AN: Ahhhh sorry I haven't updated in forever! I've been soooo busy lately, but I'll try to do better. Thanks for the reviews!

As Sasha, Kaitlin, Cassie and Jay were trying to change the subject, Mark walked by. Sasha turned a deep shade of red and tried to avoid looking at him. However, no one in their group could miss the sinister glare Mark threw in Sasha's direction. She saw hurt and disappointment in his face, but mostly what she saw was anger. She couldn't possibly think of anything to say to him to make things better, so she just kept looking the opposite way until Mark was out of ear-shot.

Cassie said, "Whoa, he looks mad... you better watch your back today, girl."

"I know..."

"Everybody move out to the field, let's get started!" yelled Mr. Kendell.

Sasha was grateful that she wouldn't have to deal with all this emotional stress for a few hours while the band rehearsed. She could focus on music, drill, and conducting. That is, if Charlie would stay out of her way. Sure, she loved having him around, but it was too painful to even look at him anymore. She knew they didn't have a chance in hell. She almost wished she hadn't thrown away her perfectly healthy relationship with Mark, but those feelings went out the window when he tossed her a few more evil glares throughout the morning.

"Mark time, mark, up!" Four counts and the show began. Halfway through the opener, during one of the toughest spots in the drill, Mr. Kendell blew his obnoxious whistle. "Stop, stop, stop! You guys HAVE to hit that form or the whole concept of the drill's lost, ok? Start over!"

Everyone scrambled back to the opening set, and again, Sasha gave the command, "Mark time, mark, up!" Sasha had a habit of letting her eyes wander over the field as she conducted the show. She liked to look at everyone and see how well the show was going in terms of the drill. She was also constantly listening to the drum line to make sure they were with her and checking for intonation in the rest of the band. She tried not to wince as the mellophones were way sharp on one of their ridiculously high notes.

Gradually Sasha's eyes moved to the left side of the field where Charlie and Kyle, the drumline instructor, were standing, watching the band. They were supposed to be looking at everyone's footwork, but she noticed Charlie's eyes were on her. She tried not to make it completely obvious that she was staring right back at him. It was difficult, though. As she kept looking, she saw Kyle wave his hand in front of Charlie's face, bringing him back to the real world.

"Dude, what are you looking at?"

"I was, uh, checking Sasha's form... you know, and her cues."

"Since when are you a conducting expert?"

"Hey look, Brad's totally out of step," said Charlie, pointing to a sax player.

"Smoothe, Charlie, nice way to change the subject."

"I do what I can."

Damn that was close, thought Charlie.

Finally, after running through the show what seemed like a million times, lunch time came. Sasha, Kaitlin, and Cassie gathered near Sasha's podium after everyone was dismissed to discuss lunch plans.

"Well, we could either walk to Sonic or Subway, or drive to Moe's."

"Omigod I could really go for one of Moe's cheeseburgers right about now, couldn't you guys?"

"We can all take my car," said Cassie. She had just gotten a green VW Beetle for her birthday three weeks ago, and she loved to give everyone rides in it.

"I'd love to ride with you," replied Sasha, "but I need to stay a few extra minutes because Mr. Kendell wants me to do one last thing in the libarary... seems I left a few folders around and I he's too lazy to file them himself. I'll met you there in a few, k?"

"Mkay, see you there!"

Sasha did what she needed to do in the library then headed out to her car to meet her friends at Moe's. However, when she got to her not-so-trusty Volvo, she was horrified to discover that one of her tires was flat! "Oh shit." She looked around the almost empty parking lot. I guess everyone decided to drive somewhere for lunch... now what am I gonna do?

"Hey, need a ride somewhere?"

She turned around quickly to see Charlie standing a few feet behind her. "I can change that tire for you after camp today if you want."

"Oh wow, that'd be awesome. I was gonna go to Moe's to get some lunch with my friends."

"Actually I was going to go there too, so it's no problem to give you a lift."

"Thanks! You're my hero," Sasha said with a chuckle.

They walked to Charlie's green Jeep and got in. As Charlie started the engine, he smiled warmly at Sasha. She let out a heavy sigh.

"What's wrong?" asked Charlie.

"Oh nothing, just exhausted..." Actually I'm sad because I think I'm falling for you and there's nothing I can do...

AN: I know that wasn't great but I'm still having a bit of writer's block, so bear with me.