"Hey Sammy I was..." Cricket starts I cut her off.

"No I don't want to go camping." Of course she couldn't expect me not to forget what happened last time. Crazy poachers for one thing but Casey did hold my hands...

"I was going to ask if you were going to the Tom brothers bonfire thing." She starts bouncing excitedly.

"Um last year half the people were arrested for underage drinking." I knew there was no way I could talk my way out of this but a girl gots to give it a try.

"We won't touch any beer or anything illegal for that matter. My brother can be our bodyguard. We will get to meet new people and have fun. There is a skate park hella close." She starts talking at 60 miles per hour. And the word skate park stands out. Casey got me an new board that I need to break in so I might as well go. And stick so skateboarding only.

"Fine, Marissa set you over?" I ask nodding at her unsneakily trying to hide behind a park bench.

"Yeah but we haven't hung out much and I thought this would be a good opportunity." She throws her arms around me and hugs me tight.

"So will pick you up at 7 tonight okay." She gives me a grin and hurries over to Marissa.

"Wait I thought it was on Saturday." I call out walking towards them. They start walking away.

"Yeah but they moved it up because it's suppose to rain on Saturday she calls back." They speed up. And then I see Danny crossing the courtyard. Ugg he makes me wanna through up. What does Marissa see in him?

"When did Cricket and Marissa become such go friends?" Someone huskily whispers into my ears. He wraps his hands around my waist and spins me around.

"Stop it Casey I am going to be sick." I yell He puts me down and turns me around so I am facing him. Our faces are so close together that our nose are almost touching.

"Hey." I say staring into his deep rich brown eyes.

"I missed you."

"You just saw me half an hour ago at lunch." I giggle hitting lightly on the arm.

"There's something I need to tell you." He's face gets serious and I take a step back surprised at the transformation. What could he need to tell me? Our relationship has been going smoothly, we barely fight...

"Why don't we sit down." My voice sounds hollow and cold even to my own ears. We sit on one of the benches.

"I want to you to know that this isn't you fault-" the bell cuts him off and we look at each other awkwardly. Saved by the bell is probably what his thinking.

"I have to go." I say mad that my voice sounds raw and rusty. He doesn't try to stop me as I stand up and walk away.

There is now way I am going to be able to ace that Spanish test. I wrap my arms around myself and walk to my car.

"Where are you?" Marissa yells into the phone I wince and look at the clock. "The neighbors probably think we are going to break in or something."

"I am not going anymore."

"What? Holly can talk to Sammy while I find somewhere to park." There is lots of yelping and muffled sounds as I her the phone being passed around.

"Sammy we are outside where are you?"

"I can't go anymore."

"What why?"

"I think Casey broke up with me."

"Are you sure, what do you mean you think?"

"He started telling me it's not my fault and stuff-"

"And then?"

"Then the freakin bell rang." I mutter bitterly. There is a pause on the other side of the line, then Holly bursts out laughing. I burst into tears.

"Sammy listen that's the same Billy started his I am not ready to have sex yet conversation, so chill okay."

I stop crying and feel 100x better. Of course that's what he wanted to say. Our last make out session went pretty far. I might as well go. I throw back the covers to Hudson's guest bed and shove my shoes back on.

"Thanks Hudson." I yell as I run down the stairs. He sticks his head out of his room and nods. He is a really good listener and always has time and a place for me.

"Be safe."

"Sammy where are you?" My phone asks me. I almost drop it but then remember I never hung up on Holly.

"I am coming." I hop of my favorite porch in the whole world and head toward the Jeep that's idle in the middle of the street. "What happened to parking?"

"Just get in." Marissa laughs from the driver's seat. I manage to squeeze into the backseat which I am pretty sure is only for three people. But then I was sitting on Holly's lap so it was technically only holding five people." I hope we don't get pulled over."

"Hey Sammy it's a good thing you don't wear make-up, you don't even look like you were crying." Holly comments.

"Thanks."

It takes us five minutes to get to a beach that is 15 minutes away. Yep Marissa was hitting 60 in 25 mile zones. She's a crazy driver and I wonder why she has no tickets yet. The moment we open the door we are greeted with music and laughter.

"You guys made it." Danny says, coming out of nowhere. I ignore him and make my way over to the buffet. Fried chicken here I come. I grab a plate and turn to ask where the forks were when I see them. My jaw falls open.

It's Casey. Holding some other girl's hand. He says something and she laughs. Holly was wrong so wrong. Was this what he wanted to tell me, to talk to me about. I am sorry Sammy but I have a new girlfriend.

His eyes meet mine and he drops her hand like it's hot potato. He whispers something to her and she nods and looks in my direction. But I can tell she has no idea what she's looking for. He walks over to me.

"I was going to tell you earlier, I didn't want to hurt you."

"Really Casey because if that's true you wouldn't be over there with her. You wouldn't have cheated and you lied to me. You pretended everything was normal." My voice rises a key higher.

He cuts in. I stop and look at him. "She's pregnant."