"Thanks for coming…" She said in a quiet voice. He wrapped her in a hug.

"I'm sorry this is what we had to do today." She wiped her eyes.

"My uncle said they have something big to tell me… I'll talk to you later." She squeezed in a quick hug before running off, her black skirt trailing after her.

**Jackie**

"That, was amazing!" Scarlett screamed when we exited the arena after the concert. I laughed.

"The concert, or are you still talking about hanging out with them last night?" She looked like she was thinking about it.

"Both!" She shrieked. I laughed at her and started looking for her car. It actually took us a good half hour to even find her car! I looked at my watch. 9:47… It took a half hour to get home, and so we had a good 2 hours or so to do whatever. Scarlett seemed to figure this out.

"Lay on beach?" She smiled.

"Hell yeah!" I smiled. When we were kids, and we had sleepovers (this was before Sophia moved here), Daniel would drive us up to Honolulu at night and we would lay on the beach for hours! Then he went to college and Scarlett got her license, so we started to go. It was kinda our little secret thing to do together.

"We should stop at the store and pick up some food first… I'm starving!" She laughed. I nodded.

"Same here… Let's go!" We pulled into the parking lot, which was pretty empty, and walked into the store.

"Okay, I'll get salts, you get sweets?" She looked at me, and I nodded. We always split it up as salts (chips) and sweets (CANDY), since we could get out faster that way. I went and picked up a bunch of candy, which is always necessary, and started to head to the register when I passed the music section. I walked over, pulled the headphones over my head, and selected an album. You could only listen to like a minute of each song, but it was still fun to do. I smiled when I saw Elevate, and clicked it, playing Invisible. The song just started playing into my ears, and before I knew it, I was singing along.

**Carlos**

"Thank you Honolulu!" Kendall yelled.

"You guys were great!" Logan shouted.

"We love you guys!" James yelled.

"Good night!" I ended.

We ran off the stage, and quickly changed, and walked up to our manager.

"Hi boys, great show!" Bethany smiled.

"Does this mean we're on vacation now?" James asked. Bethany rolled her eyes.

"Yes, you're on vacation! Enjoy it!" She smiled and walked away to talk to someone. We all cheered, and ran outside.

"What should we do first?" Kendall asked.

"First? It's 10 o'clock at night. What can we do?" I asked.

"We could hang out on the beach. People do it all the time!" Logan suggested. We all nodded and agreed, and started towards the beach, when my stomach growled.

"Okay, maybe we should get some food first…" Kendall suggested.

"Good Idea." We all agreed. The only problem was, every fast food place was closed. Then James spotted a store that was open 24 hours, so we pulled in and walked through the doors, and split up to find our separate foods.

I was walking through aisles when I heard something out of the ordinary…

"Oh, when the lights go down in the city, you'll be right there shining bright…"

Where the hell was that coming from? I looked around. It was our song, but a girl singing…

"You're a star the skys the limit, and I'll be right by your side…"

I rounded a corner to see a girl standing there, a pile of candy at her feet, and headphones over her ears, completely unaware of her surroundings.

"Jackie?" I smiled. She pulled down her headphones and turned around, a confused look on her face.

"Carlos?" She asked, a little shocked.

"Hi. Were you just singing?" Her eyes went wide.

"Holy crap you heard me?" I chuckled.

"Um, yeah, from about 3 rows over." She gasped and covered her mouth with her hand, and her face got bright red. "You sounded pretty good, don't worry!" I said quickly.

"Really?" I nodded, and she instantly calmed down a bit. "Wow, okay. What are you doing here anyway?" She looked at me, head tilted.

"Getting food. What are you doing here?" She looked at her feet.

"Getting food." We both answered at the same time. She then smiled and bent down to pick up her candy.

"I better leave now… I hope I see you again sometime. It's happened twice already." She smiled and turned down the aisle.

"Wait, Jackie." I quickly said, and she turned around.

"Yeah?" Oh crap now what did I say…

"I was wondering if… Maybe if…" Okay, now I had to get nervous? Really? "Maybe if you had a phone?" What the hell?

"If I have a phone…" She said slowly. I nodded. "Um.. Yeah? Why?"

"I was wondering if I could… If I could ask… Shit…" She smiled and pulled a sharpie out of her pocket and grabbed my hand, writing down 7 digits on my hand.

"There." She put the sharpie back in her pocket.

"Thanks… Do you just carry that around?" I smiled.

"Yeah, never know when you're gonna need one. Like now, for instance." She smiled. I nodded.

"Jackie?" We heard someone say from a few feet away.

"Scar?" She called back. Her friend from last night turned around the corner, and seemed relieved to find Jackie.

"There you are I've been looking for you everywhere! Let's go." She said and walked back around the corner, then 5 seconds later came back.

"Are you Carlos Pena?" She said in disbelief. I nodded, and she did a little shriek. "Sorry… But Jackie, we really have to go. It was rather nice to see you again." She smiled, grabbed Jackie's arm, and dragged her off, leaving me in the aisle.

**MEMORY**

"Carlos! Look at this!" Jackie yelled to her friend. He came running up and looked at the bracelets. They were rope and each one had a different colored bead on it.

"Wow! Those are so cool!" He smiled. He looked at the price, and they were a dollar each. "Do you have any money?" She shook her head.

"Do you?" She asked, and he checked his pockets, finding two dollar bills.

"Yeah, I have $2."

"You should get one!" She smiled. He nodded, and looked through all the bracelets. There were so many!

"But which one…" He asked. She looked through and picked up a dark purple one.

"This one." She smiled. "Purple's your favorite color!" He nodded, and picked up a bright red one.

"Okay, but only if you get this one."

"I don't have any money Carlos…" She frowned.

"Then I'll buy yours. It's a present." He smiled.

"Really?"

"Yeah, think of it as a friendship bracelet."

"What's that?" She asked.

"A friendship bracelet is something that best friends give each other. It's like saying they'll be friends forever." She smiled.

"We're gonna be friends forever. Thank you Carlos." We went and paid for the bracelets, and went down the street back to our houses.

"Oh they have strawberries! At… Ole Grove… I'm never gonna remember that…" She said quietly. He pulled out a sharpie from his pocket and wrote it on her hand.

"There. Now you'll remember." He smiled and put the sharpie away.

"Do you just carry that around?" She asked. He nodded.

"Pretty much. Never know when you'll need it, like now for instance." He smiled, and they walked back to the houses, with their matching bracelets.

**Carlos**

That memory came right into my brain when she pulled out the sharpie. I looked down at my bracelet. The rope had worn a little bit, and faded, but the bead was still a deep purple. I could no longer really move it up and down on my arm, as I've grown a bit since then, and it has shrunk. It still fit though, so it's okay. I was looking at it when someone placed their hand on my shoulder, causing me to jump a bit.

"Dude, you okay?" James smiled. "You've been standing here for a bit." I nodded.

"Yeah, fine."

"Great, let's get your food and… What's on your hand?" He looked at me. He grabbed my hand and looked at the number. "Whose number is this?"

"A girl's." He shrugged.

"At least it's a human. Okay, let's go." I followed him out of the store.