Aaliyah Sinclair was doing her nails when her house phone suddenly started to ring, she placed her nail polish on the dresser and got up to get the phone. "I got it." She shouted throughout the house.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Hey Liyah, what you doing?" Her best-friend Nancy said.

"Oh, nothing just finishing up my nails." Aaliyah replied. She got up and went to find her brush, after a while of searching she got frustrated and muttered 'shit' under her breath. "Um Nancy, is Luke over there?" Aaliyah asked.

"Yeah, he's down in the basement with the other weirdos." Nancy said. Aaliyah made a snort and said "you mean the Loser's Club." They both started to laugh and Aaliyah was laughing so loudly that her Mom shouted something that she really couldn't hear, but it sound something like 'Could you quiet down'.

At that moment Nancy told her to hold on, so she went back too lay down on her bed. Nancy came back to the phone and said "It was just Dustin."

Aaliyah chuckled "You know he's just in love with you." She just sighed "Ew, that's gross."

"It's true" she replied.

"Speaking of true love, Steve called my the other day." Nancy told her, Aaliyah hated talking about Steve especially since she went to summer camp with him this past year. She also would like to forget the things that happened between them. "Oh cool." Aaliyah said nonchalant

"I know, you don't like. Barb doesn't like him either" Nancy replied. "I never said I didn't like him, it's just…" Aaliyah lost her words. "What?" Nancy asked.

Aaliyah wanted to be honest to her life long friend, she wanted too tell her the truth but she find her words so instead she just blamed her blunder on her brother who just so happen to walk in the house.

"Nothing. Luke just walked through the door, but Nance I'm getting tired so I will see you tomorrow" Aaliyah said. "Okay Goodnight" Nancy told her.

Lucas just shook his head and proceeded to walk to his room but a voice stopped him "Luke could you please make me some pizza rolls?" Aaliyah asked. She got an irritated look in return "How about you do it yourself" Lucas said.

"Oh C'mon I'll owe you a solid." She said convincingly, he have her a look but when she heard the freezer on and close and the microwave start, she knew she could count on him.

The next morning at school, she found Nancy and Barb by their lockers. Aaliyah had a smile on her face when she approached them "Hello Gals, what are we talking about?"

"Steve" Barb said. Her smile instantly fell, it seems like she couldn't get away from Steve especially since Nancy and him are getting more serious. Aaliyah was in her thoughts that she didn't even hear their conversation.

"You better still hang out with us, that's all I'm saying." Barb told Nancy. Aaliyah nodded her head in agreement "If you become friends with Tommy H. or Carol…"

"Oh, that's gross!" Nancy interjected.

"Well its kind of true Nance, I watched many movies where that one friend gets a douche of a boyfriend and she turns her back on her own friends." Aaliyah said, Barb nodded.

"Okay, I'm telling the both of you, It was a one-time…two-time thing" Nancy replied, Aaliyah and Barb both shared a look and then looked at her.

Nancy then opened her locker and to put up her books but a piece of paper caught her eye. It was a not from Steve, Aaliyah assumed. Her suspensions were confirmed when she opened it and the name Steve appeared.

"You were saying?" Barb said sarcastically.