MacKenzie was pacing back in forth in his room while his best friend Trevor was sitting on his bed watching him. Trevor was getting tired of him pacing, so he finally broke the silence.

''Dude, would you stop pacing?'' Trevor asked. ''You're making my head hurt,'' he complained. MacKenzie stopped pacing for a minute to look at Trevor.

''Sorry, Trev'' MacKenzie appologized. His best friend just sighed and said ''Thank you,'' while rubbing his temples. But before he knew it, MacKenzie started pacing again.

''Aw, dude! You're doing it, again!'' Trevor complained. Why was he complaining? MacKenzie should be the one whom should be complaining.

''Sorry again, Trevor,'' MacKenzie appologized the second time to Trevor today. ''It's just Rosalinda,'' he admitted.

Trevor just got up instantly. ''Whoa! The new girl?'' Trevor asked him. MacKenzie nodded.

''Dude, that girl is hot with a capital H,'' his best friend said. Hearing his best friend say that made him want to rip his head off for some reason.

''Yeah. Anywho, I told her that'd it be cool if I met her family,'' MacKenzie told him. Trevor nodded.

''And what happened?'' he asked.

MacKenzie shrugged. ''I don't know. I just told her that and she just blew up in front of my face,'' he answered. MacKenzie was already frustrated. ''I just don't understand why she got upset about me wanting to meet her family,'' MacKenzie complained.

Trevor just shrugged his shoulders. ''Maybe she just doesn't want you to, Mac,'' Trevor suggested.

MacKenzie thought about it. Rosalinda must've been hiding something. And he was gonna get to the bottom of it. ''Maybe Trevor. But I'm gonna find out,'' he said bravely.

''Alright, man. Well, I'll see you later,'' Trevor told him. MacKenzie nodded and said goodbye to him. After Trevor left, MacKenzie headed outside and waited for Rosalinda.

MacKenzie's been waiting for Rosalinda for about half an hour. Have he'd just been stood up? Did she forget about coming over to his place tonight? Did something else come up that she didn't even get to let him know? He was so deep in his thoughts when he heard something.

"AAAAHHHHHHHH!,'' it sounded like Rosalinda screaming. He quickly turned around and started screaming.

''Rosalinda! Rosalinda! Rosalinda!,'' he bellowed. Before he knew it, Rosalinda came running toward him but she wasn't wearing her school uniform. She was wearing a white dress, that went down to her knees. She was barefoot, wearing an anklet and the bottom of her dress was as if it were really water. Now why was she wearing that? Was wearing that so she could impress him? Rosalinda was hugging him tightly.

''MacKenzie, you've gotta help me,'' she said rather afraid. She looked as if she'd seen a ghost.

''Why? What's going on?'' he asked really worried.

''They're after me,'' she said choking on her words.

''Who's after you?'' he asked. Before she could respond, she heard a menacing voice.

''Where are you, my pet? Come out, come out wherever you are,'' the voice said.

''MacKenzie, you've gotta hide me, please,'' she whispered.

MacKenzie nodded, and thought of a place. ''C'mon, I know a place,'' he said. He took her hand and they began running to his house.

Rosalinda and MacKenzie made to his house safely. MacKenzie quickly opened the door both got inside, closed the door behind them and locked it.

''Let's go to my room,'' MacKenzie told her nicely. Rosalinda nodded and they both headed toward his room. Rosalinda layed down on his bed (she must've been exaughsted from all that running) and MacKenzie sat next to her.

''Now tell me, what's going on? And who's after you?'' he asked her. Once he asked her those two questions, she began to cry. It made MacKenzie's heart ripped in half. Rosalinda sat up and cried on his shoulder. MacKenzie's eyes widen. The most beautiful girl he has ever met was crying on his shoulder. MacKenzie put his arm around her and began to comfort her.

''Shhh, Rosalinda it's ok,'' he cooed. ''Just tell me what's going on'' he finished. He wiped her tears away with his thumbs and began to speak.

''I was about to be murdered,'' she admitted. MacKenzie gasped. She was about to be murdered? Who would murder such a sweet, innocent, caring girl like Rosalinda?

''Murdered? Who would want to murder you?'' I asked her. She shrugged her shoulders.

''Apparently...'' she trailed off. ''My uncle Jorge,'' she told him. That make MacKenzie very livid. Why would he want to kill his own niece?

''Why would he want to kill you?'' l asked her. She was starting to cry again. ''Oh no. Please, Rosalinda please don't cry,'' I begged her. She stopped crying a little bit. Thank goodness.

''MacKenzie, remember when I told you that you couldn't meet my family?'' she asked me. Funny, I was just about to ask her that also. So I just nodded. ''He...he...he killed my family,'' she choked out. My eyes went wide again.

''He killed your family? Why'd he do that?'' I asked starting to get furious.

''He was jealous of my father. Uncle Jorge wanted something, my father was in the way, and he got rid of him. Soon he got rid of my whole family. Everyone...except me,'' she explained.

I felt sorry for her. She was all alone, she had nowhere to go. ''So if your uncle's trying to kill you, where have you been staying?'' l asked her.

''I actually was staying with him...but that was before I found out he's the one that killed my family. When I was about to come see you, he said he wanted to talk to me real quick. Then I realized he had a gun behind his back so I began to run away. This was the only place I could go,'' she explained to MacKenzie.

''Well, Rosalinda you're welcome to stay here if you'd like,'' l informed her. This girl needs to be protected. I can't let get killed by her own relative.

She looked at me in shock. ''Really? You'd let me stay here, MacKenzie?'' she asked. She began to smile, my heart started to melt again.

I nodded and said, ''Absolutely.'' She smiled hugged me tightly. ''Sorry. I'm a hugger,'' she said blushing. I smiled at her and hugged her back.

''Thank you, MacKenzie. Thank you so much,'' she whispered.

''Any time, Rosalinda,'' I told her.

On the next MacKenzie Falls

MacKenzie starts falling hard for Rosalinda

''You doing ok Rosalinda?''

''Yeah, I'm doing ok. And you can call me 'Rose' if you want MacKenzie''

''All right, Rose.''

Rosalinda starts having feelings for MacKenzie

MacKenzie put both his hands over Rosalinda's so he'd help support her swing.

''Just swing back and then hit the ball, Rose.''

''All right MacKenzie.''

MacKenzie Falls