I published this story on Wattpad about three years ago and a lot of people seemed to like it, so I thought I would publish it on here, too. :) Also, I've had a lot of comments with swear words on Wattpad and it made me a little uncomfortable. So I would appreciate it if people didn't swear in the comments. Thank you! 3

"Hi, Fred!"

Oh, no, Fred thought. Not again.

"Hey, Crystal," Fred greeted nonchalantly.

Crystal sat uncomfortably close to Fred on the bench. "What are you doing sitting on the bench after school all by yourself?"

Fred moved to the very end of the bench. "I'm waiting for Daphne. We're going to the new trap exhibit together."

Fred and Daphne had been dating each other for three months now. Crystal was very jealous of Daphne because she had been in love with Fred for the longest time and he chose Daphne over her.

"You know," Crystal said, moving closer. "Daphne told me that she hates traps. But, I don't I love everything you do."

"That's nice, Crystal, but-"

Fred's words were interrupted when Crystal grabbed Fred's face and gave him a kiss on the lips. Fred was shocked. But he sort of liked it.

No, Fred. You have a girlfriend. Don't kiss her back.

Crystal transitioned to a French kiss. That was when Fred gave in. He kissed Crystal back. Fred didn't realize what he was doing until they pulled apart.

FRED JONES, YOU IDIOT! Fred screamed in his head.

Crystal smiled and batted her eyelashes. "How did you like that, Freddie?"

Fred frowned. "I didn't."

Fred started to walk away when Daphne ran over to him.

"Hi, Fred!" she smiled. "You ready for our date to the trap exhibit?"

"You bet," Fred looked over his shoulder. "The sooner we leave, the better."

Daphne looked over Fred's shoulder, but didn't know what he was looking at. Crystal had just walked away. "Fred, is something wrong? You're acting all... I don't know. Weird."

"I'm fine, Daphne," Fred lied as he put his arm around Daphne. "Let's just go."

As they walked off, Crystal had been listening to their entire conversation behind a tree. She smiled to herself. Her plan was working.

The next day, it was Daphne's turn to wait for Fred after school. He said he had something to give her. Probably another one of his trap scrapbooks.

Daphne sighed. "All he cares about is traps," she said to herself. She sighed again, but this time romantically. "But I love him."

"Hey, Daphne." Daphne saw Velma walking in her direction.

"Oh, hey, Velm. What's up?"

Velma sat next to Daphne on the bench. She had something to say and she wasn't going to sugar code it. "Do you remember Jason?"

"From the Junior Robotics Club?" Daphne asked.

Velma nodded. "That's him. Yesterday he sent me a picture. And I think I should show it to you."

"What is it?"

"One word" Crystal." Velma showed Daphne the picture on her phone.

Daphne gasped. Crystal was kissing Fred. Not only that, but Fred was kissing her back!

Daphne's eyes filled with tears. "Why would Freddie do this?"

"I'm not sure," Velma responded truthfully. "But we'll figure this out. I'm sure it's just out of context."

"But, Velma," Daphne argued. "He's kissing her back! That doesn't seem like it's out of context to me!"

Velma looked closer. Daphne was right. Fred had cheated on Daphne. "Oh, no he didn't!"

"Hey, Daphne!" Fred walked over to the frowning Velma and Daphne. "I got you something. Ta-da!" He held out, just as Daphne had suspected, another trap scrapbook.

That's it. Daphne thought.

Daphne stood and was now two inches away from Fred's face.

"Why don't you just give it to Crystal?!" she shouted.

Velma knew that drama was about to start, and as much as she wanted to help and support Daphne, she knew that it'd be best if she left the two alone; which is exactly what she did.

Fred was dumbfounded. "What?"

"I mean, it's obvious that you'd rather be with her than me!"

"What are you talking about, Daphne?"

"You're a terrible liar, Fred! I know you kissed Crystal!"

"But, Daphne, I-"

"Save it for one of your traps!" Daphne snapped.

Daphne took the scrapbook out of Fred's hands and hit his head so hard it caused him to fall on the sidewalk. Daphne spun on her heel and started walking away.

"I never wanna see you again, FRED JONES! WE'RE OVER!" Daphne shouted as she stormed off.

Fred stood up and picked up his scrapbook. He flipped through some of the pages sadly. Fred felt a hand on his shoulder. A female's hand.

"Are you all right, Fred?" It was Crystal's voice.

Fred turned around to face her. "No, I'm not all right. You just ruined my relationship with Daphne!" Fred began showing Crystal traps he invented in the scrapbook. "We were gonna use this one for vampires in old, abandoned castles! And this one for ghosts in the basement! And after we graduated, I was gonna have her accidentally activate this trap. She would trap me and I would say that she's captured my heart and then I'd ask to marry me so we'd make traps for the rest of our lives!"

Crystal tried to avoid talking about it by pretending Fred got a black eye when Daphne hit him with the book.

"Oh, Freddie, your eye. Did Daphne do that to you? That must really hurt. I'd never do that to you, Fred." Crystal smiled innocently.

Fred closed the book. "Listen, lady! I don't know who you think you are, but you better-"

Crystal kissed Fred one more time. Fred wasn't mad anymore. Fred was happy. He was in love. Who did he love? Oh, that's right. He loved Crystal. After he pulled apart from the most amazing kiss of his life, Fred smiled.

"Crystal, you're so perfect. I love you."

Fred ran his fingers through Crystal's long brown hair and looked deeply into her hazel eyes.

Crystal sighed. "Oh, Freddie. I love you, too."

I'll admit, it isn't the greatest first chapter. But, I took me almost three years to write this, so my writing skills have grown over the course of this story. Well, that's all for now. I hope to see you on the next chapter!

-Savvy