Alrighty, just some quick notes before we begin this chapter: I want to thank everyone who has subscribed/favorited/ reviewed this story thus far ^^ It really means a lot to me. When I started this I honestly didn't think anyone would read it lol so thank you thank you thank you a million times, thank you~! **muffins for everyone~** and now we continue~

I spent the rest of our little trip in relative silence; honestly I was surprised that Gerhild didn't push me to talk more after my littler, er, outburst. We didn't do much the whole day. We browsed a few shops, had a quick lunch, and were back at school before dinner. One thing was bothering me though, while I was quiet, Gerhild was now relatively silent, which for just meant not as loud, but still. Since lunch she'd been acting strange. Nothing unusual happened; we had chatted lightly over the meal. Somehow the topic of boyfriends had come up. I asked her if she'd had a boyfriend or two, after all she was definitely pretty enough. That was around the time when she got quieter. She mumbled a barely coherent response that sounded vaguely like a 'no' and I caught a couple other words like 'boys' and 'not interested', blushing the entire time and not looking at me. Well whatever.

When we finally got back to the dorms I was just about to head up to my room when Gerhild grabbed my hand.

"Hey wait!" she said, squeezing my hand. "Um…do you…wanna have lunch with me tomorrow…? I mean! Not if you don't want to I just thought that maybe—"

"Yeah, I'd, um, love to." I cut her off. She was starting to ramble. What was up with her? And was she blushing? She nodded, let go of my hand, and dashed off.

I know the chapters are terribly short **apologizes profusely** """