Chapter 6- At The Station
Chapter 6- At The Station

Author's Note: Probably going to be weird. Y'know, I've only gotten reviews from 4 people, and I have 6 reviews. Thanks Aricraze, Ivy Leaves, Scarlet182, and twirlgirl04 for reviewing the first 5 chapters. Hopefully I'll get more reviews (*hint hint to all guilty parties who have read without reviewing. I may not write any more if you don't review*) I JUST THOUGHT OF A TITLE!!!! This fic is called "Winter Break" and will chronicle the whole week-and-a-half that the IaHB characters have off of school, from 'yesterday' to New Years' and a few days after that. I'm glad it's not ending and I hope you are too. I have some plot twists in store- hopefully.

Val quickly changed into her EMT uniform and jogged over to the station.

"Val, can I talk to you for a minute?" Jamie asked.

"Yeah, sure what's up?" Val asked, confused.

"Well, I, um…Promise you won't tell?" Jamie stuttered.

"YEAH!" Val said.

"Are you sure?" Jamie asked.

"Yes." Val said.

"Okay, IlikeCatie." Jamie said all in one breath. Somehow Val understood, because her face lit up.

"Jamie, Jamie, Jamie. What did you want to know?" Val said happily.

"DoesCatielikemetoo?" Jamie asked quickly, afraid of the answer.

"Yes. She is absolutely totally completely hyperactively head over heels for you." Val said.

Jamie rubbed his ear. "Excuse me? I thought I heard you say that Catie liked me."

"I did."

"Oh my gosh. What do I do?"

"Tell her. Call her. According to her, something you said last night has her anxious to know if you called."

"Okay, I'll do that." Jamie said.

They went back into the common room in time to see Tyler come in from the other side of the common room.

"Hey, Val." He said. "We should talk."

"Yeah." Val said, and walked over to the couch as Tyler did the same.

He slid his arm around her as Hank coughed, muttered something about Brooke and inventory, and bolted to the door. Jamie muttered something about lovebirds, mini-overachievers, and dirty ambulances and also left (Val suspected that he was going to call Catie). Tyler smiled and Val giggled.

"Val, I really like you. As in, that is the Understatement of the Century." Tyler started.

Val sneezed.

"Bless you," Tyler said as he handed her the tissue box. "Are you getting a cold?" he asked, instantly worried.

"I think I already have one." Val said and smiled.

"So," Tyler continued, "Do you want to go to dinner with me on Tuesday?" Today was Sunday, their first day actually off would be Monday, and the movies at Tyler's had been Saturday.

"Sure! Where?" Val said excitedly.

"It's a surprise. I'll pick you up at 7." Tyler said, a glint in his eye. Then the alarm sounded, breaking them out of their thoughts.

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They got back from the call with an hour still left in their shift. Val immediately sprawled out on the couch with the little homework they received over winter break. Of course, the majority of it was math.

"Hey, Tyler! Come help with my math homework?" Val asked.

"You overachievers. Doing your homework on the second freaking day of winter break!" That was Jamie, of course.

"Sure, Val," Tyler said, ignoring Jamie.

By the time she had opened her book to the right page, the alarm sounded and the math book lay open and forgotten. It stayed that way for much longer than anyone would have thought.

A/N: Okay, with that last sentence, you all probably think I'm wacko, but that is a clue to what happens next, just not a very good one. But Aricraze knows I'm perfectly okay… maybe not perfectly. It's okay. You'll find out in the next chapter. But until I get 12 reviews for 6 chapters- which is like 2 a chapter, I'll post the next part. I have 7 already. REVIEW!!!!!!