A/N: So this is my first fanfic for Shugo Chara. And it's been awhile since I've really written anything so bare with me through the first chapter as I try and readjust to everything!

And I know the summary sounds just like any other Amuto high school fanfic but I couldn't help myself! Besides, you won't be waiting too long for updates since I already have like the first ten chapters outlined so I don't get sidetracked. So there's a plus for ya! Enjoy!

P.S. I don't own Shugo Chara or any of its characters!

Amu walked into the classroom and smiled at the sight of her best friend, Rima, with her face shoved into the next issue of her favorite gag manga. Amu swung her bag behind her left shoulder and walked over to sit down next to her.

"What's up, Rima?" she asked.

Rima lifted her head long enough to shoot her an irritated glare and then quickly returned to reading the page she was on. Amu sighed. Only her best friend would spend the first day of sophomore year engrossed in a gag manga while the rest of the class was catching up with their friends discussing their vacations. She glanced around the room to see who else was in their class this year. Her eyes fell on Tadase and she felt a blush rise to her cheeks.

She watched the blond hair fall into his eyes as he talked with Kukai. She sighed. He was just too cute. His smile was genuine. His hair was perfect. His amazing pink eyes were staring into hers and she felt like she could look into them all day long…Wait, what? Amu blinked and realized that he really was looking at her, eyebrow raised, probably wondering why she was staring at him. Oh god. She opened her mouth to provide some excuse for staring at him (most likely with a stupid giddy expression on my face…ugh) when their homeroom teacher walked in to greet them.

"Hello class!"

The teacher's voice caused Tadase to turn around to face him and Amu breathed a sigh of relief. Thank you Nikaidou sensei. She couldn't believe she'd already embarrassed herself in front of Tadase before her first class had even started. Nikaidou took out his roll book to take attendance and handed everyone their first term schedules.

Amu looked hers over and saw that her first class was gym. Ugh. She'd forgotten she'd signed up for that this term. But first period, really? Now I'm going to have to shower otherwise I'll be sweaty and smelly all day long. And she couldn't have that if she was finally going to confess to Tadase. She'd promised herself that she'd do it before first term was over. Maybe she should give herself the entire school year. Just to be on the safe side…

It wasn't like they'd never talked before. They were friends…sort of. She'd been invited to his middle school graduation party. Sure his mom had invited their entire class, but it was still something. Plus, he'd been in her group a few times during group-work sessions in math class. He was always so nice and helpful. Oh, and there was one time at the lunch table last year where she'd offered him her apple and he took it. Her stomach did a little flip-flop as she pictured him smiling at her the way he did as he thanked her for it.

"Daydreaming about how wonderful your life would be with Tadase?" Rima asked.

"Yeah…" Amu replied still staring off into space.

Wait. Amu snapped out of her daze and saw Rima staring at her as she shook her head back and forth. I really need to stop doing that.

"No!" Amu corrected herself. "I was just thinking about how nice it is that we're all in the same class together again." Too bad the blush on her cheeks gave her away.

"Right…" Rima responded. "Amu, I've been your friend too long not to know your Tadase face."

"My Tadase face??"

"Yea, you know, the face you make whenever you're thinking about Tadase. Your eyes glaze over and you get this stupid grin on your face."

"I do not!" Amu stammered. She crossed her arms in front of her chest and looked away. Hmph. Rima didn't know what she was talking about. She didn't make any particular face when she thought about Tadase. That was just her thinking face that's all. Either way she certainly wasn't grinning.

"Whatever, Amu," Rima started, "Anyway, what's your first class?"

"Gym." Amu sighed again. It was a good thing they never did anything on the first day of class because she hadn't brought any of her shower stuff or even her gym uniform.

"As your first class? Ew. You're gonna have to shower afterward."

"Yes, thank you Rima…" Amu glared at her for stating the obvious, "What's your first class?"

"Cooking."

"What? I didn't even know you liked cooking."

"I don't really. But I needed a Home Ec. class and it sounded pretty easy. More so than sewing anyway."

Amu wasn't too sure about that. Rima wasn't too good at math and there was a lot of measuring involved in cooking, but it wasn't Amu's place to ruin her best friend's first day before it even began. With that thought, the bell rang and it was time for them to go to their first class.

Amu entered the gym and showed one of the teachers there her schedule. The man ushered her to the back half of the gym where a group of students had already started forming. Unfortunately, gym was required each year for all students so all the classes were made up of students from various grades. Amu hoped she would have at least one person she knew in her class. I wonder if Tadase signed up for gym first term.

Amu started to picture Tadase in his white gym shirt and red gym shorts. She got lost in the fantasy of him wrapping his arms around hers to show her the proper way to swing a tennis racket. Just then a whistle blew. Amu blinked and realized that class was about to start as the teacher asked them all to take a seat on the floor in front of him. She looked around to see if she knew anyone in the class but saw no familiar faces. Her gaze returned to the teacher. He was young, tall, built, and probably very strong, but he had gentle green eyes which made him less intimidating. Amu blushed as she realized she was ogling her teacher.

"You can call me Kyoto sensei," the teacher started, "I'm going to split you up into pairs. These people will be your partners for the term. You will stretch with them, learn with them, and fail with them. You are a team. Now, because there's an even number of boys and girls, I will pair each boy with a girl to make the teams as even as possible."

All the boys in the class groaned. Amu felt her hand ball into a fist. Like only guys can be athletic. Assholes. She looked up to see if any of the other girls looked as angry as she felt, but all the girls had crowded around some boy all the sudden.

"Ikutoooo, I hope he pairs us together," one girl said.

"No way, Mitsuo," said another. "He said he wanted to make the pairs even. We all know Ikuto is the best of the guys and that I'm the worst of the girls. It's totally gonna be me!"

"Tell him you want to be paired with me, Ikuto," another girl chimed in.

What the hell is wrong with them? Amu couldn't believe this. She must be the only girl with a brain in this class. That guy even looked like a jerk. Amu watched the boy ignore the girls as he wiped a stray hair from his face. They all swooned at that but he acted like it was nothing out of the ordinary. She paid no further attention to them and decided to scope out the rest of the guys to see if there was at least some chance she'd be paired with someone normal.

Hmm…that blond guy over there is kind of cute. Oh and so is that black haired one over there. True, she was set on Tadase, but that didn't mean she couldn't have any fun. If she had to be stuck with a guy, she should at least hope he's someone cute.

"Hinamori Amu. Your partner will be…"

She looked at the teacher, fingers crossed, hoping to be paired with either of the two guys she'd already picked out in her mind. She saw the teacher skim through the guys, but his eyes stopped on that blue-haired boy in the middle of that crowd of girls. Please no. He looked at her, then back at the boy. Oh god. He's going to put me with him just because I'm the only one who's not all over him. She had half a mind to run over there and start flirting, but her pride wouldn't let her.

"Tsukiyomi Ikuto."

Amu flashed an evil glare at the teacher who just smiled back at her. Jerk. The boy walked over and sat down next to her. She looked up to say hi, but ten pairs of angry female eyes stared back at her from behind him. She watched them whisper to each other as they watched Ikuto walk toward her.

Perfect…It's only the first day and I'm already the most hated one in the class. It's shaping up to be a great school year…

A/N: Aww man it's over already? I'm so mean. I generally write ridiculously long chapters so I'm trying to find the happy medium when it comes to length. And since I already know what's going to happen next chappie, you won't have to wait long! I'm going out of town for the weekend but you can probably expect the next one to be up on Monday. Thanks for reading! I'm not a stickler for reviews and I will of course keep posting without them, but they are nice to read if that extra urge to type miraculously comes over you as you finish reading this.

What? It could happen…