Weeks passed uneventfully and Kirsten and Sandy had never been happier. They seemed to be glued to the hip, doing almost everything together. Sandy practically lived in her dorm room, much to the annoyance of Paul who claimed he never got to see his best friend anymore and when he was lucky to get the occasional boys night out Sandy inevitably talked about Kirsten and her cute button nose. Even though this drove Paul crazy he was secretly delighted, he had thought that Rebecca had been the one for Sandy but after seeing Sandy and Kirsten together he realised that this was what true love was like – magic. Just the way they looked at each other, how when Kirstin was cross with Sandy he always figured out a way to make her smile so he was forgiven - all the little things like that made the difference. He laughed to himself as he thought of the last time they were planning a night out, or he should say the lovebirds were planning as he was trying to decipher. Kirsten had popped over after her last class.

'Hey babe how was your class?' Sandy asked a she kissed him lightly.

'Great, but got another big assignment. Anyway what do you do wanna do f..'

'How bout the'

'Yeah sure wanna go'

'Absolutely you need to drop your books off I can help. Wanna ask'

'Yeah cos she's a bit bummed o..'

'Yeah he really was a jerk. We'II just have to'

'Cheer her up. You coming?' Kirstin turned to Paul.

'Ok I missed that whole conversation starting from the first unfinished sentence. Guys you are just so whipped' Paul replied.

'You say that like it's a bad thing' Sandy remarked as he grabbed Kirstin and kissed her on the head. Kirstin rubbed his arm as she answered Paul's question ' We're gonna head to the diner for some food and bring Jen because she's upset over the whole Michael situation but we're just gonna head over to my dorm first to.. 'Sandy started to tickle her and she giggled 'Sandy stop, to eh drop my books off. Wanna come?'

'Drop your books off my ass. Yeah I'II come meet you there in an hour so its gonna have to be a quickie for you two!'

It was crazy the way they knew each other so completely. Sandy and Kirstin were clearly meant to be together that's why Paul hadn't said anything about the phone call. What difference would it make if Sandy found out that Rebecca had rung? She was his past; Kirstin was clearly his present and future. He decided just to let sleeping dogs lie. He told Rebecca that Sandy had moved on and was happy so she should do the same.

Kirstin and Sandy had their first major row after six months together. They were always arguing and fighting, mainly because they had such different opinions on things, however their friends believed they did it because as everyone knows make-up sex was the best. However this fight was on an entire different level, involving things that both always preferred to put to the back of their minds – the fact they were from two different worlds. Jimmy Cooper's wedding invitation had arrived and Kirstin was clearly upset about it but not for the reasons Sandy suspected. It hadn't helped that they both had arrived home after a stressful day of studying for finals that were coming up. Sandy after seeing Kirsten's reaction to the invitation jumped to the conclusion that Kirstin still had feelings for Jimmy. She hit the roof when he mentioned this claiming he obviously didn't trust her if that's what he thought. Subsequently angry, hurtful words were uttered. She screamed he'd never understand because he was probably still in love with Rebecca and didn't know what it was really like to move on. He called her a spoilt trust fund kid who was upset that her rich prince had found someone to replace her. Doors were slammed, tears were shed. Both too stubborn to be the first person to apologise. It was the first night they had spent apart in six months. Neither could sleep they tossed and turned feeling so guilty about the words that had escaped their mouths.

Sandy was so restless that he decided he needed to take a walk just to clear his head. He could he have been so stupid? Of course it was going to be a shock seeing that someone you once cared about was getting married. He couldn't help it if he got jealous he just reacted the wrong way. He hated thinking about Kirstin with anyone else especially someone who could offer her a lot more then he ever could. He headed towards the beach. And there she was a few feet away from him, he would never get over how strikingly beautiful she was. It was almost blinding waking up looking at someone who even after a night of getting little or no sleep which happened on many occasion due to their active love making, she still managed to look refreshingly magnificent. She was gazing absently out towards the crashing waves unaware of his presence. It was evident that she was upset as she let out a sigh. She looked in his direction as she heard movements approaching her. She met his gaze, those hauntingly beautiful sad eyes piercing his soul. He closed the distance between them and without saying a word he wrapped his arms around her. Neither moved as they stood entwined looking out at the ocean.

'I'm so sorry. Its just I always feel inadequate compared to Jimmy Cooper and I just need to get over that. I'm always afraid that your going to wake up someday and realise that you could do so much better with a guy that can give you a lot more then I can' Sandy sounded so insecure when he said this that all the anger Kirstin had felt for him just disappeared.

'Sandy the reason I got upset when I saw the invitation was because I realised I would be forced into attending and I knew I wouldn't be able to get through it without you. I'II admit everyone in Newport expected myself and Jimmy to get married so inevitably everyone is going to be staring and talking about me all day, gossiping about how devastated I must be because the rock isn't on my finger. I can deal with that but I don't want to put you through that, I know that when I introduce you into my old world in Newport they are going to hate you because you're an outsider and I'm so afraid that once you see that you're going to run a mile because I'm not worth it. I don't care where your from, all I care about is that we're together but I'm so afraid that I'm going to loose you once you realise what type of materialistic people I come from'. She was practically in tears at this point. Raw emotion was etched on her face.

'Kirstin if you think a few Newpsie's as you call them are going to keep me from being with you then you're crazy. I'm not going anywhere; I'm with you because I love you because you're you not because of where you came from. So we are going to go to this wedding together and show everyone that you really are over Jimmy Cooper. Plus you can dance circles round me all night' She smiled how was it that he just always made her feel better. 'And Kirsten I'm not over Rebecca because there was nothing to get over. I realised that as soon as I fell in love with you I'd never been in love like this before so my heart is intact until you break it which I hope will never happen'

'Aw Sandy you know I'm never going to be able to stay cross with you. I love you'

'I love you too and one more thing I'm sorry I said you were spoilt and all that. I know how hard you work to prove yourself.'

'Well maybe I am sometimes but that's only when I want something really badly' she replied suggestively.

'Oh yeah and is there something you want right now?'

'Oh I have a few ideas' and with that they both started laughing and kissing so relieved that they had passed this test on their relationship. Nothing was going to break Sandy and Kirstin not yet anyway.

'Oh by the way you realise your going to have to meet my dad now'. Test two was swiftly approaching!

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