Sarah looked at the blonde who had just too a hit for her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for anything to happen to you." She explained tracing his jaw with her fingertips.

"Yea, I'm fine." He smiled. "By the way, I'm Jeff." He said extending his hand.

"I'm Sarah" the brunette replied shaking his hand. "Listen, I'm really sorry. Is there anyway I can make it back to you?"

"No, it's ok. Josh shouldn't have tried to hit you anyway." Jeff explained.

Sarah cocked her eyebrow. "Really? And why is that?"

"Because you are a girl. That's why I took the hit for you. A guy should never hit a girl." He said. 'Boy, I hope she believed that. What a stupid explanation' he thought to himself.

Sarah smiled. "Um, if you don't mind, can I ask you a question?"

The blonde nodded.

"Well.you.you seem really sweet. And I was just wondering why do you hang out with those guys? They're such jerks."

Jeff laughed. "They're not all jerks"

"Really? They could've fooled me." Sarah replied sarcastically.

"No, they really are nice sometimes." He tried to explain.

"You don't have to stand up for them Jeff. Nothing you say can change the way I feel about them."

There was a brief silence. Both of the teens were staring at the floor. The girl spoke. "Jeff?"

He looked up from his shoes. "Um, were you one of the boys at my house? Ya know, when Bethany's car was trashed."

Jeff looked back at the floor. "I didn't want to do it. But.but they're my best friends, and they really wanted me to." He tried to explain.

"That's no excuse Jeff" Sarah replied seriously.

"I know but.I.I just. Gosh!!!"

Sarah grabbed Jeff's hand. "We'll talk about this later Jeff. We should really get to class."

"Yea, right, class." He mumbled.

With that they went on their separate ways.

*A/N- please R and R.