Title: California, Here We Come

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: No, I am not Meg Cabot, and therefore I do not own the Princess Diaries books or characters….

Michael's POV

I was a little harsh on Mia, but she really upset me. Does she not care that I'm hurting? She must not care, because how could she be dumb enough to think that I wouldn't care if she dated Ryan. Isn't it weird to her that I never dated anyone while she was with Kenny? I mean, I know I'm a dork, but I'm not hideous looking, and I'm sure that I could get a few girls to go out with me. I've even had girls come up to me asking for a date, but I always turned them down. Why? Because I'm a pathetic loser that is in love with a freshman who is my sister's best friend, and she will never love me back.

I just can't stand this anymore. I can't stand seeing her with Ryan. I already had to stand seeing her with Kenny. Now this?

What's so great about Ryan anymore? What does he have that I don't have? Besides blond hair…….and blue eyes….and popularity, but still? Are those things really THAT important to Mia? I never pictured her as the type that would date a guy just for looks, so why is she dating him? I don't like him. I don't trust him. But that could just be the jealousy talking.

I'm just so angry right now. I'm angry at Kenny, because even he has dated Mia. I'm angry at Mia for all of this and for not loving me back. I'm mad at Ryan because he has Mia now. I'm mad at Tina for winning the trip to California so we had to come here. Ok, well we didn't have to, but still none of this would have happened if we wouldn't have come here.

I may have been harsh on Mia, but I just couldn't talk to her. I just can't see her. How can I be mad when she looks at me with her beautiful gray eyes. How can I act happy for her when I'm dying inside. I just can't. I can't be around her. I can't talk to her. It will just make the pain worse, and I don't want that. I need to get Mia out of my mind and my life. I've tried being just her friend the whole time I've been in love with her. I tried being just her friend when she was dating Kenny. But I can't take just being her friend anymore. I can't take seeing her with another guy. I can't be just her friend, so I have to get her out of my life completely.

I needed to find a way to keep my mind off of Mia. I don't care what it is, just something, some distraction. So that's why I left the dorm. I'm going to walk around, try to clear my head, try to find something to keep my mind off of Mia.

"Michael!" I head someone squeal from behind. Oh no! I know that voice!

"Hi, Krissy," I said as I turned around. I remembered that I didn't have to be with her anymore, since I don't care about what happens to Mia now.

Ok, so I lied. I still don't want anything bad to happen to Mia. If I upset Krissy, she might make Mia's reputation even worse. Plus, as bad as it sounds, she may be able to keep my mind off of Mia. I know, I know, I'm desperate. I really am.

"What are you doing?" she asked, grabbing onto my arm.

"Nothing. Just walking around," I replied, unenthusiastically.

"Wanna come over? We could watch a movie….or…..something," she said winking.

Kill me now.

I was going to say no, but what the heck? What can it hurt? If the movies good, I can just block out her voice. Plus, it's gotta be better than listening to Mia talk about how great Ryan is.

"Sure."

"Awesome," she said smiling giddily, dragging me towards her room.

We finally got in and she looked through her movies. "So what do you wanna watch? Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion? Legally Blonde? Clueless?"

I walked over to look at the movies. There had to be something better than those chick flicks. I looked through the movies and saw Star Wars. JACKPOT!

"How about this?" I said, picking up The Phantom Menace and showing it to her.

"Ewww. That's my roommates? Who actually watches that anyway?" she said grimacing.

"Me," I said pointedly.

"Ok, fine. Whatever," she said grabbing it and popping it into the VCR.

I sat down on the couch, and she sat next to me. Well if you like to call it next to me. She was so close that she was practically in my lap.

The movie started and I watched with my complete attention……well more like the opposite actually. Between thoughts of Mia popping into my mind and Krissy rubbing her leg against mine, it was rather hard to concentrate on the movie. It was hard not to think of Mia, considering that I was watching Star Wars, which is our favorite movie. I needed to keep her out of my mind, somehow. I needed to get my attention away from Mia.

Krissy grabbed my hand and starting rubbing it with her fingers. I had the urge to pull it away but I didn't. I don't know why. Maybe I didn't want her to hurt Mia. Maybe it was my hormones, and they took over my mind and I wasn't thinking. Maybe it was to avoid thinking of Mia. All I know was that she kept coming on to me more and more and I didn't stop her.

After the first hour of rubbing my leg and my arms and my chest, she moved over and started to nibble on my ear. I didn't stop her. She laid kisses on my neck, but I didn't stop her. I quit thinking. I stopped my mind. The more I thought, the more Mia came into my mind, which brought up pain so I just quit thinking altogether. She crawled into my lap and looked into my eyes, then she kissed me. And again, I didn't stop her. She pushed me down on the couch, and I didn't stop her. I finally gave up altogether and kissed her back.

She was a good kisser, but she was no Mia. Mia's kisses were soft and Krissy's were aggressive. It was as if Krissy wouldn't take no for an answer, and I imagine that she probably never has. Mia smelled like Vanilla, while Krissy had on a strong perfume. It wasn't my taste, but not that it mattered, because she wasn't my taste either. After 10 minutes of kissing, she ripped off my shirt. She started working her way down to my belt buckle, and that's when my mind kicked back in.

I wouldn't go there with Krissy. Yes, I'm a virgin, and I'm not going to blow my first time on some girl that I don't even love.

I grabbed Krissy hand to stop her.

"I think I should go," I said, sliding out from under her.

"But why?" she said pouting.

"Because I can't do this, Krissy," I said throwing my shirt back on.

"Is this because of Mia?" she said, angrily.

"This has nothing to do with Mia," I lied.

"I warned you, Michael. If you want to protect Mia….." she said, threateningly.

"I said this has nothing to do with Mia," I snapped back.

"Then what is it? Are we moving too fast?"

"Yeah, that's it," I said turning around and rolling my eyes.

"Ok……well…..I'll see you tomorrow at school, then," she said jumping up to say bye.

"See ya," I said walking out of her dorm.

What was I thinking? I mean at least I stopped myself but still, what was I doing kissing her at all? That won't get rid of Mia. That won't make Mia love me. Actually, it will just make her hate me more because she'll think I'm shallow. Plus, I said I didn't want to date her. So Mia would think I was a liar along with being shallow.

When I got back, I went straight to bed. I didn't want to talk to anyone. I wanted to be alone, and I was at least good at that.

A/N: Here's another chapter. I was going to put the shorter chapters together, but I wanted to finish the lyrics of the song. I think I'm going to skip the 2nd verse though, so that will leave like I think 3 or 4 more chapters. So that's why I'm making them short. I hope that you like them. I know, ANOTHER depressing chapter, but now I've gotten past Mia and Michael being depressed. Plus, once you've hit the bottom, the only place you can go is up…….so that's what will be happening soon. Keep reading! Please. Oh and do me a favor and review, pleeeeeeeease!