Spinner sat down at his usual table in Mickey's. 4 days after what he wanted to be a date. He couldn't get her off his mind. Especially the way she laughed. It was beautiful. Rare and simple. He watched the door for her. It wasn't to long before Amanda walked through the door. She was smiling and laughing. Just seeing her made Spinner smile. He had noticed that every time he saw her except when they first met she was always with someone. If it wasn't Lily it was one of the countless numbers of guys who were always following her. Today she was wrapped around the arm of River Pierce. Spinner knew who he was because the Piece's were his aunt's neighbors and good friends. He had met River before. He noticed Amanda was walking over to him.

"Hey wanna get to know a dozen people?" She asked him

"Yeah that would be great." He replied

"Well be at my house tomorrow night. I'm having a co-ed sleep over"

"Sure I'll be there. Wait a second where is your house." Spinner didn't know where she lived. Although she knew where he lived and said she lived in that area.

"Oh yeah that's right. It's the house on the other side of River's." Spinner knew the house. It was perfectly kept on the outside. Lawn manicured and painted perfect. He could tell that Amanda had a little to do with it. She seemed like a bit of a perfectionist. But he didn't quite know because he barely knew her. He wanted to know her much better.

"Well I'll see you there then." Amanda said as River grabbed her waste. "River hun can we be serious for like one second." Spinner noticed something in her voice something Paige like. The fact that she had said hun didn't help it.

"Spinner do you wanna join us for a coffee. Well River's having coffee I'm having French Vanilla" Amanda asked.

"Yeah I guess it be cool" Spinner said. He tried to hide his extreme excitement. He noticed River wasn't really talking much.

"So River how's it going" Spinner asked as they sat down and Amanda went to get the drinks.

"Pretty good, you know since I get to spend time with Amanda for once." Spinner got what was wrong from that sentence. This was his alone time with Amanda. He wanted it to himself. Spinner knew that Amanda was special and that most of her guy friends wanted it to be them as the only guy in her life. Ray for example. River probably hated Spinner right now.

River detested Spinner right now. From the moment that Amanda had met Spinner alls it seemed to be about was Spinner. She never shut up about him. Yes he didn't like Ray because he felt threatened but this was completely different. Spinner was the topic of almost every conversation she had with him. And now when it was his time with Amanda she invited Spinner over. Amanda walked over and sat down. Was it him or did she sit kinda close to him and not Spinner.

"So what did you boys talk about while I was gone?" She asked them

"Not much but umm I gotta go See you later Spinner. Come over tonight" River said as he got up.

"Okay is everything alright?" Amanda asked him

"Yeah everything is fine" River said as he left.

"That was weird" Amanda said when he was out of earshot.

"Maybe he wanted to have alone time with you" Spinner pointed out.

"Alone time with me why?"

"Isn't it obvious he likes you."

"River like me? You have to be kidding. River and I are just friends not to mention the fact that he can have any girl he wants. He wouldn't choose me over let's see every girl at Henry Roscoe High School" She was interrupted by her phone.

"Hello"

"Hey"

"Oh hey Alex. What's up."

"You need to come pick Ashley and me up."

"Is it Dad again?" Amanda asked. She knew it was. She hated spending time home when her father was home. She was daddy's little angel and he constantly beat her sisters. He would never hit her though. But all the fighting got to her. So she spent her time at River's or Lily's or Parker's. Sometimes she even went to Ray's if she was desperate. She didn't know why he hated them so much.

"Yeah it is just look can you hurry" She said she could hear yelling in the background.

"I'll be right there."

She hung up the phone.

"Look Spinner I need to go if you wanna come you can wait outside in the jeep."

He could tell she was worried.

"Yeah sure let's go. They walked out to the jeep. Amanda was speeding. She pulled up to the Peirce's house and parked the jeep there.

She ran across the lawn and into her house.

Amanda stepped into the house. It was a war zone. Her dad was on a rampage. But as soon as he saw her he stopped.

"Hey Pumpkin your home early."

"Yeah umm I was just coming to pick up Ashley and Alex"

"Okay you girls have a good time" He said. Alex and Ashley grabbed two bags. Amanda knew they were going to someone's house for the night.

It was a silent walk to the jeep. Ashley and Alex got in the jeep as Amanda walked up to River's door. Mrs. Pierce answered the door.

"Hey Amanda is everything alright."

"Umm yeah but I was wondering if you guys mind if I spend the night in the guest room."

"No problem your always welcome here. Were having poutine for supper tonight if you want to eat here to"

"Yeah I will be back in like a half an hour I'm just going to drive my sister's somewhere"

"Okay see you then" Amanda left. She didn't have to go back home at all. She had clothes left there. She stayed there often because it was the closest place to go. She got in the jeep.

"So where are you staying tonight"

"I'm going to Audrey's." Ashley said.

"Drop me off at Kim's." Alex told her.

Alex hated lying to her sister. She would just be going over to Travis' house. But Amanda couldn't know. Ashley knew but Amanda wouldn't understand it. Her having random make out session's with Travis. Amanda especially wouldn't understand because Lily was her best friend. No matter what that was how it always would be.

"Oh yeah guys this is Spinner"

"Hey ladies" Spinner said

"Hey" they both greated him. They had heard about him from Travis.

Amanda dropped Alex off first. She didn't favor the new Alex all that much. Alex didn't care who she hurt now as long as she got what she wanted. Ashley was a little like that. More keeping Alex's secrets though then being mean.

" Okay Ash don't worry about being home tomorrow because dad is gone and were having this co-ed thing with my friends. I forgot to tell Alex about it feel free to invite one friend each."

"Okay sis I'll se you then."

"So those are my crazy sister's." Amanda said to Spinner,

"They seem alright" Spinner said.

"Your not going over to the dark side are you?" She asked him jokingly but serious

"What's that supposed to mean."

"Let's just say that my sister's and I aren't the best of friends. They conspire against all my friends. Not to mention that Ashley's best friend is Audrey who Lily doesn't like so it takes me a little to warm up to Audrey. But then there's Kim. She's miss perfect. She broke Robbie's heart and I cant forgive her not the way she did it to him. She's Alex's best friend."

"Oh so you just don't like your sister's."

"It's not only me who doesn't like them. They don't like me. You know how close sisters are supposed to be. Well they are the close ones and Lily is more like my sister" Amanda said as she pulled into River's drive way.

"Well I got to go. I'm going to have a little alone time with River feel bad about what happened at Mickey's and I wanna make it up to him."

"Okay well I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yup." Amanda said. She gave him a hug good bye. And he watched her go off to River's. Oh how he envied River. He knew River was popular. And that when Amanda said he could have any girl he wanted she was right. That scared him. He liked Amanda there was no doubt about that. But she was always with another guy. He didn't want to feel second to them. He wanted to be first but he doubted with River around he would be.