Hi! First of all thank you sooo much for anyone that added my story or reviewed it :) and I am trying to update quicker. but at the same time I might fail miserably...

Disclaimer: I do sadly declare that Joseph Solomon and the Gallagher girls series belong to Ally Carter ( even though it is my plan to become the rightful owner one day, but for now I'll settle for fanfic)

For the rest of the day I tried to avoid Joe, which, believe me, is very hard. Yes, I only had him for one lesson this morning but he does come out of the Subs you know! For instance, the Gallagher Academy really needs to sort out some form of corridor system. It's like a concert it's that busy! So because of this I ended up bumping into (literally bumping into) Joe THREE TIMES! Also it didn't help that when he came up to our table at lunch he stood right behind me so that I could practically feel his breath on my neck, (it was hard to suppress a shiver) to announce there would be a pop quiz tonight to show the best of our abilities.

So here I am standing in the freezing rain waiting for him along with fourteen other girls that are dressed ridiculously for the 'mission' (they would do awful in real life). I'm snapped out of my thoughts of how stupid they look, and sadly, even though I did try to persuade them to wear normal clothes my other roommates when for the heels and short skirts too. Anyway as I was saying, I was snapped out of my thoughts when a crisp voice said (right) behind he,

'Hop in,'

I turned round to face Joe and stared him right in the eye, searching for any sign of emotion. As he started right back at me I could only see one, longing, longing for the fun times we had together, for the happiness and just longing to be together (cheesy, I know, but I thought 'what the hell' ;P ) .

By now everyone else had 'hopped in' so only Joe and I were left in the rain, I was about to get in the van when I realized there was no room for me, great.

'Always end up with him don't I?' I said the rest of the class, who I am slowly learning the names.

'To be honest, Ms LaFleur I would be honoured to share a ride in the front seat with me,' Joe said with a smirk. I just looked at him.

'That's all you got? Really? Because, to be honest Mr Solomon,' I said quoting him 'THAT was awful,' I stated simply and got in the front seat. You might be thinking why are so relaxed? He broke your heart and then KISSED you! Well, wouldn't it be a bit suspicious to the rest of the class if we were arguing about our... 'Love life' you might call it?

Once Joe got in and he was convinced that the rest of the class wouldn't hear, he turned to me.

'Lucy, I am REALLY sorry I left you, but I had to! It was safer for both of us!' This got me angry, but I kept my voice calm and quiet.

'No, actually, it wasn't. I could have helped you! I loved you and you left me for this...school! I whisper shouted at him, this shocked him... a lot.

'Yo-u... you loved me?

'Yes! Of course! From the start! Ever heard of the phrase 'people that pick on you only do it because they love you'?' (is that the phrase? It's something like that...) I could feel tears but I pushed them back.

By now we had arrived at our destination (I know I sound like a sat-nav but hey) and everyone was getting out of the van, but Joe and I stayed seated. Joe turned to me and looked me in the eye, his face, the same one that had been stern in the classroom was now softer and he looked almost lost.

'I ALWAYS loved you, and I still do, and if you don't think it killed me leaving you... then you must be crazy,' and with that he got out. I quickly followed and watch him start to give instructions to the class, his stern façade back on.

'Listen up ladies, today we will be playing my version of hide and seek, the rules are simple, you go hide and I will come find you, except you have to reach the park before I find you, ready?' Everyone nodded. 'Okay then, of you go,' I looked at him for one quick second then turned away to find a good place to hide, easy enough.

As I made my way through the very American town, I watched different citizens stroll past without even a first glance. Good, that's just what a pavement artist wants. I have to admit this town is really nice, it has a line of shops on one side, and then in the middle of the road there is a village green with a small marquee that has twinkly lights going up its side. On the opposite side there was the park, but I didn't head there as we had to get to the park at a certain time. Not before or not after eight O'clock. So I decided to wander in and out of shops, after all, the best disguise is no disguise. (another LaFleur saying) So my 'disguise' was a citizen, so it would look a bit strange if I went into a shop with red hair and came out with blonde.

It's 7:47pm and currently I have seen thirteen girls in my class become compromised; only me left. My 'disguise' seemed to be working as Joe has often passed the shops I'm in without stopping, whether he has seen me yet is different, so every time he passes I stay back for a while just to make sure he has passed and will occasionally leave the shop talking to yet another one of my 'friends' on my phone.

7:58pm I am currently in a shop that will take two minutes to get to the park, just as I planned. I headed out of the shop, but as I did I saw Joe sit on the park bench we needed to get to, 'time to have some fun I thought'.

I silently crept into the park, not going by the gate because I was watching some teenagers go in before and it creaked, loudly. So instead I jumped over the railings and ran towards the back of the bench, when I got there I flipped Joe onto the floor so he was lying on his back and knelt down and whispered in his ear,

'Joseph Solomon, you have been compromised,' I watched as he tried to suppress a shiver, please note, tried. 'Nice effect Lucy' I said to myself. I was about to get up, when a pair of lips crashed greedily (everyone uses hungrily, I thought I would make a change) onto mine and I couldn't help but kiss back as all of my memories came flooding back to me, of how we enjoyed each other's company, we even shared our first time together.

I reluctantly pulled away I looked deep into his eyes,

'You won't hurt me like before?' I whispered.

'Never' He whispered solemnly back, I just smiled and kissed him deeply again.

That took ages to write! 1,187 words= headache! Please review!