Author's Note: Third chapter. YAY!

    It was Monday morning and Pete was waiting for Jennifer to get dressed. She had warned him the night before to come early so he could approve of her outfit. She had opened her bedroom door and was sporting her fourth outfit of the morning.

    "Is this ok," she asked.

    "Yeah," he replied and looked over at his watch, "Can we leave now?! Jen, we're going to be late!"

    "Calm down," she hissed and grabbed her bookbag. "Bye MA, DAD!" Without waiting for an answer, they left her house and started walking towards school.

    "Let me see your program card," Pete said as they were crossing the street.

    "What, why," she asked, confused. "I need it."

    "I know, I'm just going to see what periods you have which classes on."

    "Oh," she said. She rummaged through her bag and pulled out a pink paper, "Here."

    Pete took his out and looked at both of them at the same time. "We have... math and lunch together."

    "Really," she asked. She leaned over to look at the program cards. "Good."

    "You good at math," he asked. She nodded. "Good, cause I'm not."

    "What do you do after school," she asked.

    "Umm, I go over my friends' house sometimes," he replied. "Or, I just go home and watch TV. You have gymnastics today?" He handed her her program card.

    "Yup," she answered, taking back the piece of paper and putting it back into her bag.

    "Do you want me to stay after school so we can walk home together," he asked. "You know, so you can get used to the routes home?"

    "Uh, yeah," she nodded, once more. "Just don't make fun of me or I'll have to kill you, ok?"

    "You can't kill me," he objected. "I'm stronger than you."

    "Yeah..." she said, "OK....!"

    "We're hither," Pete sang as they crossed the street to their school, "The cheapest, ugliest..." He stopped as a teacher walked past him, "Nicest, most educational school by far!"

    The teacher smiled, "Good morning, Pete."

    "Good morning, Mrs."

    "So, a popular one, eh," Jenny asked.

    "Well I don't like to brag..."

    "Don't get all big headed alright?"

    "I'm sorry," he smiled. They started to walk into the school. "C'mon, follow me." Pete made his way through a bunch of cliques until he found his. "This is Jenny."

    Jenny scanned the group and thought Hmmm, brand design clothes and girls fixing their faces and hair. What preps...

    "Jenny," Marty said waving his hand in front of her. He saw her in her dazed state. "So you're Pete's neighbor, eh?"

    "Yes, I'm Pete's neighbor," she answered.

    "You're a lucky girl," Brianna sighed. She was staring up at Pete.

    "You two going out or something," Jenny asked.

    "No," Joe answered quickly. He spoke for his friends, "Well they used to..."

    "Ohh..."

    "Yeah," Brianna mumbled.

BRIIIIIIING

    "Thank god," they all said under their breaths. Bianca met up with one of her other friends, "That was so weird."

    "Hey," Pete called running after Jenny after try-outs. She was too fast for him, "Hey, HEY, HEY!"

    "Oh, hey," Jenny said softly, turning around. "Sorry, I couldn't hear you."

    "Couldn't hear me," Pete repeated, "I was screaming 'hey' three times. You ok?"

    "Yeah," she nodded as they started to walk again.

    "I'm sure your audition was fine," he assured her, not believing that she was fine. He could tell by the look on her face. "I'm sorry I couldn't go to your try-outs. I had... well you saw what happened during lunch." Pete and his friends went out during lunch. They were caught cutting and had to serve an hour of detention after school.

    "It's OK," she smiled, "I understand. And, I'm not worried about my audition. It's other things that got me thinking."

    "What," he asked, "People back home?"

    She shook her head, "Nope."

    "You parents," he asked.

    She hesitated before answering.

    He noticed that he got to her, "What?"

    "My mom's having a baby. The 'miracle baby', she and my dad always wanted another kid after me and after all these years, they're getting one."

    "Then why don't you sound happy?"

    "Because, they're already all over the thing and it's not even born yet! Then I'll be tossed to the side and no one will remember me and-"

    Pete hushed her by bending down and pressing his lips to hers.

    "I'll remember you," he said softly.

Author's Note: OK, That's the end of this chapter. Sorry it took a while to post. Hope you enjoy!