I walked on air for the next few days; all I could think about was…her. I couldn't think of anything to call her but I knew I liked her. And I knew that if I was to ever rest in peace, I have to find her!

"You look a little—uh—dreamy lately Tom-Tom. You alright?"

"Er? Huh? Oh, yeah, sure, I'm great—" And I went back to reminiscing about those few moments with that girl.

"Cuz if I'm not mistaken, you look—weird, er—out

of the ordinary—stuff like that. Anyway." And he went on talking about something else that had nothing to do with anything important—which was that girl.

I stopped in my tracks and tried to mentally check if I was dreaming. There was the girl, across the street, looking at me with her beautiful light brown eyes.

We stood there, both standing on different sides of the street, just staring. Nothing moved in my word, JP was no longer even moving his mouth; everything revolved around her.

Without even thinking, I walked across the street and completely forgot about Mom and Dad's rule about looking both ways before crossing a street.

"Er—hi." I said.

She didn't reply.

"M-my name's Tommy—Tommy Himi."

She stood there for a few more moments, in complete silence.

"Megumi Fugikawa." She had the cutest, though quietest voice in the

world, she held out her hand, I shook it lightly. I could hardly feel my body it was all so numb. Just to touch her was like a dream.

"W-what school do you go to?"

"Hizuko Naimoto."

An all girls school.

"I go—er—" All of a sudden I couldn't remember what school I went to so I just pointed at it across the street.

"Er—would you meet me at the park after school? Um—4:00?"

"Y-yeah." She whispered, blushed, then ran away, her short black shirt flowing behind her.

Could it be…that I'm in a dream. Seconds later JP patted me on the shoulder. "Dude, you look kinda funny, you alright?"

I could feel a huge grin rising on my face. I just couldn't control it. It was a cheesy grin from ear to ear. "I've never felt better!" And I really meant it.

"There! That's the Tommy I know!" JP grinned with me. "Guess what?"

"What?"

"Janelle asked me to come over to her house for dinner, says her family wants to meet the boy she's been talking about so much."

"When?"

"Oh boy JP, I can just see you right now messing up—big time."

"Be quiet Tommy!"

"Make me!" I stuck out my tongue.

"SQUIRT!"

(Takuya)

It was at least 9:45 and we were still in the park, waiting for something to talk about.

"Er…Zoe, I've wanted to tell you something for a while…." I rubbed the back of my head.

Zoe turned to look at me with a blank face.

"I'm—I'm sorry about earlier at the restaurant. I didn't mean to—I mean, there's nothing wrong with it."

"I know. I—it's ok." Zoe blushed.

"Er…do you want to try it again?" I blushed.

"Yeah." We both closed out eyes and puckered, just as our lips touched Zoe quickly recoiled. Zoe gasped at herself and put a hand over her lips.

"Oh! I'm so sorry. Mi dispiace! I—I just…."

I put my hand over her mouth. "It's ok. Really. I mean, it just shows that both of us aren't ready for a…more-than-friends relationship."

Zoe smiled and took a deep breath and was able to look me in the eye. "Then let's forget this ever happened and go back to our normal life. And of course, don't tell any of our friends. That would be very embarrassing." She smiled. "Though you can still walk me home. You know. As friends."