Authors Notes: Hey all. Well, here's the much anticipated (Yeah, right) Seventh Chapter of my When Lightning Strikes. Two new disclaimers in this one, I don't own Torrie Wilson or Chris Nowinski ( Don't look too surprised) :)

I'm not sure when the next chapter will come out, I'm slowly losing the initiative to write, though I'm still full of ideas. I don't know, maybe I'm just being lazy. Don't worry too much, I want to see what happens with this as much, maybe more, than you do, so I won't be lazy for long (I hope.)

Thanks again for all your wonderful reviews, you don't know how much I enjoy reading them, even a little note with two words on it makes me smile. So I hope, as I always do, that you enjoy this chapter and, of course, the story as a whole.

PS: When uploading this story, it's not letting me put indents on the page. I guess a story is a story no matter what it looks like, but it just erks me a little. But oh well, what can you do? Just ignore it I guess.

Instant Celebrities

By the time lunch rolled around, I had almost landed back in the consolers office twice. Once by a chat with Torrie Wilson, Stacey's best friend, so you can imagine how that went. Then again by a Townie Jock named Chris Nowinski, who wanted to know why, if I was going out with Dean, did everyone say Matt and I were a couple now. Seriously. As calmly as possible, I told him the day I went anywhere with Dean would be the day hell had frozen over and walked away. Well, okay, stormed off might be more accurate. But, come on, what was everyone's deal?

"Tough day, dear?" Matt asked with a smile as he plopped his tray next to my bag lunch on one of the picnic tables outside. He was sitting next to me, close enough so our thighs touched and it would be nothing for him to put him arm around me. You know, if he wasn't trying to eat.

"What makes you say that?" I asked, wondering if he had gotten half as much grief over this as I had.

"Well, that was a clue." He said, looking pointedly at my hands that were, I had just noticed, tearing the bag which I had thrown a sandwich and apple in, to small pieces.

"Oh." I said stopping in surprise. "Well, you could say that." I debated whether or not to tell him all the shit I was getting over everyone finding out Matt and I were now a couple.

"I told you this would happen." He said before I got the chance to speak. I looked at him quizzically.

"You did?" Where we even talking about the same thing?

"Well, okay, maybe I didn't voice it, but I know we'd turn into instant celebrities." He said, taking a healthy bite of his pizza before continuing. God, I even thought he was cute while he ate, is that pathetic?

"As the first Buzzer and Townie couple, you would be questioned by people you didn't even know knew you to see if it were true, then to see why it was true and I would be slapped on the back for my 'Good catch' " he finished, taking another bite of his pizza.

"Good catch?" I raised my eyebrow in question.

"Well," He smiled at me "You know what I mean."

"So I get bombarded with questions and you get a slap on the back and a 'Good job'?" I huffed, rolling my apple around in my hands. "What's everyone's problem anyway, why can't they just mind their own business?" I raised my voice slightly and shot a glare at the table next to ours, where they were openly staring. That did the trick, I thought smugly while Matt just watched the exchange with amused eyes.

"Eat your apple before you bruise it." He suggested finishing off his pizza. I just put it on his tray.

"Not to mention" I said, throwing my leg over the bench so I fully faced him. "The fact that people are saying I'm also dating Dean Malenko." I went on as Matt took a bite out of my apple, then handed it back to me.

"I thought you didn't care what people said about you?" he teased while I took a bite and handed the apple back.

"I don't. Usually. But, come on. Dean Malenko? Anyone but him and I wouldn't care; but to think I would even consider being in the same room as that sleaze." I shuddered at the thought as I took the offered apple back from Matt and took a bite.

"Well, I can understand that." Matt said before I bypassed his hand and brought the apple right to his mouth. Eyes never leaving mine, he bit down on the apple and, as he dripped some juice onto my finger, he licked that clean too. Oh, my, god. I put the apple back onto his tray then reached up to pull him closer, our lips about to touch.

"You sure about this? Going to give them more fuel." He warned, eyes fixed on my lips.

"Who?" I questioned before leaning up and kissing him.

I know, okay? I know. But just because I was bitching about everyone talking about us does not mean I'm going to pass up a chance for a kiss from Matt. My left hand had held him in place, fingers playing with the hair at the nape of his neck while his right arm snaked around me to rest on my back.

We were at an odd angle for kissing. With my legs on either side of the bench, it was easy for me to slid closer so that I was I was practically surrounding him. He, on the other hand, was still facing forward so that, if we kept this up, he would soon have a crick in either his neck or his back. He could turn, of course, and get more comfortable. But since I was so close, if he did it would leave his knee caught right between my legs, which would then leave me uncomfortable.

We didn't have long to make a decision, almost instantly there were cat calls and whistles. Really, its like they've never seen two people kiss before. I broke away from Matt with a grunt of frustration and leaned my head against his shoulder, hiding my face.

"I'm sorry." I said, cheeks burning with the knowledge that everyone was staring at us.

"Don't worry about it." He said as he ran his fingers through my hair.

"Let's go somewhere else, we still have plenty of time before the bell." I suggested, leaning back so I could look him in the eye.

"Amy, do you know what that will look like?" he asked half amused, his eyes still flickering back to my lips every so often.

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously. What will what look like?

"Think about it, we both rush off and disappear somewhere until next class. The rumors are flying already and its just the first day. I'm totally game, of course, I'm just worried about your virtue." He explained. Worried about my virtue? What the hell was he talking-

Oh. Ooh.

"Your saying people will think we're running off to have . . ." I trailed off and he shrugged.

"Its definitely probable."

"Well, shit." I sighed, earning a grin from him.

"Don't worry, Ames, I have a plan." He whispered conspiratorially, eyebrows wiggling.

"Oooh, do tell." I whispered back, leaning in close to him. I was willing to do just about anything if he would call me Ames and kiss me again.

"Well." He started, taking my hand in his and turning his head so he was whispering in my ear. "How about you go that way." He sought out my index finger and pointed it left, toward the science building. I could feel every warm breath as he spoke against my next and was trying to suppress the shivers. It was no joke, I can tell you, him being this close. "And I'll go that way." This time he pointed our hands to the right toward the cafeteria.

That was certainly a plan. The question was, what the hell good would it be for me to be in the science building and him to be in the cafeteria? "Then" He continued. Oh good, there's more. "We could meet back by the portables."

Now that made more sense. The science building led out to the portables, while the cafeteria led to the PE field next to them. Somewhere nobody would be caught dead during lunch. On the other hand, all the kids who had second lunch and who had classes in said portables would be getting a free show. Oh well, you only live once, and we only had another fifteen minutes for lunch.

"Sounds like a plan to me." I whispered back. Then, before I lost the nerve, kissed him right below his ear causing him to shiver and tighten his grip on my hands. Oh yeah, I still got it. "Let's go."

After we threw our trash away, Matt grabbed me, gave me a quick kiss and released me. "See you later, then." He said, I thought, rather loudly. Giving me a wink, he headed off towards the cafeteria. With a shake of my head, I saddled my backpack and set of to the science building.
Authors Notes: Ooh, Amy and Matt heading to make-out city! Sorry, couldn't help myself. What will happen next? Will they get caught? Will they actually get some alone time (Wink, wink)? Will a meteor crash into the school? Probably not. But you never know.
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