Chapter 2! Sorry about the slowish update. School has not been kind with the projects and homework recently! But I've spent some extra study hall time planning out the next few chapters. So I'm hoping that means some quicker updates. =)

Well, I really don't want to waste your time with my babbling. You probably just want to get to the story. And so, without me continuing on any further about random little update stuff, here's chapter 2! Enjoy!

Cathy's POV

"So Danny, what actually happened earlier with Wendy?" I asked a few minutes after we had left school. We were almost half way back to my house, and the topics of conversation had all been short-lived and not very exciting. Who cares about next Thursday's math test? I would much rather listen to stories about what was going on at school!

"Well, let's just say that things didn't work out like I had planned," Danny said, obviously trying to chose his words carefully. He was blushing slightly and I could tell that he was embarrassed to tell us the real story. If anything, Chris would hear about it later. But that was probably it. I've come to notice that guys don't like to admit their failings to girls, yet they'll tell other guys. Must be some pride thing.

"Yeah, we got that part. Now what exactly went wrong?" Sam asked. Danny's face got a little bit redder. I giggled. Sam always knew how to put someone who was already in an uncomfortable situation into an even more awkward situation. Sometimes, it was annoying. But other times, like now, it was funny.

"Umm… well… can we please not talk about this now?" Danny finally gave up trying. "I don't push you to tell me things!"

"Yes you do! What about that one time…"

"Not you! You don't count," Danny interrupted Chris before he could finish his sentence.

"Why doesn't he count?" Sam asked in the same voice as before. Wow, she was good at making these situations interesting!

"I'm done with this conversation!" Danny announced, covering his ears with his hands and closing his eyes.

"But Daniel, you haven't answered any of my questions," Sam said, her tone a sarcastic mimic of shock. Danny cut her off by simply babbling as loud as he could to drown her out. Sam kept trying to talk over him anyway.

"Come on, Danny! Can't you at least tell us what your initial plan was?" Sam asked playfully. "And then maybe you can add in what went wrong!"

"You two are ridiculous," Chris said, although he was smiling. I was just down right cracking up at this. Although it got annoying sometimes, Danny and Sam's fights could be pretty comical.

"I'M NOT LISTENING!" Danny cried, his hands still jammed over his ears. Sam didn't give up on him. Chris and I continued to laugh at them. Until I hit the uneven pavement.

Yes, I will admit it: I am not always the most observant person. And when I'm just casually laughing with my friends, I tend to be even less observant. So naturally, I didn't see the fairly big incline in the sidewalk. And as usual when you don't see something on the ground in front of you, you trip over it.

I had expected the fall. Right after my foot hit the raised pavement, I knew that I was going down. The world seemed to go into slow motion for a minute. I prepared myself for when I met that unforgiving sidewalk. Hopefully I wouldn't get banged up too bad. There was a school dance on Friday after all! I was braced for the fall. But I wasn't prepared for the arms to catch me.

Before I'd even come close to the sidewalk, two strong arms wrapped around my center and pulled me back. I didn't know whom they had belonged to. I knew they belonged to a boy, for they were pretty strong arms. Had Danny or Chris been able to catch me in time?

When the arms let go, I turned around and stared into a face I didn't know. I had been right about my hero being a boy. And this particular boy had olive skin, dark brown hair that was not too long but just long enough to rest above his gold hazel eyes, and thin lips that were curved into a friendly smile. Even though I hadn't even met the boy yet, I already liked him.

"Are you alright?" the boy asked.

"Yeah," I answered, too shy to say much more. I wonder how red my cheeks were right now. Here I was after just tripping out of nowhere and now I was talking to this cute boy I'd never met who had just happened to save me from the fall. I was betting that my face was close to the color of a fire truck.

"Good," the boy replied with a relieved smile. "I'm Max Kelly." The boy, er, Max extended his hand out to me. "And what's your name?"

"I'm Cathy Smith," I replied shyly, shaking his hand. I don't know if it's just me being all silly romantic, but I think our hands fit perfectly together. That wouldn't be a bad thing, would it? To have your hand fit perfectly in the hand of a hot guy?

"It's nice to meet you, Cathy," Max said, still smiling. I liked his smile. I could've stayed there just looking at Max's perfect smile, and the rest of his perfect face, for the rest of my life…

"Um, hello? Earth to Cathy and new guy," Danny's voice called me back to reality. I hadn't realized that the world around me had melted away when I saw Max. I wonder if that's what it feels like when you fall in love?

"Oh, uh… sorry guys," I said quickly, feeling the heat rising in my cheeks again. "This is Max."

"Hi," Max said with a wave.

"Max, these are my friends Sam, Chris, and Danny," I continued, pointing to each of my friends as I said their name. "Guys, Max just saved me from falling to the ground after I tripped on the uneven pavement."

"We know. We saw it all happen," Sam answered. She sounded a little bit excited. I wonder why.

"Are you new here, Max?" Chris asked, generally curious.

"Yes I am," Max replied. "We just moved in today, and I get to start school tomorrow. I'm going to Single Town Middle School."

"Hey! That's where we go!" I exclaimed with more excitement than I'd wanted to.

"Great! Then I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow," Max said, smiling again. "Maybe you could show me around or something?" Even though he'd been addressing all of us, I got the feeling that that comment was directed mostly towards me.

"We'd be happy to," Sam replied. I would have to thank her for that later. My tongue was too tied to say anything!

"Awesome. Thanks. I'll see you guys later," Max said, and with one last smile at me, he walked off down the street. I watched him for a few minutes. I don't know what it was, but I felt sort of… attached to Max. And I sort of liked it.

And thus the story goes on! I know I didn't mention anything about the letter. But it's coming. Don't worry.

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