Okay guys I've re-written this chapter, so if you've read the other version read this one please. Oh, and I haven't changed heaps, so there are still some parts which are the same as before.

Chapter 15

"Looks like those two are getting along well." Jonas said grinning, and Dean looked over to see Amber and Briar making out at the corner table.

Dean laughed. "To think, they were fighting only hours ago."

"No they weren't." Jonas argued. "They weren't even talking to each other hours ago."

"Oh." Dean shot another look in the corner. "No change then."

They both laughed, then Jonas went to serve customers as it started to get to the busy time of night.

"Dean, a little help." Jonas called, a few minutes later as he started to get swamped by customers.

"But I don't work here." Dean replied, drinking some more of his drink.

"Dean!" Jonas yelled back.

"Alright, I'm coming." Dean yelled back, grumbling, but knowing full well that he'd end up helping Jonas as it was Watersday (Saturday) night, which was when Jonas usually needed help. Besides, none of them were game enough to go get Amber.

"Come on Sandry, let's go in." Daja said enthusiastically, with Tris nodding beside her.

"Uh…I don't know." Sandry said nervously, looking at the bar entrance. Now that she was here she wasn't sure if she wanted to be here. She knew she'd probably run into Briar, or even worse, Briar with Amber. Sandry wasn't sure she could handle it. She may say she was over Briar, but she knew that three years was too long to be spent loving someone to just get over them like that. Besides she hadn't talked to Briar since their fight, and he probably still hated her.

"Oh come on." Tris said exasperated, grabbing Sandry's arm and dragging her in.

"I mean, last time…I got really drunk and…" Sandry protested, but soon found herself inside the bar, in the middle of a rowdy, but fairly cheerful crowd. "Wow…this isn't so bad." Sandry said, as she nervously looked around, making sure Briar wasn't here. She couldn't see him, which is a good sign so far.

The other two just grinned at her, and they all went to the bar, pushing their way through the crowd.

"Hi ladies, what can I get ya?" The bartender asked, grinning a typical bartender smile.

"Wow, Sandry, you were right." Daja said loudly.

"What?" Sandry said in surprise.

Daja turned back to the bartender. "She said you were cute."

"What!" Sandry exclaimed. "I didn't say that…I mean, it's not like your ugly…you're just not my…I like guys that are tall…er…oh crap." Sandry said, her face burning in shame as the bartender started to laugh.

"Dean!" The bartender called out. "Your favourite person's here to see you."

Dean appeared at the door. "What you mean Amber actually has to breathe…oh, you're not Amber." Dean said as he caught sight of Sandry.

"Oh, so this is the bartender's friend!" Daja said loudly.

"Shut up." Sandry hissed, still embarrassed about the incident before.

"Oh, yeah." Dean said. "I'm Dean."

"Oh." Sandry said in realization. "This is Daja and Tris."

"Hello ladies." Dean said in fake flirtation.

"They're a couple." Sandry blurted out without thinking. "So don't…er…flirt with them…or if you want to, go ahead." Sandry said, looking down in shame.

"Sandry has a bit of a crush on you." Daja said.

"Yeah, but she's still getting over Briar." Tris added. "But she's practically over him."

"Don't worry." Jonas said smiling. "Dean is like, in love with her."

"I'm right here!" Dean exclaimed, and Sandry glanced up to see his cheeks a similar colour to her own. He turned to look at her. "Do you want a drink? I find annoying friends easier to deal with if your drunk."

Sandry nodded and looked up. "Okay."

"Yeah, Dean I can take it from here, the work that is." Jonas said. "Go have fun tonight."

Tris and Daja both laughed, then went off to dance somewhere.

Dean got Sandry a drink, poured his own, and sat down at the bar next to her.

"I'm going to kill them." Sandry muttered under her breath. "I swear…"

Dean laughed. "I feel the same way about Jonas. But was it true? What they said?"

"Uh…well…" Sandry looked down in shame. "I…barely know you…and…I'm still in love with Briar." She confessed. "You seem really nice…but…I can't help it."

Dean just smiled and shrugged it off. "It's okay. I don't mind, really. Jonas over reacts about everything. I'd like to get to know you better though. Maybe be friends?"

Sandry grinned at his words. She could really use a new friend, especially with everything going on in her life. "Sure. Let's get to know each other."

Dean grinned and held out his hand. "I'm Dean."

Sandry laughed and shook his hand. "Hi, I'm Sandry."

"Good to meet ya, Sandry."

Amber couldn't believe she'd considered giving Briar up. That would have been a foolish move, he's such a good kisser. Amber opened her eyes, and saw something out of the corner of her eye. She turned to look in that direction. It couldn't be…yep, there was Dean…talking to Sandry.

Amber broke away suddenly, and Briar looked at her in confusion.

"I should…er…get back to work." Amber said. "Besides, Sandry's here."

Briar turned around in surprise, and saw Sandry. "Damn…"

"Go talk to her…sort things out." Amber said, giving him one last kiss. "Good luck."

She then got up and walked over to Jonas.

"Oh, hello…so you're working now?" Jonas said teasingly.

She just shot him a look before cheerily serving customers.

"Well, I'm glad." Jonas said. "You're annoying when you're in a mood."

Amber hit him in the arm. "Shut up."

He laughed. "Well, its true."

She laughed as well, too ecstatic to take offence to his words.

"So…yeah, I met Jonas and Amber when we were young, and we've been together ever since." Dean said. "It's really cool…they're like my family."

"That's nice." Sandry said, glad she was talking to Dean. He seemed like a really nice guy, despite being a thief. She knew they'd be friends. "So what happened to your family…I mean, your real family?"

"Oh." Dean said, then gave her a little smile, but Sandry could tell it was sad. "My mum died giving birth to me, so I never really knew her. And my father was…well I never really knew what he did for a living, but he was never around. And he was killed in an alleyway when I was five."

"Oh Dean, I'm so sorry." Sandry said, sympathetically patting his arm.

"It's okay." He said giving her a reassuring smile. "It was a long time ago. I barely remember them."

Sandry nodded, sadness seeming into her chest as she remembered her own parents. She remembered all the good times she'd had travelling with them. Her mother's warm embrace, her father's proud smile. She remembered them dying. She remembered being trapped in the dark. Sandry invulentarily shuddered as she remembered the dark, and treid to banish these thoughts from her head.

Dean noticed her shudder, though. "What is it?"

"Oh. Nothing." Sandry lied, then sighed. She might as well start off their friendship truthfully. "I was just thinking about my parents. They died a few years ago."

"Oh Sandry, I'm so sorry." Dean said, immediately beginning to comfort her.

Sandry shrugged. "At least I got the time I had. You didn't get to know your parents."

Dean nodded solemnly, then sighed. "I think we need another drink."

Sandry nodded. "Yep, we definitely need more drinks."

"Oy, bartender." Dean yelled out.

Jonas came over with a less-than-impressed look on his face. "What do you want?"

"That's not very friendly." Dean teased. "So can I get two drinks…and if you don't smile, I wont tip you."

"Well…it's not that depressing." Jonas said as he got their drinks. "I mean, you can't even afford to pay your bill half the time, let alone tips."

Dean just snorted and took a gulp of his drink.

Sandry giggled, and smiled at Jonas. "Thank you."

Jonas put on a fake grin. "You're welcome, ma'am. Just making my customers happy, that's all I really care about…except that one."

"Hey!" Dean said, pretending to be insulted.

Sandry laughed again. She noticed that Jonas, Amber and Dean seemed to have a friendship like the one she shared with Tris, Daja and Briar. It showed that it wasn't just the magic that kept them together. This meant that her and Briar would be friends again.

Amber looked over to see Briar sitting at their table, looking over at Sandry. She laughed, wondering how long it would take him to work up the nerve to talk to her. She sighed and turned to see Jonas over talking to Dean and Sandry. She saw Sandry was laughing and smiled to herself. Amber still felt guilty about Sandry still being in love with Briar, while she was going out with him. She knew that she was being a bad friend, but she couldn't help it. She was in love with Briar, and she couldn't stand the thought of being away from him.

Sandry found herself to be laughing more and more as the night went on, and knew it was because she was steadily getting drunk. She knew she shouldn't have any more drinks, as her senses started to feel dulled. She didn't understand though, as she'd only had a few drinks.

"Do you want another drink?" Dean asked, raising his eyebrows.

Sandry shook her head. "No, I don't have much money left."

Dean looked at her in mock-surprise. "But that's okay. Drink now, pay later!"

Sandry laughed and was about to agree, when she saw something that made her heart stop. It was Briar.

Sandry winced as she saw Briar coming over to her. She didn't know if he'd seen her or not, but knew he was probably still furious at her. She considered hiding, but at that moment, briar seemed to have felt her gaze. At any rate he turned around and their eyes met. Sandry felt intimidated by his gaze and went to run away.

'Sandry!'

She stopped as she felt his voice inside her mind. He was mind speaking. That was a good sign.

"Briar." She turned to face him as he came over to her.

"Sandry." He said formally, and his gaze went over to Dean who was sitting there, seemingly engaged in his beer. Sandry knew he was just trying to give them their privacy.

'Are you still mad at me?' Sandry asked nervously.

'I'm sorry. I never should have said those things.' Briar sounded sheepish as he said this. 'I didn't mean it. You were drunk and I shouldn't have said all that. No girl is worth our friendship.'

Sandry nodded, trying to swallow the lump in her throat. That's all they had. Friendship. That's all they were going to have.

'Do you forgive me?' Briar asked.

Sandry nodded, suddenly glad she didn't have to speak out loud. 'Of course.'

Briar lent over and gave her a hug, which Sandry fully returned. She was glad he didn't hate her anymore.

'Oh, and Sandry…' Briar seemed to hesitate which caused fear to form in Sandry's heart. 'I…er…me and Amber are back together.'

Sandry quickly pulled out of the mind connection, blocking him from her thoughts. She knew she was over reacting, and she knew they were going to get back together. But the wound of rejection was still too raw, and this was rubbing salt in the wound.

"I…I have to go." Sandry said, and turned around as tears began to run down her cheeks. Without looking back, Sandry ran out of the bar.

Okay, I like this chapter a lot better than I did before and I hope you one hates me for changing it. I'm going to leave my original responses up, but you guys all rock and I hope you keep reading.

Anonymouse: Hey I hope to have a few more twists in the story. I may even make Briar and Sandry break up…I don't know yet. Thanks for reviewing!

Alenor: Thanks for reviewing, and even though it seems like things are getting sorted out there will be more problems ahead. I think I may focus on Sandry's love life, because she's really confused right now, which is fun to write. Anyway, you rock, please keep reviewing!

Salma-sol: (love the new name, btw) Thank you for reviewing, I hope you like this chapter. Also, I've thought about the whole Tris, Daja and Sandry living arrangements, thank you for bringing it up, because I had completely forgot about Tris and Daja not living at Discipline. Anyway, I made Sandry move back there in like chapter twelve after she'd told Briar about her kiss with Amber, and told him she loved him and they had that fight. I've also decided that Tris and Daja are just staying there for the summer (this story is set in summer at the moment) so they can spend time together, and such, but will be leaving at the end of the summer. Is that an okay reason? Anyway, thank you for your reviews because you make me find realistic reasons to things in my story. Thank you! You rock!

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