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It was two weeks after summer had started and a lot had changed already. Jared was at a party with Jen and the two were getting high.

Jared felt his cell phone ringing and groaned when he saw it was Sophia. He quickly ignored the call and returned to Jen, who passed him a joint.

"You're not being nice," She said, referring to him ignoring Sophia.

"Sophia doesn't understand how I'm feeling," He said and she looked at him. "You know, now that my mom died."

"And I do?" She asked, and he laughed.

"No, but you're a lot like me so it helps," He said and she nodded. "Sophia's too good for me anyways; she should be with someone like…"

"Andy?" Jen finished for him and he nodded. "I agree, Andy's far from being over Sophia and I'm just lying to myself by staying with him." She said, shaking her head.

"Doesn't life make so much more sense when you're high?" He said and she laughed, as they went for another round.

Aidan and Melanie hadn't spent a moment away from each other in the last two weeks and had become really close.

They were sitting at the edge of his pool in his backyard when Aidan's little brother, Noah, came running out. He started spraying the two with toy water guns and Aidan got up and chased him around.

"I'm gonna get you!" He said, to the seven year old who just continued to laugh as he ran around their huge backyard.

Mel couldn't help but laugh as she watched the two brothers chasing each other.

"Okay, I surrender!" Noah shouted, when Aidan picked him up, upside down. "Please let me go?"

"Fine," He said, putting his brother down and they walked over to Mel.

"Guess what?" Noah said, excitedly, and Mel looked at him. "I lit firecrackers today with my friends!"

Mel gasped. "Where did you get firecrackers?" She asked, looking over at Aidan, worriedly.

"My brother's room…" He trailed, innocently, he knew he wasn't ever supposed to go into Aidan's room without permission.

Aidan laughed, trying to keep his cool for Mel. "Well, you better run before I kick that scrawny little butt of yours for being in my room!"

"Ahhhhh, Mommy!" Noah shouted as he ran back into the house.

Mel laughed and Aidan looked at her.

"He's gonna be a huge troublemaker when he's older." He smiled and she nodded.

"I guess he takes after his big brother, then?" She teased and he gave her a look.

"Oh, really?" He said, approaching her and she backed away.

"Aidan, don't!" She shouted but it was too late, he lunged forward towards her and they both fell in the pool. "You suck so much!" She said and he laughed. She narrowed her eyes at him and splashed him with water. He gasped and splashed her back and it turned into a water fight.

Soon enough, Aidan was inches away from her face and she held in her breath. He went for a kiss but she pushed him away.

"Aidan, no," She shook her head and got out of the pool, grabbing a towel and heading into the house.

He groaned and did the same.

Sophia was at a friend's house with Andria and a bunch of guys from their school were over. Andria did the best she could to try to keep Sophia's mind off Jared, but it didn't seem to be working.

Sophia sat in the corner and watched as all the girls and guys socialized, she hated this. She wanted to be with her boyfriend but he wasn't returning her calls, she had barely seen him in three days. She didn't know what to do and rumor was that he'd been spending all his time with Jen Reed, this didn't make her happy.

"Hey," She looked up and saw a tall, dark haired boy she didn't recognized.

"Hi," She smiled, softly.

"I, uh, I saw that you were all alone so I decided to come talk to you," He said and she nodded. "That's okay, right?"

She laughed. "Yeah, it's fine," She said and he sat down next to her. "I'm Sophia." She smiled and he nodded.

"Jesse Russo." He said, extending his hand and she shook it. "So, you go to Eden Hall?"

She nodded. "Yeah, do you?"

He shook his head. "Nah, my mom can't afford it."

"Well, if you're any good at hockey, you should try out for a scholarship, I know Eden Hall's always looking for new players." She told him and he shrugged.

"Hockey's never really been my strong sport," He explained. "I'm more of a track guy, I run really fast."

She nodded, impressed. "Where'd you move from?" She asked and he looked at her. "I just figured you weren't from around here because you've got a killer tan." She said and he laughed.

"My mom, my brother and me just moved here from Miami." He explained and her eyes widened.

"My dad's from there too!" She said and he nodded.

"Small world." He smiled and she nodded. "So, I know this is a bit forward but… do you have a boyfriend?"

Andria overheard this question while she was talking to one of the boys. She looked over at her best friend who simply sighed.

"No, I don't have a boyfriend," She told him. "I'm completely single."

He nodded and smiled. "Want to go talk somewhere more private?"

"Sure." She smiled and followed him upstairs.