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Author's Notes: Yay! I finally got this chapter done. I got stuck at some parts but was finally able to solve it. I'm kind of rushing the game in this chapter. I don't want to put too much details into it. I'm sorry if my writing is sloppy. I'm still trying my very best :D but thank you for keep on reading. I really love your supports 33 Thank you very much. Have a great loving day c:

The crowd from aside cheered loud enough to be heard across the tennis court. Rutger laughed at Ina to show off his school.

"I told you so, Ina! BlueBell is the best!"

"You just watch when we win the next game!" Ina claimed.

Even though Cam's team won, he felt a big piece of something to fill in his happiness was missing. He scanned the court to find the sweet scenario of Lillian and Ash. He swallowed in every ounce of his envies of his best friend. His feet slowly moving toward them but he paused when Georgia walked there instead.

"Ash!" Georgia yelled. She stormed to him and pulled him away from Lillian.

"What is it, Georgia?"

"Be my partner for the next game!"

"B-but…"

Georgia turned to Lillian and forced a cheerful smile. She hated that girl for being the one Ash and Cam loved. She detested her for getting too much of their attentions. She loathed her for being born to waste the spot and the sources of this earth.

"You should, Ash," Lillian said.

Ash didn't wanted to take her answer. He was desperately hoping for Lillian to pull him back and declared to Georgia that he was the only partner for her. His hopes faded as Lillian gave him a smile he couldn't read.

"Georgia worked hard for you," Lillian said.

Ash bit down his feeling to reject Lillian's demand and replied, "Okay then." He walked with Georgia toward her friend, Laney who was watching the scenes.

Lillian looked for Nancy, hoping that she would accept the offer to be her partner. Instead, Nancy ran to Cam and clung onto him.

"Cam! Let's be partner for this match!" Nancy begged.

"No."

"Please? I'll be unbeatable!"

"Give him a break, Nancy! Cam doesn't want you!" David yelled from aside.

Nancy stared at him with cold eyes that seem like she was about to destroy him.

"You better shut up before I annihilate you!" She declared.

"I'll take care of her, Cam. You can go to Lillian," David said with a grin.

"David! I'm going to smack you with this racket until you are dead!"

Lillian walked up to Cam and spoke before he could.

"Will you be my partner, then?"

"I can't say no." Cam smiled.

That was Lillian's power. The power to be able to make him smiled even though he was mad at her. That was one of the reasons why he loved so much about her. Then a question popped in his mind that slipped out his mouth.

"Why didn't you do the same thing to me?"

"What?" Lilian asked with her head leaned aside.

"You let Georgia be with Ash because she worked hard for him. I knew Nancy worked hard for me and you knew that, too. So why didn't you do the same thing? Why were you hesitating?"

Lillian chuckled and replied, "I don't know. Maybe I just don't want her to take you."

Cam looked at her with his eyes widen. He couldn't tell if she was teasing him or she was being honest. Her eyes told him no lies yet told him no truth. They were a mystery.

"Alright everybody! Break's over! The next game is volley ball. Please walk with your partner to the sand court!" Rutger announced.

Students followed the principals to the sand court that was preserved for a volley ball tournament. It was divided into three sections similar to a tennis court. Each pair of competitor walked to their instructed court.

"The game will began when the bell ring." Ina said. "And Konoha will definitely win this game!"

"BlueBell is winning for sure!"

Lillian watched Ash, who was smiling with Georgia on the other court. She turned to her partner and frowned.

"What's wrong?" Cam asked.

"Ash…."

Cam turned his head toward his best friend and examined his facial expression.

"Yeah… He always thought he could fool other people by forcing himself to smile."

"Maybe I should invite him to go somewhere after the competition."

"Do you like Ash?" Cam asked as his green eyes searched deep in Lillian's for answer.

"Do you think I should?"

The ball rang and everyone stepped into their position. The volley ball was surfed back and forth in every court. Lillian tried her best to smack the ball as hard as she could when it was her chance. Yet most of the time, she couldn't reached it fast enough. Her breath was getting harder and sweats were running down her shirt.

"Where was your spirit? Didn't you said you were stronger than me? You liar," Cam muttered.

Lillian smirked and replied, "You're right… I lost it for a moment there. Thank you."

Her eyes only focused on the ball that bounced closed to the net. She ran and struck it until the ball flew high up in the air. Fortunately, the other opponents couldn't save it so Lillian's team won a point.

"It's two to three. We need one more score to get a tied," Lillian said.

"Yeah, but it's tough to deal with them."

Before they get their positions to score again, the end of game bell rang through the court.

"Dang it!" Cam cursed.

Ina laughed out loud and shouted, "I told you so, Rutger! Konoha won this game!"

"Don't get your hopes too high, Ina! The last game will decide the victory!" Rutger declared.

Lillian walked herself to the cement ground and collapsed to the floor. Cam sat beside her and gently patted his partner's back to comfort her disappointment.

"I must be bad luck for you and Ash in the eyes of other people, huh?" Lillian muttered.

"For other people… but in our eyes, you are better."

"What came into you all of a sudden?"

Cam let out a sigh and replied, "I don't even know. It just slips."

Lillian studied him for awhile and smiled. "I see… but thank you. I'm happy to hear that."

There it was. Her tender and genuine smile that was rarely showed had now appeared in front of Cam. It was that smile to which he loved the best and that it always brought up the heat into his cheeks.

"What's wrong? Your face is red," Lillian asked.

"Uh- I- nothing. It's just hot."

"I see. Do you want to go to the bench? It's cooler over there."

"No, here is fine."

They sat in silent as they watched the principals arguing with each other. From a distance, Ash's attention was on them. He wanted to sit by Lillian and relaxed with her under that blazing sun. Georgia and Laney followed his gaze and scowled.

"She's a disgrace to BlueBell. First, she makes you lost. Now, she makes Cam lost, too." Laney said in disgust.

"Ash, don't be partner with her. You'll lose, again!" Georgia demanded.

Ash chuckled and muttered, "Then being in this competition is pointless." He waved at the girls and headed toward Lillian.