A/N: I am soooooooooooooo unbelievably sorry it's been like forever since I updated this, but now I am, lol Lizzie helped partially write this chapter, she came up with what Dylan was going to blackmail William with, so credit for blackmail: Lizzie Dalton, lol

The next day, William had prepared his books for school, and was going to exit his bedroom, when he nearly ran into Dylan who was blocking the doorway.

"Can you move?" William said

"No," Dylan answered, unable to stop smiling.

"Do I want to know why you have a strange look on your face, and you won't step aside for one second so I can get by?"

"Probably not,"

"Well, that's great for you, but would you just please get out of the way,"

"Cool home fry, I need to discuss some things with you."

"Like…?"

"Well," Dylan leaned back, and shut the door behind him, "Christina shared something with me,"

William was afraid to ask, so Dylan just kept right on talking, "She told me, you aren't, how should I put this…, 'experienced'." Dylan could tell by William's expression that he didn't catch his drift, "O.K., remember what you were talking about with Dad last night…"

"Oh! Wait a minute, she told you that! How did that even come up?"

"I….um…asked her," he mumbled

"You what!"

"Asked her, I thought Danielle should know,"

"You told Danielle!"

"No, no, but I will,"

"Unless….?"

"Unless you break up with Danielle,"

"You're insane, why would I break up with her?"

"Because, imagine the embarrassment, Will. Your smashingly lovely girlfriend who I know must have quote unquote experience, and you don't, and you're older than she is!"

"Uh. I don't want to tell her, and I do not want you to!"

"Well, then you'll have to break up with her, and when you break her heart, I'll be there."

"You'll what?"

"Be there, ya know, swoop in,"

"Um, no you won't."

"Yeah, once you dump her, she ain't yours anymore, so she's totally available."

"Well, losing her to you would be a lot worse than telling her,"

"Whatever, but when you hear banging and stuff falling off the walls coming from my room, don't say I didn't warn you."

Dylan sashayed out the door and down the hall. William was left shocked. He had no idea what he was supposed to do about this, he couldn't break up with Danielle, and he couldn't tell her either.

That night, William could not fall asleep, all he could think about was Danielle's reaction to what would happen if he told her.

The next day, he and Danielle were in his car talking, of course, when he finally decided to tell her, he wasn't sure how to start, so he just said, "Have you ever been in love?"

"What, like before now?" She asked

"Yes…"

"Yeah, once before."

"Ohhh,"

"But don't worry, he didn't feel the same way. I should've waited for someone who did,"

Uh-oh. He knew what that meant.

"Why, have you?"

"Um, I've had girlfriends before but I never like fell in love with them,"

"Hm, but you didn't like realize that after you slept with them right?"

"No, definitely not,"

"Well, that's good to know."

"One thing, that for sure hasn't happened because I haven't found the right person,"

"Wait, you're a virgin?"

He didn't answer her, hopefully his non answer would give her a clue, "You're nineteen, and a virgin? Oh, no way. You have an illegitimate child don't you?"

"No, I don't."

"Oh my God, this is too much, you can't be serious."

"As much as I wish I wasn't, I am,"

"I so cannot pursue a relationship with a guy who's a nineteen year old virgin," then she started laughing, like an evil laugh, (like how Dylan was laughing in the hallway)

"NO!" William said as he sat straight up. He sighed and looked around then room, "There's no way I can tell her now." He thought.

The next morning, as he was shaving, all he could think about was that dream, it was haunting him like a ghost in a mansion. He kept hearing Danielle's evil Dylan laugh in the back of his mind. Even as he got dressed, and gathered his books, that's all he could think about, he had to ask someone for advice, but he couldn't just ask anyone, so after spending about ten minutes thinking, he ultimately decided to discuss it with one of the wisest people he knew.

"You want me to help you with what?" Marissa said as she stared very confused, at William.

"I need your advice,"

"But why Danielle break up with you if she found out you've never climbed Mount. Everest? In fact, I know very few people who have," Marissa said

"Because, climbing Mount. Everest is a big deal, and I think she might have climbed it before,"

"Really?"

"Yes, but I'm not sure, I'm afraid to ask her,"

"But why?"

"Because it's embarrassing."

"No, watch. Phoebe!"

"What?" Phoebe asked as she walked passed William and Marissa sitting on the couch.

"Have you ever climbed Mount. Everest?" Marissa asked

"No, why?" she said

"Because William is embarrassed to ask Danielle if she's even climbed it,"

"Why?" Phoebe asked through a laugh

"Because it's a metaphor," William said

"OH!" Phoebe said

"What's a metaphor?" Marissa asked

"A…It's a…big step in a person's life," he lied

"Ohhhh,"

Phoebe was still laughing when she walked into the kitchen. Dylan came flying down the stairs singing, "Gotta get me a woman, gotta get me one right now," as he continued to skip into the kitchen.

"What's with him?" Marissa asked

"Oh, he's all jazzed because he thinks once I tell Danielle about Mount. Everest, she's going to dump me on the spot, then he'll date her."

"EWWWWWW! William, he CAN'T date her! She likes you."

"Yeah well, we'll have to see,"

"William, if you had climbed Mount. Everest and Danielle hadn't, would you feel any different about her?"

"No, of course not."

"Thennnn, what makes you think she would about you?"

"Because it's different, I think Dylan's climbed Mount. Everest,"

"Really?"

"I don't know, but it seems like it,"

"Hmmmmm."

Just then the door bell rang. "Yay! Danielle's here!" Marissa said as she rushed to the door.

William came to the door also, and Danielle seemed different, like, more beautiful than usual. He wondered what it could be, he was in the middle of that thought when Marissa interrupted it with, "Danielle?"

"Hm?"

"Have you ever climbed Mount. Everest?" William smacked his forehead with his hand.

"No…why?" she answered

"Because, William was afraid to ask you,"

"What?" she looked at Marissa, then up at William.

"I need to talk to you for a second," William said, taking her hand, and pulling her out onto the porch.

"Well, that was urgent, what was Marissa talking about?" Danielle said

"It's kind of a long story."

"I've got time,"

"O.K., well, it all started with my Dad, he absolutely can't leave my personal life alone, so, he asked me if you and I had….."

"Climbed Mount. Everest?" she asked

"Yeah, and I told him that we hadn't, but of course, everyone heard that, and Dylan went and asked Christina another question pertaining to the matter, I swear you are so lucky you're an only child, anyway, then he decides to blackmail me, because I didn't want you to know that, and he threatened to tell you if I didn't break up with you, so I knew if I asked anyone in my house for advice, I wouldn't get any, so I figured I'd ask Marissa, but then I couldn't actually give her the situation, I had to edit it, so that also got me nowhere,"

"So…you're a virgin…?" Danielle asked

"Yes…"

"Well, at least one of us is," William's eyes widened, "I'm kidding, I am too,"

"Thank GOD,"

"What, did Dylan think I wasn't?"

"Yeah, which is part of the reason why I didn't want to tell you,"

"Did he like think I'd leave you…for him?"

"I think, which it what I thought too,"

"What? Why?"

"Because,"

"Because…he seems like the ideal boyfriend? Wrong. Not for me anyway, he doesn't seem to really care about his girlfriends, they're just there. You aren't like that, and I like that."

"Good to know."

"And, I highly doubt Dylan's climbed Mount. Everest."

"Oh, I don't,"

"Watch. Phoebe!"

Phoebe came out onto the porch so quickly, it was like she was sitting waiting for them to call her out there.

"Yes." She said

"Do you know if Dylan's ever climbed Mount. Everest,"

"Heck Naw! Who would-I mean who could-EW!"

"Thank-you Phoebe," Danielle said

Then she turned to William who was staring at the front door like he couldn't believe what he had just heard, and Danielle was about to say, 'I told you so,' when Dylan comes shooting out onto the porch, and says, "She LIED, she doesn't know ANYTHING, I'm-I'm she's DEAD!" then he flew back into the house.

Danielle and William turned to each other, and couldn't take it anymore, they started laughing hysterically.

A/N: A bit of a long one subject chapter, but some interesting stuff happens next chapter!

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