LOL I don't feel like editing this… so sorry if there are some mess ups! This is the last chapter I have written and typed… so it will be a while before I update again! :D

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A couple of days had passed, but Rizzo and Danny were not talking. Sandy and Kenickie didn't know what had happened, but they sensed some tension. One day, Sandy decided to speak up.

"What is up with you two?" She asked after observing them make sandwiches in the kitchen together without a word.

"Nothing," Rizzo said, trying not to sound cross as she walked out of the kitchen with her food.

"What did you do to her?" Sandy asked Danny once she was out of hearing distance.

"Why do you automatically assume it was me?" Danny demanded.

"Because Rizzo is too hurt right now to say anything mean! I mean, well, be herself."

"That's right. This isn't Rizzo, this is wimpy Betty. Do you hear that Rizzo! It's not just me!" Danny's voice got increasingly louder as his sentence continued, trying to prove his point to Rizzo, who was out of hearing reach.

"What?" Sandy questioned, trying to find out what that whole episode was about, but Danny just walked away, leaving Sandy speechless.

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Kenickie walked through the front door, smoking a cigarette.

"Kenickie?" Rizzo hollered from her bedroom.

"How'd you know it was me?" Kenickie questioned. He put his cigarette out on his pants and threw it out the door.

"I could smell ya." Rizzo said as she walked into the room.

"So," Kenickie started.

"Ya?" Rizzo said after a minute of waiting for Kenickie to finish his thought.

"Sandy said you and Danny were being weird."

"Oh, it's nothing." Rizzo went to the door and shut it.

"You sure?" He asked. He actually sounded concerned. Maybe he still has feelings for me, Rizzo thought and hid her smile.

"Ya, I'm sure."

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Dinner later that day was very awkward. Kenickie had stayed the rest of the day and invited himself to dinner. The kid's were at the sitter's, and it was just the adults there for dinner. They were all sitting around the dining table, Rizzo opposite from Danny. They were not talking or making eye contact throughout the whole meal, no matter how many times Kenickie or Sandy would try to make them. Sandy decided to change the topic.

"Danny, I need you to take Anne to the Pediatrician on Friday at 12:00. Rizzo and I are going out to lunch."

"But I'm going to a basketball game with Kenickie on Friday." Danny's wimpy argument had no effect on Sandy.

"What is more important, basketball or your daughter?" Sandy questioned, knowing she'd get the answer she wanted.

"Fine." Danny gave in.

Rizzo coughed after swallowing a piece of food the wrong way. Danny, however, thought she was laughing at him.

"Just come out and say it!" He hollered across the table.

"Say what?" Rizzo snapped.

"Say that I'm a softy, that I give in and I am pretty much just a girl in man's clothing! I know your thinking it!"

"I wasn't thinking it, but I am now." Rizzo said, building her courage. "You are a total softy! You give in ALL the time and you are pretty much just a girl in man's clothing!!" Rizzo's voice built as she spoke. "Now do you think I'm a wimp!? I'll beat the tar outa ya just to prove that you are wrong and the old Rizzo's still in here!" She stood up fiercely , knocking her chair over in the process.

"You wouldn't hit me even if you wanted to!" Danny taunted.

At that, Rizzo pounced at him, taking a swing with her fist that was destined to land on Danny's face. Danny clutched his profusely bleeding nose and fell back in his chair. Sandy rushed to him with napkins while Kenickie got a hold of Rizzo. She pulled to get out of his clutch, but he held on tight, no matter how many times she elbowed him in the stomach.

"There!" She yelled, "Serves you right! You had NO RIGHT to say ANYTHING about me and Richard!" She pulled harder against Kenickie's grasp but he restrained her. All of the sudden, she stopped pulling. She suddenly felt dizzy and realized she needed to stop and breath. Kenickie felt her shaking and let go, suddenly scared at what would happen next. She rushed to her room and ran to the bed, letting tears erupt from her with no restraint. After a couple of minutes, Rizzo heard the door open, and then close. She felt someone make their way toward her and she quickly wiped away her tears. It was Kenickie, and he sat down on the bed with her, and held her. She felt safe with him, like that was where she was supposed to be.

"You don't have to stop on my account." He said softly. But she refused to cry in front of him. Instead, she just sat there, safe in her own little world. Just her and Kenickie, like she always felt it should be. She wanted badly to tell him the truth about Margaret, but she felt it would only make matters worse. After a minute or so, he turned her to him and pulled her closer. The anticipation built as they leaned in, closer and closer, until they finally touched. Her lips were soft and his strong as a gentle peck turned into a passionate kiss.

"Kenickie, I have something I need to tell you," Rizzo whispered once they parted.

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