Disclaimer: I only own Rachel, Stacie, and the plot.

Rachel's POV

The past couple days at school were excruciating. Reid and I only gave each other passing glances in the hall. I wanted to talk to him, and on Tuesday I had made up my mind that during lunch I was going to. I walked into the dining hall to find him making-out with the blonde from the drug store. It felt like someone had just punched me in the stomach. He had seen me standing there too. Which made it ten times worse. He knew, for a fact now, that I didn't do anything with Tyler. Then he just goes and flirts with a stupid blonde.

I was walking back to my dorm Thursday after classes when Stacie caught up with me.

"Rachel!" She panted. " I..Tyler...Reid.. You.. Talk" was all she got out.

"What?" I said bringing her over to a bench so she could sit down.

"Sorry," she said catching her breath. "I was talking to Tyler, right?" I nodded still confused. "You NEED to go talk to Reid"

"Stacie, we've already talked about this. I-" I began but Stacie cut me off.

"No, I was talking to Tyler. Reid thinks you hate him! That's why he was kissing that blonde the other day at lunch. He thought you were over him." Stacie explained

"So he makes out with someone else?" I asked.

"I don't know it's Reid. Tyler said he needs to talk to you. Go talk to him Rach." Stacie said.

"What if he likes that other girl better then me? Then talking to him does nothing" I said.

"What's the harm Rachel. Just go talk to him!" she said.

"Fine," I gave in. "But if he doesn't talk I'm blaming you and Tyler." I said.

I got up and walked toward Tyler and Reid's dorm. In a way I felt almost the same as I did the other night I was walking to their dorm, but I felt those emotions for different reasons. Nervous, because I wanted him to like me again, and excited, because Stacie had said that he only kissed the blonde because he thought I was over him, which wasn't true so maybe I did still had a chance with him!

I got to their building and walked in. I had to stop in the lobby to calm myself down. What if I was too late? What if he really liked this blonde just like he thought he liked me? What if he just slammed the door in my face? I shook the thoughts as I took a deep breath made my way up the stairs to the 3rd floor.

When I got to the door I just stood and looked at it for a few seconds my previous thoughts flooding back into my mind. 'Rachel, it's Reid. You're being stupid' I told myself angrily. I raised my hand and knocked three times. No one came to the door so I knocked again.

"Guys, it's Rachel, I need to talk to Reid" I called through the door. After a few seconds the door opened to reveal...Tyler? "Tyler let me in I need to talk to Reid" I said.

"Sorry Rach he just left a few minutes ago." Tyler said. He only had the door cracked so I could see his head.

"Come on Tyler," I said figuring out the game early. "I know he doesn't want to talk to me, but this is important."

"No seriously Rach, he's not here" Tyler said.

"Tyler come on let me in" I whined.

"Rachel, I swear to you he's not here. He asked me for the keys to my hummer and left" he said beginning to close the door. I tool that opportunity to force the door open with all of my weight. The door flew open and I landed face first onto the floor of the dorm room.

I heard a stifled laugh behind me as I got up and turned around. "Where is he?" I asked.

"I told you Rachel, he's not here he asked for the keys to my hummer and left. I tried to get him to stay because Stacie said she was going to get you to come over but he said it was really important" Tyler explained.

"So he's really not here?" I asked. Tyler shook his head "Great, the one boy that I actually end up really falling for hates me and moved onto some blonde chick. Score one for Rachel" I said sarcastically.

"Reid really cares about you Rachel. He does. I know the other day he was kissing Vanessa, but" he explained. I didn't hear the rest of Tyler's rant because all I could do was think about the blonde. Vanessa? What the hell kind of name is Vanessa? Okay, so it's a relatively normal name and I've actually really liked that name for a long time...crap why couldn't she have a weird name like...I don't know...Runs with Ho-bags? Or better yet, Is a Ho-bag? Yeah Why can she have some crazy Indian name like that! "Rachel are you even listening to me?" I heard Tyler say.

"What? No" He raised is eyebrows at me. "Sorry" I said dully.

"Rach, He likes you... a lot. All you have to do is go and talk to him." Tyler said.

"That's hat I was trying to do. You know what? Just tell him I came by. I'll see you later Tyler." I said. I got up and walked to the door. Tyler was protesting to get me to stay but I ignored him and walked back to my dorm. So much for love right?

Author's Note: Oh my gosh, sorry it took me so long to post and then all you got was this lousy short chapter. I PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE that the next one will be better...and longer. In the meantime feel free to review or favorite!

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