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"Ali, Sarah, you shouldn't like them." Amber said, trying to talk sense into her two friends.

"Yeah, but Nathan's so cute!" Ali said, falling back onto Amber's bed. The three girl's were currently having a sleepover at Amber's house.

"Same with Jackson!" said Sarah.

Amber rolled her eyes and her mom came in the room.

"Hi, girls." Mrs. Blake said.

"Hi, mom." Amber said, facing her mother.

"How was the mall today?"

"Excellent." Sarah and Ali breathed.

"We got to meet 29 Down survivors." Amber said.

"Oh, I see. Did you get to meet that guy you have a crush on? Erik, I think."

"You have a crush on Erik!" Sarah yelled, laughing.

"Well, I used to like him." Amber said.

"Okay, whatever." Mrs. Blake said, walking out the door.

"So, about Daley and Nathan," Sarah said.

"What if I don't want them to get together?" Ali asked.

"Well, like the saying goes, 'If you truly love something, you should let it be happy.'" Sarah said.

"Where's that saying from?" Ali asked, glancing at Amber, who was shrugging her shoulders.

"My mind." Sarah replied. The three girl's laughed.

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"Mel?" Nathan said.

"Yeah? Who is this?" Melissa asked sleepily.

"You were asleep?" Nathan asked sheepishly.

"Yeah. Nathan! It's two in the morning!" Melissa said, finally waking up.

"Yeah, well I just told Daley, on AIM, none-the-less, I was thinking about her!"

"Well, you were talking to her just her, right?"

"Yeah…"

"Well, of course you would think about her! You were talking to her, after all!"

"Right. Sorry for waking you up, Mel." Nathan said, trying to hang up the phone.

"Nathan McHugh! Don't you dare hang up that phone!" he heard Melissa yell on the other end.

"Yes?" Nathan said, placing the phone to his ear again.

"Do you like Daley?" Melissa asked quietly.

Nathan sighed and said, "Yeah,"

"Oh! I knew it!" Melissa squealed on the other end.

"Mel, I believe I am partially deaf in my left ear." Nathan said, laughing.

"Ha-ha. Look, I have to go to bed. Me and Jackson are going out to breakfast tomorrow."

"Okay. 'Night, Mel."

"'Night, Nathan," Melissa said, hanging up the phone. She yawned and snuggled back down into her covers.

Ring, Ring!

"Nathan!" Melissa said, picking up the phone, "I'm trying to go to sleep!"

"Mel?" Someone else said on the other end.

"Jackson? Sorry, didn't know it was you. What happened?" Melissa said, sensing that Jackson was hurt.

"Umm, my dad sort of came home from the bar, and, umm, well-" Jackson stuttered out.

"Hey, I'm going to get my mom's car. I'll come to where your street begins. Bring some clothes, 'k?" Melissa asked, speaking slowly.

"Sure. Hurry, please." Jackson whispered. "My dad's enraged with my mom, but I'll try to sneak out."

"Jackson, just, please, don't get hurt. I love you." Melissa said, stepping into a pair of pants.

"I love you, too, Mel." Jackson said, hanging up the phone.

'Please let me get there fast enough. Please don't let him get hurt.' Melissa prayed over and over while she grabbed the keys and walked out the door.

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Jackson quickly went into his room, and grabbed some clothes. Then he crept quietly into the kitchen and grabbed some money form his dad's wallet.

"Jackson." His mom whispered.

"Mom," Jackson said, wincing at the hand mark across her face.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"Melissa's house." Jackson whispered.

"I love you, Jackson, I hope you know that."

"Yeah. I love you, too, Mom." He said, carefully hugging her, and kissing her on the cheek. "Good luck," he whispered, kissing her cheek again.

"You, too." She whispered back.

Jackson quickly ran out the door to the end of his road, and waited for Melissa. He soon saw her mom's silver Mustang.

"Hey, Mel." He said, kissing her on the cheek.

"Hey, Jackson." Melissa said, glancing at him.

"Just, take me to your house. I don't have to go to the hospital." Jackson said, grinning at her.

"Okay, if you're sure…" Melissa said, glancing at him. Soon, they were pulling into Melissa's drive-way.

"Come on," she said, stepping out of the car. He followed her into her house, and up the stairs into her room.

"Sit on my bed." She whispered, shutting her bedroom door, turning on the lights, and going into her bathroom.

Jackson walked around her room, looking at her different knick-knacks. He smiled when he saw a guitar pick he had gave her, and the picture of all the survivors standing in front of 29 DWN. Right when Captain Russell snapped the picture, Jackson had kissed Melissa on the cheek.

"Hey." Melissa said, walking back into her room.

Jackson smiled and walked to her bed to sit down.

"Where do you hurt?" Melissa asked him.

Jackson said, "My face, mouth, and chest."

Melissa looked at his face and saw that he had a few bruises and cuts, and put some cream on the cuts, and giving the bruises kisses.

"T-take off your shirt." Melissa stuttered. Jackson raised an eyebrow, but took it off anyway. Melissa stared at his chest for a moment, but then grimaced when she saw a cut across it. "Does it hurt?"

"Not much." Jackson replied. Melissa put some cream on it, and wrapped bandages around him.

"You tired?"

"Yeah. Are we still going out to breakfast tomorrow?" Jackson asked her.

"I don't think that's a wise idea." Melissa said, carefully.

"I'm fine!"

"It's not about that! It's just, your dad may be looking for you…"

"Yeah, I didn't think about that." Jackson said.

"Well, since we don't have any guest rooms, I'm guessing you're going to have to stay in the living room, or in- here." Melissa said, blushing.

"Umm, I'll stay in here. If that's okay." He said, blushing for once.

"Umm, sure, I don't really care." Melissa said, smiling.

"Okay." Jackson said.

They both got into the bed, and Melissa said, "I love you."

Jackson faced her, pulled her close, and whispered, "I love you, too." Then, he kissed her 'good-night.'

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"Morning, honey." Mr. Marin said to Daley.

"Morning, Daddy." Daley said, kissing him on the cheek.

"So, what's going on with you and Nathan McHugh?"

"What do you mean? We went against each other for class president, leader on the island, and we fight all the time. I don't like him like that." Daley said in one breath, while blushing.

"Oh? Well, I heard through the great grape-vine that he liked you." Mr. Marin said, glancing up from his paper.

"Really?" Daley asked, quickly. "I mean, really?"

He laughed and said, "Yes. So, what're you doing today?"

"I think I might go visit Katie."

"Who's Katie?"

"Nathan's cousin. She's seven, but really cool."

"Oh. I see. You're going to Nathan's house." He said, grinning at his daughter.

"Dad!" Daley yelled.

He laughed and tossed Daley the car keys.

"Bye, Daddy! And thanks for letting me use the car!" Daley yelled, walking out the door.

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"About time you girls got up." Mrs. Blake said.

All three sighed, and said, "Good morning."

"So, what did you do last night?"

"Plotted a way for Daley and Nathan to get together. After much complaint from Ali." Sarah said, laughing.

"Oh, does Ali have a crush?" Mrs. Blake said playfully.

"No." Ali said, blushing.

"Aww!" Amber said, pinching Ali's cheek. "Our little Ali's growing up!"

"Stop it! Besides, our first act has gone into action. I called Katie and asked her to ask Daley to go over there." Ali said, grinning.

The other two nodded heads of approval, and they were soon eating pancakes.

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