our lips slowly met. for a while i forgot i was in the pond. Until a duck came by quacking loudly. "oh shoot i should really go." i told Joe swiming quickly to the side. " yeah the guys are probably wondering where i am." "i have to go lend andy my notes and probably let her borrow my shoes for the rest of my life." "boy she must really like Nick." "nah she just thinks hes hot. she dosent really know what like is." i said "oh and you do?" "well i've never been in like before, i mean i thought i was with zac but..." "and what about the other guys?" he said jumping out of the water and reaching out to give me a hand. "no other guys after him i pretty much gave up on guys.plus im picky i dont wanna date jerks who will break my heart. i just... it makes me so mad you can never tell when i guy is being sensiere.(sp?)" "same here,i mean i know alot of the fans would like for me to admit that i would date one, but i dont know if i would." "why not?" "same reason you dont date." "so how many girlfriends have you had?" "a few. but its hard for me to keep them when im on the road and stuff. i think if i found a girl i really liked i would make it work" "i understand. i probably wont date for a while, well at least not any body from my school."

he reached for my hand "what do i have to do to prove to you that were not all jerks." "nothing. there is nothing you can do." i turned away "wait please dont turn away from me." "Joe dont lead me on, dont sit here and try to tell me how you wanna be the guy to make things better for me you cant." tears escaped my eyes "wait Maggie i dont understand." "my dad is dating a woman who is about 12 years younger then him. and guys at my school arent going to grow up. and you, your going to leave and go tour another city and another town and your going to forget all about me, thats just how life is. i just have to learn to accept it." "younge man, those pants are disgracefull, you should be ashamed of your self i can see your boxers. i dont care what trend that is. patch that hole." said some 75 year old woman passing by. "Maggie, look i dont know if you noticed or not but we kissed in the pond. i dont just go around kissing random girls." "well good, cause if you did then you'd be just like the other guys at my school." "look,were going to leave in the next day or two after we do a few more shows. i will be back. i promise you." "why waste your time on me?" "because i really like you and i want to see where this relationship is going to go. i want to be your knight." "well the last guy that did turned out to be a jester in aluminum foil." "thats just one guy tho, you havent put your self out there." "and you think i want to with you, look your a nice guy but your never going to be around. i think i'd rather be single thank you very much." "well,i wont take no for an answer." "ok Joe whatever you say,i looked at my watch, Im sorry i gotta go Andy needs those notes." "ok,see ya." he said waving. i watched as Joe slowly walked off with his head down. He almost convinced me to give him a chance.