A/N: To the guest reviewer who said "As childish stories go this one is right up there." I would like to say, you are allowed to have your opinion, but at the same time, there are plenty of other fanfictions that you can read, if you don't like this one. I know that I won't be able to please everyone with my writing. And if it ever comes to a point where you find this story or any of my stories to be boring, feel free to stop reading them and read the other amazing fanfictions on this website. I will definitely not get offended and it will definitely not make me stop writing, if you do so.

I just thought I would say that. Getting this off your chest does feel good sometimes!

Anyway back to the story….

Ana's POV

"She said what?" Kate exclaimed.

Its lunch time and Im telling my best friend Kate what went down over dinner last night.

"She thinks Im trying to take Christian away from her." I tell Kate.

Kate burst into hysterics right then and there. Yes Kate, I know. Its pretty funny but sad at the same time.

What I had with Christian was a simple conversation, at first. Then he wanted me to stop and have a conversation with him. About what I have no clue, but for one thing is certain, I was not going to stop everything and talk to him especially when it was during class time.

Kate soon calmed down. "Oh my God, Ana, your sister has some serious logic issues. I mean, unless you had pinned Christian to the nearest wall and started to rip off his clothes, then that would make you someone who is trying to steal Christian away from your sister. But you're not. In fact, I think you're more interested in Lucas than you are in Christian."

"I don't know, Kate." I say. "I wish I could understand whats going on, but I don't. I mean, I like Lucas. He's a great guy. He has all the qualities that I would like in a boyfriend. But then there's Christian. I don't know him well enough, but there's just something that's drawing me to him. I cannot explain it, but if I try, that's what it is."

Kate takes a drink of water. "I don't know what to tell you, Steele. You are obviously in a predicament here. From what Im hearing, Lucas seems like he might be into you. And proof of that would be that he wanted to hang out with you the same day you just met. As for Christian, you hardly talked to him and when you did it was about the storage room. Sure he wanted to talk to you, but that could have easily been about school. I don't know about you, Steele, but your best bet is to go after Lucas."

This isn't making my choice any easier.

"But I must say, either way I will be jealous of you, Steele. They are both very hot." Kate says.

"Oh speak of the devil." Kate says, pointing her finger to the right. I look to see what she is pointing at. I see Christian walking. I turn to face Kate.

"Thats one of your suitors." Kate says.

"Kate, he isn't a suitor of mine." I say giggling.

"He could be." Kate says. "I, for one, would love to see you fighting over Christian with your dearest sister Liz. It would be interesting to see who would win."

I laugh.

"It could happen, you know." Kate says. "But don't worry I will be cheering you on." Kate continues talking.

"Ana." I hear someone say my name. That is when I realize that Christian is standing right at our table .

"Hi." I blurt out. That was the first thing that came to my mind after a few seconds of being in panic mode.

"Im sorry to bother. I just need to ask you something." He says, looking kind of flustered.

"Sure." I say.

"I wrote up a rough draft for my AP English Literature class. I asked the teacher to look it over but I guess I came at a bad time,so he told me to have you look it over and see what you think." Christian says, reaching into his backpack and retrieving the draft.

I managed to overcome my writer's block and over the weekend I finished my essay for my AP English Literature class. loved it so much that he assigned me as his TA for the semester. I get to grade other students' work and offer feedback on what I think they should do to make their writing better.

"Yah I will look it over." I say.

"Thank you." Christian says. "Feel free to write all over it."

"When do you want this back?" I ask.

"Sometime this week." He says. "You can give it to me when Im over your house."

"Okay."I say.

"Thanks again." He says. "I really appreciate it."

"Welcome." I say.

And he leaves.

I put the rough draft into my English folder.

"Well that was interesting." Kate says.

"It was barely anything. I just have to give him feedback on his rough draft. Nothing out of the ordinary." I tell Kate.

"Hey at least it was some sort of conversation. He's obviously not going to ask you out without getting to know you a little bit. So you're gonna help him out with the rough draft and then it will be another rough draft and then one day, he will say. "Why don't we discuss this over a cup of coffee? And then Bam! You are dating." says Kate.

"I wish it was that easy. But you do forget that I have a sister who has a huge crush on him." I tell Kate. As much as I want all of what Kate said to happen, I have to keep in mind that it won't be easy with Liz. I can only imagine how she will react if she knew how I felt about Christian.

World War 3 anyone?

"Well yah there is Liz, but to hell with what she says or thinks. This is about you, Ana. Do what you think will make you happy. And if she acts up, then she acts up. It won't make her look good." Kate says. "Besides, I can't wait to see her face, when you come out the winner. She deserves it. "

"Why do you hate her so much?" I ask. "You never told me why."

Kate and I have been best friends for years. We always told each other everything, so I find it odd why Kate fails to tell me why she doesnt like my sister. I mean, she isn't my favorite person right now, but she is still my sister.

"Because there is no way I can explain it to you. I just don't like her, thats all." Kate says.

"Come on, Kate. Don't lie to me." I tell her. "We tell each other everything and yet you don't want to tell me something. I know something happened. You just don't want to let me know."

Kate sighed.

"Alright." She says. "Don't think that I wanted to keep this from you. Its just that I thought that if I tell you, you would probably not believe me."

"Why would you think that?" I ask her. "I always believe everything you say."

"I know that, but this has something to do with your sister, and you and I both know blood is thicker than water."

"That's not always the case. You are my best friend and I will always believe everything you tell me." I tell her.

Kate sighs again and then tells me everything. What she tells me, makes me appalled.

I can't believe that my sister did that. She knew that Kate liked Tom and with that in mind went out with Tom. That's so fucking selfish.

"That bitch." I snarl.

"Ana, I know I told you this, but can you not make such a big deal out of it when you see Liz. Its in the past, there isn't much you can do about it now." Kate says, her eyes begging me not to strangle my sister at school.

"It might be in the past but its obviously still hurting you, Kate." I tell her.

"Well it does hurt, I mean, the bitch didn't apologize, but there isn't much that can be done now. Apologies are supposed to come from the heart, so I can't force it out of her." Kate says to me.

I looked around the cafeteria. Liz is really lucky that she isn't here or else I would have given her a piece of my mind. But there is always the time we are home… Brace yourself Lizzy, hurricane Ana is heading your way.


It was a silent ride home. Liz tried to start a conversation with me, but failed. I would only give her one word responses.

It wasn't until mom left us to head back to work when I decided to have a little "chat" with my sister.

I walked into her room, my arms crossed across my chest.

"You little bitch." I tell her.

Liz was doing her homework when I entered her room. Once I said what I did, it startled her.

"Excuse me?" She shrieks. "What did I ever do to you?"

"Kate told me everything." I tell her.

"About what?" She asks.

"Oh quite playing the dumb card, Liz. You know what you did." I tell her. "You knew that Kate liked Tom, but you went out with him instead. How could you do that?"

"That was years ago, Ana. Kate needs to just let it go." Liz says, going back to her homework.

I walk over to her desk and slam the textbook that she is using, shut.

"What the hell! I was using that." She exclaims.

"Please, spare me the act that you are putting on. You and I both know that you don't care about school and that you would much rather be at the mall right now." I tell her. " You're only doing this because of Christian."

"Hey, I always cared about school." She defends herself. "And by the way, I also liked Tom. Kate wasn't the only one that did. When he asked me out, what was I supposed to say? 'Sorry but I can't go out with you because my sister's best friend likes you.'" Liz says, her voice raised. "I wanted to go out with him, so when he asked me, I gave him a yes."

"That's not true. You didn't like him. Because if you did, you would have told Kate that. But instead you said that you two were just friends." I tell her. "Why did you lie to her then?"

"Because it wasn't the right time to tell her. She really liked him and I felt the exact same way,so I figured I wouldn't tell her." Liz says.

"The least thing you could have done was apologize to Kate. Own up to your selfishness." I say.

"I wasn't being selfish. I strive to get what I want and at that time I wanted Tom. I could care less about what Kate wanted. I was looking out for my happiness." Liz tells me. "If Kate still likes him, she could totally go out with him, he's single now."

"Its too late for that now, Liz." I tell her. "I just can't believe how selfish you are."

"I don't believe I was being selfish." Liz says. "I just ended up getting what I wanted at the time, because I wanted it. I could care less about who Kate liked."

"At least when it happened, you could have apologized or even before that explained to her that you also like him, and he has the same feelings for you." I say.

"I don't understand why we are talking about this now. Its in the past. Kate needs to get over it." Liz says. "Now if you can please leave so I can study."

"Fine, I will leave." I tell her. "But Im shocked. I would never think that my own flesh and blood would do this to someone. I thought better of you, Liz, but these past couple of days, I simply don't understand how I can be sisters with someone like you."

And on that note, I leave her room.

Christian's POV

Giving Ana my rough draft of my essay was just the beginning. It wasn't the best thing that I could have done in order to talk to Ana, but I couldn't think of any other way. I was lucky to find out that we had the same AP English Literature teacher, only at different times.

Im taking baby steps. But I know it will all be worth it in the end.


I decided to go to the gym. I always go to the gym in part because I want to stay fit, and in part because it's a place where I can blow off some steam and it's a place where I can't be disturbed. Im in my zone when Im at the gym.

Im about to pick up a set of weights when I look to my right and see the guy that was in the picture Elliot sent to me. He was the one that put his arm around Ana.

At that given moment, he was on the phone.

"What Im asking is are the flowers pale pink roses?" He asks, in a slightly annoyed tone. "Because she really likes those."

Who is he talking about? I mean, it could be anybody from his mother to Ana. I sure hope its not Ana.

"Great." He says. "I just wanted to make sure. The address is 347 Dreary Lane."

That's my street. That can only mean one of two things: He is sending them to Ana or he likes a girl who lives on the same street as Ana.

"That would be all." He says. " Have a good rest of your day."

He hangs up.

"She's special, isn't she?" I ask him.

The guy turns to look at me, startled at first.

"She is." He says with a smile. "She's different from the rest, and that is why I like her."

"Yes, Ana is a special girl." I say.

This startles him.

"How did you know I was talking about Ana?" He asks me.

"She lives on my street." I tell him. "I've been over her house before."

"Why?" He asks me. "As far as I know, Ana is a smart girl who doesn't need a tutor. Unless you were over there for other reasons."

"I was tutoring her sister." I say, grabbing the weights I wanted to grab minutes ago, and lifting them.

"How do you know her?" He asks me.

"We go to the same school." I answer.

"Well she gave me a tour of her father's security company where I intern." He says, proudly. "We've been hanging out ever since."

Either this guy is lying or it's the truth.

"That's great and all, but Ana and I have a connection." I tell him. "Its something that I can't put to words."

He lets out a sarcastic laugh.

"Oh yeah?" He sneers. " And that's gonna make me stop liking her, because you have some sort of connection with her." He puts connection in quotes with his fingers.

"I just thought I would let you know that you're not the only one that sees something special in Ana." I tell him.

"Oh I knew that I wasn't the only one that would see it. Its clearly evident, but unfortunately for you, my friend, she's starting to develop feelings for me. That's where you and I differ." He says with a smirk.

"Who says that Ana and I don't have feelings for one another?" I question him. "We definitely have something going on."

"Good for you, but I doubt she is interested in you." He says. " I think this is all you looking into it a little too deeply."

"Im just stating the facts." I tell him. "I like Ana and I know she likes me, so when she comes around to tell, in the near future, that she isn't interested, just remember this conversation."

"Right back at you." He tells me. "Just so you know ahead of time as well, this isn't your battle, so I think you should go and find yourself someone else to crush on."

"I don't plan on giving up until I have Ana in my arms." I tell him, confidently.

"She's already been in my arms, and I must say, it's an indescribable feeling." He tells me.

"You're not the only one that felt that so called indescribable feeling." I lie. I wish.

He gives me a sarcastic laugh. "I would love to stand here and chat with you, but this happens to be a gym and Im here to work out." He says, leaving where he and I were just standing. "The last thing that I can tell you is, no matter how hard both of us try, its really up to Ana in the end. So may the best guy win."

"You're on." I tell him.

"I hope you give it your all, because I don't plan on quitting any time soon." He tells me.

"Oh I am." I say. The guy has already left the weight room.

I honestly wish that I could have experienced what he has already experienced with Ana. Or he could be lying like I am.

I know that I will, one day. Im just taking baby steps.

After all, Rome wasn't built in a day.