Gabe sat down next during lunch at school, all his band mates sat next to him, except Gavin,which was pretty obvious why. He rolled his eye at Tara and her boyfriend sat a few tables down. He saw them smiling and laughing, and eating.

Gabe smiled as he watched her eat his lunch that he had made her.

It speedily disappeared.

He had a feeling she liked anything with italian sauce in it, and so far he was right. "Nice call." he said proudly.

"What? What are you talking about G?" one of his band mates asked, looking up from his food as the others talked.

He felt dense as he stared blankly back at his friend, "Um. . ., nothing important enough to be interested in."

"Oh, okay, well did you here that the new movie-."

Gabe shook his head. What the heck was he watching her for. "Don't be a creep, G." he said to himself, shuddering at his lack of focus he had lost lately. Or more like control on what he wanted to focus on.

Like the new music, he had to seriously bring some thunder.

They had entered a talent show here at school, it was pretty big. A couple of people in with some agents from big record company's were coming, and the even had the nice cushion y seats, not the crappy kind that squeak and make you uber uncomfortable.

He had to get the band ready for new music. And that meant get Gavin to somehow get ready with out Gabe getting killed.

Yeah right, like that was going to work.

He had kissed his best friends girl. Doesn't get any lower than that unless he had, gag, feelings for Tara. . .which he was starting to. . ., but only in the respectable friendship sort of way. . .

Gabe jumped at the hand that patted his back again, "Wha-?!"

"At least you weren't looking at her this time you were lost in thought." his friend, Gore, said. A light smile showing up on his face.

Gabe felt his defences rise once again, "What? I would never look at Gavin's girlfriend. I mean look at her!"

George just smile, "Right." he said slowly, chuckling and taking a bite of his sandwich.

"Yeah, that's right." Gabe said, eyebrows lowered in annoyance.

"Than how did you know I was talking about Tara? It could have been anyone else, dude." Gore said, pretending to play the drum roll with his fork and spoon.

"It's cause you like her! Duh." he giggled stupidly, his blonde spiky hair sticking up.

"Hey, Gorry, just shut up, alright!" Gabe hissed, hitting him in the arm.

"Ouch, you know I have a sun tan!" he squealed, looking about ready to cry.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever cry baby." he said, slapping him again.

"OW!" Gore yelled as all his band mate slapped him also, laughing.

"You guys are such jerks!" He cried dramatically, standing up, than quickly hitting each one of them with his book binder, running away laughing.

"Gore, you are so dead!" Trent yelled after him, throwing a plastic spoon towards Gore's head and missing.

The band mates all laughed and chuckled, saying "Stupid Gore." "I'm totally getting him back." and "He is such a dead man!"

Of course this is what the boys did. Teased each other relentlessly, smacking each other, bro fist, and making each other laugh.

"See the new Tomb raider game?" Trent asked Gabe.

Gabe just stared wide-eyed like a little kid, "Tomb raider? A new one?"

"Yeah, she not as hot looking, but it actually looks like a pretty good game."

"Hm, I'll check it out." he grinned, "It's not even about her body, dude. For me it's all about the action!" he said with a sheepish smile.

"Yeah, whatever you say, Gabe." Trent snickered, causing Gabe to punch him in the shoulder, "Shudup, Trent."

"Grouchy this morning I see." Trent said with a smirk. "Nothing to do with your best bro and band mates girlfriend by any chance?"

"Huh no. And yes I'm grouchy, back off Trent. " Gabe , taking another bite of his food, and looking over at Gavin, trying to think of a way to get him to talk to him.

"Okay, just cool down a bit." Trent muttered, hands held up, turning towards another one of his band mates. "It was just a joke."

Gabe shrugged, "I guess I just didn't find it that hilarious." he said sarcastically, throwing a french fry in his band mates face.

Gavin looked around the cafeteria and stopped when he saw Gabe, he waved, and tried to give a friendly smile, which turned a little sour. 'Gavin, even when he's mad, he still tries to be nice. . .' Gabe thought with a sad snort, waving back with a plastered on smile, than looking back down at his sandwich depressed like.

He stared at that sandwich for another few seconds, than another seconds, till finally he was just tired of looking at that darn sandwich and threw it over his shoulder, and got up, turning around he walked away from his friends, stepping on the sandwich as he went. ( Note to readers: I really like sandwiches.)

"Gavin, whats wrong?" Tara asked, looking over at her him. He seemed like he was thinking, he glanced over at her and smiled faintly. "Nothings wrong. I-I just realized something. . ."

"That Gabe totally ruined that ham and cheese sandwich!" Tara proclaimed, somehow knowing the author really like ham and cheese sandwiches!

"Well, yeah, but also that he's been my best friend forever, and he wouldn't just up and hurt me like that, you know?"

Tara nodded, looking at her hands, wondering if she should tell Gavin about Gabe living with her and her parents. She didn't want another scene of him punching Gabe. And she certainly didn't want him always be concerned about them being in the same house together. Would it really benefit him if she said anything?

She pushed the thought aside, "That's true. . .he is a good friend to you." she said quietly, putting her hand around his.

His smile was strained, "Yeah, but he still kissed you right in front of me. . .and it was almost like I wasn't jealous that he was kissing you, but like I was jealous of him getting attention. . .which I thought I had dealt with by becoming more open and confident."

Tara felt surprised, letting go of his hand, "Wait, you mean you-you weren't jealous of our kiss?" she asked bluntly, feeling dread grow. "Why wouldn't you be jealous of someone kissing me?"

He looked over at her as if it just hit him he said the wrong thing, "No, oh no, no, no! That's not what I meant Tara! You aren't one of those girls, you know, you would never hurt me like that. I didn't like that he kissed you, but I knew you didn't want him to do it either! Oh man, I hope you understand?!" he said, grabbing her hand, and trying to reassure her by the other hand on her shoulder.

She nodded, for some reason not feeling relieved. "Okay. . .cause for a minute there it kind of sounded like you weren't upset at all that he kissed me. . ." she replied, stumbling on her words, she hated that, but that was the shy girl in her, she'd better just get use to it.

Or at least accept part of it. Being quite wasn't the worst thing in the world. It meant you had to try being a better listener.

He sighed, rubbing his eye lids, "I'm sorry Tara, this is defiantly not the side of me I wanted to show. . .I just hate when I feel like Gabe wins. . .You know how it feels, you've been in my shoes."

Tara didn't say anything, looking back towards where the ham sandwich was.

Afterwords they got up when they were done with lunch.

Gavin kissed Tara goodbye, "Love you." she said, as they parted, and felt a little disappointed when she didn't hear it back. But why should she expect that of him so soon. Yet she still felt a certain sense that maybe he was never going to say it.

She saw Gabe looking for a drink from the school vending machine they had just recently gotten.

She walked quickly towards him, than slowed down once he turned his head to look in her direction.

She paused completely a foot away from him. "Hey." he said, leaning down to get his water.

She nodded, looking down, than up at him, "Yeah. . ."

It was silent for a while, "You need to say somethin' to me or what?" he asked, leaning against the vending machine, eyeing her.

She nodded nervously. "Yeah, I do."

"And what would that be?" he asked, his eye showing no emotion, his frown showing disinterest.

"Um, I was just wondering," she said, stepping closer towards him, "Why did you. . .ki-ki-"

His eyes were still on hers, she shivered as he stepped closer, his eyes catching hers as he leaned down, "Why does it matter, I didn't do it for me anyway. I enjoyed nothing from it. It was nothing to me. You," his sighed, "All you are to me is Gavin's girl, and that's how it's going to stay, okay?"

She glared at him, "And what makes you so sure I wanted you to kiss me. . ." she said shakily, "I would never want someone so who is so full of themselves to kiss me. . ." she said, her voice trembling from being so bold. "I really wish you had never done it, or Gavin wouldn't be acting so un-confidant."

Gabe paused at her words. "You mean he thinks you have feelings for me?"

"No, I mean he has always been jealous of you, can't you see that. He felt jealous of you getting all the attention!" she cried, feeling angry, but quieting herself down and blushing.

Gabe seemed confused, "Wait, so he wasn't jealous over his best friend kissing you, but he was jealous over me getting attention. . .?"

Tara nodded, "Yeah."

"That makes no frickin' sense whatsoever." he growled, looking intensely annoyed, "If it were me I'd be jelouse because my girlfriend was kissing another guy, you sure Gavin said that, maybe you just have bad hearing and misheard what he said."

Tara stood still, "Yeah, I heard every word, and believe me, I wish he had said it differently. But he said he didn't like you kissing me, so. . ."

Gabe looked like he had an idea, "Only one way to find out." he with a half smile.

"How?" Tara asked, looking curious.

"Just tell him I kissed you again. . .Than I know he'll face me, and I'll see what I can get to come out of his mouth."

"No." she said quickly.

He groaned, "Come on, Tara! It's the only thing I can think of!"

"No! And why would you care so much Gabe. It shouldn't matter to you. The only thing you need to worry about is losing your best friend, so please try to make amends with him."

She said, grabbing his arm gently with a pleading look, "Will you just do that, please?"

He stared down at her, amazed that she could be so kind. He saw some of her hair falling from her pony tail, he felt his hand move towards it, and his fingers brush it back behind her ear.

He held his hand there, coming closer to her, "I know that." he whispered, his mouth slightly open,

close to hers, as his thumb caressed the side of her cheek. "I just don't know if the other part of me does."

Tara searches Gabe's green sea eyes, "Stop." she says breathlessly, pulling away from him.

As if some sort of spell broke, he came back to reality, and cleared his throat, trying to not make eye contact, "Sorry."

than he began to walk away as the bell rang, "That was really stupid thing to do, it didn't mean anything, forgive me?" he smiled, grabbing her arm, and making her follow him.

"Or I'll never make you pasta again m'lady." he winked, hoping it would hide his feelings which he was beginning to hate. She sighed, smiling, "Sure. I-I almost thought you were being serious. . ." 'And I almost wanted you to be. . .' she thought.

He rolled his eyes, "Please, me, serious? Do you even know me woman?"

Tara sighed, "Right, Gabe, mister cool guy." she said, smiling back, wishing her heart would stop pounding so fast at his touch. "That's right your shyness." he teased, bowing. "the queen of biting her nails, and blushingville."

"Whatever." she said, smiling. "You know you have no proven fact. . ."

"That you blush all the time? Yeah, I do. Every time I come in contact with you, I can see you blushing! Don't worry, a lot of people find that sort of stuff cute." She glared at him, and playfully hit him on the arm.

"Hey, Tara!" a song like voice interrupted their conversation.

Tara looked around the class room. It was Audrey, "Audrey, oh my gosh, what are you doing here! I thought you transferred schools?! It's so good to see you!"

Tara said happily, running over to her friend, and giving her a big hug,"Oh, it's so good to see you too Tara, I missed you so much! I decided I wouldn't let a boy ruin my life, and decided to come back!" she said, giving Gabe a look, as she turned her attention back to Tara, "So, how was the couple of days of school without mawah?!"

Tara sighed, "Barely survived." than smiled. Audrey nodded, "No doubt I'm sure." she replied, giving Gabe another dirty look.

Gabe felt confused for about five seconds, "Wait a second, you told her about what happened? I mean seriously, why would you-" Gabe backed away from Tara's stare, "Really Gabe, you do remember you kissed me in front of Gavin and all the kids from school, right?"

Gabe snorted nervously, "Well, I'm sure not all of them-"

Audrey stepped closer to him, "Back off my best friend Gabe."

Gabe didn't understand why Audrey was so protective, but he agreed, "I'm just going to sit down now. Hope that doesn't offend you." he bit back.

"Actually. . ."

Gabe looked surprised, "Seriously?"

Audrey smiled, "Yes Gabe, seriously, that is now my chair."

Gabe got up, "Fine, I'll just sit here."

"Good." Audrey smiled, grabbing Tara, and talking secretively to her.

Gabe watched them, wishing he could talk some more to Tara.

He sighed, and looked around the class room, seeing Gavin, he felt utter guilt. He shouldn't be thinking this way of Tara, he should just focus on the band and his best friend. Tara was just a girl, and unbelievable as it sounded, she was not the only fish in the sea.

But she was the only one who had captured his attention so thoroughly.

"Oy Vey, why me?" He muttered, as his teacher came in, complaining about her car breaking down.

Back at home Tara shuffled into her house, as Gabes two sibling rushed in from behind her, "Hey, Chloƫ, David, watch out for people, and stop running! Respect the house, and the family around it!" Gabe called after his youngest siblings, walking out from the kitchen where he had seen them.

"Kay Gabe!" Chloƫ yelled from the upstairs, giggling. "Sorry Tara!"

"D-don't worry about it!" , she yelled back, looking over at Gabe and smiled, "So, are you making something?"

"Why, you want some?" he asked slyly. She paused, "Well, I'm not that hungry, maybe I should just wait till supper is done-" she got cut of by her stomach growling loudly. She turned a bright shade of crimson.

"Really? Not hungry at all, huh?" He smirked, "Come on, I'll make you a snack while you wait."

She sighed, rubbing her belly, "You really are trying to make me fat, aren't you Gabe?"

He rolled his eyes, "How'd you guess."

She smiled, "I'm just that good, there is no fooling me Gabe."

He grabbed her arm and pulled her into the kitchen. "Here I'll make you something healthy." he said as he got Hershey's chocolate out.

Seconds later he handed two s'mores on a plate "Easy and filling, fast, and awesome." he said smirking teasingly, as he handed it to her.

She thanked him, and took a big bite. "Hm, so good, you are a life saver!" she said between bites.

He laughed, "Wow, you really are hungry, huh?"

"Well," she said, looking shyly up at him, "You did only give me a small bowl of pasta, and apple sticks."

"Yeah, sorry about that, girlfriends I've dated said I always make too much food."

"Oh, so they don't eat you mean?" she teased, taking another bite of s'more.

He mockingly laughed, "Ha ha, isn't someone funny. But yes, mostly they didn't." he said,enjoying watching her eat.

She looked like she felt bad, "Oh, sorry. . .I-I didn't know. . ."

The smile Gabe gave didn't reach his eyes, "Yeah, well, me too. I'm glad to see you eat."

She nodded, feeling awful for what she said, "Thanks."

He chuckled, "You already said that."

"Yeah, I mean it though." she breather.

He put his hand to her chin, whipping off the chocolate and marshmallow. "It's fine."

She gazed sweetly towards his face, trying to catch his eyes, as he kept his hand against her face, staring at her lips " I-I think-"

"Shh, I hate that word. It's a very frustrating word." Gabe murmured, and he meant it as he came closer to her. Thinking about things was stopping him from kissing her again.

But now, while he wasn't thinking, he was going to do it.

He was going to kiss her while his mind was still not processing what he was fully doing.

And as his lips brushed against hers, the doorbell rang. Tara quickly reacted, and backed away, spilling her plate of s'mores, she looked down at the broken plate, and quickly went to the floor with Gabe to pick them up.

After they picked up all the pieces she rushed to the door that was now opened, "Hey, I didn't know what movie we should watch tonight? 'Never been kissed.' Or 'Decoyed bride'?" Audrey asked, walking in towards her, stopping dead in her tracks at the sight of Gabe, who was right behind Tara.

"What is going on?" she asked, a little stunned.

"Not what you think!" Tara replied quickly.

"Really? Than why is Gabe here?"

Gabe just rolled his eyes and walked away, "Have fun explaining. I'm going up to my room. Later Odd-freak." he said, going up the stairs.

Tara shook her head, "Gabe!"

Audrey stopped her, "It's alright. That's just the way Gabe is. Mean and jerk, nothing more inside that shell."

Gabe heard her words, but didn't pause. He knew what he said was mean, but at the time his thinking processor was still not fully doing it's job. But his mouth never seemed to fail him. He silently prayed Tara wouldn't think of him the way her best friend did.

Than he realized that's exactly what he should want.

"Than why do I feel like such crap!" he growled, laying down on his bed, and hiding his face with his hands.

Tara had watched him leave, knowing he was mad at himself, and knowing she didn't help anything, so she turned to Audrey, "I'll explain while we watch a movie, okay? Let me make popcorn for us." Audrey seemed unsatisfied with this answer, but humbly sat down, and gave her the okay.

Than she went into the kitchen, went pass the microwave opened the kitchen window to breathe, this was killing her, she didn't know what to do.

A/N: Sorry, I just finished this, so it might not be as great since I did it late at night. I just wanted to get this chapter in. I will be updating more soon. I like this one though, and I hope you all enjoyed it too. Thanks for the reviews, I'm sorry it took me a long time to update. I am really going through some things at this time.

Those awesome review people:

musiceforeverluver: Don't worry, I love Gavin too, I just need a reason to split them up cause I don't like 'em together, lol, so I will be finding who I feel is suited awesomely for that beautiful Gavin soon, no worries, and thank you for liking! 3

Abbie: I ammmmmm, lol. Hope you haven't forgotten me,or I'd just cry my eyes out! (Unless you make me a ham and cheese sandwich ,cause I just love those things!)

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Guest: I must know who you are! I must! And if you have a username, and it is ham and cheese sandwiches, you will become my favourite authors on fanfiction, even if you have no stories, cause your name is obviously poetic! If that is even your name,and then you loved this, so man on man, I'd probably have to marry you.

Amsparz: Whoa, ASAP, I love those letters in bold, meaning you liked it. I have the neeeed to hug and kiss you, but that would probably be a little creepy, so I'll just say thank you! :)

kagome higurash: First of all, let me say I'm so happy I can copy and paste your name! XD And thank you, I enjoyed reading your review! And if I had to choose which would make me happier to receive, ham and cheese sandwich, or your review. . .I would go with. . . the ham and cheese sandwich! but you would definitely come in a close second you awesome reviewer you, (I should probably stop talking about my love for ham and cheese sandwiches, huh?)

AmandaSimmons95: The girl/or guy who has been there from what seems the start, right now I am drunk from sleepiness, so I will say only this, I appreciate the love! You made me a happy happy person! You rule!:)

Bethan forever: I must say I love your name, Ethan and Benny are amazing as is, and than you make their names combined! I love them too! And I also love the pair of Gabe and Tara! Why I'm writing it! I hope you and all the other reviewers and people who view like this, and I'm sorry for making this so long! LOL, I'm just one of those sappy people who get touched by the beauty of things like this. Awesomeness of knowing I'm not the only one who likes these two, lol. Now I'm sure my commenting back to reviews was just as long as my story. Sorry if it annoyed you! Please don't kill me, don't you want to know what happens with Gabe, Tara, and the ham and cheese sandwich?! To make it up, I'll writing as hard as I can, and I will not mention ham and cheese sandwiches again,. . .after that!

Love the, happy she's not the only one, Justanothergirl~

I really should change my really long username. O_o

Oh well. . .:)