CHAPTER THREE: Messing Around
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"Wow..." Amber plopped herself down onto Paige's bed.
"Don't think your sleeping there, hun." Paige said. "You get the pullout couch. If I don't sleep on a bed, my neck cramps up and..."
"Chill girl!" Amber said sitting up. "I was just relaxing... you should try it sometime."
"Ha." Paige responded sarcastically.
"Anyway!" Amber said. "Tonight was so much fun! I'm really glad that we became friends Paige."
"Yeah." Paige agreed. "As long as you hang with me your all set with popularity points."
"Right..." Amber shook her head smiling. "I'm just amazed that all this happened in a week."
"All what?"
"A new school, a new best friend..." Amber explained. "A new boyfriend."
"New boyfriend?" Paige asked, raising an eyebrow. "You can't be talking about Spinner. Can you?"
"Well, yeah." Amber said. "I think he likes me. I really like him!"
"Uh, sorry hun." Paige said, her face looking sympathetic. "I talked to him...and..."
"And what?"
"He said that he only wants to be friends with you." Paige explained. "He told me that he didn't want to turn you down for the dance, but he also doesn't want to get serious."
"Oh..." Amber sat there for a moment speechless. "I could have sworn he was into me."
"Well..." Paige shrugged. "He said he wouldn't mind messing around though."
"Messing around?" Amber looked disgusted. "What am I some kind of slut?"
"I know." Paige said in a comforting tone. "I can't believe he would even suggest that."
"We'll see who gets messed around with." Amber said angrily.
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"Hey this is cool." Amber said, referring to the park that she and Paige had just walked into. It was a small park with a couple swing sets, a tire swing, a slide, a jungle gym and a basket ball court. The park was located down the street from Paige's house.
Amber walked over to the tire swing and sat on it. She started spinning around and laughing. Paige took a seat on one of the swings close by Amber.
"I come here a lot, you know." Paige explained. "When I need to think about stuff."
"How can you think here?" Amber asked. "Aren't there always kids running around?" Amber was surprised to see that the park was empty.
"No, not anymore." replied Paige. "Ever since they built that new park on Gordon St. no one comes here. The Gordon Park is much bigger, so I guess it makes sense."
"Sure does!" Amber agreed, she stopped spinning. "Whoa..."
"Hey girls!"
Amber and Paige looked up to see Jimmy and Spinner. Amber rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
"Wow, you look more and more like me everyday." Paige laughed.
"What's up?" Jimmy asked as Spinner and him approached the girls.
"Nothing, you?" Paige asked.
"Same, we were gonna play some ball." Spinner answered. "Wanna join? Girls vs. boys?"
"We would so kick your butts." Paige said. "But I just got a french manicure and there is no way that I'm messing it up. No way."
"Wouldn't you rather mess around with some girl?" Amber asked, standing up from the tire swing and facing Spinner.
"What the..." Spinner's faced scrunched up in confusion.
Amber rolled her eyes and walked off, in the direction of Paige's house.
"I better go with her." Paige said.
"Wait, Paige." Spinner pleaded. "What was that about? I thought she liked me?"
"Uhh..." Paige looked at Amber and then back at Spinner. "She told me that she's into someone else. You didn't impress her at the dance you know. She said that you might as well go mess around with a different girl."
"What?" Spinner asked. "Why?"
"I don't know..." Paige shrugged. "I can't believe she would even suggest that."
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"Wow..." Amber plopped herself down onto Paige's bed.
"Don't think your sleeping there, hun." Paige said. "You get the pullout couch. If I don't sleep on a bed, my neck cramps up and..."
"Chill girl!" Amber said sitting up. "I was just relaxing... you should try it sometime."
"Ha." Paige responded sarcastically.
"Anyway!" Amber said. "Tonight was so much fun! I'm really glad that we became friends Paige."
"Yeah." Paige agreed. "As long as you hang with me your all set with popularity points."
"Right..." Amber shook her head smiling. "I'm just amazed that all this happened in a week."
"All what?"
"A new school, a new best friend..." Amber explained. "A new boyfriend."
"New boyfriend?" Paige asked, raising an eyebrow. "You can't be talking about Spinner. Can you?"
"Well, yeah." Amber said. "I think he likes me. I really like him!"
"Uh, sorry hun." Paige said, her face looking sympathetic. "I talked to him...and..."
"And what?"
"He said that he only wants to be friends with you." Paige explained. "He told me that he didn't want to turn you down for the dance, but he also doesn't want to get serious."
"Oh..." Amber sat there for a moment speechless. "I could have sworn he was into me."
"Well..." Paige shrugged. "He said he wouldn't mind messing around though."
"Messing around?" Amber looked disgusted. "What am I some kind of slut?"
"I know." Paige said in a comforting tone. "I can't believe he would even suggest that."
"We'll see who gets messed around with." Amber said angrily.
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"Hey this is cool." Amber said, referring to the park that she and Paige had just walked into. It was a small park with a couple swing sets, a tire swing, a slide, a jungle gym and a basket ball court. The park was located down the street from Paige's house.
Amber walked over to the tire swing and sat on it. She started spinning around and laughing. Paige took a seat on one of the swings close by Amber.
"I come here a lot, you know." Paige explained. "When I need to think about stuff."
"How can you think here?" Amber asked. "Aren't there always kids running around?" Amber was surprised to see that the park was empty.
"No, not anymore." replied Paige. "Ever since they built that new park on Gordon St. no one comes here. The Gordon Park is much bigger, so I guess it makes sense."
"Sure does!" Amber agreed, she stopped spinning. "Whoa..."
"Hey girls!"
Amber and Paige looked up to see Jimmy and Spinner. Amber rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
"Wow, you look more and more like me everyday." Paige laughed.
"What's up?" Jimmy asked as Spinner and him approached the girls.
"Nothing, you?" Paige asked.
"Same, we were gonna play some ball." Spinner answered. "Wanna join? Girls vs. boys?"
"We would so kick your butts." Paige said. "But I just got a french manicure and there is no way that I'm messing it up. No way."
"Wouldn't you rather mess around with some girl?" Amber asked, standing up from the tire swing and facing Spinner.
"What the..." Spinner's faced scrunched up in confusion.
Amber rolled her eyes and walked off, in the direction of Paige's house.
"I better go with her." Paige said.
"Wait, Paige." Spinner pleaded. "What was that about? I thought she liked me?"
"Uhh..." Paige looked at Amber and then back at Spinner. "She told me that she's into someone else. You didn't impress her at the dance you know. She said that you might as well go mess around with a different girl."
"What?" Spinner asked. "Why?"
"I don't know..." Paige shrugged. "I can't believe she would even suggest that."