ok like the last ch? hope u did. i know it was well sort of pointless but im just makin the story longer...haha. anyhoo the end is almost near (not in dis..i mean THIS chapter though) keep those reviews comin! dont care if theyre negative ones just keep 'em comin! hehe ----- 'I gotta move sometime.' So Michael Moscovitz walked slowly yet the anticipation to be near Lana again made him walk a bit clumsy. 'Concentrate. She's a bitch and you love Mia.' He walked up the steps of her porch and stood close to her. So close that they were only inches away from another kiss. 'Get back Michael. You made one stupid mistake and you are never going to do it again.' But part of him didn't feel like loving Lana was a mistake. He felt like it was greater than anything else he had ever felt.

Lana stared at Michael and saw not a hint of emotion from his chocolate brown eyes. His scent almost made her hug him tightly and never let him go. But her more sensible self told her to stop fanatazising about ever kissing him again for it was not only impossible but it could also be dangerous. 'Breath, Lana. No don't breathe. Breathing only means smelling his heavenly scent which could only be smelt (eh?) again in your wildest dreams.' They gazed at each others eyes for some time when a chilling wind passed by and took away their awkward silence. Lana gazed above them only to find the mistle toe.

Lana sighed and said the first few words. "Better avoid that huh?" She tried to sound as cheerful as possible. She even threw a fake smile which really wasn't too good but despite of her efforts to hide last night's event her deep sorrow and pain in her heart was glowing all over her. "Hmph. Yeah.." Michael also tried to hide his feelings but he can feel his heart tearing apart with every moment she was spending with Lana, knowing the fact that he could never have her.

The two sat down on the swing and both pretended like nothing happened last night although they were both in awkward silence. No noises were made except for the wind, some noises from the neighbors and Michael did cough a few times or so.

"So...Why are you here?" Lana asked avoiding his gaze. Michael almost forgot about why he was there. 'The freakin' pink celphone of course! DUH!' "Oh, right.." He pulled the celphone from his coat pocket and handed it to Lana. "You forgot this in my pocket.." She also finally come to the realization why she was out of her house on a cold day. 'Damn..I gotta call Fontana.' She was about to leave when Michael said something. "Look..." She looked a bit dejected because she knows that Michael would wanna talk about last night and tell here that it was all a joke because she's a bitch and she truly loves Mia the Princess of Genovia. She took a deep breath and gaze at Michael's eyes for the last time. "Can I go in your place? My butt is totally freezing out here." For a moment Lana was a bit late to register his words but then it struck her a bit later. She gave out a smile of relief and stood up. "Definitely. Plus, some hot chocolate just because I'm feeling nice towards homeless people right now." She teased and gave out a smile..A real smile..And led Michael inside her cozy home.

'What am I doing?! I shouldn't be here. I should be at home thinking about Mia. Only Mia. I am so stupid...' Michael smiled as she entered Lana home which seemed to be crowded at the moment.

"Sorry 'bout the crowd. It's a family reunion since it's New Year and all." She smiled which almost made Michael faint. "We'll go to the kitchen to get some hot chocolate, then we can go to dad's office." 'Which would mean we would be alone. It also means my damn freakin' hormones might kick in again and forget about Mia and kiss her. Yes, this is the best day of my whole life.' He sarcastically thought. "Yeah, that's cool." He smiled and helped her make hot chocolate in the kitchen. "Lana! Who is this young man? You must introduce me!" Lana's plump Aunt Marie bellowed perkily. Michael smiled akwarldy and Lana blushed slightly. "Err.." Lana stutter as she tries to find the right words to introduce Michael. "Auntie, this is Michael Moscovitz he's a.." 'And the winner for 1st place for the best stuttering cheerleader..Lana Weinberger! Congratulations..You are the queen of all stutterers..Great I'm a royal maybe Michael will notice me.' She thought to herself still blushing. "..Michael is a friend of mine. I sort of forgot my celphone at his place and he kindly returned it." "Ohh..I nice young gentleman huh? Well, it's good you dumped that blonde pretty boy Josh for this fine young man!" Aunt Marie's words made the two blush but it wasn't that obvious because they did just came in from a horrible cold weather. "Oh..No Auntie. You got it wrong. He's not my boyfriend...He's just a.." "Friend? Oh, dear! I've heard that excuse before! No need to hide anything. Besides Michael here seems to be more approvable if you don't want your parents to know we'll keep it as our little secret." Marie winked at the both of them which made them both wide-eyed. "But..." Before they could even explain Marie giddily hopped her way to the living room. " Do we really look THAT good with each other?" Michael teased.

The two were alone at her Dad's office. They sat at the couch both a bit distant from each other. Still in awkward silence. When one tries to open a conversation it get shuts off quickly so they both just sipped on their hot chocolate.

"So..What's new?" Michal asked casually then sipped his hot choclate. "Michael..." Lana sighed then face him. "You have been asking me that question for 20 times and everytime I would answer 'not much 'bout u?' and you would say the same thing..Not much. I'm sorry but it's really annoying me." Lana exploded which made Michael smiled. "And you answer for this 20th question would be?" he jokingly said. "Hmm...Not much what about you?" Lana played along. "We can't just sit here saying nothing to each other." he said. "Yeah..We can't that's why we are gonna stand up." she shot back. "Very funny LANA.." After this there was silence. Only the music outside was heard.

'I gotta talk..No wait if I do I might say the wrong thing which might make him leave me...Wait what am I talking about? I'm Lana Weinberger and this is just Michale Moscovitz. Just? What am I saying? Michael is more than a 'just'...I gotta stop drinking coffee..' Lana shifted from her position slightly moving closely to Michael. 'She's moving closer? What the..? Should I move closer? NO! This is Lana. It's Mia that I'll always..You hear that stupid brain! ALWAYS love. But..No..no buts. Think of Mia. I gotta get out of this place..' Michael stood up which also made Lana stand up.

"I gotta go..I'm sorry.." Michael reached for the door with Lana follwing him. On the doorstep he face Lana then tried to look apologetic as possible. "I'm so sorry Lana. But I gotta go to this family dinner thing. Then after that there's this New Year's party I have to go to. I'm really sorry." Michael handed his cup to Lana then turned around. "Michael..." Lana whispered. "Lana?" he looked a bit confused because he couldn't make out her expression. "Nevermind. Thanks for bringin' my cel. Bye." Lana replied coldly then shut her door.

Michael walked to main street to get a cab. 'Lana..' . Lana's cold face kept on popping up on Michaels head on his way back home. 'I gotta forget about her.' Michael was home around 6 and rushed to his room as he got home. But he was surronded. Lilly and her parents were waiting for him.

"Michael, where have you been?" His dad asked straight-forward. "Just went to return something, dad." He continued to walk but his sister's voice stopped him. "The library is close today. What could you possibly be returning on New Year's eve?" Lilly asked as she helped her mom prepare dinner. Their maid was on holiday leave. "It's none of your business.." He finally reached the doorknob of his room but her mom interrupted hin this time. "But is it my business?" His mom sliced tomatoes. "Okay, this is supposed to be my family..my home. Where I am comforted not interrogated." With that Michael shut his door and locked it. He doesn't need his family interrogatin him or psycho- analyzing him. They should only do that to Lilly. 'She's the one who seems to be a mental case in this family.' Michael laughed at his own thoughts. "If I'm laughing by myself maybe I'm the crazy one.." he whispered.

Lana informed Fontana about their ladies night on the 3rd. After that she mingled and faked her smile downstairs with her relatives. Some were nice..Nice enough to give Lana money. The minimum was 20$. Weinbergers' are just generous aren't they?

"Lana!" A small blonde girl in pigtails screamed. "Beth!" She shouted in her perky voice. The two hugged each other. Beth is one of Lana's cousin. Who seems to another future cheerleader. "Ohh..I miss my little Bethie!" Lana carried the little girl. "Little Bethie is growing heavier every year. UGH!" Lana smiled and put the Beth down. "Don't call me Bethie anymore!" The girl pouted crossing her arms. "I'm a big girl! And I'm gonna be just like you!" The girl proudly said. The girl ran to the living room and played with the other little ones. 'What a mentally deranged cheerleader?' Lana thought.

After Michael's family dinner he went to Kenny's house for a small supervised party. The usual computer club was there and some other few. They were all in party hats and laughing like fools.

"Michael! Glad you made it!" Boris shouted and blew one of those thingys that made sounds. "Uh..Yeah. Me too." He said smiling a bit akwarldy. "Well see ya later! Lilly wants me there!" He laughed and headed towards his sister talking to Judith Gershner in one corner.

The party got boring after an hour of nothingness. So they headed to Kenny's room which was weirdly organized for a guy. His room was filled with anime posters and organized shelf of manga comics. They decided to play Truth or Dare. 'Whoopee..my favorite game..' .

Lilly spun the bottle and it landed to Tina. "Truth or Dare?" Kenny said in excitement. "Uhh...Dare?" Tina said in uncertainty. All of them giggled even Lilly. "Okay..I dare you too throw a tomato at Kenny's neighbors house!" Lilly said sounding bubbly. "Lilly? Is that you?" Boris asked baffled. "Okay!" Tina answered perkily. 'Something isn't right here...It's like they all took too much caffeine...' Kenny grabbed Tina a tomato and they all went to the window and Tina threw the tomato right at the nighbor's window. "YES!" All of them immediately ducked. Good thing the neigbors were in vacation..

The game continued for another hour. Then Michael got bored of it so he decided to go home. Lilly stayed because Kenny's parents were gonna drop her off anyway. "See ya Michael! Happy New Year!" They all said in chorus. Michael just smiled then left. Good thing his parents allowed him to drive and take their car.

Lana was at home doing nothing. She got tired playing Twister with her cousins so she decided to lock herself in her room. She sighed then opened her TV. Almost everything was covering the Time Square's ball. 'I should've gone with Ana.' She sighed again. It was only moments away till another New Year. Lana lied down and pictured Michael and him kissing while the Time Squares Ball drop. She hugged her Mr. Bubbles and hold on to her thought for another minute and snapped back to reality. Which meant no Michael. 'It's just another dream...' She closed her eyes and her mom opened her door. "Are you okay Lana?" Her mom peered inside. "Yeah mom. I just don't feel well today." Lana said politely. "Are you sure you don't want to come down for the party?" "Yeah mom.." Lana sighed and smiled. "Okay dear just call me if you need anything okay?" Her mom was just about to close the door but desperation filled Lana's body. "Mom? Can I ask you something?" Her mom stopped and went into Lana's room. "Sure, what is it sweetie?" Mrs. Weinberger sat down next to her. "Well.." She was so desperate she didn't know what to do. "What if you like a guy as in really like. But the guy doesn't know and besides you two probably weren't a perfect fit anyway should you still tell this guy how you feel?" She said is al too fast but her mom still managed to get it together. "Hmmm..I think the guy has the right to know. Besides no one could be much better than you Lana." Her mom kissed her on her head and left the room. 'Yeah no one except for a girl who rules her own country.'

When Michael got home Mia immediately called. As much as he wanted to avoid it..He can't. He talked with Mia in his room while his parents snuggled in the couch. The two talked about Genovia and Lilly and all that. But Michael didn't dare mention about him and Lana. "Yeah, so my Grandma forced me to wear another dress which I can't breathe in by Sebastiano..and.." Suddenly Michael's call waiting was blinking. "Mia can you wait for a second? Someone's on the other line." "Okay but make it quick because it's almost 12. Okay?" Michael agreed and pressed the button. "Hello?" Michael's said casually. "Michael?" He recognize the voice. It was Lana. 'Not now Lana.' It was almost 12..which meant new year. Only 30 seconds left. "Lana.." He whispered. "So.." There was 5 seconds silence then Lana took a deep breath and more silence. 10 seconds. "Michael." "Lana?" 6 "What?" Michael said trying to rush up. 5,4,3,2,... "I love you.." Lana voice seemed a million miles away but Michael could feel her presence. It was a New Year and The background sound of the TV and the TimeSqaure's ball dropping was the only thing heard. The two remained silent for a long time and the continously blinking of Michael's call waiting blinked in the the middle of the Michael and Lana. 'Happy New Year Michael..' He thought.

Lana felt relief and regret as she said the three words. She remained silent. She didn't want to say the wrong thing again. 'Happy New Year Lana.'

------ woo..woo. 7th chap. a few more chap to go. did u like it? well hope u did! anyhoo ill update ASAP! thx for ur kind reviews!