A/N: I'm feeling slightly better. Thanks you all so much for leaving me messages. I appreciate it. It made me feel better when I returned from the surgery to read them. I love you guys so much! THANK YOU!! You guys are the best reviewers ever!! Here's a super long update to show how much I seriously love you all!!

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"Who was that?" Amy asks as she comes back to the ball return.

"Nate. He told me to have a good time. Apparently he's working on a new song."

Amy smiles, "Can't wait to hear it! They're so talented. I'm a little jealous. I wish I could play an instrument or write songs. I've been thinking about taking guitar lessons."

"Oh, you should! It's really fun to play!" I say encouragingly.

"Do you play it?" She asks me.

"Yeah, I've played since I was ten. It's pretty easy to pick up."

Amy smiles and picks up her ball. She has another turn left. She is doing terribly. I'm trying to go easy on her but it's getting a little difficult. I make a mental note to request bummers next time I bowl with her. Amy throws the ball and it curves sharply to the left. It's in the gutter before it even gets halfway down the lane. I smile sympathetically as she walks back, looking defeated.

"Think you can teach me to bowl? I'm going on a date here with Shane tomorrow and I don't want to make a fool of myself. He probably already thinks I'm worthless at everything. I couldn't even beat him today at Guitar Hero. I was nowhere near his score!"

I grin, "It's not you. Trust me! He's just really good at that game. I suspect he has no life and plays it constantly! But shh, you didn't hear that from me!"

I wink at her and she begins to brighten up again.

"Thanks! You really are as nice as Shane says!" Amy beams.

I pick up my ball and head out to our lane. I look back at her with a smile.

"I thought you said you wanted to learn to bowl. Get out here!"

Amy grins widely and catches up to me. I demonstrate how to hold the ball. Amy laughs every time I point out her mistakes. I'm glad she's easy going. I go up to the lane and show her how to hold herself before releasing the ball and then how to walk up to the lane and throw the ball, without having it curve. I get a strike and do a short victory dance.

"It's a very crucial thing to have your own signature victory dance!" I tease.

Amy laughs and throws her hand up in the air, swiveling her hips at the same time. She spins once and then pretends to pose. I laugh at her.

"That will do!" I manage to choke out between laughs.

Amy's smile stretches across her face and she gets her ball.

"My turn! Time to put my lesson into action!"

I watch as she adjusts her hand and lets the ball go smoothly. The ball heads straight down the lane and she squeals.

"I'm going to get a strike! I'm going to get a strike!"

I smile. Amy is prancing about excitedly, all the while never taking her eye off the ball. It finally reaches the pins and knocks down all but two on the left side. Amy does her victory dance and heads back to the ball return, where I'm standing.

"Well, it's not a strike but its way better than what I've been doing!"

Amy launches herself at me and smothers me in a hug. I hug her back and she lets go off me. She is positively glowing with happiness.

"Thank you so much! I might actually have a shot at beating Shane now!"

We finish our game and pay the man behind the counter. Amy pulls off he shoes and returns them.

"You know, those shoes were actually really comfortable!" She says, laughing.

I nod, "Yeah. They are. But can you imagine trying to find an outfit to wear them with and not look like a complete fool?"

Amy laughs and shakes her head, "Nope. You've got me beat there. Hey, you want to go to the mall?"

I shrug, "Sure. It sounds like fun."

Amy beams and takes hold of my elbow. She walks out with me to the car and we get in.

I buckle my seat belt and she drives out onto the road.

"Do you want to go to Centerwood or somewhere else?"

I think, "Centerwood is fine with me. They have good shops there."

Amy nods and gets onto the highway. She turns on the radio and "Shake It" by Metro Station starts playing. Amy giggles and starts singing along loudly. My cell phone vibrates and I open it to see who sent me a message.

To: Mitchie

From: Very, very bored Nate

"Having fun yet?"

I text him back quickly.

To: Bored

From: Entertained

"Hey. Sorry to hear you're so bored. I'm having a really good time with Amy. She's not what I expected. She's totally cool and a lot of fun. We just went bowling and now we're off to the Centerwood mall to do some shopping and more girl bonding! We'll hang out when I get back, okay?"

I send the message and look back out at the road.

"Texting the boys again? Which one was it this time?" Amy asks.

"Nate", I respond. "He really bored and he wanted to know if we were having any fun."

"We are, aren't we?" Amy asks, slightly worried.

I laugh, "Of course we are! Don't be so nervous. I like spending time with you."

Amy sighs with relief, "Good, because I like spending time with you, also! If you don't mind me asking, is there something going on between you and Nate?"

I frown, "What makes you think that?"

"Well, you guys keep texting each other and, well, I kind of saw you two in the backyard when Shane, Jason and I came downstairs after playing Guitar Hero."

I shake my head, "There's nothing there."

Amy looks away from the road for a second to look at me in disbelief, "I'm not buying it. That didn't sound so convincing. Anyway, I saw you kiss him."

"Kiss him?! Oh! You mean on the forehead. It was just a friendly gesture."

"Oh, come on Mitchie Torres! You have it bad for him!"

I glare at her playfully, "I do not!"

"Do! I can see it! You like him! Oh, and sorry for the awkward mix up with you and Jason. I thought I saw something more there. Now I realize I just picked the wrong guy! It's totally Nate!"

I shrug, "I don't think so."

"Oh, so now you're not sure?" Amy jokes.

I roll my eyes at her when she looks over at me. I can see a smile forming on her face as she watches the road. I sigh and look out the window. We're near the mall. In just five minutes, we should be there.

"You know, I think you and Nate would be cute together. You should give him a chance. Just go on a date with him or something and then decide after that!" Amy suggests.

I look at her. She being completely serious now. I just shrug my shoulders.

"I guess that's not such a bad idea."

Amy smiles again as she gets off the highway and turns left, heading toward the mall. She enters the parking lot and drives about, looking for the best spot. She finally finds one close to the entrance of JC Penney's. We get out of the car and she locks it as we walk up to the mall. She walks quickly through JC Penney's to the center of the mall. I look around. I haven't been here for a while. Amy looks at the map of the stores and then points out one that she's dying to go to. We walk over to the shop and I look inside. It's a vintage store. It's really cool. We pick out a few things from the racks and then go to the dressing rooms to try them on.

"Show me yours!" Amy says. I can her the curtain being drawn next to me. She must be outside. I pull back my own curtain. Amy smiles at me.

"That's so cute on you!"

I am wearing a pink dress with sequins designs. It goes just above my knees. I look at myself in the full-length mirror. I do look pretty good in this dress. I look at Amy and study her dress. It's turquoise and had detailed beading at the neckline and the bottom.

"Wow! You should get that! You look amazing!" I shriek.

Amy hugs me, "Let's both get these dresses. I think I have plans for them tonight!"

I look at her questioningly.

"Okay, you have to promise not to be mad at me!" Amy says, backing away a little.

I look at her uncertainly, "That doesn't sound good. Okay, I promise. Now what have you done?"

"Well, I texted Shane while I was in the dressing room and I sort of set up a date. A double date. I told him that he should bring along Nate. You don't mind, do you? In the car you said you didn't think my idea was too bad…"

I sigh, "It's a little too late for me now anyway. Actually, no, I don't really have a problem with it. It should be fun, right?"

Amy smiled, "That's the attitude! They're going to meet us by the theater at five. We have about two hours to go about and shop still. Wasn't there a shop you wanted to go to? Like Forever something?"

"Forever 21", I tell her.

Amy brightens, "Yes! Let's go there next! With your taste in clothes, I'm sure I'll love the store!"

Amy and I purchase the dresses and we walk over to Forever 21. Amy looks around the shop as we enter.

"Wow! This is big. How in the world do you shop in here? I feel overwhelmed!"

I laugh, "I pick a corner to start in and just work my way around from there! Let's start here."

Amy goes to where I point and looks through the clothes. She pulls out a tank top. I look around the corner I've chosen and don't find anything. We move on to the next section. I search through the racks and find a gray tank top. It's one of the kind that fit loosely and never really hug any part of your body. I love these kind of tank tops. They feel as good as pajamas. We move on to pants. I pick out a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a cute jean skirt. Amy finds a pair of pink skinny jeans and grabs them.

"How cute are these?" She exclaims.

I look at the jeans, "Very. I have some in a darker shade at home."

We take our clothes back to the dressing rooms and try everything on. We show each other each piece of clothing. Amy takes a few picture with her phone. We check out and decide to buy everything. Amy looks at her watch.

"Wow! That took us a while. We have about thirty minutes before the boys show up."

"Are we going to go change into our dresses?" I ask. Amy frowns.

"We need shoes! Payless!" She says and runs quickly into the store. I follow her. I look down at my shoes and realize they wouldn't have matches. Good thinking on Amy's part! We check out all the sandals. Amy throws me a pair of metallic silver sandals. They're strappy and cute. I decide to buy them. I go back and help Amy. I find a pair of sandals that are identical to mine except gold.

"Nice find, Torres!" Amy buys them and we quickly leave the store and enter the women's bathroom in the food court. I get into a stall and quickly change into my dress. I fold my clothes neatly and stick them into one of my shopping bags. I put on my new sandals and leave my stall. Amy is already dressed.

"We look good!" Amy laughs. She hands me a comb so I can fix my hair. All this changing has messed it up. We study our reflections before deciding to leave the bathroom.

"Ten minutes. Let's put our bags in my car so they won't get in the way during the date."

We leave the mall through JC Penney's and quickly through our bags in Amy's trunk. She locks it and we walk quickly into the mall. The theater is right in front of us. Amy looks around. The boys aren't here yet. We decide to wait in front of the place.

"Boo!"

We turn around, startled. Shane grins from ear to ear and hugs Amy. Amy punches him playfully.

"Don't do that!"

I look at Nate. He smiles at me shyly.

"You look very pretty", he says.

I smile, "Thanks!"

Shane looks at Amy and me. He smiles at us both.

"Nate's right. You guys do look very pretty. New dresses?" He asks.

Amy nods, "We picked them up from this sweet vintage store!"

Shane nods, "You guys look great. Come on. Let's get your tickets and go see this movie. I'm getting anxious!"

I laugh and we all follow Shane. Nate walks beside me. He seems a bit nervous. I wonder about it. I mean, it's just me. He's been around me a lot already, so why is he acting nervous all of the sudden. The boys pay for our tickets and we enter the theater after persuading them that we didn't need drinks or anything. Amy wink at me and we sit down. We are sitting next to each other with our dates or the other sides of us. Amy grabs my hand and squeezes it.

"How exciting is this? We're on a double date with each other!" She whispers.

I grin, "Very exciting!"

"Are you two girls sharing secrets?" Shane says, looking at us.

"Is it any of your business if we are?" Amy retorts. Shane laughs and kisses her. I sit back against my seat. I notice that Nate is being very quiet.

"What's wrong?" I ask him in a hushes voice.

Nate turns and looks at me, "Nothing. I guess I'm just a little…nervous?"

"Nervous? Why?" I ask, slightly confused.

Nate shrugs, "I don't know. I guess I'm just being dumb. Sorry."

I frown, "Don't be! It's cute!"

I grab his hand and we watch as the movie starts to begin. I see Shane wrap his arm around Amy. I notice myself tense. I really should be feeling like this. I try to ignore it but I keep looking over at him. It's like a disease or something. I'm torturing myself every time I look. I really don't want to be jealous, but I am. I hear Nate shift in his seat. I look over at him. He's starting to look less nervous. I lean into him. He looks at me and smiles. He wraps his arm around me and I lay my head on his shoulder. I've decided that I'm going to give this a try. After all, there's no use to dwell on something you can't have. Anyway, I really do like Nate.

Nate rests his chin on my head. I feel my heartbeat quicken. Is this actually happening? I breathe deeply and smile. His cologne smells amazing. I try watching the movie but I' so lost now. I've not been paying attention to it for the last few minutes and I really don't have any interest in it at the moment. My mind is on Nate right now. I'm super conscious of every little move he makes. I can hear his heartbeat. It's quiet and gentle. He feels very relaxed. I close my eyes and smile. I like being this close to him. His arm around me moves slightly and I feel his hand on my arm. It's warm against my skin. It's the first time I've noticed how cool it is in here with just my spaghetti strapped dress on.

"Are you cold?" Nate asks me, seeming the sense my thoughts. I love how I can feel his body vibrate slightly as he talks.

I take my head off of his shoulder and nod. Nate smiles at me and takes off the jacket he was wearing. Under it, he had a dressy button up shirt. He gives me the jacket and helps me put it on.

"It looks better on you", He says and I smile at him before placing my head back on his shoulder. He wraps his arm around me again, letting his hand rest against my left arm. I see Amy look over at us. She and Shane are just holding hands now.

"Aww!" She mouths at me. I smile at her.

"Thank you!" I mouth back at her.

She shakes her head and smiles. She turns her attention back to Shane, who is laughing at whatever is going on in the movie. At this point, I've pretty much given up on following the movie any longer. I know it must be probably near the end. It feels like I've been sitting here for quite a while. I'm right. A few seconds after thinking this, the end credit roll onto the screen. Shane and Amy get up and I reluctantly get up too. Nate gets up and we all walk out of the theater. Amy pulls aside.

"I'm driving home with Mitchie! Sorry Nate. I have to steal this girl from you!" Amy says and pulls me with her. I smile. I like Amy. Amy let's me go and quickly kisses Shane. "See you guys at your house!"

I wave good-bye to Nate and we leave the mall. We get into the car and as soon as the doors shut, Amy squeals. I can tell she's been holding that back.

"You two are so cute!!"

I laugh a little, "We are?"

"Yes! Oh my goodness! I wanted to just stare at you both, but that would have been creepy so I didn't. Shane thinks you look good together, too. We were discussing you guys."

I grin, "Should this make me feel awkward?"

"Not at all! You and Nate really need to go on another date. This time, by yourselves!"

"Okay. Maybe we will. That is, if Nate wants to."

Amy grins, "He will!"

She turns on the radio and sings along to "Disturbia". I sign with her and she stops.

"Wow. You have a really nice voice. Shane wasn't kidding around when he said that I guess! Wow!"

I smile at Amy, "Thanks!"

We go on singing until we finally pull up into the Gray's driveway. The boys made it home before us. Amy looked at me suspiciously and said something under her breath about speeding. I smirked. She was probably right, knowing Shane. I looked over at Nate. He smiled at me. Amy looked at us before pulling Shane up to the house and leaving us alone. Shane glanced back before going through the door and gave me a thumbs up. I giggled and looked back at Nate.

"I had a lot of fun tonight", I said.

Nate smiled, "I did, too. We should do this again sometime."

"You mean like another date?" I ask, slightly hopeful.

"Yeah, another date."

I grin, "I'd love that!"

Nate laughs a little with relief, "When do you want to go? Tomorrow night?"

"Sure! That sounds perfect! Well, I should probably be going. I've been away from home all day."

Nate nods and pulls me into a hug. I catch the smell of his cologne again. I close my eyes and memorize the smell. We pull away and I look up at Nate.

"You smell really good", I say quietly.

Nate laughs, "Thanks."

I lean in and kiss him on the cheek.

"Good night!" I say and start walking away. Nate waves at me and watches me enter my house. I see him turn around and go back up to his house.

"So how was your day? Did you like Amy?" My mother asks. I walk into our entertainment room and find my mom watching TV.

"It went well. Amy and I went bowling and then we went to the mall. Amy set up a date with Shane, Nate and me. We went to a movie in the mall. It was a lot of fun. I think I like Nate."

My mom smiled, "That's good, sweetheart. Finally got your mind off Shane?"

I grin, "I think so. I'm going to bed. I'm kind of tired from all the events today."

"Alright. Good night, honey! By the way, that's a very pretty dress. You look beautiful in it!"

"Thanks! Good night!"

I run upstairs and close my door. I take the dress off carefully and put it in my hamper. I throw on a pair of pajamas and sink onto my bed. I sit and look at the Gray's house. The lights are all on. I think about Shane for a moment. I lied to my mom. I still haven't quite gotten over Shane yet. I'm still jealous seeing him with Amy. Yet I'm coming close to just accepting it and moving on. I like Amy so at least I'm glad he's with a nice girl.

I look at Nate's window and a smile spreads across my face. I was beginning to really like him. He's such a sweet guy. I'm more than happy to be going on a date with him again tomorrow. Actually, I'm really looking forward to it.

I lie back in my bed and pull the covers up. Curling up, I think for the last time about Nate. I fall asleep with a smile on my face. I can't wait until the morning!

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A/N: That is definitely the longest update I've ever written. 10 pages on Microsoft Word! New record! Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it! Review it!!