The rest of the week went as I had hoped it would and now it was Friday. The classes were getting more in depth with information and I was receiving more and more homework. It did not bother me because I was happy that everything was going smoothly and I had managed to make some friends that weren't of the male nature. Sara, Kate, and I had been talking at lunch and joking around, I hadn't had many girlfriends in my life and I am glad I had them to talk to if needed. The guys were just the same, stopping by my room to say hi, Tyler, Reid and I would study together. I would have to say it was mostly Tyler and I studying while Reid goofed off, or went to hit on a cute girl that came in the library.

I was at a local store you could compare to a department store since it had a wide range of things to choose from. I was in the men's section going through some cologne, and other things.

Chase has money which made it harder to find something that he wanted because if he wanted it, chances are he had already bought it. I was dying of frustration because his 18th birthday was tomorrow and he had mentioned coming up shortly after.

"Hey girl!" I heard Kate's voice from behind me.

"Shopping without us?" Sara joked.

I sighed. "I'm having no luck at all."

"What are you shopping for?" Kate asked,

"Chase's birthday, but he had everything he wants. Making this way harder than it should be." I commented.

"We could help you?" Sara recommended.

I nodded.

"So you said he has everything he wants right? What do you think he wants that he hasn't expressed?" Kate eyed me.

I looked at her confused. "What do you mean?"

She laughed. "Sometimes guys can appear to have everything they want but there is usually something that they don't express and you have to really think about what it may be."

I thought about Kate's explanation as we searched around the store. They would hold up things as we walked around and I declined everything. I wanted to get him something simple but something that he would look at and think of me every time. Something I could maybe personalize.

A red gleam caught my eye as we were walking around the electronics area. I turned to see a red IPod nano with black eye pieces. I thought about it for a second, I remember I had accidently broken his IPod when were at a party. This automatically reminded me of a silver CD player from my past. I took out my wallet looking at the card my parents had given me. I had about 500 dollars saved up from when I was working as a receptionist at a local spa. They rest was money from my parents for an emergency.

"Hey! I think I thought of something." I stated to the girls who were in the CD section.

They walked over to me. "What is it?" Sara asked.

I pointed to the red iPod. "I broke his; I could download some of his favorite songs on it, and then put some that I think are special. That could be his birthday present."

They both smiled. "That's a great idea; I'll go get someone working here."

Sara and I waited as Kate ran off to grab someone to get the IPod out of the glass.

"Which color did you want?" The guy asked.

"The red one please. " I answered before adding. "Oh, and the black one too."

"Who's the black one for?" They looked curious.

"Reid." I simply answered.

They looked at each other. "Why?"

"Because I broke his CD player when we were younger. If he already has something oh well, but I owe him something." I explained.

"Reid, why do you act like that?"

"Like what?"

"Like you don't care."

"Because I don't."

"Say it again and I'll walk away, I won't bring it up again."

"I don't."

"Okay then."

"Wow, seems like you're not good with electronics meant for music." Sara acknowledged.

"Yeah you're not touching my IPod shuffle." Kate joked.

I gave her a playful look and followed the guy over to the register. After he had rang everything up and I paid we walked out of the store.

"Did you want a ride?" Kate asked.

I nodded getting in Sara's car.

I normally took the bus places because I did not have enough money to buy a car and my parents wanted to wait till my 18th birthday. I didn't mind the bus so much though, it got me where I wanted to go.

"Are you going to Nicky's tonight?" Kate asked.

I nodded.

"Good Reid will be there, you can give him the IPod." She suggested.

"Maybe, or I might wait depending on my mood." I decided.

We parked in the parking lot of Spenser and walked to our own room to begin to get ready for a night at Nicky's.