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Well here is another chapter!

The next morning Elie awoke to the sun shining down on her face.

She knew the blinds were open but felt too lazy (and hung-over) to close them or even open her eyes.

She grunted and attempted to stretch her arms but for some strange reason couldn’t.

Something was in her way.

That’s when she felt ‘it’.

Something warm and slightly squishy was next her.

What is this thing? Feels like it’s breathing…but I don’t own a dog…

Elie still didn’t want to open her eyes, knowing they’d be met by a blinding light illuminating from the sun.

She started feeling around and found this ‘thing’ had a chest and a nose and…hair?

It smelt oddly familiar too, a delicious sort of scent, like what Haru smelt like.

Wait a second.

Elie’s eyes flung open to find a sliver haired boy with his arms wrapped around her waist.

She let out a high pitch squeal causing Haru to awake and promptly fall off the bed.

“Haru! What are you doing in my bed??”

Haru looked around in a shocked yet sleepy gaze.

“Huh? Wha-“ Haru blinked a couple of times in confusion before finally processing where he was and why, “Oh! It was you! You wanted me to stay last night.”

“What? I don’t remember that.” Elie put a hand to her head, completely clueless.

“I didn’t think you would.” Haru stated plainly.

“Did I…say anything?” Concern seemed to plague Elie’s face as if some deep secret of hers had been revealed.

“Well you did say you hated how you constantly need to replace your bras because of your cup size.” Haru gave a mischievous grin earning him a whack in the head from Elie’s pillow followed by a threatening, “Get out!”

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The rest of the weekend was spent with everyone relaxing and recovering from partying a little too hard.

Monday soon came and went, as did Tuesday and before you could blink the week was over and it was Friday again.

Soon buzz about another party began to spread but Elie’s humiliation was still a little too fresh and she wished to have no part in any place that had free alcohol available to her.

Curse her lack of self control!

Luckily, Julia had a solution.

“Well my parents are going out of town for the weekend, seeing how it’s their anniversary and all. And well I do have a pool.” It was after school on a hot September Friday and Haru, Musica, Elie, Let, and Julia were all standing in the parking lot trying to think of an alternative to the party happening that evening.

So far Julia’s pool was sounding pretty good.

“Sounds refreshing,” Musica grinned, “So are we gonna get other people to come too?”

Haru passed Musica an incredulous look. He knew what Musica was trying to get at.

“Nah,” Julia responded with a wave of her hand, “I don’t wanna be responsible for damage and besides if people come they’ll bring alcohol and the point of this was to help Elie resist her temptations.”

Elie gave a ridiculously fast nod to agree with this statement and Haru couldn’t help but give a little laugh.

“I guess that makes sense…” Musica mumbled, disappointment apparent in his voice.

“Too bad Reina can’t come.” Haru sung out, smiling like an idiot.

Musica immediately turned a deep shade of red.

“Wha-? I-She-we-I mean…” Musica was trying to find some sort of argument against Haru but was tripping over his words, a very un-Musica thing to do.

“C’mon guys, are we gonna have a pool party or not?” Let was beginning to become impatient.

“Well me and Elie are gonna head to my place and we’ll see you guys there.” Julia waved as she dragged Elie to her BMW.

“Whoa.” Haru gasped as he realized what car Julia was getting into. “She’s loaded.”

“Yeah,” Let replied, “Her dad’s a CEO of some computer company and her mom works as a psychiatrist.”

Musica gave a low whistle, “Damn Let! You’re one lucky dude!”

Musica gave Let a swat on the back, much to Let’s irritation.

“I’m not with her for her money.” Let said rubbing his back, “I’m with her because I love her.”

Haru’s ears almost seemed to perk up.

Love?

Love seemed like such a foreign word to Haru and yet at the same time very familiar.

Haru shook his head and decided he was thinking too much.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah” Musica waved his hand in the air, “Are you sure that’s why? Or is it really because she’s got a great rack?”

This comment was followed by an infuriated Let and needless to say ended with multiple bruises on Musica’s face.

After everyone had got their swim gear, they headed over to Julia’s house eager to cool off.

Julia and Elie had slipped into their bathing suits and were just finished rubbing on tan oil when the boys arrived.

“Helloooo ladies!” Musica sung out with a grin and sat between the two girls.

Julia was wearing a black two piece with a skull on the bottom part and Elie had on a simple pink two piece with a loose white tank and shorts over it.

“Get lost loser.” Julia growled and kicked Musica into the pool.

Let gave a whole hearted laugh and jumped in the pool resulting in a splash covering the two bombshells.

Haru walked onto the scene just in time to see an enraged Julia chasing a very intimidated Let around the pool.

“Get back here you dumbass!” Julia screeched, her hair dripping wet.

“Now Julia, i-it was an accident!” Let pleaded but to no avail.

“Talk about an unhealthy relationship.” Haru said laughing.

“Yeah,” Elie chimed in, “Oh well I guess I’ll just get in the pool now.”

Elie threw off her tanktop and shorts.

Only then did Haru realize just how little clothing she was wearing.

Her little pink bikini was anything but modest and Haru had to remind himself to breathe.

Elie gave a smile before diving in the pool leaving Haru feeling more than a tad flustered.

Quick! Get in the pool!

Haru plunged into the pool splashing even more causing Julia to give another squeal.

“Haru…”she growled and Haru could feel his stomach drop.

“Uh…Julia I think that you may want to take a sec and calm down. After all it was an ac-OW!” Haru’s pleads were cut short by Julia, who had jumped into the pool and begun to ferociously whack Haru with floaties.

Soon it was all out war, girls against boys.

Elie had found a water noodle and was currently hitting Musica with it while Julia continued to whack Haru and Let tried to get a hold of her.

“Elie to the house!” Julia cried and they bolted out of the pool and into the house.

“After them!” Musica shouted and the boys ran into the house as well.

“Quick the laundry room has what we need!” Julia shouted slipping as she ran on the wooden floor.

“Water guns!” Elie squealed with excitement as her and Julia began to fill the guns as quickly as they could.

“To the pool!” Julia ran to the backyard with Elie close behind.

When they arrived they were shocked to find the boys had brought guns of their own.

“Did you think we’d come unprepared?” Haru asked grinning like a Cheshire cat.

“DIE!!!!” Elie cried and pulled the trigger on her water gun followed by Julia.

“GET ‘EM!!!” Let shouted and the boys began firing as well.

Soon everyone was running around like headless chickens.

Julia was mercilessly hosing down Let while Musica tried to help his friend out only to find that Julia’s water gun had two firing holes.

“GAH!! That’s cheating!” Musica cried between mouthfuls of water.

“HAHAHA!! All is fair in love and war!!” Julia was laughing like a crazy woman as she continued to soak the two boys.

Meanwhile Elie was chasing Haru down into the garden that Julia had.

“Get back here!” She screeched and let out a high pitched squeal when Haru suddenly began to spray his gun at her.

“Hahaha! Give up! I’ve won!” Haru began a victory dance giving Elie enough time to tackle him.

“Hey! Ouch! I’m gonna-“ Haru began to ferociously tickle Elie.

“Haru!...hahaha…no!...haha…I can’t!...haha!” Elie was giggling like crazy while Haru continued to tickle her.

She began to reach for her gun but was stopped when Haru pinned her down.

“Now you’re trapped and-” Haru stopped and began to realize just how close his face was to Elie’s.

Elie’s giggling became quite as she too began to notice.

For a moment they just stared in silence and it seemed that their gazes revealed something.

“Hey Har-Whoa! What’s going on here, eh?” Musica’s suggestive grin snapped Haru and Elie back into reality as they scrambled off each other.

The moment was gone.

“Wha-What do mean?! Nothing’s going on!” Haru stammered as he got back on his feet.

“Yeah Musica you perv!” Elie stuck out her tongue hoping her blush wasn’t too obvious.

“Uh-huh. Suuure.” Musica said grinning.

Elie gave Haru a crafty smirk and he nodded, seeming to understand.

“What are you two-ACK!” Musica was soon faced with an onslaught of water from both Haru and Elie’s guns.

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The water fight lasted quite a while before everyone decided they were starved.

Musica began working on his famous cheeseburgers, using Julia’s dad’s grill to do so.

Julia warned him not to burn the house down or scratch the grill and Musica managed to avoid both.

Soon everyone had eaten and it was evening.

Julia suggested that they watch The Notebook resulting in groans from the boys that quickly stopped once Julia had given them her evil glare.

Once the movie was over and everyone was done sobbing (well everyone except Let who refused to cry for anything) Julia urged everyone to leave, except Let.

“Don’t have too much fun!” Musica called and Julia rolled her eyes.

“See ya tomorrow!” Elie called and hopped in Haru’s car.

“See ya Haru.” Musica waved and got into his own car.

Once inside his car Haru turned on some Led Zeppelin, The Lemon Song.

Elie rolled down her window.

“I love this song,” She said, as the cool night wind flowed through her hair.

Haru had to admire for a moment as they drove.

She was back in her loose tank and shorts, her hair was down and wavy from swimming and she had a sun kissed glow from being outside all day.

“Yeah,” Haru breathed, “Me too.”

He quickly shook off his trance and made a suggestion.

“You wanna come over for a bit Elie?” he stopped at red light.

“Sure,” Elie smiled.

“Cool.” Haru said and began to go again as the light turned green.

They soon were at Haru’s house and Haru unlocked the door.

“Sis! You home?” Haru called but there was no answer.

“I guess she’s working late tonight.” He shrugged as he and Elie made their way up the staircase.

Once in Haru’s room the two teens began to do one of their favorite things, play video games.

Haru had an Xbox 360 and he and Elie were currently playing Gears of War 2.

“Die zombie scum!!” Elie shouted as she chain sawed her way through yet another zombie.

“Great job Elie! Now let’s get to the check point.” Haru said as he shot down a crawling zombie.

The two continued to play well into the night shouting and laughing along the way.

Once they had grown tired of playing games they opted for good old fashioned talking. “Haru?” Elie questioned.

Haru was laying vertical on his bed and Elie was horizontal on his lap.

“Hm?” He groaned casually playing with strands of Elie’s hair.

“Do you believe in heaven?” something in Elie’s voice was strained and sadness seemed to fill her eyes.

Haru looked at her with confusion at first then sympathy.

He sat up and stroked a strand of hair out of her face.

“I believe…” he searched for the right words, “I believe that if there is a God then he must be a forgiving one…” He saw the tears forming in Elie’s eyes as she stared into his gray orbs and he knew all too well what she had meant.

She was thinking about her parents.

“Yes.” He said, “I do.”

Elie gave a smile and embraced Haru in a hug.

He could feel her wet tears soak threw his shirt and something inside Haru began to break.

The two laid on Haru’s bed, Elie silently sobbing while Haru stroked her hair in a soothing motion.

Elie cried until both her and Haru had fallen asleep.

They laid there in what would seem to be perfect peace.

AN: Well I have no idea where that came from! I wanted to try and get some fluff in there and thought this might be a good idea. Although I can’t say I’m all that happy with how this chapter turned out…hm