*Bree's POV*

"I dare you to kiss me."

What? He couldn't have said that, I must have just heard him wrong. But the way his eyes bore into mine I knew that I had heard him right. What was I going to do?

"Bree," he said, causing the thoughts in my head to quiet down.

"Huh?" I asked. Wow, he just told me to kiss him and I sound like a total idiot. Way to go Bree, way to go. I looked away, knowing that I wouldn't be able to do anything if I was staring into his eyes. Instead of looking at him, I turned my gaze to the track. Rose had just finished sprinting her lap and was waiting for her partner, Heather. I knew that neither of them were too happy about having each other as partners, but they somehow managed to get through the exercise without killing each other. Major props to them.

"Are you gonna do the dare or not?" he asked, his voice just as quiet as it was before. On one hand, I really did want to kiss Dylan, but on the other hand, I knew it would only end with my heart broken and Rose would probably break his arm for it. I saw Rose watching us as and I gave her a pleading look. She simply nodded and walked over to us.

"Hey," she said, stopping right in front of us.

"Hi," Dylan curtly said, his eyes never leaving me.

"Hey Rose," I said smiling hugely and trying to sound surprised that she showed up. "How'd the exercise go?"

"The exercise was okay, it was my partner that was so awful," she said, glaring in the direction of Heather. She was talking to two people who I want to avoid for the rest of my life, Quinn Lamington and Claire Smith. Ugh, I never want to see any of the populars ever again… except maybe Dylan.

"It was really that bad?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Nobody liked Rose because they thought that she was mean and cold, and Heather was no exception. If they just took the time to get to know her then they would realise that she's one of the best friends you could ever have.

"Trust me, it was bad. She runs so slow a turtle could pass her!" Rose exclaimed. I laughed at the comparison. Heather was definitely not a runner. She's a cheerleader. Now I'm not saying that cheerleaders aren't athletes or anything like that, it's just that Heather can't run. "Actually Bree, I have to tell you something... in private." I looked and Dylan and he was opening his mouth to say something, but I beat him to the punch.

"Yeah, sure. You don't mind, do you Dylan?" I asked, crossing my fingers that he wouldn't put up a fight.

"No, go ahead," he said after a while. I gave him a grateful smile and, because I never back down from a dare, I kissed him lightly on his cheek. His face turned beet red as he turned to face me.

"You never said where I had to kiss you," I pointed out as I stood up. I grabbed Rose's hand and pulled her away. I didn't let go until we were right outside the doors, aka far away from Dylan.

"Okay, what was that?" she asked, clearing stunned that I had kissed a guy on the cheek, more importantly a guy that I had never talked to her about. That's a crime in girl world. I opened my mouth to answer, but the bell rang.

"How about you come over after school and I'll explain everything," I offered.

"Fine, but if I get stuck with Leo upstairs while you guys are in the lab training, I am never going over to your house again," she said, pointing her finger at me. I flinched. Rose hates it when I invite her over but Davenport surprises us with training. We hate it too.

"If Davenport tries to get me to train I'll just…" I trailed off, not knowing what I could say or do to get out of training. I could just run us to New York City, but I would get into so much trouble! Believe me, I tried that once, never again!

"Don't worry, I'll come up with a list of excuses in study hall," she promised. I gave her grateful smile and quickly hugged her. I love Rose, she's the best friend I've always wanted.

***Time Skip***

After I changed back into my normal clothes and stopped at my locker, I headed to Biology. Chase told me that we're getting a partner project assigned to us today. I wish Rose was in this class with me, but we only have two classes together, Chemistry and P.E. I groaned once I remembered that Tammy Davis, Brittney and Tiffany Richards, and Dylan Miller were in this class. Why would I have to have another class with Dylan? If we were partners for this project I may scream.

"Okay students settle down," Mrs. Arnold said, walking to the front of the room. "Now, as you have probably heard, we're doing partner projects." Everyone responded either with a half-hearted "Yeah," or a simple nod. I'm one of the people who nodded. What can I say, it's was the last period of the day, a very stressful day at that. "I can see everyone's excited so I'll just tell you you're assignment and partners then you can get started." There was no response, so Mrs. Arnold must have taken that as an okay to go on. She explained our assignment and opened a folded up piece of paper and started reading out names. "Addison and Miles, James and Miranda, Brittney and Tammy, Robbie and Adam, Tiffany and Cole, Bree and Dylan-" Dang it! What is with these teachers and making us partners all the time? I guess it could be worse, I could have been partners with Cole. I like Cole and everything, but he's one of the dumbest people I have ever met… and I live with Adam. "So, get together with your partners and chose an animal," Mrs. Arnold said, clapping her hands together. I saw Dylan pick up his books and come towards me. Oh no, this won't be good.

"Hey two time partner," he said, sitting down beside me. I tried my best to smile and nod, but I probably looked like a creepy bobble head.

"So what animal do you want to do our report on?" I asked, trying to stay on topic and avoid anything else.

"I don't know, let's try to narrow it down a little first," he suggested.

"What do you mean?" I really didn't know.

"I mean, do you want to do a land animal, a marine animal, a bird, fish?" And now I felt dumb for not knowing what he meant. I thought for a minute.

"How about a land animal?" I shrugged. His face brightened as a huge smile came across his face. "Do I even want to know?"

"How about a cheetah," he said excitingly. I raised my eyebrows and laughed a little. Of course he would want to do our report on the fastest animal.

"Sounds perfect," I agreed, still smiling. He smiled back at me, but the corners of his mouth fell a little, like he was disappointed at something. I hope he wasn't disappointed at me. Then again there was no way that I could have. We just talked about cheetahs for the rest of the period. Once the bell rang, we both got up to leave.

"Bree, can you come here for a second?" Mrs. Arnold asked. I nodded and walked over to her desk at the back of the room. "Can you do me a favour and tell Chase that Ally is his partner. I never got the chance to tell him because of the fire drill this morning." My brother had to work with Ally on a project that would take about a month. Something tells me this won't end well.

Okay, sorry if this is taking a while. I'm trying to build up the suspense.