"It's not your fault Benji is attracted to you. If she is a friend, she will understand", Sam
said pulling into my driveway. "See, ya tomorrow kid". I opened the door getting ready to
get out. "And Sam?", I questioned.

She looked at me. "Thanks. For you know, getting me and Nik those tickets and letting us
meet the guys. I felt like family around them", I replied. "Hey you're welcome, but this is
just the beginning of your ride".

I got out and walked inside. I hope Sam was right about if Nikole was a friend, she would
understand. I usually liked preppy guys, but something, about Benji, attracted me to him.
I don't know what it was, but it was something. Maybe it was the fact he doesn't care what
anyone thinks about him, he just does it. Or his presence on stage? I got out of my
clothes, and changed into my PJ's.

I got online to check my e-mail. My AIM window popped up. I got an accept message. I
didn't recognize the screen name, but I figured,'what the hell?' and accepted it anyways.

BeNJaY BoY: Hey
ALL i WaNT is YoU: Hey, whose this?
BeNJaY BoY: Benji. =) Ya know, from Good Charlotte. I got your s/n from Sam. It was nice
meeting you tonight. You're a cool chick. ;)
ALL i WaNT is YoU: Aww, thanks. Lol. You guys had an amazing show.
BeNJaY: Hey, sorry to cut it short, Joel wants on for a while to check his e-mail. Are you
coming to the signing tomorrow?
ALL i WaNT is YoU: Yep. So I guess I'll cya then?
BeNJaY BoY: Yeah. Count on it. ;)
BeNJaY BoY signed off at 10:38 p.m.

I closed out my AIM window, finished checking my bit of e-mail and then put my away
message back up. After I did all of that, I headed off to bed. "Please, let this be all real", I
said outloud. Moments later I drifted off to sleep.

"Laura, how could you do this to me? I liked Benji", Nikole fumed.

"Nikole. How was I supposed to know? You acted all goofy around Joel. I thought you liked
him", I yelled back.

"You're my friend. Of course I'm not gonna come out and say, "Yeah, you got me. I
loooove Benji", she said sarcastically.

I couldn't take anymore of her lip, so I jumped on her, and start smacking her.

Moments later I woke up.

"It was only a dream. Only a dream", I kept repeating to myself. "But what if it becomes
reality? I can't lose my best friend over... Benji", I thought. When I woke up in the
morning, I told Sam about my dream. She told me to ignore it, and that it was nothing.
How could I? It would be racked inside my brain all day long.