"C'mon, slow poke!" Megan laughed, towing Drake along behind her.

"Aw, but Megaaaaaaaan!" Drake whined, dragging his feet on the ground. "I don't want to go clothes shopping! That's sooooo girly!"

It was a quater past one on Sunday, and Megan was dragging Drake to the mall to do some shopping. She still wasn't sure how she was going to keep him from going to school the next day, but she was leaning towards a potion that'd make him have a fever. That didn't sound too harsh, right?

Megan mentally slapped herself. Why should she care how harsh that was? She hated the boy. With a passion. Soulmate, or no soulmate, she didn't give a damn about what happened to him. Tonight, after she got home, she was going to make the worst potion she could think of.

"Well, you need new clothes." she huffed, pretending that she was trying to make friends with him. "So, whether you like it or not, we're going."

"But, Megan. What if one of the guys see me-what if Keith sees me. He'll never let me live it down! Plus, I'll probably get beaten up at school tomorrow if someone catches me hanging out with you!"

Megan rolled her eyes, and tugged harder on his hand. Damn, did she really want to punch him, right now. "Raphae and Sid hang out with me all the time, and you don't see them getting beaten up."

"That's because it's obvious that Raphael likes Ria-I guess since they're going out that makes it pretty obvious, too. Hey, I just wondered, Raphael's a shapeshifter, right? So, does that mean that the two of them are soulmates? And what about Sid? Does he have a soulmate? I mean, all the girls in school are pretty much in love with him, but he doesn't seem interested in any of them." Drake started rambling. Megan could tell that he was nervous, but that didn't stop Megan because she didn't care... Right? Right.

"Yes, Raphael's a 'shifter and yes Ria's his soulmate." Megan stopped to consider Sid for a minute. Did he have a soulmate? He'd never mentioned one, but he had always kept things to himself ever since they were litttle and were wearing floaties while in a blow up kiddie pool. "Of course Sid has a soulmate, everyone does! I just don't know if he's found her, yet."

"Megan?"

"Yes...?"

"Did Ashlyn and Pierce fight before they-ya' know, fell in love?"

Megan stopped abruptly. They were in the middle of an abbandoned street, so it was safe to stop without someone glaring at them. "What brought this on?" she asked.

"I-I was talking to her the other day, and she said that they hated each other at first." his voice sounded almost depressed.

Well, of course. He'd been in love with the multi colored haired girl ever since the sixth grade. You don't just give up love that fast.

Megan felt tears spring to her eyes, and she let go of his hand, stepping away. "Yeah..." she whispered. "Yeah, they did." She didn't know why she was so upset. He wasn't anyone special, just another boy that had to fall at her feet.

"Hey, Megan. Are you okay?" Drake asked.

"I'm fine..." Megan's voice was hoarse, and she knew that she didn't sound fine.

"Are you sure?" Drake put a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't touch me!" Megan exploded, lurching herself away from him.

"Megz-"

"Just stay the hell away from me!" she cried, before setting out on a sprint towards Ria's house.

~NWNWNWNWNWNWNW

Drake didn't know why it hurt so much to see her running away. He'd been in shock, so by the time enough common sense came to him that he should actually follow her, she was already long gone.

He'd been surprised when she'd shown up on his doorstep yesterday, saying that she wanted to try to be friends. At first, he'd seemed a bit skeptic, but found himself being pulled into her girlish attitude. He could tell that she was actually having fun when they'd been playing with her Black Ops, and actually had cared to throw a hissy fit when she'd won. It didn't make sense-just the other day he had hated her, how come he'd felt the need to comfort her, earlier?

God, this soulmate thing was so damn frustrating!

"Now you see how I felt." a soft voice came from behind him.

Drake turned around to see Ashlyn step out of the shadows with Pierce Holt at her heels. As always it put a pang through Drake's heart to see the two of them together, but today it didn't seem as bad.

"How long have you been there?" he asked, more surprised than mad to see the blonde model.

"The whole time." Ashlyn murmured. "I grew suspitious when I saw what Ria had done with the school, so we've been following you two around all weekend."

"What do you mean?" Drake asked, more than a little confused. "What did Ria do to the school?"

Ashlyn held out her hand, and motioned for him to follow. "Come, we'll show you."