"I have to do what now?" I say in disbelief to the pitiful look Yuki is giving me.

"You have to go with the Night Class guys in your special slot. You see a lot of the Day Class guys really like you so they want to give you chocolates for St. Xocolatel's Day. It's usually girls giving guys, chocolates this day, but looks like an exception was made."  Ugh, they knew I had no intention of giving chocolates to anyone.

"They kept pestering Zero, the Headmaster, and me. So we had no other choice." She says all that while she stays near the open door to my room. She knew I would be angry. In fact I was so angry I "accidentally" broke through the wall with my fist.

"So I have no say in this?" Yuki flinches back. If I could read her mind I bet she would be saying,

Now I see why Zero didn't want to be the one to tell her.

I shake my head in disbelief, but then I finally get this thought through my head.

"Wait! They want to give me chocolates? Oh, okay I'll take their chocolates, but not their "lo-lo" that word! Chocolate here I come!" I say in delight.

My sudden change in mood kind of scares Yuki. She backs away from me as I exit my room. She takes me to where I am supposed to go to.

I see a whole bunch of guys already formed there. I see more fan girls though for Kaname, Takuma, Aido, Akatsuki, and Shiki. I kind of hate that I'm the only girl who had to do this. Makes me wish I was the same unnoticed girl I used to be. This attention isn't coming to my enjoyment.

"He still isn't not talking to me? Geez it's like he's jealous or something." I think to myself. This isn't the only time he stopped talking to me temporarily. He did it when Takuma held my hand. And now he's doing it again with the Day Class guys who just want to give me chocolates. So I just pretend that nothing is going on and brush past him on purpose. I can feel his eyes on my back, but I act so uncaring. Although I do feel kind of happy that he feels jealous. Or at least I think he is.

Aido doesn't like seeing all those guys giving me chocolates. In fact he shows it very openly by throwing every now and again small ice shards at them. I'm surprised his fan girls don't notice.

It's hard pretending to be nice to these guys. Sure some of them were very sweet, but most were well like all the other guys. If you catch my meaning.

Finally what feels like the longest two hours of my life, finally it's over. Although I did get like a four months supply of delicious chocolate.

I was about to open one of the chocolate boxes when I see a box of pocky sticks in my view. It's Shiki who is giving them to me. I see his big bag of chocolates too. I take the pocky stick box and I'm surprised he didn't grip it.

"Wow. You didn't- never mind. Thanks a lot, Shiki." I smile at him. It's only natural to smile, right? If I didn't know any better I could see a slight blush on him. I brush it off as my imagination though. Boy my imagination has been kicking over time since I came here.

"Hey Alondra! You know how you said you were missing some books. Here these were extra copies I had." Takuma says with a wide grin as he hands me five manga books all tied together with a black bow. My favorite color!

I take it very gratefully. These guys are really good friends, don't you think? I know what you must be thinking, but no I didn't get anything from Akatsuki. We hardly speak to each other. Anyway I'm pretty sure he has a mega huge crush on Ruka.

I knew something was missing. I forgot Aido was there too. I see a red rose in his hand for me. I'm not sure if I should take it. Although it is my favorite flower so I just take it and thank him.

He surprises me by kissing my cheek. My reflex kicks in, and well all you need to know is he was on his knees by the time his lips parted my cheek.

"Eh oops. I-I'm so sorry! I don't mean to react that way! I'm so sorry!" I go down to check on him. He looks like he's really hurting. Then I see this shine in his eyes.

I see his intention, but before I can react his arms are on my waist. I can't even believe he plans on kissing me. There is no way I was going to let him steal my first kiss. I was about to hurt him again, but someone beats me to it.

I see Kaname pick Aido up by the collar of his shirt and pulls him up. He whispers something in his ear and then he looks at me and bows to me. He apologizes and walks off.

I feel really bad for him. I didn't like the way he apologized. It just wasn't him. I stand up and brush the dirt off my knees. I look up at Kaname. I was going to give him a piece of my mind, but I see Yuki coming this way. She goes up to Kaname and hands him a box. I leave them alone, and walk to my dorm. I needed a nap. Seeing as tonight is the night of the "grand" ball. I'm so not happy for this.

Later:

"You don't look too happy, Alondra." Ruka tells me while she fixes up my hair. Under my mother's order. I cross my arms over my chest.

"Of course not! I told my mom I wasn't going to wear a dress!" I say very menacingly. I told her I wasn't going to wear a dress to the ball. I can't believe she did what she did.

"Oh yeah you said you were going in your uniform. So why do you have a dress?" Rima adds to the conversation as she sits on my bed watching Ruka fix up my hair.

"Sigh well it all happened like this. . ."

"What? Where is my uniform?! I know I had it in the closet!" I yell loud enough for everyone in my dorm to hear.

I'm looking over and over again in my closet. I look everywhere. I don't see it. Then I hear and smell a very familiar woman. I turn around and see my mom.

I glare at her and she gives me a scarier glare. I back down. I was about to ask her where my uniform was, but she beats me to the answer.

"You're going to a ball. You will not be wearing your uniform. You're a pretty young girl and you have to show it. I've noticed how many boys look at you. It's time you showed your beauty!" I grunt and take the dress she had in her hand. I was glad it wasn't filled with bright colors.

She got a dress I hadn't worn yet. It has a red corset bodice, black skirt, and it came with some pretty cute black flats. I wear my favorite black rose choker. I wasn't planning on wearing makeup, but then I see Ruka and Rima enter my room without knocking.

They don't even ask to put makeup on me or fix my hair they just do it. And that is how I ended up in a very bad mood.

"I see. Smart woman isn't she Rima." Ruka asks Rima. Rima only gives off a slight sly smile. I'm not even in the mood to glare at them.

Ruka finally turns me to face the mirror. I don't even recognize myself. I hate to admit it, but wow I looked beautiful. I was never one to acknowledge my looks, but I guess there is a first time for everything.

I look at myself up and down not believing this was me. I don't know how long I was going to look at myself, but apparently Ruka and Rima knew if they dragged me away from the mirror. I managed to grab my badge before they closed my bedroom door.

The path to the grand hall felt awfully short. I was dragging my heels after all. I stopped before I even got near the entrance. I hid behind a bush seeing as Zero was at the entrance looking annoyed as the Headmaster is talking to him. I really don't want to be there.

"Why should I care what he thinks about how I look? I shouldn't hide! I have to get in there." I happened to say out loud. Why I know this is because I get an answer.

"Are you talking about Zero?" I jump right out of the bush and well I yell loud enough to get the attention of the Headmaster and Zero. I glare at Yuki for having had scared me so badly. But, then I realize I wasn't in my hiding spot.

I slowly and reluctantly look at the entrance. All eyes were on me. Ruka, Rima, other students entering, the Headmaster, Yuki, and Zero. I blush at the attention and the way I reacted at Yuki scaring me. I gulp, but I put my head up and walk to the entrance with the confidence I don't have.

"My goodness you're as beautiful as your handsome father used to be!" The Headmaster says. I punch him and he falls backwards. How dare he compare me to my dad? I doubt any girl wants to be compared to her dad. Even if he was "handsome" when he was younger.

I just barely give Zero a glance and nod and walk in. There was music, but it had stopped and everyone faced the direction the musicians were facing. Which was my direction. I smack my forehead at the attention.

"Wow you people act like you've never seen a girl in a dress before. Can you all stop staring at me please?" I say. I imagine dark aura surrounding me and I guess it worked since they all turned away quickly and the musicians began playing again.

I find the loneliest looking spot of the whole place and go there just to watch everyone dance. I can't help but laugh and shake my head at the whole group of girls dancing with Aido, Takuma, and Shiki.

"Hey, what are you doing just standing there?" I turn to my right and see Yuki. She looks pretty too in her white dress. I smile at her. I prefer not to answer. Anyway I don't think she was expecting an answer.

"You know you look really beautiful, and looks like everyone else agrees." She says as I notice there are still a couple of boys stealing glances at me. I just look down not caring. Which I really don't. Then I look back at Yuki and see her eyes are pointed somewhere else.

I look in that direction and see that she is looking at Kaname. He is by himself on a balcony. I nudge her to go over to him. She does and once again I'm alone just watching. Like usual.

I must have drifted off into my imagination since I see Yuki running off. I don't know why, but I'm compelled to follow her.

I sneak past people and follow the distancing image of Yuki, losing her. I look in every direction, but I can't find her. Then I remember my training and I use my nose to track her. I find the path she took and follow it all the way through.

"No way this is the place I saw those two. What could Yuki be doing here?" I say out loud as I summon my Blue Rose and Black Rose.

This whole month of training has taught me the difference between my weapons. My Blue Rose is meant for defense. She creates barriers. My Black Rose is for offense. She is used for killing vampires only. They don't reject me. It's only because of the human blood I have in me.

I sneak in through the same door as last time. I make sure that the window is unlocked so if I need to escape I can. I have to be careful.

I don't know if they went to where the body of Shizuka is, but to keep my guard up was of most importance. I have to watch out for two enemies.

There is no way for me to know where to start, so I start by slowly peeking through doors. I look through five rooms, I'm about to go up the stairs, but a sword at my throat keeps me from going upstairs.

"Where do you think you're going?" The voice is just like Zero's, but it has an edge to it. I knew it wasn't Zero, it was his twin brother, Ichiru.

I can feel sweat rolling down my neck. I have never felt this scared before. Well not since Zero pointed Bloody Rose at me. This is beyond the fear I have ever felt. He actually has every intention of killing me.