Chapter 1: Niagra rhymes with Viagra

Niagra Falls is where my school is going for a class trip. All of the sophmores are going and it's going to be great! My name's Emily and I live in Canada. Sure, it's cold but it rocks! Especially when you can go to places like Niagra Falls, where anything involving love can happen (hopefully)! Me adn my best friend Casey were packing for the trip at her house, since I practically live over there.

"Do you think we'll meet any hot guys there?" asked Casey.

"I don't know." I replied, half asleep and half paying attention to Derek, who was walking passed Casey's door.

"Em, gross! I just don't know why you like him." replied a disgusted Casey.

"Honestly, I don't know why I still do either. Maybe this trip will snap me out of my Derek obsession."

"One could only hope."

"HEY!!" I screamed and hit her with a pillow.

"Ouch!" said Casey, even though she knew that I didn't hit her hard.

The next day, we would be leaving for Niagra Falls. We got our bus assignments in the mail, along with our roomies. I was on bus five, along with Derek and Casey. Casey was my roommate (thank God), so I didn't have to worry about shacking up with some complete stranger. I couldn't sleep at all the night before the trip. I wanted to go to Niagra so badly. I had two pretty valid reasons for wanting to go so badly, too. First off, maybe Derek will finally be able to see that he likes me more than he thinks. Secondly, maybe I'll be able to break my Derek obsession by finding someone new and exciting.

The phone was ringing off the hook, and when I looked at my clock it was three in the morning. I knew who it was right away and I brought myself to answer the phone.

"Hmm?" I said to Casey, who was calling me.

"Hey! I can't sleep at all! And did you realize that Niagra rhymes with Viagra? said Casey, who was full of energy.

"Well, I can and I was. Umm... yeah, I did notice that." I said, realizing that she was too tired to have her brain function normally.

"Oh. Sorry Em." said Casey.

"It's okay. What you really have to do is count sheep. Trust me, it works every time, 'kay? Now I'm going back to sleep. Bye." I said really quick and then I hung up the phone.

"Emily! You better wake up or you're going to miss your trip!" screamed my mom.

"Okay!" I screamed back.

Truth was, I had been up since six and it was now seven. I had dto make myself look perfect, because I was going to be on a bus with Derek and just incase we met anyone new and hot, I would be ready. I packed my suitcase into the car and my mom drove me to the school. There, I met up with Casey and Derek. Casey was thrilled to be on bus five, but Derek wasn't. All of his other friends were on bus six.

"I can't believe I'm going to be stuck with you two for a six hour drive!" complained Derek.

"Oh, suck it up! We're not that bad, but that all depends on how you treat us. Isn't that right, Emily?" said Casey.

"Huh?" I said. I wasn't paying attention to Casey, obviously, but I was paying attention to Derek. Did I ever mention that I love his hair? No? Well, I do.

"Oh, Em! I'm sorry but I think it's too late for you." Casey said to me while we were getting on the bus and when Derek was clearly out of hearing distance.

"I know and I'm sorry. He just rocks my world for some demented reason." I said. It was true, I was hopeless.

"Okay, it's final. you need a brain doctor!" said Casey in a half playing, half serious way.

We looked around for empty seats on the bus, but we couldn't find any until we were way in the back. There was one seat free next to Trevor, which Casey took and one seat left next to Derek, which I apparently had to take. I was so nervous and so quiet that he didn't even notice that I sat down until he took off his headphones.

"What are you doing here, sitting next to me?" asked Derek. Thank God Casey was only across the aisle.

"What do you think? There were no more seats left for us." said Casey in my defence.

"What ever." Derek said as he put his headphones back on.

With that little fortunate seating arrangement, I already knew that this would be the best trip of my life, even if me and Derek didn't work out, I had this weird feeling that something good was about to happen.