Mei was walking home pretty disappointed, she felt like she let Brendan down or just plain hurt him. She liked him but not as much as she thought she did, she felt that deep down he was too similar to her intelligence wise and not liking 4*Town was kind of a deal-breaker. She thought she'd stop at the library as the day was still early, if she wasn't hanging with the girls she'd go to the park and read to ease her mind. She looked for a bench to sit on when she spotted the basketball court and spotted Tyler.

"Tyler!" said Mei.

Tyler looked around because he heard his name but he didn't see anyone so he naturally assumed someone was calling a different Tyler. He was focused in his little zone when he stepped back near the 3-point line and was dribbling and focusing on the basket.

"Nguyen-Baker has the ball, ten seconds left in a tie game...he breaks free, he crosses over he can go in for an easy layup! The ball is up and..." Tyler thought to himself pretending he was about to hit the game-winning shot.

He rushed to the rim and jumped to try to hit a layup but as he jumped he spotted Mei and in that split second he lost focus and instead of hitting a layup, he crashed right into the pole.

*WHACK!*

He fell to the ground and the ball rolled away.

"Crash and burn," Tyler thought to himself.

Mei saw that and immediately rushed on to the court.

"Tyler! Are you all right?" she asked as she rushed to his side and knelt next to him.

Tyler was a bit dazed but okay.

"Huh...uh...Mei..." he said a bit dazed.

"That looked painful, do you need to go to the hospital?" asked Mei.

Tyler shook it off.

"I'm alright, just gonna sting in the morning" chuckled Tyler getting to his feet.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had plans after school?" asked Tyler.

"Well I did but they ended kind of early," said Mei looking to the side.

Tyler looked at her and just noticed she seemed a bit off like she had something on her mind and she wasn't saying it.

"What's the matter?" asked Tyler.

"I'm fine," said Mei lying.

"I don't know, something seems off about you" replied Tyler concerned.

"I...I don't know how to explain it" said Mei a bit sad.

"You wanna walk and talk?" asked Tyler.

Mei smiled at his offer.

"Sure" she nodded.

The two walked the park, it was a fairly nice day and there were people playing frisbee, hanging out, walking their dogs, and doing other park activities.

"So what's up?" asked Tyler.

"Well...it was something earlier, I hung out with Brendan for a bit and...Ummm...well...we kinda...kissed" said Mei turning her head.

Tyler was caught off guard.

"Oh...wow, I guess..." he said a little upset.

Tyler knew that Brendan liked Mei but he didn't think that she would share feelings too, on the outside Tyler was smiling but on the inside, he felt like a defeated boy.

"But...the thing is...I didn't like him like I thought I did" she added.

When Tyler heard that, he lit up on the inside and the outside.

"Oh! Wow! I mean...sorry you didn't like him" stammered Tyler excitedly.

"Yeah, I just felt that I hurt him though," said Mei upset.

"I'm sure he'll be fine, I mean he's cool and all" smiled Tyler.

"Yeah...you know what? I'm sure he'll be okay and besides, he's still an awesome friend" replied Mei smiling.

Mei started to feel a little better knowing she was opening up to Tyler and Tyler sure as heck felt great knowing that Mei didn't see Brendan in that way and now he had his chance to try to be with her. He just had to play it cool and see where things were gonna go from there, the two continued walking the park and talking about things, school and 4*Town mostly.

"Oh yeah, I can't wait for their new album either," said Tyler pretty hyped up for the new album that was coming out towards the end of the year.

"Yeah, I am too" replied Mei.

Soon it started to get a little chilly out, the day was turning into evening and the two were gonna get ready to go home.

"It's getting a little cold, I think maybe it's time to head home," said Mei.

"Yeah, my dad's ordering takeout and we're watching the Jays game later" replied Tyler.

"That's nice" replied Mei.

"Yeah, it is" smiled Tyler.

As if history was about to repeat itself, the two had locked eyes as they did in the library and Mei felt her heart beating rapidly, Tyler felt the same way...his heart was beating rapidly and his breathing became a little heavier. Mei and Tyler closed their eyes and puckered their lips and moved closer to each other and shared a kiss. Mei's heart was fluttering and then...

*POOF*

Mei panda'd and instead of lips now Tyler had a mouthful of panda fur...minds out of the gutter folks.

"PUH!" exclaimed Tyler spitting out fur.

"I'm so sorry..." said Mei fairly embarrassed she panda'd.

"No...it's..okay," said Tyler still breathing heavily.

Soon Mei was able to get herself under control and turn back to normal, she felt just a wave of emotion coursing through her body...

"Wow...that was...exhilarating," said Mei still breathing fairly heavily.

"Yeah...that was" replied Tyler.

Soon Mei's cell phone dinged.

Mei-Mei sweetie your father is cooking, please come home now

"I gotta go," said Mei.

"Yeah...Ummm..see you tomorrow at school" smiled Tyler.

"Definitely" replied Mei leaving the park to head to the tram.

At school the next day Tyler was in the schoolyard waiting for school to open and he had his head held high from yesterday, he got to kiss Mei and he was hoping he could do it again today. He was looking outside and saw Ming dropping off Mei, he stood in the yard eagerly awaiting her to see him. She spotted him and walked up to him smiling.

"Hey, Tyler" smiled Mei.

"Hey Mei" smiled Tyler.

"I had fun yesterday," said Mei.

"So did I" smiled Tyler.

The two smiled at each other and locked eyes and just like in the park, the two shared a kiss but this one was a tad longer. Brendan was just approaching the schoolyard, he was talking to a friend on his phone.

"Yeah, I know I gave them what they wanted but we still don't know how it's gonna go and..." he saw Mei kissing Tyler in the schoolyard and his eyes went wide.

"Dude, I'll call you back," said Brendan hanging his phone up.

Mei and Tyler stepped back and were breathing a little heavy but they were smiling. Mei was a little surprised when she saw Brendan walking up to them.

"Oh...um...hey Brendan how are you feeling?" asked Mei breathing rapidly.

"Good...so the other guy was Tyler?" asked Brendan a bit confused.

"Yeah..." Mei said hanging her head.

"That's kind of...wow...considering..." said Brendan still confused.

"Considering what?" asked Tyler equally confused.

"Well because I thought you were...y'know" replied Brendan.

"What?" asked Tyler a bit peeved.

"You know...a friend of Dorothy's, played for the other team, bit the pillow" replied Brendan.

Soon Tyler caught on, he knew exactly what Brendan meant and he didn't like it one bit.

"Dude...you thought I was gay?!" exclaimed Tyler angrily.

"Well I mean yeah, I see you just hanging around girls and I know they like 4*Town and I saw that 4*Town CD in your bag in class and I just thought you were like I was gonna let you down easily when we hung out the one day because I thought that's why" replied Brendan.

Tyler HATED when people thought he was gay just because he liked a boy band and hung around with girls, but...this kind of pushed him because it was the last straw. Tyler angrily walked up to him.

"Are you serious right now?!" he exclaimed walking up to Brendan.

"I'm not letting you get close," said Brendan shoving Tyler away.

Mei saw this and began to tear up, she was scared that the two were gonna fight and she didn't want that to happen.

"GUYS! PLEASE!" said Mei with tears in her eyes.

Tyler angrily swung at Brendan but little did Tyler know since Brendan played hockey and was accustomed to fighting in games he had quick reflexes, Brendan ducked it and tackled him.

"ROOKIE MOVE!" exclaimed Brendan taking him down.

The two boys were throwing punches on the ground and a small crowd gathered to watch them cheering the two on. Mei however began to feel she was gonna panda and ran off because of her emotions, she knew she couldn't break the two up from scrapping but school security was able to. Before the two boys knew it they were staring daggers at each other in the principal's office with Tyler's father standing behind him and Brendan's father standing behind him. Both fathers were disappointed in their sons.

"Brendan, what the heck have I told you? Keep that fighting crap in the rink unless it's necessary! What the heck are you fighting over anyways?!" exclaimed Brendan's dad very aggravated.

"He called me gay!" exclaimed Tyler.

"No, I didn't! I said I thought you were!" Brendan retorted.

"That's no reason to fight," said Tyler's dad to Tyler equally aggravated.

"He's just mad this girl kissed me and liked me!" Tyler shouted cockily.

Brendan got up and was ready to go again, Tyler stood up too but their fathers were able to restrain them.

"SIT!" yelled both fathers in unison.

"Now normally I would suspend the both of you for fighting but seeing as how this is a first-time offense the two of you are gonna shake hands and leave my office but if any more fisticuffs are thrown then I will suspend you both forthwith! Now shake hands and go to class" said the principal angrily.

The two boys just gave each other a fist bump and brushed each other off.

"Like you mean it!" yelled the principal.

"Sorry," said Brendan not sorry but he shook Tyler's hand.

"Yep" replied Tyler.

The two left the principal's office but were accompanied by their dads to class so to ensure that there'd be no more fighting. Meanwhile in class Mei was writing her notes and she felt a tear run down her eye.

"I don't know what to do," she thought to herself.