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Part 3: When The Lie Turns Into Truth

A few days passed and Dana returned to her normal self. Cody seemed to be as normal as he could be. None of them mentioned the kiss, they didn't even talk about the day in the cinema at all. Dana thought everything was back to normal until she came home from school and ran into her sister.

"So Cody, hm?" Karen asked as soon as Dana closed the door to their room and nodded.

"What's with Cody?" Dana didn't get Karen's comment at first.

"Well, he is rated very high and lots of girls want him, so now your ratings jumped up as well. Good move."

Dana looked at her sister with open mouth, totally lost.

"Oh Dana, almost everybody in the school knows you are with Cody."

Now Dana opened her mouth even more before she sat down on her bed and covered her face with her hands.

"According to the most popular girls, Cody is a hottie. You know, if you wanted some privacy, you should have gone with Bob... or Ted," Karen shrugged.

"Ted? He is two years younger than I and he can't even tie his shoelaces properly," Dana remarked and shivered. Maybe she should be happy people thought she was with Cody after all.

"So, I just wanted to say... Enjoy your popular life now," Karen said and grabbed her purse before she walked out of the room.

"Oh great," Dana told to herself. "Just when I thought my life couldn't get worse."

She stood up and made her way to the driveway where Cody's van was parked, carefully avoiding everybody who could know. Luckily, JT was busy enough with annoying Mark and Al was probably out with her friends. Dana knocked on Cody's van and Cody immediately opened it, letting her in without saying a word. Dana climbed up and closed the door behind her. She sat down on Cody's water bed, but didn't say anything.

"Is everything alright?" Cody raised one of his eyebrows as he sat next to her, making the bed move up and down.

"They know..." Dana managed to say.

"Know what?"

"About us..." she whispered, suddenly feeling like crying.

"But there is nothing to know about," he threw his arms up to the air and laughed, but frowned when Dana looked at him, obviously upset, "Or is there?"

"Almost the whole school knows, well, thinks that we are...," she gulped and thought about a better word than love, "...an item."

Cody rested his head on his hand and scratched his head, "So, I think this is the best time for you to say we are not."

Dana ignored Cody's comment and started to think aloud.

"I think I only have two options. Option one... saying I lied, which I really wouldn't want to do. Option two... to get together with you for real..."

"Woah... not that I am complaining, but... I don't think it's a good idea to date someone who you don't like," Cody remarked. "You know, after those three years that I've tried to make you like me, I've already got the idea..."

"Cody... don't get me wrong, please, but I do like you. I always have, but there has always been something that kept me away from you. Maybe I was just stupid to push away a guy who still liked me after those years," she sighed and rested her back against the wall of the van. "I think if you asked me out now, I would say yes."

"So, would you come out with me, then?" Cody took the hint.

"I would," Dana smiled as she pushed herself off the wall to move closer to Cody.

"For real?"

"For real," she said and captured his lips with hers.

To Be Continued