me, I would feel like digging a hole deep inside the earth to hide my face.

Leia sighed and then said, "I'm sorry… but I didn't know that. I thought that since we were given a nametag we must wear it. I don't know that we may not wear it… Anyway, thank you for that help back then… err…"

I only smiled and then looked at Leia who seems to be reflecting on her brash nature. From what I see, Leia is cheerful and energetic and a good girl as well. Though her 'hit first, ask later' personality would bite her someday in the future. I placed a hand on my chest before saying, "I didn't help you on anything. Anyway it is Milla, Milla Maxwell I'm a member of 1-A class."

Leia looked up and give me a bright smile before saying, "Nice to meet you! My name is… well, I guess you know it already but well whatever, you can call me Leia, wait you already called me that as well. I'm also a member of class 1-A, then it makes us classmate right?"

I smiled hearing that. Okay, at least I'm not going to be alone in the class with Leia there. Before I could say anything more, the Entrance Ceremony started. I turned my attention to the baldy headmaster as I sometimes chatted with Leia beside me.

I turned my attention back to the front when I heard that it was the time for the best student in the entrance ceremony to give some kind of greeting. I think my jaw had dropped somewhere when I saw the 'Jude Mathis' who scored just above me in the entrance exam.

He is the man I saw in the bus stop who had reminded me about the bus. He is the man who invaded my head with his eyes and his glasses. He is Jude Mathis?! Crap he had seen my pathetic side already. How I would face him if I somehow met him through pure coincidence? No, no, no, this is reality, not a sappy cheap drama from television! There is no way that kind of thing would happen!

"Ahh, here he go and do," Leia commented with a knowing smile on her face.

I turned around to face her and as softly as I could manage I asked her, "Leia, you know him?"

Leia nodded cheerfully before saying, "I know him. In fact we are childhood friend so I kind of took care of him when we are still young. He moved before we entered junior high and only got back around the time for high school registration. I do know that he scored the first in this school entrance exam but I don't know that he actually take it…"

"S-so that's what it is…" I responded as I let out my breath that I didn't notice holding. Somehow it felt like something heavy was lifted from my chest. So he was like me, he used to not live in this town.

I could sense Leia peered to me with suspicious expression as she then asked, "Don't tell me, you fell for him?"

"W-what?!" I asked in surprised tone and looked away with my face felt hot. But, when I noticed that I risen my voice, I quickly clasped my mouth. I looked around to see whether other noticed my outburst and found that there was none, to my delight.

Then I turned to face Leia who grinned from ear to ear as I gave her a glare of my own. I wanted to deny it but I couldn't after I remembered the incident from this morning. His voice is beautiful, he is smart, diligent, and to top it off he wore glasses. How I managed to not fall for him after all that?

"I know it! I must warn you this firsthand Milla but the competition is tough you know… especially from Jude himself," Leia said with a teasing tone. I sensed trouble from how she worded it.

"What do you mean?" I asked instantly as I tilted my head. When I heard my own question I mentally scolded my own mind. Crap, if I said it like this, it was the same as admitting that I had fallen for Jude Mathis. Okay, maybe I did.

"Jude is pretty picky… no, maybe that's not the right term for it. He simply didn't see how girl flaunt over him since all he do is reading book and all that school stuff. Getting him to notice you is the first step to make him fall for you back. If I become Jude, there is no way I could reject a beautiful girl like you Milla, but we are talking about the real Jude here. I think he had the power to reject all girl, beautiful or not," Leia explained with a joking tone in between her explanation.

I laughed nervously hearing Leia's comment while half-listening on Jude's entrance speech. After he was done all people in Auditorium clapped as well as me. After it was done and the student scrambled out from the Auditorium, I caught up to Leia before saying, "Thank you… for the advice."

Leia laughed a little bit before saying, "If it's for my friend I will do all I can."

Well, I hope it suit your preference. This chapter is short, I know because I didn't intend for it to be long. In the next chapter, we will approach the matter from Jude perspective. I don't really know how to write this version of him so I hope it won't dissatisfy everyone. Anyway, will you leave some review?