A/N: Hey everyone :) I'm feeling much better and I'm finally over my cold that I had for three whole days:( Anyways I thought I would post up the next chapter, so I hope you guys like it. Oh and the pictures for everyone's cars haven't been put up yet but they should in a few days, I have them but I've been to lazy to put them up. Hehe. For some reason I don't feel like writing a long author's note. Suprising Huh? Anyways Read and Review please!


Chapter 6 – Shopping

Amy stepped out of one of the dressing rooms wearing a black and white polka dot skirt with a plain white spaghetti strapped shirt. She grinned in the mirror and tucked her hair behind her ears and went to meet Soraya who was waiting for her to try her clothes on.

"What do you think?" Amy asked as she spun around when she reached Soraya.

Soraya squealed and ran to meet Amy, "You look so cute! You would have guys lining up to date you in that!" she said.

"I don't really care about guys all that much, it isn't that important to me." Amy admitted.

Soraya smirked, "That's what you say now but that might change when you meet your certain someone." she said with a wink as Amy walked back into the dressing room to try on another outfit.

"My certain someone?" Amy asked a little confused. She pulled off the skirt and pulled on a pair of tight white jeans and a blood red tube top and walked out to show Soraya.

Soraya started to explain but cut herself off as she looked at Amy's clothes, "You have to get both of those outfits!" she exclaimed.

"Why?" Amy asked, already retreating back to the dressing room to try on the final outfit that Soraya had picked out. It was a dark sky blue v-neck shirt and a blue jean skirt with matching dark sky blue sandals.

"Let me see the last outfit!" Soraya shrieked from outside the door.

Amy flung open and door and turned around to show Soraya her outfit.

Soraya smiled, "Were getting all three of those outfits for you. Change back into your stuff and then I'll try on my outfits." She said.

Amy went back in and changed into her original clothes and then carried her clothes out of the dressing room while Soraya entered with an armload of clothes.

"Hey, what did you mean by 'a certain someone?'" Amy asked Soraya as Soraya started to get changed.

Soraya was silent a moment and then replied, "Huh?" she asked.

"Earlier you said something about how I would impress my certain someone in these outfits and then when I asked you changed the subject." Amy reminded her.

"I have no idea what your talking about." Came Soraya's reply from behind the door.

"Sure you don't." Amy muttered.

Soraya came out of the dressing room, "What was that?" she asked brushing come dust from the skirt she was wearing.

"Nothing." Amy answered and gave her friend a reassuring smile.

Soraya was wearing a dark purple skirt with a lavender colored v-neck t-shirt.

"Wow, purple looks really good on you! Go try on the other clothes!" Amy said happily.

Soraya grinned and ran back into the dressing room to get the other outfits she had picket out, which Amy knew was a lot.

While Soraya was still in the dressing room Amy heard her start talking, "So what do you want to do after we leave here?" she asked.

"I don't know, you have any ideas?" Amy replied.

She could almost hear Soraya smiling, "Actually I do." She replied.

Amy rolled her eyes slightly, "Well what are they?"

"Okay you know the Back to School Bash right?" Soraya asked from the dressing room.

Amy wasn't really sure what that was, "Uh—no, what's that?" she asked.

Soraya gasped and came out of the dressing room wide eyed and in a pair of ripped jeans and gray t-shirt with black curvy letters on it that said 'P.S. I love you' and had a small pink heart on it, "You don't know what the Back to School Bash is!?" she exclaimed.

Amy shook her head.

"Well basically it's a big dance that they hold about three weeks into the school year and you can invite dates from other schools and everything. There is a Catholic Girls school by Eastern Bay called St. Mary's Academy for Girls or SMAG for short and they always come to Eastern Bay and they have this dance together." Soraya exclaimed.

"Did Matt tell you this too?" Amy asked.

Soraya shook her head, "No actually Ben was talking about it last night. I knew about the dance because that was one of the first things I found out when I came here but I didn't know anything about the Catholic School part." She said.

Amy nodded, "So when is this dance?" she asked.

"A week from this coming Friday. That means we have all this week and until Thursday of next week to get dresses. So basically we have two weeks to get our stuff for the dance!" Soraya squealed.

"Are we planning another shopping trip for next Saturday?" Amy asked.

Soraya grinned, "You're catching on fast." She laughed.

Amy rolled her eyes, "Whatever." She replied.

"The dance starts at Eight and doesn't end until after Midnight. It's supposed to be a lot of fun!" Soraya said.

"Do you have to have dates?" Amy asked timidly.

Soraya shook her head, "You don't have to but a lot of the guys ask so don't be surprised if a lot of guys come and start asking you." She said.

"Who are you asking?" Amy asked Soraya.

Soraya blushed and looked down at her feet, "Probably nobody, I'll just see who asks me and go from there." She said with hope in her eyes. "What about you?" she asked with a mocking smirk.

Amy shrugged, "If someone asks me and I want to go with them then I will but if not I'll probably just go myself." She replied.

Soraya coughed and mumbled something but because she covered it up with a cough Amy couldn't tell exactly what she had said.

"What?" Amy asked.

"Nothing!" Soraya said in a sing-song voice.

Amy decided to let it drop as Soraya hurried back into the dressing room, "I'm hungry, do you want to go eat now?" she asked.

Soraya replied, "Sure just let me change back into my clothes and then we can pay for the outfits and leave."

-x-x-x-

Once they were back to Soraya's Porsche they jumped in and turned the music back up. They threw their bags in the back seat and drove away from the store and into the center of town.

"So where are we going to eat?" Amy asked.

Soraya grinned and looked over at Amy, her hair was flying all around her because the top of the Porsche was down again and Soraya was driving fast, "Jack's diner." She finally replied. "It's the one decent place besides Starbucks to get food." She laughed.

Amy nodded and listened to the radio as they drove on. After a few minutes they pulled into a large parking lot next to a building that was painted a simple pale yellow with a sign on the front that said, 'Jack's Diner' in bright red letters. They pulled into a parking space and got out and walked inside.

The diner wasn't that busy but it was almost one o'clock and Soraya said that most of the lunch rush came at eleven to noon so it was about the end of the lunch rush. There was a small counter that was in front of the kitchen with about twenty stools. There was about five people sitting at the counter, most were reading a newspaper and driving a cup of coffee. Booths lined the walls while tables with four chairs each were seated in the center. There were about six booths on each side plus about eight at the back of the restaurant. There were about twenty some tables positioned around in the middle diner.

Soraya dragged herself and Amy into one of the booths and they sat down across from each other. Amy picked up the menu in front of her and she checked out what was on it. After a few moments she decided to get a cheeseburger and French fries while Soraya decided on a chicken sandwich and curly fries.

"So after this do you want to go—" Soraya started but was interrupted when their waiter came up.

He was tall with jet black hair that hung over his left eye. He hard startling electric blue eyes. It made Amy shiver from memory, she knew someone with eyes that color but his hair had been brown, not black. The guy was staring at her with a smirk. Even his smirk seemed familiar. She turned her head away from the guy, she couldn't look at him, he looked so much like someone she wanted to forget, someone who had caused her so much pain in her past.

"Hello ladies." The guy greeted, he mainly stared at Amy and she started to fidget under his stare. "My name is—uh—Ricky." He said.

Amy's head shot up and she looked at him with narrowing eyes—it couldn't be him could it.

"Excuse me?" Amy asked.

"What?" Ricky said with a smirk.

"Why are you staring at me." She asked in an annoyed tone.

Soraya's eyes widened at her friends boldness. She had been silent since Ricky had came up to take their order.

"No reason, now are you ready to order?" he asked changing the subject.

"You look familiar…" Amy muttered.

Ricky looked panicked for a moment but then covered his expression with a stone mask, "I've never seen you before…how could you know me?" he asked with glassy eyes.

"Your eyes, they look like someone I used to know, exactly. I've never seen anyone with eyes like that except him." Amy said.

Ricky shrugged it off, "I don't know you." He said in a low voice, it was filled with warning and protectiveness.

Amy was taken aback by his reaction, "Okay whatever, I'm ready to order." She said.

Ricky took out a pad of paper and a pencil and got ready to write her order down, "What will it be?" he asked in a semi-friendly tone.

"A cheeseburger, French fried and a coke." She answered and put her menu down.

He then turned to Soraya who still was eyeing her friend with shock.

"And for you?" he asked in a bored tone.

Soraya looked offended for a moment but then replied, "Chicken sandwich, curly fries and a coke for me too."

He nodded and then left without another word. Soraya almost jumped across the table as soon as he was gone.

"Okay, what the hell was that Amy?" she asked in a shocked voice.

Amy turned and looked out the window, she didn't really want to talk about it but Soraya wouldn't let it drop, "How do you know him? Do you know him?" Soraya questioned with wide eyes.

"I'm not sure…" Amy replied as she stared out the window at the passing cars on the road. "He reminds me a lot of someone—I used to know." Amy said quickly.

"Someone like—who?" she asked.

"Nobody, look I really don't want to talk about it. I just want to forget it ever happened or else I'm going to remember a lot of things I've been trying to forget since before my parents died." Amy said solemnly. "That was the only good thing about my parents dying; I got to run away from my past." She said in a whisper.

"What are you—" Soraya started but Amy cut her off with her narrowing eyes.

"I don't want to talk about it." Amy replied coolly.

Soraya nodded, "Okay." She replied.

They sat in silence and Ricky brought their orders to them, he sat them down in front of them and as he did he eyed Amy with a smirk on his lips and lust in his eyes. Amy scoffed and looked out the window.

He then walked away without another word but Amy could feel his eyes on her the whole time, why couldn't he just leave her alone?

"Have you ever seen him before?" Amy suddenly questioned.

Soraya shook her head, "No. He hasn't been around here before. Maybe we could ask the guys, maybe they would know. They have been around here a lot longer." She replied.

Amy nodded in agreement. "Okay. I'll ask Ty when I get back to the dorm."

"That reminds me." Soraya said with amused eyes.

"What?" Amy asked as she took another bite of her burger.

"Are you really going out on Ty's motorcycle tomorrow?" she asked.

Amy nodded, "Yeah, he asked me to go today but I already had plans with you so I suggested that we went tomorrow." She told her friend.

Soraya squealed and almost started bouncing up and down in her seat, "Oh my god!" she shrieked.

Amy shushed her friend and tried to get her to calm down, people were starting to stare, including Ricky who had a dangerous look on his face after Amy had started talking about Ty.

"Soraya, calm down, your making everybody stare." She replied.

"Amy your practically going on a date with Ty Baldwin!" she squealed.

Amy clamped her hand over Soraya mouth, "I am not. We're just going to hang out. It's not a date." She replied in a firm whisper but a slight smile on her face.

Amy felt eyes on her again and Ricky's face was pure murderous, if looks could kill someone would be dead right now. Amy wondered what his problem was, she didn't even know the guy yet he was looking at her like she was his.

Soraya looked disappointed, "I think he likes you though." She whispered back.

"I doubt it, we are just friends and that is all we ever will be." Amy said. When she said those words it immediately made her frown, she felt a heavy feeling in her chest.

'What is wrong with me?! I could possibly LIKE Ty, could I? I've known the guy for two days, I couldn't possibly like him. I just think he's cute that's all. I have a stomach ache, yeah.' Amy thought to herself in horror.

"That's what you say now Amy but—" she started.

"Do you guys need anything else?" Ricky suddenly asked through clenched teeth. Neither Amy or Soraya had noticed him walk up to them and they both jumped as he spoke.

"Nope." They both replied and glared at him to go away.

"So I heard you are going on a date with Ty Baldwin." Ricky said coldly. He spit out Ty's name like it was venom in his mouth.

Amy groaned slightly, "No I'm not, I'm just hanging out with him but everyone says it a date." She replied.

Ricky's face relaxed slightly and he managed a small smile, "So your single then?" he asked.

"Why?" Amy asked with a guarded expression, she really didn't like this guy, she wished he would just go away.

"Would you like to go out with me tomorrow night?" he asked.

Amy looked at him with disbelief; even Soraya looked shocked, "No." Amy replied.

Ricky's face grew guarded again, "Why not?" he asked through clenched teeth again.

"I'm not interested." Amy replied and turned back to her foot.

Ricky's hands were in fists and his face was furious, "You'll regret it." He replied and then chuckled deviously. He then left and went back into the kitchen.

"What the hell did that mean?" Soraya asked.

Amy shook her head in shock, "I don't know but I'm not so hungry anymore." She replied.

"Me either, let's leave." Soraya replied as she got out of the booth.

They paid for their meals and then got back outside and drove back to the campus in complete silence.

-x-x-x-

As Amy and Soraya left the diner in a silence Ricky watched them leave. He pulled out his cell phone in fury and flipped it open. He dialed the familiar number and a low male voice answered.

"Hello?" the voice asked.

"I found her." Ricky replied.

There was a slight gasp, "Really?" the voice asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, I just saw her. She was with a friend. She almost recognized me but didn't press on it too much." Ricky replied with bitterness.

"Keep an eye on her." The voice replied.

"Okay." Ricky agreed.

There was a dial tone. Obviously they didn't have anything else to say. Ricky sighed and ran his hand through his dyed jet black hair.

"Shit." He muttered under his breath.

He walked back to the kitchen and found his boss, "Maria?" he asked.

A women with blonde hair and a kind smile turned and looked at him, "Oh hi Ricky, what did you want?" she asked.

"I'm going to take a break." He replied.

"It's slow, you can go on back home." She told him.

Ricky gave her a slightly smile and a nod, "Thanks."

"See you tomorrow for the breakfast rush." Maria called out.

"Whatever." Ricky mumbled and then left the diner and drove home.


Okay so the plot is starting to thicken, who is Ricky? Does he know Amy? What about the dance that Soraya was talking about, will Soraya and Amy get dates? Review and you will soon find out:)