"Hello Yukari. To what do I owe this wondrous call?" Her voice was dripping with sarcasm. Hitomi knew that Yukari hated talking on the phone and only called when Hitomi was late…..or when she needed something.

"I am appalled by the way you think! Do I need a reason to call my best friend?"

"Yes. Yes you do."

"Why are you always right? I'm stuck on #14. I just can't get it."

They spent the next half an hour on the phone helping each other with their homework. When they were done, Hitomi finally took a glance at the clock on her desk. It read 11:00 pm. 'Oh man! It's way late! I'm going to be so exhausted tomorrow!' She quickly changed into her pyjamas, set her alarm, and headed off to bed.

The Butterflies

Part 1

Hitomi didn't need to even need to set her alarm the night before. She was up well before it went off. 8 hours before. She was so nervous about today that all the little butterflies in her stomach wouldn't let her get an ounce of rest.

Just what was she thinking, agreeing to lunch with a pop rock star? Hitomi Kanzaki didn't do anything like this! She was the type of girl who read on weekends and stayed in, only adventuring out into the real world to meet Yukari or do the occasional tarot reading at her grandmother's psychic salon. She DEFINITELY didn't date lead singers.

"Oh so now it's a date?" her inner voice taunted her.

"No of course not! Having lunch with a friend does not count as a date!" she replied

"But do you want it to be?"

She didn't answer. Because she wasn't sure.

Hitomi smoothed out her uniform and headed out the front door. Her iPod© was in the pocket of her blazer jacket where she left it and whipped it out quickly, putting on her "mellow" play list. Her ears were soon filled with the music stylings of Monkey Majik, Nishino Kana, Girl's Generation, Tohoshinki, and Namie Amuro.

The walk to school seemed endless as she thought of nothing but seeing the boy that was attached to that mop top of messy black hair. The butterflies never settling down once, but rather getting more and more rambunctious the closer she got.

There was absolute pandemonium outside the school gates. Reporters, photographers, and fan girls and boys alike. How was she supposed to get in?

She then noticed the school principal, Mrs. Nanaumi, and a few other teachers doing what appeared to be crowd control. They were taking students in uniform and ushering them inside the school boundaries. She noticed 3 girls off to her right wearing the uniform, trying to get it, but not one of the teachers were paying attention to them.

She was confused.

Hitomi looked closer at the situation before her. The teachers were also checking the school issue ID they received on the first day at the gates to make sure only students of the school were allowed entrance.

*BING* The light went on in her head. Now she understood. Someone must have told the faculty about all the crazy things that fan girls will do to get at a popular band. How did SHE know? Did she mention her best friend Yukari already? Hitomi, while never participating, has helped Yukari though some pretty crazy antics, including the same uniform trick when they were back in junior high.

She whipped out her ID card and tried to push and shove her way through the chaos. When she finally made it to her principal, the lady snatched it out of Hitomi's hands, looked it over, back to front, grabbed Hitomi by the wrist, lead her through the crowd, and practically threw her into the school gates.

Once she was inside, she made sure her body was intact and everything still in one piece. That was a hard shove! But she guessed with so many kids to go through, they had very little time for pleasantries.

Backpack…..check.

School uniform…..check.

All limbs…check.

Ok everything was all accounted for.

Now, to the hell that was first period math class.

She couldn't concentrate. The butterflies were having some weird effect on her brain, making it hard for her to focus. The numbers and words in her textbooks were swirling, the hands on the clock couldn't move fast enough. She was anxious. Damn those butterflies…

At long last the bell for lunch rang. She put away her books and pens at record speed and walked out of the classroom to meet Van for lunch.

And then it hit her.

WHERE was she meeting him for lunch? Did he even know which classroom was hers? Why oh why didn't they finalize any plans?

She was ripped out of her inner thoughts by a hand grabbing her am and pulling her into complete darkness. She tried to scream but a hand immediately went to her mouth. A deep voice said to her "Don't scream. If you can do that, you won't get hurt." Just what was going on in her life? First she gets the running of the paparazzi, and then a kidnapping?

The noise in the hallway was dying down, signalling most of the kids were already in the school cafeteria, and hardly anyone would be around to save her.

Wait a minute! She thought I don't need anyone to save ME! Hitomi started struggling against her captor. Arms started flailing, legs started kicking, and teeth tried chomping on whatever it could find! Like her captor's hand at one point.

"Ouch! Hitomi knock it off! It's me!"

It was then that the deep voice rang a bell in her brain. Van?

"Oh my god Van! I'm so sorry! Are you ok? What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking that I would come to your classroom to pick you up for lunch, but as soon as the bell rang, a mob of girls came rushing at me. I ducked in here at the last second and thank goodness you happened to be walking by. So I grabbed you."

A million thoughts went through her mind and what came out of her mouth was "What the hell! I thought I was being kidnapped!"

His laughter rang out in the small dark room. Hitomi really liked the sound of it. It was genuine, playful and calming to her.

"I'm sorry! I just thought that you wouldn't want to be squished by all my adoring fans!"

Hitomi could barely make out the wink he threw her way, making a blush appear to quickly stain her cheeks. Damn those butterflies. There they go again

***I do not own any of the characters aforementioned in the story above, nor do I own any mentioned in the upcoming chapters.

Ok Guys!

A long awaited update!

I hope it doesn't disappoint! I know a lot doesn't happen just yet, but I thought that I would make this chapter 2 parts, and give you guys the 1st part to sink your teeth into.

As long as 1 person comments, I will keep writing! Part 2 Already started!

Thanks for reading!

-Wings Of Ash