Author's note: The song in this fic is by Switchfoot, called You, and it's off the A Walk To Remember soundtrack. It seems to fit in really well with Michael and Mia's relationship, so I plopped it in.

I watch as you kiss her in front of everyone, and my stomach twists in spite of myself. Why the hell couldn't I have picked anyone else in this stinking school to fall in love with?

But no, I had to do the stupid thing and fall for my little sister's best friend, who also happens to be a freaking princess!

You've won, Kenny. I admit it.

I had plenty of chances, but I blew it. Big time.

Mia…she's everything I want in a girl. She's quirky, smart, funny, kind, and has the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen…and she's dating you instead of me.

How much do I hate you? Let me count the ways…

You're dating the girl of my dreams.

Steerike one!

You're obsessed with Japanese anime.

Steeerike two!

You seem to be finding some sick kind of pleasure in taunting me by kissing Mia in my presence.

Steeerike three! Yooouu'rrrre out!

You don't deserve her, you know. And neither do I.

Funny, all the good grades I've gotten, all the certificates, the I.Q scores….and I can't figure out what to do about this.

I've got some morals, unlike the majority of the student body. Who, in my opinion, are morally bankrupt. I've always followed the written and unwritten rules….well, the big ones, anyway. (No, I don't consider the law against dropping things from your window a big rule.)

One of the biggest is that you don't mess with another guy's girlfriend. Breaking that rule…as much as I would like to, I know that I can't go there.

The biggest reason being that Mia doesn't think of me in that way. As much as I'd like her to-oh hell, love her to… she doesn't.

Judith's great, I'm not going to deny that. She's funny and smart and pretty… but she's not Mia. I know I shouldn't be leading her on, but…when I'm around her…I can pretend that I don't feel anything for Mia, that she's just my little sister's best friend.

But she's so much more than that. But everytime it looks like something's about to happen between us, something happens to drive us apart.

There's always something in the way

There's always something getting through

But it's not me

It's you…

I heard that song once, and it seemed like they were singing about me. And my relationship, or lack of one, with Mia.

First the fact that she was my sister's best friend. (Lilly would be rather upset…oh, who am I kidding? She'd have a fit!)

Then the whole princess thing came out. (Yes, I am worried about the fact that I've fallen for a girl whose's father runs a country and whose's personal net worth is three hundred million dollars.)

Then Josh Richter. (Luckily, that didn't last long.)

Then you came along.

Maybe I don't deserve her.

But then again, neither do you. I know that, you know that, everyone knows that except for Mia.

The only hope that I have right now is that maybe she'll realise that too.