A/N: Okay everyone, so here is a pretty long juicy chapter for you guys ;D Just a not, in this story, Adam is not transgender (of course, no offence to anyone). Therefore, him and Bianca do not have any history with each other. Kay?

Kay.

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Clare sat in front of the vanity mirror while Bianca held a pair of tweezers dangerously close to Clare's blue orbs.

"Ouch!" Clare yelled for the millionth time in the past ten minutes, as Bianca plucked a hair from the girl's

The girls, along with Drew and Adam, would be attending a party that night. And Bianca had insisted on giving Clare a make-over.

Clare had originally just asked her friend if she could borrow some lip gloss for the night, but Bianca's itching ears took that as a begging plead for "give me a make-over"(italics)

And Clare had no choice but to just go along with it. So now, here she was in Bianca's room, getting her eyebrows plucked one by one in 'perfection' (Bianca's words, not hers).

"Okay, just one more and..."

"OUCH!", Clare cried in pain.

"Done!" Bianca announced gleefully. "Okay, now for your outfit"

"What?" Clare questioned while rubbing her sore eyebrow. "I thought I'd just go with what I'm wearing"

Bianca stopped in her tracks as she made her way over to her closet and looked at Clare.
"Hun, no offense but you are SO not dressed for a party"

Clare consciously looked down at her outfit which consisted of a graphic tee and a black pair of ripped jeans.

"I'm not?", Clare asked, embarrassed.

"Definitely not", Bianca replied. She looked through her closet in search of the perfect outfit for Clare.

"Hmmm... How about...This!"
Bianca held up a cute floral-patterned dress. "Not exactly my style for a party, but I think it'd suit you!"

Clare wore a hesitant expression, "I dunno, B...-"

"Put it on Edwards", Bianca ordered, throwing the dress at Clare; almost nailing her in the face with it.

Clare rolled her eyes knowing any kind of objection was out of the question. She closed the door behind her as she entered Bianca's walk-in closet.

Moments later, Bianca heard a gasp come from the closet. She burst through the door worriedly, "What! What's wrong?"

Clare stared at herself in the closet mirror hanging on the door in amazement.

Bianca sighed in relief seeing as nothing was wrong.

She smiled, "Clare, you look hot!"

Clare smiled in agreement. But her smile slowly began to fade.

Alli used to dress her up like this all the time.

"You alright, Edwards?", Bianca inquired, noticing a change in Clare's expression.

Clare looked up at her friend and then back at her mirror reflection. Feeling good about how great she looked, she decided not to dwell on the memory.

She wanted to be happy tonight. She wanted to feel good about herself.

Clare nodded her head assuringly, "Yeah, I'm fine"

The two girls smiled at each other.

"Okay, so I guess I'll get changed now, and we'll just wait for the guys to get here", Bianca announced.

"Okay". Clare stepped out of the walk-in and back into Bianca's room. Bianca stepped into the closet, holding her clothes and shut the door behind her.

Clare took a seat on the bed trying to clear her mind when her phone beeped.

She fished it out of her purse and opened the new text message.

We're here
-Adam

We're almost ready. Let yourselves in, the door should be open
-Clare

"B, Drew and Adam are here", Clare called out.

"Kay!" Bianca's voice came from the closet.

A few moments passed when suddenly, the closet door opened, revealing a very well-dressed Bianca.

Clare rose from the bed, amazed. "B, you look amazing"

She wore a deep red, curve-defining dress with tall black boots.

"Why, thank you", Bianca replied.

They then both grabbed their purses, walking arm-in-arm to the door.

Just as they were both about to descend the staircase, Clare said she needed to make a pit-stop to the little girls' room.

Bianca rolled her eyes and laughed. "'Kay, hurry up!"

Bianca began walking down the stairs as Clare rushed to the bathroom.

Just as she was halfway down, Adam stood up from the couch, turning around to see who was making the footsteps he heard.

His jaw dropped. Literally.

Bianca reached the last step, smiling at Adam's reaction.

He just stood there dumbfounded.

"Um, hello to you too?...", she said.

"Hey", he greeted nervously. "You look...very...um..."

Drew rose from the couch, also, laughing at his brother's shocked reaction to the girl's appearance.

"Dude, close you mouth. Flies might get in there."

Adam glared at his brother's comment.

Bianca rolled her eyes at the two, still slightly blushing from Adam's reaction.

Suddenly a new pair of footsteps were heard from the top of the staircase. All eyes averted and were now focused on Clare.

Now, Drew was the one with a dropped jaw.

Clare gracefully glided down the stairs in her borrowed heels.

Bianca smiled while Adam chuckled at his brother's facial expression. His eyes were practically bulging out of his head. Adam wondered if that was what he had looked like just moments ago.

Clare walked straight up to her dumbfounded boyfriend.
He seemed as if to be in a daze which he barely broke out of as she approached him.

"Hey", she smiled, kissing him on the cheek.

"H-hi", he smiled at her. He tried his hardest not to look shocked. He didn't want to discomfort her, making her think it was a shock seeing her look nice. Clare, of course, always looked nice. But tonight, she looked absolutely amazing. His state of shock was purely out of adoration, whereas, Adam's for Bianca was probably out of pure lust.

"You look really nice", Clare complimented.

Drew looked dumbfounded.

She was so humble. She was the one looking like a top model meanwhile he wore some jeans and a leather jacket.

Drew was speechless while him and his girlfriend smiled at each other.

Clare finally realized the way he was looking at her due to her appearance. She blushed, understanding his speechlessness.

Bianca smiled at the cute moment her friends were sharing. "Okay, well I guess we should probably get going then. Shall we?"

"We shall", Clare said hooking her boyfriend's arm with hers.

They smiled at each other, both slightly blushing, and exited the house.

Adam then got up the courage to offer Bianca his arm and sge accepted, hooking her arm with his. Adam blushed, his confidence building every moment.

They exited the house also, following Drew and Clare to Drew's car.

Drew opened the door to the passenger's seat for Clare, before taking a seat behind the steering wheel. As they saw Adam and Bianca approaching the car, Drew whispered in his companion's ear, "You look beautiful tonight"

She blushed and replied with a shy "thank you".

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The olive colored jeep pulled up in front of a large house.

They saw lights on in the windows of every window with figures standing behind them, conversing and some holding drinks.

"Whelp, this is it", Drew announced while taking off his seatbelt.

He got out of the car, slamming his door, and rushed around to the passenger's side and opened the door for Clare. He offered her his hand helping her out of the car. Once she was fine, standing upright on the sidewalk, she expected him to just let go of her hand. But he didn't. He only adjusted their grip and tightened it snuggly.

She blushed as she felt her heart flutter at these little things he did for her. It was turning out to be the perfect night, and they hadn't even entered the party yet. Just knowing that he loved the way she looked that night, and him holding her hand the way he did had her completely satisfied.

They watched as Adam also made a similar gesture as Drew and was helping Bianca out of the car.

Hmmm. Unofficial dates, much?, Clare thought smugly.

She smiled at them and then looked up at Drew. He didn't seem to be too happy with the arrangement.

"Drew", Clare said getting his attention.

"Hm?"

"You okay?", she asked.

He looked back at his brother and his ex who were now giggling about something.

Drew sighed and looked back to Clare. "Yeah, Hun, I'm fine. Let's just enjoy the night." He forced a smile upon his face and she smiled back.

"Okay", she said hesitantly.

"C'mon guys, let's go inside", he called to the other couple.

They all walked to the entrance of the house.

Just as Clare was about to knock on the door, Drew just opened it and led her in.

She blushed. She really needed to catch up on her knowledge of parties.

The four entered the house. There were lots of people talking, laughing and dancing to loud music that was playing.

"Oh, Adam I lovethis song! Dance with me?", Bianca offered.

"Sure", Adam smiled and accepted her hand as she led him to a spot to dance.

Drew, still unhappy with the arrangement of his brother and ex, shook off the annoyed feeling he had.

He looked at his beautiful companion, and realized she might not want to just jump into the party scene and dance just yet. So he took notice of a nearby table with snacks and drinks.

"Want something to drink?" he asked her.

She nodded her head in agreement and followed him to the refreshments. He poured her a cup of Sprite, remembering it was her favorite.

Clare smiled and accepted the drink as Drew began pouring his own.

"Sooo..." he began, wrapping an arm around her."How's my favorite girl doing?"

Clare blushed. "She's great now that she here with you"

He smiled and took a sip from his cup.

A few hours went by. Drew introduced Clare to some of his old football buds who actually still talked to him. Some of them winked complimenting him on his attractive girlfriend.

There were lots of laughs between Drew, Clare and his friends. Meanwhile, Adam and Bianca secluded themselves together from everyone. They were having a good time dancing and just talking.

Bianca had to admit, she was really finding herself attracted to Adam. He was so sweet and his innocent blue eyes had her dazed.

But the main thing that sent her heart flying, he respected her.

Besides the star struck reaction from her sexy outfit earlier, he actually cared about her emotions. He wasn't all over her when they were dancing. When they talked, he didn't try easing his way into any flirty conversations. He just acted so normal. He knew appropriate boundaries when it came to girls.

And she loved that about him. Sure, he was kind of dorky with his comic book addiction and all, but she didn't care. She hadn't met a guy like this in so long who actually respected her.

She had(italics) to have him.

Adam and Bianca sat on the couch.

"...so", Bianca continued, "When Alli...did what she did..., I just realized how wrong it was of me to treat people like that"

Adam nodded his head in understanding and looked deeply into her eyes.

Bianca felt like he could see through to her soul. She caught her breath that she did not know she was holding.

"So, do you want to dance some more?" she asked.

"Sure". He smiled at her sweetly as he led her to go dance.

Drew and Clare sat on a couch together. They had been talking and laughing and having a good time. But still they had not stepped foot on the make-shift dance floor in the living room of the house. Drew didn't want to ask Clare to dance, not knowing if she actually wanted to. And he didn't want to make her feel obligated to. But then again, he thought, what if she wants to dance and is waiting for me to ask her?...

"Clare, would you like to dance?", he asked.

Just as she was about to answer, he continued with a short rant.

"I mean, we don't have to dance if you don't want to. I'm having a good time just sitting here with you. But if you do want to dance then we could… Unless you don't want to, then that's fine too-"

"Drew", she interrupted him, rising from the couch. She held her hand out to him. "Would you like to dance?"

He smiled and got up, taking her hand in his. "Yes, Clare, I'd be honored"

They both chuckled and made their way to the dancing area of the room.

Drew put his hands on her hips as she wrapped her hands comfortably around his neck. She leaned her head on his shoulder.

The soft song played on as many couples swayed together with the music.

Suddenly Drew spotted Adam and

Bianca on the dance floor as well. They had their arms wrapped around one another while looking at each other giggling about a cute something or other.

Clare noticed her boyfriends silence and looked up at him. She followed his eyes to see what he was looking at.

She smiled, "Their so cute together, don't ya think?"

"Yeah", Drew answered, dully. "Adorable"

Clare noticed some sort of annoyance or frustration in his voice. It matched the strange looks he was giving them earlier.

"Drew, what's with you?"

"What do you mean?", he asked.

"What's your problem with them being together?"

"I don't have a problem with them being together", he lied.

"That didn't sound very convincing", she stated.

He was silent. She looked into his eyes, feeling her own starting to tear up at the thought currently going through her head.

"Are you…jealous?", Clare accused.

Drew's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"

"I mean… are you jealous of your brother being with your ex girlfriend?"

"What? Clare, no, that's not it"

"Then what is it? What else could it possibly be? I mean you guys are friends, it's not like you wouldn't approve of her for him"

"Clare-"

"That has to be then, doesn't it?... You're not over her!"

Drew was growing frustrated. She refused to listen to him.

But that's when he saw the tears streaming down her face. The thick tears streaming from her eyes: they broke his heart instantly.

"Hun, c'mon. Please just listen to me. You don't understand"

"No, Drew, I think I do…" And with that, she was out the door.

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