"I can't believe he's back!"

"Yeah, I know. If I had a accident because of my ex I'd totally not be here for like the rest of the semester!"

Nate shakes his head at the cheerleaders talking.

Girls sure can talk a lot.

Nate makes his way to his locker and opens it quickly. It's been a couple weeks since the accident, but he still can't shake the whole musicals-in-the-head thing. He laughs to himself. Nowadays, he sort of predicts when they are coming. Fortunately, no musical at this moment. He sees Caitlyn walking down the hallway with Mitchie and he stares at her. Sure, it's only been a couple of weeks, but it's still hard to believe (for him anyways) that she actually called him her boyfriend. He turns away quickly to avoid her seeing him drool all over her. Nate sighs and takes out a notebook and two books. Mentally, he goes through the classes he has with Caitlyn.

First: with Caitlyn, Second: Without Caitlyn Third: With Caitlyn, Fourth: Without Caitlyn.

Nate groans inwardly. It's not like he doesn't want to see her. Actually, that's exactly what it is. He doesn't want to see her, think about her, love her. Nate slams his locker, trying to get his mind off of Caitlyn. Unfortunately, Sarah walks up to him.

"Hey Nate. How's the head?"

He turns around slowly and says, "uhm.. good."

Nate suddenly feels a musical approaching and attempts to run away.

"Listen I've got to-"

The music starts playing and Sarah starts dancing.. and singing.

Sarah moves closer to Nate.

"I want you to want me, I need you to need me, I'd love you to love me, I'm beggin you to beg me.." she sings loudly and definitely not in tune whatsoever.

Nate flinches noticeably while trying to escape from Sarah's singing. Sarah pushes him against the locker, very forcefully. Nate gulps in both fear and surprise. Sarah's left arm is on Nate's right side, and her right arm is on Nate's left side.

"I want you to want me, I need you to need me, I'd love you to love me, I'm beggin' you to beg me.." Sarah sings again.

Sarah leans in to kiss him, but Nate ducks under her arms. Surprised he managed to get out so fast, Nate stands there for a minute. The music cuts off abruptly.

"So.. what'd you say?" Sarah says while smacking away on her gum.

Nate looks at her confused and says, "What do I say about.. what?"

Sarah rolls her eyes and says, "My gosh, boys never listen! I asked you if you wanted to take me to the winter dance this Friday."

Nate gulps, imagining all the possible outcomes of him saying no. Wait.. He stops himself.. Why should he say no? it's not like he'll be taking Caitlyn.

"Sure, Sarah. I'd love to." Nate says immediately.

Sarah smiles at him and kisses him on the cheek.

"Okay! Pick me up at seven; I don't want to get there late. I'll call you with all the details. See you in Chem!"

All of a sudden, she's gone. Nate sighs in relief and makes his way towards his first period class.

--- First Period..

Nate pov

Could this block get any longer? Gah. I just want to get out of here, so I won't feel Caitlyn's eyes on the back of my head. When Caitlyn and me first started going out, I requested to be moved over by her. I now sit in front of my ex and my older brother's ex. Joy to the world. I'm just glad I've got a date for the dance instead of watching Caitlyn dance her little heart out with some other guy, while I stand there feeling like a loser. I feel someone poke my shoulder. I turn around towards Caitlyn. She hands me a note. Confused, I turn around and open it. Its only days until Christmas break. We're not even doing anything in here anymore, so I open it out on my desk.

Taking anyone to the dance?

-Shane

I laugh quietly to myself and write a response with my pencil. I fold it and toss it to Shane. He catches it and opens it up. I try to concentrate on the movie, but all I can really feel is guilt. Can you believe it? Me. Guilt. After everything Caitlyn's put me through, I'm the one feeling guilty. I've been sitting here for the past half hour contemplating if I should have said yes to Sarah. Sighing, I try to rid my guilt by watching Shrek 2. It doesn't work. I feel something hit me in the back of my head. I turn to face Shane, who is in hysterical laughter, and look on the ground. I pick up the folded note and open it on my desk.

You are? Who? Dude, Don't tell me its Sarah.

I turn towards Shane and I nod. His mouth opens and closes for a few minutes. He reminds me of a fish. I try to imagine Shane as a fish..

"Nate, Shane, come see your grade." The teacher (I don't know her name!)

We both get up and make our way towards her desk.

"Nate, you have a 98 and you can exempt this final."

"Thanks." I say and stand behind Shane.

"Shane, you have a 89 and you can't exempt this class."

Shane gets all worked up. I muffle my laughter by heading back to my seat and pretending I have to cough. I hear Caitlyn and Mitchie whispering behind me.

"Yeah. He asked me but I don't know if I'll say yes." Mitchie whispers.

"You should. Shane is acting like a jerk and he knows that the accident wasn't your fault." Caitlyn whispers back.

"Yeah, but I still love Shane. It would be unfair for me to do that to Jack, right?"

"I guess. I don't know. I've had several guys ask me. I don't know what I'm going to do."

I get angry. Fast. What the crap? Doesn't everyone know that she's mine?

Well, I guess not since I dumped her!

"Crap." I mutter to myself.

Now, I'm stuck with going to the dance with a psycho. Joy. How on earth did I manage to get myself into all this.. drama? I groan inwardly and hit my head on my desk repeatedly, trying to rid the guilt and heartache.

AN: Good? Bad? Hopefully good. :] Please review! I'm thinking about writing the next chapter tonight and possibly posting it tonight for the holidays. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays :]