Sorry for taking so long to update, I've been sick and it has been really difficult to focus on writing. Hopefully this chapter is okay.

"Do we have junk food?" Brooke asked as we climbed into her car Friday morning to leave for our weekend.

"Check." Peyton and I replied.

"Magazines?"

"Check."

"Music?"

"Check." Peyton handed her the mix CD she had made for the trip.

"Alright, let's go."

We had been on the road for about 45 minutes, finished the CD, and taken every quiz from every magazine we brought.

"I'm bored. Let's play a game." Brooke said from the driver's seat.

"Ok, how about the radio game. It'll kill some time, and keep us entertained." I suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Peyton replied.

"Oh, I'll go first." Brooke called out. "What is going to happen on this wonderful trip?" She turned the dial and landed on "Cry" by Mandy Moore.

"Well, that sucks. Why would we be crying?"

"I don't know Brooke. Peyton, you go next."

"Ok, what are the guys doing right now?"

"Calling All Angels" by Train came on and Peyton started to laugh as her phone went off.

"Ha, Jake just texted me. He says 'Have fun this weekend. I miss you.' If this game is right about that, I wonder what we'll be crying about."

"Whatever it is, there better be ice cream waiting for us."Brooke said. "Your turn tutor girl."

"What is the school year going to bring me?"

"I Want to Know What Love is" by Foreigner came on.

"Oh, tutor girl, who is going 'to show' you, maybe Nate?"

"I don't know what you are talking about." I said, smiling to myself as I got a text from Nathan. We had been texting back and forth for the majority of this car ride and I was really enjoying it.

"Ok, fine. My next question is, who has Haley been texting this whole time?"

"If You Only Knew" by Shinedown came through the speakers.

"Ha. I'm not telling you and neither is the radio."

"Come on, Hales, why won't you just admit that it's Nathan? We already know you like him." Peyton tried to persuade me.

"I don't know that, that's a thing that you know."

"What?"

"Exactly. Peyton, just go to your next question." I said, trying to distract her.

"Fine, we have all weekend to bug you. My question is what is Jake thinking about right now?"

"What it Feels Like for a Girl" by Madonna was the song it landed on. We all just burst out laughing.

"I'm so sending him a text right now. I need to know if I need to find a new relationship."

"You do that. I want to ask when my wish is going to come true."

"One Day" by Jack Savoretti was my answer. I immediately smiled, hoping that it was at least partially true. I know that we have really only known each other for a little over a week, but I could see myself loving him one day, soon. I was falling fast and I just hoped he was too.

"Why, Miss Haley James, what was your wish that has you so smiley?" Brooke asked.

"I'm sure you'll find out soon enough." I replied shrugging my shoulders.

"Whatever, we are almost there, so everyone has time for one more question. Peyton got to use hers about Jake, so what is Luke thinking about right now?"

She was answered with "Running" by No Doubt.

"What time is it?" She looked at the clock. "Yep, he's out jogging right now. This thing is good." She said pointing to the radio.

"My turn, we asked about the other two, what is Nate thinking about?"

"She Will be Loved" by Maroon 5 came on and they both turned to look at me.

"What, it is a popular song, it comes on the radio a lot." I tried to act innocent, but couldn't fight the smile that was spreading over my face.

"If that's your story. Now ask your last question we have about three minutes." Brooke said.

"What will we really be doing this weekend?" I asked, not sold on the fact that we would be crying.

"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna came on and we all started singing along and dancing.

"This is so much better than crying!" Brooke yelled.

"Totally." Peyton agreed.

When we got to the beach house, well more like mansion, it was amazing. There was a beautiful view from the driveway, so there was sure to be a better one from inside the house.

"Brooke, I can't believe your parents just bought this house randomly. It's so perfect here, why didn't they bring us up when they bought it?" I asked.

"I don't know why. It is pretty great though. This weekend is going to be so awesome."

She was telling the truth, the weekend was awesome. We hung out, talked about our lives, played games, tanned, watched movies, swam, and basically did all the things girls do at cliché sleepovers. It was our last weekend before our junior year, and we wanted to remember it. I am pretty sure that now we will.

Instead of driving home Sunday afternoon, we waited until Sunday night. It gave us more time together, just the three of us, and we didn't have to worry about boyfriends. We just got to spend an entire weekend alone and enjoy being away from everyone we know, except each other. I'm kind of sad to be back, but at the same time, I'm happy that tomorrow I get to see Nathan again.

It is now 9:00 on Sunday night and Brooke just dropped me off at home. Tomorrow is the first day of school and I am very excited. I have always loved school, and now I have even more of a reason to love it, Nathan. Even though nobody knows about us, I am really happy. We were texting throughout the weekend, and even when we are apart, I feel close to him. This is all so new to me, and I don't know how much longer I can go without telling anyone how much I like him. I just don't want to step on Quinn's celebration. I always put the happiness of others before my own. Maybe it's time to change that.