A/N Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry!

Madison hit Bridget with her pillow. "You didn't!" she cried.

Bridget fell back on the bed, laughing. "I know! I can't believe it!"

"What was it like?"

"Well, it was kind of fairy-tale like, you know? I mean, I never thought it would happen…but I didn't tell you the worst part."

"What?" Madison asked, intrigued.

"When I was kissing him, I opened one of my eyes…and saw Haillie!"

"No!"

"Seriously! She definitely saw us, but I don't think she saw me see her."

Madison exhaled. "Woah. You know what this means right?"

Bridget looked slightly nervous. "What?"

"She's gonna be unbearable at school tomorrow."

"Huh? How do you mean?"

"She's gonna be totally all over Shaun like she owns him."

Bridget sighed. "The works?"

"The works."

"Well, at least I'll have fiery old you by my side. Anyway – how was your night with Ephram?"

Madison looked down and suddenly found her duvet cover very interesting. "My night? Oh. Uh, pretty uneventful…"

"Madison…" Bridget raised her eyebrows at her. She knew that Madison was lying.

Madison sighed and began to walk around her room. "It was practically perfect. Me and Ephram were slow-dancing, and it was like the perfect dream-like moment. And then our heads leaned closer, and everything was great…but…"

"But what?" Bridget said softly.

"Amy. She came over, and just…ruined everything."

"How? What did she do?"

"Well – she knew what we were about to do…"

"Right…"

"And then she just barged right through and said – you know, in that annoying voice of hers – 'Can I cut in?'"

Bridget squeezed her pillow and rocked on her knees. "And then what?"

Madison sighed, falling back onto her bed. Ephram just didn't say anything and let her push me out of the way…"

"No!"

"Yup. And I spent the rest d the night flicking peanuts at her with Eddie."

"I'm so sorry Sonny. Are you gonna talk to him tomorrow?"

"Probably not. I mean, he and Amy are probably an item now."

"You never know," Bridget said thoughtfully. "Anything could happen…"

Madison and Bridget walked down the hallway, and neither of them looked happy. Then Madison saw Eddie and Shaun approaching, and whispered to Bridget. "Here's your chance!"

"But…I…" Bridget felt too embarrassed to say anything.

But then Madison caught a glimpse of Haillie jogging to catch up from behind. "Uh-oh. Maybe not."

Haillie placed her hand on Shaun's shoulder. "Hey baby," she whispered.

"Oh…uh, hey," Shaun said distractedly, too busy smiling at Bridget.

"How was your weekend?" Haillie asked slyly.

"He scored," Eddie said, somehow fitting the words into a cough.

"I'm sorry, what?" Haillie demanded angrily.

"Nothing, hun," Shaun said hurriedly, not wanting to make a scene. "Bridget! Madison! How are ya?"

Bridget just grinned. There was an awkward silence.

Clapping her hands together, Madison decided to break it. "Well! Isn't this fun! Haillie…how was your weekend?"

Bridget nudged Madison and glared at her. Madison nudged Bridget back, the smile directed at Haillie still plastered over her face.

"Oh, it was great," Haillie said sarcastically. "How about you? Bridge?" Haillie spat disgustedly, emphasising the nickname she loathed.

Bridget started to get angry, and looked up straight into Haillie eyes. "Amazing, actually!"

"I wonder why? I guess stealing people's boyfriends comes easy to you, does it?"

"What exactly is that supposed to mean?"

"It's supposed to mean that…" Haillie's sentence was cut short as Ephram appeared.

"Hey Madison," he whispered in her ear.

Madison turned round. "Oh. Hey," she replied unenthusiastically when she realised who it was.

"Could I talk to you for a minute?"

Madison stared at the ground. "Sure, whatever." She began to walk away from the group with him. "Good luck," Bridget whispered to her. "Don't worry, I don't need it. I'm over him," Madison replied, sounding much braver than she felt.

"So?"

Ephram was grinning. "So…I was thinking…that…uh…maybe you weren't doing anything on Saturday?"

Madison held her blank gaze, and raised her eyebrows expectantly.

Ephram was confused. "Uh…well…I was thinking maybe you wanted to go ice-skating? At The Rink?"

She couldn't help it. Madison started to smile. "I…I think I'm…yeah…I…"

Ephram grinned. "I'll take that as a yes. Right?"

"Right! But – uh – is anybody else gonna be there?" Madison tried her best to sound casual. "Like…Amy?"

"Yeah…actually it was her idea to invite you…"

Madison looked down at the ground and nodded, breathing slowly. She then looked back up, straight into his eyes. "Oh. Well. Actually, I don't think I'm free on Saturday."

Ephram's face fell. "You're not? But I thought you just said…"

"Yeah, sorry about that," Madison said sarcastically. "Anyhoo, hope you have a great time with Amy." She rolled her eyes and walked away.

"Madison!" Ephram called after her. But she ignored him, and ran into a cubicle in the girls toilets.

What had she done? Madison knew that she liked Ephram, and she had just blown it. But did he like her? She had thought that he would finally be the guy for her, but as soon as something had gone wrong, she had totally handled it the wrong way.

She hadn't had much experience with a proper boyfriend.

She needed to ask for advice. Advice from the expert.