A/N: Just a random idea that popped out in my mind one day, and I had to write it down. This will probably be a two or three shot, depends on how it goes. R&R!

Chapter 1

I giggled nervously and pushed a lock of chocolate brown hair back, watching Derrick Harrington-my best friend reading the Catcher in the Rye. He'd read it at least 20 times, and read it in between every other book. "What do you like so much about it?" I would always ask, noticing how his eyes were furiously absorbing the words carefully and slowly, the words fresh in his mind. He would then put the book down, and ask me why I loved romance novels so much. From Wuthering Heights to Romeo and Juliet (I got used to the old fashioned language after a while); I just couldn't resist romance. But what romance novels and my life have in common is-romance is fiction. I don't know if it'll ever exist in my world-but for now I'm happy reading about it. But it's not like I could talk to Derrick about this.

So I would simply say that I just loved romance novels-what girl didn't like a bit of romance? But that wasn't the complete truth. For many years now, Derrick and I have been best friends. Completely inseparable. I met him in elementary school. He was the new shy boy wearing a pair of thick glasses that the other kids often teased him about, and I would always notice him sitting underneath the same tree during recess, reading instead of playing tag. It's not like I was the most popular person either-wearing a pair of dorky glasses and a mouthful of crooked teeth were not what most people would describe as pretty. One day, I decided to sit next to him, and read. He cautiously looked up from his book, and when he saw that it wasn't the class bully-he smiled. And that's when we became friends.

Derrick has had a longtime crush on Alicia for as long as I can remember-ever since elementary. Back then, Alicia was pretty and popular-no surprise there. She still is. So it made sense…almost every guy liked Alicia. And me…well, I liked Cam Fisher…Alicia's boyfriend. That also made sense. Cam was the popular and the hottest boy so it was right of them to be dating. But I can still remember the day when I saw Cam Fisher. It was on the first day of kindergarten, and I was nervously clinging onto Isaac's hand like a life preserver, while he murmured soothing words. I surveyed the rest of the kindergarteners anxiously-I was never the social type of girl. A boy broke off from the rest of the crowd, and slowly approached me. "I'm Cam," he smiled, his blue and green eye twinkling. "M-m-Massie," I mumbled, suddenly feeling very shy. "That's a pretty name," he commented. He suddenly grabbed my hand. "Let's go play!" I glanced back at Isaac with a pleading look, and he nodded, smiling, happy that I had already made a friend.

"Let's be best friends forever," Cam suggested, running through a dirty hand through his jet black hair, leaving streaks of yellow paint, leftover from finger painting. "And we'll get married too one day," he laughed shyly, peeking out at me from the corner of his eye, almost afraid of my reaction. "Okay," I giggled, and he gave me a quick peck on the cheek. My first kiss! I thought, butterflies soaring in my stomach. So much for kindergarten love. The very next week, he moved away to sunny Arizona-leaving a sad and lonely girl behind in Westchester. He moved back of course in the second grade-but he didn't seem to remember me, and he still didn't acknowledge my presence even now, in high school. "Macy right?" he asked one day in algebra, turning around in his seat. "Can I copy your homework real quick?" I sighed, and handed over my notebook, just like I did every other day. It was like the Cam I knew in Kindergarten didn't even exist. But that's all past me now. According to Derrick though, I still liked Cam, and I should-he insisted many times that Cam and I made a great couple.

And one day, it all changed. Just like the way I lost Cam, I was about to lose Derrick, the only one who knew me well enough to make me smile and laugh until I couldn't breathe. Derrick, the one who thought I liked Cam. Derrick, the one who I might just be kinda in love with.