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A/N: I know I said that all my stories were on pause for the moment, because my computer is broken. But this story's chapter was only a couple of paragraphs in, where I have the other two chapters completely and totally finished. So that explains that XD.

Also thankies load to my beta Aliza, to all my readers, and to those fantastic reviewers :)

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Chapter 4: Just Crazy Enough to Drive Everyone Insane

Claire woke up with a smile on her face. She glanced at the clock eight a.m. she hadn't gotten up that early in a while. But she was excited, today was the first day in a long time that she was going to get to spend with Zach. Just her and Zach, she couldn't wait. She got out of bed and got dressed. Though she wasn't sure exactly what she should wear, he hadn't told her where they were going.

She decided that casual was best, so she grabbed a t-shirt and some jeans. Then headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth, do her make-up, etc. Once she was satisfied with her appearance she went over to the guest room that Zach was staying in. She knocked on the door and waited for a reply.

"Come in!" she heard him call.

She pushed open the door and wasn't surprised to find him on his laptop working on his film. "Still working on that film Zach?" she asked.

He turned around to grin at her. "You shouldn't be surprised," he said. "And you look nice today." He added the last as if it were an after thought, and saved his film. After he head he turned off his computer and turned back to her. "Ready to go?"

"Yup," Claire said, leading him out of the room and downstairs. They were going to stop at the kitchen to tell her parents that they were going to head out for a bit, and just hang out. What neither one had expected to see was West, standing in the kitchen, talking to Mrs. Bennet. And by the look on his face, he hadn't expected to see Zach there so soon either.

"Well good morning you two, it's about time you dragged yourself out of bed," Mrs. Bennet said with a smile. "Did you sleep well Zach?"

"Morning Mrs. Bennet," Zach said with a nod. "And yes I did."

West looked at Zach then at Claire and raised an eyebrow in question. Claire shrugged, though she had forgotten that today was her and West day in all the excitement. Mrs. Bennet watched the exchange, as did Zach.

"Claire, aren't you going to introduce these boys?" Mrs. Bennet asked.

"I was getting to that," she said. "Zach this is West, West this is Zach."

"Nice to meet you," they both said quietly, shaking each other's hand. Neither looked like they were happy to meet the other though, or see the other.

West turned to Claire, deciding to ignore Zach at the current moment. "So are you ready to get going?" he asked.

"Oh West, I'm sorry but Zach and I kinda made plans..." she trailed off.

"We made plans too, Claire," West pointed out.

"I know but I haven't seen Zach in forever," she said. "Please say that you understand. We'll do something tomorrow."

"Why don't you all go out together?" Mrs. Bennet suggested. Three pairs of shocked teenage eyes met her face. How could she suggest such a thing? It was absolutely crazy. There was no way all three of them could hang out for a day and not have it feeling awkward. It wasn't possible it was-

"That's a great idea mom," Claire said, surprising everyone, including herself. The smile on her face looked a bit forced, but it was a smile nonetheless. "We can all go out together, and have fun. And it'll give Zach and West a chance to get to know each other better. After all I think my best friend and my boyfriend should get along."

"Right... great idea," Zach said, trying to give her a smile. Though he thought it was a horrible idea, he'd been looking forward to having a day of just the two of them. However he wasn't about to come back immediately and cause a rift between the two of them. If he wanted things to be okay between the two of them, he'd have to go along with a few things that he didn't like. Such as spending the day with West.

"Yeah great," West agreed, though there was obvious half-heartedness in his voice.

"Great then it's settled," she said with a smile. "Where do you guys wanna go that all three of us can enjoy?" Neither boy answered, apparently their plans weren't open to extension by one more person. So she'd have to come up with something, it seemed. "How about we take a tour around town, so that Zach can get to know where everything is."

"Sure," Zach said with a shrug, no longer excited about today. After all it was now going to be him, Claire and West. That idea just screamed fun... not.

"Great," West said, his voice giving off a hint of sarcasm. He'd been looking forward to a day alone with Claire as well, and now he had to spend it with her 'best friend'.

"We'll be back later then," Claire told her mother as she led the two boys out of the house. It was sure to be an interesting day, with both Zach and West. Once they were out of the house Zach grabbed her attention and started talking to her, asking questions and telling about how things were back home.

West watched them, but didn't say anything. Somehow, by the way she looked at him, the way she smiled at him he had a feeling that whether she knew it or not somewhere in her mind she viewed him as more then a friend. And somehow that worried him...

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A/N: Yeah yeah I know an annoying filler chapter XD, but really it's how I wanted to do this chapter. I wanted to end it withotu actually going through the day, because I thought that it'd be more fun this way, for me XD. I've set a goal to get a chapter out every two weeks from now on, just so you know so keep a look out for chapter five: A freak, A flying boy, and Industructo girl :D. Don't forget to drop me a line :)