Shit. I'd forgotten about him. I made my way over there. "Hi Ad," I said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into a hug and I responded by melting into him, breathing in his Hollister cologne. I loved the way he smelled. There was something about Adam that just made me feel… special. We were kind of like Robbie and Georgia from 'Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging'. He was that guy that everyone wanted and I was just the girl who could only dream about having a boyfriend. We started out in the same gym class, he thought I was kind of strange, but I guess I grew on him.

"I heard Liam was here, finally," He said peering around the corner. Sam was probably to blame for his sudden arrival, not that I minded. I was starting to feel guilty about fawning over Liam's attractiveness. I had this amazing boyfriend, whom I was so lucky to call mine, and I'd spent basically the entire day practically drooling at my exchange student, who had the makings of a pop star. Can you say 'dilemma'? "Well, aren't you going to introduce me?" Adam asked, interrupting my thoughts.

"Yeah," I took his hand and pulled him into the kitchen. "Liam, Adam, Adam Liam," I said pointing from one to the other.

"Hello, Adam. Do you live here too?" Liam asked.

"Naw, I just come by a lot to hang out with Melly," He said, snaking his arm around my waist and pulling me close to his side.

"Oh, I see," Liam laughed, turning his attention back to his nearly empty plate of Asian food. We'd been at the table for all of ten minutes, and he was already finished. What a little piggy.

"Scarfed that down fast enough, Liam?" I asked, motioning towards the dish and giggling a bit.

"Oh," He chuckled, "yeah… I guess I really was hungry after all. Can I have some more?" He sounded like he'd just come out of Oliver Twist or whatever that book is where the orphan boy says 'please sir, can I have some 'ore'.

"Yeah, sure," I walked over to the stove and brought Liam the pan of mabu tofu.

"Can I really have the whole thing?" He asked eagerly, eyes open wide.

"If you really want to, but we wont have any for lunch tomorrow if you do."

"NO, LIAM! DON'T EAT IT!" Silas yelled, trying to pull the pan away from Liam, who kept a firm grip on the handle.

"Why ever not?" He asked, confused.

"She's probably poisoned it!"

"That's enough Silas!" Mum scolded, "Liam, hun, it's not poisoned. But you should save some for later."

"I know it wasn't poisoned!" He said sarcastically, "But I really wasn't going to eat much more."

I could feel Adam's warm hands on my shoulders and I went completely jelloid inside. It had been like this since second semester of freshman year.

"Mum, can I walk Adam home?" I asked, pleading with my eyes.

"Ask your father."

"Daddy, can I—"

"No." Of course. There would be no fun for Melanie today.

"Can he stay for a bit then?" I turned back to my mom.

"No, it's alright, really. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Adam ruffled my hair and turned to leave. I followed him to the door.

"Bye…" I sighed loudly, pouting a little bit. My eyes met Adam's gorgeous blue-green ones. His face softened.

"Hey, you and I, we're going out tomorrow. It will be a lovely Sunday in the park, sound good?" He asked, pulling me close.

"Mhm," my voice was muffled by his lacrosse team jacket that I was burying my face into. Why did he have to smell so damn good? It doesn't make sense. It's like… superhuman. His cologne made me want to rip his shirt off and run my fingers though his brown hair, placing kisses all over him, wherever I pleased. But, of course, I couldn't let my horny teenage mind control my actions, so I settled for staring intently into his mesmerizing eyes that never failed to give me butterflies. He responded by bringing his forehead down to mine. "I'll see you tomorrow then," I said.

"Yeah, tomorrow." I felt his soft lips brush against mine and he spoke. I pressed my mouth against his. "I'll come by around eleven," He told me once we parted.

"Can't wait," I'm pretty sure my smile was bigger than the state of Texas. I shut the door behind Adam after he left and returned to the kitchen, where Sam and Liam were deep in conversation.