The next morning Paul dropped Stephanie off in front of a restaurant not too far from her house. "Are you sure you don't want me to wait for you or anything?" He asked pulling into a spot and putting the car into park before turning toward her. He had to say she looked just beautiful this morning, she did every time he saw her, but this morning there was just something about her, especially when she smiled at him like that.

"I'm okay, Trish is going to be here in like five minutes."

He glanced at her for a moment longer before responding. "Alright, call me when you get home from breakfast or whatever with your parents."

"I promise." She smiled leaning over and kissing him softly on the lips. She then turned and climbed out of the car, walking toward the entrance of the diner.

She turned and waved at him for a moment before walking into the diner. He waved back briefly before she had turned and then just watched her making sure she had made it in safely. It was then that he realized that he was starting to fall for her. That thought scared him a little, he had felt this way for other women, obviously, but he had never felt for a girlfriend what he was feeling for her. It made him realize that maybe he had never really loved women before her, which scared him more than anything because as much as he wanted to, technically she wasn't even legally a woman until next week.

As he was pulling out, he saw Trish driving past him and parking next to the space he had just been in himself. He watched for a moment as she got out of the car and walked into the restaurant before turning left and making his way home.

Trish walked into the diner and spotted her best friend sitting at a table not too far from the entrance. She walked over and sat down across from her. "Hey girl," She said reaching out and grabbing her hand for a moment to grab her attention.

Stephanie looked up, she hadn't noticed her friend enter the room, or even sit down next to her. She had been flipping through the pictures she had taken of her and Paul from last night and this morning. "Oh hey Trish, how are you?"

"Good, so why did you call and ask for a ride if you managed to get here? Why didn't you just have Mr. you know who take you home?" She said being mindful of the fact that someone might overhear them talking.

"I can't have anyone see us, especially my parents. They would probably murder him or something."

"Your dad would I'm sure." Trish agreed. "So I am super excited for your birthday party this weekend."

"Girl me too, especially for the fact that I will officially be an adult and Paul and I can let everyone know we are together…well sort of."

"Yeah, It probably wouldn't be a good idea if word got around school or anything."

"He said he might look for a job at a different school in a few months if we can be sure that our relationship is going to last, at least for awhile you know?"

"Makes sense, of course if you guys broke up it would be a good idea anyway because it would be super awkward to see your ex every day, especially with…"

"Hello ladies, fancy running into you here." Nikki said as she and her sister walking up to the two of them.

Stephanie and Trish glared up at the twins they had come to despise. "And what makes you two think we want anything to do with you? You are actually ruining a nice morning for us." Stephanie spat not bothering to keep the hate out of her voice.

"Yeah," Trish said in a smug tone. "Don't you two have something better to do, like sleep with the football team or throw up your breakfast?"

Brie laughed loudly causing a few of the restauranters to glance over at them. "Oh clever Trish, don't worry we aren't staying long. We would hate to pick up anything from you two, like fake hair coloring, or weight." She said in a sweet voice as she and her sister turned to leave.

Trish rolled her eyes at her best friend and was about to say something when she saw them walking back over, she rolled her eyes at Stephanie again while her friend giggled. "By the way ladies," Brie said, staring more so at Stephanie. "Do you think that Mr. Levesque is the type to sleep with his students? Because I would love a roll in the bed with him."

Stephanie's eyes widened as she chocked on her water a little bit. Trish nearly growled at the twins before standing up. "Why don't you two just get the hell away from us okay? We want nothing to do with you or your bimbo friends."

"Touchy touchy, we just thought you guys would know better than we would, you do sit in the front." Nikki said grabbing Brie's hand and walking out of the door.

Trish sat back down and saw the look on her friends face. "Just relax okay babe?" She said reaching out to place a comforting hand on her friends hand.

"Do you think they know something? I mean how could they? We don't…I don't…He…"

Trish stood up and sat back down next to her best friend. "They don't know anything about you two okay? Relax, they know you have a crush on him and are just trying to get a rise of you."

"Are you sure?" Stephanie said turning her head to look at Trish. "If people found out and he got fired or something he would blame me and then…"

"Steph, relax okay? Let's just go hang at your house for awhile. Then you just have to get through dinner with your folks tonight and…"

"I can't hang out after you drop me off, my grandparents are in town and we have to spend time with them."

"Well you will just have to calm down on the ride home then because you know your mom especially will ask a million questions if she sees how upset you are."

Stephanie swallowed and then nodded her head. "You are so right, can we leave? I just need to like be home."

Trish slid out of the booth just as the waitress walked up. "Can I get you ladies anything to drink?"

"No thinks, we're not staying." Trish said walking to the exit with Stephanie at her side.

They walked out to her car and Trish pressed the automatic lock button to unlock the car. She then slid into the car as her friend climbed into the passenger seat next to her. "So we're still on for our mani/pedi appointments before your party right? We need to make them tomorrow at the latest."

"Absolutely, I need a good relaxing day."

Trish pulled out of the parking lot and toward Stephanie's house. "Thank god, so should it just be us like it was last year?"

"I think we should, I mean it's kind of tradition you know? Except your last birthday."

"Well that was because my mom made us bring my sister with us, it was the worst."

Stephanie laughed softly, "It wasn't that bad, I mean sure she was asking us a million questions, and would barely let us have a word in but she is younger than us."

"Yeah," Trish agreed thinking about her youngest sister Melissa, who was in the eighth grade. "Well call me later okay?" She said pulling to the curb."

Stephanie opened the door and stepped out of the car. "Of course," She said before waving and closing the door. She waved again as Trish sped off and then turned toward her house and taking a deep breath before walking toward the front door. She didn't really want to spend time with her grandmother today, especially because she always had to say something about the way she looked or how Shane was better at school. She would much rather spend time with her Gram, her mother's mom.

She took a deep breath before walking into the house. "I'm home." She called.

"In the living room honey." Linda called out to let her daughter know where to head.

Stephanie walked in and saw her mom and grandma sitting on the couch talking. She smiled at her mom and walked over to give her a slight hug. She then turned to her grandmother and gave a smaller smile. "Hi grandma," She said leaning down to hug her lightly as well.

"Hello dear, you look well."

Stephanie was shocked by how nice she was being, as she turned to sit in the chair across from them she exhaled and rolled her eyes, she should have known it wouldn't have lasted that long as she heard the next words coming out of her mouth.

"Do you really think you should let her dress like that Linda? It makes her look like a streetwalker."

"I think she looks just fine."

"Thanks mom," Stephanie said smiling at her mom as she sat down and crossed her legs. She pulled out her cell phone and started to send a new message to Paul to let him know that she was home now when she heard someone clear their throat.

"That is rather rude you know dear." Her grandmother said glaring down at the phone in her hand.

"I was just texting a friend, it isn't a big deal." She said rolling her eyes as she looked back down to her phone. She would love to escape upstairs but knew that she would get in trouble with her dad.

"Well honey we do have a guest. Just send the message quickly and put your phone away okay?" Linda said smiling at Stephanie. She then turned to her mother-in-law and started back on a different subject, probably what they had been discussing as she walked into the house. "So anyway, Shane is doing…"

Stephanie drowned out the rest of the conversation. Of course her grandmother would want to hear all about how Shane was doing, the golden boy so to speak. She couldn't understand why her grandma was always so kind with him and basically treated her like dirt. She rolled her eyes again as she started typing on the phone.

"Miss you already sweets."

She sighed and placed the phone on her lap before looking back at the women across from her. She heard the door open and close again and thanked everything holy that her father had come home from the office early. "Hi daddy," She called out as he walked into the room.

"Hi princess, did you have a nice time last night?" He asked as she ran up and gave him a hug.

"Of course, and now I get to visit with Grandma and everything, fun times."

Vince chuckled knowing how his daughter felt about his mother most of the time. He couldn't blame her too much, he had, had the same type of relationship with his father growing up. "Why don't you run upstairs and relax for awhile before dinner huh?"

Stephanie smiled and widened her eyes a little in happiness before kissing his cheek. "Thanks daddy,"

With that she turned and walked out of the room and upstairs to her bedroom. Once in the room, she shut the door and glanced at her phone. She had a new message and she smiled as she read it.

Miss you too baby, can you sneak out tonight?"

Now why would I do that? She replied smiling slightly.

She got a new message from him a moment later telling her to log into skype. She placed her phone down on the bed before walking to her computer desk and opening the cover of her laptop. She turned it on and then logged in, a few moments later she had a conversation request. She quickly hit accept and a moment later saw her boyfriend on the screen.

"So why did you want me on here?" She asked coyly.

"To see your beautiful face of course." He said softly.

"I am so sure."

He chuckled softly. "Also to tell you the reason I want you to come meet me tonight."

"I'm listening."

"I thought we could make up for the camping thing a bit and just have a little picnic in the park. I also have something I want to tell you." He said shyly knowing that he had to tell her how he was feeling about her, and especially their relationship.

"Well I guess it would be worth it." She smiled flirtatiously back at him.

She hadn't notice her door open slightly as her Grandmother had been about to walk in. She listened outside the door for a moment at the conversation her grand-daughter was having and furrowed her brow. She was sure her son and his wife had no idea about this little relationship. She opened the door a little wider, enough to peek into the room and saw that Stephanie was video calling some guy, who looked too old for her, by what she could see.

Stephanie heard someone clear their throat and slammed the top of her computer down before turning to face whoever it was. She blushed deeper as she noticed her grandmother. "Hi grandma," She said trying to sound cheery and innocent.

"Who was that young man you were just talking to?"

"No one, just a friend."

"Well I hope so, he looked way too old for you, and what is this about a date tonight? We already have plans young lady."

Stephanie widened her eyes at how much her grandma had apparently heard. "I was going to tell him I am busy tonight but maybe another night and…"

"Do your parents know about this boy?"

"Um…..not yet?" She said rising her voice a little at the end making it sound more like a question.

"Well I expect they will soon huh? It sounds like you two are a little more than friends."

"So did you come to see my room?" Stephanie asked trying to change the subject. Her grandmother was old, she was bound to forget about this soon…right?

"Yes, and also to ask if you wanted to take your grandma to the salon for a nice manicure before dinner tonight. I want to hear all about your party this weekend, and get some gift ideas."

Stephanie stood up and smiled. "Of course," She said grabbing her purse and phone and leading her grandmother out of the room. She wasn't looking forward to an hour or two of being talked to like she was dumb, but anything to make her forget what had just happened.

Later that night Stephanie was back in her room, she had locked the door this time, and was slipping into some tight jeans and a pink t-shirt that said teacher's pet, she had found it online and thought that Paul would get a huge kick out of it. She slipped into some sneakers and spritzed herself with perfume before walking quietly into the hall and down the stairs. She hoped she wasn't going to get caught, she really needed to see Paul, when they had talked earlier that afternoon he had sounded like he really needed to talk to her about something serious.

She finally made it to her car and sped off down the street and toward her boyfriends house. They were supposed to go on some picknick type thing but it was now too late for that. He had told her to just come by his place and that they could have a little picnic in hus backyard or something. She wondered again what this whole thing was about, she hoped that it wasn't going to be something about wanting to break up with her, she wasn't sure how she would handle that.

She arrived at his house and after pulling into his driveway, next to his own car, she turned everything off and took a deep breath. She got out of the car and walked toward his house, she had just been here this morning, and she loved being here with him and being able to act like a real couple, at least for a little while.

She just hoped it wouldn't be her last time here.

A/N: Sorry the update took so long guys! Was super busy with different things, will try to update at least once a week.