AN: So, guys, I know I shouldn't do this because I've been crying this evening anyways..but I'm going to start working on the chapter update.

To those who reviewed:

ThatRandomReview: It actually wasn't so bad. Doesn't mean I hated it any less. It made me miss my favorite class this semester!

Spamano4ever: Yeah.

Luvrainluv: Yeah, I suppose I do. And I wasn't planning on saying it in the story, but the song Lovino sang last chapter was Let Me Be Myself by 3 Doors Down.

Enjoy.

The rest of the summer fell into a calm routine for the group, a nice reprieve from the chaos that they had grown used to while they were still at school.

Before they realized it, however, summer was over. Matthew and Alfred's birthdays had passed with a flare for the group, since they had a shared birthday party, something just to have something to do with the group.

The first day of school was upon them much sooner than they felt they were prepared for. Lovino was still going between school and work quite a bit, and had had to have his schedule tweaked a little bit at work for the first week so he didn't miss anything.

Turns out, he still shared a class with his brother, and Antonio was in two of his classes. Gilbert and Matthew were in his history class with him, and Alfred and Ludwig were in his homeroom. Then Lovino had Francis and Raivis in his first hour english class.

It was a lot of confusion the first two days, trying to find their way through the crowd of the incoming freshmen who were lost as it was.

Lovino half smiled as he and his brother made it through the crowd.

Antonio smiled at the two Italians as they made their way to the group, moving to wrap Lovino in a tight hug. "I was beginning to think you guys had gotten lost yourselves,"he teased.

Lovino rolled his eyes. "Idiota."he commented, but the group could see the amusement dancing in his eyes.

Francis spoke up then. "What's got you in such a great mood today, mon ami?"he asked, a half smile showing up as he saw Lovino acting much happier than he'd been in ages.

Lovino looked over at him and shrugged. "No reason."he responded.

Feliciano grinned and spoke up. "He's just in a good mood because his boss called him this morning while we were walking here and told him that- "he started, but Lovino cut him off by putting a hand over his mouth.

"Sh."Lovino warned. "They'll find out at lunch."

Feliciano nodded and Lovino let his hand drop.

Antonio raised an eyebrow. "Well someone's being rather secretive.."he commented.

Lovino leaned up and stole a kiss before continuing on with a new conversation that Gilbert had brought up.

The beginning of the day was rather slow, as was normal for the first few days.

By lunch, however, things had sped up quite a bit and had fallen back into a normal routine for everyone.

Once everyone finished eating, Lovino finally finished what Feliciano had started saying that morning. "My boss told me this morning that we could start like..a drama type thing, just little meaningful skits. A few people mentioned it to him over the summer, ever since the freedom festival at the end of June.."he said softly. "And he wants to know if you guys would be willing to help out."

This got quite a few agreements.

Antonio grinned. He could understand Lovino being happy about their involvement in something like that. It could make a huge impact on the community, and it could really help settle a few differences. It would be a perfect way to get things to settle down a little bit.

Here. Now, I need to go.