Adam: um, sure. When will you be here?

Amelia: on my way. See you in ten.

Adam POV

I went downstairs to tell my mother where I was going. Only, I changed Amelia to Eli. I didn't want my parents to say no. Despite me being pumped about Amelia already wanting to hang out again, I was a bit confused. Why so soon? There has to be a reason other than"she missed me." I mean, that would be awesome, but I wasn't about to believe that was all. I changed my clothes, at first I hesitated, thinking she would think I was trying too hard, but we went to the beach. Sandy clothes. That was a good enough cover up right? I changed into a baggy pair of khakis, and a gray t-shirt. Over it, my favorite black hoodie. I looked down at my phone, Amelia texted me. She said she was parked two houses down. I asked her to in case my parents decided to look out and realize I wasn't going to Eli's. I quickly sprayed some of Drew's cologne, and ran out the door yelling a quick "I'mleavingbye!" As I went.

I got into Amelia's car.

"Thanks for coming over." Amelia said smiling.

"No problem but...is something wrong? I mean, I know you didn't miss me THAT much." I said with a nervous laugh.

"There isn't anything wrong, I just hate being alone. Especially at night, and my parents are gone until tomorrow. Can you believe they just left without calling me? Both of them have cell phones, yet my mom thought it'd be better to just leave a note. I swear sometimes she acts as if we're living in the 50's."

I laughed.

"It isn't funny." She said pouting "they abandoned their sweet little angel and left her to fend for herself!"

"Don't worry, you have me." I said.

Woah, another random boost of confidence?

"Well, thank God for that huh?" She said jokingly.

We got to her house. It was fairly large, and the inside looked like something out of better homes and gardens. Everything was so...perfect.

"Wow um..nice place."

"I told you, my mom thinks she's June Cleaver."

She gave me a little tour. Kitchen, living room, dining room, bathroom, then finally, her room. The walls were turquoise, and her bedding black and white, along with her curtains. Her bed was huge, and covered in pillows. Her bedding had small delicate black and white flowers all over it. She had a small entertainment center, and a huge pile of DVD's next to it. Her desk was extremely neat, with a pink laptop sitting on top. On her night stand was a black lamp, and...money?

"I'm going to take a shower. You can use my computer if you want, or watch tv...or whatever. Make yourself comfortable, I'll try to make it quick."

I didn't do either of those things. I just sat on her bed, and looked at some girly magazine that was sitting on it. I thought about all the times my mother would buy these for me. She tried so hard to get me interested in that stuff, but rather than reading about make overs, and the latest back to school fashions, I'd find myself more interested in the pretty girls. Occasionally I would read the advice columns. It was a good way to learn how a real girls mind worked. If I was ever going to get a girlfriend, I would need some help. Even though I was born a female, I was completely clueless as to how a girls mind worked, because I was never really a girl. I'm not a girl. And I pray to god that Amelia would understand that.

After about ten minutes of waiting, I decided to have a little fun. I went and stood outside the bathroom door. I heard the water stop running. I silently laughed to myself. As I heard the doorknob turn, and saw her open it up...

"RAAAAA!" I screamed.

"Ahhhhh!" Amelia squealed. She had such a girly scream.

"Adam you ass!" She smacked my arm hard. "I nearly peed myself. You're a terrible friend!" I was still laughing. That is until I noticed Amelia was wearing nothing but a towel. I immediately stopped.

"What? Never seen a lady in a towel before?" She smiled, rolled her eyes, and headed towards her room.

I followed.

"Turn around and face the door, she demanded."

"Okay, but the door has a mirror on it." I said.

"Ugh well cover your eyes then!"

So I turned around, and covered my eyes with my hands. I heard a drawer open and close, After a minute she told me I could uncover my eyes.

"I um..woah...I'm sorry I thought you said I could..um.."

Amelia was wearing nothing but a pink bra and a pair of little black shorts.

"What? It's just a bra. No difference from a bra and a bathing suit if you ask me." she shrugged and rummaged around another drawer. Unfortunately looking for a shirt.

She put on a solid white V-neck, and sat next to me on the bed.

"So do you wanna order Chinese or pizza or something? I'm starved and my parents left me some money for food.

That explained the money on the night stand I thought.

"Sure, whatever you want."

"Fantastic" she said, and got up.

We ended up ordering pizza AND Chinese, because Amelia couldn't decide what she wanted. By the time we'd finished eating, it was nearly midnight. I looked at the time nervously, and she noticed.

"Do you want to go home?" She asked.

"No..I mean it's just..it's late..."

"Oh...well I was hoping you'd stay over..." my heart started pounding.

"Pleasssse?" she batted her eyes at me as if I needed any convincing.

"S-sure." I managed to stutter.