A/N: I'm sorry that I haven't updated in awhile, I've been either sick or busy. Thanks for all the reviews.

Chapter 6: Problems

Paige was so happy that it was Monday. She felt a giddy, she never felt this way at least not for a boy. She had so much fun talking with Rev at the ice rink, it felt natural. She got up and hour earlier to get ready. Paige stood in front of the mirror and criticized herself. She wore frayed and ripped jeans with a black belt, the jeans covered some of her black heeled boots. For her top she wore a skin tight black long sleeve top, that showed some mid-drift. Over that she wore a tight jean vest, the vest had rhinestones decorating the edges. 'Let Me Live' was written on the back.

"Maybe I'm tryin' to hard." Paige said sighing in defeat. Her pitch black hair fell in waves to the middle of her back, some falling in her face. She wore light blackish silver eyeshadow and small silver hoop earrings. Paige tapped her black painted nails against the bathroom counter nervously.

"Paige! Are you ready yet?" Paige's mom shouted from downstairs. Paige sighed and looked at herself one more time in the mirror before leaving the bathroom. She grabbed her gym bag and book bag from the floor. Then made her way out of the house and to the car.

"What took you so long, honey?" Elizabeth asked as they drove out of the driveway. Paige shrugged and looked out the window. They arrived at school and Paige called a quick goodbye to her mom as she jogged up the steps to the school. As soon as she enter the hallway, Petey came up and wrapped and arm around her shoulders. Paige rolled her eyes.

"So, carryin' that bag again are ya." Petey stated. Paige shook her head at his pathetic attempt to find out what's in the gym bag.

"Petey, give it up. She's not goin' to tell ya what's in the bag. So, give it up." Sunshine said walking up next to Paige. It seemed that Petey and Sunshine forgave each other.

"I will find out, one way or another." Petey said walking away. Paige shook her head and walked to her locker. Sunshine was trying to tell Paige about the finer points of surfing, Paige just laughed at Sunshine's way of describing it. Paige stuffed her gym bag and book bag into her locker and pulled out stuff for her first class.

Later

Paige was freaking out. After her third class, she went back to her locker to put her notebooks away and get to lunch, but once she opened her locker she found that her gym bag was missing. She frantically searched her locker, but it wasn't there. She shut her locker and jogged to the cafeteria. Maybe the guys can help me find it... Paige thought. As she walked into the cafeteria she knew something was up because the guys, except Gerry, Julius and Rev, were all hovering over something.

"Guys have ya seen..." Paige started to say, but trailed off when she saw what they were looking at. It was her gym bag. One of the side pockets were open and the guys were looking through some photos that Paige always carried with her bag. The zipper was opened showing some of her ice skates. Paige was speechless.

"How... could ya?..." Paige stammered. She was furious with Petey, she knew that he was the one who broke into her locker. She reached over grabbed the gym bag and ran out of the cafeteria. She ran past Rev, Gerry and Julius, they all called out to her asking what was wrong. Paige ignored them and kept on running. She left the school building and ran to her car. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her set of keys. Paige slid into her the car and started it up. She sped off from the school.

Later

Elizabeth was worried about her daughter. It was time for her art class and she wasn't there. Elizabeth looked around the class and notice that three of the football players, Alan, Ronnie and Jerry all looked worried, glancing at each other. Soon the bell rang signaling the end of class.

"Mr. Bosley, Bass and Harris can you please stay after class for a moment? Don't worry I'll write you a pass for your other classes." Elizabeth said. The three boys waited for everyone else to leave before approaching the desk.

"Yes, Ms. Summers." the boys said together. Elizabeth looked at each of them before talking.

"You must know why my daughter isn't here, right?" Elizabeth asked. The boys looked at each other.

"Petey wanted to know what was in that gym bag she carries around all the time, ya know. Petey kinda broke into her locker and took it, he just wanted to know what was in it. Paige came in the cafeteria, took the bag and left." Alan said.

"Petey didn't mean to make her leave." Sunshine said backing up his friend. Elizabeth smiled sadly.

"It's okay boys. I just wanted to know what happened. I think you'll be able to make it to your next class, right?" Elizabeth said, the boys nodded.

After school, Rev couldn't wait until football practice was over. He knew where Paige was and he wanted to go see if she was alright. He also wanted to know why she left so suddenly. Practice seemed to drag on for Rev, but was soon over. The players jogged or walked to the locker rooms. Rev could see that Petey was upset about earlier, he didn't mean to get Paige upset. After Rev showered and changed, he left the locker room.

Rev said goodbye to the football, shouldered his backpack and began to jogged towards the ice rink. He just hoped that Paige was okay. Once he arrived at the ice rink he noticed that Paige's car was parked in front, that was a good sign. He opened the arena's door and quietly entered, shutting the door behind him.

"Where is she?" Rev asked himself, looking around. It was strangely quiet, he walked further into the arena looking around. He smiled once he spotted Paige, she was at the very top of the benches laying down asleep, using the gym bag as a pillow. He walked up to Paige's sleeping body and sat next to her head. He brushed some of her wavy black hair out of her face, Paige sighed and shifted in her sleep.

"Paige... Paige... Paige." Rev said, softly shaking Paige awake. Paige groaned and sat up.

"That's the last time I sleep on a bench." she said softly to herself. Rev chuckled, Paige looked over at him confused.

"Why are you here?" Paige asked quietly.

"You ran out of the cafeteria so fast I wanted to see if you were alright. Are you?" Rev asked. Paige rested her head in her hands, she was glad that she washed off her make-up. She leaned back against the wall and pulled her legs up the her chest, resting her chin on one of her knees.

"Petey's really sorry. He doesn't want you to be upset with him." Rev said.

"I'm not upset with him... Okay, maybe I was at first, but not anymore." Paige confessed to Rev. She glanced at him before continuing. "I didn't want any of ya to find out I skate because... I don't know. I just didn't want ya guys to know. Plus I think I was more upset about the photos, than anything else."

Rev picked up his backpack from the floor, opened a pocket and pulled out a handful of photos. He handed them over to Paige, she placed her feet back on the floor and took the photos from Rev. She shifted through them and noticed that they were her photos. Paige turned to look at Rev.

"There... mine." Paige said as she shifted through the photos again. She could feel her eyes tearing up as she looked at all the photos.

"I took them from the guys after you left." Rev said.

Paige turned and hugged him, saying, "Thank you. Thank you." She knew she was crying, she couldn't help herself. Rev wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back until she stopped crying. Once she stopped crying she pulled away with a watery laugh.

"I'm sorry about your shirt." Paige said wiping her tears away.

"It's alright." Rev replied. Once he was sure that Paige wasn't going to cry again, asked about the pictures, one in particular.

"Who's that in the picture?" Rev asked. The photo was of a twenty something year old guy with dark brown hair, he wore a hockey jersey. A small nine year old girl in a jeans and a baggy hockey jersey sat on top of the man's shoulders holding a huge hockey trophy. They were smiling and looked so happy.

"That's me and my dad." she answered.

"Did he play hockey?" Rev asked. Paige nodded.

"Yeah. That's what got me into skating in the first place. I loved hockey, but I could never play because I was a girl. So, figure skating was the next best thing." Paige explained.

"What happened to him?" Rev asked, but wished he could take it back when he saw the look on Paige's face.

"He... he died. It was a car accident, he didn't make it." Paige replied. Rev wrapped an arm around Paige.

"So, let me get this straight. You came here and you slept all day?" Rev said smiling. Paige laughed.

"Yeah. That's basically it." she replied. Suddenly Paige stood up grabbing her gym bag and putting the pictures in there respected pocket.

"Come on. I think I have a little explaining to do to Petey." Paige said. Rev shook his head following Paige out of the arena. She flipped off the lights, shut and locked the arena doors. She slid into her car and started it up, she glanced over at Rev.

"Where do ya think Petey is?" she asked. Rev shrugged.

"Try the diner on Maple Street." Rev said. Paige nodded and pulled out of the lot. They arrived at the diner on Maple Street and they got out of the car. Paige was a little hesitated at first to actually goo talk to Petey, but Rev gently pulled Paige into the diner. Paige glanced around the diner, spotting Petey in a booth with Sunshine, Louie and Blue. Rev had to almost drag Paige towards the booth, she was having some serious doubts about this whole thing.

"Hey, Rev." Louie said, spotting him. Paige was kind of hiding behind Rev.

"Hi, everyone." Rev said. They all said hello. Petey looked sad.

"What's wrong with you, Petey?" Rev asked, knowing the answer already. Paige was thankful that no one spotted her.

"Nothin'." Petey said.

"Well, I have something that should cheer you up." Rev said and with that he moved out of the way. Paige stood there, looking down at the floor. Everyone looked at her a little shocked, Sunshine was the first to recover. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into the empty seat next to him.

"Where have you been hiding out?" Sunshine asked. Paige was looking down at her nails.

"I'm sorry." Paige and Petey said at the exact same time. They looked up at each other surprised.

"Let me go first." they said again. Paige smiled as Petey motioned for her to go first.

"I'm sorry I ran off like I did. I just didn't want you guys to make a big deal out of me ice skating. And I was also sort of mad that you broke into my locker and went through my stuff." Paige explained.

"I'm sorry I went through your locker, my curiosity got the better of me. We cool?" Petey asked. Paige nodded and shook his out stretched hand.

"Now that, that's all behind us, ya goin' to tell us 'bout ya ice skating?" Blue asked. Paige told them some stories about ice skating. Then Petey and Paige became to bicker about which sport was more violent, football or hockey, while the others looked on amused.

"Is not." Petey said.

"Is too." Paige replied.

"Is not!" he said.

"Is too!" she replied.

"Is not!"

"Is too, infinity! Ha! Beat that!" Paige said. Petey mocked glared at Paige, who just smiled innocently.

"Hey, did ya'll know that there's a Homecoming dance this Friday." Louie stated. Paige looked at him confused.

"I thought Homecoming is, like, right after the first game." Paige said. Louie just shrugged.

"Well, maybe it is up there in New York, but down here it's different." Petey said. Paige rolled her eyes and looked at her watch.

"I should get goin'. I still have to smooth things over with my Ma." Paige said getting out from the booth. The boys said goodbye as she walked out of the diner. She drove home, Paige wasn't totally dreading talking to her mom, but she wasn't looking forward to it either. Paige parked the car in the driveway and made her way up the stone walkway. She took a breath before walking into the house. Once she shut the door, her mom appeared in the archway of the kitchen. Paige walked into the kitchen, taking a seat at the table and set her gym bag on the table.

"Well?" Elizabeth started. Paige looked anywhere, but at her mom.

"I'm sorry cutting the last half of my classes. It's just that... I freaked when I saw the guys looking at the pictures I keep in my bag. I'm really sorry if I scared you." Paige apologized. Elizabeth didn't say anything, which Paige had to admit scared her a bit.

"Ma... Please say somethin'." Paige said quietly. Elizabeth looked up and studied her daughter before saying anything.

"Honey, I am mad at you. I'll admit that. What you did was stupid and irresponsible," Elizabeth said. Paige looked down at her hands. "but I understand why you did it. I got your homework from the classes you missed and told your teachers that you didn't feel well."

Paige smiled, she stood up and hugged her mom. "You're the greatest, ya know."

Elizabeth shook her head at her daughter's statement, but hugged her back. "Just don't do it again." she said, before letting Paige go.