Okay, I know its been a while and it would be longer but my parents really pissed me off and then went on an all day road trip and left my excuse of a brother in charge. So now I have Wakefield basting through my speakers, a bowl full of Sour Cream 'n' Onion chips, and my laptop on my bed so... here's the story.

A/a/n- the relationship between Olivia and Finn weird but yeah... it's not that weird to me since me and my best friend have that kind of relationship.

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The sky filled a darker red with orange streams shining with the trees. A frosted chill whipped through the crisp air, leaving a rustling crackle through the up leaves Olivia let out a small shriek as she raced down the hidden path. She smiled with a sense of joy as Finn finally caught up with her holding a stern 'you-got-to-be-kidding-me' look in his eyes.

"Loosen up man," she said with a playful voice and a smile showing off her angelic features.

"Come on Liv," Finn pleaded, checking to make sure none of his friends were here, as they all despised Olivia, well all who didn't want to get her in bed.

His attention drifted back on Olivia as she flew her arms around his neck.

"Okay, what shit are you on?" he asked with a hasty look and careful smile. He received a playful slap and a high-pitched giggle.

"Trust me, nothing near as bad as what you do," Olivia teased, spinning around with him. Finn let out a smile and questionable sneer. But the joy ness in Olivia's giggles and smiles made him cave as he grabbed her and twirled her around in his football arms making another giggle come out as she tried to reach her feet to the ground with ended up making Finn fall on his back and her right on top of him.

"Seriously, why are you in such a good mood?" he asked, as she rolled off him and landed softly in the damp green grass.

"I don't know," she said, propping herself up on her shoulders, "I mean, I guess I've felt so shitty lately that even a little good thing like Jackson being gone feels amazing," she said, looking up at the only cloud she could she through the dark green tree tops.

"Hmm..." Finn mused, knowing exactly what she meant. Turning over to her on his side he gave her a quick kiss on her forehead and helped her up. "I hear double mint ice cream calling out names," he said in a glee filled voice as she grabbed her hand and they raced back to the public area of the park.

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Alex walked back to Claire and Jane chomping on her gum to get the terrible taste out of her throat. Smiling at Claire, she let out a sigh and started chewing more politely.

"So... 411?" Claire asked, walking side by side of Alex with Jane trailing a little in back.

"On what?" Alex asked confused as she raised an eyebrow.

"Tim," Claire said in a duh voice. "Marcy and Katti are telling everyone you two made out like the whole party. Eli wouldn't comment but that's just because she's your friend and all." Each one of Claire's words dripped with bitchiness but she was completely unaware how she sounded.

"Marcy said that?!" Alex asked, shocked as she wondered if it was true.

"Yeah, I mean Katti was harsher but..."

"That's because Katti's a complete bitch," Jane sniped, her face turned in hatred.

"Well, there is that..." Clair e laughed before looking at Alex.

"Okay, okay, so like we are dancing and he has his arms all over me." Alex paused to wait for the inputs.

"Guys..."

"Pig..."

"Yeah, and we head to Kathy's parents room where Abbie and Marco were... yeah, but that's another story..."

"Which we will get to," Claire laughed.

"Yeah, but we instead in up in another room, and start making out and all. We were at it for a while until Katti walks in," Alex said, rolling her eyes. "We decide to go down stairs again and that's when the whole thing with Jack and Claire started. They each had a moment of silence to collect their thoughts. Claire was a one-year-older but they were all really good friends. She and Jack, who was a senior, had gotten in a fight and she left drunk. She was still in a coma after she was T-bone when she ran a red light. Each of them walked down the pathway, afraid to be the first one to say anything.

"I went to see her this morning," Jane, who was Claire's neighbor, said.

"How... how's she?" Alex said, her voice quivering.

"Better, the doctors said she is responding to some of the medicine and one said she has a strong chance of pulling out of the coma," Jane explain as a tear pasted by her perfectly blushed cheeks.

They were pulled out of the depressed mood as a very hyper Olivia ran through the open area with a flamboyant Finn trailing with a fixed grin as he raced and picked up Olivia as they hit the ground smiling.

"Wow," Claire said, taken back as if what Olivia was doing was the most embarrassing thing in the world.

"Should we?"

"Stalk them? Of course, I mean it would be the only nice thing to do so she doesn't ruin her chances with..." Claire was about to say Elliot when she noticed him across the park. At that time Finn kissed Olivia and they raced off, leaving a speechless Claire and a disappointed Elliot. "...Or not."

"What, it was only a kiss on the forehead and everyone knows Olivia and Finn are best friends," Alex said in Olivia's defense.

"She has a point," Jane said.

"Tell it to Elliot," Claire said, watching him with a wicked smile.

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Elliot walked to the biggest clearing of the trail. The trees glistened as bits of the sun shot through. He saw Olivia run through the clearing and stopping and was about to call her name when he notice her talking to a trailing Finn before her joyfully picked her up and twirled her around before they fell hard to the ground. His world just stop as he kissed her. It wasn't a quick kiss, as it seemed to last for years. His lips on Olivia's body... A rage of jealousy took over before he realized that Olivia and him weren't together. She was a freshman and he was a senior. He was still in love with Kathy. He thought it was Kathy he was kissing. He still needed Kathy. Or was it Olivia?

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Kat waited for Abbie while humming an old Hank Williams Jr. song. Her mind kept drifting back to Abbie's odd behavior. Her sweet, flirtatious, flamboyant friend seemed replaced by a soft, shy, quite girl. That break up must have done something to her, but she couldn't see why he would actually flirt with Abbie if he broke up. Maybe she caught him and some other chick kissing at that dance, Kat thought, sighing. Abbie always had a thing for guys like that. She had been cheated on more than any one person she knew. He reminded her a lot of Sean, which brought back bad memories she really didn't want to have. That could have been it, she thought.

"Hey," Abbie said with a plastered smile.

"So, where are we headed this wondrous afternoon?" Kat asked, throwing her arm around Abbie's shoulder.

"Well, there are 1,001 jewelry things about three blocks from here," Abbie said, her eyes smiling. Kat and her loved jewelry shopping. They had millions of different earrings, rings and necklaces. It was there favorite hobby and one they only shared with each other.

"Been there?"

"Not with out you," Abbie said, walking down the street with Kats arm still around her shoulder.