Hmm... Aster thought as he looked up at all the books in the giant library. He definitely needed one of them, if only he could reach it. He saw a tall ladder and a smile shone across his face. He grabbed it, positioned it to the isle of the books, and climbed up. He was at least 9 feet above, and grabbed the book he needed. "AHA!"

Suddenly, he felt the ladder slightly losing its balance. His eyes widened and he felt the ladder slowly falling backwards, and it did. Luckily, he felt something holding the ladder up. He checked and saw a troll from his class, using her hair to hold up the ladder. Aster sighed in relief and jumped off the ladder and stood in front of the troll who saved him. He grinned widely and rubbed his nape while staring down at the floor. "Well, thanks for saving my life, Lily..."

"No problem, Aster. Anytime." She chuckled and put the ladder back properly. She wore big and cute glasses, her hair tied up, kinda like Poppy's, and wore a simple shirt and pants and had cute freckles on her cheeks. She had light yellow skin and dark orange hair. And her name, is Lily. "So, who's your new girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?" Aster raised a brow at the yellow troll, then she giggled and smiled brightly, smirking ever so slightly. "Lake of course! Your tutor? The one who gave you an early dismissal and teaches you how to use your-... bow and arrow?"

"Oh..." he blushed darkly, realizing what she meant. At first, he was speechless, until he wasn't and spoke up. "She's not... actually my girlfriend. She's just a friend who tutors me."

"Really? I mean, people have been hearing rumors around campus! They're talking about you, Aster! And that blue lady! You're being noticed for the first time in history, Aster!" She said, and smiled widely as Aster felt a bit offended, knowing that the words she said made him feel like a socially awkward troll, which he is. "Ouch... and are you sure they're talking about me and Lake?"

"Sure than sure! This is your big advantage, Aster." She replied and held her waist, grabbing a book from a shelf nearby. Aster thought for a moment. What does she mean by 'advantage'?

Suddenly, he heard the bell ring. He quickly waved at Lily and ran out of the library with his a quick reply. "See ya soon, Lily! We'll talk about this tomorrow, ok? BYE!"

"Bye Aster." She replied and waved back, heading to her own class that she's heading to. Aster made it to class, he put his stuff down on his desk, sat down in his chair, pulled out his notes and waited patiently for their professor. But he couldn't help but only think about everything Lily mentioned. Taking advantage? What does she mean? And what kind of rumors?

Suddenly, he felt a troll pat Aster's back and felt something that troll left behind. Aster saw a note and grabbed it, scanning it with his very own eyes. 'Looks like you got a girlfriend, nerd!' Oh, those kinds of rumors... thanks for answering my question.

Meanwhile, Lake was heading to visit Aster at his college, but only saw him in class with the doors closed. Lake pursed her small lips, and looked around. She saw the principal's office and a big smile showed on her beautiful face. She opened the door and saw the one and only principal. "Well, isn't it Aster's tutor? Aka, his girlfriend?"

"Wait a minute... 'girlfriend'?" Lake asked and cocked a brow, tilting her head slightly to the left.