A/N: Thank you, Anna the Viking for reviewing on the second chapter! Here is the third chapter, and hopefully it's a longer chapter… I tried. But anyways, this is the third chapter for everyone who reviewed and follows this story.

I change into tonight's clothes, tug my pink converses on and hop on my bike. Alice's house is two miles away, so it takes me a half hour to get there. I hop off my bike, my too-big-bike-apparently-I'll-grow-into bike, and place it carefully next to Alice's cute sky blue bike which is at least two times bigger than mine. I run up to the door and knock. Alice answers and she gasps at me.

"Ally?" I say.

"Oh my gosh! Larky! I missed you so much!" she yelps, hugging me tightly.

"It's been three years!" I say.

"Wow, that long?" she asks.

"Yeah, it's really surprising. Can I come in?"

"Of course!" I step into her house and walk up the stairs to her room. She always had us stay in her room because her dad won't bother us up there. Her room looks practically the same: light blue walls, small bed, a desk, a wardrobe, and posters on the wall. I instinctly hop onto her bed.

"So, why are you here?" she asks.

"Oh, Charles told me you were planning on playing the wife in the short film we're making. I thought I'd come by to wait with you," I explain. She nods and sits next to me on her bed.

"Yeah, I thought it would be fun," she says.

"So, how's school?" I ask. Since we haven't been together for so long, I need to know what's been happening.

"Well, school was good, except for Mrs. Mullin's English class," she explains. "She is so scary!" I laugh.

"Well, of course she is! I have her for sixth period," I say.

"Mine's fourth period. Anyways, how's dance going for you?" she asks.

"It's really good, but I take a break for the summer," I say. I look over to the clock: 10:45. Whoa, time moves really fast.

"How about ride our bikes around the neighborhood while we wait for midnight to come?" She smiles widely.

"Yeah! I can race you!" she says. I race her to the door and I beat her there. We walk towards our bikes. I hop onto my bike and start pedaling towards the stop sign and down the hill.

"Race you to the cemetery!" Alice yells. I'm actually surprised I could hear her, considering my horrible hearing. I pedal faster and ride over the sidewalk and into the gates of the cemetery. I turn around before Alice could get to the sidewalk and I grin smugly at her. She sticks her tongue out playfully and follows my bike up the hill to her house. I laugh and hop off my bike. She pulls up next to me.

"Hah! I beat you!" I say, laughing. She laughs and checks her watch.

"It's 11:50. We should go pick up the guys," she says. I nod and I hop into the car and waited for her to grab the keys so we could go. We start driving to the meeting spot near Charles' house.

"Aren't you a little young to be driving?" I ask.

"Yeah, but my dad doesn't care unless it gets scratched," she confirms. I see the boys sitting on Charles' lawn, waiting for us. We pull up and roll down the window.

"Hey Alice, Lark," Charles says.

"Joe Lamb? He's the deputy's kid! What is he doing here?" Alice shrieks. I'm shocked by her reaction.

"Makeup and special effects," Charles says.

"You knew that?" Joe says, looking pleasantly surprised.

"Charles, I don't have a license. I can't drive with him," she says, grumpily. I groan and set my heat on my hand.

"Well, if you want him to stay back, I guess-" Charles begins.

"What?!" Joe hisses at Charles. I turn to Alice.

"Ally, he's not the type of kid to tell on people to his dad, especially his friends," I say to Alice. She glares accusingly at the boys.

"You can trust me. My dad will never know," Joe says.

"Get in," she finally says. I grin and fistpump. Cary hops in next to me and Charles next to me. Martin, Joe and Preston climb into the backseat. I highfive Cary. We drive for a while before anyone says anything.

"So, I wrote some new lines. Do you want to see them?" Charles says, finally breaking the silence. Alice shakes her head.

"What? New lines? Charles, do I have new lines?" Martin interrupts. I roll my eyes. I'm pretty sure everyone else did, too.

"You know what would be great? If you could cry in the scene. Can you do that?" Charles says, ignoring Martin's protests.

"No," Alice replies.

"I'm impressed," Preston interrupts.

"You know the first place I'll drive when I get my license?" Cary asks. Leave it to Cary to bring up a totally random topic. "Newcastle, Pennsylvania. Fireworks capital of America." I should have guessed.

"Want one?" Joe says, quietly, handing a twizzler to Alice. She takes it rather sharply. I turn around.

"Joe, can I have one? Please?" I ask. He smiles and hands me a twizzler. I happily eat it until we get there.

A/N: Here's Chapter 3! Enjoy and review, please! I'll get chapter 4 up as fast as possible!