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Danni was about to walk down the stairs when she spotted Chris waiting at the bottom, immediately she turned and walked back into her bedroom.

"Oh God. Oh God. Oh God." Danni said as she paced the room

"In a few seconds my name is going to be called and I'll have to go downstairs. Jesus Christ. I should've just said I wasn't going to go in the first place. This is my own stupid fault. God, why am I so stupid? This is great, now I'm talking to myself. Great now I'm crazy as well as an idiot."

"DANNI!"

"Wonderful. Just as I thought." Danni sighed as she grabbed her jacket and made her way downstairs.

"Hey Danni." Chris exclaimed as he saw her

This brought a grin to Danni's face and she felt herself blushing.

"Hi Christopher."

Chris grinned and laughed "You can call me Chris."

Danni smiled uneasily as she felt herself blush again. "Sorry. Umm you can call me…Danni. Or Dan. I don't mind. I'm just gonna tell Tra…my parents where I'm going. I'll be right back."

Chris nodded and with that Danni disappeared into the kitchen where Tracy and Carl were sitting.

"Guys, I'm going now. I'm staying over at Raquel's tonight so I'll be by in the morning. See ya."

"See ya Dan. Have a good time." Carl called as she once again disappeared.

"Thank you. Bye" Danni called back but smiled inwardly as she saw the look on Chris's face "Parents." She said shaking her head

Chris nodded and laughed as Danni grabbed her bag and his hand pulling him out of the door. As soon as they got out of the house Danni let go of his hand much to Chris's disappointment. They carried on walking quite slowly due to Danni having a bag with her. Although neither of them seemed to be in a rush to get to the party anyway.

"Hey, do you want me to carry your bag for you?" Chris offered

"Oh no. That's alright. I'm fine."

"I insist. I'll carry it for you."

"Well if you insist." Danni laughed as she passed it over to him.

"Jesus Christ, what have you got in here?" Chris asked as he struggled to get it over his back.

"Trust me you don't want to know. It's easier if you just drag it behind you." Danni laughed

"Yeah. I suppose it is." Chris replied

"So, where's Gordie? I noticed he wasn't with you guys when we saw you again in the diner."

"Oh he went away with his parents for the weekend. He's back on Monday."

Danni nodded and looked at the ground as they carried on walking. "Raquel parent's are away this weekend. She throws so many parties yet her parents never find out. They've got this idea in their heads that she's a little angel. Oh but she's far from it."

"Yeah. I've never been to one of her parties before. Are they good?"

Danni nodded "I guess so. I'm not really one for drinking, and there's usually a lot of drink at her parties. I don't see how people can think getting drunk is fun when all you get from it is a night of embarrassment and a hangover."

"I don't really drink either. I've seen what it does to some people."

"Yeah. Joanna will probably make on a move on you tonight. She likes you."

"Oh. Joanna likes me?"

"Yeah. Almost every girl in school does. Half are too scared to talk to you though. Because of Karen. You know if she found out I was with you now, she'd probably kill me."

"I know. I don't like her though. She's so up herself."

Danni laughed quietly "That's a nice way of putting it."

Chris smiled as he watched Danni laugh. "Does that mean you like me then?"

Danni stopped laughing and looked at Chris unable to speak "I...I like you. You're my friend. I like you. As a friend." She said quickly

The grin on Chris's face disappeared as she told him this. He nodded "Oh. Well we better get going again."

"I didn't realise we'd stopped." Danni replied

"Yeah we have."

Danni looked at Chris who was staring at her and then at the floor. "Your right. Let's get going." Danni said quickly as she started to walk again.

Chris shook his head and quickly caught up with her as they walked the rest of the way to Raquel's house in silence.

'Damn it.' Danni thought to herself 'Why do I have to be so god damned shy.'

Sorry it's so short. I sort of have writer's block but I wanted to get this next chapter up. Thanks to all my readers and reviewers! I'll update again soon. Keep reading! Oh and Gordie should be back within the next two chapters!