Hey guys…

Rugrats101: Yeah, the new guys aren't exactly a 'catching on', but they're going to be around for awhile anyway. Thanks for the review. I really appreciate it.

Miranda: Yeah, I know. The last two chapters have been uneventful and you guys have barely seen any of the guys. That's kinda the point though…Its just something that had to happen for the next part in the story. Don't worry about it. You'll see all our guys soon. wink

mushs-grl13: Wow! Thank you! You're like the only person who liked the new characters. Everyone else will just have to suck it up and get used to them. Don't worry though. I'll have all the outsiders in this chapter. Thanks for reviewing.

Kait-Lynn23: I can't answer any of those questions. Lol. Don't worry though. All will be revealed in time. Thanks for reviewing.

Sodapop's#1gurl: I plan on making the new guys very funny and very kind. Don't worry though. No love interests so far as I know. Always good to hear from you.

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SodaNDallysgrl410: I've given a little though to Dally and Joey hooking up, but not much. I don't think its going to happen, but it COULD at some point. I don't know yet. We'll just have to wait and see. As usual, good to hear from you.

angeloves1: Yeah, I think that's why I hate her too. Lol. Could you tell? Haha. It's always good to hear from you!

ALWAYS, ALWAYS good to hear from you all.

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I went to sleep with a smile, but I woke up with a headache. Even trade I suppose.

Once again, my memory was a little fuzzy, but I remembered making new friends. They were a lot of fun and I hoped I'd see them soon.

Today Melissa and I were going to go buy a new couch and eat lunch at her restaurant. After listening to her countless complaints about it, it was obvious if we didn't replace it, I would slap her. Of course I would never slap her; I just didn't want to hear her complaining.

I was very proud of myself. I'd been up for a few minutes already and I hadn't thrown up. I made my way into the kitchen and took a few aspirin before grabbing some clothes and heading towards the shower.

After I felt clean enough, I dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and walked out into the hall. I saw Cody sitting on the floor by my door and I instantly felt bad. I'd forgotten Cody liked sleeping beside me at night so I didn't let him in before I went to bed. I picked him up and scratched his ears as I walked back into the kitchen to search for the dog treats. I found them and gave him a few before I walked down the hall to Melissa's room. It was two o'clock and she wasn't even awake yet.

"Melissa!" I pounded on the door and waited for a reply. After a few minutes of waiting, I opened the door. Funny. She wasn't in bed. It looked like she had already woken up.

I looked around the house a bit before I decided she wasn't home.

Then I heard a car horn outside.

I opened the front door to be greeted by a horrifying sight.

Melissa was in the driveway behind the wheel of a moving truck.

"Oh no…" I shook my head to keep from laughing as she stuck her tongue out at me.

"How did you get that? You don't have a license!" This was ridiculous and amusing.

"I flirted with the rental guy." She sounded proud of herself.

"You can't even drive!" By now I was trying hard not to laugh and failing miserably.

"I got here didn't I?" She rolled her eyes.

"Did you kill anybody on your way?"

"No!" She sounded offended. "Well, I almost ran this guy down…and that tree came out of nowhere!"

I couldn't stop myself as I burst out laughing.

"I am not getting into that thing with you." I crossed my arms over my chest and shook my head rapidly.

"Yes you are." She had a big goofy smile on her face as she adjusted her sunglasses.

"Oh no. No, no, no." I continued to shake my head.

"Fine then…no ice cream." She was just teasing me now.

"I'll get my shoes!" I laughed a bit more as I pulled on my black converse and made sure Cody had food and water. I tossed him a few more treats as I pulled the door shut behind me.

'I'm gonna die' I though as I got in the passenger seat.

"Buckle up." She commanded happily. I had already started buckling myself in. I pulled the seat belt a few times to make sure it wouldn't budge. No taking chances in a situation like this.

"Here we go!" She stuck her tongue out slightly as she slowly backed out of the driveway. The rest of the trip was a little blurry…probably because I spent the whole ride covering my eyes.

We finally made it to the furniture store and we began looking through couches.

After about an hour of looking through countless ones, we finally settled on a beige one. It was very comfortable and very spacious.

We got two of the workers to haul it into the back as we went up to the front desk to pay for it.

"Have a nice day." The counter-girl waved us goodbye as we walked out the building.

As soon as we got back in the car, I buckled my seatbelt and covered my eyes again.

"Oh come on! I'm not that bad!" She was trying to sound indignant again.

"You almost ran over someone…on their porch!" I couldn't believe someone was that horrible a driver. No wonder she didn't have a license.

"Uh-oh."

"What uh-oh?" I couldn't wait to hear this…

"No problem. We just need gas….look over there! A gas station!" My eyes averted to the left to see…the DX station.

"Can't we find somewhere else?" I begged as she steered the car into the gas station.

"No. We'll run out of gas." She stopped the car in front of the place and looked at me expectantly.

"Well?" She finally asked.

"Well, what?" No way was I getting out.

"Someone has to stay with the 'running' car and someone has to pay. Since I'm the driver, go pay." She was rolling her eyes again.

"No offense, but even I'm a better driver than you. And I've never even driven!" I was not getting out of this truck.

"Unless you want to steal the gas, you better go pay." She was amused. I could tell.

"I don't have any money." I had her there.

She reached into her pink purse and pulled out some money.

I sighed and took it from her before I exited the truck.

"Get some candy!"

Steve had just finished pumping the gas and looked up at me as I stepped out.

He just stood there staring. Steve was Soda's man, through and through. After a few seconds he looked at me coldly and went back to working. I rolled my eyes at him and walked toward the building.

I saw Soda standing at the counter looking bored. I slipped past his view as I walked down the isle with the candy. I grabbed a few bars before I walked over to the counter.

He looked up as I approached the register. His eyes narrowed at me.

"Have fun last night?" He sounded disgusted.

I tossed the candy on the counter.

"Excuse me?" I wasn't trying to sound angry. I was angry.

"Sandy said you looked pretty cozy with a few guys." He grumbled at me as he began ringing up the candy.

"Well, Sandy is an idiot." I plastered a sarcastic smile on my face and he looked furious. He looked like he was going to say something totally different, but he seemed to have changed his mind.

"You don't even know her." He shook his head and began typing things into the register.

"I know her a bit more than you do." I smirked at him as he put my candy in a bag. He mumbled something I couldn't understand as he sat the bag on the counter and told me the total.

"I wonder what she was doing at that party last night…all alone." I tried to sound innocent as I handed him the money.

"Shut up, Joey." He was back to grumbling.

"You know how many guys were at that party? Cute ones, too." I wiggled my eyebrows at him as ge just glared at me.

"Well, you would know. You probably slept with half of them." He smirked as he looked up at me. He looked surprised when he saw my face. Once again, I couldn't restrain myself, and tears had started spilling.

"So now I'm a whore and a bad friend?" I couldn't believe him.

He seemed to compose himself a bit.

"What do you expect, Joey?" His eyes were wide. "First Dallas, and now all these other guys? What am I supposed to call you?" He sounded incredulous. I shouldn't have said what I spurted out next, but I couldn't help myself.

"So that's what this is about. You're jealous." I put a sadistic smile on my face. Now he looked indignant.

"What are you talking about, Joey?" He rolled his eyes and shook his head slightly.

"You were spying on my at that party months ago, and you got jealous when you saw me and Dally. Then you have to go and cry about it to Darry when you think nobody's around the next afternoon and pretend you're happy with your slut Sandy."

His eyes went wide and he was speechless.

I turned around and left the store.

Now he knows what its like to be walked out on.

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