BRIIIIIIING!

Cody and Samantha both walked out of the classroom door together when they saw Zack run towards them.

"Hey Cody!" he yelled,catching up with them. "Did anything happen? Did anyone pick on you?"

"Zack!" Cody warned,giving him a 'be-quiet-before-I-punch-you' look.

Zack looked over Cody's shoulder and saw Samantha,eyeing her odd wardrobe.

"Who's the wierd chick?" he murmured. "Ow!"

He winced,just being punched in the arm by Cody.

"What the hell!" he yelled.

"She's not the ' wierd chick '!" Cody whispered fiercely. "Her name's Samantha."

"Ah.I see."

He walked over to her,and outstretched his hand.

"Hi Samantha! I'm Zack!" he said,smiling.

She hesitantly outstretched her hand as well,taking his grasp.

"Would it be ok if I was to eat lunch with Sam today,Zack?" Cody asked.

"Sure!" he responded,turning around. "I'll just go eat lunch with Bob today."

He shuddered.

"Hopefully he didn't bring sushi again.Last time he practically tackled me,forcing me to try some."

He shrugged and walked down the hall,waving goodbye to them.

"So,shall we continue?" Samantha offered,looking at him.

"Uh,yeah!"

They sat down against the cold cement wall of the school,hidden from sight.

Cody opened his backpack and took out his sack lunch,while Samantha just took out a pencil and her sketchbook.

"Uh...aren't you going to eat?" he asked,looking at her.

"No.I don't like eating at school.I just wanted someone to sit with me." she responded,smiling.

He felt himself blush.

"Mind if I show you some of my drawings?" she asked,eyes shining.

She started flipping through her sketchbook,showing him various pictures of cartoon characters with the names Mick,Arvin,Misfit,and Joe.

But she specifically stopped on the picture of Cody's face.

He laughed.Wow,did he look that depressed?

Cody gasped,taking sight of something that made his heart leap.

Through Samantha's lime-green fishnets,he could see small scars all along her wrists.Was that why she always wore those?

He outstretched his hand,and took hers in his.

She gasped as he grabbed the top of her fishnets and yanked them off of her arms,exposing her arms and wrists to the world.

She turned away,tears filling her eyes.

"Great.Now you know." she said thickly through her tears. "There goes my chance at a friendship."

But instead of pointing,instead of running,instead of calling her cruel names,he simply grabbed her chin and lifted her head,soflty pushing his lips onto hers.

And there they sat for several moments,the connection of their lips keeping them together.

Cody now had tears in his eyes.

"Why do you cut?" he asked quietly.


Yay! I love this chapter so much! Cody finally has a friend...or maybe more than a friend. :o

Lol.The story's take a turn for the better.But who knows what can happen when you're in love. xD

Please review!

(sigh) I guess I better say that purple is better than pink.And I'm sorry if I keep saying this,but my friend insist.But don't worry.This is the end of mentioning purple in my story. (Muahuahua)