CHAPTER 1

Lorren couldn't think.

All he could do was wonder what was going on. This girl he had never seen before was into him. But, what would Kara think if she saw him now? Cheating on her? Playing a trick.

But all those thoughts ceased as he looked into Samy's eyes. Pale blue, and sparkling, as if she had told a joke. Samy looked beautiful too. Long black hair that glistened whenever she turned her head and met her cashmere sweater, and underneath that was a dark blue shirt. Then below that was a too-short miniskirt. Knee-high striped socks came down to a pair of sensible sneakers.

On top of her head was a beret, like they wear in France. Lorren would've sworn he saw her looking at him. Then she would quickly glance away, and smiled. Lorren had to smile at that.

Kara, Emily, and Marlin all went to the healers house to get some movies, and Lorren decided to wait for Adriane and Zach to make food. Lorren rolled his eyes when he heard Adriane giggling. He wondered if Adriane knew everyone was after Zach. She was one lucky girl.

But now as he looked into Samy's eyes, his mind went blank. Samy seized the moment. She jolted forward, and her lips crushed Lorren's. He jumped back, surprised.

Samy did not stop there. She jammed again at Lorren. But the feeling overwhelmed him. and he was lost in the kiss.

He did not hear the drop of popcorn bowls. He did not hear Adriane and Zach come in. He did not hear Adriane gasp and Zach yell.

All of a sudden a pull came from the back of Lorren's shirt. Adriane dragged him back, her eyes dangerous. "I WILL KILL YOU!" She screamed. Zach's eyes were still in horror. Adriane's arm swept back and a fireball came charging at Lorren. Luckily, Samy was looking away.

Lorren ducked just in time. The magic crashed into the wall. She was still angry. "Oh no you don't!" she yelled. She charged at Lorren, her fist raised. "How dare you! How dare you do this to Kara! HOW DARE YOU!" Her arm snapped forward, and Lorren was pushed out of the way. Zach shoved Lorren and caught full force of the blow.

As soon as Adriane realized what she had done, she backed away. Zach lay on the floor, his face crumpled. He clutched his nose and lip, both of which were bleeding.

"Zach..." Adriane whimpered. Zach got to his feet, and approached Adriane. She thought he was going to hit her back , so she backed away, and got him a towel. It was red in an instant.

The door smashed open and Kara, Marlin, and Emily walked in, laughing at a joke Marlin had just told. They immediately stopped, and stared. Adriane could imagine what the scene was like.

Samy crying into the couch, Lorren leaning against the wall, pale and blank. Zach, fading in and out of consciousness from loss of blood, and Adriane fist bloody from the impact.

Emily shot into healing mode. "Kara! I need some clean towels. Marlin! Water!" She looked at Zach and his wounds. But she did not look at Adriane.

Adriane felt so pathetic she ran out of the room.

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Kara followed Adriane out. "What happened?" she demanded. Adriane didn't even look at her. "Adriane! What happened!?"

Adriane took a deep breath, and told Kara everything.

"W...what? Lorren is....what?" Kara stuttered.

"He cheated on you, Kara." Kara stood and shuddered.

"So it's war Lorren wants!" Kara screamed. She stomped out the door, and slammed it. Adriane just sat and hugged her knees.

'What have I done?' she thought over and over. A tear slid down her cheek and she curled up in a ball in the corner of the room.

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Kara slammed her phone back done on it's holder. She was so MAD at Lorren. She stared blindly onto her bed, and stayed like that for who knows how long. Her dad softly knocked on the door. "Princess? Whats wrong?" he called softly.

"Nothing, daddy," Kara called. She sat comfortably on the edge of her bed.

"Pizza's here if you want some, pumpkin," he whispered softly.

Kara decided to give her dad some slack, and she opened the door. Mayor Davies stood, surprised. "What did I do to deserve this honor?" he teased, and bowed low. Then he got serious. "Are you sure nothings wrong?"

"I don't think anythings wrong...No. Nothings wrong!" Kara decided. So what if that ugly dirtbag hurt her? Grin and bear it, that was her motto. She wiped her tears away, and sat down with the rest of her family to watch a movie.

"Hey! Sis!" called Kyle, "Tiffany called. Her, Molly, and Heather are going to the mall tomorrow. Me, Joey, Marcus, and Adam are going to totally crash your party trip!" He rubbed his hands together, and cackled wickedly. Kara rolled at eyes. Kyle was such a geek.

"I'll go call them," Kara agreed. That's what she needed. A mall trip! She picked up the phone and dialed Tiffany.

"Yellow?" Tiffany answered. Kara grinned. Saying 'yellow' when you picked up the phone was SO tacky, but Tiffany had said since forever.

"Tiff?"

"Kara! Hey, are you calling about tomorrow?"

"Yeah!"

"Oh, well, if you have plans with those creeps from Ravenswood, that's okay too..." Tiffany trailed off.

"NO! I NEED a mall trip!" Kara pleaded.

"Okay! Great! I'll call the girlz!" Tiffany hang up.

Kara hung up the phone. She was dying for a mall trip. Her closet was becoming limited to other things. Thank-Goodness for summer!