Author's Notes: Hello :) I bet you didn't expect a chapter from me today did you ;) haha. Well, this chapter took me like an hour to do and my friend said I can use his computer again, so why not? :D Lol. I don't have much to say except...THIS CHAPTER IS NOT LONG AT ALL! SO DO NOT COMPLAIN! This is ONLY a filler chapter! Kay? Oh and I hope nothing up here messes up -.- I'm using Microsoft and I'm guessing that it's messing things up because in CWOHS2 all my " and ' were missing -_- I had no idea that happened until I read reviews -_- So if you see anything, let me know and I will be sure to fix that :) Thank you...I hope you enjoy this short chapter xD.

The next day when I arrived at my bus stop, Paul was waiting there for me in his car. Instead of getting on the bus, I hopped in his car and sat happily as I rode on the passenger side. We pulled into the student parking lot and I slowly got out so that everybody standing around could see Paul and me together. Envy was so thick in the air that I could almost smell it. I walked side by side with Paul, his arm was over my shoulders, but the interaction between us let everyone know that we were together. I was proudly taken.

"I thought about what happened with us last night." I whispered nervously in his ear. We had managed to avoid the subject the entire ride to school.

"Oh, yeah?" He replied. "What have you been thinking?"

"That I want to." I stated. He stopped walking for a moment.

"Really?" He asked and then started to walk again.

"Yes, I'm sure, but we can't do it at my house, that's for sure. My aunt's schedule is too unpredictable. I don't want her to walk in on us."

"Don't worry; I'll take care of that." He said before he leaned down and kissed my cheek. "I'll see you later, Dawn." He winked at me and went the other direction. I smiled at him and turned the other way and started to walk to my class.

On my way to class I stopped at May's locker. "Hey May." I greeted as she was finishing up at her locker.

She put up the peace sign after closing her locker. I frowned at the nonchalant gesture. We were always happy to see each other, but today, all of a sudden, she had an attitude. I thought everything would be okay after our conversation on the phone last night. Maybe, I'd thought wrong.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked.

"Nothing's wrong. I just don't feel like being in anybody's face today." She said as she turned to head for her class. I knew she was trying to be funny. It took everything in me to keep my cool because I was ready to go off on her. "I saw you and Paul walking in the building arm in arm. So what, you two are together now?"

"Oh so now you're talking to me?" I asked playfully. I smiled and waited for her to say something as I slowly walked behind her.

"I was just asking." May said, shrugging.

"Why are you mad at me? Is this about Paul again?" I already knew that it was about Paul, but I wanted to put all of my cards on the table. "I thought we squashed this yesterday?" Evidently, May seeing me with Paul this morning had caused her attitude to resurface.

"I'm not mad at you. I just still think it's kind of fucked up how you went after the boy that I liked." May said while folding her arms across her chest.

"Okay, for real, let's put this on the table." Both May and I stopped walking. She turned to face me as I continued. "I really like Paul. Please don't get mad about this. You're my best friend. I have enough people that are jealous of me, already. I don't want my supposed to be 'best friend' to jump on that bandwagon too."

"Jealous?"

"Come on, May, you know I didn't mean it like that. I just want everything to be cool between us. Are we good?"

May shrugged. "Yeah we're good. I told you I'm not mad. Paul is on yesterday's agenda." She changed the subject, but not really. "Why weren't you on the bus today? Did your aunt drop you off at school?"

"Paul picked me up today." I said with a smirk. I knew that it would get under her skin, but I didn't care. I had always supported her, so I expected her to get over herself and be there for me.

"Well, I've got to go. Have a good day." She said as she walked away and headed into her classroom.

As I made my way to class, I could feel people looking at me. Some people had envy in their eyes, while others went out of their way to speak to me.

Being with a popular group of girls like I'd done in the past had nothing on being Paul's girlfriend. Being his girlfriend was like being teen royalty. Suddenly everybody knew my name and wanted to be around me. I was the center of attention at lunch. I had more friends than I ever had. I was a permanent fixture on Paul's arm. We were the cutest couple in school.

Over time, May stayed distant, but she stopped with the sarcastic comments. We weren't as close as we once were, but I had a new boyfriend and really didn't have time for anything else but him anyways. Aunt Joy knew nothing about me having a boyfriend, but I snuck around so that I could see him. I began to skip class with Paul almost every day, and what was once the upper classmen hangout spot in the basement, became me and Paul's private spot.

I didn't think I was wrong for lying to my aunt about my whereabouts when I was with Paul. I felt like he would keep me safe and I would do anything to spend time with him. I would tell my aunt that I was with May, but really I would be with Paul, going to the movies or just hanging out. It got to the point where he was the most important thing in my life. May, school, family...none of it mattered more than him. I don't know if I was clinging to him because my mother was no longer in my life, but I knew that Paul made me feel accepted and important.

Author's Notes: So how was that short chapter? :D I actually like it ^_^. Tell me what you think :)

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- Angel :]