Alright, I've got another chapter for all of you. I was going to tack this at the end of the last chapter, I even half wrote it as the sixth chapter, but reading through it, I felt that they warranted their own chapters.

Anyways, here's the chapter. Thank you and enjoy! :)


Carrie got out of the car and shut the door. As she walked down the sidewalk, Matt looked at Andrew.

"That was fun!" He said.

"Why do you do that?" Andrew asked.

"Do what?"

"You know, pull the 'oh look at me, aren't I cool' act."

"Oh no, the 'aren't I cool' act is something completely different. This is just like some of the goofy things I did in the car with my ex."

"And that's why she's your ex?"

"Eh, shut up." Matt said, as he put the car in gear and started the drive up to Andrew's house.

A few minutes later, Matt pulled up in Andrew's driveway.

"Okay, see you tomorrow, Matt." Andrew said as he grabbed his backpack and opened the door.

"Later, man." Matt said. Andrew got out of the car, slammed the door shut, and hurried up the steps to his house through the rain, while Matt drove off.

After walking inside, Andrew placed his backpack on a chair and went to the fridge. He looked around for something quick that he could just quickly eat, and saw a bag of shredded Kraft cheddar cheese.

"Good enough." Andrew said as he grabbed the bag. He put his hand in it, took a handful of the shredded cheese, and dumped it in his mouth.

Andrew heard his dad walking out of another room, which made him quickly, put the bag back into the fridge and grab an apple.

"Hey." Andrew said, taking a bite into his apple.

"You didn't touch my shredded cheese, did you?" His dad asked, making Andrew's 'welcome home' a question about shredded cheese.

"Um, no, I didn't."

"Good. I'm saving that."

"Alright, well, I'm gonna go to my room." Andrew said, as he grabbed his backpack and walked out of the kitchen.

"Hold up," his dad said, making Andrew stop.

"What is it?" Andrew asked.

"You have anything to say to me about this morning?"

"…what?" Even though Andrew already knew what his dad was talking about, he was hoping for the off-chance that maybe it was something else.

"This morning, when you spoke disrespectfully to your father, do you have anything to say to me about that?" Of course, he wanted Andrew to apologize for inconveniencing his dad. Andrew figured it would be better to just get it over with and swallow whatever pride he had left rather than to risk getting slammed against the wall again.

"I'm sorry for this morning." He said.

"What about this morning?" Andrew groaned. His dad was really stretching this out, which irritated Andrew greatly, but he figured it was better than possibly getting physically hurt.

"I'm sorry for the way I spoke to you this morning."

"Good. Now go off and do whatever you're gonna do."

"Yeah, yeah, okay." Andrew said as he walked into his room. "Father of the year award." Andrew said to himself as he walked into his room.

Andrew dropped his backpack, threw himself onto his bed, and started to daydream. Carrie soon came to his mind, and he started thinking about her and how he had made friends with her. Somehow, the thought of meeting her had outweighed all the bad that happened in the day. As he thought about her, he smiled.

"Today was pretty cool." He said to himself.


"Bye." Carrie said to Matt and Andrew as she shut the door. She ran over to the sidewalk and started to walk down the block. As she walked, she saw Matt and Andrew drive away.

"That wasn't too bad." She said to herself, continuing her way to her house.

Carrie walked, through the pouring rain, feeling a bit better than she normally did.

Finally, Carrie made it to her house. She could tell that her mom was home since her car was in the driveway. However, as she was about to walk inside, she realized something: she was home from school early. If she walked inside a second earlier than when she usually came home, her mother would interrogate her until she would be forced to tell her that she got a ride from two boys that she had only met that day. This, of course, would get her time in her closet.

Of course, Carrie didn't want time in the closet, so she thought of a compromise. She ran behind the garage, and sat down. If she waited a little bit and went inside on time, her mother wouldn't question anything. Her story checked out completely.

Then after about twenty minutes worth of sitting in the cold, wet rain and listening to cars go by, she went inside. Her first move was to take off her shoes, and hang up her coat.

"You're wet." Carrie's mother said, startling Carrie.

"Oh, Momma, I'm sorry. It was raining, and I had to walk through it and everything…" For a moment, she was worried that her mother wouldn't believe her and she would find out about how she got a ride home with Andrew and Matt, which would prompt her to lock Carrie in the closet, meaning that sitting behind the garage for all that time would all be for nothing.

"Go get changed into some dry clothes and then do your homework." Her mother said as Carrie took a breath of relief and started to walk up the stairs.

"Wait one minute, little girl." Her mother said.

"What is it?" Carrie replied, stopping her walk up the stairs.

"The way you spoke to me this morning was unacceptable."

"Okay Momma, I-"

"Don't interrupt me." Her mother said, raising her voice. "I am your mother and when I tell you to get up out of bed in the morning, you get up out of bed. Do you understand me?"

"Yes, momma, I understand. I'm sorry."

"I forgive you. Now go get changed and do your homework. I'll call you down when dinner is ready."

"Okay, thank you." Carrie said as she began to walk up the stairs again, a bit upset her mother made her apologize.

Putting everything that just happened behind her, Carrie walked into her room. She put her backpack down and got changed into some dry clothes.

After doing that, she finally was able to lie down on her bed for a second before getting into her homework. While she lied there, she thought about the day. It was a pretty normal day until lunchtime, when she met Andrew. Then she was able to get a ride home with him and Matt, which, despite Matt's singing, was actually fun.

"Today actually wasn't so bad." She said to herself with a slight smile.