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"Dude Talie's gonna fall in love with the Ryan dude!!!!" Eric shouted from Jace's fridge.

"Well, we'll have to wait and see. We should visit her before school starts in September," Jace said as he closed the door with Eric in the fridge.

"Owwww, can we finish our game?" Eric said rubbing his sides.

"Yeah, lets go," Jace said bolting up the stairs ....

Natalie POV: I woke up to find Jake and Alex over the milk in the kitchen/dining room area. I moaned as i pushed my fatigued body off the bunk and brushed my hair. "You guys do know its like 8 am and you're screaming at the top of your lungs right?" I said rubbing my eyes.

"sorry...." Jake and Alex both mumbled.

Since we had a interview at a local radio station before our concert, I quickly got ready for the day. If i didnt hurry up, i would get mauled by one of the Action Shots boys. I put on a pair of faded skinny jeans, my green SurfX team tshirt, and fastened my dog tag back on. I slipped on my green Vans and headed towards Alex for some good childish playing with Alex, all of us older kids got bored and started our own game of Truth or Dare. It was my turn, and I picked to do a dare. Bad idea. Jakee ended up picking my dare.

"Ok, Natalie... your dare is to kiss Ryan! On the lips!!" Jake said as he shot out of his seat. I felt both me and Ryan's bodies freeze up.

"um, ok... u ready i guess?" I said turing to Ryan.

"sure," he said as he started to lean in. We finally made contact . I thought it would be awkward, but it was far from it. IT was really nice. After a full minute, we both pulled away.

"Well, that was gross to watch," Jake said. Both Ryan and I walked over to Joe. I kicked him in the shin and Ryan slapped him on the head.

"owwwiiiieeee..... Keith! Ryan and Natalie hurt me!" Jake said. As soon as Jake said that, Keith got up and left the room. I couldn't stop laughing! After laughing hysterically, I went to go sit with Alex, who was playing with his new computer game.

"Heyy Alex," I said as i sat myself down.

"Hi Natalie, are you Ryan's girlfriend?"

"Uhhhh no, why?"

"I just saw you guys kissing," He said finally looking up from the computer. I got up and walked over to Ryan, who was on my bunk playing my guitar.

"Hey your little bro thinks we're dating," I said as i nudged him to scoot over.

"Whoa, thats interesting," Ryan said strumming a few chords. I totally started laughing. I didn't know what it was, something Ryan always made me laugh/smile. As soon as i started laughing, Ryan joined in. We just sat there laughing about it and looking at each other.

"We are here!! Everyone Out!!!!" Jake yelled running through the little hallway. We all filed out. To me, it probably looked like a mommy and daddy duck with their ducklings behind them. the boys went in first after the introductions, and i automatically planted my butt on the couch. Ryan waved to me to tell me i could come inside, so i quickly got up and went in.

"And we're back with Local Vibe 08, and this is Dean Ray. I have Action Shots and miss Natalie Merche on with us today for a short interview. So Natalie, what's it like in the music world for you?" Dean said.

"well, i havent experienced alot yet, so its pretty calm right now. These guys are very supportive and are like my best friends," I said into the tiny mic that was positioned on the sound system.

"So boys, what's it like having Natalie on your tourbus?" Dean then asked.

"well, it helps keep Jake in line. She's also very eager to help out and is an expert dealing with Jake," Keith said. Everyone laughed.

"Well, thats about it for today, but we'll be back tomorrow afternoon! This has been Local Vibe 08." Dean said. "Sorry for such a short interview, the station owners are really strict about time slots."

"That's fine. well, it was nice to meet you," Mr. Smith said before he herded all of us out of the building. We were about to get back into the bus until Ryan pulled me back.

"Listen, since i get no privacy , can we talk on IM later? like in 15 minutes?"

"Sure," I said climbing up the stairs into the bus.

For the next 15 minutes, Keith helped me hook up my computer better to the Internet. I finally signed on.

RyanS123: FINALLY!
SurfWaves8: it was only 15 minutes
RyanS123: Ik, but i really needed to talk to you.
SurfWaves8: ok, so whats up?
RyanS123: Well you know our kiss? the one for Truth/Dare???
SurfWaves8: Yeahhhhh
RyanS123: I was thinking about it and wanted to know if maybe you wanted to go out with me sometime, like the two of us.

After that IM i signed off, kuz i wanted to tell him in person. I walked over to him on his bunk. I could tell he thought i said no.

"Heyy," I said.

"Hey Natalie, Natalie!" Ryan said surprised.

"Just to let you know, its a yes," I said beaming with all the happy energy in the world.

"Really? AWESOME!" Ryan said as he pulled me into a hug. That was probably the best hug in the world right there...