"J Dawg!" The boys on his team shouted from their lunch tables. Jamie shook his head and smiled slapping his food tray onto the table, He sat beside his best friend of course. "I was think party at mine this weekend?" One of the boys mentioned.

"My family and Reagan's is having a barbecue this weekend maybe next week." Mason replied stuffing his sandwich into his mouth.

"Next week? that's so bogus" The chatter continued between the boys Jamie normally scanned the lunch room he notices the cute blond he met yesterday in photography sitting alone messing with her food.

"I'm going to go sit with Eddie," Jamie told Mason.

"Who's Eddie?" Kastin asked the question everyone wondered. Jamie ignored them grabbing his tray walking off. The whole table eyed him. "Eddie? Thought it was dude." Chuckles heard around the table.

"Hey." Her head snapped up. "You mind if I sit here?"

"Yeah go ahead."

"So.. How's it going." Jamie made it as awkward as possible, Eddie laughed.

"You don't have to sit with me because I'm alone." She pointed out grinning.

"Being the new kid this far into a school year sucks, so I'm sitting with you to know my photography partner a little more. So how's it going?" His grin made her feel butterflies.

"It's going well, My second day at Bedford and I still haven't made any friends."

"We're your friends." Mason placed his hand on Jamie's shoulder, taking a seat beside him. "I'm Mason by the way."

"Eddie." She smiled.

"So you took my photography partner away from me huh?" Mason joked.

"I'm sorry for that, I can tell you two are close so I don't think you'll miss out."

"Close? talk about BFFs since 1st grade." Mason put Jamie in a headlock ruffing his hair.

"Here we go Mas." Eddie laughed at Jamie's response, he manage to shake the head lock fixing his hair back in place.

"So do you like it here? at Bedford?" Jamie asked.

"It's nice, a lot bigger and better than my old school."

"Play any sports?" Mason wondered.

"Yeah, soccer but I stopped when I moved, what about you guys."

"Yeah we play varsity baseball, your looking at captain Reid right here." Jamie playfully shoved him.

"When's your first game I'd love to come to watch you guys play!"

"Next Thursday at 5pm, I'd.. I mean we would love to see you there." Jamie corrected himself a little embarrassed at the slip,

"I wouldn't miss it." The bell rang letting the students know lunch is over. The three strolled off to class meeting in there last. Of the day coach Troy's photography class.

"As some of you may know there are fourteen weeks until graduation." Cheers rang across the room. "I have an assignment for you guys, my seniors at least, I want you guys to submit to me the best photo that you personally have taken, It can be you, someone on the street or your family it doesn't matter quality and originality matters. The photo best submitted will not have to take the semester final and the photo would be featured at graduation." Eddie briefly turned towards Jamie. "Any questions?'

Molly rose her hand. "When do we have to submit it by?"

"You have ten weeks and of course we will be doing small assignments in the meantime but I thought I'd let you know now to give you time to think and picture what you're going to do."

"Anything else?" The room was silent. "Okay finish up the notes on the board and feel free to talk in a inside voice among each other."

"Do you know what you want to do?" Eddie questioned. Jamie was more focused on the notes on the board then her question. "Hello Earth to Jamie."

"I dunno." Jamie shrug. "Ten weeks is a long time we'll figure it out later."

"I don't know about you but I would love for my picture to be featured at graduation." Eddie sassed.

"Well I really don't know. I've always been partners with Mason and we always wing it." Jamie exclaimed.

"Well you're not anymore your partners with me. And we have to get this done sooner better than later." Jamie placed his pencil down onto his notebook, a little bit annoyed with her attitude.

"Alright tell you what, here's my house number feel free to call and we'll figure it out this weekend capeesh?" He wrote his phone number down and handed it to her.

"Capeesh." She smiled placing the folded piece of paper into her binder. After finishing their notes in today's lesson before they knew it the Bell him wrong and Coach Troy dismissed them wishing them a great weekend and a happy Friday.

"So what was that all about?"

"What was what all about?" Jamie asked tossing his book bag into the backseat of the car.

"Don't play stupid Reagan. I saw you hand Eddie that piece of paper what was it? a love note?" Mason guessed. Tossing his bag in the backseat to.

"What are you spying on me? she's got really demanding and wanted to know what we are going to do for the project I told her I didn't know and we'll figure it out later and she said she wants it done sooner than later. So I gave her my phone number and told her to call me this weekend and we'll figure it out Just so she'll stop nagging me."

"Great, you think she's hot-"

"What?!" Jamie interrupted.

"You said she's demanding and that's kinda your thing. Teresa and Lauren.. they were both demanding."

"I don't know-" Jamie gushed.

"It's okay, Reagan to love a girl that tells you what to do." Mason pointed out pulling up to the front of the Reagan residence.

"First of all I don't love her and second of all I just met her less than 48 hours ago, she's cool and all."

"Yeah- yeah yeah," Mason boasted. Jamie a bit irritated jumped out of the sedan grabbing his bag in the back. "Wait Reagan, I'll see you tomorrow night?" Mason's knew his friend was irritated, so he had a hard time keeping a straight grin.

"Duh, drive safe Mas."

"Jamie telephone!" His mother shouted from downstairs, He hurried and rushed to the phone before any of his brothers could, His whole family from his grandfather to his grandmother and everyone would be arriving for tonight's Barbecue, He rushed into the kitchen and the sweet smell of grilled chicken, burgers and streak hit him.

"Hello?" He tried to make his voice cool and calm.

"Haha, you thought it was Eddie didn't you?"

"What Mason?" Jamie was irritated, the kid lives five houses down.

"Hahaha. Meet me out-front in five minutes." Mason insisted.

"What why?"

"Just do it, okay?" Mason interrupted him, Hanging up the phone.

"What did Mason need?" Mary wondered. Jamie thought of the quickest lie to his head.

"He asked if we had enough drinks."

"Did you let him know we had plenty." Mary replied continuing to prepare for tonight.

"Yeah I told him." Jamie left from the kitchen grabbing his shoes and going out front. He stood outside for longer than the three minutes Mason had told him. He heard an approaching loud engine, turning into the driveway it was Mason.

"What the?" Jamie Croaked. Mason put one finger over his lip. Turning off the bike and placing it on the side of the house. "You're telling me to be quiet when you have a loud ass dirt bike?" Mason did his best of hiding the bike in between the bushes.

"So check this out, you know Addison Dolan?" Jamie nodded his head. "Well she's moving to Michigan, she left today and her family had a whole pile of things out front they didn't want anymore and they said I could take the bike for free!" Mason explained. "Well they didn't necessarily say I can have it they left it where the trash usually goes with the whole bunch of trash around it."

"Do you even know how to ride it." Jamie was skeptical.

"Obviously! I just rode it here!" Mason sneered.

"Your dad is going to kill you." Jamie stated.

"Not if he doesn't happen to notice." Mason gave Jamie that childhood evil smirk they've been doing since they were kids.

"I never saw it.- I'll totally deny it." Jamie smirked back.

"Deny what? I didn't see anything." The two laughed and made their way into the house.

The barbecue was going great plates were flowing, laughs running around the Reagan's backyard, Frank sat next to his good friend, and Mason's father David the two sat there enjoying beers and telling stories, Joe and Danny Intrigue in the two older men's conversations.

"Goodnight kid, see you Mason." the couple left. It was around 9:40 when Frank and Mary had finish cleaning after the party they headed up to the room Joe was already in bed he had a early tour in the morning.

"Alright J walk me out?" Mason asked, tossing the remote onto the couch.

"You're a big boy you can walk yourself out."

"Come on Jamie. Please." Mason pleaded. Jamie let out a sigh, getting off the couch, Mason smiled, They quietly walked out the house to where Mason had hid the bike.

"Okay I'm going to sneak a visit over at my cousin Anthony place but before I go, I have to know. Do you plan on kissing Eddie."

"Ahhh here we go again." Mason laughed at his insecurity to even talk about her.

"It could be a possibility alright? Get out of here." Jamie quipped. Mason sat on the bike. "Weight room tomorrow, 7:00 a.m.?"

"No. No way, I'm sleeping in tomorrow."

"Early birds stay starters." Jamie exclaimed.

"Ugh, okay, fine. 7:00 a.m…. This is our year, Reagan."

"Our year."Jamie repeated, "Bye, I love you Mason."

"I love you too, Jamie, see you tomorrow." Mason started the loud bike. "Woo!" he yelled traveling to his destination. Jamie watched as he disappeared in the distant view.

TBC

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