(A/N: Um… sorry for the REALLY late update. I'm trying my best to organize my time to find time to write these fanfictions and stories.

By the way, thank you for the reviews! I felt quite nervous thinking that I probably flubbed a bit here or there so I thank you those who reviewed. And apologies to those who I didn't meet their satisfaction.

Big Nate is a comic strip as well as a novel made by Lincoln Pierce and this fanfic is based on said comic strip/novel. All characters belong to said author, as well as a few events. The only thing that are mine are the ideas.)

She really wanted to mind her own business and go to the cafeteria to eat with Mary and the rest of her gang. She really did.

But anything is easier said than done.

To not look suspiscious, Gina took her Science book under her right arm before walking to the library. "I could use extra help while I'm at it." She thought.

When she reached the big library door, she took a deep breath. "Okay." She swung the door open.

Too strongly.

Oops.

The door slammed against the library wall, causing a few kids to look at her direction. Even the librarian gave her a warning glare.

Embarrassed, Gina avoided the gazes from the few lot in the library. She walked to an empty table that was placed near a bookshelf full of reference books. She took a quick look around after being seated.

There was no sign of Nate.

"Of course he won't be here. Why would an idiot like him study anyways?" she sighed. Though she thought that, she felt quite relieved that Nate wasn't hanging aroud with anyone to help him study, even more so, if that person was a girl. (Which, to Gina, would be a miraculous event for Nate)

Suddenly, she heard a light growl. She rubbed her stomach, realizing how hungry she was, so she decided to close her book and head to the cafeteria. But, just as she was pushing her chair in-

"ARGHHHHHHHHHH! THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!"

Gina froze. She heard the librarian hushing loudly to whoever suddenly shouted out before returning to stamping the new books. To Gina, the voice sounded awfully familiar…

Then a new voice rang, one that sounded light and feminine. "Hehe, it's okay Nate! I'll do anything to help you not disrupt your whole class with your stupidity!"

Nate.

"Sh-shut up!" Gina didn't eve need to see Nate to know he was embarrassed. "You're starting to sound like Gina!"

"I figured if I want to make you study, I have no choice than to sound like her!"

She heard Nate groan. "If that's the case, I'll have to hurry up to not hear that annoyance in your act."

More laughs were emitted. Gina clenched her fist and tried to find where the voices were coming from. She turned around and –bingo!- there they were. Nate was sitting with his chin resting on the table and looked obviously pressured, and sitting next to him was…

Deedee?!

Gina didn't want to be seen by any of them so she hid behind the reference bookshelf which was almost directly facing the two. She took out three books from the shelf to make a small private spy hole. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Spying on people should make your blood rush with adrenaline.

It didn't make her blood pump with excitement at all.

"Don't you think you should be studying Social Studies instead of Maths? It is your weakest subject, after all." Deedee smiled at Nate.

He waved one of his hand in the air, not looking up from the worksheets he was doing. "No, Deedee, EVERYTHING is my weakest subject. But since my Maths has been okay recently, I thought it would be great to… you know…? Make it better…?"

Deedee giggled. "Don't you mean improve?" she smiled again, broad and sincere, "Don't you think you would want to study English before anything else?"

Gina almost laughed out loud. That was exact thing she was thinking! Therefore, Nate must feel pissed, wouldn't he?

He'd always shout at Gina for saying those kinds of things to him so, obviously he'd give Deedee a piece of his mind.

She waited, smiling to herself.

"Haha…" Nate scratched his head filled with hair going mad about in every direction, "I guess you're right. Help me with that too, 'kay teach?"

Wait… what? Why didn't he respond like he should have?

"You sure you'd want to call me that? As a teacher," she took a ruler ad hit it lightly on Nate's forehead, "I take my lessons very seriously!"

That's when the most unexpected thing happened in front of Gina's eyes. Nate smiled. He smiled! And it wasn't a sarcastic sneer of some sort, it was a natural, genuine, amazing smile.

Gina has never seen such an expression on his face before. She wished she hadn't spied on them.

Why couldn't she make him smile like that?

What made her and Deedee so different? Why could Deedee make Nate open up to her who she hadn't known for long while Gina, who in the span of knowing him since grade school, couldn't?

Does she really have no chance?

The laughs that were coming out of their mouths pricked her bit by bit, as though many shots were inserting through her skin slowly.

Why in this case does it hurt more though?

Frustrated, she slammed her fist on the shelf. Momentarily forgetting that books could fall to the other side, she couldn't do anything but watch the books she hit fall down to the floor.

She quickly held her hands together and rested her back on the bookshelf, tensing up.

"Please don't notice me. Please don't notice me."

They noticed her.

Nate got up to see what caused the ruckus and walked towards the bookshelf Gina was hiding behind. Panicking, Gina took the closest book to her left and opened it, scanning the contents as fast as she could.

"Hey there, you oka-" Nate started, when he saw that it was Gina standing there, eyeing him carefully. His gaze turned to a familiar hostile look.

"Oh. It's you."

He said it in such a way as though he couldn't care less about Gina's wellbeing. Gina gripped the book tightly, trying her best to remain calm.

She gave him her usual smirk. "Oh, wow! Surprises, you were hear apparently." In reality though, she felt like asking, "Why? Am I too low in your view to be cared for?"

He blushed, slightly ashamed he got found out. "W-well, what do you expect? I, Nate Wright, am not a professional liar, unlike…" he narrowed his eyes at her.

"That explains a lot." Gina muttered.

"So, what are you doing? Being a knowledgeable freak as always, huh?"

"Isn't there a better way to ask how one is doing?" she thought, but kept it in. Instead she told him, "Principle Nicholas is looking for you… again." While keeping the best poker face she could manage.

That drained all the colour from Nate's face. It didn't take Gina one second to realise that Nate did, in fact, caused problems again. She told him that as a way to get rid of him, as she couldn't bear to keep up the stupid act any longer.

"…tell Deedee that I'll be right back." He said, before running out the library.

"NO RUNNING!" the librarian shouted, although it was somewhat useless, seeing that he is way out of earshot.

Gina looked at Deedee who seemed confused. "Oh, I will so talk to her." She thought, glaring a bit at her during the process of walking towards her table.

Deedee's look changed from baffled to joy in less than a blink once she saw Gina approaching her. She quickly got up from her seat and pulled out one opposite her and Nate's seat. "Hello Gina! Come sit here with me. Nate just left."

"Yeah, he told me he would be right back." She said indifferently. Her remark didn't seem to waver Deedee at all. She was still gesturing at the seat she pulled out for Gina. "I don't want to sit anywhere 100 meters near that brainless mammal." She pushed the chair back in, making a skidding noise.

Deedee just pat her on her shoulder. "Hey, don't you think that's a little mean, he's trying his best you know."

"And that concerns me how?"

She clenched her hands together. "Well, Nate told me you called him a good-for-nothing idiot and he wanted to proof you wrong." She smiled, "You really know how to motivate someone to study!"

That made Gina's heart leapt. He is studying because of her? Could that be the reason why he didn't want her to help?

…Nah, that's not possible. He doesn't want Gina to help him study because he despises her.

It's a nice thought.

She took a quick look at Deedee, to find that she was giving her a suspicious glance. "What?"

"Do you, by chance, like the one you called a brainless mammal?"

That took by surprised. Does she? No way! She doesn't have time to have an attraction to anyone, moreover, we're talking about Nate here! That buffoon is a far shot from being a love interest to anyone.

"Why the hell would I fall for that guy?! He's so annoying, doesn't know anything other than making horribly drawn amateur comics, have bad hair and is so self-conceited his mirror probably cries every few time he confidently talks to himself I it!" she spat in a hasty way. Deedee's smile just grew broader.

"If that's the case, why were you hiding behind the bookshelf?"

A deep shade of red crept up Gina's cheeks. She noticed?!

Deedee quickly asked another question without waiting for a reply from her. "If that's the case, if someone – oh I don't know, me perhaps? – got in a relationship with him, it wouldn't bother you one bit right?"

"Wh-what?" She never thought anyone would want to be in a relationship with Nate, although there were some gossip about him dating a chick name Kelsi or Kelly or somewhere around there.

But this wasn't gossip, this was straight to her face.

"Why would you want to date him? He's a-"

"SHUT THE HELL UP AND ANSWER ME." A low voice suddenly emitted from Deedee's moving lips. Gina let out a small squeak.

Then, she smiled. However, it didn't look like any of Deedee's happy, outgoing smile. It look downright nasty and evil.

"Surprised, Gina honey?" she cackled looking at Gina's horrified face. "Let me tell you this right now, do you know how annoying I feel every time you try to go around a question by answering something totally different?"

"Deedee? But you were always so-"

"Drama club, honey. I have many faces, but once in a while, when an annoying parasite decides to creep on my neck, what better fun than to let them see this side?"

No prizes for guessing who the annoying parasite was.

Deedee scratched the back of her head. "Oh, the horror! Deedee isn't as innocent as she seems!" she said in a dramatic voice while pulling her head back. Then she started laughing loudly again, making Gina look back at the librarian, wondering how she couldn't hear the noise.

"If-if you want an answer, I'll tell you straight out right now. I don't care-"

"AND SHE BITES HER TONGUE!" Deedee interrupted her. "Lying goes many ways, dear Gina, and you should know that although Nate thinks you are a professional, you are no further than a novice."

Gina's eyes enlarged. "How did you-"

"But thanks for answering me though. That's reassuring." She seemed to have reverted back to her normal self, making Gina more and more disturbed. "Ah, Nate!"

Gina turned around to see Nate tromping angrily towards them. Whoops, that's probably her cue to skedaddle.

"Nice talking to you Gina!" Deedee's cheerful voice rang from behind as Gina brushed past Nate so quickly that she almost tripped.

"What the heck just happened?" Gina thought once she was outside the library. So many things happened at once in less than 30 minutes and her mind was still in a scramble. How close is Nate with Deedee? How many people have seen that part of Deedee's? Does she care if Deedee likes Nate? Why is something churning inside of her? Is there still time to rush to the cafeteria?

One thing she was certain of though…

She has probably made a very dangerous rival.

(A/N: Haha so, I'm not sure if I'm a shipper of GinaXNate or DeedeeXNate or anything besides that and that's why I didn't add any ships on the category things. I might change if the story goes in a different plot.

Please don't fret, it's not the end, and it's not a oneshot as some of you might have thought. Like I mention before, OOC occurs and if you do not like that, I recommend you it's best you don't continue.)