Alexa Camden smiled. She had just told herself that she had made the right decision by dating Shawn Hunter. She had really doubted herself about it since she started dating him a month ago. She was waiting for him at the park, by the elementary school, because he supposedly had some huge announcement for her. She was hoping that he wanted to tell her that he was about to take their relationship more seriously, because she was finally ready, too.

Shawn slowly walked up to Alexa, with a nervous smile on his face. Alexa thought that this was because Shawn was afraid that she would say no. "Uh...hey Blabber..." Shawn always called her Blabber, because she could always talk to someone, no matter what.

"Hey Shawn! What are you up to?" she smiled, ready for the news she thought she was receiving.

"What are you up to?" he asked in the same tone of voice Alexa had just used.

"I just asked you that..." Alexa laughed. "What's wrong?"

"I told you that I needed to tell you something, right?" Shawn closed his eyes, imagining the look on Alexa's father, Reverend Eric Camden's face, when HE received wind of this news.

"Yeah, I remember...I was just thinking about that..." Alexa nodded.

"Well, you might not like it..." Shawn shook his head.

Alexa knew that when Shawn started to get nervous, the news couldn't be good. "Go on..."

"Well...you know how I said that I wanted to get to know your family a little better?" Shawn asked.

"Yeah...so?" Alexa asked. "Went that bad, huh?"

"Actually..." Shawn shook his head. "Quite the opposite..."

"And this is...bad?" Alexa asked.

"Lucy and I talked a lot..." Shawn choked out.

Alexa began to get the picture. "And..." she sighed.

"I think...I'm starting to fall in love with her..." Shawn explained.

Animosity didn't even begin to describe Alexa's feelings. She leaned against the wall, and huffed out a huge breath. "Shawn...she's my TWIN sister. Please tell me what's so different between the two of us?"

"About a week ago, Alexa, you would have killed me for even thinking of comparing you to Lucy. Right?" Shawn asked.

Alexa rolled her eyes. "Well, you still insist on doing it anyway...so, I assumed you'd be more than happy that I agreed with you!"

"Listen, Blabber...it's not that I don't care about you, because I still do. You'll always be one of my closest friends," Shawn explained. "It was just that when Lucy smiled at me...something just bowled me over..."

Alexa sighed. "I guess, but...you said that same exact thing about me a couple months ago. Remember?"

"You know how it is when you don't realize something about someone until you really see them...like, you get me, right?" Shawn asked, running his hand through his hair.

Alexa shrugged. Shawn had just described to her the exact thing that had happened to her with him. She didn't realize that she liked him as much as she did until she hung out with him for a couple hours. She sighed. "Yeah, I do..."

"Well then..." Shawn anxiously awaited Alexa's answer. "Will you be mad at Lucy?" he asked. "Or me?"

"No..." she shook her head. "I care about both of you way too much. You should know that by now..."

Shawn tapped his fingers on the wall. "Can we...call this breakup...mutual?" he asked.

Alexa sighed. "Just between us, yes. If my dad pumps me for the truth, though, I'm not going to lie..."

"Alexa, you're eighteen now...I don't think your dad will pump you for the truth..." Shawn shook his head.

Alexa started to laugh softly. Then, realizing that Shawn was serious, she burst out laughing. "Shawn...I thought you spent time with my FAMILY...not just Lucy..."

"I did..." Shawn nodded. "Why?"

"My dad WILL make a big deal out of this...and so will Matt...Matt hated Robbie for bouncing about my family between sisters...you won't be any different!" Alexa nodded.

Shawn cleared his throat. "Huh-boy..." he sighed. "Dating Lucy is going to be no fun thing, is it?" he asked.

"Nope..." Alexa shook her head. "Have fun, Shawn!" Alexa sighed.