Alli was at her locker when Clare came over.

"Hey." Clare said as she opened her own locker

"How did the date go?" Alli asked

"Fine." Clare smiled, but could tell Alli was upset "What's wrong?"
"Dave said he saw Drew cheating on me with Bianca." Alli said "But I know he is lying."

"Why would Dave lie?" Clare said

"I don't know. Why doesn't he think its his business anyways?" Alli asked

"You don't know?"

"No." Alli said

"Come Alli, if you don't know, then you are either dumb, which I know you aren't or you are in deep denial"
"Clare what are you talking about?" Alli asked frustrated

"Dave is in love with you." Clare pointed out

"What?" Alli said shocked "Its Dave, he loves girls in general." Alli rolled her eyes

"No he loves you. Trust me I have seen him after you treat him like crap. He is in love with you. I think you know this and you know that you can treat him so horribly and he will always come back." Clare told her

"You found out about last night?"

"No." Clare was confused "What did you do?"

"I kinda called him a liar, and I may or may not have smacked him." Alli looked ashamed

"Alli? How could you?"
"I don't know."

"You have apologize to him. That is really hurtful." Alli looked at Clare

"Oh like your one to talk."
"Now what are you talking about?" Clare shook her head

"You know what? I will apologize to Dave, if you apologize to Eli." Alli said

"For what?" Clare was confused

"For the way you look at KC." Clare shook her head furiously

"I don't look at KC any different than I look at Connor or Dave or Wesley." Clare said "KC is my friend and nothing more." Clare stated

"Oh yeah, hey KC" Clare turned around

"Hi K." but he was not there

"Ha!" Alli said "See!"

"Whatever. You know I always thought you were crazy when it came to guys, but it turns out your just crazy!" Clare shouted

"Says the girl who doesn't know what she wants!"

"Forget it Alli. Have fun with yet another boyfriend who treats you horribly!" Clare began to walk away Alli shouted

"And you have fun with your boyfriends!"

…...

Jenna was sitting in the Media immersion room with Adam when Clare came in

"God! I hate Alli." Clare said

"What happened?" Jenna asked

"Dave found out that Drew was cheating on her, and Dave tells her and she hits Dave. So I tell her that Dave is in love with her and she is treating him like crap on purpose and she tells me she will apologize to Dave when I apologize to Eli for looking at KC in a "special" way" Clare looked at them " I don't look at KC in a special way, do I?" Clare asked

"Well..." Adam said

"Clare the thing is.."

"No wrong answers. The right answer's would be, "No Clare you don't." or "Not at all" not "Well"" Clare was frustrated

"You have admit there is some tension between you and KC." Adam said

"A lot of tension" Jenna said

"Why does everyone think that KC and I have anything between us?" Clare asked "Last year there was something between us, but Kc soon made it clear that he wanted someone else." Clare said "So he got what he wanted. It turned out not to work out, and now he wants something he can't have." Clare said

"What about you?" Adam asked

"What about me?" Clare said

"How do you feel about him?"
"KC?" Clare asked

"Yeah." Jenna and Adam said at the same time

"Well, KC was my first boyfriend. I love him as a friend but I don't love him like that." Clare said "Things are great with Eli. Would I ever leave Eli for KC? I..."but the bell rang before she could finish her sentence. KC walked in and smiled a sad smile at Clare. Eli came in and pushed past KC and kissed Clare's cheek.

"Hey baby" he smiled at her

"Hey." she was feeling torn. She knew Alli was right, as was Adam and Jenna. Alli just walked in and gave her a dirty look and sat down far from her. Alli tried to sit with Dave, but Dave gave her a sad hopeless look and walked over to Connor and KC. Oh a mess it grows.

…...

Drew walked over up to Alli.

"Hey baby. Sorry about yesterday." he tried to kiss her but she refused the kiss "What's wrong baby?"
"Are you seeing Bianca behind my back?" Alli said

"What?" Drew tried to play it off "Um no. who told you that?"

"I just need to know." she looked at him "Are you?"
"Of course not." Drew hugged her "Alli your my girl. What do I have to do to prove it to you?"

Alli smiled

"Nothing." she kissed him "I believe you."
"Good." He walked her to next class smiling.

…...

Eli was sitting with Clare at lunch and noticed she hadn't touched her food.

"Baby whats wrong?" he asked

"i just have a stomach. I am gonna got o the nurse."
"Ok want me to go with you?" he asked

"No, I got it."
…...

Alli walked into gym because she left her sweater in there. When she heard a girl and a guy giggling. Some people fooling around at lunch time. She didn't want to disturb them but she did not know where they were. So she had to sneak past where she saw a girl with curly hair and a boy with spiky hair making out. She noticed it was Drew

"Drew?" she saw he had no shirt on and Bianca turned around

"Alli." Drew looked shocked

"You lying sack of ..." she couldn't even find the words. She just turned around and ran out of the gym.

"Alli wait." Drew ran after her he grabbed

"You liar. I asked you this morning and you lied to me!" she was tearing up "How could you?"

"It was a mistake. I didn't mean for it to happened." Drew said

"For what? To get caught. Oh my god. I cant believe you and didn't believe Dave." she shook her head "you are just a jerk who only cares about himself. Dave is sweet and kind and always there for me, when you treat me like crap." Alli realized what she had done. "Oh my. I gotta find Dave."
"What about us?" Drew asked

"Oh there is no more us Drew. Have fun with Ms. STI!" Alli walked away. She had to find him. And apologize.

…...

Clare lay in the nurses office, feeling so sick to her stomach but she couldn't get rid of the sick feeling. Why? She did have feelings for KC. And that made her feel like crap. She really liked Eli. The kind of like that could one day turn into love. But there was something between her and KC, something that may always be there. But KC hurt her. He lied, used her and treated her like crap last year. She stupidly knew that she needed KC in her life. But she thought being his best friend would be enough. But it wasn't. The way KC looked at her last night reminded her of why she fell him so hard last year. He was a sweet and kind and caring person. The only thing he wanted was to be seen as a good guy. Clare didn't know what to do. Should she leave Eli and give her and KC another chance? Or stay with Eli and hope her feeling for KC went away. She needed help from her best friend

…...

Alli couldn't find Dave. She waited for him after practice. Dave walked out of the locker room.

"Dave wait up." Alli said Dave turned around

"What? Alli what do you want?"
"To talk." she tried to smile but couldn't because of Dave's cold and angry face. "Ok. You were right. Drew was cheating on me." she shook her head "You were a good friend and I was horrible to you. I left Drew." Alli said "I was wondering, if you would be my friend again?" she asked stepping closer to him. She put her warm hand on Dave's cold and sweaty face. Dave wanted to enjoy this touch. He so badly wanted to be her friends with her. But he shook his head

"What don't get Alli, I cant be your friend." he said

"Dave I need you. I want you in my life." Alli told him

"Yeah but not the same way I want or need you." he told her "Alli Bandari, I am in love with you." he said and pulled her in and kissed her. "I know I can make you happy, but you will never give me the chance." he looked sad "so I will leave you alone. But ask your self this: how many jerks will you date before you realize what you deserve? And you deserve the world. I cant give it to you, but you better believe that I would try so hard to be there whenever you need. But I am not the cool guy you usually date, but I have something going for me that they don't, I would never, could never and will never hurt you. But you will never know that. So goodbye Alli Bandari, and even though you are breaking my heart, I hope you get all you want in life. All the happiness and joy in this world."Dave kissed her for head. "See you around." Dave shook his head and walked away. Now Alli had been hurt by a lot of guys, but some how Dave's harsh words hurt her in a new and difficult way. She sat on the floor out side of school.

…...

Clare was leaving when Eli came up from behind her after practice

"Feeling better?" he asked "Cause if you did I was gonna ask if you wanted to go to the Dot."

"No, I am still a little sick. I am just gonna go home." she said

"Well we are still going to Fitz's party tomorrow night?"

"I don't know," Clare said

"Is there something going on with you?" he asked

"No not a thing"

"Really?" he was unsure. Clare forced a smile and kissed him long and slow

"Really."

"Ok. Well call me later ok?" he asked

"I will." she was unsure. She left and saw Alli sitting outside.

"Hey Clare," Alli said

"Hey Alli." she sat next to her. At the same time the said

"Your right." then they semi laughed

"What was I right about?" Alli said

"I do have some dormant feelings for KC. Things that I have to address if I really want to be a good girlfriend to Eli."

"Yeah so what are you gonna do?" Alli asked

"I am gonna tell Eli we need to take a break." she said

"You sure?"
"No. I have to try." Clare said "I have to know if these feelings for KC are real or not." Clare then looked at Alli "What was I right about?"
"Dave being in love with me." As she said it, its till didn't seem real.

"he told you?"
"Yes, after I found out that Drew was cheating on me."

"Oh Alli." Clare hugged her

"I never would have guessed that he would hurt me like this." Alli said

"Well you and Drew were dating awhile and you did like him a lot." Clare said

"What? No Dave."

"you like Dave?" Clare was surprised

"I don't know. Have you ever liked someone and it take a sudden turn of events to realize it?"
"Yeah?"
"I messed things up so badly. Your right Clare, I am crazy." Alli chuckled

"Well I am not so sane." Clare looked at Alli "Wanna go to my house and do a girls night?"
"Yeah."
The girls went to Clare's house and tried to think about things. Alli thought about her new confusing feeling for Dave. Clare thought about how she would tell Eli she wanted a break without breaking up with him. A mess it grows.