SHE SAID WHAT???

"SHE SAID WHAT???", Screams Lina right after reading that text. Even Leila was able to hear her from the kitchen, "Honey, why are you screaming", Asks the mother after starting to get worried.

"Nothing mom", Answers her daughter, "Sorry if I worried you."

She gets back to the real deal now. She takes her phone and starts reading that one line over and over. No, she didn't read it wrong, Sara is persuading Romeo, that's crystal clear! Without a doubt, saying messy isn't even enough to describe what's going on in Lina's head:

"She likes Romeo? Like, wuv?? Is this what they call wuv??? Is it even possible, to fall for someone like him? She wants him to be by her... ? Does it mean that she wants to be his... ? And she wants me to help her get closer to him so they could start... ?", She takes her bandana and throws it on the bed, jumps on her bed and starts rolling non-stop as she's starting to heat up unexpectedly, "Why did she tell me? Why did I get so nervous after knowing how she feels? Wasn't that what I wanted to know in the first place?"

After that, she starts getting back to her senses. She sits properly and puts back her bandana then gets back to thinking after feeling some guilt, "Why does it feel like I don't want to help her? What's the thing that makes me pissed off when I think about a relationship between those two? What is this feeling?", Says Lina as she's slowly starting to heat up even more.

The night passed and Lina didn't get the needed sleep, she slept for around three hours or even less. So quite troublesome bags have appeared under those eyes. She gets ready and starts walking to school. As she keeps spacing out the whole time, she wasn't able to realize that one of her classmates is calling for her, "Lina! Lina wait for me!", Says Adam after starting to run lightly, "Oy Lina! Is she putting earbuds on or something?", After that he gets close to her, holds her shoulder, "LINA!!", Screams the boy right away.

Lina jumps right away while screaming after getting that sudden shock, "I'm sorry", apologizes Adam," did I scare you?"

"Well, kinda!", Says Lina after getting back to her senses, "Good morning, class president!"

Adam responds to her with a warm nod of his head then they keep walking together to school," You're earlier than usual you know", Adams breaks the silence by saying so, "Most of the time, you attend class at the last minute!"

"Oh, really?", She makes an awkward laugh, "I didn't realize that I get to school a bit late if you ask me!"

Adam does notice that Lina is a bit off today. So, after touching her gently with his elbow, he asks out of concern, "Is there something bothering you?"

-Lina: "Oh! Oh no, don't worry! I'm cool. Ahahah!"

"Are you sure you're okay?", Adds Adam, "Then why does it feel like you're daydreaming?"

"It's okay Prez, don't worry", Answers Lina while trying to raise her spirit, "There's nothing to worry about."

"I can't tell you about it though! She trusted me with such big words even though we'd just met! But, why the hell do I want to spell it out so badly?", Still spacing out while thinking about this stuff for sure, Lina keeps walking without paying attention to her surroundings until she hits her head on the sliding door of her classroom, "OUCH!", Screams the girl in pain, "Great, just what I was missing!", After that Romeo opens the door for his classmate and keeps looking at her for a while, "No Alex, it's not a boar.", Says Romeo while still looking at her.

"Really? Then what is it?", Asks Alex after sighing in disappointment.

"Something worse...", He didn't even finish his words and Lina punches him hard he might even have got one of his ribs broken and he started crawling on the floor because of pain for now.

"Oh, good morning Lily!", Says Alex while waving at her.

" Good morning everyone", Says Lina while slowly getting closer to Alex," Where's Maria?", Then there's Alphonse who jumped all of a sudden to see how Romeo's doing, "Umm, Romeo? Does it hurt?"

"My Maria caught a cold yesterday", Answers Alex while neglecting the pain that his Bestie is living right now," I'm going to check on her after school, do you want to tag along?"

"Romeo, are you alright?", Adds Alphonse while shaking that living corpse gently.

-Lina: "Sure thing!"

Alphonse lifts his head and faces the class with quite a worried expression, "How do we check if someone is breathing or not?", That's when Mr. Brown gets in the class and finds one of his students on the floor like that.

After a long tiring morning session, Mr. Brown grabs up his stuff, "By the way, you'll be having your P.E. class along with A-class today! Have a nice day!", Then he takes his leave. Most of the class gets out to the cafeteria to grab something to eat, but our group is still there chatting a little, "I can't believe that exams start next week", Says Nadine, "Time sure flies ha?"

"Didn't you hear what Mr. Brown just said?", Asks Lina after taking out a chocolate bar, "We'll be having P.E with those elites.. Oy, give me my chocolate you jerk!", That's what Lina said, since Romeo took her chocolate without permission. He starts pushing her back by putting his hand over her head then he gives half of HER chocolate.

"I'm aware of that.", Answers Adam, "Actually Sara is the one who suggested it in our last student council meeting!"

After hearing her name, Lina starts panicking right away which made her lose the chocolate, "S-SARA??", Screams the girl immediately, leaving her pals surprised by that sudden action.

"Yes?", Adds Adam awkwardly, "Something wrong?"

"No, nothing at all! hahaha!", Then she starts getting closer to the door and says before leaving," I'm going to get changed now!"

"But we didn't even have lunch", Says Nadine with a worried tune. Sadly, Lina closed the door before even hearing what Nadine tried to say," She already left..."

Romeo kneels and takes the chocolate from the floor, "Romi, what's wrong with her?", Asks Alex while looking at his friend.

"No idea", Says Romeo after taking his bag, "I'm going to the cafeteria now."

Alex puts his hand over his head, "Of course you don't know!"

As for Lina, she didn't go to the changing room or the cafeteria. She just keeps walking on her own until she reaches the swimming pool. Slowly, she sits on the floor and holds onto her legs while facing the wall with her back and she stays actionless like that. Thinking that she'll stay alone for a good portion of time, Someone breaks that hope of hers and drops by. He sits next to her, and puts a sandwich and the chocolate that she left behind, "I don't recommend practicing sports with an empty stomach", He says, "Unlike me, you'll end up fainting after two seconds."

"It's just a freaking ordinary voice", Starts Lina thinking as she slowly recognizes the one who came for her aid without even looking at him, "An ordinary voice, just a little deeper than usual. Then please, tell me why...", She lifts her head to find Romeo sitting next to her while eating a chocolate bar. And, to her surprise, that chill invades her skin as usual, "Why do I feel like reaching heaven when I hear it?", She raises her hand and takes the sandwich, and starts eating it with an appetite, " And why do I want to push you away so hard after knowing this Sara girl even though we're just friends?"

"How did you know that I'm here?", Says Lina after drawing back that lovely smile.

"I tracked your phone", Adds Romeo after showing up his mobile, "This kind of stuff is child's play to me you know.", Those words didn't surprise Lina as much as it was expected, "You're not the rep of computer science for no reason after all!", After hearing that, Romeo raises his hand and starts patting her gently, "I know that something is bugging you", He says, " Just don't let it overcome you, okay? And I'm ready to hear you out if you want to share it with me."

Lina puts down her sandwich and silence dominates the show for a while. That's until she lifts her head with those shaky eyes and says," I can't tell you because you are the freaking problem!"

"He's the problem? Why did I say that he's the problem?", Lina doesn't know how to act after that anymore. He's trying to help her by giving her lunch and asking about what's bothering her, and that's the way she returns the favor. Staying expressionless as usual, he raises his hand and gives her a light fist pump, "I'm the mean one in this show, okay?", He says before standing up, "You should've said that you don't want me to know if you didn't want to share it. Anyways, the others might start looking for us, stand up, and let's catch up to them, small thing."

After changing their clothes, both of the classes get into the gymnasium and start chatting for a while before the start of the session. Sara was surrounded by both of the classes since she's pretty known in the school and the same goes for Romeo as well. The moment she lifts her head a bit, her eyes fall immediately on him and she gains that gorgeous blush. Avoiding all of those that want to share a conversation with her, she walks straight to him and stands beside him while clumsiness dominates her, "H-Hello, Romeo!", She says, "We're going to practice together ha?"

"Yeah, you're right", He answers while taking off the jacket," I heard that it was your idea."

"It is mine yeah", She says so while holding into her shorts, "It's good to have a change of faces every once in a while don't you think so?"

"Yeah! Of course, it is!", Lina, who didn't appreciate the fact that those two are all alone, barged in to join them, "It's a gymnastics session though, that's going to be a bit annoying if you ask me!"

"L-Lina?!", Her sudden appearance did surprise Sara, "Where did you come from?"

"Maybe she spawned or somethi....", And Lina starts pushing him to get closer to their classmates, "Come on nerdy boy", Says Lina while starting to feel a little frustrated, "The others are calling for you!"

"Why is she acting like that?", Poor Sara can't help but keep thinking about what just happened, "I thought that she'll help me get closer to him not the opposite..."

As for the other two, the moment they joined their group, both Alex and Alphonse started trying to tease Romeo, he was 'seeing' a girl after all, "Romiii!", Says Alex in a melodic way, "Who was that cutie?"

-Romeo: "Sara."

"Aha", Smirks Alphonse after putting his hand on Romeo's shoulder, "Is she the one?"

Without hesitation, Lina slaps poor Alphonse right away and gives him quite the pain, "What was that for?", Asks the boy while he's still shocked and after putting his hand on his attacked cheek. The girl keeps giving him that cold vibe for some seconds then says, " No, she's not his girlfriend!"

"And did you really need to slap me before saying so?", Adds after feeling even more irritated. Finally, the session starts, and after warming up the real deal starts; forward roll, handstand, cartwheel... Then there's Romeo who appears to be making quite the show only because he was asked to do so by Alex, "If you entertain me with that talent of yours I'll give you 3 chocolate bars tomorrow, deal?"

"Normally I'm too lazy to do so", Says Romeo, talking to himself before starting, "But chocolate is on the line so... I'll get a bit tired.", and the show begins which made the whole presence amazed but Romeo's capabilities. Well, he wasn't titled the best at sports for no reason that's for sure. Lina keeps gazing at him admiringly then she starts clapping and says, "It's a backflip! He actually did a backflip! Is there something that he doesn't know how to do it?"

"I'll answer you once I figure it out myself", Answers Alex while chatting with Maria. After stunning the audience with a back walkover and shutting the show with it, he's not even trying to look catchy or something, Romeo will be the last one to think about doing so. But, since some sweat starts joining the show, he takes some of it off his jawline with the palm of his hand which made him raise his head a bit higher and show off that clear rounded Adam apple in the front of his throat. Luckily for her, Sara was right in front of him while he was in that position, and seeing him made her a stone statue, doesn't move an inch, just staring for eternity at him, "Holy crap", starts the girl thinking as her eyes are starting to shine brighter, "I really am in love". For her, he was the kind of handsome that got into her bones, that succeeded in seducing her before spelling a word or before even thinking about doing so! He turns his head to its normal position, to meet her eyes accidentally. "Wait a sec", she starts panicking the moment she realizes that he's walking right now," Why does it feel like he's coming to me? Holy shit, he's actually coming toward me.", Her guess was quite correct, since Romeo stands right in front of her while she's wearing that deep red blush. He raises his hand toward her without saying a word, which made her heat up even more, "Maybe, you can lend me your towel?", Asks Romeo while pointing at hers.

"Well of course", and she gives it to him right away, "You must be considering me pretty close already since you didn't hesitate to ask me to lend you some help."

"Yeah you were the closest person to me in terms of distance", He answers while taking the sweat off, "my pals are a bit far from here and you're the only one that I know here", After that he puts the towel next to her and leaves, "Anyways, take care", Sara takes that towel while trying to control that unstable blush of her, she wasn't satisfied with that short conversation but at least she's starting to contact him pretty frequently these days.

At last, the day is over! The students go to the changing room then they take their leave Romeo, Lina, and Alex go together to the parking but this time, they find Sara waiting there calmly. Once she notices their arrival, she waves happily at them, "Good job on the P.E. session guys!", She says. Lina starts looking at Sara while thinking, "She's so direct, to be honest. The moment she realized how she feels, she didn't hesitate to get into action. You're quite brave Sara!"

"Would it hurt to help someone like her? Of course not! So, why not give it a little push?", Mumbles Lina on her own just before getting on the bike, "I'm sorry Sara, it appears that I won't walk home with you today as well! Alex and I will be visiting Maria this evening!"

-Sara: "Oh, I heard that she caught a cold! I hope she gets well soon."

"Well thank you", Adds Alex after lending Lina a helmet," We need to get going now!"

"Oy, Romeo", Says Lina," Why don't you walk her home?"

"Wha?", It was so sudden Romeo didn't expect Lina to say such a thing, "Why are you asking me?"

"I understand if you don't want to walk with me", Says Sara after getting to feel a bit down because of his reaction, "We've just started to know each other after all!"

"No it's no biggie", He does want to avoid upsetting people that's for sure, "Let's get going then.", And, happiness focuses on her spirit, the more focused the more it intense, just like a beam of light to the soul. As they slowly start walking, Sara turns to Lina and shows her how bright that smile that she implanted in her face, literally a fullness of soul and breath that is thankfulness! At first, they didn't bring up a decent topic to discuss, but Romeo how clumsy this girl is behaving around him as if she has something on the tip of her tongue that she wants to spell out so badly, "Umm, Sara?", Says the boy, "Is there something that you want to say?"

"Y-Yes, I do wanna ask you something!", She answers, "S-So! Tell me! Romeo!", After that she stays quiet for a bit and the same goes for Romeo, "How many... How many g-girls? How many did you, did you date?"

"None", Answers the boy without hesitation, "That's what was on your mind? I thought that you had a problem or something."

"Well not anymore!", Responds Sara after getting closer to him and keep gazing into his eyes, "Really, was that true??"

"Yeah it is the truth.", Romeo can't help but keep trying to figure out the reason behind this sudden excitement of hers, "Why are you getting excited all of a sudden?"

It's a bit early for her to tell him the reason that's for sure, so to avoid answering him, Sara turns her head away and tries focusing on their surroundings, "Look, ice cream!", Says the girl while pointing at a certain shop, "I want to get, wait for me!", and somehow she was able to break through that awkwardness. She gets her ice cream and as she was about to pay for it, she realizes something when she opens her bag, "My wallet!", Says the girl while looking at it in her bag, "I think I forgot it in the changing room!", Embarrassment is written on her face now, she doesn't know what to tell to the cashier since she already opened the pack of the ice cream.

"Why are you taking so long?", Says Romeo while lending the money to the cashier, "Two ice creams sir. Have a nice day.", after that he switches his interest to Sara who's still standing there, "Come on, I don't think that you want to get late to your house."

"I don't remember saying so though", Those words keep dancing in her head while she's catching up to him, "Who would've thought that he'll start paying without me asking for it? This feeling is just..."

After walking around 300 meters, Sara stops, "Over there, that's my house", Says Sara while pointing at it, "Make sure to give me a visit once in a while. Haha!"

-Sara: "I have something to propose! How about starting a study group?"

"A study group you say?", He says, "It looks tiring if you ask me."

"No, it's not that tiring. You, Edward, and I can grab other students that might also help us. It's a good idea to boost our marks, to be honest."

"I'll think about it. See ya'.", Then he takes his leave.