Elizabeth shoved her math book into her backpack and
then slammed it shut. She knew that El Carro got out half
an hour after Sweet Valley and it was a twenty minute drive.
If she wanted to see Mr. Green Eyes then she would have to hurry.
"Elizabeth!" she heard a voice call out behind her. She
decided to ignore it; she had no time to stop.
"Elizabeth!" it said and grabbed her shoulder.
"Get off of me jerk!" she screamed but she saw it was Todd. "Oh,
I'm sorry," she apologized. "I'm kind of in a hurry."
"I'll say," Todd said raising his eyebrows. "Little tense, aren't we?
Listen, I was wondering if you'd like to go to something. A movie?
The Dari Burger?"
Elizabeth shifted uncomfortably. "Well, I have plans."
"Like what?" Todd said disappointed. "Can you cancel?"
"I'm going to El Carro…I have to do an article for the Oracle. I just
assumed you had basketball practice."
"It was canceled."
"Listen, I have to go," Elizabeth said adjusting her backpack. "I'll
see you later."
She turned and left leaving a confused Todd standing there. She
never blew him off and Todd felt a bit hurt. He sighed, he would
never understand girls.

"What are you doing?" Tia said, surprising Conner.
"God, Tee," he said turning around. "What is your problem?"
"What's yours?" Tia said laughing. "School ended ten minutes ago.
Usually you're the first one to bolt out the door."
"I uh…can't find my math book."
Tia reached up to the top shelf. "It's right there. Don't lie to me Conner.
You're waiting for that blonde chick."
"No," Conner lied.
"Well, I'm going to wait," Tia said grinning. "I'm dying to see your
mystery girl."
"You're not staying," Conner said sighing.
"Well you had better call me and tell me every detail. And I mean
every
detail."
"Fine," Conner said, thankful to get rid of her. Finally Tia left and
Conner resumed standing at his locker pretending he had something
to do.
Suddenly he saw her round the corner. Conner felt his heart skip a
beat. She was even prettier than she had been yesterday. But Conner
knew it was more than her looks that turned him on. When he had looked
into her eyes he had seen an ocean of sincerity. That was not something
he saw often. As she neared him Conner turned to face her and smiled at
her. She gave a tentative smile and stopped next to him.
"Hi," she said softly.
"Hey," he said back feeling stupid. "I'm Conner McDermott. I'm a junior
here."
"I'm Elizabeth Wakefield. I'm a junior too."
"I don't remember seeing you before," he said confused.
"I go to Sweet Valley. I'm here researching an article for the school
newspaper."
"You're a writer?" Conner blurted out. He felt stupid. "Of course you are
if you write for the school newspaper."
Elizabeth laughed. "Yeah, I love to write."
"Me too," Conner said.
"Really? You write?" she said surprised.
"Music and stuff."
"You play?" Elizabeth said her eye's shining.
"Yeah, I play guitar sometimes."
"I've never written song lyrics before," Elizabeth confessed.
"It's just like taking a poem but singing it," Conner said shrugging.
"It's not that big of a deal."
"Give yourself more credit," Elizabeth said looking at him. "I'm sure you're
amazing."
"Listen," Conner blurted out. "I really like you and I was wondering if you
would like to get together this weekend."
Elizabeth hesitated for a minute and Conner's heart sank. "I'd like that.
You see, I kind of like you too, Conner."
"So would you like to go out to eat?"
Elizabeth hesitated again and nodded. "How about Molanari's?"
"That Italian place? That's pretty far."
"I know but I love it there," Elizabeth said looking up at him with big eyes.
At that moment Conner would have agreed to take her to Buckingham Palace.
"Okay, how about Friday."
"Saturday would be better."
"Saturday," Conner said agreeing.