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*At the skate park*

Jade was skating like mad, she knew she had to get the anger and confusion out of her system, and skating always did the trick. She skated up the half pipe doing kik-flips left and right. She was so into skating that she didn't notice Alex arrive.

Alex spotted Jade on one of the half pipes and skated after her. He again was following too closely. He crashed into her, and they tumbled to the ground. "Ow," He exclaimed as he landed on top of Jade.

"Alex? WHAT THE HELL? What are you doing here?" She yelled, he was still on top of her. "Would you get up!"

"Jade, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to…I just…I was jealous that you were going to tell Eric something and not me." He said, ignoring her.

"Alex! Get off of me! I don't want to talk to you right now!" She yelled.

He gazed into her eyes, and saw that she was both hurt and angry. Not hurt because he had landed on her, but hurt that he betrayed her. 'Why didn't I tell her it was me? And damn, why does she have to be so hot?' he thought. And with out thinking he kissed her. Not just any kiss, but a deep passionate one.

Jade was so shocked at this…this kiss. She didn't know how to react; at first she kissed him back. But then coming to her senses and realizing that Alex had betrayed her, she pushed him off of her. She got up, grabbed her board, and skated towards her car.

'Oh Merlin, what have I done?' Alex thought as he got up and ran after her. "Jade, stop, please."

She heard him, but chose to ignore him; she threw her board in the back seat. She walked around to the drivers' side, and hopped over the door.

Alex caught up with her just as she started the car. "Jade, please, just talk to me!" he begged.

She still wasn't listening. She sped off and headed for home, she needed to talk to Eric. She didn't know why she needed to talk to him. But she had to.

***Jade arrived home***

Jade pulled up in her driveway and saw Eric skating in his driveway, apparently trying to show off in front of Ebony.

"ERIC!" She screamed.

Eric fell off his board with a painful thud. He grabbed his board before it rolled out into the road. Then stood up and walked over to Jade.

"What's up? Did you and lover boy make up?" he asked.

"HOW COULD YOU? I AM SO PISSED AT YOU!" she kept yelling at him.

"Pissed at me for what? I didn't do anything. Oh hey, can you talk to Ebony about me soon?" he asked, not realizing that she really was pissed at him.

"HELL NO! How dare you ask me that!? YOU SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME!!!! I just ruined my entire life, and it is completely your fault!"

"How is it my fault, I didn't know you were down there until I heard you blurt out 'I like Alex' so it is not my fault. You should have known it was him." He answered defensively.

"Ugh," she said as reality finally hit her. She flopped down on the drive way and the tears welled up in her eyes. "I can't believe I told him that! What the hell am I going to do now?"

"I don't know." Eric answered.

Just then Jade saw Alex skate into the driveway. He started towards her, but he wasn't fast enough. She jumped up and ran into her house, and up to her bedroom. She locked it, and punched her wall, HARD, before flopping down on the bed in a fit of tears.

"Jay, LET ME IN!" Alex yelled pounding on the door.

"GO AWAY ALEX!" She yelled back, her tears not stopping.

"Jade, I am NOT going away; you have to talk to me sometime. You also have to come out of your bedroom sometime!" he called through the door.

"Well I don't want to talk to you, and I'm not coming out. I can survive with out leaving my room!" she yelled through her sobs.

"Jade, PLEASE, Let me in, we need to talk!" he begged. "If you don't come out, I'll get Oliver to unlock the door!"

'Merlin I'm such an idiot. I should have known it wasn't Eric I was talking to.' She thought through her sobs. "GO AWAY ALEX!"

Alex decided to leave her be, but not actually leave, he slid down the wall and sat on the floor, his head on his bent knees. 'Why did I kiss her? It made everything so much worse. She's my best friend, and I love her. I probably just ruined our friendship!' Alex thought sadly.

*Two hours later*

Alex sat patiently outside her room the entire time, listening to her muffled sobs. He knew he caused them, and that made him sad. 'What do I do?' he asked himself. Just then the door opened. He looked up, and saw Jade creeping out into the dark hallway, even though it was still light out the hallway was always dark, not noticing him.

Alex got up when she shut her door, grabbed her, spun her around and pushed her against the wall. "Please Jay, Just Listen To Me!" Alex blurted at a shocked Jade.

"Alex, I do not want to talk about it right now. So just leave me alone." She said to him.

"I'm not just going to leave you alone Jay! You're my best friend and I….I love you!" he stated to her.

Shock lit her eyes, 'did he just say love?' she thought. "Yeah, you love me like I'm your sister. That's the problem Alex! Now, LET GO!" she said yanking out of his grasp.

He stood there shocked at what he just said, and her reply to it. 'She can't like me like that? Can she? What am I thinking; I'm the one that kissed her. How can I like HER like that? She's my best friend.' He thought. 'But damn, I do love her. And not like a sister.' He finally realized that he did indeed love her, and ran down the stairs after her.

He found her in the kitchen. "Jade, I do love you. And NOT like a sister."

Jade stood in front of the refrigerator, had she heard right? Did Alex just say he loved her? She turned around and faced him. "Why did you let me think that you were Eric?" she said.

He tried to read her emotions, but she was too good at hiding them. 'Merlin how I hate that.' He thought. "I already told you. I was jealous. You were about to tell Eric something that you weren't going to tell me, and I'm your best friend."

Jade just stood there, stone faced. Alex stood there waiting for an answer. He didn't know what to do. He stared at her, but she still held no emotion on her face.

"Would you just say something to me!?" Anything…" Alex cried in frustration.

"Anything."

"Jay, please," Alex begged. He walked up to her slowly and placed a hand on her cheek, brushing a strand of her hair out of her eyes. Jade turned away, looking towards her feet. Alex sighed and let his hand fall to his side. "Will you at least look at me?" Alex pleaded. Jade gazed up into his eyes. While her face showed no emotion, her eyes sure did. Where there had been anger, and hurt earlier, there only lie hurt and sorrow now. Alex felt the guilt wash over him like rain.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, defeated, staring at his shoes. 'Why do I always let her get the best of me? Not this time… I can't lose her, I just can't.' Alex told himself.

 "But you're my best friend, and you know I'd do anything for you. I care about you, and I know I was naive before. But when you said that today, I realized just how much I really do care about you. I'd sacrifice anything for you! I'm in love with you, and I wish that you would believe me!" He told her quietly, but forcefully. "I don't want to lose you!" he added, softly, barely audible.

Jade lost the cold feeling of being betrayed as she looked up at Alex and placed her hand on his cheek. "I know that, I was just hurt....I wasn't expecting to tell you that, at least not right away. But you don't have to worry about losing me. You're stuck with me. Forever. We'll always be best friends, no matter what," She whispered, wrapping her arms around him, and pulling him into a hug that could equal the intensity of Ginny's hug.

Alex hugged her back just as fierce, not even minding the fact that he could hardly breathe. It would have been rather difficult anyway, what with all the butterflies that had just started flopping around in his stomach.

 Alex smiled, and loosed his grip on her, scooping her up. "Hey!" She cried out, with a slight giggle. "What are you doing?"

"Ooh, nothing," he grinned at her evilly. He carried her into the living room and dropped her on the couch. He crawled atop her and started tickling her mercilessly.

"Nooo! Stop! I can't! BREATHE!" Jade squealed between giggles.

Alex stopped tickling her and looked down at her, "You're beautiful," he whispered, brushing a strand of her black hair out of her eyes. Then he started tickling her again.

"Alex?" Eric called. Distracted, Alex stopped tickling Jade, and looked up. Jade seized her chance and started tickling him.

Eric walked in and saw the two on the couch. He rolled his eyes.

"Mom wanted to know where you had been all day. If I would have told her what I thought…" Eric grinned evilly.

"Oh do shut up!" Jade yelled at Eric, still tickling Alex ruthlessly.

Alex finally managed to pull away from Jade, and stood up. "So, did mom want me home…?" he asked. Eric shrugged. "Well then why didn't you just tell her I was with Jade?"

"I don't know! Why do you ask so many questions?" Eric grumbled.

"One of us has to," Alex said rolling his eyes.

"So did you two love birds kiss and make up?" Eric asked, eyeing Jade, who was still sitting on the couch. Both smiled, but neither said a word. "Well, I'll take that as a yes, since Jade didn't yell at me. But, Alex, dude, you probably should come home… before mom throws a conniption fit. You know how she gets…"

"Oh, okay…" Alex trailed off, looking at Jade and back at Eric.

Eric rolled his eyes, "I'm sure you're invited to dinner if you want to come over, Jade."

"Do you?" Alex asked.

Jade blushed as she looked from Alex to Eric. She really didn't want to deal with Eric, but being best friends with Alex, she couldn't stand being away from him. "Err…sure, why not!" she told them.

Jade walked into the study of her house to where her parents were, "Mum, dad, I'm going over to Alex's house for dinner, and then I might go for a drive later. If it's ok? I'm sure someone will go with me dad, don't worry." Jade said spotting her fathers facial expression.

"Alright hunny, have a good time." Her mother stated.

"Stay out of trouble Jade Elizabeth." Her father said sternly.

*Over at the Potters*

"Jade, dear, how are you?" Harry asked as the three teens walked in the house.

"I'm good, how about you?" she asked politely.

"Very well, work's been rough though." Harry said, he was an auror.

Alex interrupted his father. "Dad, I don't think she wants to hear about work. This is our summer vacation."

"You know, for once I agree with you." Eric said under his breath.

Alex grabbed Jade's hand and led her to the dinning room. Although she didn't need to be led there, she knew her way. She practically grew up at Alex's just like her practically grew up at her house.

Jade and Alex sat down, as Harry, Ginny and Eric entered the dinning room. Harry as always sat at the head of the table, Ginny next to him, across from Alex. And next to Ginny sat Eric, across from Jade. "So….uh…." Jade said trying to start a conversation.

"Jade, how was school this year?" Ginny asked.

Jade opened her mouth to answer but was cut off, by two things. One being that Alex was holding her hand under the table, and the other, was that he cut her off. "Mum, do we HAVE to talk about school? This is summer you know?!"

"Alright Alex, no talk of school. So Jade, do you like your new car?" Ginny said giving up on her first topic.

"It's absolutely wonderful. I'm going to take a drive after dinner, but of course I need someone to go with me. You know how my father can be." She blurted out. Her new favorite topic being her brand new, bright red mustang. "Oy, speaking of which, Alex you think you can go with me. I really need to talk to you anyways." She added as an after thought.

Alex squeezed her hand, smiled sweetly and said "Sure, why not. Haven't gotten anything else to do anyways."

"Dad, why don't you like Malfoy?" Eric interrupted.

"Eric, I've told you a million times. He comes from a dark wizarding family, and caused a lot of problems for me and the ones that I loved. I don't want you going anywhere near that household." Harry stated.

Jade saw the crushed expression on Eric's face. "Harry, Draco may be pure evil, but Ebony seems really nice. I was actually going to invite her over later, when I got back from my drive. If it's alright with you, do you think Alex and Eric could come over and hang out with us?"

Eric's face brightened, and Harry looked at Jade in utter shock. "Well, you always have been an excellent judge of character Jade, so I don't see why not. But I do not want you three going over there. Merlin only knows what Draco would do if you did."

*After dinner*

"Ready to go?" Alex asked Jade as he got their coats out.

"Yeah, I just want to talk to Eric real quick." She told him and walked over to Eric. "You owe me big time you know."

Eric nodded furiously, with a very large smile on his face. He then embraced his friend in a hug. "Jade, you're the best."

"I know I am!" she stated as she pulled away from him and walked over to Alex, who helped her put her coat on.

They walked outside and over to Jades drive way. Alex went over to the drivers' side door, and held it open for her. She got in, and started the car up as Alex went to the other side, and almost hopped over the door, then thought better of it.

They drove for a while until they finally came to 'their spot'. They started down the slope, and Alex put his arm around her shoulder. Jade smiled, and snaked her arm around his waist, while leaning her head on his shoulder as they walked.

They sat down on the rock, Jade sitting in front of Alex leaning back onto his chest. Alex smiled and wrapped his arms around her. They both just sat there, staring up at the sky, savoring the feeling of finally being in each other's arms.

Alex kissed the top of Jade's head and sighed, "I'm glad you're not mad at me anymore."

"How could I be? After what you said! And the way you were looking at me! Don't you ever look at me like that again! It was the best puppy dog face I've ever seen!" Jade giggled.

Alex smiled down at her, "Ooh really? And I wasn't even trying," he smirked.

'Ah! I love that smirk! It's so hot!' Jade thought, as she brought her lips up to meet his in a tender kiss, much different from their first.

As they broke apart from their kiss, they both laid down on the large rock, holding each other and gazing at the stars. They laid there for a few minuets, "I love you!" Alex whispered in her ear. "Be with me forever?"

Jade rolled over to face Alex, and gazed into his aqua eyes. "Forever and always" she whispered back.