Chapter 2

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What Sydney didn't know was that he did know she existed. And just as she was looking back down at her desk, he was staring at her too. She was so caught up in the fact that she hadn't spoken with him that she couldn't figure out that he had a crush on her as well.

Damn, she's gorgeous. She probably doesn't even know I exist though. Never gonna happen. he thought as the bell rang and they all left the classroom.

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The day went by relatively fast after the excessive droning of Mrs. Jones stopped. "I'm gonna go home and drop my stuff off and then I'll meet you at Joey's Pizza, OK?" Sydney told Francie as they walked out of the school. "OK, see ya," her friend added as they walked their separate ways to get home.

As Sydney walked into the house, she sighed and dropped her stuff on the couch. Just as she was about to leave again, the voice of her father stopped her. "Hello, Sydney. Where are you going so fast?" he asked her.

"Hey, dad. I'm just going to hang out with Francie. We're gonna go grab some pizza," she informed him. "Oh, OK. See you later," he finished as Sydney left the house to go to the pizzeria.

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"Hey Fran!" greeted Sydney as she saw her friend had gotten there before her. "Hey, Syd. Come sit quick. You'll never guess who's here," she spoke fast as they sat down. "Look straight ahead of you at the counter," she indicated.

"Oh, God! He's here!" Sydney realized out loud as she spotted Michael Vaughn at the counter ordering pizza. "No kidding, Syd," Francie chuckled at the shocked look on her friend's face.

"I hope it's not this way when we get older. All the blonde, popular girls have boyfriends and we're stuck with each other," she commented truthfully. "I sure hope it's different. I mean, girls with brown hair are married. So we have some hope," Francie chuckled.

"Basically every girl who wears tight jeans and tank-tops is popular. Yanno, now that you come to think of it, the only blonde girl that doesn't have a boyfriend is Lauren Reed. But she's weird, so I guess it makes sense," she added, laughing. Francie laughed along with her as their pizza was brought to the table and they started eating.

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That night...

Staring at her reflection in the mirror, Sydney's thoughts were filled with hopes that everything would get better when she got older; her guy troubles at least.

"I can't wait to grow up," she spoke to the mirror as she headed back into her bedroom and went to sleep.

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The next morning...

A loud yawn escaped her mouth as Sydney sat up in bed. God I don't feel like going to school today, she thought as she stood up and headed towards the bathroom. With her eyes half shut, she groaned loudly as she unconsciously walked straight into a wall. Shit!

Opening her eyes, she realized that the bathroom wasn't where it was supposed to be. What the hell? Figuring it must be her sleepiness, she found the bathroom out in the hallway and went in to wash her face.

Turning on the faucet, she washed her face and cleaned out her eyes. As she looked up at the mirror, a piercing scream jumped out of her mouth at the sight of a much older and much prettier person staring back at her.

"Are you OK, honey?" came a man's voice from the doorway. Turning towards the door, Sydney screamed, "Who the hell are you?" With a confused yet amused look on his face, the man chuckled, "That's real funny, hon. I'm sure you'll remember once you wake up that I'm your handsome boyfriend, Danny," he finished off with a smirk on his face.

BOYFRIEND? I HAVE A BOYFRIEND?

Not realizing how loud she was being, Sydney was soon yelling at Danny. "I have a boyfriend? How old am I? Where's Francie?" Half-amused at his girlfriend's comments, Danny sarcastically answered, "You're in a really wacky mood today, Syd. Yes I'm your boyfriend. You're 25. And Francie doesn't live with us," he finished off, chuckling at the look on her face.

"What's up with you, Syd? You're acting like you know nothing. You're joking, right?" he laughed slightly. Like hell, I'm joking! I DO know nothing! "Yeah, I'm just joking, um, Danny," she replied nervously.

"OK, whatever, Syd. Francie's coming over to pick you up for work in like a half hour. I'm leaving now actually. So I'll see you later," he finished as he leaned in to kiss her on the lips. Oh GOD, he's going to kiss me! EWWW! GROSS! Turning her head slightly so the kiss landed on her cheek, she surprised Danny, who left with a very confused look on his face.

Turning back to the sink, she quickly ran the faucet and started washing her face. EWW!! EWW!! HE KISSED ME! YUCK!

A/N: Please R/R!!