Elizabeth stared at her shoes trying to figure out what to say. Conner wasn't helping he was just staring at her like he couldn't wait for her to leave.
"Um, I'm sorry for bothering you and all," she stammered, trying not to look directly at him.
"What is it?" Conner said sharply. "I have to meet Alanna."
Elizabeth flinched. How dare he throw that name at me! "Well excuse me, we wouldn't want to keep Alanna waiting. She might come here and see us together."
"Just tell me what you want."
"Here," she said thrusting the scrap of paper at him and dashed away crying.
Conner glanced at the scrap of paper. It was a notice for the Riot asking musicians to perform at the Riot on Friday nights. Does she want to get back together too? She hadn't wanted to trash him for being a bastard. Which is what he was. He had dumped her and she still cared about him. He was beginning to think that he had made a mistake. He had to fix it before it was too late.

Elizabeth stood at her locker trying to fix her makeup. She wanted to slap herself for crying like that in front of Conner. But he had made her feel one emotion she hadn't felt in a while. Anger. She couldn't believe she had hyped herself up into thinking they had a future together. She felt wretched. If Conner didn't want her, did any guy want her? Suddenly she saw Josh Radinsky coming down the hall wearing a pair of wind pants and a towel was draped around his shoulders. She glanced at his bare chest and blushed. She ran her fingers through her hair and and straightened her shirt. Conner had moved on and so could she. And there was no one better than Josh Radinsky. He was single, hot and a football player. She walked over slowly to him and flashed him a big smile. "How was practice?"
"Jessica?" he asked confused with a sneer on his face.
Elizabeth giggled. "No, silly! It's me. Elizabeth!"
Josh's eyes lit up and he looked down at her. "Yeah, you are, I guess. You definitely look hotter than Jess." Elizabeth beamed. "Well, are you busy tonight?"
Elizabeth thought for a moment, "I might be," she said huskily.
He smirked, "Well, there's a killer party at Gina's. A total rager. Want to come? You might get lucky." Josh raised his eyebrows.
"Sure, I might see you there. And you might be the lucky one." she smiled and sauntered off feeling Josh's eyes on her. She smiled as she turned back to her locker. She felt someone eye's on her and she whirled around and saw Melissa Fox staring at her. "What?" Liz asked feeling uncomfortable under Melissa's intent gaze.
Melissa smiled and said, "If you want to get back at Conner, Josh isn't the prime candidate, trust me. After you've been in that basement of his, you'll regret ever looking at the guy."
"I can take care of myself, " Elizabeth said defensively.
"I didn't say you couldn't but don't let your feelings for Conner make you do something stupid."
"You know, too?!" Elizabeth cried.
Melissa nodded. "But don't worry your secret is safe with me."
Elizabeth stiffened "Why should I trust you after what you did to Jessica, Maria, and Tia?"
"Because you're different. Your one of the few people at this school that no one ever talks about behind their backs."
"Why do you do stuff like that to people, anyways?" Elizabeth asked softly.
"The need to feel superior over everybody and the inner sanction of my screwed up childhood." Melissa stated matter-of-factly.
Elizabeth burst out laughing, "How long have you been waiting to throw that back into someone's face?"
Melissa grinned, "If you want to get Conner back to need to get the one thing that Alanna doesn't have. Beauty."
"Meaning?" Elizabeth asked.
"We need to get you to a mall and make you over so beautiful that Conner will come crawling back to you. And for Alanna, she'll moan at her thankless job someday over her unrequited love."
"Okay," Elizabeth said grinning. "You're on."