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"Please?" Louisa pleaded, hurrying after Josh in the school hallway.

"Why weren't you paying attention?" Josh asked, turning to her when he reached his locker.

"Well, there's this guy and I've got a date with him. I was trying to plan my outfit." She waved her hands in front of herself quickly. "But that's not the point; I need your history notes – please, Twinny!"

"No, Lou," Josh said with a shake of his head, twisting the combination in and pulling the door open.

Louisa tapped her toe against the tiled floor in annoyance and stooped down to pick up a piece of paper that had fallen from Josh's locker. "Oh, are is them?"

Josh's eyes flitted to the paper and he grabbed for it but she hopped away from him quickly. "Louisa, give it back."

"What is it?" she scoffed, unfolding it. "Ooh…does Joshua Henry Clarke have a girly-friend?"

The tips of Josh's ears tinted pink at her teasing and rushed after her as she skipped happily in circles.

"You're hot—" She began to read, but gasped when he managed to rip the note out of her hand and pouted. "Boo."

"Keep out of my stuff, Lou." He grumbled, his blush darkening, crumpling the note into a ball, tossing it into his locker and grabbing the books he needed, hurrying down the corridor.

"Hey, baby," Josh greeted, walking into Alex's house. He dropped his backpack on to the sofa and entered the kitchen, stopping when he saw Alex sitting at the table. "You ok?"

Alex nimbly flipped a cigarette between his fingers several times. He swallowed thickly, his eyes wandering away from the stick and to the pile of packs on the table. He picked one up and tossed it to Josh as he lifted the unlit cigarette to his lips.

"You done?" Josh assumed, twirling the pack in his hands. He looked down at it and his heart skipped a beat. Corazón was scribbled across the front of it with a heart beneath it. He didn't roll his eyes like he normally would have. He put his attention back on Alex and dropped it onto the table.

"Yeah." Alex nodded, standing up.

Josh watched him in shock as he scooped up the packs and walked over to the garbage can in the corner. He released them from his arms and took the last one from his mouth, flicking it in as well. He took several steps back and then turned to Josh.

"I can't breathe." He hissed.

Josh grinned, wrapping his arms around him. "I'm proud of you. I'm really proud of you."

"No more." He sighed, pulling Josh away from his neck so he could kiss him.

"This is a big step for you. You're bettering yourself." Josh said, stroking a finger down the length of his jaw.

"Yeah," he murmured, playing with Josh's collar.

"Yeah," Josh mimicked, tilting his head up to kiss him again.

"Hey, guys," Eric smirked, holding a cup of coffee in his hand as he walked up to the booth.

Sarah waved at him with a small smile and Jacob jerked his head backward in a silent greeting. Danni remained silent and Fiona sheepishly did the same. Leo's eyes darted between Fiona and Eric once before he grinned and waved, saying hello.

"Hi," Louisa replied, stirring her coffee.

"Do you mind if Jessica joins us? She's from drama—"

"We know," Danni snapped suddenly. She cursed herself in her mind, avoiding eye contact with him.

He nodded slowly and stuck an arm around to wrap around his girlfriend's waist when she came up beside him.

"Hey," Jessica Parks smiled kindly at everyone.

"Hey, Jessica," Fiona answered, "how are you?"

"I'm great, how are you doing?" she asked, sliding into the booth beside Eric. "You don't mind if I join you guys?"

"Uh, no," Jacob said after a moment when he noticed that the girls weren't going to answer.

Eric rested his arm behind Jessica's shoulder and chuckled to break the silence. "What did we interrupt?"

Louisa blinked and shrugged a shoulder, swiping a hand through her hair. "We weren't really talking about anything."

He nodded but his face told them that he didn't believe her. "Where's Alex and Josh?"

"I think they're hanging out at Alex's today." Leo replied. "They don't like hanging out with the group all the time."

Eric let a lopsided smile slip onto his face. "Yeah, I can respect that."

"Speaking of Josh," Louisa suddenly perked up, tapping Fiona on the shoulder, receiving Danni's attention as well. "I think he's got a secret girlfriend."

"Why do you think that?" Danni asked, dark eyebrows drawing together as she sipped from her coffee cup.

"Because last night, he was in the kitchen, probably having a midnight snack after everyone went to bed, and he was talking on the phone. He was all smiley and he called the person on the other line 'baby'."

"He calls her 'baby'?" Fiona gushed. "Oh my, God, that's so cute!"

"And he's been getting notes in his locker. He thinks I don't see them, but one dropped out of his locker and he notice it, so I picked it up and read it. He blushed!" she giggled.

Eric bit the inside of his cheek to prevent himself from laughing while Jessica just watched the exchange in hesitant interest, sipping her coffee quietly.

"What did it say?" Fiona questioned with wide eyes.

"You're hot, full of light, perfect, and best of all, what makes you perfect is that you're all MINE." she relayed.

"Oh my, God." Fiona giggled.

"Looks like Josh has a girlfriend." Danni smirked.

#22: "So I brown paper bag this solution to just quit, an illusion is best fit, terrified that I already did. Until you said, 'Don' worry, I'll fix this. Just like you always say. So I'm sorry, forgive me, you are always wanted." -Always Wanted, Juliet Simms

I'm kinda guessing on these lyrics because this song is from like MySpace days; when Juliet first started pursuing her musical career. :)

-Rachel