Tyson drove home after the dance was over. I quickly kissed him goodnight, and ran to the door. I was really close to breaking curfew. I slipped inside the house, shutting the door quietly behind me. I was hoping that my parents wouldn't be up, but of course they both were waiting up on me.

"Hi." My mom said from the living room, making me jump 10 feet.

"Um hey." I said looking up to see both my parents sitting there, my dad sitting in front of the window. Thanks for the trust guys…

"Who was that? Who drove you home?" My dad questioned "I thought Scarlett was driving you."

"Yes well, it's a long story. But I have a feeling you won't be seeing much of Scarlett anymore." I said thinking back to the fight between Scarlett and Angelina which I was sure was still going on. Angelina had walked home, her house was only a couple blocks away. Also I was avoiding the first question that I wasn't sure I knew how to answer. Should I tell them about me and Tyson?

"Who drove you home then Sophie?" my dad asked again, clearly not letting me get away with this one.

"My… my friend… Tyson." I said sitting down next to my dad.

"Tyson Guthrie?" My mom asked, a strange look on her face.

"Yep. You remember… he was my tutor for math. He was at the dance, and I didn't have a ride so he offered me one."

They looked at me suspiciously. Eventually my mom nodded.

"Well, that was very nice of him. I hope you remembered to thank him." My mom said calmly
"I did." I said with a smile.

"So did you have a terrible time?" My dad asked a smile on his face.

"Of course." I lied, smiling back. "It was the worst night ever!"

My dad stood up, and kissed the top of my head. "Sounds like a Degrassi dance to me."

Then without saying goodnight, he went back to his office room. He must be working on a new book.

"Well I better get to bed, it's been a long night." I said.

"Goodnight sweetheart." My mom said softly.

I stopped at the door, and turned around. I needed to talk to someone about Tyson, and it was killing me not to tell my mom. She would understand, it's not like she had any reasons not to like Tyson right?

"Mom,"

"Yes?"

"It's… it's about Tyson Guthrie."

My mom looked up at me, startled by the name. "What about him?"

The look on her face made me chicken out. I had never had a real boyfriend before, so I wasn't sure how my parents would take this. Besides I wasn't even sure what was going on between Tyson and I. I just assumed we were official. I figured it would be better to bring him home for dinner some night in the future. Now wasn't the time.

I shrugged. "Never mind. Goodnight." And then I headed up the steps to my room.

The weekend went by fast, and before I knew it, it was Monday. As usual, I woke up late. Surprised that my mother wasn't constantly screaming at me I took my time. I finally stumbled down the steps, to find my mother had left without me. I found my dad in his office.

"Dad…" I said quietly. My dad didn't like to be interrupted when he was writing.

"Yes Soph?" He answered not even looking up.

"Mom left without me. Will you drive me to school?"

"I can't Sophie… I'm at the climax! You're just going to have to either walk, or skip today."

Normally I would have happily taken a chance to skip. But today was different.

"Dad, I can't walk I'll be an hour late!"

My dad sighed, clearly annoyed by my presence.

"Take my car then."
"What?" I asked completely shocked.

"I trust you Soph, and you have your license. It's about time you drove yourself to school."

"But… but…"

"Now get to school before I change my mind."

I smiled. "Thanks dad!" I ran out to the kitchen grabbed his keys, and my backpack, and ran for the car.

When I got to school I started for the steps, where Angelina and Luke were waiting for me. I was halfway there when I heard a familiar voice call out my name. I turned to see Tyson waving at me to come over. My stomach flipped as I smiled back. I quickly walked over to him, he was alone thank god.

"Hey." He said

"Hey." I replied.

"So I see you're driving now."

"Uh huh. My dad let me drive his car this morning because my mom left without me."

"So hitting the snooze button too many times can be helpful."

"I guess so."

"Well, remind me to stop driving places." Tyson said with a smirk.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked playfully.

"Well it could be kind of dangerous. I mean with you on the roads and everything… so I guess I should start walking. No wait… that might not work either. You know being a pedestrian and all, it's easy to get hit. I guess I'll just have to start staying home then."

"Well it's going to be awfully hard to be my boyfriend if you won't come out of your house." It wasn't until I was finished my sentence did I realize what I had just said. There was nothing to confirm me and Tyson were official, boyfriend, girlfriend. I felt my face become red, and my thoughts raced trying to think of a way to fix my mistake. I looked up at Tyson, to my surprise he was smiling at me.

"Right well, I guess I'll just have to take a chance then." He said.

I beamed, and just then the bell rang. I turned expecting Tyson to walk towards the doors, to his actual friends. Instead he stood beside me looking at me expectantly.

"Well…?"

"What, we're walking in together?"

"Of course. Sophie, please tell me you're not still on this I care to much what everyone thinks thing."
"I'm not… it's just I don't know. I guess I'm just not sure what we are."

Tyson rolled his eyes, and then put an arm around me.

"You are my girlfriend Sophie." He said "And I want everyone to know."

And then we were walking, his arm around me tight. Ignoring stares from bystanders. I wondered if this was some strange dream and in a couple minutes my alarm would go off and wake me up. Ruining this perfect moment. But it didn't. Tyson walked me to every class that day, he held my books, and the door for me. As we passed there were whispers, and everyone was staring, but Tyson didn't seem to care so neither did I.

I had forgotten all about my old life, until that night when I got a phone call. When the phone rang, I didn't even look to see who it was, I just expected Tyson. I cleared my throat before answering.

"Hey." I said my voice not sounding as good as I had wanted.

"Hey Sophie." Angelina sounded annoyed, and then I realized I had completely ditched her that morning, after her fight with Scarlett and everything. I had left her alone.

"Angelina!"

"Surprised?"

"A bit, I thought you were…"
"Tyson?"

"Well…" I said not sure what else to say.

"So were you ever planning to tell me?"

"Tell you what?"

"About you and Tyson and your secret love."
"We aren't in love Ange."

"Really? Cause that's sure not what it looks like. Everyone is talking about it, and you know who I had to hear it from? I had to hear it from Miranda Barnes! MIRANDA BARNES! Do you know how embarrassing it was to find out that my best friend was dating the most popular guy in school from her?"

Oh god, I had completely forgotten about Angelina. Surely she had realized at the dance that something was going on. But it hadn't just started then, it had started a while ago and I had never told her. She was my best friend, and just like she hadn't told me about her feelings for Steven, I hadn't told her about my feelings for Tyson. Some best friends we were. But to tell the truth I didn't feel as close to Angelina as I used to. And now that I think about it our friendship had been slipping for a while, I just hadn't noticed it.

"Angelina, I'm sorry." I said softly but she didn't seem to hear me.

"And then this morning I wait for you in our spot, and you see me and walk away. You completely blew me off for him Sophie!"
"I know…"

"You left me standing there alone Sophie! It would have been nice to have my best friend beside me, when the man I love walked past me with Scarlett on his arm. It would have been nice to have my best friend next to me when Scarlett called me a bitch in Chemistry this morning. But no, my best friend was too busy with her new shiny boyfriend." Every time she said Scarlett's name she spat it out like it was the most disgusting thing she had ever said.

"She called you a bitch?" I asked shocked.

"Yes. And you didn't even care." I hear her voice break a bit at the end of her sentence. Then a few sniffs. I felt so guilty it was unbearable.

"I'm so sorry Angelina. But I really didn't leave you alone, I mean you had Luke." I said still feeling the need to defend myself.

"Of yeah cause he's so much help! One word Luke Daniels! He can't even stand up for himself, let alone me!" Angelina snapped.

"Well you know I'm not going to be there to defend you forever Angelina. I have my own life now, big deal. Why can't you just be happy for me?" I was feeling less and less guilty as Angelina's judgey personality started to show.

"Why can't you, for once, think of someone other than yourself? Boo hoo, I'm Sophie Goldsworthy and my life sucks because no one likes me. So I'm going to be a fake emo to make people feel sorry for me. And then when I get a life I'll just ditch my old friends that actually care about me." She was trying to sound like me but was failing. I ignored this however.

"Tyson does care about me, unlike you."

"No Sophie, I care about you and Tyson doesn't. I mean really why would a boy like him go for you? It has to be some kind of bet or dare or something. Really Sophie face reality he has to be using you!"

"Is it that hard to believe that he could like me?" I said my voice sharp. Angelina was only saying this to hurt me. Tyson did care about me, he had proved it more than once. But he did want us to be overly public could it be that it was all a show? A good laugh for him and his football buddies?

"Yes, actually. Come on Sophie, get real."

"Why don't you get real Angelina? You are just pissed because I have a boyfriend and you don't."

"Go to hell!" She cried

"I'll see you there!" I snapped back. It was just instinct to fight back. I didn't mean it.

"You, Sophie Goldsworthy are the coldest bitch I have ever had the misfortune of meeting."

"Right back at ya." I said hanging up the phone before she could. So that was it, Angelina and I were no longer friends. Our friendship was a thing of the past. Who cares I thought. I'm better off without her. But I wasn't and I knew it. I had no other friends to run to, and if Tyson was playing me… then what would I do? My phone started to ring again, I looked down to see Tyson's name on the caller ID. I ignored the call, and turned off my phone. And then I buried my face in my pillows and cried myself to sleep.

I woke up the next morning feeling like crap. I woke up late, surprise, surprise. So my dad let me use his car again. I drove to school slowly, wishing my dad would have given me the option to skip this morning instead of yesterday. As I walked up towards the steps, I saw Tyson again waiting for me, and Angelina standing with Luke in the same place she had been yesterday. Only today when I walked up, she gave me a glare, then turned and pretended I wasn't alive. I sighed and then walked over to Tyson.

When Tyson saw me he waved. And I couldn't help but smile back. So what if he was just messing with me? I would enjoy this while it lasted.

"Hey." He greeted me, and then kissed me.

That kissed proved it to me. This wasn't a bet, and it wasn't pretend. What Tyson and I had was real.

"Hey." I said after I had reluctantly pulled away from him.

"Fall asleep early last night?"

"Uh yeah…" I answered, flinching as I thought about last night's phone conversation.

"Well I called you because I wanted to ask you something important. I was thinking…" He started sounding unsure of how to say whatever was coming next.

"What?" I asked

"Well… maybe I should meet your parents or whatever. You know introduce myself, make a good impression and all that. And my mom is dying to meet you! Apparently she knows your mom, and she just thinks she's the best."
"My mom…?" I questioned.

"Yeah, they knew each other in high school or something." He said with a shrug. "Hey, ya know my dad's coming over this weekend. You could probably meet him too. I mean, you're bound to meet him eventually might as well get it over with. I just want to tell you now though I'm nothing like him, and I never will be."

I could see a side of him I had never seen before as he said this. His eyes flared with anger. And I remembered that day in the Dot when he had first told me about his dad.

I sighed taking his hand. As soon as I touched him he seemed to calm down.

"Sorry." He whispered.

"It's alright." I said softly.

"So what do you say? Can I meet your folks?" He said snapping back to his usual self.

I thought about it for a moment. And then I realized Tyson was right, it was bound to happen eventually, why not do it know. Why not just rip it off like a band aid?

I smiled at him "Sure. Come over tomorrow night. I'm sure they'll love you."

As I said this I had no clue what awaited us and how wrong I had been.

AN: Alright I hope you liked it! I'm sorry it took so long to post, my life has become super hectic! So I'll probably be posting every 2 weeks or so now… Next time its meet the parents! And I am so excited to write it! Thanks for readin!