Yesteday I left a message for you in the wrong story, I've just realized it and I feel so stupid. Well, the message explained that I wasn't going to update yesterday because I had to go to a funeral and I just wasn't in the mood for writing. I hope I don't have to go to many funerals in my life.

No school today either, awesome. I've just seen 'October Sky', amazing film, you've got to watch it!

Enjoy and review.

P.S.: I love when the boys talk :D

Oh, and I didn't check the spelling mistakes, so you may find some...

"... I'm telling you, she doesn't like the 'gentleman-hairstyile'" I said.

"Are you sure?" Danny said "It has always worked for me"

"What's the big mystery?" Harry said "She's just not like the girls Danny's dated"

"Yeah, she's not dumb or slutty" Tom said.

"It's not my fault those are the prettiest!" Danny said and Tom rolled his eyes.

"What do I do then?" I said.

"What about you let her be?" Tom said.

"Tom, you're not being helpful"

"Ask her to be our pianist" Harry said "We still need one. Besides, she already knows the song and she helped us to write it, she's got rights over the song"

We looked at each other, surprised Harry had finally said something useful after days of avoiding getting involve in the conversation, still afraid of both Danny and Tom, who gave him a killing look for helping me. His idea was pretty cool and I could imagine Rose even getting excited about it... And she needed the money...

So here I was now, spying on her again during the break on Wednesday morning, with my hair all messy again, but my clothes still clean. Ok, she didn't like the hair but she'd said nothing about my clothes, so maybe she'd liked them this way.

"Hello, Rose"

She stopped playing something that sounded quite romantic and sad at the same time. She slowly stood up and smiled at me.

"How long have you been there?" she asked softly.

"A while... Are you alright?" I slowly walked toward her and put an arm around her. She didn't turn away or anything like that, which meant she wasn't ok, she needed love and who else but me for that task? "Oh, Rose, baby, what happened?"

"I'm just so sad, Dougie" she whispered as she pulled me closer and rested her head on my shoulder as I caressed her hair.

"Do you want to talk about it?" here was something I'd learned from Tom; don't ever force a girl to talk, but listen if she does.

"No..." she said, which caused me to bit my lip; damn, now I was going to carry this big curiosity all day long "Just stay here with me, will you?"

"Of course, Rose, I always want to be with you... You are the one who always kicks me out"

"Oh, Doug, you are the best.."

"I know"

She laughed a little bit and I picked her up in my arms as I walked towards a chair. I sat but didn't put her down. Instead, she was sitting in my lap with her head still on my shoulder. I could feel her morality hanging dangerously from a string, it would fall very soon... Then I'd win.

"Distract me" she said "Let's talk about something else"

"I have an offer for you"

"Does it involve sex?"

"No... Unless you want to" I smiled and she rolled her eyes, but she couldn't fool me, I could see the small curve in the corner of her lips.

"What is it?"

"Well, since you helped ut with the song, we thought you could play the piano for our band. The song will be finished soon and we'll go to many different shows to promote the song. Do you want to come with us? It probably won't interfere with school and the shows are here in London, so both you and I will be able to come to school. We will pay you, of course, and it's an important amount of money"

She looked at me in shock, but smiling at the same time.

"Are you serious?"

"Of course I am. You also have rights over the song, the music company will pay you for that too"

"Oh, no, no, that was a favor for you, I didn't mean to make money from it" she hesitated, then blushed "I did it for you"

Oh, there was this huge urge to kiss her again as I watched her red cheeks and her shy eyes She wasn't just the most gorgeous girl I'd ever met, but cute and lovely at the same time. How was it possible to be so perfect and yet mine? Because, ok, she wasn't mine, but she was nobody else's either and she wanted to be with me. I started to feel the warnings from a tiny voice in the back of my head, telling me this should remain just as desire, passion, nothing else, nothing involving love.

"Do this for me too, please. Play with us... And you can play with me later" I winked at her and laughed.

"I don't know... I mean, it'd be great if I could, but I don't know if it's apropiated, I should talk to the Head Master about this"

I rolled my eyes "If you want to jump off a bridge, would you ask that woman for permission too?"

"No, I won't because I hate heights so I wouldn't jump off anywhere"

"You know what I mean"

"You just don't understand, everything is so easy for you. I need to do everything right, one single mistake and I could loose this job. I'm not even officially a teacher here"

"What do you mean?"

"I'm under observation, they want to see if you make any progress with me because they said you were awful with the last teacher. If I don't make any kind of progress with this class, I'm out of the school"

"Oh... I didn't know that"

"Well, now you know"

"Hey, it's not my fault, you are the one who never tells me anything" I put her down and stood up, completely annoyed; I kept trying and trying to be the best I could for her -well, thought my intentions weren't the best- and yet I recieved nothing from her, nothing at all. She took my hand and pulled me close to her again.

"Sorry" she said "Please, don't go... I'm just a little... Out of control, lately"

I sighed "Will you take the job or not?"

"I'll talk to the Head Master and let you know as soon as I know. I want to, Dougie, I really do, but I can't screw up. I must be perfect and it's just so hard"

I sighed again and tried to call down; yeah, I could understand how that felt, being perfect wasn't easy at all, or even fun as I'd thought I'd be. While she was trying to keep her job desperately, I tried to get under her skirt, which could get her into trouble... She could loose everything for my stupid whim and that wasn't fair... But I just couldn't help it, there was something about her, I needed her in a way. I should get away from her, make things easier for Rose, but that wasn't an option for me, she'd been the first decent girl who'd laid eyes on me and thought I was something more than just a rich bassist. I wanted her, I wanted Rose... And there was that warning inside my head again. Did it mean I was falling for her?... In love? I didn't know what love was and I still didn't want to know it.