Chapter Two

"So, have you thought about asking Emma to the dance yet?" Tommy asked, as the group of friends made their way out the school doors and headed in the direction of the Juice Bar.

"I did," Jason finally said. "I think I might just ask her. What's the worst that could happen?"

Tommy smiled. "She could say no."

"She could."

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The 6 teens walked into the Juice Bar. Kat and Tanya walked over to one of the empty tables to start their homework, while the 4 guys went to the weight room area, for their daily work out.

Tommy and Jason went on the mats, to spar. Rocky and Adam went to the weight bench, to try to see who could out do the other.

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Hot, sweaty, out of breath, and tired, Tommy and Jason laid on the mats, trying to catch their breath, after a good sparing match.

"Either, you're getting better or I'm getting weak," Jason said, his heart pounding hard in his chest. He coughed a few times, as he tried getting his breathing back to normal.

Tommy laughed, turning his head to face Jason. "You're not getting weak," He smiled. "I'm getting better."

"Is that so," Jason said, sitting up, whipping the sweat off his forehead.

The two teen boys got up. Jason turned to face Tommy. "Wanna go again?"

"Sure," Tommy said, getting in his fighting stand. "We'll see whose better."

Jason got in his fighting stand. Tommy came at him with a friendly kick, with him blocking it. They went at it for a few, when Tommy looked up just as Emma walked in.

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She walked to the counter, ordered herself a Strawberry smoothie and went to one of the few left open tables to sit.

She waited for Ernie to bring her, her smoothie. She looked around the Juice Bar, spotting Tanya and Kat. She waved to them. Tanya waved and Kat smiled at her. Her eyes wandered more around, to the back, where the weight room was, and saw him. Jason Lee Scott, sparing with his best friend, Tommy. She watched him. "He's good," She thought to herself. She watched the way he moved.

She crushed on him bad. From the moment she laid eyes on him. She had learned, from her friends, Tanya and Kat, that he was from Angel Grove, but was gone for a while, at a peace conference, but then returned.

She liked him, but felt that he wouldn't be interested in someone like her. She thought, herself was too shy. And sometimes that would get the best of her. The reason why she hadn't gone up to him and talked to him. She found out there was a Spring Dance coming this Friday. She didn't have a date. She'd love to have Jason ask her, but to her, it looked like he held no interest in her.

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She looked away, before she found herself crying. Ernie had brought her, her smoothie, smiling she handed him a 5 bill and told him to keep the change. She took a sip of the cold liquid, as she placed her back pack on the table in front of her, getting her history homework out.