AN: First for all of my reviewers! I would have dropped this story after the second chapter if it wasn't for your guy's encouragement. Okay I'll shut up now and you can read the chapter.

Erik slouched in his seat utterly bored. Who knew math could be so….uninteresting? It was the one class that Mrs. Alena Eberly, the most boring and dull teacher on the surface of the earth, or floating above the earth. The worst part of it all was that she was a telepathic, and if you weren't paying attention, passing notes, or whispering to a friend, she would know. He sighed trying to focus his best on the geometric problem on the board. 'Pythagoren Triples….right…'He decided not to tell his parents about Allie, she had enough problems without two incredibly famous super heroes chastising her. Although he daren't even think of her in this class, one slip up and Mrs. Eberly would have the principal all over her. As much he made excuses to himself that he only didn't say anything because that would be asking to be stoned/fried/frozen, he truly wanted to protect her. She of course she would have hated to have a knight in shining armor, as a matter of fact she would have personally saved the dragon the trouble of burning him and climbed out of the tower herself; but maybe she wouldn't might a friend giving her a hand in distracting the dragon, Principal Powers, while they both escaped the tower, or detention. A stern knocking came at the door. Mrs. Eberly turned her attention slightly from her geometric problem which luckily for Erik she was completely absorbed in, otherwise she would have noticed that he was thinking about the cheeseburgers at lunch.

"Yes? Come in", she invited. The door opened and Allie strolled right inside as if she was a welcome guest followed by an irritated looking Principal Powers.

"Sorry I'm late Mrs. Eberly, but I needed to have a little chat with Mrs. Powers first", she grinned. The entire class was aghast, first Allie randomly shows up and second Allie is being….polite?"Of course she wanted to expel me so I needed to tell her to put a cork in it." Yep that sounds much better. Tally glanced up and smiled broadly at Allie, before turning around and mouthing 'thank you' to me. Apparently she didn't hate Erik quite as much as she let on, or at least not anymore. Jason, Tally's girl friend also seemed pretty happy.

"Now Allie", Principal Powers started before she noticed that Allie was paying her no attention whatsoever. She was walked pass about four open seats that students were enthusiastic about motioning towards the seat next to them, and plunked herself down next to Erik. He was mildly surprised but then his expression turned into a lopsided grin. Principal Powers was prepared t o throw her hands up in the air and scream 'I give up on this girl!' but she chose again it. "Well, good day Mrs. Eberly". Mrs. Eberly nodded and continued to babble about her problem while Erik sustained his stare at Allie.

"Idiot, keep your thoughts under control, you're going to get us both in trouble", she laughed quietly snapping him back to reality. He had lost himself in her eyes again that had contained a different emotion completely, amusement. "Nice", she snickered hovering over a notebook writing down a problem or two. Erik tried his best to focus but found his thoughts more and more muddled as he felt the heat from the 150 degree girl sitting next to him. 'DANG IT!! IF ONLY I WAS IN A DIFFERENT CLASS RIGHT NOW!!!' his thoughts were screaming.

"If what if you weren't in a different class?" Mrs. Eberly asked whipping around. Erik gulped, knowing that his thoughts had given him away and momentarily terrified until he heard a quiet laugh next to him. His fear disappeared automatically and all that his thoughts were focused on her. Tally and Jason began to laugh hysterically which saved Erik from his thoughts being read. "I don't see what is so funny!" Mrs. Eberly yelled in their faces. However if anything they just laughed harder and the horror stricken face on Mrs. Eberly face just caused more students to crack in laughter. After only one minute the entire class was in uproar.

"You are really lucky that this class is so easily amused", Allie chuckled. Mrs. Eberly retreated behind her desk and pinched the bridge of her nose and rubbed her temples. Apparently she wasn't only hearing the laughter in her ears, but in her head also. Several students had taken it upon themselves to laugh inside their heads too so, just to get on her nerves. To once the bell rang to the kids' disappointment and the teacher's relief. Monday 12:00, Lunch time. "So are you always this empty headed?" she joked. He blushed, 'If only she knew, thank God that she can't read minds'.

"Er, no…not really", he stammered.

"You're extremely convincing", she sarcastically remarked.

"Sorry, speaking of empty-headed I'm completely lost in this math", he sighed. "Could you help me?"

"Huh? Like tutor you?" she questioned.

"Yea! Could you?" he begged taking in her ticked expression. "Please!? I'll do anything!"

She inhaled and exhaled deeply, "When?"

"You could come by after school!" he yelled almost too loudly. Allie was about to tell him off, when she was interrupted by two figures racing to met them.

"ALLIE!!" Jason yelled taking her into a huge bear hug.

"Get. Off. Of. Me. Now." She growled and Erik could feel the heat increase from the two feet he stood away from her. He would have been deeply angered by this action is he didn't know that Jason was Tally's serious boyfriend, but a slightly ticked expression passed his face. Jason let go of her beaming as she brushed off her jacket briskly.

"Are these two dating?" Jason whispered to Tally just quiet enough so they couldn't hear. She shook her head slowly. "Huh?"

"They've totally got it in for each other, they just won't admit it", she whispered back. He looked into her eyes and grinned.

"You thinking what I'm thinking? Divide."

"And conquer", she finished smiling. "Allie come on! We need to go!" she urged grabbing hold of Allie's arm and dragging her into the hall leaving a slightly uncomfortable Erik with the bear like Jason. Other than his thickly toned muscles, he had soft features to go along with his light brown eyes and hair. Erik blew out and put his hands behind his head.

"SOOOO….." he miserably tried to start a conversation.

"You and Allie hooked up yet?" he bluntly questioned. Erik stared for a second surprised by his frankness.

"Er, no, we're just friends, I think", he replied.

"You think?" he laughed.

"Well, I think that we're a little more than 'I won't fry you on sight'" he sighed.

"Dude, you've so fallen for her, why don't you just admit it?"

"Because I haven't fallen for her!" Jason raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, really? Are you telling me that you feel no emotion, at alltowards Allison Peace?"

"Of course I don-", he began before he noticed Jason was biting down a smirk. "Is it that obvious?"

"To anyone who is paying a small dose of attention", he chuckled.

"Awesome", Erik mumbled.

"Just ask her out! The worst she can do is say no!" he ordered. Surveying his expression, "Okay so the worst thing she can do is freeze you or give you third degrees burns, big whoop. You have powers too!"

"Nothing to shield me from dragon flames", he mumbled.

"Well, just do it! Guessing and hoping doesn't help anybody!"

"Whatever, she doesn't even feel the same way", he replied pushing pass Jason and out the door. He folded his hands over his face.

"Great, now it's all up to Tally", he grumbled. 'I had better hopes for Erik than Allie. Stubborn little fellow, and a nervous wreck; he's not just fallen for her, he's fallen over a cliff'.

In the hallway…..

"Allie!" Tally squealed.

"What Tally? Yes I came back to school, okay so", she began before she was interrupted again.

"No, not about coming back to school! I mean Erik!" she giggled.

"What about Erik? He's a nice guy."

"The nice guy that will make you a little pussycat!"

"Okay, what the heck are you talking about?" she interrogated.

"He's softening you up Al! You totally love him!"

"WHAT?!" she exclaimed.

"See! You would have murdered me for saying that a few days ago!" she laughed as Allie merely rolled her eyes. "Allie's in love, Allie's in love!"

"Would you please stop saying that so loudly!" she hissed.

"Oh so you don't deny it!"

"I'll be denying killing you in court if you don't shut up!" she growled. 'Crud, tiger Allie is taking over pussycat Allie, new tactic', she thought.

"You know he likes you too", she whispered. Allie did a double take.

"What do you mean?" Allie whispered. 'Perfect!' Tally thought.

"I mean, he's fallen for you too!" she replied softly.

"No way, he's already risking his social status by being seen with me, let alone dating me", she sighed. "He's a popular boy from two famous superheroes, Mother Earth and the Captain!"

"I thought you didn't believe in labels inherited from parents!"

"I don't, but he might, and the other people do. I'm nothing in the social status world of superheroes, except maybe a suspended future criminal", she sighed.

"Yes you are! On top of that you should have seen how concerned he was when he was bugging me to find out how to see you!"

"His friends probably hate me anyway", she replied as they walked down some stairs and saw Matt and Emma holding hands walking down the same way. "Speak of the devil and the devil appears." Emma cast a disgusted look at both of them.

"Allie", Emma growled.

"Emma", Allie hissed. "Nice to see you survived a few third degree burns", she smirked.

"It was hardly the fight for my life that so many people make it out to be", Emma shot back. As a matter of fact it hurt like heck, and Allie knew it. In fact both of them knew each other knew, they were just putting on a show for Matt and Tally.

"Glad to see you weren't in too much pain", she laughed. Emma grimaced and gripped Matt's hand harder which made Allie wince. Emma's scrutinized her reaction until she came up with the diagnosis, lovesick. "Of course Mattwas right here for me the entire time, weren't you sweety?" she smiled sweetly ruffling his scraggy looking hair. She received a satisfactory response although how Allie was lovesick wasn't for Matt, she was lovesick for well…love. "Come on Matty, I'm hungry", she giggled unsuccessfully trying to shove Allie out of her way. She merely bounced off into Matt's arms and briskly walked around Allie trying to keep her dignity. Both of them followed the pair down the stairs to the lunchroom.

"Don't worry about her Al", Tally reassured her glaring at Emma.

"I'm fine", she snapped pushing her way to the line. Erik and Jason came in through the door a few minutes later. Tally automatically waved wildly to get their attention and bring them up to the front of the line with them. Jason waved back and dashed up to kiss his girlfriend while Erik pretended to ignore them and when to the back of the line with Emma and Matt. Allie grimaced, 'Yea he sure does like me….' After the three sat down to eat and forced Allie to warm up their meals, Erik came to the center of the room looking utterly bewildered. Three tables were waving at him frantically; Emma and Matt, Lily and Nicole, and Jason and Tally. 'Poor guy', Allie thought shoving some pasta into her mouth. In the end weirdly he sat down between Lily and Nicole. Even Emma and Matt looked shocked. 'Is this guy delusional?' Allie's thoughts screamed. He promptly began to laugh along with Johnny, Nicole, Lily, and Ryan. 'Apparently so. What were you saying about him not caring about social status? Lily is social gold and I'm only copper '. Tally bit her lip, this was noteven half of what she had hoped.

"Uh, CRUD! I dropped my keys, JASON! Come help me find them!" she yelled.

"Huh? What? But your keys…"

"COME ON JASON!!!" she dragged him outside the lunchroom. Once they were safety out of earshot of the bewildered Allie, "So what did Erik say?"

"Completely fallen for her", he responded once he knew what this was all about.

"Great, they're both in hopelessly in love with each other and they're afraid of what the other thinks", she grumbled.

"And you're taking it upon us to play Cupid?"

"Exactly!"

After school on the bus…….

"So you still going to help me with math tonight?" Erik asked sitting down next to Allie who was leaning against the window. She looked vaguely surprised. "Oh sorry about lunch, I mean…"

"Don't worry about it, you're not obligated to sit anywhere near me and you know how Tally gets", she rolled her eyes. His heart jumped at the words 'obligated to sit anywhere near me'. 'Does she not want me to sit anywhere near her?' he pondered. "So what does empty-brains need help with?"

"You know, just that triple stuff", he sighed. "So, you think you can handle meeting my parents? My mom is all lovely-dovey, you think you can manage it?"

"I'll live, I might need therapy for a few weeks, but I'll live", she laughed.

"Is the mighty powerful Allie Peace, scared?"

"Scared?" she scoffed. His expression was unconvinced, and she bit her lip. "Okay, maybe a little bit".

"No, it's not my parents you should be afraid of, it's my sister", he spat the word sister like a vulgar word.

"Come now, at least you have a sister, and a mom", she sighed.

"Oh Allie, I'm sorry, I…"

"Don't.Pity.Me" she hissed. "By the way, isn't this your stop?" Erik stared up and nearly stumbled into the aisle of the bus. "Nice", she whispered following him out onto the sidewalk. His house was weirdly cute. It was a beautiful crimson with green shutters streaked with ivy. The yard was compromised of a flower bed, garden, and lined with a perfect white picket fence. "You live here?"

He nodded slowly, "You like it?"

"Yea, much better than my house", she mumbled.

"Any chance I'll get to see it?"

"We'll see, that is mostly depending on if I live through coming to your house", she replied as they walked side-by-side up through the yard avoiding various growing flowers. Sidewalks were a waste of yard space according to Layla.

"Mom! Dad! I'm home! I brought a friend", Erik yelled unlocking the door and stepping through.

"Oh hi honey! Who did you bring? Matt? Em-", Layla stopped short when she saw the girl behind him. "Erik, who is this?" she asked as Will came into the front room following his wife's gaze.

"Mom, Dad, this is Allie", he introduced. "Allie, this is my mom and dad".

"Nice to me you?"Allie stated awkward more asking than anything.

"Hello, I'm Mr. Stronghold", Will offered his hand to her. She unwillingly shook it, as a puzzled look came to Will's face.

"What is it?" Layla asked as Will stared blankly at the red streaks in her hair and the leather jacket.

"Your hand, it's unbelievably hot", he pondered.

"Oh, I'm a fire elemental", she affirmed. Layla immediately guessed Will's thoughts.

"You wouldn't happen to know Warren Peace would you?" Will asked uncertainly.

"Of course he's my father!"

AN: Well I updated one day later. Not bad right? Well I was a little tired when I wrote this so it may be a little choppy. Please review!