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A quick note: Wow, this is so fun! I've got people pissed at Valerie and Danny both! Sweet!!!

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Chapter 4: Get Another Boyfriend

Let's talk about one, baby

You gotta hear me out

Do you really wanna be the last to know

What it's all about

Let's talk about who you say

Is the essence of your life

But he'll eat you up from inside slow

And then he doesn't want to know

I'm telling you

He'll eat you up from inside

And then he doesn't want to know

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Sam couldn't think of a time when she'd been happier. She and Jeremy had started going out a month ago, and she barely blinked when Tucker told her about Danny and Valerie's weekend together. Sam and Jeremy joined the two sometimes on double dates, and Danny loathed the way she had eyes only for him. Was that how I was with Valerie? No wonder Sam wanted to knock some sense into me. That weekend at Danny's home alone with him hadn't gone as well as Valerie had hoped, but Danny could care less at the moment, which only made her angrier.

"Sam! Sam, wait up!" The voice she had longed to hear from was finally calling to her.

"Danny, I'm meeting Jeremy in a little bit. Can't this wait?" she asked.

"Well, I just thought maybe we could do something this Friday, just the three of us," he mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck.

"I don't know if I'm free Friday. I'll call you, okay? I better go. Jeremy's waiting." She ran off, giving him a quick wave as she rounded the corner.

Was this how she felt each time he ran off to meet Valerie? He sighed, stuffing his hands in his pockets and heading off to find Valerie. How could he have been so blind? Of course she had felt like this watching he and Valerie. They were best friends, and now they may as well have changed continents. They never talked anymore, and Danny found he missed those talks more than anything in the world. He scowled, scuffing his shoe against the floor. I'm not jealous! I'm not!... Am I…? And with that thought still tumbling around in his head, he met up with his girlfriend of eight months.

Sam couldn't help but smile, a light blush crossing her cheeks as Jeremy walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Hey, I want you to keep June 19th open, okay?"

She smiled. "Sure. Any special occasion?"

He shrugged and smiled. "Only our three-month anniversary. Nothing big."

"Aw, Jeremy, that's sweet." She turned in his arms, kissing him lightly on the lips. "Are we going to celebrate every three months?"

"Maybe," he replied with a cheeky grin. "This time definitely calls for celebration if we make it to three months."

"Aw, now why wouldn't we make it?"

He put on a pitiful look. "Because I'm such a jerk."

Sam smiled softly. "No, you're not. You are adorable." She kissed his pitiful, pouty lips, and he smiled. "So, where are we going today?" she asked as he slipped an arm around her waist and led her out of the school.

"You'll see."

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"I don't like him," Danny muttered, scowling. "He's got 'creep' written all over him."

"Dude, Sam's happy. Why not be happy for her?" Tucker was hanging out at Danny's that Friday. Jeremy had planned a surprise for Sam so she couldn't come.

"Because he's a creep! I can feel it; something's wrong about him!"

"You are so jealous," Tucker muttered, shaking his head and returning to his game.

"Why would I be jealous? I have a girlfriend, remember?"

"That's something you need to be asking yourself, Danny. You have a girlfriend—who you've been ignoring for the past few days…months—and now that Sam's got a guy that makes her happy, you turn totally jealous."

Danny was stunned into silence. Tucker was right. Why should he be jealous? He had ignored Sam while he was with Valerie. Now, Sam had a guy, and Danny was ignoring his girl. Could he be jealous? Something told him that he was, yet a part of him still felt like something was up with Jeremy.