It was lunch time at Windian High. Kate, Alex, Diane, Ellen, and Nate were the first at the table. Slowly, the rest of the group began to sift in. Ryan made his way over, followed by Yuki and Brad who appeared at the table, talking together. Ray and Lucy came walking up, Janet just behind them. As Nate noticed the windian approaching, he looked up with a sneer and adjusted his scarf.

"You again? Why the hell do you want to bother us? Why don't you go back to those idiots that you usually hang around anyway, instead of coming here to harass us, you cold-"

Yuki immediatly reached over and slapped Nate, scowling. "I told you to stop!"

"Psh..." Nate shot a look to Yuki as he stood up. "You don't know what she's really like..." The Persona User gave Janet a dangerous look before stalking off. All eyes around the table then turned to Janet as she stood uncertain, rubbing her arms lightly. Yuki sighed.

"Don't let him get to you, he's been like that for some reason lately." The Japanese teenager then moved over to allow Janet to sit between her and Lucy. The windian gave Yuki a small smile as she sat down.

"Say..." Kate looked up from her carton of milk. It was obvious that she was bothered by something because the young woren's ears were drooped with worry and her tail was waving just slightly. The woren glanced around at her friends before asking her question. "Has anyone seen Frank today?"

"He's at home, Kate..." The woren turned to Yuki as she answered. "Jess told me he had a slight fever and trouble sleeping last night... He should be back tomorrow." The teenager smiled reassuringly at the young woren. Kate smiled back at her but it was obvious she was still troubled. She turned back to her carton of milk and stared at it thoughtfully.

I'll go see how he's doing today after school... I hope he's alright...

'Kate?'

It's Frank... he's not at school today. Yuki says that Jess told her that Frank's got a fever and had trouble sleeping last night...

'I see. Well, guess that's a good enough excuse to be late to practice today. Hope the guy's okay.' Kate took a drink of her milk as Tellka finished talking and stood up to throw her emtpy carton away.

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