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I feel a burning pain in my ankle. It feels like someone is cutting it off with a saw. A beautiful blonde girl leans over me.

"John! Are you ok?" she asks.

"What happed? Where am I?" I yell. An older guy looks over his shoulder at me. Another kid is driving the car we are in.

"You past out after you made it to the zoo. I thought you were dead." The girl says. I see tears in her eyes. Whoever she thinks I am, she cares a lot about him. She presses her lips to mine. She really cares about him. She pulls away looking hurt.

"What's wrong John?" she says.

"I don't think he remembers anything," The older guy tells her. "Do you know who I am?" he asks.

I shake my head.

"Malcolm." That must be his name. This is too much to handle. I look out my window. Crap. I'm not on Lorien anymore. I look out my window and see the odd cars and houses that are in my earth history books. I'm on earth!

The girl looks at me, slightly tilting her head. Man, this girl is beautiful. Whoever their version of John is, he's lucky guy.

"I'm Sarah." She says. Sarah.

"My name is Sam." The kid in the front calls back. They must be humans.

"I need to get back to Lorien. Please can you help me? "

They all look shocked.

"What do you mean John?" Sam asks. "Don't you remember that it was destroyed by the Mogs?"

I feel my heart drop. No, it can't be. I was just there. I was home, in my room.

"John!" Sarah shouts. "John, wake up!"

I bolt up and look around. I'm in my room. On Lorien, it was all just a dream. Gramps is standing over me.

"Time for dinner John." He says as he heads to the door.

I walk down the stairs. Gram has a big meal on the table. My parents are sitting at the table. So are Leia and her grandparents and parents. Great. I think. This is going to be awkward. I can't avoid her all night. Our families will suspect something. Everyone is sitting at the table staring at me. I look down and realize I have bigger problems. I'm just in my boxers. Could this day get any worse? "I'll be right back" I say taking the stairs two at a time.

I throw jeans and a green, LH tee shirt on. I can't believe I just embarrassed myself like that. I wish I knew Gram was having people over. Not only so could have avoided the most embarrassing moment of my life, but so I could have showered because I'm still sweaty from practice. Whatever, this day has been awful so far, why not have me be super sweaty and gross at dinner with my family and their friends?

LEIA'S POV:

I got home today and instantly called Marina. She always knows what to do.

"I completely ruined our friendship." I groan into the phone after telling Marina about the incident in the gym.

"Wait," she says, "you said that he just ran off? That doesn't sound like John. Maybe he just didn't know what to say."

"You're right, he didn't know how to say that he never has, or ever will, like me in that way."

How could I have been so stupid? John can have any girl he meets. Why would he want someone like me? I'm not ugly, but compared to some of the girls who want to go out with him, I'm nothing.

"Maybe you should talk to him. Don't assume anything." She says.

I start to respond, but the doorbell rings. I tell her I need to go and hang up. I answer the door and it's my parents. We hung and to all the usual stuff. Then I ask them why they're here.

"We all are going to the Smith's for dinner. John's dad just came home so we all are welcoming his home. Isn't that nice?" my mom says.

I can't say anything. How am I going to get through dinner with john sitting across from me? We all head over to his house. We greet his family and sit at the table. John walks down the stairs and stares at me. I can't help but stare back at him. He must not have known that we were coming over because he's in his boxers. Just his boxers. I look at him and I don't know how I keep it together. His hair is perfectly tousled, like he just woke up, and his chest is completely bare. If any other girl was in my shoes, she would faint for sure. He looks down and turns red. He goes up the stairs and comes back down in jeans and a green shirt. The only seat left is the one across from me. During dinner he looks everywhere else but at me. Forget trying to talk to him, he won't even look at me. He must hate me. I usually don't care whatever people hate me, but having John hate me sucks.

JOHN'S POV:

At dinner I try not to look at Leia. I kills me treat her like this, but I have to. I can't risk her finding out about Bryce. When everyone leaves I go to my room and take a shower. I turn the water to its hottest level but I can't get it hot enough.

I stand there, with the water running down my face and think about what would happen if I told someone about Bryce. What he did to me, about the death threats, all of it. But then I think of Leia. She's strong, but not stronger then Bryce and his crew. If only I didn't care about her so much. My thoughts drift to the girl in my dream, Sarah. What would my life be like if I was on earth with her? I could take away to paradise. Live happily together in somewhere and spend our days relaxing, just living. No Bryce, no Leia, no school, no parents to impress. It would be perfect. But that's impossible, so I have to live my life here on Lorien.

I get out of the shower and put on my pajama pants. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Cole's party should be fun.