You found me

I've been waiting my whole life

Finally you found me

You'll never let me go

Since you found me

I can finally see the light

Now that you're around me

Baby you found me

- 'You Found Me' by Play

2 Weeks Later

"That movie SUCKED." Summer complained to her boyfriend, Freddy. She took a handful of popcorn from the half-full bag of popcorn as they exited the theatre.

"I mean, come on, those visual effects were so horrible."

Freddy did a confused type of look, and glanced down at Summer before opening the door for her.

"Wait, the effects weren't that bad. It was the acting that was horrible."

Summer popped a peice of popcorn into her mouth, chewed and swallowed.

"Nuh nuh nuh nuh no. The acting was fine, I'm just not sure if they chose the right actors. The effects so totally were awful, you could tell that snake growing out of his mouth of fake."

"Of course it was fake! Who'd want to put a snake in their mouth?!"

"Who didn't want his girlfriend to check the reviews before seeing the movie?!"

Freddy stopped walking and smiled at the back of her head. Summer hadn't realised he was standing there. She slowly turned around, wide eyed.

"What!" Summer smiled and shook her head. She skipped over to him and held his hand, then stood on her tip-toes to give him a kiss on the cheek. She stood on her normal height and tucked her hair behind her ear and smiled up at him. They continued walking until they reached the unoffically declared band hangout, Ron's Chili and Hamburgers. The only people to hang out there was the band and ocassionally a few groups of college students that they all knew by name. Freddy threw away the bag of popcorn into the trash bin located outside of the hangout, and held the door open for Summer.

As they entered, they saw one college group made out of Daniel, Susan, Sarah, Mike, Peter, Ray, Angela and Alison. Sitting in a booth 3 rows in front of them was Katie and Zack.

Katie looked up to see who entered, saw who it was and waved them over.

"Guys, come sit with us!"

Summer looked up at Freddy and smiled. They walked over and slid into seats across from them. Zack grinned.

"So, how was the movie?"

Freddy walked Summer up to the door of her apartment complex. Freddy was the only member of the band who didn't live in an apartment. His family owned a house about a half mile away from Horace Green Prep. The only reason Freddy attended (and was most likely not kicked out) that school, was because his father went to elementary school there, and donated quite a bundle each semester to the school system.

"I had a good time tonight." Summer smiled.

"Yea, me too."

"Great, so I'll see you tomorrow at school then?"

"Yea. Of course."

"'Kay."

Freddy bent down to kiss her on the lips and was about to do so when a voice came from her pocket.

"Summer? Summer? Are you there? Pick up! Summer Hathaway!"

Summer sighed the "aggarvated sigh" that Zack always tried to do, but only Summer got it right. She dug a walkie talkie out of her front pocket.

"Talk to you in a minute."

She stood up on her tip-toes to kiss him on the lips.

"'Night."

"'Night."

Summer smiled sweetly and walked onto the first level in her apartment complex.
Summer clicked the 'talk' button on her walkie-talkie.

"Sorry Elle."

"Who was thhhaat?" Michelle's voice came tauntingly out of the walkie-talkie. Summer rolled her eyes and inserted her key into the elevator.

"No one." She opened the door, then moved the triangle screen back and stepped inside. There, she shut the door and closed the screen, and pressed button '6'.

"Omigod. It was Freddy wasn't it?"

"Maybe."

There was a shriek on the other end of the walkie-talkie.

"I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT, I KNEW IT!"

Summer held the walkie-talkie away from her ear.

"Michelle Lora Adams, that's my ear. It's what I hear with."

"Sorry. Did you guys go on a date?"

"Yes."

"Eeeeehn! What'd ya guys do?"

"We went to see that new Kevin Montgumrey movie."

"My cousin Lizzie saw a sneak preview of that, and said it stunk."

Summer rolled her eyes.

"Yea, Freddy wouldn't let me check the ratings."

"Men."

"Tell me about it."

The elevator came to a stop. Summer slid open the screen, and opened the door. She pulled the screen shut and closed the door. She walked over to her apartment door and placed her key into the lock. She pushed open the door to find the house empty and dark.

"Hello? I'm home."

No awnser.

"Mom? Mom. I'm home. MOM!"

"Summer, are you still there?" Michelle asked.

"Yea." she replied worriedly.

"Summer, what's wrong?"

"My mom's not here."

"Maybe she went out with Dave."

"Yea, that must be it. But where would she leave a note?"

"Hmmm...check the fridge."

Dave was Mrs. Hathaways' fiance. Summer's parents had been divorced since the 3rd grade, since her mom moved to Lanney to be Mr. Mooneyhams' secertary the summer after second grade. She and Zack had spent many weekdays before school started chasing each other down the corridors of the police department, sliding down the railings and playing wall ball outside. Zack was the first person Summer met before Horace Green, and that may be why they had such a tight bond.

Summer walked into the kitchen and to the fridge. On there was the-

"Note. Found it." she informed Michelle.

"Let's hear it." Michelle had always been slightly nosy, and the trait carried on through the women of her family.

"Mkay. Summer, darling, I've gone out to the city with Dave for the weekend. Don't stay by yourself the entire time. See if Michelle, Katie, Marta or Eleni can come to keep you company. No Freddy, and no boys. No parties, no drugs, no going to tattoo parlors, no dying your hair blue. Love you and I'll be back Monday afternoon. Love you, Mom."

"No dying your hair blue? What does that mean?"

"Hehn, I was joking about it, along with getting a butterfly tattoo on my lower back."

"Summer Ashley-Monica Hathaway."

"Michelle Lora Adams. Wanna come over for the weekend?"

"Yea, I'll be over in a minute, gotta check with my parental units."

"'Kay."

Summer moved into her bedroom, and sat on the chair facing her computer. It wasn't a new model, like most of the band members had. It was something her mom brought from her father's last office cleaning. Summer and Gordon had fixed it up during spring break of 5th grade and it worked fine, although the left shift and Ctrl buttons didn't work.

She clicked on the AIM button, and logged on. There she scanned her buddy list carefully, to see if her new, older stepbrother was on.

Friends

iDontPlayAirGuitar

PoshSpiccce

SassySinger

RocKnRollUR

Sk8rGirl

MarcoPython

Family

OrangePower

Summer sighed when she saw Freddy's screen name not appear. She had just seen him, and he lived quite a long walk away from her apartment complex.

"Hey, Pixie."

She picked up the walkie-talkie and pressed the 'Talk' button.

"Hey, what'd they say?"

"I'll be there in 5 minutes."

Summer smiled.

"Thanks Ellie."

"Anytime."

With that, Summer turned the walkie-talkie off, and signed off her AIM, not bothering to IM her stepbrother, Sam.

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A/N: HEY!!!! This is the somethinth chapter in the story, and I can't find a good finishing point. Thanks to all of my reviewers! This story is so not over yet! Keep reviewing!