-- 01 --

"Hey Reba, how's thing with Parker?" a young cheerleader named Lori-Ann, greeted her best friend, sitting down next to her in a cafeteria.

"I broke up with him" a 19 year old curly haired, fiery redhead answered with the sound of disappointment

"Why? He's cute!" Lori-Ann was surprised. Reba and Parker got along very well. He was the head of the chess club and the debate team. He was one of the college's top students. Parker had a huge crush on Reba and it took him half a year to pick up the courage to ask her out, and they had been together for only three months and Reba broke up with him?

"Well..." Reba didn't know how to tell her best friend the reason she broke up with him. Lori-Ann continued staring at her, waiting for the answer . "He's a bad kisser" Reba whispered sheepishly

"He's what?" Lori-Ann almost shouted

"Shh!" Reba shushed her best friend "Yeah he is! I mean he's a good guy and everything, he's sweet and smart. But I can't feel a spark from his kiss."

"Another one that you broke up because you don't feel a spark? I think it's you, hun."

"Lori-Ann... I just want to feel at least a little spark that makes me want to kiss him some more, and the kiss that makes me looking forward to something even more wonderful...once we're married, of course."

"Oh you're so picky, Reba. No wonder you remained single in your senior year in high school! This is your freshman year now, get out there, let loose! You don't want to be a 40 year old virgin do you?"

"Oh shut up!" Reba said to her best friend in annoyance. "I just can't give myself to Tom, Dick or Harry. Something magical like that should only happen because of the love that shines when our eyes meet." Reba dreamed "I won't end up being an old spinster."

"Yeah yeah princess. Good luck finding your prince Charming" Lori-Ann quipped

"Anyway, how are things going between you and your new boyfriend?" asked Reba

"Which one?"

"The football player you told me about"

"Again, which one? I've dated the whole football team honey, I can't keep track" Reba shook her head hearing that comment from Lori-Ann

"The quarterback, what was his name, Brick?"

"Oh, Brock. Didn't I tell you we broke up?"

"What? Just last week you were just telling me how charming and sweet he is" Reba surprised

"Yeah, I know he doesn't like the fact that I flirt with his friends" Lori-Ann explained why they broke up.

"I wouldn't blame him!" Reba didn't take her friend's side. She never believed in playing around. She believed that there's one soul on this earth that she was sent to find. She had yet to find him. Lori-Ann in the other hand, she loved to play the field. She and Reba were opposite as night and day. Lori-Ann was one of the popular girls in the college, and if not because Reba was her best friend, no one would have noticed the redhead.

"Honey, before you buy a pair of jeans, you try them on to make sure it fits. Men are just like jeans, you gotta make sure their parts fit snugly before you settle down."

"Lori-Ann!" Reba blushed by her best friend's statement. Lori-Ann shrugged

"Anyway, since you don't have any plans, our team is playing this afternoon against another college, would you like to come and see?" Lori-Ann invited, she was hoping maybe she could set her best friend up with one of the football players now that she broke up with Parker.

"Who said I don't have any plans? I'm singing the National Anthem" Reba was a shy girl, but when she stood in front of a microphone, she shone like a star. When she finished her last verse, she bowed, accepting the applause before heading to where all the cheerleaders sat. Lori-Ann, the head cheerleader led her team out on the field. Reba loved watching her friend do her routines. She wanted to be a cheerleader too but she was too shy. Reba spotted a football player staring at her, she flashed him a smile, she didn't know who he was, and he wore a helmet. However she later found out that he was a quarterback, her best friend's ex-boyfriend.

"There. That's Brock. He was about to throw the ball to that guy, John number 04, you wouldn't believe how accurate that number is." Lori-Ann mumbled, "I mean his body is well build, but his 'number' is a little too short." Reba accidentally let out a loud laugh when she got what her best friend implied. It happened at the same time that Brock was stepping backward, preparing to throw the ball, but he glanced at the sound of laughter and he lost his focus and balance. He stumbled and fell on his butt. Reba covered her mouth and giggled. Brock was determined to scold the redhead after the game was over. How dare she laugh at him?

"Hello Lori-Ann" greeted Brock following behind the cheerleader next to the redhead in her loose shirt, jeans and cowboy boots. She carried a few books in her arms like always.

"Hi Brock, great game tonight, especially when you fell on your butt." commented Lori-Ann, Reba tried not to giggle, but she couldn't help it, he looked really funny.

"I wouldn't have fallen if I wasn't distracted by an annoying laugh while I was trying to focus." said Brock meanly. Reba stopped laughing and stood tall. "Who's your nerdy friend?" Reba just turned red with anger.

"It's Reba, my best friend." Reba glared at Lori-Ann "Reba this is my ex-boyfriend, Brock"

"Nice to finally meet you, mo-ron"

"Who did you call a moron?" Brock stared at her angrily

"Who did you call a nerd?" Reba stared back with the same, if not more, amount of anger.

"Alright, you two cut it out, good Lord. How long have you two been married? Oh wait, you just met!" Lori-Ann decided to drag her moody friend away before she killed her ex with that deadly glare. A little surprised the way Reba snapped at Brock, she was usually pretty calm and in control, but when she was mad, she could kill! Brock lit a sarcastic smile at the corner of his lips, they stared each other down until Lori-Ann pulled Reba around the corner. "What's matter with you?" asked Lori-Ann as soon as they turned the corner.

"He called me a nerd!"

"I got news for you honey, I do too."

"But you are my friend, who does he think he is to call me a nerd?"

"Well, let's see... He's a captain of our football team, tall tanned and handsome quarterback, very popular amongst us girls. And you are... secretary of a chess club, part time librarian, and not a heck of a lot of people knows you exist. Honey, are you sure you don't know people call you a nerd?"

"Hey, I do too play sports!" Reba argued

"Reba darlin', a game of chess isn't a sport!"

"Not that! I'm a swimmer."

"Again honey, that's a nerdy sport. Don't brag." Reba pouted at her best friend's comment. Meanwhile in the men's locker room, Brock was asking his friend about the redhead that called him a moron. No girl ever called him a moron before.

"Hey Mike! You came from the same high school as Lori-Ann right?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Do you know anything about her redhead friend?"

"Reba? Yep, she's Lori's best friend. What do you want to know about her?"

"What information you have?"

"Well, one of the top students, she's sing like an angel, very timid mind you, but underneath that shabby clothing of hers, I can assure you she has a hot bod." commented Mike.

"How do you know? Were you her boyfriend?" asked Brock curiously. He didn't sound convinced; she looked pretty lost in the big boyish shirt she wore.

"We had a few dates and she broke up with me, she didn't tell me why thought. We only have a few kisses but nothing more. I only know she has a hot body because she's a swimmer. I went and see the races couple of times. I love to see those legs." Brock absorbed the information. "Why do you like her? Want me to set you up with her?" Brock glared at Mike without a word. "Alright fine, you don't want to be set up with her."

"She's not my type." Brock brushed him off.