Part 5: Going Steady

AN: Thank you, Sully, for that review. Thank goodness, I'm not dead, and
I'm flattered that I'm one of your best IaHB fic writers :)

**45 minutes later...**

Livvie approached her house, and went inside. After she closed the door,
she sighed happily. All that was on her mind was the kiss. That's all she
could think of at that very moment. She sat on the couch, and closed her
eyes. She thought some more.
After the kiss had ended, Livvie and Jamie smiled at each other, and looked
back at the lake, as the waves had stopped splashing, but were rocking back
and forth, as if it was falling asleep.
Livvie opened her eyes, and she didn't realize she was sitting on the couch
for about fifteen minutes. It shocked her at how Jamie can make the minutes
fly by. She noticed how Jamie always made her feel happy, and how whenever
Jamie was around, time HAD flew by.
Tyler was standing by the doorway, his arms crossed, but smiling. When he
saw Livvie open her eyes again, he sat on the cushion next to her.
"Let me guess... he kissed you." Tyler said. Livvie jumped from her "Jamie trance,"
and Tyler laughed.
"Don't do that!" Livvie said, playfully punching him in the arm. Tyler smiled.
"And, yes... he *did* kiss me, fartypants." Livvie retorted. Tyler threw his
head back and laughed. He had remembered that word from a long time ago,
when Livvie was five. She had a problem understanding words, and for some
reason, she always pronounced s's as f's. So one time, Tyler won a smart
game for ages five and up, and Livvie called him fartypants instead of smartypants.
"Where did he kiss you?" Tyler asked.
"By the lake." Livvie replied, while opening a new bottle of silver nail polish.
"Ah... that's where me and Val first..." Tyler started saying.
"First, what?!" Livvie asked, excitedly.
"Ah, nothing." Tyler said, changing his mind.
"No, serious, cuz, tell me!" Livvie said. By the look in Tyler's eyes, she
could tell.
"You like Val!" Livvie said.
"Took you so long!" Tyler said, sarcastically.
"Oh, my gosh! I'm going to set you guys up. This is so exciting! I'll get
Jamie to help!" Livvie squealed.
"Ah, don't bring Jamie in it... he's not too keen on setting people up."
Tyler said. Livvie shrugged. She had *so* much to do!

*The next day at school*
"Why didn't you call me and give me the details?!" Val asked.
"Because I was too busy giving details to Tyler!" Livvie exclaimed.
"Fine... family always comes first." Val said, pretending to be sad.
"Oh, come on! I was going to call you! I lost track of time!" Livvie protested.
"Fine, Fine... Always an excuse." Val said, pretending to cry. Livvie giggled.
"Hey guys... what's going on?" Caitie asked, coming up to them, smiling.
"Tell her!" Val said.
"Tell me what?" Caitie asked. Livvie bit her lip. She knew that Caitie and
Jamie were really close, so she didn't know if she wanted to tell her or
not.
"Fine, I'll tell her!" Val said.
"I wish someone would tell me what's going on." Caitie said. Val gave Caitie
a look.
"Jamie and Livvie kissed! Isn't that great?!" Val exclaimed. The smile on
Caitie's face faded slowly. She swallowed.
"Really? T-That's great. Congrats." Caitie said. Val was puzzled.
"Um... excuse me." Caitie said. Caitie pushed Livvie out of the way. Val
looked back with a bewildered look on her face. It disappeared after Jamie
came up to Livvie.
"Hey, Jamie!" Livvie said. Val hid a smile.
"Hey, Livvie." Jamie said, pecking Livvie on the cheek. Livvie smiled.
"I just saw Caitie run by, looking upset. What's going on?" Jamie asked.
Val laughed nervously, then did what she always did when the pressure was
on her: She changed the subject.
"So, um... Jamie... has anyone ever told you that you look like Keanu Reeves?"
Val asked.
"Ok, Val... what'd you do?" Jamie asked, exasperated.
"ItoldCaitiethatyouandLivkissed." Val said quickly.
"What?" Jamie asked. Val took a deep breath.
"I told Caitie that you and Liv kissed." Val said.
"Why'd you do that? You know she has a crush on me, right?" Jamie asked.
Val's mouth dropped open.
"Oh, my god. You didn't know?" Jamie asked. Val shook her head.
"I'll go take care of it." Val said, and rushed to the bathroom.
Jamie turned to Livvie. He looked extremely happy to finally talk
to her.
"Livvie, I really need to talk to you... when would it be a good time?"
Jamie asked. Livvie opened up her schedule. She hadn't memorized her classes
yet. After all, she's been around for 5 days, and spent 2 in school. It
was amazing how Livvie met Jamie, and it seemed like such a long time ago,
when in fact it's been 5 days.
"I'm available... at lunch. We can meet outside." Livvie said.
"Ok... see you in 2 hours." Jamie said.
"Ok. See ya." Livvie said.

*2 hours later*

Livvie got her hot lunch and waited outside for Jamie. It didn't
take a long time for Livvie to wait. She spotted Jamie's spikey hair.
"Hey, Jamie!" Livvie said, motioning him to sit down.
"Hey." Jamie said to her, sitting down.
For a couple minutes it was silent. Finally, Livvie said:
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Livvie asked.
"Us." Jamie said. For a minute, Livvie had a fear-strucken look on her
face. What had she done wrong? What's going on?
Jamie must've read the look on Livvie's face. He laughed.
"Not that kind of 'us!'" Jamie said. Livvie sighed with relief.
"So what is it?" Livvie asked.
"I know this seems kinda' sudden, but, I really need to talk to you, that
is important." Jamie said.
"So what is it?" Livvie asked with a smile.
"Can you be my steady girlfriend?" Jamie asked, quickly.
For a minute, Livvie was in awe. Did she hear right? She thought
she did. She thought for a moment. She thought of how much she was happy
about Jamie. She thought about how time flew by when she was with Jamie.
She thought about...well, you get the idea.
"Yes! I'd love to!" Livvie said. Jamie smiled, triumphantly. He had done
it. They had hugged. Caitie, on the other hand was spying on the two from
a nearby bush. Something had to be done about Livvie. She wasn't going to
let her get away.

END OF PART 5