Aurora stood up and cheered with the rest of the crowd as Flynn Rider scored the winning basket of the game. It was Saturday evening and the Andalasia Dragons basketball team just won the championship game. The team rushed the court and lifted Flynn up on their shoulders. Andrina started jumping up and down as she chanted Flynn's name with everyone else. Ariel, who had been sitting on the other side of Andrina, quickly ran down the bleachers and ran towards Eric. He picked her up and spun her around.

Aurora couldn't believe this was the last game already. It seemed like Junior year had gone by way too fast. As the rest of the crowd started down the bleachers to congratulate their champions, Aurora slipped out of the double doors. Philip was having a party after the game and she promised to meet up with him beforehand to help.

"Leaving already?"

Aurora spun around to see Eric and Ariel coming out into the hallway. Ariel had her arm wrapped around Eric's stomach and Aurora noticed that she had Eric's jersey number drawn on the back of her hand in marker.

"I'm heading over to Philip's to help him get ready for your victory party. I'm supposed to meet him in the parking lot."

"Did he watch the game?"

"Of course he did. He slipped out right after you scored to avoid the crowd. He wants to get to his house before everyone else."

Eric nodded as he draped his arm over Ariel's shoulders. "Tell him we'll be there in a little bit."

"Will do." Aurora hurried down the hall and ran out into the parking lot.

Philip was already in his car with it running. Aurora slipped into the passenger seat and he pulled out right away.

"Can you believe it's over?" Aurora asked as Philip sped through town.

"I know; Eric only has one season left of high school basketball."

"Time really is going by fast."

Philip got to his house in record time. He had just enough time to unlock his front door when a couple of cars pulled up in front of the house. It wasn't long until most of the school arrived. Philip's house was packed. Andrina managed to fight through everyone and find Aurora. The girls went outside and sat by the pool.

"This is it," Andrina said, taking a sip from her plastic cup. "No more high school games for me. Part of me is really going to miss high school."

Aurora leaned back on her hands. "No one misses high school."

Andrina was quiet for a moment. "You're probably right. I guess I'm just feeling nostalgic since I'm graduating in three weeks."

"Well, drama club won't be the same without you, Andi."

A loud eruption of cheers came from inside the house. Aurora craned her neck to see what the commotion was about. Flynn had just walked in and everyone was cheering for him once again.

Andrina downed the rest of her drink. "No; I think I'm gonna miss high school. I like the parties and the fun; I'm not ready for the real world." She glanced up at Aurora through her blonde hair. "Let's make time stop, okay?"

XXX

"Jasmine!"

"Jasmine, over here!"

"Jasmine!"

"Jasmine!"

Jasmine's name was being called out all around her. Instead of trying to address each person, she stayed stationary and smiled. She was blinded by flashing lights as her picture was taken by dozens of people at one time. She and her friends has just arrived at the premiere of her father's movie and everyone's attention was on her; the daughter of the movie's star. She would be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying it. Esmeralda, Aladdin and Phoebus were just a couple feet away. No one was paying much attention to them. Esmeralda was looking around, completely starstruck, while Phoebus took some of his own pictures. Aladdin had his eyes on Jasmine and was smiling at her. She smiled back and motioned for him to join her. He hesitated, but came up beside her.

"Who's your date, Jasmine?" a female reporter from a teen magazine asked.

"My boyfriend, Aladdin," Jasmine replied.

Her response was immediately met with the cameras going off again. If Aladdin felt uncomfortable, he didn't show it. The four of them eventually moved on to find their seats.

"This is incredible!" Esmeralda gushed. "Thank you so much for inviting us."

Jasmine linked her arm through Esmeralda's. "Of course."

Behind her, Jasmine could hear the clicking of Phoebus' phone as he tried to sneak pictures of some of the actors in attendance.

"Jasmine, you made it!" her father greeted, approaching them.

"I wouldn't miss it."

Her father hugged her, then offered her friends a friendly smile. "It's good to see all of you. The movie will be starting soon; I'll come find you afterwards."

Jasmine and her friends found their seats and sat down. Phoebus started scrolling through the pictures he had taken, frowning at the ones that didn't turn out. Aladdin leaned back in his seat and kept Jasmine's hand in his.

"Oh my God!" Esmeralda whispered, gripping Jasmine's free arm. She dug her nails into Jasmine's skin and Jasmine flinched. "Jasmine, is that Orlando Bloom?"

Jasmine glanced over to where Esmeralda's eyes were glued. "Yeah it is."

"I haven't seen him in a movie in ages." She turned and looked excitedly at Jasmine. "Do you know him? Because if you've known him this whole time and didn't tell me..."

Jasmine laughed. "My father knows him, but I've never met him."

"Well, I'm going to. Come on, Phoebus, we're gonna go meet Orlando Bloom."

"Try not to embarrass me," Jasmine told her, but Esmeralda was already long gone.

"It's weird being in this world with you," Aladdin said. "I mean, here you're some sort of celebrity and everyone wants to talk to you. But at school you're just a normal girl."

Jasmine leaned closer to her boyfriend. "My dad makes sure no one bothers me during the school year, but you should see me during the summer; people just flock to me all the time. I show up in teen magazines a lot."

"I had no idea about your celebrity status."

"I try to keep a low profile."

Aladdin was quiet for a moment, but then shifted position so he was facing her. "Why are you with me?"

"Because I love you."

Aladdin shook his head. "It's pretty obvious that you can have your pick of guys, so why the poor mechanic?"

"Aladdin, the downfall to trying to date when you have the life I have sometimes is that you don't know who to trust. Who pretends to like me to get close to my dad? Who just wants to date me for their fifteen minutes of fame? Who likes me for me? Most times when I meet people, I don't know who is who. I want something real that I can trust and count on."

"All this time you've been worried about me ending up with Sadira and I had no idea I should worry about you having a summer fling with some actor or model."

"Weren't you listening? I don't want that. I want you, Aladdin. I don't care about any other boy."

Aladdin relaxed and pulled Jasmine closer to him. "And I don't care about any other girl."