So here is the big moment everyone was waiting for… well I don't know if EVERYONE was waiting for it… but I have! This was the first scene I ever wrote for this fic, and to tell you, I'm VERY proud of it.

OH and there is a few cuss words in this chapter

"Not As We" - Alanis Morissette

"No, no, no. Seriously?" Hayley said out loud. Her mood improved as she mingled with her family members, "You're kidding right?"

Sterling watched as she talked to her aunt Anita. It was the middle of the mini-Bainbridge reunion and Sterling felt almost out of place. He had been introduced to her family an hour earlier when they first arrived, and her had a few fans among her younger cousins. But as he watched her mingle with her family, he couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking.

"Hi Sterling." a kid appeared next to him, she had to be roughly 10 or 11, "I'm Kassidy." She smiled a big smile, her pigtails wiggled. "I'm a big fan."

"Well that's awesome Kass."

She gasped, "How did you know my nickname?"

"Just a lucky guess."

She quickly wrapped her little arms around him in a hug, "You are just awesome, that's why I love you." And before he knew it, she was up and disappeared into the mass of people.

Sterling got up and walked over to Anita and Hayley, "Hey you two, Anita, is it alright if I steal Hayley here for a moment?"

Anita smiled, "Yeah, go right ahead."

"What's up Ster?" Hayley asked as they headed towards the backdoor.

"I just want to talk with you," he put his arm around her shoulders.

She nodded as they proceeded out the door, They walked til they were almost to the back fence.

"So you might think I'm crazy or something, but I'm just putting this out there cause it's been in the back of my mind for the longest time… but I really don't like the thought of you and David together." He stated, surprised by the look on her face.

"So, you brought me out here to talk about my boyfriend?"

"It's just that, well, you two have been going out for 2 and a half months now, and it's just been a shit-storm between you two." He explained

"Sterling, he can change."

"No, no he won't, I've known David for over 5 years and he is possibly the biggest ladies' man Disney has ever hired." He stated, realizing his real reason for talking to her, "and I didn't bring you out here just to talk about David."

"Then why did you bring me out here?" She said as she put her hands on her hips, "Cause you've seemed to bring my mood right back down again."

"We've been hanging out together for a while, and we've spent these last few weeks together, and I really don't want to ruin our friendship…" He looked at her as she slowly tilted her head to the side. "… I think I'm in love with you." Hayley's face dropped. "I love you. Not maybe, not tomorrow, not someday. Right now, at this very moment. I realized something, I need you, I trust you, I admire you, I want you, and you can be wrong a lot of the time, and we have our little fight and have moments where we get mad at each other… but nothing in this world can change the fact that I love you."

She looked down and ran her fingers through her hair, "Sterling, I…" she was literally speechless. She racked her brain for the right words to say, but none were finding their way to her thoughts. She bit her lip and opened her mouth, but the only word the come out was: "Fuck."

"Hales, I'm sorry, I-" He thought for a moment, "The first time I saw you, there was something about you that just spoke to me."

He put his hand on her shoulder, but she just pushed him away. "Sterling, I need to think about this." she said as she sprinted back towards the house, leaving Sterling standing there.

Hayley didn't know it, but Cori had been watching from the kitchen window. She came running to Hayley, who had tears forming in her eyes. "You okay Hales? What did he do?"

"It's nothing Cori, I just… I need some time to think." She hugged her best friend as she went back into the mass of family

Cori on the other hand went running out to Sterling, "What the fuck did you do to her?"

"Cori, don't even start, this isn't your battle."

"This isn't my battle?" She scoffed folding her arms, "That is my best friend, I've known her A LOT longer than you have, and I want to know what the fuck you said to her."

"Fine!" he said rather loudly, throwing his arms in the air, "You want to know what I said? I told her that I loved her!"

Cori's jaw dropped

"I told her that I loved her." he repeated softer, "and all she could say was that she needed to think about it."

Cori quickly threw her arms around him, he gasped at the sudden change in her demeanor. She quickly whispered, "I knew something was going on between you two"

"Cori, that's the thing. NOTHING is going on between us. We're just friends."

"You are wrong, you do have something between you… and you just said it." She said as she backed away, "friends. You two are friends. And THAT'S where relationships blossom."

Ooooooo, Cori, You go girl, BE THAT VOICE OF REASON!

Anyhoo… read & review?