Nick and me? Crazy! Why would we like each other that way? Because he's sweet, nice, makes me smile, makes me feel better, and not to mention has some nice abdominals. Lets see cons…he's…stubborn? No I enjoy that he stands up for his beliefs, ummm, he's…perfect. that's exactly what it is he is perfect on every level.

I walked the halls not ready to go to class. My mind was reeling, why now? He's got to be over me by now I was not a good girlfriend while we were dating, I was in 'love' with Adam. Gah! Why couldn't I figure this out before this mess happened?

I wandered the halls thinking for about fifteen minutes, now its lunchtime and I really wasn't ready to face the group well not the whole group a single solitary person in the group. One with a very nice smile.

Not to mention his very nice…not now mind! Nicks a friend not food…Yeah Cassie those thoughts go well with quotes from Children's movies. I said shut up! Inner monologues suck butt. I heard that.

"Good" I said out loud.

"You know talking to yourself may give people a bad impression." Said a sweet, sweet voice that I would know any where.

"Yeah I know but I'm having an…off day." I said, turning to face Nick. Dependable as ever comin to walk with me to lunch.

"Are you ok?" He asked concern flooding his face.

"Yeah, just a headache it's ok." I said.

"You sure?" He asked

"Yeah. I'm fine." I said.

"Alright…" He said, I could tell he didn't believe me but I don't think he wanted to bother me.

"You go to lunch without me I'll be there in a minute." I said.

"Ok…I'm going to go then." He said pointing over his shoulder to the general area of the cafeteria.

"Alright, see you in a second." I said.

-approximately a week and a half later-

"Ok what's up?" Diana asked, I was at her house hanging out, just the two of us.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"With you and Nick you guys have been best friends pretty much since we killed Black John and all last week you've been really distant to him." She explained.

"Really? I have been?" I asked, the past week I've been avoiding Nick at all costs an I'm almost positive that if he wasn't so nice he would've smacked me silly by now.

"Don't play dumb what's up? I would ask if you got in a fight but that doesn't seem to stop your friendship at all." She said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you guys get in an argument and but somehow neither of you are mad at the other, it's like you just do it to vent." She said. "And don't try to change the subject what's wrong with you two?"

"Well only one of us has a problem." I said.

"Are you the one with the problem?" She asked.

"Maybe."

"Tell me what's wrong."

"Ok I like him more than a friend should like another friend." I said.

"I don't see the problem." She said.

"Where is there NOT a problem?" I asked.

"Where IS there a problem?" She asked.

"Everywhere!" I said exasperated.

"How?" She asked

"Well he can't possibly be remotely close to liking me like that."

"Why not?"

"I was not a good girlfriend to him the first time and he's him and I'm me!" I said, what is she five? No, because even a five year old could see why he wouldn't like me.

"Well the first time you were in love with Adam so he set himself up for that one." She said.

"You are not helping."

"How am I not helping?"

"Because I'm trying to stay away."

"Why?"

"What if he doesn't like me or even if he does and we go out then he decides I'm not what he wanted then life would suck because we couldn't even stay friends!" I said, tearing up a bit at the thought of us not being friends.

"You're afraid." It wasn't a question it was a statement.

"I know that!" I snapped,

"Cassie cant you just go back to normal if you're to afraid to go forward?" She asked.

"I guess,"

"I think you should go talk to Nick, I'm pretty sure he's upset about losing his best friend."

"I think your right." I said, "Thanks." I said giving her a hug before walking out the front door and over to Nick's house, when I got there I didn't even bother going to the front door I just went straight to the garage, there he was organizing his tools, his back was to me and I was just taking everything in mentally preparing myself to talk.

"Nick?" I asked, he whipped around at the sound of my voice.

"Cassie." he said and I practically tackled him into a hug, him being Nick he caught me but was shocked and slightly reluctant to hug back, but I needed this.

"Why are we hugging?" He asked.

"Because I was a jerk face and stopped talking to you for a week and I'm sorry." I said.

"Cassie, don't call yourself that it bugs me enough when other people say stuff like that about you. But if you stop talking to me again I will have to take matters into my own hands." He said, we still were hugging and I didn't pull away even though I my mind was telling me to let go.

"And how would you do that?" I asked pulling away from the hug.

"I'm not sure but whatever the idea would be it would be brilliant and would totally work."

"And if it didn't?" I asked

"Then I'd go crazy and make a sock puppet and name it Cassie and talk to it and I would totally creep everyone out." He said.

"Now, I would expect that from Doug or Chris but not you." I said

"You see what happens when you stop talking to me I turn into one of them." He said with a fake shudder.

"Well I better talk to you twenty-four seven then shouldn't I?" I said, at this point I probably wouldn't mind.

"Well of course that's how this stuff works." He said.

"You know on second thought I would probably get annoyed fast." I said in faux thoughtfulness.

"Oh I see how you are." He said walking into the house.

"Where are you going?" I asked following him

"The laundry room." He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Why?" I asked genuinely curious now.

"Because that's where the socks are." He said in the same tone.

"You aren't seriously gonna make a sock puppet and name it after me are you?"

"I am a man of my word." He said.

"Alright! I'll talk to you twenty-four seven! Just don't do something really creepy and Chris or Doug like." I said laughing

"Well that would just be clingy, Cassie, how about twenty-one six?" He asked jokingly

"Sounds like a good compromise." I said

Nick and I ended up staying in the garage for a few hours just goofing around. It was so much fun! Today was Saturday and we decided to make Saturday Nick and Cassie day. We were going to go hang out in my jeep, which I had to pick up on the side of the road where I left it the day of my little realization. Anyway we decided to get up early go to breakfast, bowl, eat lunch, eat dinner, go to his house and have a cheesey movie night. And the best part is we aren't telling anyone about it. Mwahaha!

So…"today is going to be the best day ever!" I exclaimed, practically bouncing in the drivers seat

"Cassie that's like the fifth time you've said that, you really need to calm down." Nick said, smiling at my excitement.

"I know its just today is Nick and Cassie day!" I said super excited.

"Cassie." Nick said.

"Yes?" I asked

"You just passed the diner." He said, chuckling.

"For real?" I asked.

"Why on earth would I lie about that?" He asked.

"An attempt to be witty?" I asked.

"Cassie?"

"What now, Nick?" I asked, in a faux aggravated tone

"Why are you still driving away from the diner?" He asked with a chuckle.

"Because…I don't know" I said, not even trying to justify myself, and making a U-turn.

"Alright, I'm driving everywhere after this." He said.

"That's what you think." I said, pulling into the diner, once we got situated we were met by our waitress, and she was totally checking Nick out. I have to admit it bothered me, for all she knew we could've been on a date,

Ok it would've bothered me less if we were on a date because then she couldn't actually have him and if she pursued him I would have to open up a can of whoop ass but now I can't because if I do then that would be odd.

I also would've been less bothered if she wasn't so pretty, she definitely didn't get smacked by the ugly stick when she came out of the womb. She had long brown hair, bright green eyes, she was tan, and she had freakishly long legs!

"She totally wants to have your babies." I said, wow, 'open a can of whoop ass?' 'smacked the ugly stick?' 'she wants to have your babies?' I really need to stop hanging out with Chris and Doug

"What?" He asked in his usual calm voice

"Well she was totally checking you out dude." I said trying to keep my rage down, why did I even say anything? Because I'm stupid, of course.

"I didn't notice" he said with a shrug.

"What you get so many people that check you out you just don't notice anymore?" I asked jokingly.

"No, I just didn't really care." He said.

"What?" I asked, who doesn't care when they're getting checked out?

"I just don't care." He said.

"Well I thought that was going to boost your huge ego." I said.

"Well I think you're thinking of Adam." He said.

"Maybe, but can you just give up this whole 'I hate Adam' thing?"

"I don't hate him I just dislike him with a fiery passion."

"Why?" I asked

"Because he…I can't tell you." He said, he sounded distraught,

"Whatever, here comes miss-I-will-stalk-Nick-forever-and-ever-until-one-day-when-I-tie-him-up-and-force-him-to-marry-me, anyway." I said.

"That's a long name." He commented.

"Hello! Are you guys ready for your food order?" She asked us-well she asked Nick.

"I would like waffles with strawberries." I said. In a 'I'm here too' tone.

"Alright." She said scribbling it down on the paper.

"And for you?" She asked Nick

"Umm.." He took one quick once over of the menu. "French toast." He said in his usual 'I'm-nick-and-I-don't-feel-like-talking tone he tends to take on with the outsiders.

"Ok." she scribbled that down. And when she picked up the menus she bent over a little farther than she needed to, I'm not gonna lie I wanted to stab her in her water bra and pop it with my fork and if she wasn't wearing a water bra that would still have been satisfactory.

"Your order will be here in a minute." She said, walking away.

"Dude, she practically flashed you." I said.

"Oh my god, Cassie. Just drop the subject." He said

"Why? I mean she was pretty." I asked.

"Not my type" he said taking a drink

"Alright whatever." I said dropping it, we sat there for a minute in silence.

"Cassie, what do you want to ask me?" Nick asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Your fiddling your thumbs and you only do that when you want to know something." He said.

"I was wondering what is your type?" I asked, he just started laughing. "What?" I asked.

"Why are you so concerned about my love life?" He asked.

"I…Well you have a valid point." I said, I mean what was I supposed to say 'I like you in a border line inappropriate way?' Not happening. only border line inappropriate? Welcome back inner monologue.

"I always do." He said.

"I'm driving because you have the attention span of a squirrel today." Nick said grabbing for my keys after we finished eating and were waiting for the check.

"No, I want to drive." I said holding them above my head.

"I am taller than you, you do know that right?" He asked.

"Of course." I said. Making a fist around the keys and holding them to my stomach. That started a wrestling match between the two of us for the keys, some how we ended up in the booth and I pinned him to the seat and I was sitting on his stomach and had his arms pinned down with my own and the keys in my mouth.

"Sho now who'sh goin sho dwive." I said, gripping the keys between my teeth so the words were slurred

"You are." He said, obviously giving up in our little war, suddenly someone cleared their throat.

"Oh hello!" I said sitting up properly on Nick's stomach and spitting my keys out into my hand.

"Hi umm here's your check." The waitress said,

"Oh thank you…Nick would you like to pay the lady?" I asked looking down at Nick.

"Yeah just get off my stomach. So I can get the wallet." He said,

"I don't want to move." I said,

"Ok then." He said, wiggling a bit to get his wallet and handing the money to the girl.

"Thank you." She said a little miffed by the scene. 'Yeah that's right walk away! You can't have him!' I thought mentally sticking my tongue out.

"So are you ready to get your butt whooped in bowling?" I asked, shaking those thoughts out of my head.

"You may think that's what's going to happen but it isn't." He said as he sat up so I fell into his lap.

"You could've done that the whole time couldn't you?" I asked

"Well of course your not that heavy of a person." He said.

"So you let me win?" I asked.

"Cassie, me" He made a hand gesture to himself "you." He gestured to me. "Me." He gestured to himself again. "You." He gestured to me again

"Ok I get it." I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

"What are you two doing here?" I heard a very familiar voice say.

"Hello Adam."