The Best Moments Of Our Lives

A Lunch to Remember

Author's note: I'm sooooo sorry this chapter took so long to get out. Summer hasn't been very nice to me in the writing department. This chapter originally had a very different plot, but it didn't strike up any ideas with me. So I decided to change it to something simpler. So, without further stalling, I present the new chapter.

What the hell is happening to me? That was the question that rose above all others in Stahl's mind. The current thoughts filling his head ranged from bad to terrifying. And it all started with one realization. The thought that he was falling for a girl, a taken one no less. A girl named Maribelle, a noble lady dating possibly the biggest brute in the school, Gregor. In just one little conversation, the blonde had sparked a connection in Stahl he didn't expect. Sure, he had always had a physical attraction to her, the girl certainly wasn't lacking in that department. But an emotional attraction? Never had he thought of that happening.

With a few simple questions, Maribelle had made Stahl open up some, and she had shown him something too. He had learned she wasn't the Ice Queen everybody thought she was. She was just troubled by parents who didn't have time to see her. That, Stahl could understand in a small way. His father was always in his study, working on his next piece, but his mother was as normal as her son, if a bit more caring and less obvious in her loving ways.

However, that didn't justify the feelings Stahl was developing for the noble. You don't just fall for someone after a five-minute chat, he thought. But she seemed to enjoy it. He sighed, running a frustrated hand through his bangs. He looked up to the front of the class, watching Maribelle answer a question she had been called on for. Then his gaze fell on Cordelia sitting next to her, and a new spark warmed his heart. Godamnit Stahl. Pick one girl to like. He looked between the two, chewing his lip in thought. His thoughts were stopped however, when he saw Gregor giving him the nastiest look a human could possibly give. Stahl gave him a fearful nod, and looked back down at his paper.

The rest of the class was just a battle of thoughts inside Stahl's mind, a constant back and forth of conflicting emotions. He honestly didn't know who he liked more. Cordelia was beautiful, smart, and friendly, if you were close enough to her. But, Maribelle made his heart warm thinking of her. She was charming, nice, and easy to talk to, but she was taken. That one fact rang in his head.

So caught up in thought, Stahl didn't hear the bell ring for the class to end. He sighed, gathering up his papers. This, Stahl decided, had to wait until after lunch. He turned in his seat, nearly jumping when he met the eyes of a grinning Chrom looking at him with an evil grin. "What!?"

Chrom chuckled, "Oh..nothing. Just waiting for you to admit defeat." He sat his chin on his palm, still looking at Stahl. The brunette cocked an eyebrow. "Admit what?" Chrom simply sighed. "That you like her." He jerked his head in Maribelle's direction. Stahl followed where he motioned, finding Maribelle getting up from her seat.

He growled. "Seriously? Can't you drop that? We just talked once." And you may have fallen in love, but you din't need to tell him that.

"I don't like-" Stahl was cut off by a sudden voice. "Like what?" Mentally cursing himself for being such a loud mouth, he turned in his seat to find Maribelle looking at him with a curious gaze. "Oh. I was just telling Chrom how I don't like veggie pizza. Right?" Chrom gave him a knowing look, a smirk crossing his lips. "Yeah. Pizza is for lunch, and me and him were talkin about different types of pizza we like." Stahl just nodded as Chrom spoke, noting he should thank him after she leaves.

Maribelle nodded. "Okay. I just came over here to tell Stahl we have to change our plans for hanging out this evening." She turned to Stah then. "And to ask you if you and your friends would want to eat with us today." Stahl lit up a little. "Oh I-I guess we can, right?" He shot a glance at Chrom that siad not to argue. The blunette nodded. "Yeah, we'd be happy to."