Shailene's at school.
A girl, Hailey, walks up to Shailene, "So, you want to sign up for basketball?"
"I don't know. Are you?"
"Thinking about it. We should do it together."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Come on. Basketball sign ups are in the gym." Hailey said and they walk into the gym.
With Daren at his apartment playing video games.
Daren tries to call Shailene again, "Hey, it's me again. Look, I just wanted to know if you wanted to come over. You haven't been answering my texts or calls. You've been out of school for forty-five minutes now. Bye. Love you." Daren said kind of angry.
"Damn, can she breath without you calling her?" Jared said sarcastically.
"I don't want her to be at school and something happen."
"You're jealous." Jared blurts.
"Of what? I'm bored. I just want to hear her voice because I miss her." Daren mentioned getting up and walking to get a bottle of water.
"That's not it. Daren, tell me the truth. You're thinking she's with some other guy."
"I don't think like that." Daren said offending himself.
"Every guy thinks that way."
"Go on a date with Brooke or something."
"It's cute." Jared said in a girl voice.
"Shut up." Daren said hitting Jared.
Jared and Brooke are walking around Brooke's neighborhood.
"I used to eat at this little sub shop all the time." Brooke said pulling Jared into the store.
"Oh. We could have lunch." Jared chuckled looking at the menu.
"Or we could go somewhere else." Brooke replied grabbing Jared's hoody and pulling him out of the shop.
"What's wrong?"
"Brooke?" a voice behind them said and Jared looking back still walking.
"Who's this?" Jared whispered to her.
"I'll tell you later," Brooke whispered back and turned toward the guy. "Hi, James."
"You can't say hi to anybody?" James smirked walking toward them.
"I didn't see you."
"Bull. So who's this? Boyfriend?" James said looking at Jared.
"Jared." he chirped in putting out his hand.
"James." he said shaking his hand and looking at Brooke.
"Are we going to eat or going somewhere else?" Jared asked.
"Eat somewhere else. Bye James." Brooke said walking away with Jared.
"Who is that? I have a feeling that you and him have been together before."
"Yeah. We used to 'talk'."
"Used too?"
"It was after I had broken up with my ex boyfriend. I just talked to him. He was my date to prom."
"Ex boyfriend? What his name?" Jared asked.
"Brent."
"Brent? What is Brent's' last name?" Jared said asking nervously.
"Jacobs. Why?"
"He dated Ashley." Jared sighed.
"He did?" Brooke asked surprised.
"Yeah. Like months ago."
"I broke up with him before graduation." Brooke said nervously looking at Jared.
"He was with Ashley when you were with him."
"How do you know?"
"Because she broke up with him a long time before that."
"We were together all year. That's so great. We're all connected one way or another." Brooke said sad.
"Ashley probably didn't know about you."
"She hates me already, imagine when she finds out that we have the same taste in men."
"Believe me, Ashley's different from what people think. I could introduce you to her."
"We've been introduced before."
"I want to be able to hang out with you around my friends."
"I do too."
"We have to get over the awkward first."
"And we should start with Ashley?" Brooke asked.
"No. We should start with Chris."
"Chris. Awkward for all of us."
"Brooke, we have to get over this."
"I know we do."
"I'll text him." Jared said giving her a kiss and texted Chris to have a double date with him and Brooke later that night.
"He said okay." Jared said.
"Great. It was nice being with you." Brooke said jokingly.
"Hey, if it get's awkward, then say something to me."
"I'll do it for you. I haven't actually had a conversation with the guy."
"Wow. This is going to be great."
"I'm sorry. What time tonight?"
"We're going to meet around eight."
"Then could you drop me off. I have two hours to get ready."
"Yeah. Sure," Jared said kissing her. "We could pick something up on the way."
Back with Shailene.
"Wow, Daren's tried calling me five times, texted me about ten." Shailene said looking at her phone.
"Gee. So that's what dating the biggest player in school feels like." Shailene looks at her, "I've heard all the rumors." Hailey told her.
"Well, Daren wasn't the biggest. Chris, his best friend was."
"Oh. Guy with a baby."
"Yeah." Shailene muttered.
"Need a ride?"
"Sure."
"I have to bring my brother and his friends."
"It's fine. Could you drop me off at Daren's apartment. It's closer."
"Sure." Hailey said walking toward her car.
With Daren. He's outside playing basketball with Jared and Chris.
"You okay?" Chris asked.
"Yes. I'm fine." Daren said shooting the ball.
"Told you he seems angry." Jared said rebounding the ball.
"I'm not angry. I'm just upset. She hasn't called me back."
"Don't be upset. She's in high school. You're not. You're on different time zones." Chris said trying to cheer him up.
"Easy for you to say. You're girlfriend lives with you."
"Monica don't live with me." Chris mutters as Shailene pulls up. The guy in the front gets out so Shailene can climb out from the back. Daren just watches.
"Thanks guys." Shailene said walking toward Daren.
"See ya." Hailey's brother yelled out.
"What's that?" Daren asked pointing to the car that drove off.
"My friend Hailey, drove me home today."
"Oh. And the guys?"
"Her brothers," Shailene said nonchalantly. "Good news babe, I signed up for basketball."
"Awesome. How many of them were their."
"Three or four."
"Okay. You sat in the back with them?"
"Yes, it would be inappropriate if I sat on their laps." Shailene chuckled walking in the apartment.
Daren looks at Shailene and back at Chris and Jared, "Does that seem weird to you? And is her dress a little too short to you?"
"Daren, don't do that." Jared said.
"Do what?"
"Try to find something that could start an argument."
"I'm not trying to."
Jared and Chris went into Chris's apartment while Daren went inside his apartment and Shailene was texting on the couch.
"How'd you meet those guys?"
Shailene looks at Daren, "In case you didn't hear me, I met a friend named Hailey and she drove her brother and his friends. She dropped me off hense the reason they were in the car."
"I don't understand why you didn't call me back? I could have came picked you up."
"I was with her, she offered, I agreed."
"Oh. Okay." Daren said walking into his room. Shailene followed.
"Why are you trying to fight?"
"I'm not. Just trying to get answers that make no sence."
"How about you call me when you're not crazy."
"How about you keep guys the hell away from you?"
"Oh. So it's about the guys. Daren, are you jealous?"
"No, I'm not. I probably don't like it when my very beautiful girlfriend hangs around a handful of guys."
Do you realize what you're implying?"
"I'm just saying I don't want these guys thinking that you're into them."
"They won't think that unless I pay no attention to them."
