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Elizabeth inhaled deeply. Her, and Conner, going shopping? Together? Alone? While she still obviously had feelings for him? When Conner smirked his trademark smirk, she just felt herself melt. She wondered how she would feel if he smiled genuinely. Finally she put on her brightest smile and shrugged. "Yup, I guess we are going shopping." she said, trying to sound nonchalant.
Tia shot her a "You'll thank me later look" and said "Okay guys! Have funnnn!" She ran off, giggling, back to the ocean.
Conner turned to Liz. "Alright, come on. We're taking my car."
Liz shrugged. "I thought we'd take my car."
Conner stared at her intently. "We're taking my car."
Liz scoffed and looked right back into his eyes. "We're taking my car."
Conner glared at her now. "Liz, we're taking my car."
Elizabeth could feel herself getting angry. Why couldn't he just agree to take her stupid car? "Conner, we're taking my car!" she said, allowing the anger to creep into her voice.
Conner shook his head and muttered "Women." under his breath.
Liz caught that, and her face reddened. "What? You have a problem with the fact that I'm a woman?"
Conner took a deep breath and finally replied "Well, maybe if you weren't such a stubborn woman you would just take my car."
Liz's jaw-dropped. "Fine, point me to your car. Let's go. Now."
Conner looked surprised. He hadn't expected her to get so worked up in the first place, and he definitely hadn't expected her to give up the fight so easily. "Okay. It's... um..." his mind felt blank.
Liz looked impatient, which was out of character for her. "Well?"
Suddenly his a thought dawned on Conner. His car was at home. With that bastard Clark. He had walked to the beach. "Oh.. umm.. I just remembered.. it's uh.. in the shop." he said slowly.
Liz laughed loudly. "This is a joke right?"
He shook his head.
Liz threw her hands up in the air. "So you put upthis huge fight to take your damn car, you called ME stubborn, and now you don't even have it here????"
Conner's neck felt hot, and he wasn't sure if it was a sunburn or embarrassment, or probably both. "Look Liz, I'm sorry."
She let out a frustrated sigh and began walking. "Come on. Let's go to my car."
Conner followed behind her, like a lost puppy dog. Finally they reached Elizabeth's Jeep. She sat down in the drivers seat, and he took the passengers seat. It was weird for her to be driving him somewhere, usually it was the other way around. She turned on the radio and immediately a poppy Shakira song came on. He wasn't even gonna fight with her about the radio, but he sighed loudly at her choice of music.
Liz looked over from the steering wheel. "What? What's the problem now, Conner?" she asked, with a lot of bite in her voice.
He looked at her helplessly. "Nothing. I didn't say anything!"
Elizabeth just glared at him. "Right. And that little sigh didn't mean anything?"
After a long pause, Conner finally replied. "Okay Liz, why don't we just not listen to the radio? Let's just... talk."
Liz exhaled slowly. Conner feared the worst. "Yeah.. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. Friends?" she said lightly.
Conner's stomach lurched. Friends. That was all they would ever be now. Swallowing hard, to get rid of the knot in his throat, he answered her. "Yeah. Friends."
Liz smiled and loosened her grip on the steering wheel. "So, how has school been going for you?"
Conner shrugged. "It's cool and all, but I miss Senior Year a lot sometimes. My classes are awesome though, and I love the fact that everyone I know is really into music."
Elizabeth smiled happily to herself. That was practically an essay from Conner. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Senior Year was really... amazing, once everyone got past all the little dramas. Like grad was just perfect. But it's kinda weird how we're in University now... it feels like just yesterday I was 7 years old, hanging out with Amy, Todd, and Eva.. in Mrs.Otis' class."
Conner looked out the window briefly, then turned back to Elizabeth. "I know what you mean. But there's nothing you can do about it, anyway." he smiled a genuine smile at her and Elizabeth felt her spine tingle. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach. Like it or not, her body was still definitely into Conner. "It's weird, just last week I was talking to Rachel about that."
Elizabeth stiffened at the name of Rachel. "Who's Rachel? The new girl of the week?" she said lightly, trying to mask her jealousy. She expected Conner to smirk at her and say yes, or get offended.
But to Elizabeth's surprise Conner turned serious. He stared deeply into her eyes, and Liz suddenly felt naked and vunerable. "No. I don't do the new girl every week thing anymore. See, I met this girl in Senior Year... and she really changed me."
The silence in the car felt thick and heavy. Liz was suddenly aware that they had reached the mall. She pulled into the parking lot, and parked. The whole time, Conner's eyes never left her. He couldn't mean her, could he? He had to have. She was the first girl he ever loved. Unless he meant Alanna? He must. Slowly she turned to face him, and began to open her mouth. "Well-". Before she could finish her sentence, Conner leaned in and kissed her, silencing her with his mouth.
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Tia jumped back into the ocean happily. She knew she had just helped Conner and Elizabeth. They were both so stubborn, but she really had done them a favour. Now it was her turn to have a little fun of her own. She turned over to Evan. "Hey Evan, give me a piggy-back!" she said cheerfully. He smiled back at her and she felt so happy and free.
"Yeah sure Tee. Hop on." he said, hunching over. She walked over to him, and jumped on his back.
"Hey! You guys! Let's have chicken fights!" Maria exclaimed, upon seeing Tia on Evan's back. (A/N: In case you don't know, chicken fights are when people pair up, someone goes on the other persons back, and then the people on the backs try to knock each other off.)
Tia laughed. "Yeah, great idea Maria!" Maria jumped on Ken's back, and Jessica jumped on Jeremy's back. Andy looked at everyone paired up, and shrugged. "I'm glad I'm so loved!" he laughed. "Oh well, me and my imaginary friend will partner up."
Jessica laughed. "Or you could be the referee!"
Andy smirked. "Yeah, that too."
As soon as everyone was ready, Andy yelled, "GO!" and suddenly all sorts of arms were clawing at Tia. She was shocked and almost fell.
"C'mon Tee, let's win this thing!" Evan called out from under her. Grinning widely, she pulled herself back up. She quickly started pushing Jessica, who almost fell but managed to pull herself back up as well. Maria laughed, and pushed both of them, and they both fell down.
Tia fell, hitting Evan on the way down. "Oops! Sorry!"
Evan smiled good-naturedly. "It's alright Tee. Now get back up there, and win!" He said, giving her a mock pep talk. She giggled and got on his back again. Tia loved how Evan was so easy-going and hardly got worked up about anything, besides the environment. She also loved how he believed in something so much. It was inspiring. Tia felt re-energized and she quickly pushed Maria and Jessica down. "YES! I AM THE CHAMPION!" she said, as Maria hit the water loudly. Jessica hadn't fallen off Jeremy's back yet, and she came back up. While Tia was doing her victory dance, she shoved her, hard. Tia fell off Evans back, hard. She also landed on someone hard. And it wasn't Evan. As got up from under the water, she turned around to apologize. Once she saw who it was, her heart caught in her throat. She looked into those familliar warm brown eyes, and found she couldn't speak. He smiled at her and she finally found her voice.
"I'm sorry, Angel."
Elizabeth inhaled deeply. Her, and Conner, going shopping? Together? Alone? While she still obviously had feelings for him? When Conner smirked his trademark smirk, she just felt herself melt. She wondered how she would feel if he smiled genuinely. Finally she put on her brightest smile and shrugged. "Yup, I guess we are going shopping." she said, trying to sound nonchalant.
Tia shot her a "You'll thank me later look" and said "Okay guys! Have funnnn!" She ran off, giggling, back to the ocean.
Conner turned to Liz. "Alright, come on. We're taking my car."
Liz shrugged. "I thought we'd take my car."
Conner stared at her intently. "We're taking my car."
Liz scoffed and looked right back into his eyes. "We're taking my car."
Conner glared at her now. "Liz, we're taking my car."
Elizabeth could feel herself getting angry. Why couldn't he just agree to take her stupid car? "Conner, we're taking my car!" she said, allowing the anger to creep into her voice.
Conner shook his head and muttered "Women." under his breath.
Liz caught that, and her face reddened. "What? You have a problem with the fact that I'm a woman?"
Conner took a deep breath and finally replied "Well, maybe if you weren't such a stubborn woman you would just take my car."
Liz's jaw-dropped. "Fine, point me to your car. Let's go. Now."
Conner looked surprised. He hadn't expected her to get so worked up in the first place, and he definitely hadn't expected her to give up the fight so easily. "Okay. It's... um..." his mind felt blank.
Liz looked impatient, which was out of character for her. "Well?"
Suddenly his a thought dawned on Conner. His car was at home. With that bastard Clark. He had walked to the beach. "Oh.. umm.. I just remembered.. it's uh.. in the shop." he said slowly.
Liz laughed loudly. "This is a joke right?"
He shook his head.
Liz threw her hands up in the air. "So you put upthis huge fight to take your damn car, you called ME stubborn, and now you don't even have it here????"
Conner's neck felt hot, and he wasn't sure if it was a sunburn or embarrassment, or probably both. "Look Liz, I'm sorry."
She let out a frustrated sigh and began walking. "Come on. Let's go to my car."
Conner followed behind her, like a lost puppy dog. Finally they reached Elizabeth's Jeep. She sat down in the drivers seat, and he took the passengers seat. It was weird for her to be driving him somewhere, usually it was the other way around. She turned on the radio and immediately a poppy Shakira song came on. He wasn't even gonna fight with her about the radio, but he sighed loudly at her choice of music.
Liz looked over from the steering wheel. "What? What's the problem now, Conner?" she asked, with a lot of bite in her voice.
He looked at her helplessly. "Nothing. I didn't say anything!"
Elizabeth just glared at him. "Right. And that little sigh didn't mean anything?"
After a long pause, Conner finally replied. "Okay Liz, why don't we just not listen to the radio? Let's just... talk."
Liz exhaled slowly. Conner feared the worst. "Yeah.. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. Friends?" she said lightly.
Conner's stomach lurched. Friends. That was all they would ever be now. Swallowing hard, to get rid of the knot in his throat, he answered her. "Yeah. Friends."
Liz smiled and loosened her grip on the steering wheel. "So, how has school been going for you?"
Conner shrugged. "It's cool and all, but I miss Senior Year a lot sometimes. My classes are awesome though, and I love the fact that everyone I know is really into music."
Elizabeth smiled happily to herself. That was practically an essay from Conner. "Yeah, I know what you mean. Senior Year was really... amazing, once everyone got past all the little dramas. Like grad was just perfect. But it's kinda weird how we're in University now... it feels like just yesterday I was 7 years old, hanging out with Amy, Todd, and Eva.. in Mrs.Otis' class."
Conner looked out the window briefly, then turned back to Elizabeth. "I know what you mean. But there's nothing you can do about it, anyway." he smiled a genuine smile at her and Elizabeth felt her spine tingle. Butterflies fluttered in her stomach. Like it or not, her body was still definitely into Conner. "It's weird, just last week I was talking to Rachel about that."
Elizabeth stiffened at the name of Rachel. "Who's Rachel? The new girl of the week?" she said lightly, trying to mask her jealousy. She expected Conner to smirk at her and say yes, or get offended.
But to Elizabeth's surprise Conner turned serious. He stared deeply into her eyes, and Liz suddenly felt naked and vunerable. "No. I don't do the new girl every week thing anymore. See, I met this girl in Senior Year... and she really changed me."
The silence in the car felt thick and heavy. Liz was suddenly aware that they had reached the mall. She pulled into the parking lot, and parked. The whole time, Conner's eyes never left her. He couldn't mean her, could he? He had to have. She was the first girl he ever loved. Unless he meant Alanna? He must. Slowly she turned to face him, and began to open her mouth. "Well-". Before she could finish her sentence, Conner leaned in and kissed her, silencing her with his mouth.
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Tia jumped back into the ocean happily. She knew she had just helped Conner and Elizabeth. They were both so stubborn, but she really had done them a favour. Now it was her turn to have a little fun of her own. She turned over to Evan. "Hey Evan, give me a piggy-back!" she said cheerfully. He smiled back at her and she felt so happy and free.
"Yeah sure Tee. Hop on." he said, hunching over. She walked over to him, and jumped on his back.
"Hey! You guys! Let's have chicken fights!" Maria exclaimed, upon seeing Tia on Evan's back. (A/N: In case you don't know, chicken fights are when people pair up, someone goes on the other persons back, and then the people on the backs try to knock each other off.)
Tia laughed. "Yeah, great idea Maria!" Maria jumped on Ken's back, and Jessica jumped on Jeremy's back. Andy looked at everyone paired up, and shrugged. "I'm glad I'm so loved!" he laughed. "Oh well, me and my imaginary friend will partner up."
Jessica laughed. "Or you could be the referee!"
Andy smirked. "Yeah, that too."
As soon as everyone was ready, Andy yelled, "GO!" and suddenly all sorts of arms were clawing at Tia. She was shocked and almost fell.
"C'mon Tee, let's win this thing!" Evan called out from under her. Grinning widely, she pulled herself back up. She quickly started pushing Jessica, who almost fell but managed to pull herself back up as well. Maria laughed, and pushed both of them, and they both fell down.
Tia fell, hitting Evan on the way down. "Oops! Sorry!"
Evan smiled good-naturedly. "It's alright Tee. Now get back up there, and win!" He said, giving her a mock pep talk. She giggled and got on his back again. Tia loved how Evan was so easy-going and hardly got worked up about anything, besides the environment. She also loved how he believed in something so much. It was inspiring. Tia felt re-energized and she quickly pushed Maria and Jessica down. "YES! I AM THE CHAMPION!" she said, as Maria hit the water loudly. Jessica hadn't fallen off Jeremy's back yet, and she came back up. While Tia was doing her victory dance, she shoved her, hard. Tia fell off Evans back, hard. She also landed on someone hard. And it wasn't Evan. As got up from under the water, she turned around to apologize. Once she saw who it was, her heart caught in her throat. She looked into those familliar warm brown eyes, and found she couldn't speak. He smiled at her and she finally found her voice.
"I'm sorry, Angel."