Music. A store associated with that word. Well, there was the little theater that performed musicals and sometimes had small bands perform…. But then there was the more obvious music store where Caitlyn got most of her CDs. She decided she'd hit the store first.

Off she went again, to look for someone she knew, but with no idea who it could be. She almost ran up the street to the store, and almost fell flat on her face twice in the process. But thankfully, when she pranced into the store, she was completely unharmed.

She looked around for some familiar faces. There was Kevin, a kid from school who was really into screamo music. Then there was Kelly, his Goth girlfriend, Gina the really nice employee who always had something nice to say to Caitlyn, that one nameless dude who was always browsing the Jazz section, Jason……

Caitlyn's head snapped right back around after she'd seen Jason's face. Jason! Jason of Connect 3! The person she was obviously supposed to find!

Nate.

That must mean that Nate was the admirer. Who else could it be? Definitely not Shane; he and Mitchie were practically engaged. They'd been inseparable since the Final Jam last June.

Nate.

Why hadn't she thought of him before? He was the one who she'd danced with after Final Jam, the once she'd exchanged numbers and email addresses with. He was the one who'd come to visit her for a week before school started up again in August. The one she hadn't called in months because she was so busy with school. Now that she thought of it, this whole thing had practically screamed his name. She felt like she was going to swell up with joy. Nate was the perfect secret admirer.

She looked over at Jason after this realization when she made eye contact he scratched his nose and looked up and out the window, trying to look inconspicuous, which just made him look that much more conspicuous. She approached him from behind and threw her arms around his waist. He jumped in surprise, even though he'd seen her. He turned around so he could hug her back. She pulled away and looked up at him.

"Fancy meeting you here, Jase."

Jason's eyes widened. "I know, right!? I didn't even know you lived around here!" He exclaimed; his acting was absolutely pitiful.

Caitlyn shook her head. "So how are you?"

"Awesome." Jason said with a smile.

"What's the clue you're supposed to give me?"

Jason's face went blank. "What?"

"The next clue my secret admirer said you'd give me…." Caitlyn prompted.

Jason's face lit up. "Oh!" His hand flew to the back pocket of his skinny jeans and he produced a small piece of paper. He handed it to Caitlyn proudly.

She looked at the paper curiously. The paper was crinkled and the handwriting was unfamiliar. She began reading it out loud.

"Orange Juice, lettuce, Pop-Tarts, apples, potato bread, cranberry sauce, lemon poppy seed muffins…. Jason, what the heck is this?"

Jason's mouth made a little "o" shape and he snatched the piece of paper back out of her hand. "That's what I'm supposed to get at the grocery store after we're done here…" He dug around in his pockets some more with a frustrated look on his face. "Dammit, Nate told me not to lose that!" He muttered to himself, not realizing he had just confirmed Caitlyn's admirer to be Nate.

But Caitlyn just stood there with a worried look, watching Jason. "You have it, right, Jase?"

"Yeah, I'm totally sure…." He trailed off, definitely not sure. Then, all of a sudden, his face lit up once more and he put a finger in the air. There might as well have been a light bulb above his head. He bent over, pulled his left boot off and turned it upside down. A small folded piece of paper fluttered out and Caitlyn caught it. She carefully unfolded it, half scared of it being another grocery list. To her relief, it was exactly what she needed.

Caitlyn,

I hope Jason didn't cause you too much confusion. I especially hope he didn't hand you our grocery list for this week instead of this thing…

Anyway, I know you're a very smart girl and can figure out who I am from here. And you'll need my name for this next part.

You have to go to my theater. Then you'll have to find two popcorn bowls behind the trashcan of my favorite color, and you'll be on your way.

Just a little bit longer!

Caitlyn looked up at Jason with a smile. She hugged him again. " Thank you! You're the greatest, Jase."

Jason patted her head. "Thanks. You are too, Caity."

"Merry Christmas!" Caitlyn yelled on her way out.

Jason just smiled and waved after her.

Ha ha! I love Jason. I hope I wrote him well enough. Please review and tell me what you thought! Thanks for reading!! You guys are the best!