Jacques picked Alexia up the same time the next day. This time she was wearing makeup and she was fully dressed. "This is a major improvement from yesterday's look!" Jacques joked. Alexia twirled around in a circle, letting her floor length, bohemian black skirt move with her. "Yeah, definitely a major improvement!" Jacques placed his hand behind her back and pulled her in for a passionate kiss. "Well thank you!" Alexia pulled away and looked at Jacque's outfit. "And I can see that you're wearing the same shirt you wore yesterday." "Hey, what can I say? I do my own laundry when I can! Plus…this is my favorite." He took Alexia's hand in his and guided her out of the house.

Sean picked a few flowers out of Lena's garden, before knocking on the front door. Holly answered and took them out of his hand. "Thanks Sean, but really…I could've gotten them myself!" She stood on her tip toes and kissed him. "It's the thought that counts!" He said. Holly grabbed his hand and led him up to her room. "Mom said dinner was in an hour…so…" She quietly shut the door and locked it. "Holly! They're right down stairs!" Sean cautiously backed away from Holly. Holly laughed. "I wasn't talking about that! Get your mind out of the gutter!" She playfully hit him on the chest, grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him in to kiss him. "That's what I was talking about." She kissed him again, this time more fervently. "I can deal with that!" Sean guided Holly over to her bed.

Anna and Chris were sitting with Ella and Jon at Lane's. Andrew had just brought them each a piece of chocolate cake. Chris looked like he was going to have a heart attack. "This is really good! Why don't we have one of these in Bethesda?" Ella laughed and took a bite of her own piece. "I'm not willing to share him with anyone else!" (She was speaking of Andrew, of course.)

Jon came back from the bathroom and grabbed his jacket. "I have to go now. I'll call you tonight." He leaned down and kissed Ella on her forehead. She got up and followed him outside. "What's up?" She asked. "Kostos just called me. I'm going to meet him. Trust me, nothing is wrong." He kissed her again, this time on the lips. "Ok?" After Ella had nodded in agreement, Jon got into his car and drove off.

Ella walked back into the café and sat down. "Chris, Anna tells me you play soccer. Well, my soon-to-be step dad is the head coach at Columbia. There's a game today…do you want to go?" Chris' eyes widened even more. "Do I want to go? Yes I want to go! Who are they playing?" He asked, excitedly. "Harvard." Ella stated. But then she remembered something. "Oh…I forgot about that Anna!" Anna shook her head. "It's fine Ella!"

Chris was lost. "Did I miss something?" "No, it's just that Zach is a freshman at Columbia. He's on the Varsity team…but it's all good!"

Chris practically ran to the soccer field. Anna and Ella walked, arm in arm, behind him. They met Bridget and Eric in Eric's office. Eric handed them their tickets. "You are all sitting a few rows down from the announcer's box. They're pretty good seats." Eric handed the tickets to Ella and then gave Bridget a kiss. "I'll see you after the game." He said to her. "Now go get your seats. The game's starting in half an hour."

Zach was sitting on the bench, retying his cleats. Eric came over to him and sat down. "You're gonna have to go in today Zach." Zach stood up and shook Eric's hand. "Thanks coach!" Zach let go and ran onto the field to join the other players. But before he could reach the center he looked up and saw Anna in the crowd. "Damn it. This is the most important game of my freshman year and she has to be here." He shook it off, the best he could and continued on his way to the center. "Ok guys! Let's do this!" He smacked all of his team mates on the back and high-fived them.

Esperanza jumped into her car and started down the road. She and Max had decided to meet halfway between Bethesda and W&M to spend the day together. "Hey babe!" Esperanza jumped on top of Max in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart. "Hey! What did you want to do today? I mean…seeing as how we are in the middle of no where, where there's only two stop lights, and they are lucky enough to even have this big of a Wal-Mart!"

"We could have a picnic." Esperanza suggested. Max tugged on one of her curls, and laughed. "That's actually not a bad idea."

"What about macaroni and cheese?" Max asked Esperanza. Esperanza turned around from taking two drinks out a large cooler and smiled. "You know the way to my heart."

After eating lunch, Esperanza and Max took a walk in the town's small park. There were children playing in the park, and teens were on the baseball field tossing the ball back and forth. "Max a million! Is that you?" Max turned around to find a very attractive red head coming in his and Esperanza's direction. "Collin?" Max let go of Esperanza's hand and ran to meet the girl. "What are you doing here?" He asked her. "I live here! Mike got a job here this summer. Natasha is playing over there, throwing the dirt." Collin pointed over to the sandbox, where sure enough, a small child was standing there, throwing dirt all around her.

"Who's your friend?" Collin slyly asked Max. "Oh yeah! Esi!" Esperanza ran over to them and smiled. She reached out her hand. "I'm Esperanza." "So you're his new girlfriend, then. Nicole told me about you." "Oh, you're friends with Nicole?" Esperanza asked. Collin slapped Max on the arm. "Yeah! Kind of, I guess! I'm their cousin. Max hasn't told you about me?" Esperanza shook her head.

"We used to get into a lot of trouble." Max stated. "I don't like to tell people about those days!" He brought Collin into a hug and ruffled her hair.

Collin looked down at her watch and then walked over to the sandbox. "Well, I've got to get home to make dinner. Do ya'll want to join us tonight? Mike will be so happy to see you Max. He'll want to show you his tool shed!"

Max looked in Esperanza's direction to make sure that she agreed. "I'd love too." Esperanza stated. "Just let me call my mom."

After the game, Eric met up with Bridget and took her out to dinner. They were in the middle of their salads when Eric decided that he should bring the subject up. "I think we should get married before the baby is born, Bee. I love you too much. I can't wait that long. I need you to be my wife now. I want you to be my wife now. Let's just go back to Bethesda and have a small wedding..." "Eric! Calm down!" Bridget reached over the table and placed her hand over Eric's. "Ok." "Ok?" Eric asked. "I said ok. We have a break coming up in two weeks…why not?" Bridget smiled. "But nothing big, just my closest friends and family and your friends and family." Eric nodded. "Anything!"

He couldn't control himself. He stood up and kissed Bridget passionately, almost knocking her out of her chair. "I love you." He whispered. "I love you." Bridget said, even louder.

When Eric stood up, he noticed that the entire restaurant was turned in their direction, staring at them. "Hi." He waved to them all and sat back down in his seat. He and Bridget sat planning their upcoming wedding, Bridget smiling the whole time.

So, school starts tomorrow. And I don't know when I'm going to be able to update! But I will try! Yeah…I had to hurry that whole Eric and Bridget situation up! RACHEL!(Two more years of high school to go….two very long years!)