A/N: Time for the Veruca and Larry Show! Welcome! Wow, don't know why I just did that. Right then. I'm tired. Sorry no update yesterday, I even had a chapter (and working on the next one) but I got wrapped in some good old band slash. So, today, I will have two chapters. The second one isn't exactly a chapter per se, but you know.

Reviews:

Cutechick49: Are you suggesting that I have involvement with drugs? How many chapters? Good question. 28-32 depending on what I combine and if I do an epilogue type deal. Wow that's long. Really long. Lizzie drama, huh? I'm not saying anything.

Me: Thank you. Yeah, the last paragraph just sort of came out. I wasn't really expecting to end the way I did, but I'm happy that I did.

BrownEyedGurl: Well, I had Parker sneaking out all the time, you know? They couldn't just completely blame her for all of it. Most of it, yes. But not all.

Dancer chick1: Exactly. No one ever PLANS on ending up where they do if drugs are in involved. Especially if drugs on involved. No one wants to believe it.

Tanguay40: I haven't seen that name in my review box in a while. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Chapter 1: Final Decision

~Veruca~

"I'm thinking of telling him." I abruptly told Laura (friend) one night.

"Who's him?" Laura asked, already knowing.

"You know, Larry."

"Again? Veruca, you go through this all the time and you have yet to clue him in." Laura pointed out, slightly annoyed.

"Yes, I admit, I do this a lot. However, now's the last time. I really think I wanna tell him. I have to."

"Okay, and why do you know now, after all this time, that he needs to know now?"

"It's just I have, alright?"

"What kind of feeling?"

"Like, if he knows, once I tell him, something'll happen. Something big."

"Like, he'll pull you to him and kiss you passionately. Then, he'll confess to you his undying love....for you." She ended lamely.

I still blushed. "That's not what I meant, Laura."

"But it's what you want."

"I'm not going to lie and say no, but I don't know what's going to happen when I tell him. I just know that it'll change everything."

"You're sure that you're going to do this?" Laura gave me the look. The 'I don't believe a word she's saying' look.

I hesitate. Am I sure? I know it's something I need to do, but do I want to? "Half and half."

"Come talk to me when it's in the 90's." Laura laughed it off.

"Laura...." I exasperated.

She smiled. "Aw, Veruca, you know I'm here to talk to you whenever you need it."

"Yeah, I know."

It was true, too. When Laura and I met in Freshmen English we immediately hit it off. She noticed a sticker I had on a notebook and showed me her matching one. Since then, she's been my best girl friend. One of the only people that knew almost everything about me.

Her and Larry were my confidantes. He knew less than she did because I couldn't really talk to him about boys that I liked. Especially since that boy was him. And he never told me about any girls. Maybe, I would hope, just maybe, he doesn't talk about girls for the same reason I don't talk about boys.

"I'm doing it tonight." I finally decided.

"Right. Tell me how it goes." Laura responded as I exited her room.