By the end of the week Kenny and I were best friends. People were asking us left and right if we were going out. I would have love to say that we were but that would have been a lie. I was getting sick of it and so was Kenny.

By the end of the second week Kenny and I were so close that we could almost finish each other's sentences. I can so see why people were thinking we were going out. We would only leave each other's side when we had to. More and more people were asking us if we were going out, people that we didn't even know. Mostly girls would ask but a few guys would here and there then give us phone numbers to pass on to one of our sisters. We never did pass the numbers on though.

Tonight will be the first time I have been to the house but not with Kenny. Tonight I'm being Emily's Barbie. I really don't mind. No one has every really put make up on me just for the fun of it so I'm really looking forward to it. I'm spending the night over there too. It's time I wont have to spend at home getting dark glares from my family.

The Fay's are really the only family I ever had. They treat me like I am one of the family. I like the way it feels to be loved by them. Well Kenny doesn't love me as in 'I want to spend the rest of my life with you' type of way but more like, ' I love you as a friend' type of thing. Kenny is my best friend, plain and simple well almost that simple. I would tell him everything. He's the kind of guy friend that you would tell them your crush if they asked you. Kenny did ask me once whom I liked and I almost had a heart attack. I could never tell him that I liked him. That would kill our friendship and I would much rather have a best friend then a boyfriend any day.

Kenny and I were walking out to the school parking lot after school. " Hey Orion's sister!" Someone called from behind us. My head snapped around to see one of the many short blonds at coming out of the school after Kenny and I. I had seen her around the house before a few times with Orion, her clinging to him like a fly on the wall. We stopped walking and she stopped when she was about 3 feet away from us. " Hey are you two going out?" She asked. I rolled my eyes and was about to answer when Kenny beat me to it.

" Yes we are." He said putting his arm around my shoulder.

" I just knew it. You guys do look really cute together by the way." She said.

" Thanks." I mumbled. That was not the first time we have ever heard that one. She smiled at me and then turned on her heal and left. " What was that? We're not going out!" I said once the blond was out of hearing range.

" Yeah I know. I'm just tired of people asking. If we tell a few people that we are then they will stop."

" Oh sure that's what you said when people first started asking." He just rolled his eyes at me and let go of my shoulders and we walked to Emily's gray Jeep.

Emily came by shortly after and drove to my house. It felt strange going home right after school after not doing it for 2 weeks. The house was empty and quite. I just have to get my stuff together then Emily will swing by and pick me up.

I grabbed my bag and pillow and headed down the stairs ready to grab the phone to give Emily a call. The front door swung open. Orion saw the second he walked in. I was like a deer trapped in headlights.

" Were are you going?" He spat and slammed the door closed behind him.

" I was just about to leave." I said, my voice soft. He grabbed my arm and pulled me down the stairs.

" Were are you going?" He asked again this time his voice harsher if that is even possible. I put my stuff down on the stairs.

" My friend's. I'm spending the night over there. I'll be out of everyone's way. I have to go give her a call." I walked in to the kitchen and dialed Emily's number.

" Hello my Dear." She answered

" Hey Em. I'm ready."

" I'm on my way. See ya soon."

" Bye." I said and hung up the phone.

Orion walked into the room and crossed his arms tightly over his chest. " Who's the friend?" He asked.

" Emily." I said. He got a dark look in his eyes and slowly walked towards me. I took a step backward. I was now standing about a foot away from the dinning room table and chairs.

" Liar!" He yelled and pushed me. I tried to turn so my hands would brake my fall but my rib cage did instead right into the back of one of the chairs. I yelled out in pain then got up as quick as I could to get my things. Orion cut me off and spun me around and pushed me back into one of the chairs this time my front side got the blow. " Your going to the kid Kenny's house!" He yelled, but let me pass as I got up.

" Emily is his sister." I tried to yell back but was having trouble breathing. I grabbed my stuff and waited for a minute of two for Emily to come and then she did.

My whole right side of my torso felt sharp pains. I wanted to squeeze my eye shut tight from the pain but I didn't want to tip her off that there was something wrong with me. I put my stuff in the back seat and hopped in the front. I sat back in the seat to try to make the pain go away but if anything it made it worse.

" Hey. Long time, no see." She joked.

" Hey." I said and tried to relax. I listened to Emily babble about how Kenny has been going nuts that I'm sleeping over. She said that he was making sure everything was perfect. I tried to control the pains in my side as she talked. I watched the rain hit the windshield and the slick leaves on the ground.

" The guest room isn't ready yet so you're sleeping in Kenny's room" She said and started to babble on about something else.

" Wait. I'm sleeping in Kenny's room?" I asked cutting her off.

" Yeah. He was real stubborn about it too. He said you shouldn't have to sleep on the floor or on a stupid couch."

" I'm sleeping in his bed?!!!" I said so strongly that I hurt myself. I winced and squeezed my eyes shut tight.

" What just happened?" Emily asked confused.

" Nothing just…cramps." I lied and not very skillfully.

" Ugh yeah, hate that." She said but still looked at me strangely. " So yeah his room, his bed." She said trying to change the subject.

" I can't sleep in his bed. Where is he going to sleep?" I asked

" The couch." She said matter of factly.

" It's his bed he should sleep in it."

" He cares about you."
" I know but he should-"

" No he really cares about you." She said cutting me off. I shook my head. No he doesn't he's just my friend.

" No. No. He doesn't. He doesn't want that. We talked about it. We're just friends."

" Maybe we'll talk about it later." Emily said, her voice low. I just stayed quite.

When we reached the house I painfully got my stuff out of the back seat and went up to Kenny's room.

" Kenny I'm coming in." I said once I got to his door.

The door swung open and Kenny grabbed my stuff and put it on the floor against the wall at the head of the bed and my pillow on the bed. His hair was a mess. It was allover the place. It wasn't like his normal messy but this was truly messy. Most of it fell over his eyes and was flipping out at the ends, as if it was wet. His skin was as pale as ever and his eyes were a dark golden brown. He smiled at me and I smiled back but it took everything in me to try to hide the pain in my side.

" Midnight?" Emily said from behind me. I turned around and saw her leaning up against the door jam.

I turned back to Kenny. " I have to talk to you about something later." I said walking slowly backwards out of the room.

" Later then." He said his smile never leaving his face.