"Yoo-hoo! Sandy!" Bijou called to me as I walked off the soccer field. She was with Stan, Pashmina, Hamtaro, and Maxwell. My eyes grew to the size of silver dollars. Here I was, in my soccer uniform, hair a disaster, and all sweaty. I have never been so embarrassed.

"Uh, hey?" I answered back, "What are all of you doing here?"

"Well," Bijou started, "I just thought that we could walk back with you instead of you walking all by yourself. She smiled and shifted her eyes over at Maxwell.

"Bijou, I walk by myself most days of the week." I laughed.

"Well, we wanted to walk with you now go change and stuff, we'll be waiting here." she told me. I nodded and headed into the girl's locker room. This was going to be bad, I knew it already.

After I showered, got dress, dried my hair, and put on my make up, it had already been 30 minutes. I rushed out of the locker room, nearly forgetting my book bag. I found them waiting on the school steps in the front of the school.

"Sorry, guys. I didn't mean to take so long." I apologized

"You better be, you know how long you ta-"Stan complained. Pashmina covered his mouth.

"I think what he meant to say was, 'That's ok.'" Pashmina corrected while glaring at Stan.

"You look beautiful, Sandy! Don't you agree, Maxwell?" She smiled and looked over at him.

"Uh, yeah. She does." He gave her a quizzing look. "Well, we better start going then, huh? If we want to make the movies."

"What movie?" I asked

"We all want to go to the movies so we are. You're coming, aren't you?" Bijou had her smile on again.

"Do I have a choice?..." I muttered under my breath

"What was that?" Bijou asked

"Umm, I said, sure, why not?"

"Good, now let's go back to your house and get ready."

"Get ready?" I asked as Pashmina and Bijou pulled me with them

"Yep. Bijou thinks we should wear something different so we don't look dirty. Isn't that right, Bijou?"

"Yes it is. Come on, Sandy. The movie is in an hour. We have so much to do!"

Once at my house, the girls rushed me into my room and locked the door. Pashmina turned on the radio so the boys couldn't hear us and Bijou sat me down on my bed and went straight to my closet.

"I was thinking we could try a pair of nice jeans and a tee shirt with a small jacket. How does that sound, Pashmina?"

"A SMALL jacket! It's supposed to be, like, 40 something degrees tonight!" I yelled

"Well, you better cuddle up to Maxwell then. Now what about shoes, Bijou?" Pashmina asked

"I was thinking her vans. They would match her shirt."

"Oh, I like that!"

This went on for what seemed like forever. They fought about my make-up and hair but finally all was over with.

"Go take a look, Sandy. You look great!" Pashmina told me. I walked over to my full length mirror and stood in shock. I Did look good! They had me in a dark purple tee shirt and light blue jeans. My jacket (which was barely a jacket at all) was black and they slightly pulled it up a quarter of the way up my arm. Just enough to show my bracelets and watch off. My light brown hair looked silkier than ever before and was pulled up in its usual ponytail and red ribbon. My make-up was simple but I think that's what made it so beautiful. I had light purple eye shadow, mascara, and some eye liner to bring out my eyes. They also just put on lip gloss, no extreme color.

"Thanks girls. I like, really love it." I told them

"You're welcome." They both said in unison.

"Now, go get on your shoes. The movie starts in 15 minutes." Bijou stated. Once I scrambled to get my shoes on (which were black tennis shoes) we ran down stairs. I literally ran into Maxwell.

"Oops. Sorry, Max. I was in a hurry." I explained.

"Its fine, Sandy. Really. You look great, by the way. Ready to go?"

"Uh, yeah." I blushed but turned around, not wanting him to see. "Let's go." I grabbed money out of my wallet and ran out the door.

"We have to take two cars." Stan said. "And I want to take these two lovely ladies."

"Stan, Bijou has a boyfriend, who happens to be standing right next to you." I told him

"Oh, sorry red. So, you wanna ride with me? I only have 4 seats so one of you will have to ride with Sandy."

"I want to ride with Pashmina and Hamtaro is NOT riding without me so there's four right there. Sorry, Maxwell." Bijou stated

"Oh, no, it's fine. I don't mind."

"Alright then. Let's go." Stan headed off to his car with Hamtaro, Bijou, and Pashmina.

"Ok, then…" I mumbled as I walked to my Volvo. Stan and I had the same model but different colors. His was blue and mine was silver. I climbed in to the driver's seat while Maxwell got into the passenger seat.

We followed Stan's car to the movies, talking but not all at the same time.

"So, I watched you during practice today. You did great." Maxwell complimented

"Uh, thanks. So, do you know what movie we are going to go see?"

"No idea." he laughed. I smiled. From then until we reached the movies, we talked about school, house lives, pets, and homework. We arrived about 4 minutes later.

"Hurry up you two! The movie starts in a few minutes!" Pashmina yelled at us as we were getting out of the car. I smiled and walked faster to them. Once we got our tickets, popcorn, and drinks, we ran to the theatre. We got there when the previews were starting.

I shivered. "God, it's freezing."

"Why are you wearing such a small jacket?" Maxwell asked, looking at me.

"I wish I knew." I laughed.

"Here, you can use mine."

"But what about you?" I asked him

"I'll be fine. I don't want you getting sick." He smiled at me. I smiled back and put on his jacket, secretly smelling it as I was putting it on.After a few more minutes of previews, the movie finally started.