AN-Well here it is. Chapter 4. I hope you like it please read and review. HOPE YOU LIKE IT!!

Chapter 4

We raced down the street that led us back to the main roads. "So do you want me to drop you off and then go pack or do you want to come with me to pack?" Lexi said talking loudly over the music. I reached to the stereo and turned it down. "Um…yeah take me to my house. I just have to talk to my parents and spend a little time with them before I leave again." I said. "Okay." Lexi said with a smile.

We pulled up to my house. I jumped out but before she left I yelled back at her. "I love you more." And chuckled. "Never in a million years." Lexi yelled back and then sped off so that I couldn't answer. I flashed back to when Lexi, Tara, and me had first started that. We were seven years old and Lexi said to us. "You guys are my best friends and I love you two so much." She said. "I love you both more." I answered back to her. And it went on for hours, coming up with reasons why we loved each other more. I smiled at the thought and walked up the walkway to my house.

I opened to door to my house. "Alyson is that you?" I heard my mom call out. "Yeah mom it's me." I yelled out. My mom walked out of her office and greeted me with a hug. That was one thing I loved is that my mom and me were so close. "So where have you been?" she asked. "Oh I was at the mall. I didn't get anything though." I said calmly. "Did you have fun?" she asked. "Yeah, hey do you mind if Lexi and Tara spend the night?" I asked. "No, tell them to go ahead and come over." She said with a smile. "Okay when they get here we are all going to go eat." I said. "Okay remember it's a school night so you need to be home by ten o'clock." She said with authority. "Yes ma'am." I said respectfully.

When the doorbell rang I ran to get it. "Hey Tara." I said as I opened the door to see Tara at the door. "Hey" she said coming in and hugging me. "Okay so what's the plan? Where are we going to eat?" Tara asked. "Um…I don't know let's wait until Lexi gets here and we will decide together." I answered. Just then the doorbell rang." Oh speak of the devil." I chuckled hurrying to the door. "Hey." Lexi said excitedly rushing to hug me. "Didn't you three just see each other twenty minutes ago?" My dad said walking into the foyer. "Yes dad but…never mind you wouldn't understand." I said annoyed. "Hi girls how are you two doing?" My dad asked both of my friends. "I am good." Tara answered with a smile. "Me too. I am doing good." Lexi said with excitement. "Do I hear my adoptive daughters?" my mom said joining everyone in the foyer. "Yes Mrs.Stahl its us." Tara laughed. "Girls you8 know you can call me Victoria. So how are you girls doing?" she asked as she gave each one of them a hug. "We are good." They said in unison. "Mom, can we talk later, we are really hungry." I said. "Oh yes you girls go have fun." She smiled.

We walked out the door into the pleasant seaside weather. "Who's car should we take?" Lexi asked. "Um… let's take mine." I answered with a smile. We climbed into my car and I started it. "Where are we going to eat?" Tara asked with a smile. "I think I have an idea." I said beginning to drive in the direction of the familiar restaurant.

We drove up to the all to familiar Chinese restaurant that held so many of our memories…

Flashback age 10:

"So girls where do you want to eat tonight? Since you are having a sleepover, I will let the three of you choose." My mom told Tara, Lexi, and I from the front seat of the car. "What about that new Chinese place, Teriyaki House." Lexi said with excitement. "Yeah" Tara said. "Sounds good." I answered smiling.

The flood of memories from that first dinner here came back to me. I could see Tara and Lexi remembering too. Every time we came here these same memories came back and reminded us that we weren't just friends, we were sisters. We had helped each other through everything and as long as we lived we would always be there for each other no matter where in the world we lived.

We walked in and were greeted by an averaged height Chinese man that came toward us smiling and reaching to hug each one of us. "Hi Paul." We all said to the owner, going up to hug him. "Hi girls, how are you doing?" he asked. "We are good." I said speaking for the whole group. "Okay well girls I have your usual table." Paul said walking to the table that we had shared all of our problems at. We sat down and began talking as Paul walked away. "So, I think there are things we need to talk about." Tara said always being the one to get right down to business. "And what would that be." I asked questioningly. "Um…let's think. Um…Lucas maybe." Tara said sarcastically beginning to giggle. "Why do we need to talk about that?" I asked. "I just want to know what you are planning on doing." Tara said. "Yeah, are you going to dump Brian and go out with Lucas or are you going to forget about Lucas and continue going out with Brian?" Lexi asked. "I don't know. I don't want to dump Brian because I really like him but I just feel this unreal, indescribable, undeniable connection to Lucas." I said. "But you have only known him for a day." Lexi said. "I know that's one thing that confuses me so much, but you know how in movies they always talk about love at first sight." I said. "Are you saying that love at first sight is real?" Tara asked skeptically. "No it wasn't love at first sight I don't think." I answered. "Well then…" Lexi stared to say but was interrupted by Paul coming to our table with three glasses of sweet tea." I guessed you would want your usual." Paul said with a smile. "You were right." I smiled back at him. "So same as usual for dinner beef lo mien and fried rice right?" Paul said as he began writing in his notebook. "You got it." Lexi said. "We are so predictable." She giggled. "Okay I will get that right out to you." Paul said as he walked away. "Anyway as I was saying, if it wasn't love at first sight what was it?" Lexi asked with a confused look on her face. "Okay well the only way I know how to describe it is you know when you put a magnet close to metal…how it is just drawn to it by some magical force. That's what it was like." I said dreamily. "Awww. It sounds so romantic." Lexi said tilting her head to the side. "It was but it doesn't change the way I feel about Brian. It was powerful but I could never do that to him. I could never hurt him like that." I said looking down at the table. Lexi and Tara got up from their chairs and kneeled beside me and put one hand on my back and held my hand with the other. "It's okay just do what you feel your heart is telling you to do." Lexi said soothingly. "But I just don't understand. How can I so desperately want this guy that I don't know. I mean Brian is such a nice guy." I said beginning to tear up. "Well it sounds like you have made your choice Alyson. It sounds like you have chosen Brian." Tara said. "Yes but I don't know weather I an choosing him because I really want to be with him or if its because I just don't want him to get hurt." I said. "Well just figure that out first before you do anything too drastic." Tara said. I lifted my head up and looked to the left and right at my two best friends. We all leaned in together and hugged. "Thank you two so much for always being here for me." I said. "Are you kidding?" Tara said. "Yeah that's what we are here for." Lexi said.

Paul brought our food out. "Thank you Paul." We all said in unison. He laughed. "Anything for my favorite customers." He answered. We ate our dinner discussing unimportant subjects and then got in my car and drove to my house which was like home to all of us.

AN- okay well that is the last of my pre written work so it might be a little while til I get another chapter up. But be patient. lol Hoped You Liked It