*Bree's POV*

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Rose asked me as we stood in front of the door in the girls change room. The door that lead outside. The same door that lead to Dylan. Was I ready for this? No, no I'm not, but I'm going to anyway. I can't hide from Dylan forever… especially since we have biology together next period.

"Honestly, I don't know," I sighed, running my hand through my hair. I flinched as my finger caught a knot, yanking my hair.

"We could skip," Rose suggested.

"Yeah, but if we get caught we'll get it trouble. I have biology with him next period anyway. It's better to face him now then later," I decided. At least I hope it's true. Rose gave a reassuring smile and opened the door. The cool air hit my face, and for a second I thought everything would be fine. At least until I saw Dylan standing about five feet away, watching me.

"Dude, girls changing room, stay away," Rose growled, putting her arm around my shoulders and steering my away. I didn't look back, but I wanted to. I looked to my right and wouldn't you know, Adam's standing there talking to Coach Barns. He saw us and waved before jogging over.

"Hey guys," Adam said, coming to a halt beside us.

"Adam, what are you here?" I asked, removing Rose's arm from my shoulder. "I thought you had study hall with Chase."

"I do, but Coach Barns asked if I could do a demo this period because nobody else can do it right," he explained. Oh boy, I had a feeling Rose will have something to say about that.

"Oh, so he didn't think anybody in this class would be able to do it," she snapped. There it is. "So he asks a guy to demonstrate. Gosh, how sexist can the guy get!?"

"Rose," I grumbled. "He probably didn't mean it like that. And of course he's going to ask Adam to do a demo for PE, he has super human strength. It would be weird if he asked someone else."

"Fine," she pouted, crossing her arms. Rose hates it when people, especially of the male species, undermine women. She's not into rights and all that, she just wants everyone to know that girls can kick ass too.

"Gotta go," Adam said, completely oblivious to what just happened. He jogged back to Coach Barns, and I couldn't help but notice how sad he looked as he smiled goodbye at Rose. He so likes her, now all I have to do is find out if she likes him… I've got my work cut out for me.

***Time Skip***

Well, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Adam demonstrated how to tackle someone in football, swing a baseball bat, and lift with the legs. The lifting thing kinda just presented itself when he ran into the equipment shed door and it fell off its hinges... right onto Coach Barns. The door falling was just blamed on rust, but only three of us knew why it really fell. Super strength is hard to control. Anyway, Rose made sure that Dylan didn't get within ten feet of me, which was fine by me. Unfortunately though, being away from Dylan is coming to an end. We have bio next. Why did he have to be my partner? I sighed as I left the safety of the girls change room.

"Hey," I heard from behind me. I took a deep breath before turning around and found that Dylan was a lot closer to me than I thought. Only about half a foot of distance… and oh gosh I can smell his cologne, and let me tell you, it must have something in it to make girls go crazy.

"Hi," I said curtly. He sighed and ran his fingers through his still slightly sweaty hair.

"Look, I'm not really sure about what happened at lunch. But that doesn't mean that things have to be all awkward between us," he said, keeping his distance. Well, not exactly distance, but he didn't come any closer.

"Well," I sighed, thinking through the scenarios. "I don't want things to be awkward." He looked relieved, but he probably wouldn't be for much longer. "But we should talk about it." Yeah I was right, he no longer looked relieved. In fact, he looked kind of… scared?

"Do you mean just the two of us?" he asked.

"Yeah, who else would have anything to say?" I asked, because really, we were the only two people that matter in this situation.

"Um, uh-" he stuttered, looking behind me with fear in his eyes. I turned around, and sure enough there was Rose giving him her Death Glare. So, that's why he looked scared! Not because of me, but because of my super protective (and slightly crazy) best friend.

"Thank you Rose," I said loudly as she started to creep closer to Dylan. She shot me a look and I shook my head. She sighed and pointed an accusing finger in Dylan's face, as if to say, 'You better watch yourself.' Rose gave me an encouraging smile and walked away. "Well, there goes my body guard."

"She seems really scary," Dylan said. I turned to face him and to tell him off, but he continued. "But I can tell she only does it because she cares about you."

"Yeah, she really does," I said thoughtfully.

"So, you wanna head to class," he suggested just seconds before the bell rang, leaving us just five minutes before the late bell.

"Sure," I laughed, grabbing his hand and leading him out of the gym foyer. Wow, I just realised that I'm being kinda hot and cold with this whole thing.

Okay, so there's Chapter 24. I know I've been posting less, but today is the start of Christmas Break, so I should be able to write a lot. And the world is supposed to end today… so good luck to everyone with that. Here's hoping we all survive