Okay, I won't lie to anyone when I say this but…… IwasworkingonotherstoriesinsteadofeverthinkingofstartinganotherchapterforthisstorybutmainlybecauseIhadaseverecaseofwriter'sblock…WILL YOU PLEASE FORGIVE ME!

(Silence)

But I'm posting another chapter, so now you don't have to kill me!

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Chapter 3: Noticing the change

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(BRAD'S POV)

Today has gone bad to worse…nothing's going right! Not with Jenny and her "new" popularity splurge anyway. (sigh) Why couldn't she just stay a robot?

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LUNCH TIME

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Brad entered the cafeteria with his lunch tray and looked around for a place to sit. Sure he could've sat pretty much anywhere, he practically knew everyone in the school! But that didn't mean he felt comfortable eating with them.

His eyes continued to scan the area until they fell upon the figure that filled his mind the entire day…..up to lunch really.

She looked up and began to wave wildly, "Brad! Brad! Over here! I got us a table!"

He quickly did a double take to make sure Don Prima (a/n: Thanks a lot you guys) wasn't around to keep him away from her. It's been like that all day so. He go to take his usual seat next to Jenny in class and next thing he knows he's being shoved out of the way by Don or one his boys to take his seat! It was getting really frustrating up to this point, and he expected no differently but for some reason he just felt as if he to …..be with her.

He proceed toward her table, "So far so good." He thought aloud.

Just as he was about to sit down a hurdle of guys quickly filled in all the vacant spots, Don Prima being one of them.

"You come to this school alone and you're eating lunch alone? Jenny my dear, you need to stick with me and you won't feel so lonely." Don cooed.

"Well I really admire the offer, but my friend-"she stopped suddenly taking in all of what he said. "Excuse me if I'm taking this the wrong way, but are you asking….me out?" she finished looking down with a slight blush.

"Well if that's the way you wanna put it." She said admittedly.

They began to laugh in the heat of the moment, totally ignoring Brad who just so happened to be only a few feet away from the table.

"Tsk, who needs to be around her anyway!" Brad hissed turning toward the courtyard. "I can eat lunch without anybody at all!" With that said he turned and walked angrily toward the courtyard failing miserably at cooling down his temper.

At that moment, a strong bolt of heart ache and guilt hit Jenny's heart hard. She didn't know what the feeling was, and honestly she didn't like it one bit. She wanted It to go away, go far far away so she can be at peace…but the more Don spoke to her…the more her heart ached. She had to get away….but where?

Just then she glanced toward the Courtyard and saw Brad sitting underneath a shady tree.

"Brad…of course! He'll be able to tell me what's going on, and help me get some air from these guys." She thought.

"Umm…guys?" she began softly.

"What is it Jenny dear? You know you can ask me anything." Don said smoothly.

"Oh well….I just need to go see someone real quick." She admitted hurriedly rising from her seat.

"Well what's the rush? I know everyone in this school…" he said braggingly. "Just tell me who you need to see I'll make sure they'll come to you."

"You'd….you'd really do that for me?" she asked timidly as a small tinted blush crept into her cheeks.

"Why of course darling!"

"Don Prima just called me darling!" she squealed in her mind. But shook her head quickly to focus her mind back on the mission on hand.

"Oh it's okay…" she replied sweetly. "I think I'll just walk around." She suggested walking toward the courtyard.

"Okay, but let me if you need anything dear!" Don shouted to.

She shuddered dreamily at the mere thought of him giving her a romantic title and continued her path to tree Brad was sitting under.

"Tiff…who is that girl stealing our spotlight?" asked the shortest of the cousin duo.

"I do not know, but one thing's for sure I'm going to get to the bottom of this, one way or another." Tiff answered back manically.

The two girls watched Jenny intently as she walked through the courtyard and plopped down on the ground beside Brad.

"You okay Jenny?"

"Yeah…I'm fine."

That was all they managed to hear before the two friends broke out in hysteria of laughter.

"That girl…" Tiff began. "Is posing a much larger threat than that robot that walks around her does." she finished.

"Speaking of which," came in Brit "Where the freakazoid at anyway?"

"No clue, but we'll get to the bottom of this soon my dear Brit, for I have a plan."

"Jenny, you gotta understand the whole concept of a human being. We eat, sleep, go to use the number 1...or 2, yell, complain, burp, fart, grow hair in unnecessary places, go through the real life, and hormones." Brad explained.

"Gosh….I didn't know the human body was so complicating." She confessed.

"Yep, just another milestone on the path of human life." He stated.

"That's really something." she confessed, pulling her legs in to her chest.

The wind began to gently blow across the courtyard, whistling throughout the trees. While the sun danced on the earth's surface through the trees in simple harmony.

They sat there in silence just enjoying one's company and the cool breeze the wind brought along with it. Neither moved, and Brad took this chance to look at Jenny while there still wasn't anybody around.

"Wow…she really is human." he thought. "No mechanical noises, no synthetic skin, nothing! It's the real deal! But…."

He stared at her a bit more closely.

"What could have driven her to become a human girl? She can't be that hung dry to become popular can she?"

"Brad?"

She broke him from his train of thought without once even glancing to see if he was paying attention.

"Do you think this will last a while? I mean this change; do you think I'll stay human for awhile?"

He could tell she was on the berge of crying because her eyes began to glisten a on the side.

"Hey Jen, don't worry so much about it!" he comforted. "I thought you'd be psyched at how popular you are with everyone now?"

"Yeah…" she said sadly, and placed her head between her legs.

"Well…" he began. "Do you want to stay human?"

"I…I don't know." She admitted. "The popularity thing is great and all but I could barely breathe! And just awhile ago…."

She thought back to the pain that struck her when she saw Brad leaving the cafeteria.

"Awhile ago what?" Brad pushed. "Did somebody do something to you?" he asked protectively.

"No…at least I don't think so. It's probably just another human symptom or something, no big." She ended with a smile.

He looked her unconvinced but gave in for her sake. "Okay, if you say so but if you ever have any questions feel free to ask me about anything." He stated using the hand motion to wipe the air.

"Anything?" she questioned.

"Anything." he confirmed.

"Well, there is one thing that's been on my mind since this morning." She confessed.

"What's that?"

"Well, this morning I noticed that since we've been in school I've barely seen you around. Are you mad at me at me for something?" she asked worriedly.

"Noooo, of course not Jen! It's just I haven't been able to get to you today because of you and all of your new friends." He said placing air quotes on new.

"I'm sorry…"

"Don't be apologetic there's nothing wrong with being-"

"Do you think I'm beautiful?" she interrupted. again?"

"Do you think I'm beautiful?" she repeated. "I mean, now that I'm human?"

"Uhhhh…." He stood to his feet and turned his back toward her. "What kind of a silly question is that Jenny? You are you are you'll always be the same to me." He stated.

"So I guess I'm not that attractive." She mumbled.

"No…Jenny…" he started in a frustrated manner.

"Well what is it?" she demanded. "Every other guy in the school is drooling all over me and you're barely around to see the new me at all!"

By now he was already turned facing her again, ready to tell her a thing or two. But stopped when he saw the pain that was filling her eyes and just couldn't bring himself to say anything negative towards her. He sighed in defeat and looked towards the ground sliding his hand through his hair in a steady motion.

"Jen…It's just not that simple. I would love to give you the attention you want but right now…" he paused. "Right now I just need a bit more time to get things situated."

He began to smile a bit still glancing away from her. "And besides," he finally looked down at her and held his hand out for her. "you just turned human today, give it sometime first."

"But Brad I don't know how long I have left to stay like this." She confessed.

"Well let's just take advantage of it while it last."

She looked at his hand and smiled up to him that would've made any teens heart melt (especially his). She took his hand and he lifted her up off the ground with a bit too much strength.

She began to stumble forward and she closed her eyes to embrace herself before she made contact with the ground, but it didn't come. Instead she opened her eyes to find herself in Brad's arms and really close. They both began to blush lightly and he quickly allowed her stand up correctly, as they both turned bashfully away from each other.

"Huh…Jenny?"

"Yes, Brad?" she answered back.

"What do you say we go shopping…after school today?" he asked nervously.

"Yeah that'll be great!" she exclaimed turning toward him.

"Yeah I noticed you needed a few…"personal items" when I caught you." He admitted

"Personal items?" she questioned

"Yeah, mainly…" he cleared his throat and his blush from before got deeper. "Under garments…I uhhh…ummm…kinda felt underneath."

"OH!" she said in realization, "I didn't know humans had to get those." She said innocently.

"Well…I'll explain it to you later, but for now-"

RRRRIIINNNNNGGGGGGG!

"Look like it's time to get to class." She said.

"Yeah, I'll see ya there I gotta stop by my locker." He said

"Okay, see ya in a bit!"

They walked off their separate ways unaware of a pair of eyes following their every move. He kept watching them from the courtyard entrance, but when they began to part his eyes only followed Jenny.

"I see you've got eyes for the new girl as well." came a voice.

The young man turned around and saw none other than the putdown cousins of the school Tiff and Brit.

"Tell me who doesn't." he stated smartly as he placed his attention beck on Jenny.

"Well from the looks of things I would say that her eyes are only straying toward a certain red head classmate." commented Tiff.

"On Bradley? Pulease! Don't you know who I am? I am the very definition of cool. I'm the very person every body in this school wants to be." He said dramatically

"And I'm quite sure you are darling." Tiff said glancing down at Brit. "But you need to guarantee that that's what the new girl wants."

"Oh trust me it is." He stated. "It most certainly is."

TBC

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And here's the third chapter! I've already started on the fourth so it'll be up much sooner than this one.

Give me a review and tell me what you think!

-Ura out