Trouble Kelp gazed up at the LEP academy. He swallowed nervously. Ihope this is the right decision. He thought noticing a girl walking past him. She had short red hair and a very good figure. Oh for heavens sake. Already got a crush. He sighed. Then he strode over to her.

" Hey! Your first day too? "

" Erm yes. What class have you got first? "

" Eh... I think I have Military tactics with Vinyaya."

" Hey same! Looks like we have identical classes! " She said holding her timetable up to his.

" I'm Trouble. Trouble Kelp."

" Trouble? Nice! I'm Holly Short." As she spoke Trouble stared at her lips. They were red cute bow lips, very cherubic and beautiful. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Stop staring at her lips!!!!!

" Hey Trubs!" Called his younger brother, Grub. Trouble blushed furiously.

" Don't call me Trubs!!!!!"

" Ehh... I'm gonna go and leave you two to your cat fight..." Said Holly smirking.

" No wait! This is Grub, my younger brother. We have to go now Grub bye!" Said Trouble in a rush. Then he strode of towards the academy. Holly looked at Grub, smiled and then followed after Trouble. He is very nice looking! she thought, smiling. Then realized what she had just thought and frowned. Trouble turned around and smiled at her. Her heart gave a flutter. You can't be serious. She thought smiling back. Him?

They walked towards the academy talking mainly about cruchball an their aspirations in the LEP. Trouble said that he wanted to be part of LEP retrieval. Then he asked Holly what she wanted to do. Probably something easy like traffic. He thought. The LEP had good pay so many girls were hired to do traffic duty and that was about it.

" I want to be in Recon."

" Recon? Good for you! I've never heard of a girl getting into Recon! Maybe you will be the first!"

" You know that you are the first person ( including my family) to not say ' You? In Recon? Keep dreaming girl!' I appreciate it." She said grinning. She liked this Trouble guy. He was open minded. They walked into the main hall and went over to a woman bustling about with a clip board.

" Holly Short?" Said the woman.

" Yes."

" Your dorm is up the stairs, first door on the right. And you are?" She said looking at Trouble.

" Trouble Kelp. "

" Follow miss Short but take the first door on the left. She ticked their names of on her clip board. Both of you report down to here in an hour for your first classes."

About 45 minutes later, there came a tentative knock on Holly's door. " Holly?" He poked his head around the door to see Holly sitting on her bed. There were two other girls in the room.

" Oh, hi Trouble! This is Lili Frond and Opal Koboi. My roommates."

" Eh, Hi. I was just wondering if you wanted to sit with me in military tactics?"

" Yeah sure that sounds great!" She said giving him a dazzling smile. He nodded and then closed the door, leaning, with his back against it saying a silent thank you prayer. That is when Holly opened the door. Needless to say, trouble fell backwards on top of her.

He stammered a hasty sorry, and rushed out of the door. Holly leant up on her elbows and looked at Lili and Opal, who were whispering and giggling. " What are you whispering about?" said Holly.

" Nothing, just that it is so obvious that you are in love and so is he." Said Lili smiling.

" I... I don't-"

" Come off it Holly, we're just admiring your good taste." Said Opal with a know-it-all grin on her face.

Holly sat there staring for a minute then grinned sheepishly." Maybe I do then."

Trouble slid into the seat Holly had saved for him. " Listen, I'm really sorry about the door thing, I really am, I-"

" It's fine, don't worry about. Actually, it was pretty funny." Trouble blushed from his toes to the tips of his pointed ears. Then the lesson started and they had to be quiet.

' Do u get any ov this?' wrote Trouble on a corner of his jotter.

' Yeah u hav 2 match up the weapons with the names lol'

' I know but i don't know any ov them lol'

' Copy me then lmao'

Unfortunately at that moment Vinyaya decided to walk around the desks and check their work.

" Mr Kelp?"

" Yes Miss?"

" What is the meaning of this?"

" Emm..."

" I'm sorry to have to give you a detention on the first day, but perhaps it will drum the importance of independent work into you. You too Miss Short. After school detention for both of you. One Hour. My room. "

"Yes miss." They said morosely.

'Ooops.' wrote Trouble.

' u do realize what we r gettin a detention 4 ?'

' well we can't get in any deeper in the poo so doesn't matter lol'

' b seein u after skool 2 day then '

' its a date :) '

I wish... ThoughtHolly.