A/N: Thanks again for reviewing and thanks to galindapopular for the info! Hope you all enjoy this chapter... I'm trying to go really slow with this story, instead of the others which were around 16-22 chapters, this one will be much, much longer than that because I have so much that I wanna do with these characters, so I hope you're all ready for that! Please review because it inspires me!


"What about this one?" Molly asked Jade and Jennifer as she pulled a blue dress from the hanger.

Jade grimaced. "No, blue is definitely not your color," She said, putting the dress back and picking up a similar one, in green. "This one is perfect; it'll make your eyes stand out." She said and Molly raised an eyebrow. "Trust me, Mol, I know stuff, okay?"

Molly laughed and nodded as she headed into the dressing room.

"Oh my God," Jennifer whispered and Jade looked at her.

"What?" She said, walking over to her best friend and smiled when she saw what Jennifer was currently staring at. "He's here alone," Jade said and Jennifer looked at him. "You should definitely go talk to him!"

"Really?" Jennifer said, looking back. "I mean… I don't want to seem too desperate."

"Oh, please," Jade said, with an eye roll. "He's coming this way, go!" She said, pushing her out of the store.

Jennifer was unable to react as she bumped into Aidan. "Sorry!" She said, immediately and he held onto her so she wouldn't fall.

"It's alright," He smiled and she felt herself blush. "How are you?"

"I'm great," She smiled. "What about you?"

"I'm good," He said and she nodded. "Listen, I was wondering if I'd still be able to take you up on your offer? You know, your sister tutoring me…" Her eyebrows raised and he scratched his head. "My mom's been driving me crazy about getting my grades up and I could really use the help,"

"She'd love to," She grinned, excitedly. "I'll let her know tonight and make sure she calls you," She said and he nodded.

"Thanks, this means a lot to me," He said and quickly kissed her cheek. She immediately blushed and he smiled. "Well, I'll see you later." He said and she nodded.

"Bye." She said, almost breathless, as she watched him walk away.

"Oh my God!" Jennifer heard Jade from behind her. She turned around to see Jade and Molly walking towards her. "You totally like him and he totally likes you!" She said, excitedly. "This is so exciting!" She squealed and Jennifer blushed.

"Our little Jenny's growing up!" Molly laughed, and Jennifer put her hands in front of her face to hide her blushing as they continued walking.


"I mean, how hot is he?" Andria said to Sophia, who simply rolled her eyes, as they walked to Andria's. "Everything he does just makes me… melt! And he's the sweetest too! He like, opens the door for me, holds my books… no guy has ever done that for me before!" She said, happily, but Sophia didn't seem to be listening. "Hello? Earth to Soph!"

Sophia looked at her. "Sorry," She said, quickly. "I just have a lot on my mind."

"Like what? You've been out of it all day." She said and Sophia shrugged. "Is it because I'm hanging out with Jared? I mean… I know you two were close but, it doesn't bother you does it?"

Sophia rolled her eyes. "No, it has nothing to do with Jared." She said and Andria raised an eyebrow. "Whatever, I'm just gonna go home, if that's okay?" She asked. "I'm suddenly not feeling too well."

Andria bit her lip, wondering what was going on with her best friend. "Okay," She nodded. "Promise you'll call me later and tell me what's wrong?"

Sophia rolled her eyes. "There's nothing wrong," She said and Andria looked at her. "I'm just worried about school and stuff, okay? I promise it's nothing." She said and Andria nodded.

"Well, call me later anyway," She said. "Mystery boy sent me another letter and I want to read it to you!" She said, excitedly and Sophia nodded.

"Can't wait." She smiled, trying to sound as enthusiastic as possible. Andria smiled and hugged her, then turned the other way to go home.

Sophia went the other way and a couple minutes later froze when she saw Jared jogging her way. He had his iPod plugged in but she knew very well that he saw her. She tried to look the other way, in hopes that he wouldn't walk over to talk to her, but he did.

"Hey Soph!" He said, with a smile, as he ran over to her. He took out one of his headphones and she gave him a quick nod, trying to get past him but he wouldn't let her. "What's up?"

"Nothing," She said. "I'm just going home."

"Why don't I walk you?" He asked and she looked up at him. "I miss your mom." He confessed and she forced a smile.

"Well, she's not home yet so…" She trailed, walking away but he followed her.

"Well, we can hang out then, no?" He asked and she stopped to look up at him. "We haven't done that in a while." He said and she shrugged.

"I'm not really feeling well, so it probably wouldn't be a good idea." She said and he frowned.

"What's wrong?" He asked and she lowered her eyes. "You've been acting weird ever since you and Andria came over…" He trailed and she looked at him. "Did my dad say something to you?"

"No," She said. "It's nothing – you don't have to worry about me."

He nodded slowly. "Okay," He said. "Will I be seeing you at the dance Friday?" He asked and she shrugged.

"Maybe, if Andria finds a way to convince me to go," She said and he nodded.

"Um, I was wondering if you'd maybe… like to go with me? As my date?" He asked and she stared at him, not knowing what to say.

She frowned and crossed her arms over her chest. "Why don't you ask Andria? You know, since you two have been hanging out so much lately?" She said, coldly and then walked away.

He didn't follow her this time, instead he turned around and walked the other way, finding himself standing in front of Andria's house.

He walked over and rang the doorbell, Andria happily answered.

"Hey you!" She smiled, "What are you doing here?"

"I want to go to the dance with you," He said and her eyes widened. "I want you to be my date." He breathed and she smiled. "Will you go with me?"

She smiled. "Of course!" She said, happily and he grinned.

"Great," He smiled. "So, I'll pick you up at seven?"

"Sure," She nodded and he smiled, walking away.


As Jade and Molly returned from the mall, Jade grimaced when she saw a long line up of people with musical instruments outside her house.

"What the hell is this?" She said, pushing past the people as she and Molly walked into the garage. "Ugh, Ethan!" She shouted, annoyed. "What the hell are all these band geeks doing outside our house?"

He looked up at her. "We're holding an open audition, Jade," he said and she crossed her arms over her chest. "You know, since our band sucks." He said and Molly laughed. He looked at her and smiled. "Hey, Molly." He said, causing her to blush.

"Oh, hi, Ethan." She said, awkwardly and Jade looked at her.

"Since when do you two talk?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Since you left her alone to watch a movie while you made out with Casey last time she was over." Ethan said and Jade rolled her eyes.

"Whatever," She said, sitting down on the couch next to Andrew. "Mind if we watch?"

"Not at all," Andrew said, with a wink and Jade grimaced.

"Okay, ew," She said, pushing him off the couch.

Ethan laughed and looked over at Molly. "Why don't you sit next to me, Molly?" He asked and she looked at him, then at Jade, who gave her a warning glare.

"Uh, I think I'll sit with Jade," She said. "I wouldn't want Andy to get beat up by Casey for hitting on her." She winked, sitting next to Jade.

He shrugged and they continued to watch the auditions until Nora came over.

"Hi baby!" She said, walking into the garage.

Molly watched as Nora walked over to Ethan. Her eyes widened when she kissed him, not knowing he had a girlfriend.

"Hey, sweetie," He said, awkwardly as he quickly glanced over at Molly then back at Nora. He smiled. "I'm so happy you came."

She smiled back and sat next to him as he wrapped his arm around her.

Jade raised an eyebrow and noticed Molly's hurt expression so she quickly stood up. "This is boring," She said and Molly looked up at her. "Let's ditch these losers." She said, taking Molly by the hand as they exited the garage.

"Ugh, I hate the way Molly follows her around like a puppy," Nora said, with an eye roll and Ethan looked at her.

"Molly's actually really nice, okay?" He said, defensively and Nora raised an eyebrow. He shook his head and looked forward. "Next, please?"


Melanie sat in her bedroom doing homework. She loved school but it was the first week and teachers were already assigning homework? She couldn't believe it.

She sighed, putting her pencil down for a break and almost jumped when her cell phone rang.

"Hello?" She said, expecting it to be Nora.

"Hi, uh… is this Melanie Reed?" A man's voice said.

She raised an eyebrow. "Um, yeah," She started. "Who's this?"

"Aidan… Banks," He said quickly. "Jen said you could tutor me?"

She sighed. "Oh, right," She said, looking down at her tutoring schedule. "Well, before I can agree to tutor you," She started. "You have to promise to be serious about this. I like getting paid but I don't like wasting my time with people who don't give a shit." She said and he was surprised.

"Um, yeah, I'm serious," He mumbled. "Bad grades equal no soccer and no soccer… well, let's just say I probably wouldn't be able to live without it." He said and she nodded.

"I'm available tomorrow after school, can you do that?"

"Uh, yeah," He said. "I mean, I don't think I have soccer practice but with Coach, you never know," He said and she nodded.

"Okay, see you then," She said, about to hang up but then Jennifer's head popped in her room.

"Is that Aidan?" She whispered, excitedly.

"Yes," Melanie said, rolling her eyes.

Jennifer smiled. "Okay, well, tell him I say hi! Please?"

"Jennifer says hi," Melanie said, into the phone and Aidan smiled.

"Tell her I say hi back and… can't wait to see her tomorrow." He said and Melanie rolled her eyes.

She turned to her sister. "He says hi back and can't wait to see you tomorrow." She repeated and Jennifer squealed.

"Okay, tell him-"

"What do I look like, a freaking messenger?" Melanie interrupted and Jennifer raised an eyebrow. "If you have something to say to him, why don't you just call him?" She suggested and Jennifer narrowed her eyes at her. Melanie brought the phone back to her ear and sighed. "I'll see you tomorrow after school." She said and quickly hung up.

"Thanks for doing this, Melly, really!" Jennifer said, walking over to her sister and hugging her. "It really means a lot to me… he means a lot to me." She said with a smile and Melanie nodded.

"I know he does," She smiled. "Sorry if I'm being a brat," She said and Jennifer laughed.

"Only a little," She winked and walked out.

Melanie shook her head and laughed, then sighed as she got back to her homework.