!KEVIN'S POV!

I knew I hurt Audrey's feelings that day I blew her off. But I was mad and I still am. At her too. She was there, she could've stopped them. I needed Alyssa though, Jake didn't deserve her. I heard Jake ask Alyssa to go to the mall for Tuesday. Wouldn't it be funny if I happened to show up. Maybe I'll just happen to be there. Monday night I couldn't stop thinking about Alyssa. I needed to go see her. I threw on my jacket and ran outside. I started down the street and broke into a run. I finally got to their house and all the lights were out. I went to the window that I thought was Alyssa's and I picked up a rock off the ground. I threw it at the window and I missed. I picked up another rock and I hit the window. Nothing happened so I did it again. I did this until I saw a light flick on. Someone finally came to the window... but it wasn't Alyssa... it was Audrey. Audrey pushed up the window. "Kevin... what are you doing?" "I was looking for Alyssa." "Oh... well she's in HER room... not mine." She closed her window. "WAIT!! Wait. Audrey!"

She opened the window again. "Shut up! My parents are going to hear you! And what?" "Could you get Alyssa for me?"

"You get her..." Audrey then turned around quickly and I heard another voice and murmuring. All of a sudden Audrey and Alyssa's Mom appeared at the window. "Kevin... what are you doing out there?" "Uh... um... I was uh... just asking... Audrey about... home...work. Yes! I was just asking Audrey about homework!" Audrey's mom turned to her. "Is this true?

Audrey looked from me to her Mom and then back to me. "Yeah Mom, he was asking me about homework." She narrowed her eyes and then turned around and left the window.

Audrey's Mom looked at me suspiciously. "Kevin, I would appreciate it if you didn't come asking my daughters about homework in the middle of the night. Good night Kevin..." She closed the window and walked away. I waited about a minute or so after that. I still badly wanted to talk to Alyssa. I threw another rock at the window. It didn't take long for Audrey to come this time. "Kevin, you should really come during the day." "But I NEED to talk to Alyssa, right now." "Then go get her..." "Which window is it then?"

"I'm not sure... but... out of the kindness of my heart, I'll go get her for you."

Audrey left the window for a second and then returned with a confused-looking Alyssa. "Kevin, is that you?" "Yeah..."

"Audrey said you needed to talk to me... what do you want?" I started thinking and I didn't want anything but to be with her. But how was I going to answer that. So I just looked at her, dumbfounded. I stood there for a good minute. Finally Alyssa piped in. "Kevin, just go home..." She closed the window and Audrey looked down one last time and glared and then they left the window. I felt really stupid then. I turned around and went home.

!SARAH'S POV!

After Alyssa and Audrey got in their house, Jake would not stop talking about Alyssa! I swear if he said one more word about her I was going to go mad! He kept talking so I reached over and hit him on the head. "Oww! What was that for Sarah?" Jake yelled. " If I hear one more word about Alyssa come out of your mouth I will slap you even harder!" He stopped...finally and we walked the rest of the way home in silence. After we got to the house we just kind of bummed around for a while. All the kids were there. Except for Charlie. I just closed myself inside my room away from it all. I then heard a knock on the door. It was my Mom. "Sarah, there's someone here to see you." "Ok! I'll be there in a second!" I opened my door and walked downstairs and went outside. There Kevin was. He looked at me. "Hey." I looked puzzled. "Hey... I thought you were avoiding me." "I was... but then I decided not to." "Um, ok..." "I came here to ask you for advice." "About what?" "Alyssa." "Hm... Follow me." I walked around to the back of the house and then to the very back of the yard. I started to climb up some boards on the huge tree. I finally got to the top and climbed into our tree house. "Why are we in here?" "So we can talk undisturbed..." "Oh, all right." "So what's the problem?"

"I can't stop thinking about Alyssa, she's all I think about. But I can't have her... I realize that. She likes Jake and not me. But I don't know what to do." "Well, why are you asking me?" "Because you're the only one I can trust." " Well... okay, I still don't understand completely what you want ME to do about it "Listen Sarah, I'm desperate!" "Ok... ok... I guess... revenge?" "Revenge...?" All of a sudden it looked like he had gotten the best idea ever. "Thank you so much Sarah! You're brilliant!" He hugged me and then left in a huge hurry. I wonder what he was up to..

!ALYSSA'S POV!

I was sitting on my bed thinking about Jake, and about our date tomorrow. I went to my closet and picked out a khaki mini skirt, a red polo, and my red Etnies. Just then I heard a knock on my door. I opened it and there Audrey, " Somebody's here to see you, He's standing outside my window as we speak, come on." Hoping it was Jake I followed her but saw Kevin standing there. "Kevin, is that you?" I asked "Yeah..."

"Audrey said you needed to talk to me... what do you want?" I asked impatiently. When he didn't say anything I told him he needed to leave and I shut the window and turned around to find Audrey crying on her bed. "Audrey, what's wrong?" I asked curiously. I sat down on her bed to comfort her. She looked horrible. "Alyssa, I'm... extremely sad." She replied. "Why are you sad? Is there any way I could help?" I said comfortingly. Audrey looked up at me for a second. "Could you get Kevin to like me?" I sighed and looked at her. She was staring at me with those big green eyes that were identical to mine. " I can't MAKE him like you, but I can HELP him realize how awesome you are." "Thanks Alyssa." she hugged me. She then paused for a second. "Alyssa... I have to show you this." She put her leg on the bed and then pulled up her pant leg. I gasped; she had a huge scab on her shin. I looked up at her and said, " Oh my goodness Audrey! What happened? Who did this?!" But she stopped me. "Alyssa, I did this to myself." I just gaped at her. " Wha...Why...How...When? " I still couldn't believe it! She sighed. "You know today, after Kevin blew me off and I was in the bathroom. And you know when you opened the stall I had stuffed something into my shoe? That was a pin. That's what I was doing... I was in the bathroom cutting my self! I am now officially a cutter! I don't want to be!! I just feel worthless and I'm just taking up space on this Earth!!" She started to cry hysterically. I just repeated " Don't worry, it's going to be ok" over and over again as I held her in my arms. "Audrey, you are NOT worthless! I have no clue what I would do without you! And Sarah wouldn't do well without you either! Don't you ever think that!" I scolded. She looked back at me and I wiped away the tears. "Ok, I won't. Alyssa... I don't know what I would ever do without you. Thank you so much... I love you." " I love you too". I saw a grin creep across her face. " Audrey, even though Kevin likes me, I only like him as a friend. I like Jake, and even if I did like Kevin, I wouldn't go out with him. I would never do anything to hurt you intentionally. Always know that!" "Thank you so much Alyssa. You're probably the only one that has been there through it all. Well heck, you are the only one. You've been there since birth!! Thanks for telling me all that. I never thought of it that way." " You should know I would never hurt you on purpose, and if you didn't, now you do! I'm with Jake now, so Kevin has no chance whatsoever with me! I think once he gets to know you better, he will fall for you in an instant" " Kevin has never really talked to me. So once he gets to know, maybe we can get together." Then she smiled the smile that I was use to seeing. I was glad I made her feel better. " I'll make you a deal, if you stop cutting, I will somehow get you and Kevin together!!" I said.

She thought for a second. "It's a deal."

!JAKE'S POV!

"Alyssa was looking so hott today in that mini skirt," I said to Sarah. "Uh-huh..."

"I can't believe we're going to the mall tomorrow on an actual date!" "Yep..." "Alyssa is so nice. I don't understand how someone can be nice and hott at the same time." Sarah then hit me, hard too. "Ow! What was that for?"

"Shut up..."

We walked the rest of the way home in silence. When we got in the door, I could tell the rest of day was going to be chaos. Everyone was running around and up the stairs and the down the stairs. Sarah just ignored it and went straight up to her room.

I dawdled around for a little bit and then went up to my room. After awhile the doorbell rang. I was hoping it was Alyssa, but it wasn't. It was for Sarah, but I didn't know anymore than that. I saw Sarah head back to the backyard after a little bit and who was following behind her? Kevin! My own sister!? With Kevin!? What was she doing with him?? I watched them go up to the tree house. And there was one thought that kept popping into my head... was she making out with him?! No... Sarah wouldn't do that... or would she? I certainly hope she wasn't. But after I watched the tree house for a little while Kevin came running out of it and had a huge smile on his face. He ran out of the backyard and on home. When Sarah came back in I went downstairs to meet up with her. "What were you doing with Kevin?" "Nothing... Why were you spying on me?" "I wasn't, I just happened to see you running out to the backyard with him... Were you making out with him?" "NO! How could you think that!? GROSS!" She pushed me and walked right past me. I followed after her. "What were you talking about then?" "Nothing!" she said impatiently "Fine..." Sarah walked to her room and slammed the door. Someone has PMS I thought raising my eyebrows. I went to sleep that night angry at Sarah, I couldn't stop thinking bout what they might have been doing. Finally I just gave up and went to sleep. The next day at school went by slow. Finally after hours and hours of day dreaming in class, I met Alyssa at her locker. We went by her house and we both dropped our stuff there and walked to the mall. After many hours of laughing and happiness, I walked her home. When we got to the door, she told me what an awesome time she had. Then it happened. She kissed me! Right there in the middle of the sidewalk. She said one last good-bye and skipped inside. I was smiling ear to ear when I turned around. But the smile quickly faded, I saw Kevin across the street staring at me. Did he see the kiss? I wondered. Great...more trouble...this was going to be a long week.

!AUDREY'S POV!

Kevin came to my house, but not to see me, to see Alyssa. He accidentally chose my window to throw rocks at. I didn't want to talk to him, he was the one who made me cut. Plus, he didn't want to talk to me. My Mom got involved for a second, but he kept pestering me anyways. So I got Alyssa so Kevin would go away. I couldn't stand staring into his big brown eyes. They made me want to cry every time. I couldn't have them. While Alyssa talks to Kevin I went and sat on the end of my bed. I started to cry. I was starting to feel worthless again. Alyssa closed the window and noticed I was crying. She came over and comforted me and told me she loved me. She made me feel so much better. But then I told her about my cutting myself. I showed her and told her everything. I promised her that I would stop cutting if she got me the hook up with Kevin. I really do love Alyssa. That night I went to sleep soundly. The next day, I went through school fine. I smiled and acted like my old self. That day Alyssa had a date with Jake. She acted so happy! I really am happy for her. They're so cute together. After school when Alyssa went to the mall with Jake, Sarah came over. We had a lot of fun. Then, Kevin showed up. I was surprised. He was really nice to me and I think... I think he was flirting. I mean, maybe I did look cute. I was wearing a pink happy bunny shirt, another pair of black jeans (bog on those), and my pink and black bands (I have like ever color of Vans and Etnies. Alyssa and me share them though.) But I don't know, maybe he wasn't flirting, it was just my imagination. But I got sucked into those brown eyes again. After awhile, when it was getting late, he left. The second after he left, Alyssa and Jake came back. Sarah and me watched from my window and they kissed! It was the cutest thing! But the thing was... Kevin was standing right there watching.

!KEVIN'S POV!

Sarah had given me the most brilliant idea ever. It went into effect the next day. I decided I wouldn't go and bother Jake and Alyssa, but work on my plan. I went to Audrey's house to hang out. I flirted with her and she totally went with it. She is cute though, not hot, and definitely not as cute as Alyssa. But she wasn't bad looking. Her very long, dark brown hair always seemed to be in the same style: long and straight. Never up.

But she has the most beautiful eyes. Her right eye was half blue and the other half was green. The left eye was a grayish-bluish color. Then they had these golden speckle looking thins. Anyways, when it started to get late I decided to leave. Right when I left Alyssa and Jake came home. I decided to watch what they do.

They started to kiss. Alyssa then went back inside and Jake turned around, and saw me. I just wanted to punch him. Instead, I walked up to him and said; " Glad things are working out for you two love birds." I was speechless. He seemed ok with it. "NOT!!! Baker you are going to pay!" Then I walked home, miserable.