There were days he hated her, days he thought he still loved her and days he couldn't have given a fuck about her. Today he hated her. The love he had once felt was buried so deeply inside his being that he could almost forget it had ever been there. Almost. He wanted to show her that his cold glares, his non committal replies when she attempted to talk to him were not an act. He wanted to show her they were not just a ploy to keep her away, the only way for him to keep his sanity. Even if he could show her he'd be a liar. He knew how she'd react if he even attempted to say something, to tell her what he thought of her today. She'd accuse him of being immature, and of holding on to a past he should have long forgotten. She wanted them to be friends, they'd never been friends. From the moment they met they'd been more than friends.

He was four, she was three. He'd been standing next to the swings at the park near their neighborhood waiting for Jesse and Terry to stop fighting when out of no where this little girl came running at him. She was a little shorter than he, with dark brown hair in pigtails on the sides of her head. Before he could even react she'd wrapped her arms around his neck, gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek and said on thing. "Mine." Guy had shrugged a tad uncomfortably and tried to get away as both their mothers ran up to them.

The Halls had finally stopped fighting and were now staring at Guy in confusion. Connie's mother smiled apologetically at Guy's and tried to tug her daughter away. The small girl wouldn't budge.

"Connie sweetie I think you're making your new friend uncomfortable, it's time to go." Her mother said a bit urgently.

Guy was staring at his own mother with wide eyes. She laughed softly, as she pulled out her camera. It was a picture he still kept in his wallet.

"Mine, mine, mine." Connie began to whimper. Guy stopped struggling; he was starting to feel bad.

"I'm so sorry; she's going through a very possessive stage." Her mom tried to apologize again but Guy's mom was still to busy laughing. "There is no need to apologize. I'm Virginia Germaine, this is my son Guy. Would you like to bring Connie over for a play date tomorrow?" Connie's mom introduced herself, and agreed to bring Connie over. The rest was history. For almost ten years Guy Germaine had belonged to Connie Moreau, until one day a little over a year ago she'd decided she didn't want himanymore.

Guy finally pulled himself out of his thoughts and glanced over at Connie, she was just three chairs down laughing at something Kenny Wu was saying.

"How's your day going Guy?" Julie Gaffney asked. He glanced at her, a small look of surprise on his face. He'd forgotten she was sitting next to him; she was so quiet and rarely attempted conversation with him. He was her best friends ex boyfriend after all. He just shrugged wearily and offered her a small smile.

"It's one of those days." He replied. "How is yours?" Julie felt her face break into a wide grin.

One thing she'd learned in the two years she'd known Guy was that he was quiet, reserved but if he was in the right mood or he thought someone was actually making a real effort with him he was different.

"Actually I'm having one of those days myself." She replied, making a face and glancing over at Adam Banks who was currently talking to one of the Varsity cheerleaders.

"Is Cake-eater getting you down?" He asked his voice joking but his eyes concerned.

Julie smiled warmly and shook her head in disbelief.

"Guy Germaine in the two years I have known you, we have never even attempted a serious conversation, much less any conversation at all. So why is it that I feel like I can tell you anything?" Guy smiled widely, and Julie was almost surprised at how handsome he was, much better looking than Adam, or Charlie, or even Luis.

"I guess I've just got that affect on people." He told her mock arrogantly. Julie laughed again and shrugged. "You must." He gave her a big wink, causing her to laugh again.

"Are you sure you don't need to talk about anything?" He finally asked in concern.

She stared at him for a minute and then sighed. "I don't know you well enough to tell you all my deep dark secrets Guy, maybe someday." She finally said, trying to lighten the mood with a smile.

"Well then get to know me. What are you doing tonight?" He asked conversationally. Julie's smile faded, and she started to shake her head. "I'm not asking you out Julie. Not that I don't find you attractive because I honestly do but that doesn't change the fact that you're my ex girlfriend's best friend. I'm going to a party at Jesse's tonight, I do almost every weekend. You should think about coming along, it'd give us a chance to get to know each other better. Then you can tell me all your secrets."

She was still staring at him in hesitation, not exactly sure what to do. "I was kidding, you don't have to tell me all of your secrets just the ones you want to." He told her gently. "Well it's not like I'm doing anything tonight anyway. Everyone's got something else to do…are you sure it's alright with Jesse?"

He laughed and shook his head.

"Jesse will be extremely happy to see you and my friend Tammy would love to meet you. You two will love each other. You'd have to sign out for the entire weekend, I promised my family I wouldn't leave until Sunday."

"Couldn't I just come back tomorrow or something?" She asked.

He shook his head and gave her a big smile. "You said you had to get to know me before you could tell me what's going on with you. This weekend we can get to know each other."

She finally shrugged and nodded. "Alright I'll come along. Do you want me to bring anything special?" She asked, her eyes shining in excitement. "You lead a very sheltered life, don't you Cat-lady?" She nodded with a wide smile and he stood up.

"Did you want me to meet you somewhere?" She asked before he could walk away.

"I'm a gentleman Miss Gaffney; I'll pick you up at 7:30."

"Some gentleman, you've only got to walk about two steps!" She cried laughingly.

He smirked knowingly, and bent down and kissed her quickly on the cheek before walking away. She wasn't surprised that he'd kissed her; Guy was a very affectionate person. What had surprised her was the fact that when she looked up, Connie was staring at her and she wasn't smiling.

After lunch Julie had tried to catch up with Connie but it was almost as if Connie was trying to get away from her. At practice, Connie still refused to talk to her. Julie had even attempted conversation while she was getting ready for the party but Connie ignored her.

"What's going on?" Julie asked quietly, turning to face Connie. Connie feigned ignorance at first prompting Julie to say dryly, "Don't pull this shit with me Connie, I know you too well." The fake smile fell from Connie's face and she scowled.

"Why are you going home with Guy this weekend? You know I was a little upset about that obvious show of affection at lunch, for one thing I thought you still liked Adam and for another Guy is my ex boyfriend! How could you even consider dating him? I was upset yes, but I planned on talking to you once I'd cooled down and then Goldberg tells me you're going home with Guy! Averman thinks it's the funniest thing in the world; my ex and my best friend hooking up." She sneered angrily.

Julie stared at her in disbelief. "Do you think that low of me? You're my best friend! I would never go out with your ex! He asked me to go to a party with him because I wasn't doing anything tonight. He stated flat out when he asked me that he wasn't interested in me, and you were his main reason. I'd appreciate it if the next time you decide to believe the worst about me, you'd make sure you had all of the facts." Julie said angrily before stalking into the bathroom and slamming the door shut. Connie stared after her friend in stunned silence.

When Julie stalked out of the bathroom her make up was completely done. Her eyes were lined in thick black eyeliner, her eye shadow a light pink. Connie opened her mouth to apologize but Julie cut her off.

"Save it Connie, I'm not interested in your excuses. We'll talk about it when I get home on Sunday." She said stiffly. She had pulled on a collared yellow polo from American Eagle, that had light pink, turquoise, and blue stripes across it. Instead of jeans she pulled on a pair of turquoise corduroys.

"That's too fancy, most of the girls will be wearing short little skirts but you could borrow my jeans. They're about as casual as your ever going to get." Julie offered Connie a small smile of appreciation before taking off the pants.

"Which jeans?" Connie smirked as she walked over to her dresser and pulled out a pair of jeans. They were old, that was obvious and had many different rips and tears, even what looked to be some quotes and signatures. Both knees had large holes in them, and there was a large slash on the thigh.

"I've had them since I was ten. I was a little pudgier then so thankfully they still fit." Julie tried them on, they were a little tight since she was built differently then Connie, but otherwise they fit rather well.

"Are you sure you don't mind me wearing these?" Julie asked.

"Not if you forgive me." Julie turned around, and laughed

. "You're forgiven." Connie smiled in self satisfaction and stood up, knowing she had to get ready for her own date. "I…I should at least explain Jules. I'm over Guy but when I thought the two of you were going out tonight…I got a little jealous. I don't want Guy to care about me anymore but I don't want him to care for anyone else either. I got a little crazy, I'm so sorry." Connie wasn't ashamed, and she wasn't crying or upset, but she was telling the truth and she was sorry.

"I understand Cons, don't worry about it. We're over it." Julie told her with a smile.

Connie opened her mouth but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Without waiting to be invited in Guy walked through the door and smiled at Julie.

"Are you ready?" She nodded, "Just a minute, I forgot to brush my teeth I'll be right out."

While he was waiting Guy looked over at Connie. "Hey; how are you?" He asked quietly. She gave him a small smile before shrugging. "I'm good, and you?"

He sort of wanted to laugh at how formal she was being it wasn't the Connie he knew at all.

"I'm pretty glad to be going home for the weekend. I've been missing everyone." He said sheepishly. She smiled pleasantly and nodded in understanding. "Yeah I know what you mean. I think my brothers are getting too used to my being away." She said with an awkward laugh. "I'm ready!" Julie said, stepping out of the bathroom. Guy's face relaxed and he smiled widely. The two left and Connie continued getting ready.

Julie walked into the party with Guy and felt herself become uncomfortable almost immediately. These people were not her usual sort. Guy saw her tense up and put a reassuring arm around her and led her over to Jesse, who was standing up against the wall with his arm wrapped casually around a stunning blonde. The girl was tall and leggy with dirty blonde hair, but that was about all Connie could see from where she stood because she was wearing a black conductors hat pulled low to cover her eyes. Guy pulled Connie over to them, and then grabbed the beer the girl was holding.

"Guygerman! I wanted to drink that!" She said with a scowl. He laughed before downing the rest of it.

"Julie, it's great to see you." Jesse said with a half smile.

Julie smiled back widely and told him how happy she was to see him too. Julie was surprised to see how much he had changed since the Goodwill Games. His hair was extremely tidy now, cut very short. His hair had always been crazy, and just sticking up everywhere. He seemed more arrogant, then the crazy trash talking kid he had once been.

"Julie, meet Tammy. Tammy, meet Julie." Guy introduced the two girls, and they shook hands. Julie now saw Tammy's eyes; they were brilliantly blue.

"It's great to meet you. Can I get you something to drink?" Tammy asked politely. Julie shook her head awkwardly before replying, "I'm not much of a drinker."

Tammy smiled as though it didn't matter and turned to glare at Jesse, who now had his arm around her waist. "Watch where you put those hands young man." She told him mock sternly and then laughed when he pulled her over to stand in front of him, and wrapped his arms around her waist tightly.

Guy was laughing, and had already started on another beer. "You've got to at least have a beer Jules; we're going to be here all night. If you don't drink you're going to want to shoot me." He said.

She glared at him for a moment but shrugged. "I guess one won't kill me." Tammy's polite smile grew into a wide one and she grabbed her by the arms and pulled her into the kitchen behind her. Tammy talked incessantly, not really giving Julie time to do more than nod.

"Those are Connie's jeans aren't they?" Tammy asked as Julie took her first sip of the beer. Julie nodded, her face contorted into a grimace. She hated the taste of beer.

"How'd you know?" She finally asked once she had swallowed her beer.

"That's my signature; the one with the stars around it. Besides I noticed the patch covering the back left side." She said as if that explained everything. The look Julie gave her must have conveyed that she didn't comprehend because Tammy laughed.

"In 6th Grade Guy caught one of the boys in school staring at Connie's butt so in art he put his hand in paint and grabbed her butt. When the paint dried, he wrote 'Property of Guy Germaine' over it. She was pissed at first but after a while she thought it was cute; I'm guessing she covered it when they broke up." Tammy said, her body language saying she thought the whole conversation had turned tedious.

The two girls walked back into the living room and spent the entire night with Jesse and Guy, laughing and although Julie didn't pay very much attention they were getting extremely drunk. The night past by in a blur of laughter, and giggles but Julie found it was one of the best times she'd had since Connie had begun dating Ken.