~*~*~*~*~*Mistletoe Kiss In Wal-Mart oO_Characters and Intro_Oo*~*~*~*~*~

"Good morning all you early risers," greeted the alarm clock radio. "time to get up and smell the coffee." Alexandra groaned and rolled over to turn off the alarm, she sat up rubbed her eyes, and stretched. "Another day, another boring shift at Wal-Mart the greatest place on earth." she sighed sarcastically. Alexandra got up and trailed over to the window to inhale the clean refreshing scent of winter. Winter was her favorite season of the year, one reason why was because of course Christmas.

It was December 18th Alexandra was out of school for winter break. Unfortunately she had to work so she could get money for Christmas gifts. She closed the window and walked over to her closet. "No point in trying to look good today. Jason's not coming to work ." Jason was Alexandra's crush. She felt as if Jason never looked her way, and if he did he would be look at Lexi who would be beside Alexandra and her locker, humming and putting on lip gloss while looking at Jason, as usual. Lexi was Alexandra's ex best friend. They were the best of friends in the 8th grade but popularity overcame Lexi, and now she's considered to be a goddess to all the guys at Ferguson High. Lexi was also crushing on Jason and she made him notice her anyway she could. All she had to do was wear a halter top and daisy duke shorts to work and you'd have Mr. Jason there drooling like a pit bull.

Lexi was prettier than Alexandra. She had long black hair down to her butt. Eyes the color of the Fiji waters. Her every feature on her face was perfect and her chest made Alexandra's look like card board. On the other hand Alexandra had curly brown hair, regular brown eyes, her nose was too small, and her breast and butt look like card board. Sometimes Alexandra was so envious of Lexi. If only she could look more like Lexi so she could attract Jason's attention.

Alexandra put on a pair of sweat pants, a black happy bunny t-shirt that said "Aren't you happy that you suck and I don't?" , some black converses, two black rubber bracelets and put her hair in a pony tail. After she brushed her teeth she went down stairs. Her little brother and her mother were already sitting at the table eating breakfast. "Good morning my unidentified family." she said sarcastically as she smacked her brothers head as she walked over to the fridge.

"Owwwww!" he growled clenching his teeth together.

"Awwww did I hurt you little bro?"

"Shut up u stupid freak!"

"Alex and Brandon both of you cut it out." said Alexandra's mom, Mrs. Jennings. Everyone gave Alexandra different nicknames like Alex, Ale, and Lexa. She hated the nickname Lexa the most. It was only one letter off from Lexi's name. Alex opened the fridge poured a glass of orange juice and gulped it down fast. " Well I gotta go, I don't wanna be late for work. Later mom, later UFO she cracked. Brandon glared at her and stuck out his tongue.

I walked down the driveway and pulled out my ipod. As i continued to walk while listening to "jingle bells" i accidently stepped on a piece of gum.

I groaned and walked over to the edge of the sidewalk and scraped m shoe against. But it wouldn't come off. I closed my eyes and sighed....todays gonna be a long day.




Alexandra Duche
16
Works at Wal-Mart as a Cashier
Has a crush on her best friend Joseph



Joseph Brashear
17
Works at Wal-Mart as a Stock person
Like a girl at work named Clair



Clair Randolph
17
Works at Wal-Mart in the Jewelry Department
A pain in the @ss. Has Joe wrapped around her finger.



Lauren Vincent
16
Works at Wal-Mart in the art and crafts section
Is Alexandra BFF

Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

Brians POV (BRIANA)

Since today was Saturday the camp leaders and the director gave us the choice of going into town. But the thing is, you have to wake up at 7 to get on the bus with everybody else if you wanted to go. Right now its 9:30.

"AWW SHARK I MISSED IT!!!!"

"huh huh huh what?" said Cameron waking up with a confused look on his face.

"Dude I missed the bus to ride into town."

"Are you serious??? Shit! I wanted to go into town too."

"The guys could have woken us up at least." I mumbled.

"Yea, well they probably thought we wanted to sleep in."

"Probably."

"So what are we gonna do now?"

"I don't know."

"I feel like swimming in the lake. You wanna come with me?"

Aw shark! I cant go swimming in the lake with him. Im a girl! Guys dont wear shirts when they go swimming. What am I gonna do??? Maybe I can make up an excuse.

"Uh-uh I cant."

"Why?"

"Oh ummmm because I uhhh I hate dirty water! Yea thats why."

"Oh. Well man you know we gonna have to swim in it sooner or later when we have Kyle for activities on Tuesdays."

"Uhhhh oh and I forgot I cant swim!"

"Really?"

"Uhh y-yeaa."

"Well I could teach you."

Awww am how am I gonna get myself out of this one.

"Uhhh..o-ok." I stammered.

Cool well I'm gonna take a shower in the Waterhouse.

"Alright."

He stood up and walked over to his bag and grabbed a pair of swimming trunks and a towel. As soon as he walked out I pulled out my cell phone to call Alex.

"Hello?"

"Alex!"

"Hey uh brian. Why didnt you get on the bus to come into town."

"I woke up late and missed it."

"Oh too bad. The guys and I are at the-"

"ALEX LISTEN!"

"What?"

"Cameron asked me if I wanted to go swimming with him..."

"what did you tell him?"

"I said I couldn't swim and that I hated dirty water, but he said we'd have to swim in it sooner or later and that he'd teach me how."

"Think of a better excuse."

"I have no better excuses you idiot thats why I called you!"

Just as Alex was about to give me an excuse, Cameron came walked in the cabin with only a towel on. Oh my god. Hes hot. Look at those abs and biceps. I shook my thoughts of his gorgeous body out of my head, quickly hung up the phone, and spoke in my guy voice again.

"That was quick."

"Oh naw I forgot to bring my wash cloth with me."

Suddenly my phone started ringing and the song Bubbly by Colbie Caillat started playing. OH CRAP! I forgot to change my ring tone before I got here. I pressed the ignore call button and sent it straight to voicemail. When I looked up at Cameron with embarrassment written on my face. He raised one eyebrow laughed.

"Dude my sister has that ringtone."

"UH-uh uh yea I dont really listen to this song though. I just think the girl is hot." I lied.

"Whatever you say man." he laughed.

"Oh hey arent you gonna take a shower too?"

"Uhhh no. I like to take showers at night time."

"Oh iight well I guess you can just start getting dressed then."

"Ok."

He walked to his bunk and grabbed a wash cloth out of his bag. I watched him and his muscular back as he walked out of the cabin again. Then I shook my head. I gotta try to stop checking him out. My phone rang again and this time I answered it.

"Yea?"

"WHY DID YOU HANG UP ON ME???"

"Because, Cameron came back in the room."

"Oh."

"Yea so hey I gotta go find some tape ok. I'll talk to you when you get back."

"Yea ok. Wait! What do you need tape for."

"Well I need something to make my chest look flatter if Im gonna go swimming, so Im going to tape it up."

"YOUR GOING???"

"Yea I couldn't think of an excuse so..."

I heard Alex sigh on the other end of the phone. "Be careful ok. Make sure he doesn't find out you're a you know...not what you say you are."

"Yea ok."

"Later."

"Bye."

After I hung up with Alex I looked through my bag to hopefully find a pair of swim trunks and a t-shirt. I pulled out lots of t-shirts and jeans but no sign of a pair of swim trunks. I sighed and slipped off my pajama bottoms and top, and put on a fresh new pair of jeans and one of the many baggy t-shirts I had pulled out. I hopped back onto my bunk and grabbed my cell phone. I browsed through the VZW ring tones in search of a ring tone that a guy would have. I settled on "Stupid MF by Mindless Self Indulgence." After I downloaded the ring tone onto my phone I laid down on my pillow and closed my eyes. I was never really a morning person and even though its like almost ten, I could still get like an extra 10 minutes to sleep. Or at least until Cameron gets back.

"Dude you sleeping again?"

I opened one eye and shook my head yea and sat up. "I was just trying to get a couple more minutes of sleep. I'm not much of a morning person."

"Oh. Well do you still want to go swim?"

My mouth seemed to have a mind of its own because I said, "Yea of course."

God! That would have been a good excuse not to go swimming. I could have just said I'm not a morning person and that I still wanted to sleep.

"Are you swimming in those?"

I looked down at my jeans. "Oh yea my bad I forgot. I didn't pack any swim trunks."

"Oh thats ok I have a couple more pairs in my bag. Go grab a pair and meet me at the lake."

"Uh ok."

Once he left the room I groaned and walked over to his bag and grabbed a pair of California surfer dude looking swim trunks that were light blue, white, and dark blue.
I took off my jeans, threw them on my bed and pulled on the swim trunks. I went to the corner of the cabin where there was a first aid kit. I opened it to look for a adhesive bandage.


"Hmmmm lets seeee Band-Aids, gloves, Burn ointment, thermometer, ice pack.AH here we go a adhesive bandage."

I pulled up my shirt and quickly wrapped it around my chest really tight, then I clipped it so it would hold. I walked outside and headed over to the lake. I didn't see Cameron. I then went onto the pier and walked all the way to the edge to see if Cameron was underwater or something. "Cameron? Cameron???"


Camerons POV

I was hiding behind one of the trees near the cabin. But I could see and hear Brian calling me. I quietly sneaked over to the lake, onto the pier and got behind Brian. Then I yelled, "BOO!!!"

"AHHHHH!!!!" Brian yelled and jumped back and fell into the lake. Oh shit he cant swim! I dove in after him and pulled him up to the surface. He spit out the lake water and inhaled rapidly. Once he seemed to calm down he looked at me with a look that said revenge all over it.

"Brian Im so-."

Before I could finish what I was going to say Brian had dunked me under the water. I came up to the surface laughing. But still holding him because he couldn't swim.

"Ok ok you got me. Now...you ready to learn how to swim so next time I scare you , you can swim to the surface on your own?"

He laughed and nodded yea.

"Alright well well start with you learning how to breath underwater first. Ok I want you to dunk down into the water and blow bubbles ok."

"Your not gonna hold me down there are you. he joked."

I laughed, "Nah."

He dunked underwater and I saw bubbles come to the surface. "Good," I tapped him to come up. "Ok one more time."

He dunked back down and this time stayed down there longer for like a minute. I tapped him and he surfaced again. "Well I guess you dont have a problem with breathing underwater. Ok now lets try the Crawl Stroke. Ok now keep your body in a prone position. Alternate doing over arm strokes and flutter kick while your doing it. Keep your head in the water but alternate your face from side to side."

He nodded and tried it. He did it perfectly. "Good. Now lets try the Dog Paddle. Reach forward with you arms underwater and use a fluttery kick."

He did as I said and he did it perfectly.

"Awesome! Youre a fast learner."

He shrugged and said, "Yea I guess so."

"Cool. Well alright lets try the Breast Stroke now."

Brian (Brianas POV)

I blushed a little when he said breast stroke but did as I was told. Truth was all the stuff he had me doing was wayyyyy easy. I had taken swimming lessons ever since I was 6. I could do Butterfly strokes all around this dude. But he couldnt know that because I told him I couldnt swim. He tried to teach me how to do the sidestroke, the backstroke, and the trudgen. I tried to make it seem like I was having more difficulty with those just to make my lie of not being able to swim, more believable. And plus, I liked how he held onto my arm every time I looked like I was having trouble.

"Great! You my friend have just learned how to swim! You'll definitely be ready for when we swim with Kyle."

"Oh really?"

"Yup." he grinned.

"Well in that case..." I dunked down under the water swam away from him and didn't come up.

"Brian? BRIAN?"

He dunked down in the water looking for me but I was now hiding beside the rock I was sitting on the other night. Cameron got out of the water and walked to the edge of the pier calling my name at the top of his lungs. I snuck back into the water unseen and went deep so my air bubble wouldn't reach the surface noticeably. I swam under the pier and crept out of the water and sneaked onto the pier unheard or seen. I got all the way behind him and then yelled, "BOO!!! Miss me?" and then tackled him into the water.

Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

Briana (Brian's) POV

I must have fallen asleep on the rock because when I woke up it was already night time. I probably missed dinner as well as lunch. Oh well, I wasn't really in the mood to eat anyway. I sat up and looked out at the lake. It was calm, and almost everything was quiet except for the tune that the grasshoppers played. The lake showed the reflection of the stars, like a mirror. I closed my eyes and inhaled to take It all in. I wanted to keep a mental picture of this in my head. This was…beautiful. At times like this I wish I could talk to my mom. All I can do now is look up to the sky and hope that she can hear me.

"Hi mom. It's me Briana. Gosh…I haven't talked to you in a long time. You know….ever since you…passed away. Mom I miss you. And I wish you were here right now to hug me. Not for any particular reason but…," I sighed, "This place…everything around here just reminds me of you. Haha you were like nature woman. Everytime you came home you smelled like pine trees."

A tear slipped from my eyes and I quickly wiped it away. "I'm not gonna cry. I know you don't want me too. You've been gone for a while. I've had plenty of years to cry, I've cried enough."

I felt a slight breeze and as if my mom was there, it brushed against my cheek.

"So…I guess you are here then…listening."

I sat there for a moment then asked , "Remember that song you used to sing every time I cried. I think it was called "close your eyes". I wish you could still sing it to me. Obviously you cant but…well maybe I could sing it now…"

I picked up my guitar and started to strum it.

"Tell me you had bad dreams last night
'Cause you were rolling in your sleep
Tell me you hate those bright street lights
Sometimes the shadows give you the creeps

Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you dont want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake

Tell me the air up here's too thin
You can't feel the wind when it moves
Tell me the stars are made of tin
And that they're bangin on the roof

Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you dont want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please
What keeps you awake

The sun will rise
And keep your mind at ease
So close your eyes
Please
Close your eyes
Please
If you dont want to say
Please
Close your eyes
Please"


The wind blew as I finished up the song and sighed…"I love you to mom."

Cameron's POV

Everyone was asleep by now, except me. I couldn't sleep at all. I didn't want to be here. I shouldn't be here….

I got up and put on a pair of lee jeans. And a white beater. When I walked outside I looked up at the moon and wished that I was back home in California. I heard someone step on a twig and turned around to find Brian.

"Hey man…you've been gone all day where did you go."

He looked at me closely for a second as if he didn't recognize who I was.

"Oh Cameron it's you. Uh yea I guess I lost track of time. It goes by fast when your thinking…"


"Yea man. I know what you mean."

"So what are you doing up?"

"Same thing. Thinking."

"Mind if I ask you what your thinking about."

I kicked a rock and I sighed. "I'm thinking about how I don't want to be here. This is a waist of my time. All school year I've been waiting for summer. Waiting for Vannessa. She said she was coming back because her dad was being transferred back to cali."

"Is she your girlfriend."

"Naw…just a childhood friend. But even though I was only a kid last time we were together, I was crazy about her. I loved her. But then she moved to Germany."

We stood there in silence for moment.

"I bet I know what your thinking….how can you love sumbody when your only like 9. Well, I dunno man. I just did. And still do. Most people can be in there 30's or 40's be married and still don't know what the hell love is."

"No…I wasn't thinking that. And I do agree with you. A lot of people don't know what love is. I've seen it up close those. My parents…they were in true love. I remember one time I asked my dad, 'Why do you love mommy dad?'. And he said it would take an eternity to list all the reasons why I love your mom. If I wrote them all down in a book, the book would have so many pages in it, and it would be so high that it would reach the heavens. So high that god would be able to open it and read the first page. But I guess one reason why I love your mother is because she's my other half. Without her im not a whole. And when we're together we fit perfectly."

"You mom…she's-"

"She passed away when I was 10."

"Oh. Sorry man."

"It's fine."

"Wow. I never thought of love that way. I mean…I love Vanessa, I do. Vanessa was really pretty. Her personality was like a rainbow. So colorful and full of life…."

"Cameron you can love the person she was when she was 9 but a persons looks and personality can take a total 360 in 8 years. Your 17 right?"

"Yea."

"So yea. Don't worry about being stuck here. Its only for 2 months. When you get home you'll have a whole month left to spend time with her. But….don't expect the to be reunited with the same little 9 year old girl."

I gave Brian a weak smile.

We both walked inside our cabin and everyone was still asleep. I climbed back into my bunk with my clothes still on. I rested my head against my pillow.

"Night Brian." I whispered.

"Goodnight Cam."

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once again sorry for the sucky quality...im totally tired...

Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

"Damn she's sexy…." said Shaffer.

"Who?" I asked,

"Our cabin leader Cassie. Hm and that girl marvelous aint half bad either."

I rolled my eyes, "Is that all you ever think about? Girls?"

He took a moment and acted like he was thinking about my question, "Yea pretty much."

Damien and I laughed.

"Man why don't you stop talkin to us about em and try and ask one of them out then?" Damien asked.

"Cause man!"

"Cause what?"

"I just cant throw my charms at a lady right away you know. I gotta butter her up first." he said with a cocky smile.


Damien threw his pillow at Shaffer. "You stupid, man."

"Ooh yea un huh if I'm so stupid. How I have Cassie blushing over there when I told her what I liked. And besides Damien, you could learn a lot from a player."

"Oh iight then lemme know when you see one. HAHAHA" he joked

Shaffer's smile was wiped away with that comment, "See Damien that there wont even funny man, that aint cool."

"Yea whateva."

I jumped down from my bunk bed and grabbed my guitar.

"Going somewhere Tarzan?"

"Uh yea imma go explore around here a bit. I'll be back before the lunch bell rings."

"Mind if I come with you?" Jason asked.

"Uh-um actually yea. I kinda wanna be alone."

"Oh…well alright."

"Yea sorry. So anyway see you guys later."

I walked outside and breathed in the camp smell. I wanted to remember it for some reason. I walked around with my guitar for a while. I then decided to walk around the lake to get to the other side. I felt like playing my guitar. At times like these lyrics flow from my thoughts like a stream. I found a tall huge rock close to the edge of the lake. I climb up on it sat down and took my guitar out of it's case.

I sat there for a moment ten began to play 'Superman by Five for Fighting'

"

Five For Fighting - Superman lyrics

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...

It's not easy to be me……"

Damien's POV

"Uh hey yall im out."

"Where you going?" asked Shaffer.

"I'm just going to check out that singing class real quick."

"Mhm yea right man you know you just wanna throw some game at Marvelous. I see you kidd."

"Naw actually-…you know what maybe your right man." I said giving him a fake smile.

I walked outside and shut the door behind me. I then thought to myself. "No…I just wanna sing."

I walked around searching for the music room. I finnaly found it and went inside. I didn't think anybody would be in there but there sat Marvelous in front of the piano…singing.
{Marvelous}

"Why should I feel discouraged
Why should the shadows come
Why should my heart fell lonely
And long for heaven and home

When Jesus is my portion
A constant friend is he
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know he watches over me
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know he watches me-

I cut in and finished the next couple lines,

"I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow-"

Marvelous stopped playing and turned around looking surprised. She waved me over to come sit by her. I walked over and sat on the piano bench with her and she continued to play.


{We both sing}

I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
His eye is on the sparrow

{Marvelous} And I know he watches me
{Damien} He watches me
{Both} His eye is on the sparrow
{Marvelous} And I know he watches me
{Damien} He watches me
{Marvelous} He watches me, I never thought...
{Both} He watches me…

Marvelous stopped playing and put her hand on my shoulder. "Oh my gosh your really good! You're a great singer."

I felt slightly uncomfortable but I replied, "Thanks…your good too."

"Thank you….what's your name?"
"Damien."

"Ah cool."

"Yea."

"Would you mind If I asked you to sing again. This time we can choose whatever song you want to do." she smiled.

Her smile was beautiful. I aint tryna be corny or anything either but. I swear it almost made my heart skip a beat. Then I got nervous, man what's up with me. I don't get nervous around girls. I'm probably even better at this than that knuckle head Shaffer is.

"Um I don't-." I was cut off by the sound of the lunch bell.

"Oooh lunch time! I dunno about you but I'm starving. Haha. Come on walk with me to the Mess Hall."

"Uh ok."

She grabbed my hand and lead me out of the music room. For some odd reason I was glad she took my hand. For some odd reason it felt….right.

"So," she said trying to strike up a conversation. "When did you first start singing?"

"When I was 11." I smiled.

A huge grin spread across her face. "NO WAY!!! Awesome, I started at 11 too."

"Oh cool that's good."

"Yea."

"So how did you end up with a job here?"

"Welll I wanted a job that could help me use all of my talents, including dancing, singing, yoga…you get what I mean?"

"Yea I get you."

"Cool."

We finnaly arrived at the Mess Hall. Once we were in Marvelous said she spotted the rest of the cabin leaders at one table, so she let go of my hand and walked over their table.

Awww god! Why couldn't she just hold my hand for a few more seconds. Her hands are soft. And her smile..whoo boy I swear…

GOSH DANG IT DAMIEN SNAP OUT OF YOUR LOVE TRANCE!!! I thought to myself. I came back to earth and got in line to get something to eat. I grabbed a sandwich and a bag of chips then looked around for a table to sit at. I spotted a table where my cabin mates were sitting and walked over.

"Hey guys whats up?"

Shaffer replied with a mouth full of food. "Nmuffin. Fwat choo do wif Marvewous."

"Man chew yo food dang." I laughed.

He laughed and a piece of lettuce flew out his mouth and hit Jason's forehead. He closed his eyes in disgust. "Dude…ew." he said.

I laughed, "See! Chew then talk."

"Oh….my bad J." he said handing him napkin.

"Yea man. Thanks…" he replied taking it.

"Hey yall mind if I sit here?"

"Wassup DJ yea you can sit here." I said.

"Iight. Ayo wheres Tarzan at?"

"Who is Tar-" Cameron asked.

"He talkin about Brian." Shaffer cut in.

Cameron nodded and went back to eating while Shaffer continued, "He's walking around the camp 'exploring' still I guess."

"Oh."

We all talked for a while after we finished eating. Even the quiet dude with an attitude talked a little bit. He told us he got arrested for stealing some lady's purse. The lady was apparently a push over when the parents begged her to drop the charges but he wasn't off the hook though. He said his parents gave him the choice of going to this summer camp or being placed in an all boys private school where they had school all year around. So naturally he came here.

"So whats your story? How did you end up here?" I asked Shaffer.

"Man it's my moms fault that I'm here. She said that I was always more focused on girls and that I don't think about anything else…"

"Gee I wonder why she would say that?" DJ joked.

"Man shut up." he laughed, "Well anyway, she heard about this all boys camp from my neighbors and said that I should hang out with guys more and stop trying to flirt with girls. She said I should fin friends to have 'manly bonding time' with, and stop being a pretty boy."

"Shaffer man…you may be a boy but there aint nothing pretty about you." I joked.

The guys at the tale broke into fits of laughter.

"SHUT UP! I look better than you dawg."

The table just kept laughing at Shaffer.

"Man yall suck. I bet you that I could get any one of those girls at the yoga camp across the lake. I could get Marvelous and Cassie too."

I immediately stopped laughing, "Yo leave her alone. She don't want you stalkin her.I don't even think she's into guys like you."

"Oooh did I hit a soft point Damien?" he laughed.

"maint shut up." I threw my chip bag at him but he kept his cocky smile on his face.

"Watch this then…" Shaffer got up and strolled over to the table where the leaders sat.

"Well anyway I was singing in the music room today and that guy over the-"

"Excuse me Ms. Marvelous." Shaffer interrupted.

"Uh yes. May I help you?"

"Hi. My name is Shaffer. I was just sitting over there and I just wanted to introduce myself and tell you that you look very beautiful today." he said with his cocky smile.

"Haha. Well thank you, Shaffer. What cabin-"

"Excuse you young blood. If you gonna introduce yourself at this table your going to introduce yourself to all of us. And if you gonna compliment somebody, how about you compliment this young lady Cassie too. Maybe even me…what don't I look beautiful?" Chris intervened.

"Uh…uh-uh yes sir." he stuttered .

"THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION BOY!"

"Oh uh sorry." he said looking down.

"Hmm. You looking a little bloated since you just ate. Why don't I help you out with that….I've got the perfect cure."

"Uh uh uh yes s-sir."

"We gonna jog 1 mile. You can let some of it go as you run."

"But sir-"

"NOW!"

Chris grabbed him by the neck and lead him out of the Mess Hall and everybody and out table broke out into uncontrollable fits of laughter. Everyone but me. I sat there looking across the room at marvelous who had continued her conversation with the other leaders. Either my eyes deceived me or did she just turn to look at me and then wink. I turned my head as if I didn't see it but then looked over at her again. She gave a small wave and then continued talking to Cassie. I sighed and pretended to pay attention and listen to the conversations being held at the table. Although in my mind all I was thinking about was…her.

Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

About 2 hours later we arrived at camp echo. We all got off the bus and waited around for the camp director to tell us what cabins we'll be sleeping in. I took a look around and breathed in the fresh air.

"Ahhhh nature." I said to myself.

"Haha yea Tarzan…nature." I heard someone from behind me say.

I turned around to find DJ standing in front of me.

"Yea right…Tarzan." I chuckled.

"Hey man you know Tarzan gotta hook up wit a Janeeeeee."

I raised my eyebrow, "And where would Tarzan happen to find a Jane around here. In a tree?"

"Naw dawg." he laugh, "I heard on the bus from a couple guys, that there is a yoga camp full of girls not too far from hear."

"Oh really…well I don't think I'm interested in finding a Jane a the moment."

"Man please. It's sure to be some shorties over there. Trust me, you gonna want a Jane dawg."

Another guy came up next to DJ.

"Oooh man did I just hear you say there's a camp with girls near here???"

"Yea man a yoga camp."

"Oooh baby! That's a plus for me. I like my ladies wit a little flexibility."

"I heard dat." DJ agreed.

"Um dude what's a shorty?" I interrupted.

They both looked at each other in shock and then looked at me like I was crazy."

"Dawg…you don't know what a shorty is? Are you gay?"

"Haha man leave him alone," laughed and stepped in, "Leave him alone man. We'll fill him in on all the terms he needs to know, later. In the mean time I'll tell you that a shorty is a girl….a sexy girl."

"Ohhhhh I." I nodded.

"Yea man we gotta teach you the terms." said the other guy, "Anyway, was sup Tarzan my names Shaffer Smith."

"Oh cool my names Brian. Brian Mathews." I said shaking his hand.

"Cool." he smiled.

"ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!! Boys settle down." yelled someone with bull horn.

We all turned toward where the sound was coming from and so did all the other guys in the camp.

"Ok hello boys!" started the camp director, "Welcome to Camp Echo. My name is Mr. McKinley. First I'll introduce you to the our and your cabin leaders and the rest of the staff. Better yet I'll let them introduce there selves."

A girl with auburn colored hair stepped forward.

"Uh. Hi! My name is Cassie. And I'll be in charge of the horseback riding activities. And I'm also in charge of cabin B."

She stepped back and a guy stepped up this time.

"Sup? My names Kyle I'll be the leader of cabin A. And I'm also in charge of baseball and swimming activities."

Another girl stepped up with a bright smile on her face, "Hi my name is marvelous! I'm the leader of cabin C, I'm in charge of singing and dancing lessons. And yes guys, men do ballet and sing opera without shame. So you shouldn't be ashamed either."

A couple of guys chuckled and she continued, "I'm also the instructor at the yoga camp across the a mile across from the lake."

DJ, Damien, and I looked at each other smiling. But my smile was more of a nervous worried smile.

What have I gotten myself into.

The last guy stepped forward and introduced himself. "My name is Chris I'm the leader of the cabin D. I'm in charge of the tennis activities and the 10 mile run. Be prepared. Drink lots of water before we go on the hike. Lets see….today is Friday by the next Wednesday coming up we will start the process of the Mile runs with 1 mile. The week after that will be 2 miles and the week after that will be 3 working all the way up till 10. After we've completed the 10 mile process we will start on tennis training. I expect all of you to follow the rules and do as I say. I may not be in charge of this whole camp. But I've been told that I've been the toughest but best leader for the past 5 years. And to make sure I stay that way I will not waste my time with slackers. If you want to slack you can take your sorry happy ass and tap dance in a tu tu along with Ms. Marvelous over there. Am I clear?"

Most of the guys nodded their head. Some rolled their eyes. And other seemed to be a bit scared. Those were probably the "weaklings".

Marvelous glared at Chris and crossed her arms.

"Dude hello I'm right here!" she yelled.

Chris simply looked back at her and said, "I can see that."

She rolled her eyes and looked like she was about to yell something else until Mr. McKinley cut in, "Okkk ok now we will assign cabins."

"In my cabin, cabin A." Kyle shouted, reading from a list. "Will be Alex Cattheway, Ryan Sheckler, Christian Carmicheal, Derrick Johnson, Gabrielle Lawrence, and Jacob Kent."

They all went over to Kyle and began head towards cabin A. I sent a worried look Alex and he whispered in my ear. "It's okay Bre, you'll do fine by yourself. If you need me you know where to find me."

"Ok ….thanks."

Cassie was next to step up and started to call the names on her cabin list. "Ok um. Shaffer Smith, Cameron Hills, Jason Wells, Damien Johnson, Kyler Stutton, anddddd Brian Cattheway."

I was felt a little relieved that Damien and Shaffer would be sharing a cabin with me. But even more relieved that I didn't have to be in Chris's cabin. We all headed towards our cabin and I claimed the first bunk that I saw. I shrieked and jumped climbed on top of the bunk in the far corner. My cabin mates looked at me like I was weird.

"Dude did you just shriek?" asked on of the guys.

"Uh no. no I uh -I sneezed!"

"Oh…."

They all picked out their own bunks and started to unpack. I just realized that I was so worried about what cabin I was going to be in and if either one of the guys I met on the bus would be in my cabin, that I had forgot to check and see what my other 3 cabin mates looked like. One guy and emo look to him and he had snake bites on his bottom lip. "Nice." I thought "Cute."

Another had goldish green eyes and looked to have a little stubble growing on his chin. "Neh so so. He's alright." I thought.

And the last cabin mate was cute. Very Cute! He had skater boy hair, icy blue eyes, and nice lips. If I were dressed as a girl right now I'd volunteer to place a kiss upon them.

My thoughts were interrupted by Cassie. "Ok guys. Even though I called your names outside I would like for you to introduce your selves to everyone here in the cabin and then say one thing you enjoy doing or one thing you like in general. Hmm okkkk lets start off with Shaffer Smith."

Shaffer turned to all of us with a grin on his face. "Hey yall. As the lady said My name is Shaffer Smith. And enjoy doing anything in particular." He stopped and looked at Cassie with a flirty smirk on his face. "But I sure like something in general….girls." he finished winking at Cassie.

"Oh um haha ok." Cassie turn slightly pink and pointed to me. "Your turn."

"Uh I um. Well I'm Brian Cattheway. And I guess I like playing guitar."

"Ooh really? that's cool." Cassie replied. "Hmmm next issss Mr. Wells."

"Oh. Hi. My name is Jason Wells, and I like to skate."

"Hmm cool cool. Next….Mr. Sutton."

He rolled his eyes, "My name is Kyler. And that's all you need to know."

"O-oh. Well...ok…Kyler. Uhhhh next is Mr. Johnson." she smiled.

"What's up yall. My name is Damien Johnson. And I-….well I sing."

"Ahhhh that's great Damien. Hopefully I'll get to hear you sing in Marvelous's class sometimes."

I doubt anyone else heard it but I heard Damien mumble. "I doubt it."

"Well ok now last but not least Mrrrr. Hills."

"Hi. My name is Cameron Hills. And I like to swim."
Once he introduced himself Kyler cut in. "When is lunch?"

"Oh it's at 1 o clock." she looked at her watch, "and right now it's 11 o clock. So I guess we all have 2 hours to kill. Ok let's go over your schedules for every week. Mondays you will be with me, horseback riding. Tuesday you will be with Kyle, either baseball or swimming, depending on which one Kyle decides to start with. On Wednesdays you'll be with Chris and I think when he said it he made it clear enough what you'll be doing. On Thursdays you'll be with Marvelous either dancing, or singing. And on Fridays you'll have the choice to choose any of those activities and do them again or you can go to the yoga camp with marvelous. And on saturdays and sundays the camp director says that your allowed to take the camp bus into town. OK. Well that's it. Oh and the leaders don't stay in the cabin with you guys. We have our own cabins. But don't get excited, if you act up I'll be here in a flash."

I gave a half hearted laugh and smiled.

"Ok so umm since it's Friday. Pick an activity fellas. The Mess Hall where lunch is served is not to far from here. I'll show you where it is later. There will be a lunch bell anyway. Sooooo. Um that's it."

She headed towards the door but hen turned around, "Oh and boys….Welcome to Camp Echo." she smiled.

Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

Some hours later I knocked on Alex's door. He opened the door standing in his Elmo boxers with his eyes half closed. I snickered and he rolled eyes.

"God briana it's 2 o clock in the morning, what do you want."

" Ok first, dude…come on elmo? Hahaha."

"Shut up!"

"Whatever and second…I've sorted out the pros and cons of going to Camp Echo, and well…I think I'll go."

"REALLY??? YES!!! Dude bre you so rock right now."

"Haha yea sure whatever. I hope you have extra boy clothes for me cause I don't want to have to go shopping in a boy store for boxers…"

"Nope I got your clothes already. And we wouldn't have time to shop anyway. The plane leaves tomorrow morning remember."

"Wait if you bought clothes already then that means you knew I would have said yes!"

"Pfft Like you'd say no to your adorable twin brother." he said turning around to go back into his room.

I smacked him upside his head and gave an evil grin. "Yea how could I say no to my Emo Elvis looking brother, it just wouldn't be right."

He glared at me and shut the door in my face. "Hehe burn. Ooooooh." I said in a girly voice mimicking Ashley and Amber off of Hannah Montana.

NEXT DAY

"Bre why are you taking your guitar with you? What are you planning to play camp songs around the fire or something?" bret joked.

I glared at him and playfully smacked his arm. "No actually I just don't want to leave my guitar at home. Plus I might get some inspirations for lyrics out at the camp. So that way I can just write them down there and add a tune without having to wait till I get home."

He rolled his eyes , "Whatever. Hurry up lets head to our plane."

We got on the plane and I took a window seat.

"I wanted a window seat." Alex mumbled.

"To bad loser." I joked.

I took out my ipod and put my earphones in. I scrolled to my Amber Pacific play list and seconds later I had fallen asleep with the song Ocean Avenue playing in my ears.

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"Brianna."

I swatted my hand and groaned tiredly trying to stay asleep.

"Briana come on, wake up were here."

I whined and opened one eye.

"Dude bre if your gonna pull off the act of being a guy, you cant whine."

"Oh. My bad."

"It's cool come on."

We both got off the plane and headed straight towards the luggage area. This may sound weird but I like going to the luggage area. Why you may ask? Because I like when the luggage goes around and round on the conveyer belt thingy. I know that's stupid but hey I didn't ask for your opinion on whether it was stupid or not so humph! We stood there waiting…and waiting…still waiting for our luggage to come around to us.

"Round and round it goes when will stop, nobody knows. Except the fartknockers that control this friggin machine."

Alex laughed at me and shook his head, "Oh wait hey there goes our bags."

We grabbed our bags and headed outside.

"Ok so where do we go now." I asked.

He looked around, "Well actually there's supposed to be a camp bus to come pick us up."

"Do you know what it looks like."

"No but I doubt I should have to know. The name of the camp should be on the side of the-."

"Oh hey there it is!" I pointed to yellow and green bus with the name Camp Echo on the side of it in bold CAPTIAL letters.

"Oh alright well lets head over to it."

I started to walk over to the bus but Bret grabbed my arm, "Wait."

"What?" I asked with confusion written across my face.

"You can talk…like a guy right."

"Of course…."

"Well…"

"Well what?"

"Lemme here you talk like a guy."

"Oh oh yea sorry ok." I cleared my throat and spoke in my deepest `guy' voice, "Wassup dude? My name is…uhhhh what the heck is my guy name gonna be?"

"I don't know what about chase?"

"WTF dude do I look like a chase to u?

My brother burst out laughing then said, "Ok ok sorry, well how about Brian?"

"Hmmmm I guess that'll work."


"Alright then 'dude'…let's go." he smiled.

As soon as we got on the bus I turned into a nervous wreck almost instantly. There were like 25 friggin gorgeous guys on the bus!!!

"Alex I cant do this!" I quietly hissed at him when we found a seat in the very back of the bus.

"Dude come on it's too late to back out now."

I rolled my eyes and let laid my head on the window.

"This is gonna be a very long summer."


"Haha tell me about it." I heard in front of me say.

A guy with a haircut that had some kind of design on it turned around and stuck out his hand.

"Wassup man? My names Damien. Damien Johnson."

Oooh he was pretty cute. Pft understatement. He was SEXY! But still not my type.

"uh…sup? My name's Brian ."

"Cool."

"Oh and this is my brother Alex." I said pointing to my brother.

"Hey man." Alex nodded.

They shook hands and then Damien introduced us to the guy that was sitting next to him in their seat.

"Hey Alex, Brian this is my brother Derrick."

Derrick took off his headphones and turned around.

"Hey, you can call me DJ."

"Alright." I smiled.

God they were both hot! But I cant be thinking about how hot they are right now. I'm trying to pose as a boy.

I repeated over and over in my head.

I'm a guy.
I'm a guy.
I'm a guy.

"Yea I'm a guy."

I quickly realized that I had just said that last part out loud and my eyes got big.

Damien and DJ raised there eyebrows.

"I should hope so man." laughed Damien, "This is an all boys camp."

"Oh-um-uh no I was just saying that my middle name is guy." I said trying to make a save for what I just said.

"Uh yea my middle name is guy. That's what my friend call me back in New Jersey." I lied.

"Ahhhh iight." said Damien, "but we in Michigan now dawg. Let's stick to your first name. I think the name Brian fits better."

"Oh. Alright."

They both turned back around, turned on there ipods and put in the earphones. I sighed in relief. Alex elbow me in my stomach a little hard and gave me a look that said stay cool.
Act like a guy. I nodded and took out my ipod. I went through my songs and decided to listen to "Dirty Little Secret" by The All-American Rejects. Although the music was flowing in my ears I kept thinking to myself.

Be a guy.
Be a guy.
Be a guy DAMMIT!

And this time I didn't say it out loud. Thank God….

(^_^)Hi im a girl! Oh and did i mention i was in an all boys camp?

"NO nooooo way alex, there is no way I'm going to do it!"

"But Briana come onnnnn. I don't want to go by myself it'll be boring!"

"N-O! NO!"

"Bre this could be like the coolest thing ever! It would be funny and interesting to see how it would turn out….come on….please. At least just think about it."

"……fine…..I'll think about it, but it'll be a long think and in the end I probably will say no. A big fat No!"

"Fine, that's cool its cool, just….tell me by Thursday…"

"What are you freaking kidding me??? Thursday??? That's tomorrow!!!"

"Yea I know it was kind of a last minute thought…sorry."

I growled in frustration and went upstairs to my room.

I guess you guys are wondering what me and my brother are fight about eh? Well, here's the thing. Alex wants me to go this summer camp with him, it's called Camp Echo . What's so bad about that you may ask? Well it's an all boys camp!!! Last time I checked I was a girl! Ok now you may be thinking how could it be possible to even pass as a guy in a all boys camp. Here are the following reasons why:

1.) My brother and I are fraternal twins. Meaning even though he's a guy and I'm a girl. We both still look alike….to my dismay…..

2.) I'm sort of a tomboy. So I could pass as a guy cause I am good at perfecting guy…stuff I guess. I hang around more guys than I do girls.


Now don't get me wrong I'm not like a dyke or gay or anything. I mean cause I so love guys. Their friggin hot….but stupid. So yea that's why. But anyway, my brother wants me to go to the camp with him to see how long I can last without anyone finding out I'm a girl. If you ask me, I personally don't feel like dressing up in as a guy and living in a cabin full of guys with hot, muscular….tanned bodies….gorgeous smiles….nice ey- ok ok never mind where's the next flight to Camp Echo because I'm getting on it!!! (O_O)




Briana and Alex
Brother and Sister (Fraternal Twins)
17



Jabob Kent
17
the innocent farm boy



Damien Johnson
17
the singer



Christian Carmicheal
16
the oreo



DJ (Derrick Johnson)
17
the dancer



Shaffer Smith
17
the wanna be playboy



Kyler Stutton
16
the cute emo kid



Jason Wells
16
the skater



Ryan Sheckler
17
the better skater



Cameron Hills
17
hmmmm....is he queer?....or just weird...

~@I have a crush on the guy next door...crush? lust? or....love?@~{Chapter 10: Kiss.Kiss.Kiss}

Joey's POV

"Uhhhh…Nick what are we doing at the park?

He gave a simple smile and replied, "It's a surprise."

Hmmm a surprise eh? We walked towards a white tent. " You guys aren't planning on sleeping with us in here are you?" I joked.

"N-no of course not!" Nick blushed.

I laughed at him a little as he held open a curtain to the entrance of the tent. We all walked in and immediately the setting took my breath away. There was a table with a beautiful white cloth draped over it. It had fancy looking plates with a gold trim around them and a set of gold silverware to match them. There were white rose petals all over the ground. Everything looked really beautiful in the candle light. I started to feel a little guilty, this is the kind of date where only a guy would take a girl he really really liked, it was so romantic. Yet I blew it by making it a triple date. and I don't even think I like Nick that way, at least not as much as I think he likes me. I like him more as a friend…I think.

I turned to Nick and said, "You went all out. You really didn't have to do this. This is…gorgeous. Why did you-"

He cut me off by putting a finger on my mouth. "Because I like you…a lot."

I blushed and turned my attention to the ground.

"Come on let's sit down."

Everybody sat down and Nick pulled out a picnic basket. In the basket was a big bowl of spaghetti with a glad wrap over it. He pulled off the glad wrap and began serving the spaghetti to everyone and then put some on his plate.

"Wow man you really would make a great waiter one day." Jess joked.

Nick glared at him and began eating his food.

"Mmmm this is really good." Tiffany complimented, "Did your mom make this.?"

"Actually…I made it." he said.

"Oh wowwww. Nice." she said and then turned her attention to Jess, " I guess you might be wrong Jess he wont be a waiter. But probably a chef."

He chuckled and continued to eat. Once everybody was done eating we all talked and had our own conversations.

"I didn't know you cooked. Katherine never mentioned it to me." I smiled.

"Yea I've been cooking for 5 years actually."

"That's great. Do you plan on taking culinary courses when you get to college?"

"Uhhh. Actually no."

I watched his expression turn to slight anger, "Why not?"

"Because, I have to take over my dad's bank when I turn 19. When I turn 18 they'll show me how to run it and how things work there. There wont be time to go to college."

"Why do you have to run the bank? Can't Micheal-"

He cut me off and said, "Micheal refused to do it. And Katherine cant do it because she's too young. Look can we just drop the subject."

"Oh. Um….ok."

"Look, I'm sorry."

"No it's ok really, I was being nosy anyway."

"No you weren't you were just curious….sorry."

I put my hand on his knee. He looked down at my hand and back to me.

"It's ok." I assured him."

Gavin's POV
I watched Valarie play with the skirt of her dress twirling it around her finger. She was biting her bottom lip and looking at a candle. I wonder if she's nervous.

"So, Valarie, that's a very pretty name." I said trying to start up a conversation.

"Oh," she blushed, "thank you. Gavin is a good name too. Actually it's my favorite name…"

"Really?" I said with a small smirk appearing on my face.

She nodded and blushed.

"Well…I guess Valarie will have to become my favorite name then."

She blushed yet again this time turning her head with a small smile.

"Let's go outside, I have a feeling there's a star to look at with your name on it." I smiled.

"Ok." she grinned.

Valarie's POV

We went outside and went a little ways from the tent. I looked up at the stars, "Wow, they look amazing tonight."

"Yea they do, just like you." I heard him sat behind me.

I turned around and gazed in his eyes for a moment.

"Why do you keep complimenting me?"

"Because, it seems to make you happy. I don't think you realize how beautiful you are…"

"How would you know if I thought I was beautiful or not?"

"The stars keep whispering to me. Wanna know what they keep saying?"

"What?"

"They're saying tell her she's beautiful."

I blushed and turned away from him and looked back up to the sky.

"Well tell them I said thank you." I smiled.

"Thank you for what? Telling you your beautiful?"

"No…tell them thank you for telling a handsome guy to tell me that I'm beautiful." I smiled turning back to him.

He grinned madly and looked up at the sky, "You hear that stars? She thinks I'm handsome. Oh and I almost forgot. She said thank you too." he joked.

I giggled and looked at the ground. He lifted up my chin and gazed into my eyes. I caught my breath as he bent down and kiss me on my cheek.

His cell phone rang and he gave me a little smile before answering it.

"Hello?"

"Hey its Jess, where are you dude?"

"Oh sorry Valarie and I walked away for a bit."

"Well head back were about to leave."

"Alright. Be there in a minute."

He hung up his phone and looked at me with a sad smile.

"Sorry Belle but we have to head back."

"Belle?" I asked confused

"Yes Belle. It means Beautiful in french."

"Oh…" I blushed.

I seemed to be doing that a lot tonight around him. We walked back to the tent hand in hand.


Jess's POV

I just got off the phone with Gavin. Apparently they had walked off to do whatever. I looked over at Tiffany who had a bored expression on her face.

"Hey you ready to go?"

"Yea."

Her voice sounded sexy. God I should get her to talk more.

"So…while we wait for those two love birds…did you enjoy yourself?"

"Well the food was great, other than that. It was kind of boring."

"Yea I know, this really isn't my idea of a first date."

"Yea I know. He really went over the top. I gotta give him credit though, it's beautiful in here."
"Yea. It's nice."

Yes I managed to get a few sentences out of her. I've got to keep the conversation going.

"So, this triple date. Wasn't it just supposed to be just the two of them?" I said pointing to Nick and Joey.

"Uh yea Joey didn't want to go on the date alone."

"Oh…why not?"

"Nerves I guess."

"So did she force you to come or bribe you?" I joked.

"Bribe."

"…so you didn't want to come…"

She looked at me for a moment then turned her attention to a candle. "No not really."

"Oh. Well sorry you had to end up with me."

She turned around to look at me with confusion on her face. "Why would you be sorry?"

"I don't kow. I guess because I know you didn't want to go on this date with me tonight."

"How would you kow that?"

"I don't I guess it's because-"

I was cut off from finishing my senetence when I felt Tiffany's soft silky lips on mine. God could she kiss. Before she let stopped kissing me she nibbled my bottom lip. She pulled away and I sat there still stunned that she had kissed me.

"Does it seem like I don't want to be on this date with you now?"

"Uh-uh -uh I-I…"

"Yea I thought so." she said with a small smirk.

Nick's POV

I looked down at my watch. It was 11:30, I should probably take everybody home now.

"I think I should probably get you back home now."

"Yea. I wouldn't want the rents to worry too much." she joked.

"Haha. Yea, so lets round everybody up."

We walked over to the other side of the tent where Jess and Tiffany looked like they were flirting. I raised an eyebrow at Jess.

"Hey guys ready to go."

"Uh yea sure man." Jess answered.

"Well come on then, lets go get Gavin."

We all walked outside and right on cue Gavin and Valarie were just a few steps away…holding hands?

"Hey, you two look like you had a good time." I smiled.

"Yea you could say that." They both smiled and Valarie look to be blushing a little.

"Well let's go then shall we."

We all headed back to the Hummer. The ride back to Joey's house was kind of quiet except for some occasional comments coming from Jess. We finally arrived at Joey's house. I walked Joey to the door, Jess and Tiffany stayed in the Hummer for a minute, and Gavin and Valarie stood in front of the Hummer.

"So…this triple date thing actually turned out pretty well. It seems like Gavin and Valarie have like each other." I said.

"Yea , and Jess and Tiffany seem to like each other too."

"Yea I know…well, do you think we could do this again sometime? Maybe even without Gavin, Jess, Valrie, and Tiffany tagging along."

"You know what…I'd like that."

I grinned and said, "Great."

Joey's POV

His head leaned towards in towards me. I debated on wether I should fill the gap and just kiss him. But before I knew it our lips met. Surprisingly I drifted into a state of complete and utter bliss. Unaware of everything else, it was just the two of us in that moment. He was the first to pull away, but not completely, his forhead was rested on mine.

"Wow." I managed to say.

"Haha, yea, wow."

I pulled apart from him and put my hand on his cheek, "Thank you. This date was great."

"Your welcome. You made it even greater."


Valarie's POV

"I had a nice time tonight."

"I did too. I'm glad I came."

"Me too." I smiled.

I wonder if he's going to kiss me. I hope he does, i really like him. He's so sweet, cute, and really funny. And he keeps calling me beautiful. I don't know why, but i kind of like it. I've always been know as a tomboy. Nothing about me was beautiful, at least that's what I thought. Gavin lifted my chin and leaned in to kiss me. At that moment I felt like I was hit in the head with 10 soccer balls. That may sound like it hurts but I meant it in a good way. He was a really good kisser. We finally parted our kiss and I gave him a bright smile.

"Haha that's the biggest smile you've shown all night. Most of the time you just blush."

"I know I'm sorry. Haha."

"No i like when you blush too though. Maybe I should compliment you and kiss you more often."

"Maybe."

"Well lets work on that right now shall we?"

Before I could answer he was already kissing me again. Here comes another 10 soccer balls, I thought. I'm really really starting to love soccer more than I thought I already did. He parted the kiss and said, " I'll see you soon, hopefully."

"You most likely will." i smiled, "Goodnight."

"Goodnight, my blushing Belle."


Tiffany's POV

I kissed Jess on the cheek and said goodnight. I was about to open the car door when Jess stopped me.

"Wait." he pulled me into a kiss that was so freakin hot it could make a girls tracks fall out. Although my hair is real and mine of course. I pulled away and gazed into his eyes before asking, "What was that for?"

"It's a thank you."

"Thank you for what?"

"For coming on this date tonight. Otherwise I wouldn't have got to kiss you."

I smiled and gave him a small kiss on the lips. "I'm glad I came too."

"Can we do this again sometime?"

"Yea sure, I'd like that."

"Good….I cant wait." he smiled.

"Me either."

He kissed me one more time and I said goodnight. I got out of the care and joined Valarie and Joey on her porch. We waved goodnight to the guys and headed inside Joey's house.


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hope you thought it was ok. sorry for the quality.

~@I have a crush on the guy next door...crush? lust? or....love?@~ {Chapter 9: A Tripple Date and A Homecoming}

Micheal's POV

I sat on the porch thinking if I made the right choice. "Well, there's only one way to find out" I thought.
I walked over to Joey's house. I stood there for a few seconds at her door practicing what i would say.
"Hey sexy wanna go out sometime?"
No no no what am i thinking, that was horrible. "Um uh... hey joey would you maybe want to go, u know, out sometime."
No too shy. I was about to think of something else, when the front door opened and a girl with red hair stood in the doorway.
"Oh-my-god...do you know who you are?"

Slightly confused i replied, "Yea I'm micheal why?"

"Yea you like the hottest guy in this neighborhood! What are you doing here?"

"Uh um I-I'm actually here to see Joey. Am I interupting something?"

"Maurine who's at the door?" i heard somebody yell at the top of the stairs.

Seconds later i saw Joey at the bottom of the stairs. She started to blush when she saw me.

"Uh hey Micheal, what are you doing here?"

"Um hi i was actually hoping i could talk to you for a second."

"Sure..."

I looked at Maurine, "Alone. Please."

"Oh haha yea. Duh haha. Ok so well excuse me haha ahh." she laughed nervously.
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Joey's POV

Maurine looked at me and gave me a secret smirk.

We stepped outside and i closed the door behind me.

"So yea anyway," Micheal started," I was actually wondering if you'd like to go out with me sometime?"

My brain had it's own mind at the time because I immediatly said,"Yes. I'd love too.!"

Micheal gave a smile that could make a girl weak in the knees and make her heart melt in the process.

"Great! Well i'll pick you up on saturday ok. Around 8-ish maybe."

"Sure. Cant wait."

He gave me a kiss on the cheek. I blushed and smiled.

"Good night Joe."

"Goodnight...."

As he left and headed down the driveway i smiled to myself, "Yea...definately cant wait."

I went inside still blushing and smiling like mad at the floor. I looked up and there stood my 4 friends with huge grins on their faces.

"What?"

"What do you mean what? Do you realize that a Micheal Garret was on your doorstep. And you two talked...alone!" maurine stated.

"Yea and?"

"AND?!?! TELL US WHAT HAPPEND DOOFUS! What did he say?"

"Well...he asked me out to for saturday." i said excitedly.

All my friends and I jumped up and down squealing.

"Wait!" Valarie almost yelled.

"What?" i asked

"Dude! You made a date with Nick on saturday! AND NOW YOU HAVE A DATE WITH HIS 'BROTHER' ON THE SAME NIGHT!!!"

"o-my-god...im so stupid i totally forgot. God I'm an idiot!"

"Yea you are!" they all said at the same time.

I walked to the living room, flopped down on the couch and cover my face with a pillow.

Maurine and the others bent down next to me.

"Well what are your gonna do now?" Maurine asked

"I dont knowwww." i whined.

"You could always cancel one of the dates."

"You know what your right!" I said, "But...which one?

"Chuck Micheal. His brother is cuter anyway." Tiffany mummbled.

I threw the pillow at her. Even though she was kind of right.

"I have a better idea...I could just change the day of the date with Nick..."

"You-little-slut," Maurine smirked."...you want two helpings of bog gods." she joked and shook her head.

I gasped, "Shut up!"

I got up and pushed her on the couch.

"Hey no need to get touchy i was only joking."

I glared at her, "Yea sure that was a hilarious joke. Anyway I'm gonna call Nick and reschedule."

We went upstairs and picked up the phone. I stood there for a second, then looked at the binoclars and spyed in Nick's window. He was on his computer, with his back turn.
I dialed his number and the phone rang twice before he picked up, "Hello?"

"Uh hi Nick it's Joey."

"Oh hey Joey." i could tell he was smiling cause he sounded happy when i said it was me.

"Yea uh hi. I need to ask you something?"

"Yea sure anything."

"Ok well, uh can we reschedule our date."

There was a slight pause on the phone before he answered.

"Yea...sure. How about friday instead?"

"Ok yea friday."

"Alright then. I'll pick you up at 8 on friday."

"Great."

"Ok. Well is that all?"

"Yea...well actually," i looked at my friends,"can 2 of my friends join us? They want to meet you."

My friends mouthed no like a thousand times.

"Yea...i guess."

"Ok..well maybe you can bring two of your friends too."

"Fine."

"Okay...well goodnight..."

"Night."


I stood there listening to the dial tone. I felt horrible. This date wasnt even a date anymore...

"Oh my god what are you thinking???" Maurine yelled.

"What!!! I'm sorry! I just...i dont know."

"Joey you should'nt start triple date or even double date yet. AT LEAST NOT ON THE FIRST DATE!!!"

"But i dont want to be alone with him..i'll be to nervous."

"Well whatever it's your problem cause I've got to babysit on friday." she said.

"Yea and i have to take the late shift at my job on friday." said shelby.

I sighed, "Well...that still leaves Val and Tiff."

They both said no way at the same time.

"Come onnnn pleaseeee."

"No"

"No"

"I'll do you guys' a favor! Please just come with me."

They both thought it over and then gave me evil grins.

"In that case, i need you to clean out my pool for a month." said Tiffany

"Come on a month?"

"Yup. No less."

"Fine...and what about you Valarie?"

"Hmmm i need you to walk bojo and troy for 2 weeks everyday."

"Oh my god NO!" Bojo and was her big lazy ass St. Bernard. And Bam-Bam was her overly hyper mean ass chihuahua.

Bam-Bam


Bojo


"Yes! That's only way i'll do this."

"But....fine." i cringed at the thought of bojo slobbering on me bam-bam hopping on me and chewing my jeans.

"Ok then."

They both got up and shook my hand. "Deal" we all said.

Life sucks...

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Nick's POV

It's been two days since i've talked to Joey. Today is thursday, our date is tomorrow. "Hmph. Date. More like a friendly outing." i said to myself.

I think that Joey might not like me, she probably stills see's me as just Katherine's brother.

Oh well I'd go on afriendly outing any day as long as I'm near her.
I decided to call my friends Jess and Gavin and ask them to come over.

Within 20 minutes they came in my room and sat down in front of my TV and started playing my Xbox 360.

"Well damn guys!"

They turned around.

"Oh sorry bro." chuckled Jess

"Yea sorry man." gavin smiled.

"Anyway, guys i need you to do me a favor."

"What?" asked Jess, with his eyes glued to the TV.

"I need you to...triple date...with me and Joey tomorrow."

Jess paused the game and they both turned around. "What?"

I sighed, "Joey's friend wanted to meet me or something. So they're coming on the date with us."

Gavin raised an eyebrow, "Ahhhh i see. Doesn't sound much like a first date dude."

"Yea i know..but i really like her so, can you guys come along?"

"Sure." replied gavin.

"Yea i'll go." agreed Jess.

They turned back to the TV and kept playing Halo 3. I sighed and thought, "God i hope this works out."

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Joey's POV

It's friday, right now it's 7:55. Nick and his friends should be here any minute. Valarie and Tiffany are already at my house. Were all putting on our make up.

Ding Dong.

"Oh shoot they're here!" I said to Valrie and Tiffany

We all did out last minute looks in the mirror and then we hurried down the stairs and to the front to.

I gave my friends a here we go look. I opened the door and couldn't beleive my eyes. Next thing i knew i was on the floor and had passed out.

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Tara's POV

"Danggg oh my god is she ok?" i asked.

" Uh uh I dont know! What do we do?" the girl with blonde hair asked.

"Let's take her over to the couch.Come on help me pick her up."

We carried her to the couch and I tried to wake her up.

"Jojo.hey. Joey! Wake up girl." i said while lightly slapping her on the face.

She opened her eyes and tried to sit up.

"Ow...my head hurts."

"Well that's what happens when you pass out because you just saw ya old best friend hahaha." I joked.

She looked at me and looked to be in shock.

"Oh my god...OH MY GOD!!! TARA!!!" she yelled engulfing me in a hug.

I laughed and hugged her back.

"Um sorry to interupt this joyful moment, but what's going on here?" asked a girl with black hair.

"Oh Tiffany and Valarie this is my old best friend Tara. Tara this is Tiffany and Valarie."

"Nice to meet you." i smiled shaking their hands.

"Nice to meet you too." they both said.

"Oh my god what are you doing back here?" Joey asked.

"My dad got transferred back to the states so, now I'm here."

"Awesome! I've got so much to tell you. There's so much you've missed since the 4 years you've been gone!"

"Haha ok. I got lots to tell you too. I definatly gotta tell you about those Italian boys in Italy. Can you say guardare buono (good looking)! lol."

"Speaking of boys." said Valrie pointing to the doorway where 3 guys stood."Our dates are here."

"Oh shoot i forgot."

"Dang ragazza (Italion for girl) did you hit your head on the floor hard." I joked, "How could you forget you had a date one of those boys over there haha.Shoot and i thought the guys in Italy were sexy."

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Joey's POV

I laughed and walked over to Nick who i could tell was trying to hide a huge grin from hearing Tara's compliment.

"Tara this is Nick. And sorry I saw you last time I was at Nick's house but I dont think I got your name."

"It's ok I'm Jess."

"And you are?" i asked the 3 guy.

"Oh sorry I'm gavin."

"Ok cool well Tara, Valarie, and Tiffany this is Nick, Jess, and Gavin." Joey introduced.

They all greeted eachother.

"I'm going to go ok Jojo. Here's my cell " said Tara writing down her number on a piece of paper and handing it to me. "I'll see you later when you get back from your date."

"Awww ok. Sorry i wish I had known you were coming. I would have made it so I'd have some times to spend with you."

"Naw ragazza! It's cool. We got time to catch up later haha. Go out."

"Well...ok." I gave her a big hug and turned to Nick.

"You ready to go?" I asked.


"Yes." he smiled.

"Ok let's get going."

We all walked outside and I waved to tara as she got in her car. Speaking of cars, or in this case trucks Nick's ride was awesome!

Nick's Hummer



"Nice hummer!" I said.

"Thanks."

"You know you look beautiful this evening." he added.

"Why thank you. You look quite handsome yourself." I smiled

"Your welcome. And thank you." he smiled.

Jess complimented Tiffany on her outfit. He thought she looked sexy in the top she had on.

Gavin thought Valarie was pretty too. He kissed her hand before helping her into the Hummer.

We all rode off and Nick drove us to a park.

....What the heck are we doing here?




Joey's Outfit





Valarie's Outfit




Tiffany's Outfit

~@I have a crush on the guy next door...crush? lust? or....love?@~ {Chapter 8: SLEEPOVER!!!}

Joey's POV

"I'll break your heart
So you can live out your dreams
It'll break my heart
But I want you to succeed..."

I was focused on playing that she didnt realize it was already 6:45. I stopped in the middle of the song and panicked, "Oh my god I'm totally late. Uh thanks for letting me play your guitar I'll see you...when i see you. I gotta go bye."

"Wait can I call you?"

I thought for a second. Why would he want to call me?

"Uh yea sure."

Micheal smiled and his friend waved. I ran down stairs into the kitchen and poked my head through the door, "Hey Katherine I'm really sorry but I have to go I didn't realize it was already passed 6:30!"

"It's cool haha. See you tomorrow?"she said with a mouth half full of ice cream.

"Yea sure seeya." I said while running towards the door.

I ran next door to my house and found all four of my friend sitting on my porch looking bored.

"You guys I am so sorry! I didn't pay attention to the time at Katherine's house and i then i went to play on Nick's guitar and I got caught up with that and so then i had to rush over here and I'm just comepletely sorry! Really."

All of my friends laughed and Muarine explained," It's ok Joey it's only been 15 minutes anyway. Just let us inside so we can finnaly get this thing started haha."

I smiled and opened the door. As soon as everyone got in the first thing they did was drop their bags and head to the kitchen

I set the keys down on the counter and sat down.

"So what happend at bod god's house?" Maurine said with a slight smirk creeping up on her mouth.

"Nothing," I rolled eyes." I just hung out with Katherine and played on Nick's guitar a little.

Maurine frowned," Micheal wasn't there?"

"No he took off in the Barbie bitches' car."

"Uh who's the Barbie bitch?"

"His girlfriend."

"Oh. ew."

"You can say that again."

"Oh. ew." she smiled.

"I was kidding you idiot." i said slapping her arm playfully.

We grabbed lots of snacks and went up to my room. Once we got in my room Tiffany imediatly headed towards the CD's.

"Please tell me you have Tiffany Evans CD. I love that song promise ring."

"Uhhhh no. Is it even out yet."

"Oh you know what i don't even know."

"Well anyway here I want you to listen to this punk pop band i like. I know it's not you type of music but it's actually really cool you should listen to em."

Tiffany turned up her nose before saying, "Fine. Who are they?"

"A band called Bowling For Soup."

"What the hell? Bowling For Soup? Joey i don't want to listen to some band with a stupid name like that!"

"Come onnnnn. Just one song ok. They're awesome."

Tiffany sighed and flopped down on my bed. I went over to my boom box and put the CD in. I turned to track 8 and the steroes played way loud. I started to sing the song.

"Ohhhh i knew that band sounded familiar." Shelby said. She got up and we both sung and danced to the music in front of Maurine,Valarie, and Tiffany.

"Four years you think for sure
That's all you've got to endure
All the total dicks
All the stuck up chicks
So superficial, so immature
Then when you graduate
You take a look around and you say HEY WAIT
This is the same as where I just came from
I thought it was over
Aw that's just great

The whole damn world is just as obsessed
With who's the best dressed and who's having sex,
Who's got the money, who gets the honeys,
Who's kinda cute and who's just a mess
And you still don't have the right look
And you don't have the right friends
Nothing changes but the faces, the names, and the trends
High school never ends

Check out the popular kids
You'll never guess what Jessica did
How did Mary Kate lose all that weight
And Katie had a baby so I guess Tom's straight
And the only thing that matters
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're sixteen or thirty-five

Reese Witherspoon,
She's the prom queen
Bill Gates,
Captain of the chess team
Jack Black, the clown
Brad Pitt, the quarterback
I've seen it all before
I want my money back"

Halfway through the song i heard the phone ringing. I turned down the volume and answered it, "Hello?" i answered kind of out breath from the dancing. I heard a chuckle on the other end of the line,"Hey Joey. It's Nick"

"Oh hey Nick whats up?"

"Nothing really but I'm guessing your having a good time at your house aren't you."

I made a face of confusion as if he could see me, "How do you know?"

"The music is loud HaHa. You having a party or something?"

"Well yea sorta. A sleepover."

"Oh. Cool."

"Yea..."

There was a short pause on the phone," So uh did you want something."

"Uh-uh oh yea um....i was wondering. Would you maybe like to, I dunno um, go out to eat Saturday."

I made my eyes go wide and looked and my friends. I covered the bottom part of the phone so he wouldn't hear me say,"Guys Nick just asked me out!"

"That's Great!" squealed Valarie and Shelby.

"Ohhh yea we have to see if he's cute." said Tiffany searching through her bag for her binoculars.

Tiffany, Maurine, Shelby, Valarie ran over to my window.

"Ok so which room is it?" asked Valarie.

"Uh i dont know." i replied.

"Ohhh i think i know." said Maurine pointing to the window with the curtains open.
And from our view from my window Nick was doing sit ups...with his shirt off.

"Oh my god he has a great body." i said staring at his Abs.

Maurine raised an eyebrow, "Oh so you've found a new Bod God now eh? ooh Joey you move quickly." she joked.

I playfully slap her on the head, "No I'm just saying that he happens to have a good looking body..." i lied.

"Oh cut the crap Joey you know you want to drool over his 6 pack." she laughed.

"Hello? Hello? Joey are you still there?"

I had forgotten Nick was still on the phone.

"Oh I'm really sorry. What were you saying?"

"I kinda just asked you out..."

"Oh right. I'm sorry my friends were be stupid."

"So...um will you?"

"Uhhh y-yea I'd love too." I studdered

"Really?"

I was still watching him through the window while he was talking to me on the phone. He was smiling, and suprisingly i was too.

"Yea really." i replied.

"Great! I'll pick you up at 8 on saturday alright?"

"Cant wait."

"Cool. Well. Bye"

"Bye Nick."

I heard stayed on the phone listening to the dial tone for a few seconds. Then a big grin spread across my face. I'm going out with Nick saturday. He's cute, kinda shy, and he seems nice. I like him, i can't wait for Saturday. My friends eyed me while i was grinning, with smirks coming on their faces. Then they all sang. " OoOh JOEY'S GOT A BOD GOD! HE'S A TOTAL HOT ROD! THEY'LL BE KISSING REALLY SOON. AND HAVING QUICKIES IN THE NOON."

We all busted out laughing on the floor. Oh my god. We haven't sung that song in years.Want to know why? and How we came up with that. Well It didn't used to be just us 5 amigos. Yup their were 6 of us. Well actually it was 4 but Valarie and Tiffany came into our friendship group years after my friend Tara Mckee moved. She was awesome, my best friend, next to Maurine. Anyway she moved to Italy about 4 years ago right before our 9th grade year started. Anyway, we used to sing that anytime one of us got a boyfriend. When Tara left and Val and Tiff came along. We taught them the song too. But we never sang it. It just didn't feel right to sing it anymore. I haven't laughed this hard since.

Tara Mckee



"Shut up you guys." i laughed. "He's not even my boyfriend were just going on a date"

"Yea yea yea. But he'll probably ask you to be his girlfriend soon anyway. I mean did you see that smile on his face lol. I'm surprised he didn't do jumping jacks of joy when you said yes. I think he's quite smitten with you dear". joked Valarie.

I rolled my eyes, "Whatever dorks. Now let's get this party started!"

We mostly danced, talked about boys, and scarffed down junk food and snacks the rest of the night.

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Micheal's POV

Laurine and I were in her car on the way back to my house. She pulled up the driveway and turned the car off. I opened the door and was getting ready to get out when Laurine snagged my jacket.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"Uhhh inside. I live here. Remember."

"Yea like no duh but...dont i get a good night kiss?" she asked flirtatiously.

I turned towards her and clothes the door. "Lauren...we need to talk."

"About what baby." she said while nibbling on my ear.

"God that feels good. No wait stay focused" i thought.

"Lauren stop." i said moving her away.

She looked annoyed now. "Why?"

"Because...Lauren were through."

"WHAT???" she yelled.

"I'm sorry I-"

"WHY YOU BASTARD WHAT DID I DO?" she continued to yell cutting me off.

"BECAUSE I LIKE SOMEONE ELSE!" i raised my voice.

Lauren eyes got wide and the she slapped me across my jaw. Then she did it again. She was about to do it again when i grabbed her wrist.

"No one...slaps me." i hissed at her.

I let go of her wrist and calmed down.

"Well no one breaks up with me! You two timer"

"I'm not two timing, I just like someone else."

"Whatever you bastard get out of my car!"

I opened the door and got out. She started the engine and pulled out of the driveway fast. Knocking over the trash bin in the process. I sighed and thought to myself. "Joey...you'd better be worth me getting slapped."


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