A/N Hey this one is pretty much just introducing Alyssa

Alyssa was wishing that it wasn't the last week of summer - well it was for her and the rest of the band students, not the others.

She awoke to the phone ringing. She sat up right away and looked at the caller id. It was her friend Beth.

"Hey!" She said trying not to sound like she had been asleep.

"Hey you wanna go play tennis?"

"Yeah let me ask my mom, be right back."

"Okay."

Alyssa put the phone down and went out into the den where she assumed her mom was.

"Can I go?" She asked without hesitation since her mom was sitting next to the caller i.d.

"Yes but remember the car isn't working though so Beth will have to come pick you up."

"ok."

She went back to her room and picked up the phone.

"I can go if you come pick me up," She said trying to find her Adidas shirt and shorts.

"Okay I'll be there in five minuets."

"oh…okay," Alyssa said trying to really hurry now, "Bye"

Alyssa put her clothes on, grabbed her racquet and a bagel, and Beth was ringing the doorbell as she was putting her socks on.

"Hey Beth!" Alyssa said while trying to hold back her two dogs from licking Beth to death with one hand, a shoe, two water bottles (a/n well…I drink a lot), her racquet, andbag with the other.

"Hey, Gary and Justin are already there and Mandee'll be there soon with Alex too…..so you ready?" She said cocking her head.

"Yeah….barely."

Beth went and got in her car. Alyssa came slowly but eventually got all her stuff in the car.

"So have you finished the 6th book yet?" Alyssa asked and earned an annoyed look from Beth.

"No but I've finally started it."

After the conversation about the 6th book, which had happened about 3 times that week already, Beth turned up her music ("Save a horse ride a cowboy" and "Redneck Woman.")

When they got their Gary and Justin were sitting in Justin's truck and turned up their music to try and blare out Beth's "I love this Bar."

Not long after,they quit the battle of the stereos, because Alyssa had gotten out and started serving to an empty court and the old people on one of the other courts were giving them dirty looks, they played doubles; girls against boys till Alex and Mandee came.

Then Justin challenged Beth, they played for a good hour with some water breaks and still didn't notice anybody watching them.

After about a 20 minuet water break of sitting and talking, Alyssa looked around and noticed someone sitting on one of the benches, just watching her. Somehow she knew he was only watching her.

Alex noticed her staring at the benches.

"Something wrong Alyssa? Your staring at the benches like they're going to kill you or something."

Alyssa looked up at her and then back at the benches – where no one was sitting.

"Oh I was just daydreaming….You wanna go play singles?"

"Sure."

The two of them played for awhile while the others argued on whether to go to Starbucks, McDonalds, or Denny's for a good ten minuets before Alex, completely annoyed, threw her racquet and said she'd give them a free meal at her parents restraunt if they just shut up.