Adam's POV:

'Ring, Ring, Ring!!' My alarm clock ran as I sat up straight, stretched, and yawned. It was exactly 8:00AM and it was time for all the contestants to get downstairs and discuss group week. Kris was still asleep, so I gave him a few nudges.

"Just five more minutes Katy!" He said thinking I was his wife. I giggled a little and tried again.
"Kris, wakey, wakey! Time to get our butts downstairs and meet up with the girls." I said in a soothing voice.
"But, I told you before that I don't like to hang out with all your friends. I'm a guy; I don't talk about girly stuff." He said in his drowsy voice still thinking I was Katy. I soon got sick of this.
"WAKE UP MAN!!" I yelled in his ear which caused him to fall off his bed. That caused me to laugh like hell!
"What? Who? Where? Why? Huh?" He said sounding really confused.
"It's time to get up!" I said still laughing really hard.
"So you yell in my ear?!" He said getting angry, "Don't you think you could have, well I don't know, gave me a few nudges before yelling like that?!"
"Well I tried that but you wouldn't budge, instead you thought I was Katy and started talking about how you said you weren't going to go out with her and her friends anymore." I said finally calming down from all that laughter.
"Oh, well my bad. You won't tell anyone that I used to have to hang out with a bunch of girls that trailed on about makeup will you?" He begged.
"Don't worry. I mean usually I would, but I owe you two for promising that you won't tell anyone about those two secrets of mine." I said with a little giggle.
"Thanks man, now let's get ready. We are going to be late; it's almost 8:30."
I looked at my watch and nodded as I got up and headed to the bathroom. By the time me and Kris both took showers, and got dressed, it was about 9:30. That was goo since we had to be down by 10:00. So we had 30 extra minutes to go downstairs and find seats.

Jade's POV:

'Ring, Ring, Ring!' My alarm clock rang as me and Allison got off of our beds.

"Remind me again why we have to wake up this early?" Allison said still very tired.
"I don't know. Don't make me think right now. I'm too tired!" I said reaching for the toothpaste.
"Ditto!" She said with her toothbrush in her mouth.
"Well, now if you excuse me, I have to take a bath." I dragged her out of the door and then locked it.
"Oh, well, ok. Hurry up I've got to take one too." She said. After about ten seconds, Allison finally caught on.
"Wait a minute! Jade let me in! I didn't spit out my toothpaste!"
"Took you long enough!" I yelled from the inside and then opened the door to let her in. As soon as Allison finished using the bathroom, I dragged her out a second time and then took my shower. And after a few minutes Allison couldn't help but ask me a question.
"Hey Jade?" She said making sure I could hear her.
"Ya Alli?" I replied.
"Remember, yesterday, when I asked you," she said nervously which was something I never expected from a perky 16 year old like her.
"Ya, I know. I like Adam, can we just not talk about that a lot?"
"Well that's not what I was going to ask you…" she said still in her nervous voice as I finished changing and opened the bathroom door and faced her.
"What is it then?" I said confused. I made my way to the hair dryer and turned it on.
"Well, when you finally admit it, you said: One thing for sure, I'm not going to date him. And when I asked you why, you said: well, that's not important. I want to know why you won't, you really like him, and I think he likes you back."
When she said this I froze, turned off the hairdryer, and looked down at my feet. I felt awkward and didn't really want to share the true answer.
"Well that's a little… Private… I'd rather not share…"
"Oh, well that's ok." She said disappointed. After that it got a little awkward.
"Well, I'm going to go take a shower now. Okay?" She said still obviously feeling awkward.
"Ya, okay…" I said. I really didn't like keeping things from Allison. It felt really bad, but that was something really private and I didn't really feel comfortable sharing it.

When we finished, we left the room and throughout the whole walk, it was very quiet. Not like the usual. Usually we would talk none stop about random things, but instead we were quite. Things only got more awkward when we met up with Adam and Kris on our way to the breakfast area.

Adam's POV:

After me and Kris finished getting ready, we headed to the breakfast area, and about half way there, we saw Jade and Allison. At least we think it was them…

"Hey, Adam, look. There are the girls!" he whispered to me.
"Are you sure that's them? I mean look at them." I paused so Kris could take a look at those girls.
"Now that I think about it, they might not be them…" he said confused.
"See, I mean usually they would be laughing and talking. You know, they would be loud!" I said also confused.
"Well I guess there's only one way to find out!" He said looking at me, thinking I would know which I did.
"JADE, ALLISON!!" I yelled and was surprised when the two girls turned around and waved 'Hi'. And just a wave, not even a simple word came out of their mouths!
"You think there okay?" Kris whispered as we walked towards them.
"Don't know, let's just make sure." I whispered back.
"Well whatever you do, don't sound too eager, or rude, or like you already know something's wrong, got it!" He said and I nodded a little afraid.

"Hello ladies!" Kris said and gave a little bow to try and make them laugh, but he failed.
"Hey guys." Jade said slowly. That voice was so sad, and I can't hear it again. I had to do something.
"Ok guys, what's wrong?" I said and Kris quickly gave me, the 'Look'.
"Nothing, what makes you think that?" Allison said really fast and kind of nervous. Kris and I looked at her suspiciously, but when I saw Jade look at her, she kind of had a worried look on her face.
"Well whatever is wrong, you guys should forget it and focus on today. Its group week remember? We need all the positive energy you guys have to help us make it through this." Kris said. His voice, for some reason, got all of us to listen to his advice and focus.

Jade's POV:

We all made our way to the breakfast area and got our food. We found a table and sat down waiting for the attendance person to call out our names. It was very quiet at the table we were sitting at. No one was talking. I could tell Allison was new to this whole quiet thing. She kept on hitting her fork on her plate just to keep some noise in the area. Obviously Adam didn't like it either so he was the first to speak up.

"So," he paused as soon as we all looked at him, "group week. Can't wait to see what that will feel like."
"Ya, I guess. Hopefully it will be fun and nothing like it is on T.V" Allison said to keep the conversation going, but failed. After those few words there was again silence. Until a, umm, 'Friend' of ours came over to talk.

"Hey guys!" Katrina said putting her hand on both, Kris and Adams shoulders, which sort of got me angry.
"Hey Katrina…" I said in a snobby voice.
"Oh I'm sorry, I said 'Hey GUYS' not girls." She said. I rolled my eyes and noticed Allison was angry like me and when she tried to stand up and show Katrina who she is messing with, I pulled her down. I really wanted her to show her up, but I don't want Allison to get in trouble.
"What do you want?" Adam asked her. I was glad that he hated her.
"What I want is to give you one more chance to be in my group, and since I know you'll say yes," She said and then looked at Allison and me, "I think you two are going to have to get off my spot and find new partners." She said with a smug look on her face. I noticed Adam look straight at me, and he looked like he felt really bad. I could tell by the look on his face he wanted me to know that he was sorry. This girl really had to go now or else I might just let Allison beat her up.
"*cough* Bitch *cough*" I said and Allison gave me a little Hi-Five under the table so no one could see.
"Did you say something?" she said knowing that I did.
"Actually I did," I said finally standing up for us girls in a non-violent way, "I said Bitch, now leave Adam and Kris alone! Can't you go one day without hitting on cute boys?! Why don't you just go and smack one on Ryan?!" I looked over at Adam and saw him slowly smiling at me. He looked kind of impressed! That made me blush a lot, and I think he might have noticed.
"Auhh!" Katrina said looking angry, and left the room like the snobby bitch she is. I suddenly heard applause from almost everyone in the room. I just stood up to one of the most annoying, obnoxious, and selfish people in this whole room!

After that moment, we all suddenly became our goofy selves again. We wouldn't even stop talking! But that all stopped when we were all asked to leave the room and start rehearsing for group week.

"We should do this song!" Adam yelled when we finished looking at our song choices.
"I agree with Adam," I said, "Some Kind Of Wonderful is a great song!"
"Well then let's do it!" Allison said.
"Ok, then we'll start rehearsing tomorrow!" Kris said and we all confirmed.

Adam's POV:

After that day, I couldn't help but think about what Jade did during breakfast. It was about 9:30 PM and we had all gone up to our rooms to get some sleep. As soon as I got onto my bed, I lay down on it and said; "Wow…" That made Kris a little confused.
"Wow what?" He said sitting on his bed.
"Did you see how Jade stood up for us at breakfast? It was amazing! I bet no one else in that room would do that and actually win!"
"Ya I guess that was pretty cool of her." He replied smiling.
"Try awesome!" I said and took a deep breath.
"Did you notice it too?" he asked and that got me to sit up straight.
"Notice what?" I said which got him pretty shocked.
"Hello! She totally blushed when you smiled at her!"
"Oh…" I said feeling a little stupid.
"Man she is totally in to you!" He said in that convincing voice of his.
"You think so?"
"I know so!" He said giving me a little pat on the shoulder.
"Well, we should get some sleep." I said smiling so happily.
"Ya I guess, night." He said.
"Night." I said as I closed the lights. I couldn't help but think about what Kris just told me. I was relieved.