Chapter Three:

As I sat there, crying, I thought 'What am I doing? I am strong! I can forget him! I. Am. Strong.' There was a ruffle in the bushes. Erika came out.

"Emily!" She cried. "Ali, get over here, I found her!" Ali came running over.

"Emily what happened?" They sat down next to me.

"I don't want to talk about it. It is in the past. I want to move on, and not dwell," I said calmly, and stood up.

"Are you going to go back to play practice?" Asked Erika.

"Of course, I just needed some fresh air," She rapped her arm around mine, and we walked back to the school together. When we walked through the doors, Mrs. Paige smiled.

"We have our lead role back! We can continue!" my friends and I walked up the steps onto the stage. We were standing opposite Ryan. "Shall we do," She scratched her head, and looked through the script. "Scene two, act six," And clapped her hands. This was the scene when I decide that we should switch places. I become a boy, and all that. I and Alex, my unknown brother, who spends all of his time in his room on the computer, walked onto the stage. Sorry that I didn't mention him earlier in the story, I just never really talk to him much, and he, in some way, isn't my brother.

"Thom, I don't see why we have to do this. I hate acting like a girl," I pretended to grab me dress and pull it away from me, looking at it cowardly.

"Alanna, you know that I don't want to learn to be a knight just as much as you don't want to be a lady," He folded his hands behind his back, and started to pace.

"THOM!" I yelled. "I have a splendid idea!" I started hopping up and down.

"Is it another of your crazy schemes that always get us in trouble?" He asked, stopping from pacing, and looking at me with serious violet eyes.

"We can switch places! I can become a boy, and I will go to the palace to learn to be a knight, and you can go and become a mage!" I jumped around and hugged him. He pushed me away, but just far enough so that he could hold my shoulders. I had to look up in order to look into his eyes.

"Alanna, you know that that will never work," he said with disappointment. "Even though that would solve all of our problems."

"What won't work? Getting dad to sign the papers? I mean, that would be a piece of cake. Just go up to him and say 'We need a signature for supplies', and he will sign without even looking!"

"No Alanna, that isn't the problem, the problem is when you become a woman," He waved his hands in circles around his chest. "You won't be able to pull it off."

"Ooh, please, that is a piece of cake to! I mean, just tape it up, and I'm good to go!" I laughed, but Thom stayed deadly serious.

"If you get caught, they might kill you," He looked way into the story, like he didn't want me to be killed.

"Thom, you know that this is just going to be another plan that will work, I mean, all the other ones did tell you spilled," I laughed again holding my stomach and leaning back. The bell rang for next period. I smiled at my brother, and met with Ali, and Erika and we walked to the lunch room.

(Lunch period)

"I am soo happy that we get to spend one full period a day to do play stuff. And right before lunch," said Erika, talking and waiting in line to get a gross school lunch. I wasn't really listening; I was looking at Ryan pick at his food while his snobby blonde haired girlfriend talked away to her posse. She got up from her table, and walked over to the 'topping table' as it is called in my school. She saw me looking at her and walked over.

"I hear that you and Ryan are in the school play together," She said in a really high pitched voice. "And I hear that you are really good," She raised her eyebrows and looked behind me. "Those are some friends," Ali was telling Erika about this science experiment that she did in science, while Erika was looking at a picture of Zac Efron, and whispering, 'don't worry, we will meet some day'. "When you get your lunch, why don't you come and sit with me? It would be great to sit and talk about the play. I wanted to try out, just didn't have passing grades. I'm failing science," She let out a high pitched giggle, and waved her hand in the air. "If you want, you can bring your friends."

"Ok," I said, really not wanting to. When I got my food, I walked over to Michelle, the freaky blonde, and sat down at her table across from Ryan. Michelle and her posse were talking about what color looks best against their hair.

"I'm real sorry that you do this everyday," I said, then took a bite of my P.B & J. sandwich. He laughed.

"Yeah, so am I," I looked at him.

"Then why are you here?" I asked once I finished my bite.

"I had no where ells to go. My friends are all here, and well, this is supposedly my 'class'," I looked down at his food, he hadn't eaten anything. I set down my P.B. & J., and stuck my hand over the table.

"Come with me, I want to show you something," he looked at my hand for a minuet, and then took it. I smiled at him. "Come on."

"Ryan, where are you going?" Called Michelle from the lunch table.

"I don't know!" He called back, as I dragged him out of the lunch room. 'What the hell am I doing! I am supposed to be mad at him!' I thought. 'This is my chance to show him what he is missing.' Another part of me called. Just where to go!'

"The theater!" I yelled, not noticing that I said it out loud. I pulled him along, looking back smiling, as he smiled back. I through open the theater doors, and continued to walk. When we got up onstage, I grabbed his other hand and walked backwards toward the middle of the stage.

"You want proof that I still like you?" I asked looking him square in the eyes.

"Why would-" I cut him off, kissing him passionately, and holding him close. He kissed me back, raping his arms around me.

"Ryan!" The theater doors slammed open. Michelle was standing there. He posse right behind her. We broke away like lightning at the sound of her voice.

"Mitchell I can explain. Really," She through her hand in the air.

"Save it Ryan! How could you do this to me?" She turned, and her posse followed her. We heard sob's as she walked away.

"I'm-I'm, sorry," I said, looking at Ryan.

"I kissed you back, I'm sorry," And he walked away. I felt sick.

A/N: Ok, I have a really good idea for the next chapter so it should be going up soon. Sorry for the long update period. I just have been really busy, and needed to take a break. Well, faithful readers, review. Oh, poll, for the fourth chapter (Not the next one):

Ryan apologizes together with Michelle

He breaks up with Michelle and fly's solo

He gets together with Emily

He gets together with a friend of Emily's

Tell me what you want to happen, and your wish is my command.