"I, um, these are... first off why are you looking through my stuff?" I said, immediately going into defensive mode.

"I was looking for the Disney movies and found all of this, can you please tell me what this is for?"

"It's nothing Darren." I said, grabbing the bags out of his hands and shoving them back into the night drawer.

"Allie. I'm worr-"

"Darren! I need you to drive me to the store!" Jamie stormed in, getting a hold of Darren.

"Jamie, I'm talking." he said to her, not even bothering to look at her. His eyes were still on me, holding my gaze. I couldn't read his expression, I had never experienced it before. His eyes had turned a darker color and his eyebrows were furrowed together, looking at me with a very intense look on his face.

"Darren, please! No one else wants to take me! I need something! Please!" Jamie insisted.

"You should go with her." I told him, trying to get out of the situation as fast as possible. He frowned and said, "Fine." Jamie turned around and headed out, yelling, "Meet you in the car Dare." When Jamie was out of sight, Darren got closer to me and said, "We are not done with this conversation. I'll talk to you later, Allie." before walking out of my room. I closed my door and sat on my bed. As I began to think of what Darren was probably thinking of me, I started to cry. God, he probably thinks I'm suicidal or crazy. I mean, he just found a bunch of pills and needles hidden in my room, what else would he think. I laid and thought of the different ways my conversation with Darren would go. I just gave up and concluded that I wouldn't go well. This would change our relationship forever. I fell asleep, dreading my future conversation with Darren.

I woke up and saw that it was 10:30 in the morning. I had slept through the whole night, not bothering to take off my snow clothes or makeup. It didn't matter anyway, since my mascara had dried on my cheeks, after crying last night. I tried to clean up my face with a make up toilettes as much as possible, and started making my bed. At that point I heard a knock at the door. Oh god, no, not now. They knocked again and said, "Allie?". I sighed with relief, when I heard Lauren's voice through the door. I open the door slightly, and smiled,"Hey."

"Good morning. I just wanted to tell you that we are going to breakfast in 15 minutes if you wanna go."

"Oh cool, yeah I'll be there."

"Yay! See you in a few."

I grabbed some clothes and my towel, and stuck my head through my door. The hallway was clear. I ran to the bathroom and took a quick shower. I put on my clothes and tied my hair into a bun. Well no more stalling. Here I go. I walked into the living room, where everyone was busy putting on their socks and boots. Sam, who was the closest to the hallway, saw me and yelled," Al! Good morning sleepyhead!" Everyone else looked up and greeted me. I made eye contact with Darren, who just looked at me giving me a small smile. It wasn't a normal Darren smile, it was a bit fake and it had a hint of sadness to it.

"Sooo, how was your movie night with Darren?" Sam whispered, into my ear as I put on my boots.

"He found them"

"Found what?"

"The pills and needles. He found all of it."

"Wait, What? How?"

"He was looking for some movies in my nightstand and found them."

"Al, you said yourself, he was going to find out someday. It's not bad, you just have to explain your condition to him and he won't ca-"

"Samantha, don't say he won't care."

"But it won't matter to hi-"

"Girls, you ready?" Joe said, as we ended our secretive conversation. We then noticed that we were the only ones left in the house.

"Yeah, we are." I said, and headed outside. The Starkids were already in the car they had rented when they got here and the rest were in Joe's car. I got into the backseat, sitting next to Joey who was in the middle, with Darren beside him. I had conclude to avoid Darren as much as possible. I won't get in his way and I'll try to not be left alone with him, after all we are leaving tomorrow, I can make it. When we got to the restaurant, we all were put into a booth, sitting as far as possible from Darren, I sat down and ordered my food. I didn't say one word throughout breakfast, I just tried to listen to the conversations and hide myself from being talked to. I also noticed that Darren was not in a talkative mood, I mean that weird, it's Darren. He would sometimes grin at a comment, but then he would go back to stirring his coffee. When we finished, we all headed back to the car to go back to the cabin. As I walked outside to the car, I stepped on black ice and slipped backwards. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact of the cold hard floor, but it never came. Instead, I felt a pair of arms that grabbed me around my waist and pulled me into a hug. I opened my eyes and saw his eyes again. Why does it always have to be him?!

"Are you ok?" He asked, with a concerned look on his face. All I could do is nod and just stare into his eyes, that had returned to their beautiful hazel color.

"Guys... you ready?" Joe said. Darren quickly let go of me and I straightened up.

"Yeah, lets get going."I said. opening the car door and getting in.

When we got the the cabin, I quickly went to my room. I spent the rest of the day there, thankfully with no interruptions. I read some books, listened to some music, and drew some sketches in my book. I put on my pjs and picked up my book to read a few more chapters before going to bed. Then I heard a knock. Oh no. Please no. It was going so well. Wait. Who knows if it's him? It could be Sam or Joey. After all, he wasn't in a talkative mood during breakfast. I opened the door and my heart dropped.

"Can I come in?" Darren asked.

"Umm sure." I said. I let him in and closed the door. I took a deep breath and turning around slowly. I found him staring at me and waited for him to start.

"Soo umm... we should talk." He said.

"What about?" Of course, I knew what about. I just wanted to postpone our conversation as long as possible.

"Al, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Please, I'm worried." He said. I looked up and saw his face full of concern.

"You shouldn't worry about me, I'm fine."

"Really, you call avoiding me the whole day and being nervous right now fine?

"I haven't bee-"

'Don't give me that. I know you more than you think I do."

"I just..."

"You just what?"

"I'm scared to tell you because you will look at me differently when you find out!"

"Find out what?"

"Never mind Darren, just drop it." I looked down towards my feet. That's when I felt his had grab mine. I looked up and found him closer.

"Please Al." He said, caressing my hand. "Help me understand. I really want to."

"Why?" I asked, starting to tear up.

"I care about you Allie. More than you know." I had to tell him. He looks so concerned, I didn't want to have him worry. Even though he was going to change his whole perspective of me, I needed to tell him. I led him to sit on the bed with me and took a deep breath.

"Darren, I'm going to tell you my story. I want you not to say anything until I'm done. Okay?" I said, looking him straight in the eyes. He nodded and I began. This was the end of his flirting, of our touching. He was going to move on to a prettier, healthier person after I tell him. Here we go.