A/N: Hope you guys enjoy. This chapter has a little lime zest in it, you've been warned. Please read and review, also keep in mind that they are all high schoolers and I changed Tsubasa's age. Thank you Ookami for helping me out. Now, on with the story. R&R

Last time: "Good. I'm out, later."

She said before leaving. I watched the door where she'd left before getting up and following after her.

-Natsume-

I found her sitting under a tree with one knee propped up with the other stretched out across the ground. She had a textbook in her hand and she was reading it. Her black hair fell across her shoulder and covered her face. Her uniform was different, she'd altered it herself. The skirt was the same, but he top had been shortened to expose her stomach and one of the sleeves had been torn off. It now looked like a black off the shoulder halter top trimmed in blue. She reached up with one hand and brushed her hair behind her ear, exposing her multiple pierced ear to me. I'd noticed before that she was beautiful, but right now she looked gorgeous.

"Looks like you did want to chase after me after all."

She said and I glared at her as she closed her textbook and looked up at me.

"What was that back there?"

I asked and she smiled.

"My Alice, couldn't you tell?"

She asked and I growled in annoyance. I knew it was her Alice, I just didn't know what kind of Alice she had.

"Oh, you mean what kind of Alice I used. I can control spirits, but not like you'd think. I can only use them in their astral appearance, like the purple-blue light you saw. I can manipulate them however I want, but only in that form."

She said and I blinked in surprise at her.

"Why did you-"

I started, but she cut me off.

"Why'd I decide to show my Alice then? I don't like it when people mess with my friends, and I consider Mikan my friend. Just like I consider Yuu, Hotaru, Kokoro, and Luca to be my friends."

She said standing up, book in hand. I felt a small pang of hurt and jealousy when she didn't say my name in her list of friends. She made me feel things no one else had. I felt a thrill of excitement and something else every time I chased her, but I was always left wanting once I caught her and brought her back and I couldn't explain why. I couldn't be the only one out of the two of us to feel that.

"And what about me?"

I asked, I couldn't help it. I had to know. She smiled up at me and I felt my face heat up. It wasn't her normal playful smirk or the smile she showed when she had a hidden agenda. It was a genuine smile.

She stepped closer to me and leaned in so our faces were only inches apart.

"I haven't decided whether you're just a friend, or something more."

She said before stepping back and disappearing. I stared at where she'd been standing in complete shock. I blinked a couple of times before what she said registered.

'She doesn't know whether I'm just a friend or something more? What the hell does that mean?'

I wondered as I walked back to class, my face still heated from how close she'd been.

-Bethany-

'I can't believe I just did that!'

I yelled at myself in my head as I laid down on my bed. I sighed as I realized what I'd said to Natsume was the truth. I wasn't sure of how I felt about him. He was nice to be around, just like Hotaru and them, but he also made me feel things no one else had.

I thought back to what just happened and blushed when I realized how close I'd been to him. Our lips had been only inches apart. I sighed and decided to take a bath. When I finished I crawled into bed an closed my eyes, hoping to get some rest.

-THREE HOURS LATER-

After tossing and turning for about three hours, I finally decided to get up. I was too restless to try and go to sleep. I went to my closet and changed into a pair of black cargo pants and a black long sleeved skin-tight sweater. It was almost December and it was cold at night. I switched my sneakers out for my black combat boots and walked towards the window. It was well after midnight and the moon was half hidden by the clouds. It seemed like the perfect night for a little game of cat and mouse, all I had to do was find the cat.

I smiled before opening my window and jumping out. I flipped and landed on my feet. I looked around before taking off towards the woods. I wasn't even halfway there before I heard footsteps behind me. I looked over my shoulder and couldn't help the smile that crept onto my face when I saw Natsume running behind me. I leapt up into the trees and quickened my pace.

"What are you doing out so late Bethany?"

He asked as he followed me and I laughed.

"Is it so bad that I wanted to play?"

I asked and heard him growl before I felt him grab my shoulder. I turned around in midair and faced him, I tried pushing away form him, but he wouldn't let go. We both landed on the ground and skid along the fallen leaves. The impact made Natsume's pelvis brush across my own and I couldn't help but moan, though thankfully he didn't hear. When we finally stopped skidding across the ground I opened my eyes and stared up into Natsume's dark red ones.

"Yes it is. I'm getting tired of chasing you."

He said as he held himself above me, and yet still managed to keep part of him touching me. I didn't feel his weight, but I felt him and it made my heart race.

"No one said you had to."

I said and he smiled down at me. It wasn't a smirk, or one of his cocky smiles, it was an actual smile.

"You didn't let me finish."

He said in a serious tone that was so unlike him, but it made my heartbeat pick up even more.

"I'm getting tired of chasing you, catching you, and you never actually being mine."

He said and my heart stopped at the meaning behind his words.

'There is no way he is talking about what I think he's talking about. There's no way he could like me, I'll admit I like him, but there's just no way that he could like-'

My thoughts got cut off when Natsume leaned down and pressed his lips to mine. My eyes widened in complete shock before fluttering closed and my body took over.

My arms wrapped around his neck and my hands fisted in his hair, pulling him closer to me. I shivered when I felt his hand trail down my side. He pushed his knee between min and I moaned into his mouth. I felt him smile against my lips and growled at him, but gasped when I felt his hand go down to my hips and then down to the inside of my thigh.

-Natsume-

'Well, I officially know she feels the same way I do.'

I thought as I slid my hand down the inside of Bethany's thigh. She moaned into my mouth and her back arched. I smirked before pulling back and looking her in the eyes.

"You're mine."

I said before kissing her again. I heard someone coming and growled. I pulled away form Bethany and she looked at me confused and a little disappointed as she sat up.

"Someone's coming. Say you were out for a run, we'll pick this up some other time."

I said before kissing her one last time, then taking off.

I stopped a little ways away to see who it was that had interrupted us and saw Tsubasa.

'What the hell is he doing out here?'

I wondered as I saw Bethany get to her feet and fix her clothes before Tsubasa got to her.

"Oh, I wasn't expecting to run into anyone. What are you doing out here?"

He asked and I waited for what Bethany would say.

"I got restless and couldn't sleep, so I decided to go for a run. You?"

She asked and I stayed and listened. Tsubasa was one year my senior and was known to be a lady's man.

"I was just going to see an old friend. What is a pretty young woman like yourself doing out here alone?"

He asked and I growled. I could tell by the look on his face that he was interested in Bethany.

"I already told you, I was out for a run. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be leaving now."

Bethany said before walking past Tsubasa and leaving the clearing. I turned and headed back to the dorms myself.

-Bethany-

'That guy was really cute!'

I thought as I jogged away from him.

'I have no idea who he was, but he was cute. Not like Natsume, but definitely close.'

Thinking of Natsume made me remember what we were doing before that guy showed up. I blushed as Natsume's words played over in my mind.

'You're mine.'

I shook my head before going into the special star dorms and heading to my room. I laid down on my bed and stared up at the ceiling for a bit before closing my eyes, this time I had no trouble getting to sleep.